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Welcome to Year 2!

We have had a great first week back!

This week in English we have performed a poem using intonation and actions. In our groups we independently created our performance and used communication to work together.

Our maths focus has been recapping our online learning and we have had lots of fun taking part in a quiz.

In History we created a revision mind map about the War of the Roses and Henry VIII.

The Toy Shop!

Today we opened the 'Year 2 Toy Shop'. We have been learning all about the different value of coins and notes and how to make amounts in lots of different ways. We have used <> and = to compare amounts of money and challenging ourselves with lots of reasoning and problem solving questions!

Today we used addition and subtraction to buy toys from the shop; taking it in turns to be the shop keeper. We had a lot of fun!

Stefan said the toy shop was "Awesome!"

Willow said "It helped me with my counting!"

Molly said "It helped me to recognise the coins"

We had a fantastic morning!

Christmas Party!

We went on a winter walk for our recount writing in English!

Santa Dash!

Movie Night!

We went on a money hunt! The cheeky elf had mixed up all of the coins and we had to correct the answers!

Christmas Craft Items For Sale!

Science Experiment!

Mr Penguin is a very busy man, who spends a lot of time outside. He asked Year 2 which material would be best to use for a waterproof coat, now that it is winter and he needs to stay dry! Year 2 had to set up the experiment, explain their method and make a prediction. We needed to make it a fair test, so we kept the containers and the amount of water the same, but changed the type of material.

Which material do you think would be best for a waterproof coat?

Take a look at some photos from our experiment

PE has been a balancing act for us! We have been correcting our posture to improve our balances and using yoga to help too! Each week, we have learnt new ways to move around the space and hold a pose. This week, we put all of our skills and ideas together and created an African animal inspired dance to work alongside our topic this term! Our dances were incredible!

We love practical maths!

50 Recommended Reads for Year 2.pdf

In Science this week we have organised animals into group by their diet; carnivores, herbivores and omnivores.

Year 2 have been very busy this week! We started our new class story 'Lila and the Secret of Rain' the children have been captivated by this story since the first reading! We have been mapping Lila's emotions and creating thought bubbles; we explored new ways to find vocabulary and improve words by using a thesaurus and we even became teachers by correcting past tense in a piece of writing. Next week, we will be writing our own diary!

In Science we went on a tree hunt around school and found Oak trees and a Silver Birch! We know how to describe trees by using the vocabulary: deciduous and evergreen.

We have been doing lots of balancing in PE and learning new ways to strengthen our core muscles. Take a look at our fantastic balancing photos below!

Year 2 have had a wonderful start to the year! The child are settling back into school and enjoying spending time with their friends. This week we have been recapping numbers to 20 in maths and using equiment to support us. In English, we have read a fantastic book called "Here We Are" by Oliver Jeffers, which is all about our world and the people that live here. We have found lots of exciting adjectives to describe the images in the book and started to plan what we will write in our postcards for next week! In geography we have focused on the area around our school and what we can use to help us find our way around.