HAPPY HALF TERM!

Happy half term everyone! We hope you have a great half term and have a great time with your families.

The home learning for half term is to find out facts about The Victorians. You can present this in any form, such as written in a list, made into a poster or even create a video. If you do decide to create a video please send this to:  a.white@princeofwales.dorset.sch.uk 

Also, as mentioned in a previous blog, the way we do things in Year 2 will be changing a bit after half term. The classroom will look different and there will be more opportunities for the children to go on their own learning adventures. However, this will be planned well to ensure children are constantly learning and following the curriculum. This is following the works of Greg Bottrill who we had in school to share his wisdom and visions. The new timetable will be shared in due course!

We are asking for some items to be donated if you have these spare at home;

- anything that can be used for junk modelling - recycling from home 

- buttons and string/wool, any spare materials 

- Nuts, bolts and washers and random metal things of interest e.g door hinges, keys, etc

- any small plastic toys such as animals, dinosaurs, small people

- small pieces of wood 

- cardboard boxes (small)

- tubes of any kind

Thank you in advance, any questions please email Miss White.

Have a great half term!

The Year 2 Team x

Marble jar treat tomorrow!

Hi everyone, tomorrow the children will be having their treat for filling up their marble jar half way!

We are going to watch a film in the afternoon and children can bring in some pyjamas to change into for the afternoon if they wish! Also, if they want to bring in a teddy to cuddle whilst watching the film, they are more than welcome to do so!

If you could let families know on group chats you may have as I'm not sure everyone sees the blog. Children do need to come into school wearing school uniform and they can get changed into their pyjamas in the afternoon. 

I am incredibly proud of how hard working your children have been during this first half of term! They really have earned this treat!!

Any questions, please email me!

Miss White

Hello everyone!

Hello everyone! We hope you have had a lovely weekend and are ready for the last week in Year 2 before half term.

Again we have had such a busy and inspiring week!

This week we have been learning about woman superheroes and how they have changed the world. All children were so inspired by these woman superheroes and it has been amazing to see!!

In Maths we have started a new unit which focuses on addition and subtraction. One of the main things we have been looking at is number bonds to 100. 

This week I (Miss White) was lucky enough to spend the day with Greg Bottrill who has shared his wisdom with me. Greg is an author and passionate advocate of childhood and the magic of children. There will be some inspiring changes happening after the half term which will be communicated with you. We have already added a few things into the classroom. I'm sure most of you would have heard about 'The Shush'......

The home learning for this week is stated below;

The children have filled up half of the marble jar which means they have a special treat happening this week. The marble jar is something that has been introduced this year. Children can put a marble in the jar if the whole class has done something amazing or if a group of children have made an adult proud. We are so impressed that the children have been able to fill the jar up half way already! The treat will be communicated with you this week one the adults have decided on this. 

Thank you for attending the parent consultations and we hope that these were helpful for you! If you do have any more questions please email myself (Miss White). 

See you all tomorrow!

Miss White, Miss Greedy, Mrs Hibberd and Mrs Burgess x

Second week of Food, Faith and Farming fortnight!

 Hi everyone, hope you have had a good week.

We have had a super week in Year 2! We have been so busy and have learnt so much. 

We just want to start by saying thank you to those who came to the Harvest Festival today. I'm sure you were blown away with their singing like we all were. Thank you if you have practised at home with your children and have the conker song stuck in your head like we do! 

We started the week by going on a trip to Sturminster Newton Mill. The children learnt about how flour was made and experienced a live working mill. We saw lots of different machinery and learnt lots of new facts. The children represented The Prince of Wales amazingly, and we were so proud of them! 

We have also been lucky enough to have two different workshops this week. We had a humanism input where she told us all about her beliefs and the children took part in different activities. We also had an art workshop which linked to Christianity. The children had the chance to draw in their sketchbooks whilst listening to music.

We also had so much fun making bread for our harvest festival!

The home learning for this week is below:

We hope you have a great weekend! Just a reminder that parent consultations are taking place next week. If you haven't already booked an appointment then please make sure you do.

Any questions, please email me - a.white@princeofwales.dorset.sch.uk

Miss White, Miss Greedy, Mrs Hibberd and Mrs Burgess x

Harvest song to practice at home!

 Hi everyone, I am adding a link to this blog of our harvest song. Please can you try and practice this as home!

Any questions, please email me.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1kobCeTnlUMDSpv8y0TxrT_h8pz2hNzTT/view?usp=sharing

Miss White

Trip to Sturminster Newton mill tomorrow - permissions still needed

Hi everyone, just a reminder about our trip tomorrow to Sturminster Newton Mill. 

Some of you still need to give your children permission to go on this trip. You can do this on pay360 where you can also give a voluntary contribution for this trip. I will try and catch families tomorrow at the door of those who still have not given permission by tomorrow. 

Please can you also ensure that you are sending in a packed lunch for your child. 

Any questions, please email me.

Thank you!

Miss White