Year 2 Update – A Creative Frosty Adventure!
What a wonderfully creative couple of days we’ve had in Year 2!
Yesterday, the children took part in a special creative day, exploring a range of artistic skills and techniques. They experimented with wax-resist painting, developed their fine motor skills, and produced some truly beautiful artwork. Every child contributed their ideas, and together they helped transform our small area into something magical for our upcoming art exhibit.
Our learning has been inspired by Jack Frost, and the children have loved listening to stories about him and discussing all the wintery imagery and magic he brings. Their artwork reflects this theme beautifully, and we can’t wait for you to see it.
On Monday, we’ll be continuing this creative theme. The children will be using their imaginations to design their own frosty lands—complete with maps, laws, features, and persuasive ideas to encourage others to visit. It promises to be a day full of storytelling, imagination, and collaboration.
Then, in the afternoon, Year 2 will be mixing with classes across the school to share what they’ve been learning. Together, the children will build and combine their ideas to create the lands collaboratively, celebrating creativity and teamwork across year groups.
When arriving through the hall on Monday, please head to the left to view our new Year 2 art exhibit before continuing out of the hall and into the classroom as usual.
We’re excited to share their imaginative worlds with you!
Curriculum Updates
English
In English, we have been using the book The Way Home for Wolf to practise expanding sentences using expanded noun phrases and conjunctions. The children have produced some brilliant examples, such as:
“The scared, freezing wolf fell into the water because the ice cracked.”
We are so proud of the progress they are making in building rich, detailed sentences.
Maths
In Maths, we have been learning about addition and subtraction using base ten. The children have been using their understanding of tens and ones to add and subtract confidently and explain their thinking. This hands-on approach is helping them build strong number sense.
Science
In Science, we carried out an investigation to discover which material is the most waterproof. The children discussed fair testing, made predictions, and worked together to test different materials. Their curiosity and teamwork were fantastic to see.
Home Learning
For the rest of this term, our home learning will focus on learning lines for our performance:
Today, your child has brought home:
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Their lines (some children requested to not have lines but they will be singing and will be on stage at some point during the performance). If your child is a narrator then they will have the script in front of them.
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Costume requests
If you have any questions about this, please come and see me.We will begin practising lines next week.
Costumes are needed by Thursday 11th December, please, in a named bag.
Although we are not setting additional home learning at the moment, please continue to:
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Read every day
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Access Ed Shed
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Use Numbots to keep building those key number skills.
Key Dates
Mr Spracklen has already shared an extensive list with you, but here are some key dates specifically for Year 2:
Thank you, as always, for your continued support. The children have had a busy, creative, and exciting week, and we look forward to sharing more of their achievements with you soon!
🌟The Year 2 team 🌟
