Year 2: Time Flies: Engineering, Fractions and classification.

Wow, can you believe we are already in the final term of Year 2? It feels like we just blinked and the school year has flown by. The children have settled back into their routines beautifully and are bringing so much energy and curiosity to their learning.

Here is a little look into what we have been up to over the last couple of weeks!

🛠️ Becoming Engineers with Rosie Revere

In our English this week, we have been diving into the world of structures and learning all about bridges. To help inspire us, we’ve been reading the fantastic book Rosie Revere, Engineer by Andrea Beaty.

The children have been thinking just like real engineers—learning that failure is just a part of the building process and a chance to try again! We will be using this book to make and write about our own inventions. We will be using our inventions to write expanded noun phrases, commands, statements and questions. 

🧮 Mind-Bending Maths: Fractions!

We have officially started our journey into fractions this term. It can be a tricky concept, but the class is doing brilliantly.

Right now, we are focusing on the basics:

• Recognising a whole of something.

• Understanding how to split things into equal halves.

We’ve been using lots of practical shapes and objects to see how two halves come together to make one whole.

🔬 Science: Is it Alive?

Our Young Scientists have been investigating the world around them by classifying things into three distinct categories:

1. Living

2. Dead

3. Never Alive

We’ve had some fantastic discussions about this. For example, the children learned that cut grass is classified as dead because it was once part of a living, growing plant. On the other hand, something like a metal screw has never been alive!

🎨 Fantastic Frida

In Art this half term we are studying Frida Kahlo. We will be sketching shadows and learning how to make a collage using bright colours. 

🧸 Friday is teddy day

On Friday we will be supporting the fantastic work of Julia's House by having a teddy day. In exchange of £1 the children can bring in a teddy to school for the day. I don't mind what size they bring in but it must be a teddy (not toys, electronics etc) and please nothing too precious. 

Apologies for the slight lack of photos in real-time recently, but we have gathered some wonderful snapshots from tour recent trip to poundbury garden centre.

Thank you for your continued support as we slide into this final, exciting term of the school year. Stay tuned for more updates!

Help us find our missing RWI books! 📚

Dear Families,

We need your help! We are currently missing a large number of our Read Write Inc. (RWI) books, and we would be very grateful if you could have a look around at home for any school reading books that may have been forgotten or tucked away on a shelf.

Our RWI books are an important resource that help all children develop their reading skills. When books are not returned, it can mean that other children are unable to access the texts they need for their reading groups.

Please take a few minutes to check:

• Bookshelves and bedrooms
• Book bags and backpacks
• Under beds, sofas, or in the car
• Any places where reading books may have been put for safekeeping

If you find any RWI books, please send them back to school as soon as possible. There is no need to worry about how long they have been at home—we would simply love to have them returned so they can be enjoyed by other children.

Thank you for your support and cooperation. Together, we can help keep our reading resources available for everyone.

Happy reading!

Cheselbourne Sports Event

Hello Year Two Families

Yesterday, 14 children from Year 2 had a fantastic time attending the Multi-Sports Festival at Cheselbourne First School, organised in partnership with PH ActiveEd. The pirate-themed event gave the children the opportunity to take part in a wide range of exciting sporting activities and challenges designed to keep everyone active, engaged and having fun!

Throughout the afternoon, the children showed excellent teamwork, determination and enthusiasm as they tackled the different activities including axe throwing, indo-boarding, mini golf and a treasure themed relay.The event focused not only on physical skills, but also on perseverance, encouraging children to try new things and keep going even when something felt tricky at first.

Our Year 2 children represented the school brilliantly with their positive attitudes, encouragement of one another and wonderful behaviour throughout the day. It was lovely to see so many smiling faces and children stepping outside of their comfort zones with confidence.

A huge thank you to Cheselbourne First School and PH ActiveEd for organising such a fun and memorable event. The children returned to school full of excitement and eager to share their favourite moments from the afternoon!

Year 2: A fantastic week!

 We have had a great day today celebrating David Attenborough turning100 years old. We started the morning off with a talk by Ali from Monkey World. She told us all about Orangutans how the stories of the rescued ones at Monkey World. 

As well as learning about Orangutans, we read the story 'Wild Life' all about Sir David Attenborough, watched a short clip of planet earth, looked after our school grounds by litter picking, met Mini the tortoise again and some children chose to pond dip. 

In English this week we had a delivery of a very special package that made us think and question about our new English book. 

In Maths we have taken our learning about measuring length outside! The children have now measured in cm, m and compared lengths. 

We have put in a knowledge organiser sheet on mass and capacity. We will be starting looking at this next week. Home learning is to write sentences about the picture. 

Next week we have some children off to a sports festival on Monday. If this is your child then please can they come to school in their PE kit and bring a packed lunch. On Friday we are are on a trip, this is covered by local trip form. If you would like to come with us then please either email me or speak to me at the door on Monday. 

Thank you SO much for the beautiful flowers, chocolates and biscuits to celebrate my recent win of Primary Science Teacher of the year. I really appreciate it. 

Have a lovely weekend. 

🌟 The Year 2 team🌟 

Hearing Dog Visit

 Hello Year 2 Families

Yesterday, we were delighted to welcome Debs and Keith from the charity Hearing Dogs for Deaf People to our school. They brought along two very special dogs, Elmo and Shadow, who quickly became firm favourites with the children!

During the visit, Debs spoke to the children about what it means to be deaf and explained how hearing dogs provide invaluable support in everyday life. The children were fascinated to learn how Elmo and Shadow help by alerting Debs to important sounds such as the telephone ringing, someone knocking at the door or alarms going off around the home.

The children listened incredibly well throughout the session and showed great curiosity and empathy. They asked lots of thoughtful and interesting questions, demonstrating a real interest in understanding how hearing dogs help people to live more independently and confidently.

It was a fantastic opportunity for the children to learn more about disability awareness, inclusion and the important role assistance dogs play in supporting people’s lives. A huge thank you to Debs, Keith, Elmo and Shadow for such an engaging and memorable visit!

The Year Two Team