Reading books and 2L bottles

We will soon be transforming our library and all of the books in it will be sorted out. In order for us to do this we will be collecting in all of the reading books this week. So if your child comes home without any reading books this week then we have got them in school.

In the summer term we will be working with Reception in a joint eco school activity. Reception have had the idea that they will build a bottle green house. As we are also keen gardeners in Year 2 we thought we would lend a hand. If anyone has any 2 litre bottles that they have finished with then we will be collecting them in Year 2 also. We need many hundreds more so please let your wider family members know!

The end of reading week...

Our reading week finished today with a very wet and stormy day! The children have all shared their favourite books this week, made book marks, gingerbread men and read lots and lots!

Next week we will still be looking at the work of Florence Nightingale. In maths we will be doing some word problems and counting with money. So if you are out at the weekend why not get your child to count the money?

Have a restful weekend and we will see you all on Monday.

Year 2 team

Mike Brownlow visit and travelling back in time!

Well we had a fantastic day yesterday! Mike Brownlow who is an author and illustrator came in to school and read to us the stories

It was a brilliant experience that all of the children really enjoyed. We all got to make up our own pirates and he gave us a drawing lesson on how to draw pirates. 

This morning we worked collaboratively with preschool. Half of year 2 went over to preschool and the other half stayed in our classroom. It was a great morning, we shared the book

After we read the book the children then retold it using puppets. We then had a taste of some of the fruit that is in the story and drew some of the animals in the story. 

Year 2 have also travelled back in time today! (Very busy Wednesday) We needed to find out some more information about the Crimean war and so decided to go to Scutari hospital. Once we crawled through the tunnel and in to the hospital ward we had a visit from Florence Nightingale. Florence told us all about what she did in the hospital when she turned up and why she is a well known figure. When our visitor left the children then got in to groups and had work together to act out a freeze frame. We had many wounded soldiers and nurses. 

Buy a signed copy and meet the author tomorrow!

Good evening everyone!

An exciting day tomorrow - as it is part of our reading week, we have arranged for a children's author/illustrator to come in and inspire the children about creating stories! He will be giving an exciting presentation/workshop to each class in the morning and then setting activities for them in the afternoon! The author and illustrator is, Mike Brownlow, author of Ten Little Pirates and creator of the TV series Little Robots.

More information about Ten Little Pirates

Ten little pirates set out to sea in search of adventure. But what will the ten little pirates do when they meet a hurricane . . . and a giant squid . . . and a HUNGRY SHARK? This fun-filled rhyming story, which incorporates counting backwards from ten to one, is great to share with young children who are learning about numbers. The colourful, humorous illustrations feature objects to spot and count on every page. With a bouncy, rhythmic text and lots of great sound words, this piratical adventure is perfect for sharing again and again. Short-listed for the Nottingham Children’s Book Awards and the Sheffield Children’s Book Awards, 2014.

Other books that will be on sale:

Make It! Rocket,

Make It! Robot, both published by Scholastic

Bad Manners! Benjie,

Dog Did It! both published by Piccadilly Press.

Mike will be selling copies of his books at the end of the day which you can buy and get signed as a special gift for your child. They will cost £6.99, and it would be appreciated if you could bring the correct money. The children will have a great day experiencing first hand how to create a book, and it would be a lovely, inspiring momento to take away! Check out his website!

We hope to see you at the end of the day tomorrow!

Mrs. Johnson

I want my hat back!

This morning in year 2 we have been looking at the story

The children worked in pairs to add the narrative to the text. We watched the animation that was made on the story, the children really enjoyed this. 

We are encouraging the children to read a range of books this week. In group reading this week the children will be looking at poetry texts and making gingerbread men to go with the story.

The children can also make up their own stories using characters from well known stories.

The book we shared today as a class was 

This is a favourite of mine and one that they children can get involved in as they were rhyming. 

Please remember your favourite books tomorrow!

Reading week begins!

 

We are now heading in to our reading week. In Year 2 the children will be learning lots about reading, narration and what makes a good story. They will have a chance to make up their own stories and also do some book reviews.

This week we will be encouraging the children to bring in their own favourite stories, we will be sharing these from Tuesday onwards.

We would also encourage the children to access their

 

Reading eggs is a fantastic resource that the children can go on at home.

Sport relief and the bake off!

Year 2 looked fantastic today! Well done to everyone that dressed up in their 'silly' costumes. We all took part in the sport relief mile this morning and everyone got a sticker.

The Prince of Wales 'Bake off' was fantastic. The school council reps voted for their favourite in each year and the overall favourite. So well done to Miss Hancock in year 2 for winning the votes in our class and a huge well done to Mrs Brooker in Year 1 for winning the overall vote! They all looked scrumptious. Also a massive well done to Mrs Hibberd for arranging it all.

Next week we have reading week. Just a few reminders about next week:
-Farm trip is unfortunately cancelled due to the road works (this will be rearranged).
-Children can bring in their favourite books (we will be sharing these on weds and thurs).
-Tuesday we have an author coming in to work with all the children in the school.
-On Wednesday the Victorian home learning is due back in.
-No spellings have been set this week. Although the children will have a test on Friday with some of the previous spellings that they have had.

Hope you have a restful weekend. We will see you next week.

Year 2 team

Reading week...

Next week the whole school are having a reading week. We have some very special activities that we will be taking part in.

As part of this week we thought it would be nice for the children to share their favourite story book with their friends. A book that the children really enjoy reading themselves, so not a magazine or a fiction book.

What we have been learning about...

Today the children listened to the story of Lotte the miner. This was a moving story which told the story of a child that was taken from a workhouse and then placed in the mines. Year 2 have been really enthusiastic and keen to learn lots about our history.

This afternoon we learnt about Isambard Kingdom Brunel and how he changed the way that Victorians traveled. We compared transport in Victorian times to now.

On Monday we are going to the farm. If anyone is available to come with us we would like to have a couple of parent helpers. If you are available could you please let me know as soon as possible please.

Year 2 team.

Sport relief on FRIDAY- 'Go that extra mile'

Just a quick reminder about Sports Relief on Friday! The children will have the chance to dress up as something funny to raise lots of money for Sports relief, which I am sure you will all agree is a great cause.

 There are a lots of ideas about what everyone could dress up as. The children could come in to school with their clothes inside out, odd clothing, fancy dress clothes, funny hair oh the possibilities are endless!! Year 2 will be taking part in the 'run a mile' on the field on Friday morning.

The staff this year are also holding

Judged by the school council reps, the staff will be judged on the foods appearance and taste. The only rule is that it has to have something red in. Stay tuned for Year 2's baking pictures!

Mrs W the very strict teacher, smoothies and super heroes!

Well we have had a busy couple of days! On Thursday we had a visit from a Victorian school teacher. Our classroom was transformed and Mrs W the very strict teacher made us all chant the alphabet and pay her a penny to come in to the classroom! The children enjoyed playing along and had lots to write about after Mrs W left.

We have also had fruit squash cocktails and smoothies.

Today all of the children came in dressed up as super heroes. It was great to see how creative the children were with their costumes. We have taken some really good photos which we will share with you next week.

Rich and poor Victorians

This week we have been looking at Victorian houses. The children have learnt all about the different types of houses and what you could have seen in them. We found a brilliant website where you could take a virtual tour of a Victorian house. I will put this on our Year 2 pupil links.

 

In Maths this week we are using the film 'Madagascar'. The children have been outside and given their partner directions to move around the playground. They then used this to write directions for the Penguins in the zoo to escape! Tomorrow is all about making smoothie cocktails for Gloria (the Hippo).

 

We sent home a mask template today. The children do not have to use them but we thought if a few of you were struggling for ideas then they can use them. We discussed today that maybe the children might wear a mask and a cape and then their plain home clothes. This is obviously not what you have to do but a suggestion. The idea of the super hero is to be something that the children are good at from eating lots of fruit, being a mathematician, great swimmer, listener, helpful... the list could go on!

Spring Family Bingo

At the Prince of Wales School Friday 28th March.

Everyone Welcome £2 per book = 15 games

Doors open at 5.30pm, eyes down at 6pm

Raising funds for Prince of Wales Pre-School

 

What Superhero will you be?

Next Friday (14th March) is our Superhero dress up day. The children are not meant to dress up as well known characters such as Batman, superman etc but make up there own superhero. Some examples could be:

- Super maths boy or Super friendly superhero.

If you are stuck for ideas it might be worth talking to others about their ideas. I was thinking that a mask that covers eyes and maybe a cape would be a good idea? The children could design their own cape showing some pictures of what their super power is?

Today was world book day. Although we did not celebrate this today we are going to be having a special reading week in a few week times. We will be doing lots of activities and the children will have a chance to share with us their favourite books.

Working children in the Victorian Era.

It's been great to see so many of your travelling to school on wheels. Keep it going! We are highest in the school at the moment for the amount of children on bikes and scooters. We have had a bit of a lull today so it would be great to see a boost in numbers tomorrow. Cycling or scooting to school really wakes the children up and gets them ready for their learning in the morning.

This week we have started looking at the Victorian Era. Yesterday Mrs Webb explained all about what the Victorian Era means and the children got to look at some brilliant resources online. Today we have been recalling some facts that we have learnt about street children and their life in Victorian Britain. The children have all said that they would not like to have lived in Victorian times and I have to agree!

Year 2 were really shocked to learn that some children as young as 5 were sent to work and were sold to factories, mines and rich people!

Cycle or scoot to school!

Today was the start of our ride to school fortnight. John from sustrans was a bike doctor today and looked at lots of the children's bikes.

Everyday we will be asking the children if they have cycled of scooted in to school. We collect points every day towards some special super heros and prizes for the school. We even collect points for parents and grandparents! So please make sure that your child cycles or scooters in to school. We will also try and take lots of photos.

With this awful weather at the moment please remember to wear high visibility clothing and helmets.