Y2 - Christmas has begun - 30th November 2016

This week we have begun our new topic of Victorians, for the week's leading up to Christmas we will be looking at how the Victorians celebrated Christmas.  The classroom is festooned with lovely Christmas evergreen and we have begun making all sorts of Victorian decorations, cards and keepsakes.  Just a reminder that we will be going to Priest House Museum on Monday 5th December.  The children and adults will need to wear their Victorian Costumes (don't worry if you are short of items - we have a few at school).  Please make sure your child has a few layers underneath because it can be quite cold.

Y2 - We have filled the marble jar! - 28th November 2016

Wow!  Well done year 2, you have worked hard as a team and managed to fill the marble jar!  That is 75 times we have noticed you showing us exactly the right attitude to your learning.  As a reward on Friday 2nd December we will be having a PJ and teddy party.  Please bring along your favourite teddy, a pillow and your pyjamas in a bag.  After lunch the children will snuggle down with popcorn, hot chocolate and cookies to enjoy their reward! 
Well done year 2!

Y2 Maths learning - Week beginning 21st November 2016

This week we have been looking at measuring the height and length of various objects.  We have started looking at metres and centimetres as standard units of measurement.  We have talked about how we can be accurate and careful in our measuring and had a go at using various equipment to measure objects in the classroom.  At home you could use a tape measure to find things that are more than, about the same as or less than a metre.  When measuring anything in metres and centimetres check that the 0 on the ruler is lined up with the end of the object you are measuring - this is the concept that the children find trickiest!

Y2 Literacy Learning - Week beginning 21st November

This week we have been planning our Big Write for next week and looking at more information on lighthouses including the wonderful home learning that has been brought into school this week.  Well done everyone for all of your hard work.  It was of a particularly high standard for year 2, we had great fun sharing it.

Year 2 - Spellings - 25th November 2016

This week's spellings are as follows.
Red group is looking at prefixes.  Practice breaking the word into two parts - the prefix and the root word, this makes it easier to spell.
Red group: return, rerun, bicycle, tricycle, misbehave, prehistoric, overcook
Orange, yellow and green group are looking at the wh sound in common words.
Orange and yellow groups: when, what, where, why, whistle, white
Green group: when, what, which, where

Year 2 - The Big Write 2 Home Learning - 25th November 2016

The Big Write 2

Writing a letter

We have been practicing our letter writing skills over the past week or so.  For our next Big Write on Wednesday the 30^th November we would like the children to write a letter to a real person.  The children have already had a think about who this could be and what they would like to say.  Over the weekend could you:

1.  Talk to your child about their letter and what they would like to say,

2. Maybe collect some pictures that remind them of what to write  

3. Have a go at finding an address for them to send it to?

On Wednesday we will write our letters in our Big Write session and after they have been marked and a best copy made we will send them home for you to see and actually post with your child if you wish!

Talking about your child’s writing with them will make them more confident and able to have a go!

Some ideas for who to send your letter to…

Father Christmas

A celebrity from your favourite TV programme

A  sports person that you admire

An author

A member of your family

Try to steer away from social media people because we are trying to use postal addresses with this topic, digital communication will be covered at a later date!

Wow! Lots of money raised for Children in Need

Thank you so much to everyone who bought some of the Children in Need merchandise, donated money for wearing something spotty and made and bought cakes. 

The Prince of Wales School made an amazing £505!!!

Y2 Home Learning - Friday 18th November

Year 2 – Home Learning – Friday 18^th November

This week I would like you to either find your favourite Lighthouse poem,  have a go at writing your own or find out some interesting facts about lighthouses.    When you have found one, written one or found some facts you like, you can present it in what ever way you like and bring it into school.

Last day for Operation Christmas child shoe boxes!

Just a reminder that tomorrow will be the last day that we will be taking the 'Operation Christmas child' shoe boxes at school. Mrs Mewitt has kindly said she would take the shoe boxes that people have bought in to school to the drop off point in Weymouth. So if you have a shoe box please bring them in tomorrow. Also please remember that the shoe boxes need £3 in them to support the transportation fees. 

Thank you for supporting this cause

Mrs Thorpe and the Children's Voice

Children in Need this Friday!!

This Friday (18th) we will be supporting Children in Need. The children should come in dressed in something spotty. We are asking for a 50p donation for this please. 

As well as this, after school on Friday we will be having a bake sale. If you can bakes a cake, biscuits or cupcakes then please do. All cakes to be given to Mrs Thorpe in Year 1 please on Friday morning. 

We will be selling Pudsey key rings and wristbands on Wednesday and Friday after school this week.

Many thanks in advance!

Y2 - Maths Learning - Week Beginning 7th November 2016

This week we have been looking at subtraction and how we can use counting backwards and our knowledge of tens and ones.  At home, try counting back in 10s from any two digit number: 84, 74, 64, 54 and so on.
Then extend to taking 30 or 40 from a two digit number: 87-30=
By counting back 3 tens from 87 you should get to the answer.
It is only a short step from here to using a formal method for subtraction.

Y2 - Literacy Learning - Week beginning 7th November 2016

This week we have continued to look at our topic of Islands.  We have used our sentences to describe islands and write a report about an island of our choice.  We have also spent some time rehearsing our class assembly.  We hope you enjoyed it.

Y2 - Spellings - Week ending 18th November 2016

This week's spellings are as follows:
Red group: friendly, darkness, badly, beautiful, careless, coldness, cheerful
Orange group: yawn, shawl, drawer, which, were, whistle
Yellow and Green group: saw, raw, paw, claw, jaw, yawn

Y2 - A super assembly 12th November 2016

Well didn't the children do well this morning? We have been super impressed with how quickly the children have picked up their words this week and have been successful in reading these out and performing them with such confidence.

This year's Christmas show will involve all the children being narrators so a great start in thinking how to project their voices and to not talk too quickly either.

The children thoroughly enjoyed the Rama and Sita story and acting this out. I think we have a  'peaceful' class as when it was time in the drama for  the 'battle' they were not in a rush to start one at all! Well done to Jack and Leo for being the 'baddie' Ravana, the evil king with 10 heads!

Thank you to all of you who were able to come along and be an audience for the children.

Y2 Spellings - Week ending 11th November 2016

This week we are looking at the sound ue as in glue and tissue.
Alternative spellings for ue, such as ew, ou, u_e, u, and more!
We are also looking at suffixes and how they change the meaning of the word.
Each group's spellings are as follows.
Red group: joyful, useful, tearful, hurtful, pavement, enjoyment, useless
Orange group: blue, true, tissue, value, because and children
Yellow and Green group: glue, true, clue, blue, was and said.

Y2 - Home Learning - 4th November 2016

This half term we have started our new topic of "An island home".  During this topic we will be looking at islands and island life through factual and fictional perspectives. 

For home learning this week I would like the children to design their own island treasure maps to inspire their writing in school.  Please encourage your child to be as creative as possible.  I have included some pictures to help ; or they may prefer to do their own design completely; if they prefer ICT then this link to the cbbc website might be more their thing...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/games/rockets-island-treasure-map-maker
 I look forward to seeing where the treasure is buried!

All Years - Christmas Cards - 2nd November 2016

Christmas card orders

We received communication today that the online ordering for the xmas cards has now failed completely. The company are reverting to paper orders and a pack is being sent to school. As far as we are aware any successful online orders are still valid but all others will need to complete paper order forms and bring money to school. This is not an ideal situation however POWSA are at hand to help you solve any issues and can take cash or cheques.

So, on Friday 4 th November and Monday 7 th November before and after school POWSA will be manning a table in the foyer where you can fill in the order forms and hand over cash or cheques.  We apologise for this inconvenience, however this is out of our control and are working hard to make the process successful!

Y2 - Class Assembly - posted 1st November for 11th November

Just a reminder that it will be our year 2 class assembly on Friday 11th November.  Please come along and see what we have been learning about so far this term.  9:20am in the school hall.

Christmas cards order

Christmas card orders

Hopefully you have all received your child’s card design? You were given the information to order through the company directly on the back of the art work. The art work needs to come back to school to your child’s classroom, into their envelope - by Friday 4^th November – end of this week, ready to be sent off.

The company will be collecting on Monday 7^th November from our school office, no set time has been given so it is vitally important the art work is back in the class envelope on Friday please.

We are hoping for the cards to be delivered back to school around 22nd November.