A big well done to all of the children who have received a reply to the letters they wrote last half term. This week Indi-Rose received a letter from Buckingham Palace! We were all very excited to see Indi open her letter. Let's hope we receive more replies soon.Friday, 26 January 2018
Year 2 - A letter from the Queen - 26th January 2018
A big well done to all of the children who have received a reply to the letters they wrote last half term. This week Indi-Rose received a letter from Buckingham Palace! We were all very excited to see Indi open her letter. Let's hope we receive more replies soon.
Year 2 - Awesome Assembly - February 2018
What a fantastic job year 2 did for their assembly this morning. A big well done to all of the children and adults involved. Six marbles were earned for the jar. Well done! 
Year 2 - Home Learning - 26th January 2018
Next week we will be having our third Big
Write of the year. Big Write 3 will be
all about writing an adventure story. It
will be based on the magic key adventures.
The key has the power to take the children in a story off on adventure
to Victorian times. Over the weekend I
would like you to play with the puppets below and jot down some ideas for your
story. Think about the beginning, middle
and end of the story before you begin!
There are two story mountains, please write down on one of these the ideas you have for the story.
Year 2 - Maths Learning - Week Beginning 22nd June 2018
This week we have been looking at graphs and frequency tables as ways of presenting data. The children took part in the Smartie challenge and discovered that orange and pink smarties aren't more common than the other colours and that the number of Smarties in each tube can vary. We counted between 28 and 34! Choose your tube carefully! The children sorted and recorded this data carefully and were treated to a small reward for their efforts. Today the children have really enjoyed conducting their own surveys using tally marks and frequency tables to collect their own data. They then constructed bar charts showing their data more clearly and made comments on what they found out. Great independent Maths learning, well done year 2!
Year 2 - Literacy Learning - Week beginning 22nd January 2018
This week the children have been preparing for this week's class assembly and writing a report about Victorian Day using Microsoft Powerpoint. They have learned how to create slides, insert pictures and edit this to make it clear. It has been great to see how quickly the children have taken this on, they have produced some great presentations. We have also been writing a biography of Florence Nightingale, using our knowledge from our Victorian day and notes that we had taken last week the children have been writing in sentences to describe Florence's life.Next week the Magic Key will be taking us off on an adventure. Please see this week's home learning activity preparing for the Big Write next week.
Friday, 19 January 2018
Year 2 - Award Trophies - 19th January 2018
We always enjoy awarding the special trophies at the end of each half term to children who have shown particular ability or progress in different areas of the curriculum. Sadly over the course of last year and this 3 of our year 2 trophies have gone missing. We have ordered 2 of these trophies to be replaced and are awaiting their arrival. To those of you who have missed out on taking your trophy home we will ensure that you have your photo taken when they arrive. As far of the 3rd trophy goes, we think it has gone missing more recently and need your help tracking it down. If you have the year 2 "Our World" trophy at home, please could you return it asap, no questions asked. We hope to have a full set of trophies back in action for this half term's awards. Please remember that these trophies are to be returned at the end of each half term so that the next lucky winner doesn't miss out as some already have..
Many thanks.
Year 2 - Gold, Silver and Bronze awards for times tables - 19th January 2018
This term the children have been taking part in times table checks to see how they are getting on in learning their times tables. The children have been challenged to try counting in multiples to achieve a bronze award; working out times tables facts for a silver award and answering quick oral questions to earn a gold award. So far we have attempted the 10s, 5s and 2s. Each week the children are encouraged to take the next step and earn the next certificate, this way they can take the learning of the tables at their pace, but are always challenged by the next level. Have a go at the 2 times table matching cards given for home learning to help your child learn the facts for next week. The 3s will be next if your child is finding the 10s, 5s and 2s easy!Year 2 - Last curtain call for Victorian Costumes - 19th January 2018
As you know it is our class assembly next Friday 26th January. For this assembly we would like the children to wear their Victorian costume for the last time. Please bring your child to school on Friday 26th wearing their costumes with their school uniform in a named bag to change into later. Don't forget to come along to the assembly at 9:20 in the school hall and see what we've been up to this term.
Year 2 - Amazing Home Learning - 19th January 2018
Year 2 - Fabulous Victorian Day - 19th January 2018
What a wonderful time we all had in Year 2 on Wednesday. The children's costumes were amazing and they all took part with great enthusiasm in the four morning activities with Mrs Beaton, Mr Chim-Chimney, Miss Nightingale and Miss Johnson. As they progressed through the four activities they collected information about how the Victorians lived, comparing it to today. 
Later in the day Queen Victoria came to tea, she spoke with the children whilst enjoying the Victoria Sponge Cake the children baked earlier in the day. Her Majesty left a parting gift of a magic key, she explained how this may take them back in time to Victorian times at any time! The children have been keeping a close eye on it ever since.
What an exciting day we have had! We will be using our experiences to inspire lots of writing through the coming weeks.
Hope you enjoy the pictures!
Year 2 - Class Assembly - 26th January 2018
Our class assembly will be on Friday 26th January 2018 at 9:20am in the school hall. Please come along and see what we have been learning this term so far. Who knows where the magic key will take us...
Year 2 - Maths Learning - Week Beginning 12th November 2018
This week the children have been working on their division skills. To support children's understanding we have been ensuring they have a chance to work practically, draw pictures and use their known number facts (times tables) to help work out answers.
At home, try sharing items out between a given number of people. Try writing this as a division statement. Also try drawing a picture to show a division. For 20 divided by 4, draw 4 stick men and then share the 20 out equally between the 4 stick men. The answer is how many they get each. Children will then be ready to divide by 2, 5 or 10 using their times table facts as opposites. At home this week you can practice the 2 times table using the cards provided for home learning.
Year 2 - Literacy Learning - Week Beginning 12th January 2018
This week we have had a big focus on our handwriting. The children have been writing up their work to stick into Victorian Scrapbooks that we are making, they have also had the opportunity to use handwriting pens. They have come up with the following success criteria to improve their handwriting:
We have also been practicing learning word types and using these to help us write interesting sentences.
- SLOW DOWN!
- Concentrate/ Focus
- Think about the size of your writing. Small but clear.
- Sit up straight and be still.
- Feet on the floor.
- Non-writing hand holding paper.
- Try to join to keep letters in words close together.
- Join if you can.
- Use a ruler to underline.
We have also been practicing learning word types and using these to help us write interesting sentences.
Year 2 - Spellings - 19th January 2018 to learn for 26th January 2018
This week's spellings are as follows:
Red Phonics
– 19th January 2018 Name:_____________________________
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LOOK
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Write, check (1)
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Write, check (2)
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Write, check (3)
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joyful
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bridge
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village
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change
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giraffe
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jacket
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magic
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Challenge
– Can you find other words that have dge, ge at the end?
Spellings
– Orange Phonics groups 19th
January 2018 Name:_____________________________
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LOOK
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Write, check (1)
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Write, check (2)
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Write, check (3)
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hedge
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badge
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bridge
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giant
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joined
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age
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Challenge:
Can you think of any more words that have the j sound in? It could be spelt with a g, ge, dge or j.
Spellings Yellow and Green group 19th
January 2018 Name…………………………………………………
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LOOK
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Write Check (1)
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Write Check (2)
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Write Check (3)
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burn
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turn
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hurt
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surf
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curl
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Year 2 - Home learning - 19th January 2018
This week I have
given you some matching cards for the times tables. You could cut these up and practice putting
the pictures and answers together. Play
a game of snap or picking pairs out. Also there is a sheet with multiplication and division fact wheels, to work these out you will need to multiply the number on the inner wheel by 2 to get the outer number. Or you might need to divide the outer number by 2 to get the inner number. Please return your home learning or let me know if you've been using the matching cards at home and you will get a superhero point!Friday, 12 January 2018
Year 2 - Maths Learning - Week Beginning 8th January 2018
This week we have really mastered multiplication! The children are getting more confident in learning their times tables and working out related multiplication facts. By using equipment and drawing pictures we have been able to understand how multiplication means groups of or lots of. We have also been practicing our times tables. Your child will be coming home today with their first times table certificates. The first step to learning tables is being able to count in multiples. For example to learn the 10s you need to be able to count in 10s first and identify any patterns in these numbers. Then you can work out facts using your ability to count in multiples, for example, 5x4=, hold up 4 fingers and count on 5 each time. Then comes the quick recall! Can your child quickly recall times table facts in any order? Practice at home by counting in 2s, 5s and 10s then 3s. Times table songs are fun, there are some on Mathletics (if they work ) or youtube. Once your child is confident they can move on to quick recall. At home try to practice these and spot patterns. Next week we will be looking at division. Year 2 - Literacy Learning - Week Beginning 8th January 2018
Year 2 - CPG support materials - 12th January 2018
Dear Parents
We have the opportunity as a school to do
an order of CGP KS1 Skills Practice Materials.
These may be useful if you are looking to support your child as they
progress towards their end of Key Stage Assessments in June. They contain activities to support the
learning that we have covered in school in years 1 and 2 as well as give them
opportunities to practice test type questions.
There is absolutely no obligation to buy these materials, but they are
very reasonably priced if you are looking for something like this to support
learning at home.
If you would like to see some sample
materials, they are available to view in the classroom. Please feel free to have a browse and see if
these are something you could use at home.
Enclosed with this letter is a list of the
resources available. Please complete and
return with payment to the school office by next Wednesday (17th
January) and we will put in a bulk order to get the best possible price for
you.
Yours sincerely
Miss A Johnson
CPG Range – The ones highlighted in yellow
are most likely to help with SATS Preparation.
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Maths
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Cost
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Quantity
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Total
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KS 1 Maths - Targeted Study and Question
book – Year 1
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£2.50
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KS 1 Maths - Targeted Study and Question
book – Year 2
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£2.50
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KS 1 Maths - Yearly workout – Reception
Level
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£1.25
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KS 1 Maths - Yearly workout –
Year 1 Level
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£1.25
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KS1 Maths - Yearly workout –
Year 2 Level
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£1.25
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KS1 Maths SATS Study Book
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£2.00
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KS1 Maths SATS Question Book
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£2.00
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KS1 Maths SAT Buster – Reasoning
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£1.60
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KS1 Maths SAT Buster –
Arithmetic
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£1.60
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KS1 – Maths SAT Buster 10 minute tests.
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£2.00
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English
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KS1 English – Grammar, Punctuation and
Spelling – Year 1
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£2.00
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KS1 English – Grammar, Punctuation and
Spelling – Year 2
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£2.00
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KS1 English – Reading Comprehension –
Year 1
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£1.50
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KS1 English – Reading Comprehension –
Year 2
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£1.50
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KS1 – Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling – SATS study and Practice.
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£2.00
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KS1 – Reading – SATS Study and Practice Book
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£2.00
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KS1 English SAT Buster – Reading
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£1.60
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KS1 English SAT Buster – Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling
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£1.60
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KS1 English SAT Buster 10 minute tests –
Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling
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£2.00
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KS1 English SAT Buster 10 minute tests –
Reading
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£2.00
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Final Total:
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