Year Two - Ridgeway Visit next Friday 3rd May

Just a quick note to remind parents of Y2s that we are on a trip to the Ridgeway next Friday 3rd May.
Extra copies of the letters about this is will be available in the classroom.

Archaeologists visit Year Two

The children in Year Two had a visit from Mr. Steve Wallis, Dorset C.C. Archaeologist.

The children found out about some of the ancient features of our local landscape and got to handle replicas of ancient objects found in the area.
Mr. Wallis will be joining us on our visits next Friday. Who know what we might discover!

Year TWO Home Learning - Poetry -Weds 24th April

Can you make up a poem about a monster where you describe the monster using things that you don’t like?

This is the monster

I made up last week.

A monster so scary

I’m now losing sleep!

It has…

Make a list of things that you don’t like. Then put these into the poem about a monster.

barbed-wire , stinging nettles , fire alarms, land-mines, wasp-stings, bullies, burnt toast, getting a library fine,  getting a puncture on my bike, having an argument

Here’s an example:

It has barbed-wired feet

And stinging nettle arms

When singing it sounds

Like our school fire alarms

It has landmines for eyes

And a wasp sting nose

It has bullies for fingers

And burnt toast for toes

It has library fines for teeth

And flat tyres for eyes

It sounds like an argument

Whenever it cries.

My poem uses rhyme, but yours does not have to.

Year Two fun at St. Mary's Church

Today the children in Y2 had fun at St. Mary's Church in Dorchester. We did photo orienteering using a plan of the inside of the church. We learned about the Easter Story by looking at the Stations of the Cross.

Home learning – Year Two Wednesday 3rd April

I have asked the children to write an “Animal Riddle”, - stating appropriate facts and “revealing them gradually”. We have written a “riddle” in this style together at school, so they should make sure that they choose a different animal for this “home learning” activity.

Like in this example:

What Am I?

I am about 25cm long.

I build a large leafy nest by a tree or wall.

As an adult I live alone.

I can live in the countryside or the town.

I am usually nocturnal.

The cold is my worst enemy, then it’s motor cars.

Animals don’t harm me.

I eat snails, earthworms and insects.

I hibernate so I eat a lot in Autumn.

I am often covered in fleas.

To protect myself I roll into a prickly ball.