We have had a fantastic Autumn Term in Year Two and look forward to the New Year with enthusiasm and the expectation of more exciting learning.
Have a Brilliant Holiday!
We wish you all a VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS and HAPPY NEW YEAR!
With warm regards,
The Year Two Staff Team - Mr. MacBean, Mrs. Bishop, Mrs. Bernard and Miss Cowls.
As a home learning activity, perhaps you would like to copy out a part of this well known Christmas Carol and draw a picture to accompany the song.
This song is important for Christians at Christmas Time.
Or maybe you would prefer to choose a different Christmas Song? Perhaps you have a favourite of your own.
Away in a manger
Away in a manger, no crib for a bed,
The little Lord Jesus laid down his sweet head.
The stars in the bright sky looked down where he lay,
The little Lord Jesus asleep on the hay.
The cattle are lowing, the baby awakes,
But little Lord Jesus no crying he makes.
I love Thee, Lord Jesus, look down from the sky
And stay by my side until morning is nigh.
Be near me, Lord Jesus, I ask Thee to stay
Close by me forever, and love me, I pray.
Bless all the dear children in thy tender care,
And fit us for heaven, to live with Thee there.
Just a quick reminder about our visit to the RSPB Nature Reserve at Radipole Lake tomorrow. Make sure you bring warm waterproof clothes and outdoor boots/wellies.
(Lunch arrangements remain the same.)
DM
Following our 'problem-solving' in Mathematics this week, we would like to set the children this puzzle from the "End of Unit Check" in our Power Maths books. It's quite tricky, so you'll have to grapple with it.
(We did run through how to get to the answer at school.)
What you need:
Get 9 small pieces of card/paper.
Write the numbers 1 to 9 on a piece of card/paper.
You now have cards with the numbers 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Here's the challenge: Can you make three unequal piles of cards that total the same amount?
Record like this: pile 1: _____. pile 2: ______ pile 3: ______
There is more than one answer..... How many ways can you find?
Mr. MacBean's clue - "A magic number for this is fifteen"
They have chosen to have an hour on Friday afternoon watching a film while wearing their pajamas. Cuddly toys are also optional. They should definitely still come to school in their school uniform - and change after lunch. As the weather has made a turn for the colder, please make sure pajamas are warm, with dressing gowns a sensible extra layer!
DM
Spiders 8 legs
Beetles 6 legs
Lizards 4 legs
Bats 2 legs
Potion must have a total of 20 legs.
What different potions could you make?
Record your answers clearly.
Here’s an example:
Beetle + Beetle + Lizard + Bat + Bat = 20
6 + 6 + 4 + 2 + 2 = 20
Dear Year Two,
Geography: Miss Cowls has set the children a Geography task for their 'home learning' this week. The children have been given a World map to label and some questions to answer about Human Features (made by people) and Physical Features (made by physical geography).
Assembly Lines: Well done for practising these at home. A bit more practice would be great! (Lost your lines? - email me or ask for another copy next week.)
Reminder - Families can can to watch our Y2 Assembly at 9.20 next Friday 19th November. This coincides with 'Children in Need Day'.
Next week's 'Show and Tell' is 'Orange Table' - also on Friday.
Have a happy weekend, Mr. M.
In the last week, the children in Year Two have expressed a great enthusiasm for "Show and Tell", by which I mean bringing something from home to tell their classmates about. (Lots of children, every day!)
I don't want to prevent them from doing this; however, it will be more convenient if we coordinate how it's done (...and how often).
From now on, Friday will be "Show and Tell" day. Each week children from a different 'working table' will have the opportunity to bring something of interest from home to tell their friends about. There are 6 working tables so the opportunity for each child will come round about once each half term.
next week = Yellow Table
Many thanks,
Mr. M.
1. The children have been given their "Lines" for our Class Assembly.
The assembly is on Friday 19th November at 9.20 am.
The children are not expected to learn their lines, but it would be great if they could practise reading them.
2. Make a simple plan of part of a building, such as your home.
You will need to try to see the house from a ‘bird’s eye view’, that’s looking down from above.
Here's an example: (Yours doesn't need this much detail.)
Can you label some of the different rooms and show where the doors are?
Can you show where some important things are kept, like the fridge, cooker, T.V., bath, toilet?
3. People in Mr. MacBean's and Mrs. Bernard's Reading/Spelling groups have also got some "spellings" for the week. These will change on Mondays.
DM
Hello Y2,
I hope that you have a really fantastic Half-term Holiday!
READING
I do hope that you are able to do plenty of reading over the next week.
Don't forget to take "Accelerated Reader" Quizzes when you can.
We have put 2 other activities into your (yellow) 'Home Learning Books'.
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1. HUMAN BODY SCIENCE
Can you label these parts of the human body?
How many internal body parts can you name? (Things inside we can’t see that are inside us)
Can you make a list?
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2. MEASUREMENT
You will need a tape measure, measuring scales and a capacity jar. You'll need a bit of help too.
Y2 had a great morning working with Lynda from Living Judaism today.
All part of our Food, Faith and Farming Fortnight.
Marking the start of our “Food and Faith Fortnight”, we would like the children to write an acrostic for the word “Farming”.
The children should write 7 sentences relating to “farming”. The sentences should start with the letters in the word farming as indicated in the example below.
F
A combine harvester cuts the crops.
R
M
In the Autumn we have a Harvest Festival at school.
N
G
If you would prefer to write a bit less, perhaps you could do 4 sentences for the word “Farm”.
You will notice that we have sent a "Home Learning" book home with the children. This can be used for any writing activities that the children want to keep safe and share with us at school.
DM
Home Learning – Year 2 - for Friday 24th Sept
Complete the following statement with 4 ideas:
"We could make the World a better place if we........"
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Today in Computing with Mr Spracklen our aim was to use the 'collision detection event' in 2Code to program the computer to detect a collision.
During the lesson we talked a little about driverless cars (or 'robot cars' as Year 2 liked to call them).
Want to find out more about 'robot cars' check out this great article from CBBC Newsround -
https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/56322871
Leaves
For ‘home learning’ this week, I would like the children to find leaves from different species of trees. (How about 6 different trees?)
Can they pick one leaf from each and draw a careful outline of its shape?
Can they perhaps find the name of the species of tree that it came from?
What do the different leaves you have found have in common?
In what ways are they different?
Are all the leaves on the same tree the same colour?
Are the leaves the same colour on each side?
Did you notice any flowers, fruit, berries or nuts on the trees that you looked at?
Perhaps you could create some artwork with some leaves.
Happy Leafing,
Mr. M.
The children in Year Two have been learning about what life was like in Victorian Times.
We all agreed that it was rather unpleasant compared to today. Can your children tell you about any of the jobs children sometimes had to do in Victorian Times?
Can any of the Y2 children remember?
If not, the below video might be worth exploring together -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Da5TOXCwLSg
June has been a Mathletics Tastic Month at The Prince of Wales School.
No less than 59 certificates have been awarded in the space of a month! That means that 1000 points or more has been achieved within a week 59 times over! And that doesn't include all of the other points that children have been earning! Amazing work everyone, special shout outs go to:
Bronze Award Winners:
Tabitha T, William T, Arlo Sh, Mia P, Olivia P, Alexander P, Amber M, Charlotte J, Jacob H, Alfie D, Rosa D, Logan C, Vasilis C, Asimina C, Anna C, Ellis B and Hollie B
Silver Award Winners:
Tabitha T, Arlo Sh, Mia P, Charlotte J, Rosa D, Vasilis C, Asimina C and Hollie B
And not 1, not 2 but 3 Gold Award Winners!
Gold Award Winners:
Charlotte J, Vasilis C and Hollie B
In Times Table Rockstars we have some resilient learners maintaining and improving their rock speeds right until the end of term.
Well done to the following rockers who all earned certificates in June:
Joel B, Thomas Y, Logan C, William T and Evie P
Reggie bows down to your resilience and awesome times table speeds!
Dear Year Two Families,
In Year Two Maths over the next couple of weeks, we are working on
'Telling the Time' and Measurement with Time.
In class we have made some 'Telling Time Clocks' with special flap-over parts to help with time telling. These are coming home to support you with some 'Time telling' activities that we will also be sending home later in the week.
Not essential, but if you had thought of getting a watch for your Y2 child, now would be a great time to do so.
Hello, Year 2 families,
Some children and parents have asked for some advice regarding costumes for The Wind in the Willows performance.
If your child has a named role such as Mole, Ratty, Toad, Judge or Policeman or Rabbit, please could you provide a costume that helps tell the audience what their part is?
This does not have to be elaborate, and there is no expectation that you will buy an outfit. For example, Toad may have a smart cardigan or jacket over a t-shirt.
If your child is playing the part of a narrator, they could dress like a woodland creature; they have a tail or rabbit ears. I would recommend things like black or brown leggings and a top of a similar colour. We will have a selection of headbands or masks for pupils to choose from to finish off their costume.
Please be mindful that the children will need to walk to The Borough Gardens in their costume and wear it for the duration of our trip. Hence, the costume needs to be practical and comfortable.
A reminder that pupils need to bring their script into school every day. It is much easier than sharing scripts.
We would like as many children as possible to have learned their lines, so we are not dependant on scripts. Frequent and often tends to be the best approach with learning lines; could you practice them on the way to school or just before bed?
Lots of children have begun to know their lines, which is fantastic, so thank you for the work which has already been done!
The children have made brilliant efforts this week when practising. I am extremely proud of all of them and can’t wait to show you our performance next week.
Please do not worry about costumes there is really is no pressure to buy anything new; I have included a few ideas below.
If you do have any questions, please do ask.
Ms Evans
