First week of the second half of the Autumn term!

Hello everyone, we hope you have had a super weekend!

Wow, what an amazing week we have had in Year 2! The children have adapted so well to the new changes in Year 2 and we are so incredibly proud. 

So what is new in Year 2? Every day we are now talking about what adventure we will go on, and the children are referring to their days in school as adventures. We have 2 main areas in and outside of the classroom. Adventure island and adventure kingdom. 

Adventure island is our outside area. In this island we have 3 main sections. Water world - where children are playing with water linking to capacity, less and more, full and empty, and balancing. Builders yard, which is focussing on construction using large items. There are lots of opportunities for collaborative learning and problem solving. It is also great for improving gross motor skills. The last section is story kingdom which is the sand pit area. This encourages curiosity and creativity. 

Adventure kingdom is the classroom. In here we have 6 different areas. Cosy club which is where the children work alongside an adult - predominately myself (Miss White). They are getting high level teaching and also supported well with their abilities. This means I can work with children in the moment and challenge them well. Book snuggle area where children can access a range of books. Tinker table which focuses on Maths skills and fine motor skills. Creation station, which is art related and encourages children to be creative. Small world/construction which encourages creativity and collaboration. Finally we have the invention station where children plan what they want to make and create things out of recycling. 

The children are loving adventure time and we have seen some amazing learning and playing happening!

We are also lucky enough to have a dance teacher come in once a week to teach our children dance. We are focussing this on Strictly Come Dancing!

Children have been assessed this week in RWI. Some children may have changed groups and some may have stayed in the same groups. If you want to know how to best support your children at home please email me. 

We also have a new member of staff in our class. We warmly welcome Mr Long who will be with us until Mrs Scott has recovered from her knee replacement!

See you all tomorrow!

Miss White, Miss Greedy, Mrs Hibberd, Mrs Burgess and Mr Long

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