As you know we have been learning about the Great Fire of London. To finish off our topic we have visions of building our very own Pudding Lane! We would like you to work together at home to create a Tudor house to put on our street in the classroom! Use a cardboard box or a template. Please bring your house in before the end of term and we will display them in the class. They will help us learn how closely the houses were built and how the fire spread.Thursday, 23 March 2017
Y2 - Home learning - 24th March 2017
As you know we have been learning about the Great Fire of London. To finish off our topic we have visions of building our very own Pudding Lane! We would like you to work together at home to create a Tudor house to put on our street in the classroom! Use a cardboard box or a template. Please bring your house in before the end of term and we will display them in the class. They will help us learn how closely the houses were built and how the fire spread.
Tuesday, 21 March 2017
Y2 Assembly Update - 21st March 2017
Of course our assembly is top secret, but the children will have the opportunity to wear their red nose day gear at the end of assembly, so please make sure they wear their red and bring along their noses/ boppers/ etc. For the start of assembly we would like your child to be wearing a school T shirt though, so please bring that in too. Look forward to seeing you on Friday 24th March at 9:20am.Thursday, 16 March 2017
Y2 - Spellings - 17th March 2017 for 24th March 2017
This week's spellings are as follows:
Red and Orange group are looking at homophones, words that sound the same but are spelt differently and mean different things. To learn these the children also need to know their meanings:
there, their, they're, here, hear, see, sea, one, won, sun, son, to, two, too.
Yellow group are recapping on the oi sound:
oil, join, point, enjoy, annoy, soil.
As a challenge try to find other oi/oy words in your reading.
Green group are also recapping on the oi sound:
oil, boy, coin, enjoy.
Try to remember which oi/oy sound to use.
Red and Orange group are looking at homophones, words that sound the same but are spelt differently and mean different things. To learn these the children also need to know their meanings:there, their, they're, here, hear, see, sea, one, won, sun, son, to, two, too.
Yellow group are recapping on the oi sound:
oil, join, point, enjoy, annoy, soil.
As a challenge try to find other oi/oy words in your reading.
Green group are also recapping on the oi sound:
oil, boy, coin, enjoy.
Try to remember which oi/oy sound to use.
Y2 - Maths Learning - Week Beginning 13th March 2017
This week in Maths we have been revising our addition and subtraction skills. We have been using our number bonds last week to quickly add and subtract over 10s boundaries. For example for addition:
28+6=
We know that we have to add 6. We also know that if we are at 28 we need 2 more to get to 30. So we have to use our number bonds for 6.
2+4=6
So as we have already added to we know that our answer is going to be 4 more than 30.
Using a number line helps to show this or counters to help to see how to add on 2 then 4 more.
For subtraction:
53-7=
We know that we have to subtract 7. We also know that if we are at 53 we need to take away 3 to get to 50. So we have to use our number bonds for 7.
3+4=7
So as we have already subtracted 3 we need to subtract 4 more from 50.
Using a number line helps to show this or counters to help to see how to subtract 3 then 4.
We have also been looking at how to calculate subtraction of two digit numbers when the ones are more in the number you are subtracting.
For example:
54-28=
We have begun to understand that we can't swap the order in subtraction so we have to partition the second number to subtract it.
28 is made up of 20 and 8 so:
First take away the tens: 54-20=34
Then take away the ones: 34-8=26
So 54-28=26
Both of these skills are tricky and will take some time to master. Hopefully you can see how important those number bonds are that we sent home for home learning last week!
This hundred square might help you if you are adding and subtracting at home.
28+6=
We know that we have to add 6. We also know that if we are at 28 we need 2 more to get to 30. So we have to use our number bonds for 6.
2+4=6
So as we have already added to we know that our answer is going to be 4 more than 30.
Using a number line helps to show this or counters to help to see how to add on 2 then 4 more.
For subtraction:
53-7=
We know that we have to subtract 7. We also know that if we are at 53 we need to take away 3 to get to 50. So we have to use our number bonds for 7.
3+4=7
So as we have already subtracted 3 we need to subtract 4 more from 50.
Using a number line helps to show this or counters to help to see how to subtract 3 then 4.
We have also been looking at how to calculate subtraction of two digit numbers when the ones are more in the number you are subtracting.
For example:
54-28=
We have begun to understand that we can't swap the order in subtraction so we have to partition the second number to subtract it.
28 is made up of 20 and 8 so:
First take away the tens: 54-20=34
Then take away the ones: 34-8=26
So 54-28=26
Both of these skills are tricky and will take some time to master. Hopefully you can see how important those number bonds are that we sent home for home learning last week!
Y2 - Literacy Learning - Week beginning 13th March 2017
This week in Literacy we have been looking at how to use conjunctions in our sentences through writing about the Great Fire of London. The children have been inspired to write by finding out about Tom Porter, a boy who woke up to find himself in the middle of the fire in 1666. Why not follow his adventure again?:http://www.fireoflondon.org.uk/game/
Conjunctions are words that join two shorter sentences together. We have used and, but, so, then and because. At home you could think of a short sentence such as:
The flames flew into the air.
Then choose a conjunction to add to the end:
The flames flew into the air but...
Can your child finish the sentence and put a full stop? Reread the sentence to check it makes sense.
Y2 - Class Assembly - 16th March for the 24th March
Next Friday 24th March is our class assembly. You are invited to come along and see what we have been learning about in the last 1/2 term. 9:20am in the school hall - see you there!Sustrans Big Pedal - School Assembly today
Sustrans
“Big Pedal” – starting next week (lasting a fortnight)
Sustrans is an organisation that promotes the use of Bicycles and Scooters.
Jonathan talked to the children about how to make sure their cycling helmets are fitted properly. He then introduced a special Sustrans event taking place over the next fortnight.
Next Monday sees the start of “The Big Pedal”.
We will be recording the number of journeys to and
from school made on Bicycles and Scooters. The data is then used in a national
and local competition to see which schools are able to get the greatest
percentages of Bicycle and Scooter use during the fortnight.
In the last three years, we have done very well in
this event and have been among the local prize-winners.On Tuesday 21st March we are holding a “Bike It Breakfast”. All children that come to school by Bicycle or Scooter will be given a breakfast snack, fruit and a drink.
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