Y2 - Literacy Learning - Week beginning 5th June

This week we have completed our collaborative learning task from before the holidays.  The children worked in small groups to create a save the sea turtles campaign.  They have made posters, gathered information and made their own fact sheets about sea turtles.  It was wonderful to see how well the children worked together, supported each other and compromised!
We have also looked at how we can describe people both real and fictional.  We have read and sorted facts about three famous people from Dorchester's past: William Barnes, Judge Jefferys and Thomas Hardy.  We have also begun to look at how Roald Dahl describes the people in his stories.  We will continue with this next week, specifically looking at our use of adjectives (describing words).

Monday 12th June - Bike Breakfast

“Bike Breakfast” at the Prince of Wales School!

 On Monday 12^th June, we are holding another “Bike Breakfast” event! This is to encourage pupils, parents and staff to get on their bikes and scooters for the journey to school. From 8.40am until 8.55am, there will be drinks and snacks for everyone who cycles or scoots to school.

 I hope we can tempt you onto two wheels to help the school get more children active on the school journey. It is fun and healthy and the roads around school will be much calmer if fewer people drive!

 We look forward to seeing you there,

DM

School summer fayre -Saturday 10th June

The Prince of Wales Summer Fayre is this Saturday 10^th June 11-2pm! Do please come along, bring family and friends.

A football tournament, activities and games for children, BBQ, bouncy castle, skittles, prizes to be won! The event is solely to raise funds for our school and Pre-School. Finally, if you do feel you could help man a stall then do please sign up in the foyer of the main school or over at Pre-school. More helpers mean that everyone can enjoy the event.

Friday 9^th June – This day is a ‘non School uniform’ day – Please bring in chocolates and wine to donate towards the fayre tombola’s please. We do also need cakes for the café and teddies too!

We look forward to seeing you there!

Mrs Mewett, Julia Nineham and the POWSA committee

Y2 - Maths Learning - Week Beginning 22nd May 2017

This week we have been revising key skills and concepts.  Some areas that we need to practise are:
Quartering shapes: How can you fold or draw lines on a shape to make quarters?
Using the division sign: Can the children work out simple division statements relating to their times tables?
Odd and Even numbers:  What do even numbers end with?
Adding and subtracting:  Using 10s and 1s to add two digit numbers and subtract two digit numbers.
Eg: 56+38=    or  ?-5=52
Why not have a go at home?
We have been really pleased in the last few weeks at how many children have been achieving certificates in Mathletics.  Last week 20 year children managed a certificate and this week 22 children have one so far.  This is a brilliant effort and far higher than the numbers receiving certificates in other classes.  Well done!

Y2 - Literacy Learning - 25th May 2017

This week we have been looking at writing reports.  The children have been working together collaboratively to produce brainstorms, fact sheets and posters about sea turtles.  It has been lovely to see the children working together and supporting each other with their learning.  Well done year 2. 

Y2 - Spellings - 25th May 2017

This holiday there are no new spellings to learn.  Instead practise spelling the common exception words in the middle of your reading records.  How many can you spell.  Also, spend some time looking at the different sounds you see there.  Please bring along any evidence that you have been learning these and we will reward you with a Superhero point!

Y2 Home Learning - 25th May 2017

Mr Willy Wonka himself has invited us to design a new chocolate or sweet for his factory.  He would like you to tell him the ingredients you would use and the method (how you would make it), then if you have time perhaps you could make a little sample of your sweet or chocolate to try at school.  As we are a healthy school we will not be eating lots and lots of your designs, just a little taste test and then we will send the remainder home for your family to enjoy.  We also have a Wonka Day planned on Wednesday 19th July, for this day we will be dressing up as characters from the book so you have lots of time to think about what to wear!  Enjoy your half term break, let's hope it is a sunny one.