Thomas the Gorilla!

 What a fantastic experience we had this morning. The children all loved the experience and he even came in to our classroom !

We used our experience with Thomas to write expanded noun phrases. Then this afternoon the children got to go with Joe and were part of a green screen with a sloth and a parrot! 

Happy Lunar New Year!

 

What a fantastic Lunar New Year celebrations we have had this morning. Thank you so much to Stephanie's parents for supplying us with special treats. Please talk to your children about what they have been tasting, it was all very delicious. We have also written about what we have learnt. 

The children will be bringing home a red envelope from Stephanie, a paper craft and a dragon to cut and stick on the black paper. These can stay at home but are great to practice cutting skills. 😃

Year 2 Week 3: 3D shapes, materials and RE visitors.

 Hello everyone. What a busy week we have had so far. In Maths we have been learning about 3D shapes. The children have been looking at vertices, faces and edges. 

Thank you so much to Sofia's Mum for teaching the children about Islam during our RE lesson and showing the children how Muslims pray. 

In Science this week the children have been investigating materials. They had to solve a problem to find the material that was the most waterproof. 

Thank you to everyone that has supplied a spare t shirt. The children will be painting their elephants tomorrow afternoon. 

If you have any questions or concerns then please do come and see us on the door in the morning. 

The Year 2 team 

Stampede By the Sea

This week we will have an Stampede by the Sea Inspired to Learn Arts Week. Each child will create their own elephant which has been kindly donated by Howards Motor Group.

The Children will be working with Artists from Poundbury Art to complete their design. Please can your child bring an old large t-shirt to put over their school uniform whilst they are painting. We will be using Acrylic paint which can stain clothing.

We can't wait to share updates with you as the week goes on.

Ms Evans

Art Lead

Year 2: Planetarium visit

 What an amazing day we have had with the Space Odyssey planetarium! 

We learnt all about our planets, how we get to the moon and the history of the moon landings. We learnt all about the constellations and how stars twinkle but planets do not! Please do ask your child about their time in the dome. 

Thank you to Simon from Space Odyssey for coming to lead these sessions, to you the parents for partly funding this and the Ogden Trust for providing funds to make this happen. 

Year 2: Learning about the Northern Lights!

 This week we started off our learning by making our way through the 'north'. All of the children were given a ticket to used their imagination and travelling through the north to find out about the lights that dance in the night. 

Using this book as our inspiration, the children have been writing noun phases to describe what they can see. Eg. Glistening snowflakes. 

We have also learnt how they are formed by ordering sentences and today as part of our handwriting practice the children wrote this sequence in their neatest handwriting. 

In Maths we have been looking at shape and learning what a quadrilateral is. 

Home learning this week will be linked to Maths and Science.

In Science we are looking at everyday materials. The children were given lots of materials to look at and had to think what they are, describe them and their uses. They also listened to the audio headsets which were linked to materials. 

The children were happy to be back to Forest School today and enjoyed getting out when it was snowing! 

My parent information session will be on Tuesday morning at 9am in the staffroom. During this session I will be talking through this half term. 

If you have any questions please feel free to talk to us at the door in the morning or after school.

🌟The Year 2 team 🌟

Welcome to the Spring term!

Happy New Year to everyone. We hope that you had a lovely restful break! Thank you so much for your kind gifts. 

This term we are starting our learning by linking our English to our planned Space Week (w/b 13th January). I will share more about this over the next couple of days. Next week we will be having a planetarium visit the school for an exciting space adventure. If you are able to this is on school gateway. 

In Maths we will be learning about shape but please do encourage any adding, subtracting and multiplication at home. 

PE for us will still be on a Thursday with Mrs March, please can you make sure that all PE kits are in and labelled. 

Forest School will be commencing on Wednesday and the children will need layers and waterproofs as well as wellies please. 

We can't wait to see you all tomorrow

🌟The Year 2 team 🌟