Year 2 - Spellings - 30th June 2017

This week spellings will roll on to next week due to our class trip.  Please carry on looking at the common exception words as well.

Year 2 - Home Learning - 30th June 2017

Y2 – Home learning – 30^th June 2017

This week I would like your help in getting together a superhero costume for your child to wear in the class assembly on Friday 7^th July.  The costume could be one that your child has already; you could make one out of leggings, fabric for capes, etc or if your child prefers it could just be a t-shirt with a superhero symbol on or a mask.  Your child will also need a shirt to wear over the top!  Please bring the costume into school next week in a named plastic bag in preparation for Friday’s assembly.

We have also provided a script for the children who might need to practice reading their lines.  They don’t need to learn these off by heart, but will need to read them fluently for the performance.  Please encourage your child to read them through, but no cheating and spoiling the surprise by reading the script yourself!

Lastly, please come along and see our assembly from 9:20am on Friday.

Kind Regards

The Year 2 Team

Year 1 to Year 4 - Mathletics Mayhem - 30th June 2017

Mathletics has set us a challenge competition!  Over the next two weeks we will be working towards helping each child achieve enough points to get a certificate.  If there is enough participation we might stand a chance at winning one of the prizes on offer for our school!  The purpose of this challenge is to familiarise the children with the new look Mathletics website.  Please could you help out by using your child's Mathletics log in with them at home?  Or you could try the Mathletics app on your tablet.  There will be an opportunity for each class to access mathletics at one playtime per week as well as through their maths lessons and ICT time.  Let's see how many points we can earn!
If your child is uncertain of their log in please ask a member of your child's class team.

Y2 - Up and coming dates for your diary - 25th June 2017

We have a busy time ahead in year 2.  Just a reminder of those dates:
Friday 30th June - Safewise trip all day - If your child has a school meal a packed lunch will be provided.  Please wear school uniform.
Monday 3rd July - KS1 sports morning.  Year 2's activities will be beginning at about 10:45am until 12:00pm.  Please come along and watch!
Monday 3rd July - DASP Literacy Festival visit to Thomas Hardye School to see a visiting author 1pm - 2:30pm.
Wednesday 5th July - 1610 to watch the year 4 swimming gala.  We would like to give the children the opportunity to see what it is like to go swimming in preparation for year 3 and to cheer on year 4 at the same time.  If possible we will walk to the leisure centre with year 4.  To do this we will need the children to be at school for 8:30 so that we could walk to the leisure centre.  We will return to school for 10:20am after watching year 4.  Please let us know if you would like to meet us there or if you would prefer to bring your child to meet us at the leisure centre on this day.
Thursday 6th July - Year 2 will be spending the afternoon in their new classroom with their year 3 teacher.
Friday 7th July - Year 2 class assembly.  Please come along and see what we have been learning about this term as well as celebrating our achievements in year 2.  9:20am in the school hall.
We will also be skipping at some point on Friday 7th as part of our health and safety week.
Wednesday 12th July - Trip to Dorchester Museum - Jurassic Gallery.  Please let us know if you are available to help or if you would like to transport your child rather than have them walk there and back.
Wednesday 19th July - Our Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Wonka Day.  Please send your child to school dressed as a character from the story.  There will be an afternoon party to reward the children's hard work.  A food list will go up shortly.  Also, look out for Wonka's pop up shop opening after school for a few little goodies!

Year 2 - STEM week continued...

What a wonderful week in year 2!  The engagement in learning was brilliant, so much questioning and so much hands on learning.  The year 2 children have been busy writing reports about the week which you must come and read.  Making telephones, BIG bubbles, water transporters, moving machines, catapults, musical instruments and much much more.  Thank you to all of the parents who were able to come in and support and support at home with the home learning tasks.  A great week which we will definitely repeat!

STEM week

Well, what a week!
STEM week ended this week in Year 2 by watching a whole school experiment with coke and Mentos mints and this exploding all over Mrs Johnson!
Lots of helicopters, aeroplanes and telephones have been made.
The children have thoroughly enjoyed making bubble mixture this week and blowing bubbles into bubbles.
Thank you also to everyone in helping the 'Catapult making' a huge success. So many children were resilient for the hour and a half in completing them, they were very proud of themselves as we were of them.

Next Friday the class are going to Weymouth Safety centre for our trip. If you are able to come along on this trip then please do offer your name forward!

Thank you!

    

 

Y2 - Spellings - 16th June for 23rd June 2017

Red Group Phonics: science, technology, engineering, mathematics, observe, predict, build, design, Create.  Challenge: What other STEM words can you think of.
Orange and Yellow Phonics: observe, design, create, predict, build.  Challenge: What other STEM words can you think of.
Green group: Your spellings will link to the sounds that you have been learning in phonics lessons this week.