Year Two - Big Thank You

We would like to say an enormous THANK YOU for your kind words and lovely gifts that we received yesterday. It is very kind of you and we are all so grateful.
Working with the Year Twos this year has been an absolute pleasure for us all. They really are a lovely bunch! And you folks, as a group of parents, well we think that you lot are a lovely bunch too.
It has certainly been a challenging year in many ways, but the strong sense of community and mutual support has helped us all to remain fully aware of the joys and blessings  that life brings.
Have a fantastic Summer Holiday,
With Love From,
Mr. MacBean and the Year Two Team

Year Two - Water Fun ("Water-Fight") Wednesday

Greetings from the Year Two Teaching Team,
Wednesday Water Fun!

The children in Year Two have persuaded us to allow them to have a "Water-Fight" on Wednesday afternoon at 2.30 pm. They are allowed to bring in water-pistols (apparently now known as Super-Soakers....yes, things have progressed in scale!) or other water- shooting devices. We will proved buckets etc for anyone who can't get one of these.
Any child who would rather not take part will, of course, be able to take the staying dry option.
A change of clothing is optional - staying wet until you pick them up is also ok.

DM

Well done Year Two

Well done Year Two!
Mrs. Bernard, Mrs Thomas, Miss Hooton and I are all so pleased with how hard the children have been working in class. They performed a spectacular "Hokey Cokey" in front of the rest of the school on Friday afternoon (-Hopefully some photos to follow). And they have been thoroughly enjoying the opportunity to socialise with members of their Kingdoms, - undoubtedly the thing that they missed most during the "lockdown" time.
We look forward to a happy and successful last fortnight at school before the Summer Hols!

Mr. M. and the Year Two Team

Year Two Inclusive Sports Weeks

Today is the start of our Inclusive Sports Weeks and to mark this we will be watching a presentation with Paralympian Helena Lucas in our 11.200 am Assembly.

Over the next three weeks we will be doing a range of different sports  

Friday 3rd July - Whole School Dance Day    This is a socially distant Dance Day unfortunately so we can't have everyone in to watch. However, we will be posting videos of our dances. Year Two will be performing the Hokey Cokey!

Thursday 9th July - Year Two Sports Afternoon - The children will be busy with sprinting, hurdling, football dribble, small-ball-throw, obstacle course and relay. They will have some time practising for these events in sessions with Mr. Treble in the week before.

Tuesday 14th  - Boccia  - We will be having a Y2 (Group A and B) Boccia Tournament.

We are sorry that parents, carers and friends will not be able to come along to watch and support these events this year. We will of course be taking loads of photos and videos for you to enjoy.
Oh ..and watch out for the Staff Sports Challenge !!

Year Two - We're looking forward to seeing you on Monday

Hello Year Two,

We are really looking forward to seeing lots of you on Monday when you come back to school.
Things will be a little different here compared to what you are used to, but don't worry, lots of things will be the same too. We will talk the changes when you get here -so no worries! It will be great to meet up with your friends and get back into some school routines. Some of you will be working in the upstairs "Secret Kingdom" in a group with Mrs. Bernard and Mrs. Thomas. Some of you with be in the "Engaged Kingdom" with me and Miss. Hootton. I know we are all really excited about working with you for the rest of the Summer Term.

Can I remind you that you need to make sure you bring a hat, sun cream and drinks bottles - all labelled please. You will also need your Power Maths book 2C, your RWI Spelling book 2B (if you have this at home) and any school reading books that you might have at home - especially James and the Giant Peach and The Twits which we will be using at school.

Can I also remind you about completing your "Reflections of Year Two" and emailing these to me.
d.macbean@princeofwales.dorset.sch.uk
Don't worry if you don't get the chance to do this; we can now do it at school. Many thanks to those of you who have already sent it to me.

Warm regards,
Your Year Two Teacher, Mr. MacBean

Year Two - Telling the Time

From Tuesday of next week the theme for Year Two's Power Maths lessons is
"TIME".

Beyond the actual lessons covered, it would great if this could be brought into your daily activity at home. For example, drawing attention to what time you are doing things, how long you are doing things for, how long until you do things, etc.

The curriculum coverage addresses these areas:

• Read time with increasing accuracy to 5-minute intervals on both an analogue and digital clock.
• Use vocabulary such as o'clock, half-past, quarter to, quarter past, a.m./ p.m., morning, afternoon, noon and midnight.
• Compare amounts of time and carry out calculations to find out how long something lasts.

Year 2 Home Learners and Key-Worker Children

Hello there Year Two,

I hope you are all well and have enjoyed your half-term break.
We've certainly been blessed with some lovely weather.
Next week sees the start of a new half-term of learning.
Learning From Home
For the majority of you who are still learning from home, there will be more daily learning posted on the Virtual School, with Assemblies and other engaging interaction throughout the day.
Power Maths, Reading/Spelling and Learning Challenges will be set each day.
(Those of you who are in my Reading/Spelling group should be aware we are finishing our Harry Potter adventure and starting on "James and the Giant Peach" on Tuesday.)
Please keep letting me know how you are getting on (via emails/ Messenger/WhatsApp etc)
Key-Worker Children
We have a good number of children in Y2 who are coming into school as children of Key Workers.
I will not be working with you at school as I am working with half of the Y1 Class who do start back next week. However, I would like to remind you that you need to make sure you bring a hat, suncream and drinks bottles - all labelled please. You will also need your Power Maths book 2C and your RWI Spelling book 2B (if your group has not yet finished this).

Can I also remind you about completing your "Reflections of Year Two" and emailing these to me.
d.macbean@princeofwales.dorset.sch.uk
Many thanks to those of you who have already done so.
Warm regards,
Your Year Two Teacher, Mr. M