First week of Spring term - Year 2

Hi everyone, and welcome back to the Spring term! We have hit the ground running this term, and the children have come back refreshing and raring to go!

In Maths we have started a new unit all about money. The children are really enjoying this and managing different amounts of money - coins and notes. If you wanted to help at home you could create a shop and ask children to pay for different items. This will help children to add up money and also work out how much change they will get back.

In English we have looked at expanded noun phrases and compound words. We will apply this to our written work in the coming weeks.

In Science we have started a new topic about living things and their habitats. We went on a walk around school to find things that were living and dead. We also looked at things that have never been alive. 

Year 2 will continue to have PE on a Tuesday afternoon, we also now have Coach Luca on a Friday afternoon teaching us basketball. If your child does not have their PE in school, please can this be sent in. 

A reminder about the Year 2 parent information session on Monday at 9am in the hall. We look forward to seeing you there.

Also quick reminder about snacks. We have fruit available everyday at breaktime, however, if you do want to send in a snack for your child then please do.

Any questions, please email or catch us at the door.

Have a great weekend!

Miss White, Mrs Bernard, Mrs Burgess and Mrs Thomas 

Merry Christmas from Year 2!

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!!

WELL DONE to all children for being acting and singing superstars in our winter show. They performed an incredible show, and we are all so proud of them!

We also want to say a HUGE thank you for all the support over the past term, it it truly appreciated so much. Also, thank you for your kind and generous gifts, we are all so thankful!

We hope you have an amazing Christmas and we will see you in the New Year!

🎄🎅 Miss White, Mrs Bernard, Mrs Burgess, Mrs Thomas and Miss Hooton 🎄🎅

xxxx

Last week of the Autumn Term - Year 2

Hello everyone, we hope you have had a lovely week and are feeling ready for the final week of this term!

Last week alongside our normal classroom learning children have been working hard to practice for our winter show. If you haven't already, please can you send in your child's costume tomorrow as we have our dress rehearsal.

Coming up this week:

Monday:

AM -  It is our KS1 dress rehearsal 

PM -  We will be singing carols to care home residents. 

Tuesday:

10am our KS1 performance to families. 

LUNCH - Christmas dinner day. 

Wednesday:

PM -  In the afternoon we have a pantomime at school. 

Evening: We have the Early years and year 4 carol service (accompanied by the POW choir). 5 - 6pm. 

Thursday:

10am our KS1 performance to families. 

Friday:

All day -  Christmas party day!!

LUNCH -  families are encouraged to send a special Christmas Packed Lunch (wrapped up like a Christmas Parcel) for their child to enjoy in their classrooms (see recent email for more details). 

As always, if you have any questions, please let us know!

Miss White, Mrs Bernard, Mrs Burgess, Mrs Thomas and Miss Hooton

Shire hall trip and reminder about tomorrow - Year 2

Hi all, we hope you are well. 

We had the most amazing trip yesterday to the Shire Hall. Every single child represented the school incredibly and behaved so well. Well done Year 2! We learnt about The Great Fire of Dorchester and linked this in with The Great Fire of London that we have been learning about. We found out where in Dorchester it started, how it started and how it affected Dorchester. 

Just a reminder that tomorrow is Christmas Craft Day. We are asking that children come into school dressed as an elf, wearing a christmas jumper or in non-school uniform. Children will be taking part in 3 activities across the day where they will be mixing with other years and making christmas crafts.

Children will be coming home tomorrow with a costume list with some ideas on what they should wear for our Winter show.

Any questions, please let me know.

Miss White, Mrs Bernard, Mrs Burgess, Mrs Thomas and Miss Hooton

Reminder - Shire Hall trip tomorrow - 29th November 2023

Hi all, just a reminder ahead of the trip tomorrow. Please can you ensure your child has a snack, water bottle and waterproof coat. 

It is important that you also send your child in with a packed lunch.

We will be leaving school at 9:15 and will be returning in the afternoon.

Any questions, please let me know.

Miss White 

Year 2 - Week 3

Hi everyone! We hope you have had a great weekend. We have had another super week in Year 2!

In Maths we finished our addition and subtraction unit, looking at mixed calculations and missing number sentences. This week we will move on to our next unit - 2D and 3D shapes. In English we started to explore diary writing and wrote a diary about what we did on the weekend and focussed on writing in past tense. We will be continuing with diary writing this week. In Science we continued to look at the use of everyday materials and explored which materials would be best for curtains. We will be starting to learn the songs for our Winter show from tomorrow!

We look forward to another week in Year 2!

Miss White, Mrs Bernard, Mrs Burgess, Mrs Thomas and Miss Hooton

Autumn 2 - Week 2

Hello everyone, we hope you have a lovely weekend!

This week in Year 2 we have been busy with lots of fun and lots of learning.

In Maths we have continued to look at addition and subtraction. We have been using different resources to help us add and subtract two 2 digit numbers and looking at how many more and how many fewer. In English we have been focussing on the book 'somebody swallowed Stanley' and making predictions about how the story ends. In Science we have started a new topic all about everyday materials. We looked at which material would be best for a waterproof coat. 

Next week is the start of our therapeutic thinking week and we will be taking part in different activities related to this.

Please can you ensure your child has their PE in school, as we still have some children without these. Also, as the weather is getting colder please can you ensure children have a suitable coat.

Friday is also children in need, please see the email that was sent for the details about this day.

Any questions, please email!

Miss White, Mrs Bernard, Mrs Burgess, Mrs Thomas and Miss Hooton