Monday 29 October 2018

Year 2 Spellings


Welcome back to school! Hope you had a lovely break. Here are the spellings for this week.

Group 1

Fawkes
father
prove
grass
pass
plant
hour
path
move
bath


Group 2

rain
tail
afraid
wait
snail
paint
train
paid
Spain
trail

Thursday 18 October 2018

Theatre Experience

The children in Year 2 had an enjoyable time when a theatre company came in to help them experience life from 1666. The children enjoyed hearing about what England was like under the rule of King Charles 2nd and living through the plague and the great fire.
Later, the children had a workshop to aid their learning of the topic and learn extra facts, which I'm sure the children have loved sharing with you at home!




Did you know?


The fire wiped out most of London and this had to be completely rebuilt over 50 years!
In March 1667, Samuel Pepys wrote that he could still see some cellars that were smoking from the fire – six months after it was put out!
Lots of people went to St. Paul’s Cathedral to escape from the fire because it was made from stone – stone does not burn. But, some of the roof was made from wood, so this didn’t turn out to be a very good plan.
On 4 September 2016 a wooden replica of the 1666 city was set ablaze on the Thames to mark the 350th anniversary of the Great Fire
The houses that were rebuilt were made from bricks instead of wood, which doesn’t burn. The new streets were also designed to be wider, and sewers were installed so the city was more sanitary.
The great fire contributed to getting rid of the plague as it killed many of the rats which were assisting with the spreading of the disease.



Wednesday 17 October 2018

Stay and Learn in Year One




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Stay and Learn in Year One


Dear Parents/Carers,

Just a reminder that tomorrow (Thursday 18th October) is our first Stay and Learn session in Year One. It will start at 9am and finish by 9:30am.

The theme will be History and there will be activities set up for you to do with your child. 

We hope to see as many of you there as possible.

Kind regards, 

The Year One Team

Thursday 4 October 2018

Year 2- Outdoor Science


The children have been learning about bird life cycles and their habitats in their science lessons. Yesterday we took their learning outdoors and as part of their independent time we created bird feeders. The children had to read and follow a set of simple instructions and they worked together to mix a variety of seeds and fruit.





Reading Morning in Year 2

A huge thank-you to everyone who came to support our reading morning in Year Two. The children loved having you and were excited to be able to show off their reading to you and show you around their classes! In school, we teach the children phonics every day to help them learn sounds which they can pick out of words and this helps them to decode the whole word itself. We also teach 'tricky' words that aren't decode-able and these are taught as flash cards. The children then look for these words as they read a variety of books.

We also work on spellings and comprehension. When reading we look at how to select important information and how to answer questions about texts that we have read. As you may have seen in the classes this morning,  there will be a reading comprehension SATs paper to be taken in May. Your child will be expected to read a booklet and answer a series of questions about a variety of texts, usually fiction, non-fiction and poetry.

There are lots of things you can do to support your child with their reading. 
Completing homework (15mins reading every day) will help your child practise what they have been learning in school and will assist with their speed, accuracy and comprehension- don't forget to always ask questions at the end!
There are lots of lovely online games the children enjoy playing- phonicsplay, phonicsbloom, bbc bitesize.
Online tutorials are also useful- we recommend you tube 'scratch garden' to help with grammar (and also times tables!).
Finally, all reading is helpful- so ask your child to help you read everything you encounter- shop names, recipes, shopping lists, DVD blurbs, train station stops- reading is everywhere!

If anyone has any questions regarding reading, feel free to email the team or ask for an appointment with your class teacher at the front office. We will also be giving out parent evening slots next week- look out for the note in your child's bag.

Many thanks,
The Year Two Team





Conker Winners!

Over the last few weeks in Year 2, we have been running a conker competition! Conkers are an excellent natural resource which we love to use around school in games, exploration and natural art tasks.

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The children enthusiastically brought in bags of conkers and were eager to be the winning class- they loved seeing our boxes fill up and the children did fantastically, collecting THOUSANDS of conkers- WELL DONE TO ALL!!!

Here are our final winners from each class:
Riley, Charlie, Ethan, Victoria, Amelie, Lucas

The overall winning class was Cherry! They collected over 2000 conkers!




Year 2 certificates and learning challenges!

Learning Challenges! 

The learning challenges have continued to flood in from Year 2 pupils! 

A huge congratulations to Nichole, Inya, Ryan, Adrian and Amy in Chestnut for their spectacular poems and pictures! 

Cherry have also been active, with Hannah, Siena and Adrian bringing in their own drawings and poems, Hannah even found and cut out iconic pictures of London! 




Cedar has also been busy with Aarna, Tiren and Chidubem bringing in their challenges, and last week's children received their certificates! 



We are all so impressed with the amazing work that has gone into these, and if there are any still being worked on at home, there's still time to bring them in before half term! 















Monday 1 October 2018

Number Fun in Year 2

Number Fun in Year 2

This week, the children are working with numbers to investigate if they are greater than, less than or equal to other numbers. They have been busy applying all of their previously learnt skills, such as place value, to solve the problems. The children have been having lots of fun snapping up the biggest numbers using their Charlie Crocodile hands!


Charlie Crocodile always eats the biggest number - Amelie
If the number is the same then you use an equal sign - Daisy

Year 2 Spellings

Group 1 spellings


Plague
wording
warm
war
working
worms
world
warning
worth
towards

Group 2 spellings

air
pair
fair
unfair
repair
dairy
stair
hair
fairy
chair

Our mental maths test will be using the 2x table and number bonds/ basic addition.
Please return spelling books every Friday to ensure your homework sheet is stuck in tests are completed in the back of the books.