Year 2 Week 1 Learning

 Year 2 Week 1 Learning

Welcome back to the Summer Term! We have had another fantastic week in Year 2, take a look below to see what we have been up to.

Literacy

In preparation for our new text this half term, we have been looking at a familiar story - Jack and the beanstalk. We read a passage, keeping our eyes out for the nouns and adjectives. We then wrote our own expanded noun phrases about the characters. finally we sequenced the story in chronological order. We are looking forward to finding out our new story early next week!

Parents and carers: Ask me about the clues we have been given about our new story and if I can remember the title.

Maths

In Maths, we have been looking at shapes. This week we have been re-capping our knowledge of 2D shapes and beginning to look at 3D shapes. We have been learning the names of2D shapes and have begun to think about their properties. We have also learnt about 'lines of symmetry'. Outside, we have began working on our 3D shape knowledge, going on shape hunts in our outdoor area!

Parents: Ask me what a vertical line of symmetry is.

Upcoming vocabulary: vertices, faces, edges, cube, cuboid, triangle based pyramid, square based pyramid, sphere, cone, cylinder.

History

We have started our new 'transport' topic in History where we will be looking at changes over time. We quickly discovered that lots of means of transport use wheels! We then worked in pairs to create our own wheels, showing fantastic reciprocity!

University of Broadford

This week has been a very exciting week as we started our Broadford University courses on Friday afternoon. We attended the first session of our chosen courses, working collaboratively with children all the way up to Year 6. We were all very positive upon our return to Year 2 about all of the things we will learn in our new courses from making cushions, learning different styles of dance, fun fitness and even baking!

Parents: Ask me all about the first week of my University of Broadford course!