Year 2
Welcome to Year 2!
Our learning last week (26th February-1st March):
This week we were really excited to welcome Coral Rumble, a local author, in to school to celebrate and read some of her poetry with us. We had a fantastic time listening to her work and also thinking of some ideas for our own poems.
The children also helped to raise money on Wednesday by bouncing on a bouncy castle as many times as they could in 1 minute in the hall. We had some fantastic scores and the children really enjoyed it.
English
This week we have started a new story called 'The Bog Baby' by Jeanne Willis. It is a story about two girls, Jane and Chrissy, who explore an enchanted forest and find a mysterious creature. We have explored some new vocabulary within the story and have planned our own stories using the structure of 'The Bog Baby' and thinking of our own mythical creatures. Next week, we will begin writing our stories and the children are looking forward to bringing their ideas to life.
Maths
This week we have continued on with our learning on multiplication and division. The children have been working on multiplying and dividing by 10, using arrays and resources to embed learning and are beginning to use good reasoning to explain problems.
History
Our topic in History is about The Inuit. The Inuit are the natives of Alaska, Canada and Greenland who live in the Arctic circle. We have been finding out how they adapted to living in such cold conditions. This week we have found out about how they make igloos, both in the summer and winter, and how they used animals skin to make warm clothing. We are really looking forward to our school trip next week to the Pitt Rivers Museum to see some of the things we learnt about in real life!
Science
This week in science we learnt about food chains. We found out that every food chain starts with a plant, which is known as a producer. Animals then follow in the food chain. Animals that are eaten by other animals are called prey and animals that eat other animals are known as predators.
RE
This term in RE we are learning about Christianity and the good news Jesus brought. This week, we found out about tax and tax collectors. When Jesus was on earth, tax collectors were greedy, selfish and nasty because they often took money from people and kept some from themselves. We learnt how Jesus asked Mathew, who was a tax collector, to be one of his 12 disciples. We were surprised by this but talked about how Jesus always tried to see the good in everyone and was kind to all.
PE
In PE this term we are focussing on hockey and OAA. We used the hockey sticks to begin learning how to dribble the ball, using small touches to make sure we guide it carefully in the direction we want to go.