Welcome to Year 2!

What have we been learning about?

English: In English this week we finished our final Year 2 writing unit! We wrote all about hedgehogs and told our readers why we should look after them. We also made sure to include lots of Year 2 grammar feature such as commas in a list, question marks, conjunctions, adjectives and exclamation marks. Miss Hollands was very impressed with how independent we have become as writers and loved reading all our books. 

Maths: We finished statistics this week. We learnt to read and interpret pictograms with keys, where each symbol represents more than one object. We also completed our end of unit assessment.

The Big Picture: We continued D+T this week. We planned the buildings we need to make to create our model village and learnt different joining techniques. We will use these techniques over the next few weeks to make buildings. 

Science: We have been learning about seasonal changes again this week. We thought about the differences in weather between summer and winter, then learnt about the importance of hydration and why certain animals are more common at different times of the year. We were amazed to see that our sugar paper experiment was a success- the paper that was exposed to the sun was bleached a paler colour than the paper that was protected!

PE: In PE this term we will be focusing on athletics and cricket.

Times Tables Rockstars:

Children have now been given their individual logins for their TTR account, which they they are very excited about! These have now been stuck into most children's reading records for children to access at home. At the moment, their accounts are set to only practice the 10 times tables and the questions can be changed to include only multiplication rather than division (which we have not covered). This can be adjusted as children learn and become more confident in their times tables. If your child does not have their login stuck into their reading record, please ask them to hand it in tomorrow and I will make sure it is stuck in. Let me know if you have any questions!

Morning Snacks:

During the morning, children are welcome to have a snack. We always have fresh fruit/ vegetables available for children but if you would rather send your child in with their own snack from home this is absolutely fine. However, may I please request that this is a healthy morning snack as opposed to crisps, chocolate biscuits etc. Thank you for your support!