Welcome to Year 2!

Immersion

Wow! What a brilliant first week we have had in Year 2! The children absolutely loved their seaside workshop on Monday and they have absolutely thrown themselves into their learning all about Victorian sea sides.

In English, we have started our narrative unit, using the vehicle text 'The Secret of Black Rock' by Joe Todd-Stanton. This story is about a little girl called Erin who goes on an adventure to Black Rock. She gets into some trouble along the way and ends up saving a giant sea creature! This week we read the story, ordered the events and created a story map so we can retell the narrative ourselves. Next week we will work on analysing the text to discover the features that go into writing a story.

In maths this week we have started our unit on place value. This unit is crucial at the start of the year to consolidate our understanding of numbers. We have discussed 'one more' and 'one less' of numbers within 20 and also ordered the numbers 1-20. Next we will learn about ones and tens and understanding numbers within 100.

In phonics, we are recapping our understanding of Set 3 sounds- this week we read words containing the sounds 'ea' and 'oi'. We also practised using these sounds in our writing. 

In reading this week we have started to read the book 'Grandma Bird'. We found a letter with lots of items to take to an island adventure, then discussed what islands are and how they are made. Next week we will read the book and start to explore characters and settings. 

In history this week we have learnt all about Victorian sea side holidays! We compared holidays then and now, using the historical lens of comparing and contrasting. We then thought about change and continuity by imagining what holidays might look like in 100 years. We learnt lots of new vocabulary about Victorian holidays, such as bathing machine, parasol and promenade.