Welcome to Year 2!

What have we been learning about?

English- In English this week, we completed our final writing unit of Spring term. We wrote a recount of our visit to the Museum of Natural History and Pitt Rivers Museum in Oxford. We created a class mind map of all the artefacts we saw and then used adjectives to describe them. We also used conjunctions to extend our sentences and practised using commas in a list to make our writing flow properly. 

Maths- In Maths this week, we recapped addition and subtraction- focusing on exchanging between the tens and ones columns. We used practical resources such as Base 10 and place value counters to make each number and focused on making a ten.

Science- We have been learning about the changing seasons recently. We discussed the signs of Spring that have appeared over the past few weeks and then explored the orchard to see how many signs of Spring we could spot. Look out for some pictures on the gallery for some of the things we found! This week, we made a rain gauge to measure the rain fall for the week. We also used the Met Office website to predict the weather for the week.

Topic- This week, we completed our Inuit walrus masks. We used 'slip' (clay and water) to attach pieces together and also painted some of the features of the walrus faces when they dried. We learnt lots of clay techniques such as scoring, rolling and pinching to make the features for the walruses.

PE- In PE this half term we are learning volleyball skills and choreographing our dance for the dance extravaganza.

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!