Key information for parents:

• Year 2 children come into school at 8.40am and enter school through their classroom door at the back of school.
• Year 2 leave school at 3.15 pm through the same door.
• PE takes place on a Monday and a Wednesday and children should come to school in their PE kit on these days.
• Reading books are usually changed on Wednesdays.

Mrs Hibbert, Mrs Bateman  and Mrs Cliff look forward to seeing you in Year 2.

Friday 19th April 

We can't quite believe we're in the Summer term already, let's hope we get the weather to match soon!  This week the children have started their new unit in Maths, Fractions and have been investigating equal parts.  We have some very musical children in Year 2 and were proud of all that showcased their talents this week when performing to the school and to their families/carers.  Back in the classroom, we have been learning to sing traditional songs associated with the British Isles as well as creating a soundscape for the British countryside.  In English, we have started our new class text, 'Major Glad, Major Dizzy' and have been using different verb tenses to write sentences as well as putting commas in lists.  We have been thinking about significant local people from the past, in history,  and finding out about the Captain of the Titanic who was from Stoke on Trent.  We have used photos and asked questions about the past.  In Computing, we have stared to collect and collate data about the different types of homes we live in and we have created digital pictograms. Hopefully we'll be able to set a new date for our Geography fieldwork visit to the Burntwood soon!

Friday 22nd March

As you can see from all the following pictures, we’ve had a very busy last week of term, a dram workshop, testing the strength of shapes and then making a strong structure for baby bear, rounding it all off with a scrummy hot chocolate station! Thank you to the PTFA for organising it for us and, of course, to Hattie for winning it for us. Happy Easter all. 

 Friday 15th March

This week the children have been learning all about plants in our new Science topic.  They have been looking closely at different seeds and finding similarities and differences between them.   They have also thought about what they think make good conditions for a seed to germinate and for a plant to grow and stay healthy.  After Easter they will be investigating this more closely and making observations of seeds that they plant themselves.  In Writing, they have proofread and edited their own and a partners writing to make improvements to their adventure stories.    In Maths, they have continued to work out multiplication problems and have investigated the two times tables as repeated addition.  The children were excited to have a visit on Tuesday from some Stoke City Football Club representatives who have given them the opportunity to acquire tickets to watch a football game with their families.  They have ended the week celebrating Comic Relief Day.

Friday 8th March

A wonderful World Book Day was had by all yesterday. We read (lots), listened to Mr Men stories (our current favourite), took part in a Where’s Wilma scavenger hunt, played the guess the staff’s favourite book quiz, designed book covers and unwrapped our Wonderlicious Wonka bars with Hattie winning a hot chocolate station for the class! The fun continued today as we created character masks and finger puppets, did crosswords and word searches and completed a fairy tale spotter activity. Happy reading over the weekend and Happy Mother’s Day.  

Friday 1st March

This week the children have been starting to write their own adventure stories based on our class text.  They have planned a story with a beginning, middle and an end and created characters such as fairies, robots, monsters and aliens. They have also practised proofreading and editing skills looking for missing words in a text and spelling and punctuation errors. Our spelling focus this week was looking at words ending in -tion.  They have been clapping out the syllables in words to help recognise the patterns.  In Maths, they have been adding equal groups and linking this to multiplication.  In Science, we have been conducting investigations linking to our topic on Animals including humans.  The first one was to investigate the question, 'Do our feet get bigger the older we get?' in which they measured the feet of different children in the school and also some adults to find out the answer.   The second investigation involved finding out about the effects of exericise on our bodies.  There were a lot of tired children after this one!

Friday 23rd February 

We have started our new Geography unit this week and are going to be considering the question ‘why is our world wonderful?’ We have looked at the countries that make up the United Kingdom and located Loggerheads. We have been sorting physical and human features of the UK and have come up with some places we would really love to visit such as the Titanic museum and Giant’s Causeway in Northern Ireland, Ben Nevis in Scotland, Cardiff Castle in Wales and the Tower of London in England. In Maths, we have begun investigating equal groups in preparation for multiplying and dividing, we have been using mathematical vocabulary to describe what we can see. In Computing, we have started using spreadsheet by making a counting machine. PSHE has been all about eating healthily by creating an ‘eat well’ lunch box.  Palm Sunday was the focus of our RE lessons and we made our own palm leaves. We have been making some interesting past tense verb choices to describe the flight of the dragon machine in our writing. 

Friday 2nd February

This week we have continued with our Shape topic in Maths and we have been counting sides and vertices on 2-D shapes as well as using a ruler to draw 2-d shapes (tricky!) We have had fun with the Geo-boards investigating all the 2-d shapes we can make.  In History, we have learnt about the importance of our local area in the fight against TB, we have been finding out why the Cheshire Joint Sanatorium was built in Loggerheads and how they used to treat patients with TB.  Online Safety has been the feature of our computing lessons in preparation for Online Safety day on Tuesday next week.  In Art we have been learning how to use a technique called binding when making our own Worry Dolls.  We have learnt how to play five notes on the glockenspiels in Music and are (mostly) in time with each other. Watch this space for a video of the full performance!

Friday 19th January 

Another very busy week in Year 2.  We have been finding out about Mary Seacole, in History, how she changed nursing, why she is significant and and why we remember her.  In Computing, the children have experimented with a paint program to produce some fabulous masterpieces based on Impressionism and Pointiliist art. We have continued to count, add and find different ways to make  the same amount of money in Maths using notes and coins.  Science has been all about animals including humans and this week, we have been thinking about what humans and animals need to survive.  We have learnt to sing a new song in Music and have been learning about timbre and pulse and playing untuned percussion instruments. In English we have been recognising and writing different types of sentences, such as, command, question, statement and exclamation.

  Friday 12th January 2024

 This week the children have settled back in to school really well and have been eager to learn.   In Writing, they have made some predictions about the characters and story for our new text, 'The Dragon Machine'.  After finding some dragon eggs outside our classroom they were inspired to write some super stories about how they thought the eggs had got there and after finding some cheeky dragons in the classroom they wrote a poster to warn others about them. In Maths, they have been exploring coins and notes for our topic on money, including having a go at some challenging problems.   In Science, the children have been learning about animals including humans and thinking about what they need to survive.

Friday 15th December

It has been another busy week in Year 2.  The children have completed writing their reports about owls using subheadings, they have learnt so many facts about owls that they have been able to use in their reports.   In Maths, they have been subtracting two digit numbers using different methods and tackled some problems in addition and subtraction.  In Design Technology the children have been recapping on the skills that they learnt in Year 1 using sliders for a moving picture.  They have all designed a moving Christmas card that they are looking forward to making next week. We had an exciting visit from Santa on Tuesday, whilst we were on the playground he came flying over in a helicopter waving at us.  He circled our playground a few times before continuing on his journey.

Friday 8th December.

Well, what can we say about the Wriggly Nativity?  We are bursting with pride at how well the children performed in the Nativity; they were clear, confident and consummate professionals!  This week we have also been learning about nursing in the past in History.  The children could think of lots of ways that we find out about the past and we looked at photographs as a historical resource to compare health professionals from the past to those of modern day.  In Maths, we have started to subtract two 2-digit numbers and are using base ten to help us.  The children enjoyed the challenge of solving the riddle to work out the values of the shapes!  In writing we have been using sub-headings and our knowledge about Owls to begin writing our reports about owls.  We have been making sure to include lots of adverbs to make our writing interesting to read.  

Friday 1st December

It has been a very busy week in Year 2 with Nativity rehearsals in full swing. The children were very well behaved when they were having their photos taken with their costumes on. They enjoyed having an extra dress rehearsal in their costumes. They were also super ambassadors for the school when two volunteers from NSPCC came into our class room to talk to them. In writing, the children have started to sort information about owls into groups, thinking about subheadings that they could use in their reports about owls which they will start to write next week. They have become very knowledgeable about owls and are excited about writing their reports. The week was finished off with a super trip to the Panto.

Friday 24th November 

The children in Year 2 are continuing to work hard as well as practising their Nativity. They are doing a great job in rehearsals and we can't wait to share our performance with you all.  In Maths this week the children have been adding two 2-digit numbers using a range of resources to help, base ten, a number line, place value charts and we have had a go at adding in columns just like the year 3s!  In Computing we have been coding to create our own racing games.  We have also been thinking about Road Safety this week and remembering the rules when crossing roads.  Thursday was a very exciting day as it was Christingle day; we listened to stories from the church's Open The Book team, sang hymns, wrote and said our own prayers and we also learned the meaning of Christingle and were lucky enough to make our own.

Odd Sock Day

Poppy Poppy

Poppy Poppy what do you say?

Where me on Remembrance Day.

Poppy Poppy what do you tell?

Many soldiers in battle fell.

Poppy Poppy what should we know?

That peace on earth should

grow, grow, grow!
 

The children did us proud during the Remembrance assembly when they recited the poem, showed off their wax-resist poppies and sang the hymns with gusto!

Friday 27th October 

This week in English the children have been writing their stories based on our class text, Troll Swap. They have spent some time proofreading and editing to try to improve their writing. In Maths they have been adding and subtracting one and ten and explaining their thinking for problems. In Art they have been evaluating their own and other’s work and celebrating their work across the half term. In Science they have conducted an investigation to see which materials could bend, twist, stretch and squash and recorded their findings in a chart. The children have worked really hard this half term and we are proud of them all for their resilience and achievements. They certainly deserve a good rest.

Friday 20th October 2023

The children have been thinking carefully about Rules and also about Racism this week.  We have talked about what Racism looks like and whether to 'think it' or 'say it'; we have decided not to say anything we know will hurt another person's feelings and are trying very hard to stick to this!  In Maths, we have been looking at number bonds to ten and considering related fact by adding bonds to 100 in tens, we have found some surprising patterns.  We have reached the end of our class text and have been busily planning our own story ready to get writing it next week; we are excited to be authors.  There has been some beautiful art work produced in Year 2, this week.  The children have used stunning autumn colours for their wax resist pictures of autumn leaves.

Friday 6th October 

The children in year two have made their teachers very proud with their exemplary behaviour this week! In Maths, we are coming to the end of our unit on Place Value ready to move onto addition and subtraction. We have been comparing numbers using the < , > and = signs and counting in 2s, 5s and 10s. We have been looking for patterns and using our knowledge to solve problems. In English we have been starting to proof read and simply edit our work. We have also been identifying and writing noun phrases ready for letter writing next week. We enjoyed looking at Google Earth in Geography as well as using atlases to locate the Poles and the Equator. Music lessons have had us discussing the tempo and dynamics of pieces of music as well as clapping and repeating rhythms. Coding is still a focus in Computing and our mouse dexterity is definitely improving! 

Friday 29th September 
What a busy week it has been!  In Maths, the children have been ordering numbers on a number line to 100 and solving missing number problems for place value. In Science they have been testing materials in an investigation to see which would be a suitable material for the three little pigs to build a house. They have then written a letter to the pigs telling them what they found out. In Art, the class braved the rain to go outside and collect materials to create a composition in the style of Andy Goldsworthy. 

Friday 22nd September

This week the children have been continuing with Place Value in Maths and have been investigating how to flexibly partition 2-digit numbers in different ways using stem sentences to talk about parts and whole numbers - " 30 is a part and 16 is a part, the whole is 46."  We have retold the story of the Three Billy Goats Gruff in Writing and we have also created our own troll ready to write our own troll stories in the future.  We have been using expanded noun phrases, the conjunction 'and' and the correct punctuation in our writing as well as identifying nouns.  In Computing, we have been coding; we have created our own air traffic programs using algorithms. We are still thinking about whether we would prefer to live in a hot or a cold place and this week in Geography we located the Poles and found out what the weather is like and what wildlife live there.  We enjoyed the clip from 'Frozen Planet' but it looked extremely cold!

  Friday 15th September

This week the children have been making predictions about their new class text, 'Troll Swap'.   They have written descriptions of the main characters and the setting using noun phrases.  In Maths, they have been reviewing Place Value by looking at different ways of representing numbers in tens and ones and they have started to explain their answers to simple problems.    In Science, the children have recapped on what they learned about Materials in Year 1, including what objects are made from and what properties they have.  They have enjoyed exploring the class Science discovery area to investigate materials further.   In Art, we have looked at the work of artists, Andy Goldsworthy and Nicola White,  discussing how they explore and collect materials for their work.  It has been lovely to hear that some children have gone home and already started to make their own art work using natural materials that they have found.

Friday 8th September 

We have had a great start to the term and have been super impressed with the way the children have come back to school and settled back in so quickly. Despite the heat, they have worked really hard and we can’t wait to see what they achieve during the rest of the term.

Friday 14th July

This week we have been using stem sentences in Maths to talk about volume and capacity. We have been reading scales to measure volume in millilitres; we are definitely a ‘glass half full’ kind of class! In Writing, we have chosen some important people to write to. After looking at the features of letters we have started to write our own to persuade important people to plant more trees to protect our environment.  We have also been thinking about our environment in PSHE and have pledged to do more to preserve it.  In Computer, we have been learning how to effectively and safely use the internet to search for information. We found out about dinosaurs and then completed a quiz to test our knowledge.

Friday 30th June

This week in Year 2, we have been excited to be keeping an eye on the weather to answer the question, 'do we live in a hot or cold place?' We managed to collect 4mm of rain in 24 hours and we read the temperature outside on Thursday afternoon of 24 degrees centigrade. We have been able to compare where we live to what we have found out about Antarctica and Kenya. In English, we have started a new text, 'The Last Wolf' and have realised it reminds us of 'Little Red Riding Hood.' We have investigated using apostrophes for contractions such as 'don't' and 'shouldn't' and then used some of these in our instructions to the character of Red as she heads into the forest searching for the last wolf. In Maths, we have started our new topic of mass, capacity and temperature and have been reading scales and comparing the mass of objects in grams and Kgs. 

Friday 16th June

A hot but busy and productive week in Year 2. We have been continuing to investigate Fractions in Maths, this week focussing on finding, recognising and making thirds of shapes and quantities. We started our new topic in Science, Living things and their habitats and we are growing plants again in the classroom. In Computing, we completed our Questioning block by using databases to find information by using the search tool. We wrote letters based on our class text, ‘Major Glad, Major Dizzy’ and have been identifying features of a diary in preparation for writing our own. We enjoyed welcoming many of you to Sports Day and everyone participated with respect and resilience! We were lucky, on Thursday, to welcome the church members into school to teach us all about the Holy Trinity. We saw the Open the Book team retell the story of Jesus feeding the 5,000, then they helped us to create our own fish before we joined the rest of the school for an assembly and a very rousing rendition of ‘Here I am Lord’ giving Mrs Hibbert goose bumps! 

  Friday 9th June

In Maths this week the children have been exploring position and direction. They have been using maths vocabulary: up, down, backwards, forwards, left, right, clockwise, anticlockwise, quarter turn and half turn to describe movement on a grid and have been solving problems and giving directions.  In English, they have been practising joins of three letters in handwriting and writing them in words and then in writing they have used the conjunctions 'so that' and 'when' to write a letter to a relative about toys in the past.  In Science the children have all planted a sunflower seed and are eagerly waiting for them to germinate.  They have then written instructions for planting seeds using sequencing words and bossy verbs.  On Friday, we had a visit from a Fire Engine at school which the children really enjoyed.

Thursday 25th May 2023

We just wanted to say how proud we are of each and every one of our Year 2 children for their hard work and excellent attitude to all the tests and Statutory assessments they have completed over the last couple of weeks.  We have also been busy learning, in Science, we acted out the life cycle of a sunflower.  We finished our comparative tests to find out the best conditions for seeds to grow and we have also been comparing our sunflowers and our cress.  In Maths, we have been drawing and interpreting pictograms, as well as looking at intervals of time, reading time to 5 minutes, solving problems involving the number of hours in a day and working out the number of minutes in an hour. 

Friday 12th May

Another short but jam packed week in Year 2!  In Maths, we have continued our work on fractions by looking at and identifying quarters as well as revisiting our arithmetic skills.  We have been creating binary trees in Computing by physically sorting animal avatars into two categories each time a question was asked, this is preparing us for  database work in Year 3.  In Geography, we have continued to consider the question 'would you like to live in a hot or a cold place?' by locating the North and South Poles and finding out what animals live in these places and what the climate and landscapes are like. We have also learnt the four main compass points and helped King Charles reach his throne by giving him directions! In Writing this week, we have used -er and -est to compare when writing about a school sports day and we have used the past tense to describe Amelia from our class text, 'Major Glad, Major Dizzy.'

Friday 5th May

This week the children enjoyed reading a story about toys that they looked at in Year 1 and have been retelling it, making sure that they included all the skills that we have been learning in writing.  In Maths, they have started looking at fractions, identifying a half in shapes, numbers and patterns.  In Science, they have been learning about germination and have continued to observe the seeds and bulbs that they have planted.  In Spelling they have explored the words that end in al and il and in phonics they have looked at words ending in sure.  

Friday 28th April 2023

More planting again this week as the children have planted cress seeds and beans in Science.  We are eagerly observing them every morning for any little changes.  We have continued with our class text in English. 'Major Glad, Major dizzy' and have been using past tense verbs to write about trains rumbling past.  The children also retold a story about toys using noun phrases and past tense verbs.  In Computing, the children continued to prepare for database work by thinking about the collection of data and efficient questioning, they enjoyed a game of 'Guess Who' using Purple Mash avatars. We have started our new Geography topic, 'Some Like it Hot!' by considering the question 'would you prefer to live in a cold or hot place?' This week's lesson was a recap of locating and naming the seven continents and remembering which continent we live in.  We also had the opportunity to use atlases, maps and the globe to locate the continents.  

Friday 21st April 2023

It has been a very busy first week back. The children enjoyed the Quidditch challenge games on Monday in which they had to put their running, dodging and throwing skills to the test. Continuing our Science Week activities, we made the most of the nice weather and planted some pants in the school grounds after making predictions about what might happen to them. The children were excited to see that the daffodils and tulips that they had planted had really blossomed over the holidays, they made some observational drawings of them and completed a bar chart to show the rate of growth. In Maths they investigated sharing, using the division symbol, into different numbers of groups and began to tackle problems relating to division. In English, the children were introduced to our new class text, Major Glad, Major Dizzy. The story is about toys so the children started by ordering some old toys by date and exploring which toys have been popular over the decades. 

Friday 31st March 2023

We've had a very exciting end to the Spring term this week.  The children had a visit to church where they sang hymns, listened to an Open the Book story, took part in a treasure hunt around the church and created some Easter crafts.  On Thursday afternoon, the children used their map skills for our Easter fieldwork challenge; they used an aerial photograph of the school grounds to find Easter pictures hidden at numbered points on the map.  All the children worked collaboratively with a partner and were super quick at finding the clues.  In English, they listened to the story of St.George before retelling it and impressing us with their use of noun phrases, conjunctions and exclamation sentences!  Maths has been all about multiplication this week with a focus on the 2s, 5s and 10 times tables so, any practice at home over the Easter holidays will be greatly appreciated. 

Friday 10th March

This week the children have been sequencing our class text, 'The Dragon Machine,' into the beginning, middle and end of the story.  They have then used this to plan their own story about a character who builds a machine.  They are excited about writing their stories and have been sharing their ideas in class.  In Maths, they have been using coins to find different ways of making a pound, adding different amounts of coins and beginning to find change from a pound.  In phonics they have been looking at all the different ways of making the 's' sound. (s, ss, st, sc, c, ce, se) and trying to find examples of words with these sounds. In spelling they have been focussing on the suffix -ful and identifying the key spelling rules for adding this suffix to root words.  In Science this week the children have been recapping on different types of foods, which foods we should eat a lot of , some of or a little of and planning a healthy menu making choices about which foods to include.

Friday 3rd March

We all thoroughly enjoyed World Book Day. We started the day with some fun word searches and designed our own book marks. Then, we played ‘The Masked Reader’ and were delighted to discover that David Attenborough was the masked reader reading one of our favourites, ‘Owl Babies’. We re-enacted the story using stick puppets we’d made as well as rewriting the blurb to entice new readers to read the story.  We have recreated the front cover in 3-D. We were introduced to Mrs Hibbert’s favourite children’s author, Lauren Child. Our favourite fact about her is that she has guinea pigs! We loved listening to Mrs Hibbert read Lauren Child’s book, ‘Beware of the Big Bad Book’ and were very good at guessing the fairytale characters.  We then shared more books by Lauren Child.  We went to the library in the afternoon (it was Mrs Hibbert’s and Mrs Bateman’s classroom when they taught Year 3), we took part in a scavenger hunt to find story book characters, books with dragons or owls in and any written by Lauren Child, lots of team points were won! The book fair has arrived in school and we were lucky to be the first class to visit it, carefully handling the books and choosing those we might like to purchase or borrow from the library. 

Friday 9th February 

There has been much excitement in Year 2 with a Purim Party in RE!. The children heard the story of Purim, made shakers and wrote invitations for their party (a special guest did turn up!); then they shook their shakers every time the baddie's name was mentioned in the story. They had Ozne Haman biscuits and every child tried them. In Computing, we have been looking at Spreadsheets, familiarsing ourselves with the vocabulary of column, row and cell and then colouring the cells as well as adding and dragging images into the cells. We have continued to think about significant people in History and have focused on the life of the nurse Mary Seacole this week.  In Maths, we have been counting and using coins and adding by exchanging ten ones for one ten.  It has also been Mental Health week with a focus on 'Let's Connect'; the children have taken part in various activities across the week such as, appreciation circles, super hero qualities, recipes for a perfect day, class connections and even a dance routine!

Friday 27th January 2023

We've had a very exciting week making fruit salads in DT; we've been learning how to chop, peel and grate different fruits. We were very proud of how sensible the children were and mightily relieved that they all went home with all their fingers!  In Computing we have continued with our coding skills by debugging some programs. The children  have continued to investigate measures in Maths as well as finding 10 more and 10 less and finding patterns within these numbers to discover that the ones always stay the same.  Florence Nightingale was the focus of our historical enquiry this week as we found out how she had improved nursing.  The children impressed us with their knowledge of nursing and the NHS.  In Writing, we have been looking at different sentence types and when to use them as well as spelling and writing compound words. 

Friday 20th January

Despite the snow causing so much chaos we have had a very productive week in Year 2.  The children have talked about where fruit and vegetables grow and conducted a taste test of different types of fruit.  Well done to all those children who tried a fruit that they hadn't had before!   They have completed their shopping lists ready for making their own fruit salads next week.  There was much excitement at the beginning of the week as we discovered that a dragon had laid some eggs in a nest right outside our classroom door.  Luckily we brought them inside before it snowed and are looking after them until the dragon comes back.  This has got everyone thinking about dragons and we have been making predictions and asking questions about our new class text, 'The Dragon Machine'.  The children have written a short story about dragons in their free write session and have used commands to explain what happened when they found dragons hiding in our classroom. In Spelling they have been learning some more common exception words and in phonics they have looked at words with the suffixes -er and -est. In Maths, they have enjoyed working in partners or groups to measure items around the classroom in metres.  The children enjoying playing outside in the snow at playtimes and have built some super snowmen.

Friday 13th January 2023

This week, as you may have noticed, has been all about moving vehicles as part our DT project.  We have designed and made our own moving vehicles and used technical vocabulary to describe them.  The results have been fab as we're sure you'll agree!  In Maths, we have been getting to grips with using a ruler to measure things in centimeters, it can be quite tricky! We have also been adding three 1-digit numbers and trying to spot any bonds to ten to make it easier as well as adding larger numbers to the next ten, for example, 43 + 7 = 50.  We enjoyed a story about a Chinese Dragon and then wrote our own versions of the story. In History we have been learning about the ill-fated first voyage of the Titanic and were surprised to find out that the captain, John Edward Smith lived just down the road in Stoke-on -Trent.  We have enjoyed coding our own games in Computing using 'buttons' and singing rock songs in Music.

Friday 9th December

What a jam packed week it has been in Year 2!   We are so proud of all the children who performed brilliantly in our Nativity, both in the dress rehearsal and to parents on Wednesday. A big well done to all those who stepped in at the last minute to say lines for others who could not be there.   As well as the Nativity, we have been carrying on with our learning in the classroom. In English the children have started writing their reports about owls using sub-headings and technical vocabulary.  In Maths, they have consolidated learning for 2D and 3D shape with some games and activities.  In Science, they have been sharing what they know about recycling different materials and completing activities sorting materials into groups to recycle.

Friday 2nd December 

Thursday was a very exciting day, as well as Christmas arriving in the classroom and our Nativity photo shoot,  we spent the day focusing on Christingle.  We learnt all about the very first Nativity play, which was performed 800 years ago.  We were then taught about the symbolism of the Christingle and had the opportunity to make our own.  We also made candles and played a Christingle Beetle Drive game!  We finished the day with a Christingle service led by our Open the book team, the lighting of the first advent candle and some Christmas carols. We have been busy rehearsing this week and are so excited to welcome you into the hall to see our production of 'Hey Ewe' next week.  In Maths, we have continued to investigate the properties of 3-D shapes and have been sorting them into categories.  In Guided comprehension, we have been answering different types of questions that require different reading skills using our reading characters, Vocabulary Victor, Inference Iggy, Predicting Pip, Rex Retriever and Sequencing Suki!  

   Friday 25th November

It has been another really busy week in Year 2.  The children have all done us proud during the rehearsals for our Nativity remembering the songs, their lines and where to be on stage.  In Maths the children have been carrying on their shape topic, exploring the edges and vertices of 3D shapes and have been challenged with some problems involving shape.  In English, they have been sorting information about owls into sections ready to use for writing their own reports about owls. Linking with this they have been reading some non-fiction texts in guided reading to become more familiar with the layout and features to help them with their report writing.  In spelling they have continued to look at the different rules for adding the suffixes -er, -est and -y to words ending in e.  In phonics they have recapped on the 'air', 'ere', 'ear' graphemes in words and practised reading and writing words with these graphemes.

Friday 18th November

Goodness me, what a busy week!  We have had Road Safety week, Odd Socks and Anti-bullying week, Children in Need and the Dogs Trust all this week.  Alongside this, we have finally got on the stage to rehearse our Nativity and have been continuing with all our usual learning too!  The children have been so thoughtful when learning about this year's theme of 'reaching out', what bullying looks like, how it makes us feel and what we can do about it.  We also listed the qualities of a good friend and noticed that many of them fit right in with our school values.  In Maths, the children have been counting faces on 3-D shapes and working with bonds to 20.  Every group has come to the end of their Guided Comprehension text and are looking forward to what's next.  In writing, we have continued to read our class text, 'The Owl who was Afraid of the Dark'  using adjectives to describe the fireworks that Plop, the baby barn owl, sees.  We have been super impressed with how the children are remembering their lines, songs and moves for our up-coming Nativity and the children were all very excited to see the costume rail appear in the classroom!

11th November 

This week the children have started a new text in English, ‘The Owl who was afraid of the dark’, and they have been learning facts about owls and making predictions about what Plop the barn owl might be afraid of. In spelling they have been investigating the rules for adding the suffixes -er and -est and writing sentences with some of these suffixes. In Maths, they have been focusing on their shape topic, learning about symmetry in shapes and solving shape problems. We had some super scientists this week conducting a test to find the most absorbent material, they carefully measured an amount of water and recorded whether each material absorbed all the water. In PSHE this week the children were putting their team skills to the test to see which team could work together and build the best bridge from Lego in ten minutes.

Friday 4th November

We have been so pleased with the mature way the children have settled back into school after the half term break. As usual, we have had to hit the ground running!  To finish off our class text, Troll Swap, the children have been writing their own stories based on it using noun phrases and conjunctions, we are super proud of their efforts.  Maths has been mainly about shapes this week and the children have had a go at drawing their own shapes using squared paper and a ruler.  They have been impressing us with their explanations and use of mathematical vocabulary.  In Computing, we have started our Coding unit and writing our own code to make planes take off.  Shhhhh....you may have heard that rehearsals for our up coming Nativity are in full swing; expect song lyrics and lines to learn coming home very soon.  Your support in practising these at home will be very much appreciated, thank you.  

Friday 21st October

Friday 14th October 

As we excitedly wait for the school firework display, it's time to reflect on another packed week in Year 2.  We have been considering our feelings in PSHE and recognising that they are not always positive, which has led to a meaningful discussion about how to handle negative feelings; a timely discussion given that it was World Mental Health Day on Monday.  Things are getting tricky in Maths as we have been using symbols to compare objects and numbers.  We are eagerly anticipating the end of our class text and have been using it to introduce conjunctions into our writing.  In Geography, we have been thinking about the physical features of our local area and including them on a sketch map we have drawn complete with a key.  We have continued to think about staying safe online in Computing, as well as practising saving our work before shutting down our computers.

Friday 7th October

This week in English the children have been identifying noun phrases in a text and reviewing which words are adjectives and nouns. In Spelling they have identified vowels and consonants and started to explore the rules for adding -ed and -ing to words when they double the consonants for a short vowel sound. In Maths, the children have been adding tens and ones numbers to number lines and identifying missing numbers including solving problems.  In Science, the children have been exploring the suitability of different materials by thinking about their properties.  They enjoyed asking a 'what if...' question regarding what would be a good material to make a coat hanger out of, finding it very amusing when we tried making one out of paper.  In Art, they have been sketching Autumn leaves using different pens and pencils to see the different effects.

Friday 30th September 

Just like that, September has gone in a flash! We have been up to the Computing suite again this week and are getting to grips with logging on, entering passwords and improving our dexterity with a mouse! Next week, we will begin to think about online safety. We have heard another story about Trolls and have had a go at rewriting it remembering to use noun phrases and the conjunctions ‘and’ and ‘ because’. We have used noun phrases and lots of interesting adjectives to describe the character of Tabitha in Troll Swap. In Maths, we have been investigating different ways to partition 2-digit numbers and noticing patterns; we have used lots of resources to help us. We have been looking at maps and guessing map symbols in Geography in readiness for drawing our own maps. 

  Friday 23rd September

 Another busy week for Year 2's.  We have been finding out about Trolls in English this week and writing some descriptions about the  Troll in our class story and also writing instructions for how to be a good troll.  The children have been using noun phrases in their writing. In our Grammar Blast we have been making sure that we can identify a noun in a sentence. In spelling the children have been looking at different sounds made by the 'y' at the end of words and trying to sort these words into groups. In Maths, we have been using place value charts to represent tens and ones in a two digit number and solving problems involving place value.

Friday 16th September

The end of another busy week and Year 2 have definitely hit the ground running!  PE started again this week with an extra session on Monday to our great delight.  We have started our new class text, Troll Swap and have been identifying nouns as well as using noun phrases to describe Timothy Limpet.  We have made predictions about the rest of the story and can't wait to read some more.  In Maths, we have been counting in tens and using lots of resources to make numbers beyond ten to 100 recognising the place value of the tens and ones.  Look out for the start of Maths homework which has been sent out today.  We have started our Guided reading and comprehension groups this week and have enjoyed working in smaller groups on our reading skills; lots of decoding, reading with expression, answering questions about the texts and making predictions.  We have reflected on the life of the Queen and considered how her life was lived in relation to our school values.  As a class, we focused on our value of love and care and discussed the charities of which the Queen was patron of.  In hymn practice we had our first chance to sing God Save The King!

 Friday 9th September 

It has been lovely to welcome back the children this week. They have very quickly settled in to life in Year 2. They have enjoyed starting with some creative activities. They have learned about two artists, Andy Goldsworthy and Nicola White, who like to explore and collects things from outside to inspire their art. The children spent some time collecting items from our school grounds and then using them to create some art work themselves. In Science, they have been recapping on types of materials for their new science topic and are excited about getting into the science discovery area to find out which materials are magnetic. They have been showing off their reading skills by finding words quickly in texts that they have read. 

Friday 15th July

Another super busy week in Year 2 this week. In Maths, they have been drawing symmetrical shapes and pictures and identifying horizontal and vertical lines of symmetry. In spelling they have been investigating -ge and -dge spelling patterns. In Science, the children have been completing their topic on Animals including humans. They have been looking at healthy and unhealthy foods, investigating the effect of exercise on our bodies and giving reasons why humans need exercise. They also conducted an investigation based around the question- ‘does the oldest person have the biggest feet?’  with some interesting results. They also enjoyed our Sports day on Tuesday in which they all did their best and made everyone proud.

Friday 7th July 

We can't quite believe there are less than two weeks left of the children's time in Year 2! The children have enjoyed their three mornings in Year 3 and are more than ready to make the move up.  Back in Year 2 we have been busy in, in Maths, investigating symmetry as well as counting faces, edges and vertices on 3-d shapes.  In History, the children were excited to find out about the Cheshire Joint Sanitorium, a TB hospital here in Loggerheads.  They were surprised by some of the treatments on offer, such as sandbags on chests and fresh air whatever the weather!  The children created a shop in Computing as part of their Spreadsheets unit and worked out how to add images and values to cells alongside working out which coins to use to pay. In English, we have continued to use the suffixes -er and -est, adjectives, commas, time words to describe feelings when writing a recount of our mornings in Year 3.

 Friday 1st July

 This week Year 2 have been using the suffixes -er and-est to change adjectives in their descriptions of the woods that Red was walking through. In Science they have been looking at how humans change as they grow and deciding which animals hatch from eggs and which are born. In Maths, they enjoyed making 3D shapes and having a go at drawing 2D shapes. There was quite a challenge in our Design Technology taste test this week where the children tried different types of fruit and recorded what they thought about the texture and taste of each. They will be thinking about designing their own fruit salad to make next week. The children are excited about going up to Year 3 next Monday for their transition time with Miss Carter.

Friday 24th June

A busy, hot week in Year 2!  We have had some time in the computing suite learning all about spreadsheets.  We can now colour and number cells, use copy, paste, save and exit and have had some fun making magic counting machines!  In Maths, we have been investigating sides and vertices of 2-D shapes; do you think 2-D shapes have the same number of sides as vertices?  We also enjoyed making our own 2-D shapes using lolly stick sides and blu tac vertices. We have continued to use our class text, The Last Wolf as inspiration for our writing and this week, we wrote as if we were Little Red going in search of the Last Wolf; we used apostrophes for contractions, verbs and adverbs. In history, we have been learning about important nurses from the past and learnt about the life of Mary Seacole, recalling facts about Florence Nightengale too.

Friday 10th June 2022

Wow, what a great first week back!  We started the week with an Art day and then followed our Jubilee celebrations. The children looked resplendent in their red, white and blue and very regal for their photos with the Queen!  We designed a new hat for the Queen and enjoyed a 'street party' style picnic with the rest of the school. Thursday was another special day as it was our Pentecost party.  We learnt the story of the Pentecost as told by our very own 'Open the Book' team and then we took part in workshops to produce something to represent the Pentecost.  These workshops included, singing, dancing, art, clay and drama.  At the end of the day, the whole school got together to showcase the outcomes of the workshops before a rousing rendition of 'Shine Jesus Shine' complete with confetti cannons!  There was much excitement at playtime as we have been lucky enough to have been gifted some new outdoor games from the PTFA,  giant jenga has been very popular so thank you to the PTFA. Alongside all this, the children have been learning to tell the time in Maths, writing a diary and using conjunctions 'so that' and 'if that' in English and learning about significant people is History; the children have impressed us with their research about the NHS and famous nurses of the past.

Friday 20th May 2022

It's been another busy week and the children have made us very proud with their positive attitudes towards their learning and assessments.  There has been much excitement in class as our cress seeds have started to grow.  Everyday starts with an eagerness to see how much they have grown and to also check if our beans are sprouting.  We have started an experiment to see which are the best conditions for growing seeds and have even put some in the dark cupboard to see how they get on!  We enjoyed getting out for our last cricket session and got a chance to put our batting, throwing and catching skills to the test in some mini games of cricket.  In Maths, we have continued to work on our number knowledge and used this to solve problems.  We have been looking at suffixes, prefixes and verbs in English as well as writing another diary entry focusing on writing in the first person and in the past tense.  In spellings we have been getting to grips with when and where to add apostrophes for possession or contraction; it's been tricky but we're getting there!

Friday 13th May

In Maths this week we have been investigating unit and non-unit fractions and solving problems that involve fractions. The children have also been practising their arithmetic skills every day.  In English they have been writing a diary in first person, choosing a personal experience to write about. Many chose to write about playing a football match or something special that they remember doing in the holidays.  In spelling they have been practising some more common exception words and adding these to their spelling journals.   In Science the children have been discussing what they know about plants and they have planted some cress seeds and some broad beans so that they can observe the changes as they grow.  They will be keeping a bean diary over the next couple of weeks.

Friday 6th May

Finally, it looks like it is warming up a bit which meant we had to take our jumpers off during cricket this week!  The children practised the correct way to hold a bat and had a go at batting a ball off of a cone.  They also learnt some valuable teamwork skills as well as practising throwing and catching when fielding. RE got very philosophical this week as the children considered the questions 'what is God?' and 'what is God like?' which raised some very thought-provoking discussions. In Maths, we have  been reviewing the properties of 2-d and 3-d shapes as well as finding fractions of amounts.  We have started to write a diary recount in English as if we were Major Glad or Major Dizzy under the floorboards during the Blitz.  

Friday 29th April

The children have settled very quickly back into our school routines and it has been lovely hearing about all the things that they have been up to over the Easter holidays.    In Maths, they have been recognising and finding a quarter of shapes and numbers and solving problems that involve fractions. In English, they have been writing a description of what it was like for the toys when they became stuck under the floorboards in our class text, Major Glad, Major Dizzy. They have been using known conjunctions and adding 'so that' to some of their sentences.  They have been looking at some difficult spelling rules this week where sounds change after w or qu in words like warm, want and squash.   The children really enjoyed learning cricket skills in the 'Chance to Shine' cricket session.

Friday 8th April

This week started with much excitement with the arrival into school of everyone’s Science homework habitats. We spent a great afternoon where the children presented their habitats to the rest of the class. We were blown away by the knowledge and creativity on display.  This creativity continued in RE where the children designed and made their own ‘egg heads.’  In English, the children have enjoyed a bit more of the class text ‘Major Glad, Major Dizzy’ and they have been writing sentences in both the past and present tense to describe the character of Amelia. In Maths, we have been recognising and finding halves.  Alongside this, we have been practising our arithmetic skills and investigating different methods and strategies.  We have rounded off our ‘African Adventure’ by finding out about schools in Mugurameno and, of course, a rousing rendition of the ‘Zambezi’ song!  All in all, it’s been a very busy but successful term and we are proud of all the children. 

  Friday 1st April 2022

In Science this week the children have been learning about how different animals are suited to their habitats and how they have adapted to them.  They looked at two very different animals (Camel and Polar Bear) and investigated the differences and similarities between them and the habitats that they lived in.  They are excited about bringing their Science projects in next week and showing off what they have learned about different habitats. In Maths they have been dividing by 5 and 10 and solving division and multiplication problems. This knowledge will help them as they now start the next unit on fractions.  In English they have started to look at our new text, 'Major Glad, Major Dizzy', which is all about toys in a story set in the past.  They enjoyed looking at some toys that Mrs Bateman played with when she was young and guessing how old a range of teddies might be. 

Friday 25th March

Alongside our assessments this week we have been continuing with our usual learning too.  The children thoroughly enjoyed demonstrating some great team work in Science this week.  They were split into four teams and asked to research information about plants and animals in the ocean, polar regions, rain forest or desert areas.  Then, they were asked to feedback to the rest of the class. They are loving our 'African Adventure' as we continue to compare Mugurameno (Zambia) to Loggerheads in Geography.  We were astonished to discover how the people of Mugurameno have to protect themselves, their animals and their crops against wild animals.  We'd only ever thought of eating chillies before and not using them to deter elephants from our property!  Don't forget to ask us what the river is called and be prepared for a very catchy song about it!

  18th March 2022

It has been Poetry Week, Science Week and Comic Relief at school this week so there have been lots of activities going on.   For Poetry Week, the children have learnt by heart the poem 'Night Sounds' and enjoyed performing it throughout the week.  They have also written their own poems about what they could hear at night using good verb choices.    For Science week, the children have been exploring whether Mars would be a good habitat for living things and recapping on what they have learnt about habitats and learning some new facts about the planet Mars.   In Maths, they have been dividing by sharing and starting to use the division sign in calculations.  In Spelling they have looked at some more common exception words and enjoyed playing Spell Cat to recognise some of the words.

Friday 11th March

This week started with a walk around the school grounds where the children made some very careful observations and recordings of micro-habitats. The children have been learning the poem, Night Sounds,  to perform with actions and have looked a similar poems where they have asked very thought provoking questions about the imagery and language. In Maths, we have been investigating the 10 times table and sharing objects into groups ready to learn all about division next week.  We have also been using positional language and enjoyed using our rulers to measure classroom objects in centimetres.  We have played some games in Phonics and Spelling and had fun trying to find our pair to make words ending in -tion. In RE, we are learning about the Easter story (not long now) and have been creating a comic strip of the Last Supper and Good Friday.

   Friday 4th March

The children have settled back into our school routines quickly this week and much learning has taken place.  In English, the children have finished writing and editing their adventure stories based around our class text.  They have also been using the conjunctions and, so, and but to complete sentences.   In Spelling they have been investigating using the suffix -ly and in handwriting joining dg and ng.  In Maths they have been practising using arrays, writing multiplication sentences and solving problems involving multiplication.  In Science, they have been looking at different types of habitats and identifying the different types of plants and animals that live in them.  As well as taking part in a whole host of activities to celebrate World Book Day, we also managed to plant some tulip bulbs in our outside area.  The children are excited about seeing them come up and flower in late spring.

Friday 18th February

We can't quite believe that's another half term completed!  This week, we have started to write our own adventure stories based on the 'Dragon Machine' and the children have impressed us with their exclamation sentences. We have been making, counting and adding equal groups in Maths, ready for some more formal multiplication after the half term break. The competition for spotting o'clocks and half pasts has continued; who knew there were so many in just one school day? We wrote some positivity potions in PSHE and added things like 'a spoonful of happiness, a sprinkle of friends and a cupful of family.' In Computing, we had a lot of fun creating pictures in the style of Piet Mondrian, using lines, bright colours and the 'fill' tool; we are very proud of our masterpieces and are looking forward to displaying them.  We have started a new Geography topic, 'African Adventure' and were able to locate Africa and Zambia on a map.  We're excited to find out more about Zambia and the village of Mugurameno next half term.

  Friday 11th February 

We have been reaching for the stars this week. During Mental Health Week we have listened to the story of The Ugly Duckling and thought about how the character has grown emotionally. The children then wrote down some of the things that they are able to do now that they couldn’t do before. They also thought about some of the things they would like to achieve in the future and wrote them on some stars. On Tuesday it was Safer Internet Day and they followed the story of Detective Digiduck who was having some problems finding out information on the Internet, with the help of a very wise owl he was able to find a solution. The children wrote some lovely letters to Wise Owl telling her what they had learned. In Art, this week we were looking at the artist Henri Matisse, in particular his collage work. The children had a go at cutting out shapes without drawing them first just like Matisse did. This is quite tricky!

Friday 4th February

Well, this week seems to have been all about numbers and Maths. We had fun on 2-2-22 investigating the number 2 and the 2 times table. Today, we have all embraced Number Day with an amazing array of outfits! We have spent the day helping Snow White prepare for a tea party by adding her cupcakes, making a tally chart of what she needs and choosing the right amount of money to pay for all her party food. We have also taken part in a 60 second activity challenge to earn points for our team. And this afternoon, we heard the story of zero which inspired us to create our own number characters. We have all agreed that it was a fab day and it should be Number Day everyday!

  Friday 28th January

What a super busy week it has been! On Monday we had a visit from the Air Ambulance with their helipod. The children found out all about this service and had a chance to sit in it and press lots of buttons. On Tuesday we had some visiting artists in our classroom who helped the children to produce some super artwork for the Calendar competition. In English they have been learning about the four different types of sentences and practising using these in a letter that they wrote to Mrs Gleave telling her about the chaos that the dragons have been causing in our classroom. In Maths the children have been identifying different coins and notes and adding amounts of money. In spelling they have looked at contractions and practised writing them. 

Friday 21st January

Another packed week for Year 2.  We started the week with some amazing hula hooping tricks; who knew that Year 2 were such a talented bunch!  There was also an exciting discovery of dinosaur eggs in the classroom to accompany the introduction of our new text, 'The Dragon Machine'.  We have been finding out about the cheeky things that dragons get up to and writing sentences to describe them using the conjunctions 'because' and 'when'.  In Computing we have continued to learn about online safety and have been considering our digital footprint this week and discussing what is safe/unsafe to share about ourselves online.  Money has become the focus  of our Maths lessons and we have been recapping the value of coins and notes, making different amounts of money and comparing different amounts of money.  We have enjoyed learning about the history of flight especially the footage of some early attempts to fly!

Friday 7th January 2022

We are pleased to report that the children have returned to school refreshed and more than ready to resume their learning after the Christmas break. This week, we have enjoyed playing some notes on the glockenspiels in Music and learning how to use the internet safely in Computing. In PE we have been focussing on ball skills giving us a chance to run off some excess energy. Maths has been quite tricky but the children have risen to the challenge of adding two 2-digit numbers crossing the tens boundary. We have used lots of practical resources to help us exchange ones for tens. In English, we have continued to build sentences for our factual report about owls and have written sentences using conjunctions.

  Friday 17th December

What a festive week it has been.  The children have been making Christingles and learning about what they represent in their guided reading.  We have had some special visitors into school this week, two reindeer called Vixen and Tinks who behaved very well whilst the children asked questions about them. They have found out many facts about them such as why they have extra wide hooves and that they loose their antlers every year.  We have also been making vehicles in Design Technology in which all children succeeded in creating a vehicle with a chassis, axles and working wheels before adding their own special touches. We have finished the week off with a class Christmas party.  Merry Christmas to you all.  

Friday 10th December

Well, we hope you are all as proud as we are after the children’s performance in the Wriggly Nativity! All the hard work has paid off and they were brilliant, all the lines, singing, dancing, acting and bowing (!) were fantastic.  Thank you, once again, for your support and help with lines and costumes and it was lovely to be able to see some of you in the audience. We’re sure you’ll be feeling festive now. 
 

The children have also been working hard this week, no wonder they are tired!  They have been solving problems in Maths relating to groups of numbers on the theme of ‘keeping warm.’  In English the children have enjoyed learning facts about owls and sorting these facts into subheadings ahead of writing a non-chronological report. The children have continued to learn the story of the first Christmas in R.E. We have also been making Christmas cards and enjoying eating our Christmas dinner. More Christmas fun to come next week!

   Friday 3rd December

The children were very quick to notice that the Christmas decorations had gone up in the classroom and all around the school which has definitely put them in a festive mood this week. It is lovely that there has been so much excitement and enthusiasm about getting ready for their Nativity performance next week, they have been trying on their costumes and busting into song at every opportunity.  There has also been a lot of learning going on this week. In writing, they have been using adverbs to describe an owl's flight and also writing facts that they have learnt about owls over the past few weeks and from the texts that they have read in guided reading.  In Maths, they have continued to add 2 digit numbers using their knowledge to solve problems.  In gymnastics they have been learning some travelling movements and have added these to their sequences with the core shapes that they have already practised.  

Friday 26th November 2021

We have been super pleased with the children this week as they have been completing assessments in Reading, Phonics and Maths alongside their usual lessons.  In Maths, we have been adding two 2-digit numbers and getting to grips with the tricky column method of addition. The children have been excited by the introduction of their new class text, 'The Owl who was Afraid of the Dark'.  They have been finding out about owls, retelling the story of Owl babies, making predictions, writing adjectives to describe the character, Plop, and choosing adverbs to describe owls in flight; it's been a 'hoot'!  Spellings this week have been all about adding the suffixes -er, -est and -y to words ending in 'e' and the children have enjoyed the games we play to reinforce these patterns.  Reading skills have been taught in class and group sessions, focusing on phonic patterns, word recognition, information retrieval and some inference. Rehearsals for our upcoming nativity continue most days and we have been impressed by the way the children are learning their lines and delivering them loudly and clearly; so, thank you to those of you that are helping at home with these.   

Friday 19th November

What a busy week it has been! The children have taken part in activities for Anti Bullying week including wearing odd socks on Monday and designing their own odd socks. They have also enjoyed learning the words to the ‘One kind word song’ as well as practising our Nativity songs. In Gymnastics this week the children have been recapping on core shapes and have started to choose some of these to put into a sequence. They are developing their control and ability to work with a partner to perform a sequence. In Maths, they have been subtracting a one-digit number from a two-digit number crossing ten and solving subtraction problems. They have also been investigating spelling rules when adding er and est to adjectives. 

Friday 12th November 

This week has seen us focusing on remembering and reflecting; the children learnt all about remembrance and had some thoughtful  contributions to make in class and during our remembrance day worship.  Some children could recall seeing the remembrance garden in Loggerheads and those that couldn't were going to look for it on the way home on Thursday.  Maths this week has been all about addition and subtraction of two-digit numbers, the children have looked for patterns, doubles, bonds to 10 and near bonds to 10 as different strategies to help them.  They have also solved problems using reasoning and mathematical vocabulary.  We have seen some super stories this week featuring contrasting characters based around the story 'Troll Swap'.  The children have used expanded noun phrases and conjunctions to improve the maturity of their writing and have had a go at editing their work to include more adjectives, correcting spellings and making sure all their full stops and capital letters are in the right places.  Rehearsals for our up-coming nativity are now in full swing (I'm sure you've been treated to a sneak preview of some of the songs!), cast lists, costume requests, lines and lyrics to learn will all be sent home shortly.

  Friday 5th November

 The Year 2 children have settled quickly back into classroom life and the week has really flown by.  In English, they have been creating characters and planning a story about a troll.  They are really doing well building up their stamina for writing and always enjoy our Free Write which this week was to retell the story of 'The Lion and the Mouse'.  The children did well in remembering the Year 2 words that we were learning last half term in spelling and have started learning another set of words starting by talking about what they think is the tricky bit in each word. In Maths, they have been adding and subtracting ten and making ten to add. They have also been reasoning and explaining for addition and subtraction problems. The children started to feel a bit festive this week when they rehearsed some Christmas songs in hymn practise. 

National Poetry Day 2021 - On the Ning Nang Nong

Earlier in the term, the children celebrated National Poetry Day.  This year’s theme was ‘Choice’.  Each year group read a range of poems and chose their favourite to learn and perform to other year groups.  Please watch our performance of 'On the Ning Nang Nong' - we hope you enjoy it as much as we enjoyed learning and performing it.

Friday 22nd October 2021

As we come to the end of a really busy half term, the children should be congratulated on all their hard work so far. They have settled in quickly and are showing progress already. We’ve been recapping what makes a sentence, this week, and identifying nouns and adjectives.  In Computing, we have been using free code to create our own scenes to make objects move and we have been using the ‘repeat’ command to help write code to draw shapes.  In Maths, we have been investigating patterns when finding ten more and ten less.  One of our proudest moments has been learning a poem by heart, ‘On the Ning Nang Nong’ and then performing it in assembly complete with actions, you may have heard us practising. As promised, a recording of it will be added to this page for your enjoyment, we know you’ll be joining in too! 

_{Friday 15th October}

_{^{Year 2 have been busy in Art using their drawing skills to create texture by using patterns on a troll picture. They have also been looking at artists who use tone in their work and giving opinions about them. In English they have been looking at spelling patterns and exploring what happens when they add -ed and -ing to words. In Maths, they have been comparing number sentences and solving problems with missing numbers.  There have been some super scientists in Year 2 this week when we investigated how some materials change shape when they are stretched, bent, twisted and squashed.}}  

Friday 8th October 2021

That's another whirlwind of a week done in Year 2!  This week we have particularly enjoyed performing and singing in Music, we have accompanied South African songs on the glockenspiels.  In Geography, we have impressed Mrs Hibbert with all that we can recall about the countries and capital cities of the UK.  We have also been looking at map symbols and have come up with some of our own to represent school, takeaway and the Co-op!  We have started a new block of learning in Maths, addition and subtraction, and have been looking at fact families as well as investigating number bonds to 20. In English, we have written letters to Tabitha from her parents and have tried to include noun phrases and conjunctions.  It's been great to see all the children looking sunny and bright in their yellow today; we have taken time breathe as well as dance! We have also designed our very own super hero, bearing World Mental Health week in mind, with traits that would make him/her somebody that would make us feel better if we need to.  Thursday was National Poetry day, we have chosen a poem we would like to perform and have been busy learning it and thinking of some actions, keep your eyes peeled on the class pages for a video of our performance.

_{Friday 1st October 2021}

This week Year 2 have been writing a letter to one of the characters in their story 'Troll Swap' complaining about how Tabitha has such bad manners. They have enjoyed finding out about all her bad habits!  In spelling lessons this week they have been investigating what happens to verbs when you add -ed and -ing.  In Maths, they have been comparing numbers using mathematical symbols and working out problems that involve comparing two or more numbers. We managed to avoid the rain at the beginning of the week to go on a Science walk around the school grounds to make observations of how materials had been used to make objects around the school. 

Friday 24th September - Year 2 Church visit

Another busy week for Year 2.  We have continued to enjoy our class text, 'Troll Swop' and have used it to write sentences about Tabitha comparing her to other children.  We have also retold the story of 'The Troll' by Julia Donaldson and have tried to extend our sentences by using words like 'because.' We have started coding in Computing and have had to debug some broken code this week to make planes take off. We are beginning to compare numbers in Maths and use different representations of 2-digit numbers.  We had a great visit to the church on Thursday where we learnt all about baptism and got a chance to dress up as the guests at a Christening and even got to baptise a 'baby'! We had an explore of the church, sang some rousing editions of 'Sing Hosana' and 'He's got the whole world' and made some recreations of stained glass windows.  The bus driver complimented us on our excitement and our impeccable manners; very proud teachers!

Friday 17th September 2021

The children have settled really well into life in Year 2 and have been working hard this week.   They have been recapping on letter formation for the lower case letters in handwriting and practising finding words in a text in Guided Reading.  They have started reading our new class book, Troll Swap, and have had a go at making predictions about the characters. They enjoyed writing instructions for 'How to be a Troll' in their writing lessons this week.  In Maths, they have been comparing numbers using mathematical vocabulary and writing numbers in words.  In Art the children have been experimenting with sketching and colouring pencils to create different tones.  What a busy week it has been!  Well done Year 2!