What a busy Half Term!
We have been so busy this half term as we set about reliving Neil Armstrong’s famous moon landing.
We have written newspaper reports describing this incredible historical event as well as begin to design our very own space buggy.
Using Scratch we have designed a space scene which we can use simple code to make move
A Nurses Visit
As part of our History learning about Mary Seacole, we invited Mrs Caizley in to speak to us about being a nurse and what it is like now both in a hospital and a GP surgery. We had planned questions to ask her and she did very well to cope with so many!
This week in Year 2
How to catch the gingerbread man!
In our English lessons this week we have written instructions to help the old lady capture the gingerbread man. We have really focused on using imperative verbs, conjunctions and commas in a list.
In Maths we have been learning to make different amounts using coins in lots of different ways.
In Science we have investigated different animals and their young. We discovered that not all babies look like their parents!
Please make sure you are still reading at home at least three times a week and be sure to sign in your child’s reading record book.
Thank you,
The Year 2 Team
This week in Year 2
Bossy verbs!
In our English lessons this week we have learnt how to write commas in a list when writing a list of equipment the old lady could use to help capture the gingerbread man.
In Maths we have been learning to solve word problems using our addition and subtraction knowledge. We have been identifying the important parts of the problem and then have been representing our answers using dienes.
In Science we have been looking at the life cycle of a frog and butterfly in detail. We learnt the word metamorphosis… ask your child what this means!
Please make sure you are still reading at home at least three times a week and be sure to sign in your child’s reading record book.
Have a lovely weekend!
This week in Year 2
Run! Run! As fast as you can!
This week’s learning in English launched our unit on The Gingerbread Man, where we started by the children going on a scavenger hunt to find these items…
The children were then able to rightly identify the story they all came from! It would be great if they could read or listen to some other versions of the story. See if your child can retell the story from memory at home this weekend.
In maths we have been learning to subtract 10 from any number. We have been using dienes to help the children to identify what happens to a number when we subtract 10. We have also begun thinking about taking away 10p in the context of money. At home, it would brilliant if you could get the 10ps out and practice adding and taking away 10p from an amount.
In topic we have followed on from last week’s map drawing by creating our own maps of Waterlooville! If you have any maps at home, it would be great if you could look at them with your child and encourage them to notice what is similar and what is different about them and the other maps we have seen.
We would like to remind you that Friday 1st October is an Inset day.
Have a lovely weekend!
Friday 17th September
Another great week of learning in school. If you were unable to make our online Parents Welcome Meeting do click through the slides below to catch up on life in Year 2.
We have also been learning this song to support our learning in RE so you may want to play this with your child.