Year 2 have been incredible at learning their lines for our Christmas Play! We are so proud of them. They have been practising acting out their parts, using stage props and projecting their voices. It will be really exciting to see them perform in the dress rehearsal next week.  On top of this, learning has continued in all subject areas. They have sculpted pumpkins out of playdough, perfecting their pumpkin shapes and honing their sculpting skills. Here are some examples to share, and the final clay sculpture will be coming home in time for Christmas. They have revisited subtraction and practised using their number bonds to take away. We have finished our literacy book "Lost and Found" and written the story using all the grammar we have learnt about – verbs, adverbs, adjectives and subjects! They learnt about the Polar Regions of the world in geography, and we looked at advent, in particular the advent candles and how they are lit in the lead up to Christmas. 

What a busy half term it has been in Year 2! Over the last couple of weeks, we have been finishing our art unit on collage by adding detail and evaluating (Please see some of our masterpieces in the above picture!).

In English, we have been looking at the Oliver Jeffers story, ‘STUCK’ which is all about a little boy who gets his kite stuck in a tree and ends up throwing up all sorts of items in the tree to knock the first one down, with each item getting more and more unbelievable! This week we had a lot of fun writing our own version of the story with a Halloween theme and have been working really hard to make our sentences more exciting by including a variety of sentence starters, adjectives and verbs.

In maths, we have started a new unit on addition and subtraction by recapping our number bonds to ten, writing ‘fact families’ and thinking about related facts.

In science, we have continued our topic on materials by investigating which materials are absorbent and thinking about the suitability of materials and their purpose.

Finally, we have also been doing A LOT of singing in preparation for our Harvest Assemblies this week. The children have worked really hard to learn the lines to the songs and poems and are really looking forward to performing them to you!

We hope you have a wonderful and restful half term break. The Year 2 team.

Year 2 had a wonderful day out at the Wetlands Centre. It was the perfect combination of some adventure fun and an interesting workshop on how birds are adapted to their environment. We also had moving up day and visits to our new class teacher which ran smoothly and helped with the children's transition to year 3. On top of these things, we have finished our geometry module in maths and written our last twisted tale, learnt how to follow a route map and made block prints of our maps! We would like to thank all parents for their support to their class and the school. Wishing you all a lovely, summer break. The Year 2 Team. 

Forest School and much more ....

This week Year 2 have been learning the pros and cons of Zoos. We have been using persuasive language to support our argument. In maths we have just finished our topic of fractions. We have learnt how to find half, thirds and quarters of shapes and numbers. We have been applying our understanding of fractions to the four operations. For our next topic we will be learning about time. In D&T we have now made our healthy dips and evaluated them. We have learnt a range of cutting techniques like bridge, claw and fork secure. Linking this to science, we are learning about balanced nutritional meals to fuel our bodies. In PE we have explored communication and teamwork skills in order to achieve a goal.