We have been reading 'The Tunnel' by Anthony Browne. The children made brilliant predictions about what could be at the other end of the tunnel. They then took part in drama activities based on their predictions. After that, the children had the opportunity to show us their creative writing and wrote their own stories about where they ended up. We were amazed and excited to read their wonderful and descriptive stories. Well done Year 2! In maths, we have had so much fun collecting information, making tallies, drawing and interpreting tables, graphs and pictograms. We found out about the children's favourite fruit and animals. Throughout the week, the children have been very enthusiastic about our computer lessons where they have learnt to create their own music using Music Labs. We all had very musical classrooms!
Year 2 have had a lovely two weeks! Today we have been busy preparing our dips. We peeled, grated and chopped various ingredients to go in our yoghurt based dip and very much enjoyed tasting them!
In English, we have been exploring some more Anthony Browne books such as 'Gorilla' and 'Willy and Hugh'. We have made predictions and inferences about the characters as well as making links between the books. We thought about what was similar and different in both.
In maths we have been consolidating our problem solving skills. We used RUCSAC to solve word problems and also have thought about other words used for 'add, take away, times and divide'.
In science we are enjoying exploring different habitats. We have thought about underground and under the sea animals and how they are best suited to that habitat.
In history we have experienced what school was like in the Victorian times! Our classrooms were transformed and we had to practise the 3R's - reading, writing and arithmetic. We all decided that we preferred how school is now rather than back then!
We hope you all have a restful half-term!
Year 2 have had a lovely start back to the Summer term!
Doves and Owls have enjoyed Forest school in slightly warmer weather! We learnt how to safely light a spark and made some watercolour paintings and leaf patterns. Robins are looking forward to their sessions starting next week.
In maths we have been exploring fractions of shapes and numbers. We learnt about halves, quarters and thirds.
In English, we have begun reading Zoo by Anthony Browne. We made some inferences about how the animals in the book might be feeling and also written a detailed character description of Dad.
Excitingly in history, we have begun our topic about the Victorians! We made a timeline of events that happened all throughout Queen Victoria’s reign. We also explored a variety of artefacts and discussed what we thought they might be used for.
In science we have been discussing different habitats and which animals are best suited to their habitats.
