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Year 2 News

March 2023

  • Dancing, beans and colourful cars!

    Published 29/03/23

    What a fantastic few weeks we have had in Year 2. In English, we have been writing recounts about our trip on the London Eye. In maths, we have been busy measuring capacity and temperature. In science, we have been learning about the life cycle of a bean and planted our own beans. They have grown amazingly well and now the children will take them home. The children took part in a wonderful creative arts week and created beautiful art work based on the book Tiger Walk. They also took part in a whole year group dance based on a song from the film The Jungle Book. We have continued our creativity this week in DT and Art. In DT, we designed, made and evaluated brilliant vehicles. Everyone was so impressed that their vehicles actually moved! In Art, we have made and painted our Kusama inspired pumpkins. We hope you all now enjoy a well deserved rest.

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  • Measures, plants and Forest school!

    Published 15/03/23

    Year 2 have had a lovely two weeks since our last newsletter. We have enjoyed starting Forest school, which has involved making bird feeders, spotting birds and playing in the mud kitchen!

    In English, we have been reading Mary Poppins. We did some drama and imagined we were jumping into our own chalk drawing and landing in an imaginary land. We then described what we could see and do in these new worlds!

    In maths, we finished learning about division and using sharing circles to divide equally. We have also learnt about measurement using centimetres and metres. We have measured objects around our classroom, comparing and ordering them from biggest to smallest.

    In science, we have continued our learning about plants and begum thinking about what they need in order to grow well. We have all planted our own bean plant and we are looking forward to watching them grow over the next few weeks.  In geography, we have been comparing London to Mumbai with a particular focus on the human and physical features.  We are all very excited about our trip to the London Eye and can’t wait to see which other landmarks we spot!

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  • Searching for plants

    Published 01/03/23

    Year 2 have had a fantastic beginning to the new half-term.

    In English, we have started reading Mary Poppins. The children have enthusiastically participated in lots of drama and role play. Following on from that, they have been busy writing letters to find a new nanny as well as writing commands about how to tidy a bedroom.

    In Maths, we have started our topic of division. The children have explored sharing circles, number lines as well as linking it to multiplication to solve problems.

    In art, we have explored the work of the artist Yayoi Kusama. The children sketched pumpkins and added dots and spots of varying sizes. We will now move on to sculpting pumpkins from play dough and clay.

    In geography, we have been developing our understanding of cultural diversity. We looked at the book 'Coming to England' and introduced the term migration and immigration. The children enjoyed drama and role play linked to how the main character might have felt about moving countries. 

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March 2023