Welcome to Year 2
Welcome to Year 2!
This week in Year 2
This week we have been celebrating Arts Week with the theme ‘Animals and Insects’. The children have enjoyed participating in lots of art, DT, creative writing and speaking and listening sessions involving the theme of animals and insects.
In R.E. this week, we been celebrating Pentecost which will take place on Sunday 27th May 2018.
After Half Term in Year 2
| Subject | We will be learning… |
| Literacy | · We will be exploring the story of The Trojan Horse.
· We will be creating descriptions of the Trojan Horse using expanded noun phrases. · We will be creating arguments for and against the Trojan Horse. |
| Numeracy | · We will be focusing on measures. |
| RE | · We will be recognising that all people are special and Jesus came to Earth for all people. |
| Phonics | Miss MacKinnon’s group will be recapping all of set 1, 2 and 3 sounds.
Ms Young’s group will be focusing on ou/ow, oi/oy Miss Beaton and Miss Howden’s group will be focusing on their initial sounds and sh, th, ch, ng and nk. |
Homework
Your username and password for Mathletics is stuck inside the cover of your yellow reading record.
Reminders
Book Bags: Please ensure that the children bring their book bag to school every day, as in addition to being a means of transporting reading materials it is a valuable method of communication. We encourage the children to give important notes from their parents direct to their class teacher.
Uniform: Please ensure that all items of clothing are clearly labelled with your child’s name, especially their jumpers/cardigans as the weather is getting warmer. Children will need their P.E. kits in school on a Monday as this is our PE day. Please encourage children to be independent dressers at home, as these skills will be helpful at school.
Reading: We change the children’s reading books daily, so if they have finished their books please ensure that the children put their home reading record and reading book in the basket every morning to be changed. Please support your child with reading at home and record a comment in their reading record.
Phonics: The phonics scheme we follow is Read, Write Inc. Please read and practise your sounds and spellings with your child at home.
Spellings: This week’s spellings are – one/won, sun/son, to/two/too, be/bee, blue/blew, night/knight
Common-Exception-Words-Assessment-Year-2
Times Tables: Please continue to practise your 2, 3, 5 and 10 times tables at home as we will be completing weekly challenges on these. They will be given in a random order so please do not just focus on the answers!
Thank you for your continued support and we hope you have a fun and relaxing half term.
Miss MacKinnon and Miss Howden
Ms Young and Miss Beaton
Welcome to Year 2!
This week in Year 2
In our Literacy lessons we have been planning and writing our own seaside stories that include the characters of either Mr and Mrs Grinling, Hamish or Steven and Sally.
In Numeracy we have been focusing on money. We have identified the different coins we have and how we can use these coins to make different amounts. Towards the end of the week we have been solving word problems that involve money.
In R.E. this week, we have learnt about how Jesus wants us to forgive others. We have also explored the story of Joseph and his brothers and why he forgave them.
In topic this week we have been continuing to explore “Why do we love to be beside the seaside” and have compared Croydon to the coast, identifying its similarities and differences.
Next Week in Year 2
| Subject | We will be learning… |
| Literacy | · We will be reading and writing our own seaside poems. |
| Numeracy | · We will be focusing on shape and identifying the properties of 2D and 3D shapes.
· We will also be exploring reflective symmetry and completing shapes and patterns with reflective symmetry. |
| RE | · We will be celebrating the Ascension of Jesus on 17th May. |
| Phonics | Miss MacKinnon’s group will be recapping all of set 1, 2 and 3 sounds.
Ms Young’s group will be focusing on air/are and ir/er/ur Miss Beaton and Miss Howden’s group will be focusing on their initial sounds and sh, th, ch, ng and nk. |
Homework
Your username and password for Mathletics is stuck inside the cover of your yellow reading record.
Weekend Writing Challenge
This week in literacy we have been planning and writing our own story set at the seaside using the stories of ‘The Lighthouse Keeper’s Cat’, ‘The Lighthouse Keeper’s Lunch’ and ‘The Adventures of Steven the Seagull’ to support us with our writing.
For your writing challenge I would like you to create a story with a familiar setting. You need to include in your writing:-
- A description of the setting e.g. park, house, forest, playground etc.
- Use of senses in your descriptions e.g. what you heard, smelt, saw, touch, tasted etc.
- A beginning, middle and end to your story
- Wow words throughout your story.
- Use of conjunctions to extend your sentences e.g. but, because, then, while, when etc.
- Full stops and capital letters in the correct places.
I would like you to be as creative as possible and to write at least a page for your story. I look forward to reading them!
Your Weekend Writing Books should be back in school on Wednesdays.
Reminders
Book Bags: Please ensure that the children bring their book bag to school every day, as in addition to being a means of transporting reading materials it is a valuable method of communication. We encourage the children to give important notes from their parents direct to their class teacher.
Uniform: Please ensure that all items of clothing are clearly labelled with your child’s name, especially their jumpers/cardigans as the weather is getting warmer. Children will need their P.E. kits in school on a Monday as this is our PE day. Please encourage children to be independent dressers at home, as these skills will be helpful at school.
Reading: We change the children’s reading books daily, so if they have finished their books please ensure that the children put their home reading record and reading book in the basket every morning to be changed. Please support your child with reading at home and record a comment in their reading record.
Phonics: The phonics scheme we follow is Read, Write Inc. Please read and practise your sounds and spellings with your child at home.
Spellings: This week’s spellings are – there/their/they’re, here/hear, quite/quiet, see/sea, bare/bear
Common-Exception-Words-Assessment-Year-2
Times Tables: Please continue to practise your 2, 3, 5 and 10 times tables at home as we will be completing weekly challenges on these. They will be given in a random order so please do not just focus on the answers!
Thank you for your continued support and we look forward to another fun filled week.
Miss MacKinnon and Miss Howden
Ms Young and Miss Beaton
Welcome to Year 2!
This week in Year 2
In our Literacy lessons we have been exploring the story ‘Steven The Seagull’s Adventures at the Seaside’ which is an ebook. We have been listing what we would take to the seaside and why. We have also created postcards from a trip to the seaside and diary entries as Steven explaining his adventures.
http://www.lancsngfl.ac.uk/curriculum/literacy/lit_site/html/fiction/stevenseagull/atthe/Index.htm
In Numeracy we have been focusing on word problems. We know to read the question through carefully and identify what the calculation is before solving it. We have been looking at word problems involving fractions and the four operations (adding, subtracting, dividing and multiplying). Towards the end of the week we have been looking at telling time to the nearest 15 minutes and using this to create a schedule of our day as well as solving time word problems.
In R.E. this week, we have learnt about how the Holy Spirit helps us to love and do good. We also learnt that we receive the Holy Spirit when we are baptised.
Next Week in Year 2
| Subject | We will be learning… |
| Literacy | · We will be continuing our learning on stories with familiar settings.
· We will be planning and writing our own story set at the seaside. |
| Numeracy | · We will be focusing on money and using this knowledge to solve word problems. |
| RE | · We will be understanding why Jesus wants us to forgive. |
| Phonics | Miss MacKinnon’s group will be recapping all of set 1, 2 and 3 sounds.
Ms Young’s group will be focusing on air/are and ir/er/ur Miss Beaton and Miss Howden’s group will be focusing on their initial sounds and sh, th, ch, ng and nk. |
Homework and Homelearning Project
Your Homelearning Project is due in on Tuesday 8th May 2018.
Your username and password for Mathletics is stuck inside the cover of your yellow reading record.
Weekend Writing Challenge
This week in literacy we have been exploring the e-book of ‘The Adventures of Steven the Seagull’. This is the story of Steven the Seagull who goes to visit his cousin Sally at Morecambe and the adventures that they get up to.
For your writing challenge I would like you to think of a time that you have gone to the beach (if you have not been to the beach think of an exciting day out you may have had) and create a recount of this visit. You need to include in your writing:-
- A description of where you went
- A description of the things that you did/saw
- Use of senses in your descriptions e.g. what you heard, smelt, saw, touch, tasted etc.
- Your feelings regarding the trip (try to avoid using nice, happy or sad)
- Full stops and capital letters in the correct places.
I would like you to include as much detail as possible and to write at least a page for your recount. I look forward to reading them!
Your Weekend Writing Books should be back in school on Wednesdays.
Reminders
Book Bags: Please ensure that the children bring their book bag to school every day, as in addition to being a means of transporting reading materials it is a valuable method of communication. We encourage the children to give important notes from their parents direct to their class teacher.
Uniform: Please ensure that all items of clothing are clearly labelled with your child’s name. Children will need their P.E. kits in school on a Monday as this is our PE day. Please encourage children to be independent dressers at home, as these skills will be helpful at school.
Reading: We change the children’s reading books daily, so if they have finished their books please ensure that the children put their home reading record and reading book in the basket every morning to be changed. Please support your child with reading at home and record a comment in their reading record.
Phonics: The phonics scheme we follow is Read, Write Inc. Please read and practise your sounds and spellings with your child at home.
Spellings: This week’s spellings are – station, fiction, motion, national section.
Common-Exception-Words-Assessment-Year-2
Times Tables: Please continue to practise your 2, 3, 5 and 10 times tables at home as we will be completing weekly challenges on these. They will be given in a random order so please do not just focus on the answers!
Thank you for your continued support and we look forward to another fun filled week.
Miss MacKinnon and Miss Howden
Ms Young and Miss Beaton
Welcome to Year 2!
This week in Year 2
In our Literacy lessons we have been exploring the story ‘The Lighthouse Keeper’s Lunch’ by David and Ronda Armitage. We have been predicting what will happen next in the story as well as thinking of ideas to help Mr and Mrs Grinling. We have also been exploring how Mr and Mrs Grinling feel throughout the story.
In Numeracy we have been focusing on fractions. We have identified ½, ¼, 2/4, ¾ and a 1/3 of shapes and numbers. We know that fractions are equal groups and have related this to our learning on dividing. We have also been identifying fractions that are the same.
In R.E. this week, we have learnt about how through baptism we are welcomed into God’s family.
We have continued our learning on our new topic ‘Why do we love to be beside the seaside?’ which has a geography focus. We have explored different seaside attractions and have designed our own seaside attractions.
Next Week in Year 2
| Subject | We will be learning… |
| Literacy | · We will be continuing our learning on stories with familiar settings.
· We will be exploring the ebook of The Adventures of Steven The Seagull. · We will be exploring the setting of the seaside and relating it to our own experiences. |
| Numeracy | · We will be focusing on solving word problems using the four operations of multiplication, division, addition and subtraction.
· We will be telling the time to the nearest 15 minutes and using this to plan our day. · We will also be solving word problems involving time. |
| RE | · We will be appreciating the Holy Spirit as a gift from God. |
| Phonics | Miss MacKinnon’s group will be recapping all of set 1, 2 and 3 sounds.
Ms Young’s group will be focusing on air/are and ir/er/ur Miss Beaton and Miss Howden’s group will be focusing on their initial sounds and sh, th, ch, ng and nk. |
Homework and Homelearning Project
Your Homelearning Project is due in on Tuesday 8th May 2018.
Your username and password for Mathletics is stuck inside the cover of your yellow reading record.
Weekend Writing Challenge
This week in literacy we have been exploring the story of ‘The Lighthouse Keeper’s Lunch’ by Ronda and David Armitage. This is the story of a lighthouse keeper called Mr Grinling who does not receive his lunch as the seagulls keep eating it. We have predicted what we think will happen next, created ideas on how to stop the seagull and described how the characters’ feelings change throughout out the story.
For your writing challenge I would like you to imagine that you are one of the seagulls and write a letter to Mr and Mrs Grinling apologising for eating his lunch. You need to include in your writing:-
- ‘I’ when describing why you ate his lunch.
- WOW words to describe your feelings/how it would have made Mr Grinling feel (try to avoid – nice, happy and sad)
- Full stops and capital letters in the correct places.
- Use of because to explain why you ate his lunch.
I would like you to be as creative as can and I would like you to write at least a page for your letter. I look forward to reading them!
Your Weekend Writing Books should be back in school on Wednesdays.
Reminders
Book Bags: Please ensure that the children bring their book bag to school every day, as in addition to being a means of transporting reading materials it is a valuable method of communication. We encourage the children to give important notes from their parents direct to their class teacher.
Uniform: Please ensure that all items of clothing are clearly labelled with your child’s name. Children will need their P.E. kits in school on a Monday as this is our PE day. Please encourage children to be independent dressers at home, as these skills will be helpful at school.
Reading: We change the children’s reading books daily, so if they have finished their books please ensure that the children put their home reading record and reading book in the basket every morning to be changed. Please support your child with reading at home and record a comment in their reading record.
Phonics: The phonics scheme we follow is Read, Write Inc. Please read and practise your sounds and spellings with your child at home.
Spellings: This week’s spellings are – can’t, didn’t, hasn’t, couldn’t, it’s, I’ll
Common-Exception-Words-Assessment-Year-2
Times Tables: Please continue to practise your 2, 3, 5 and 10 times tables at home as we will be completing weekly challenges on these. They will be given in a random order so please do not just focus on the answers!
Thank you for your continued support and we look forward to another fun filled week.
Miss MacKinnon and Miss Howden
Ms Young and Miss Beaton
Welcome to Year 2!
We hope you have had a restful and enjoyable Easter Holidays!
This week in Year 2
In our Literacy lessons we have been exploring the story ‘The Lighthouse Keeper’s Cat’ by David and Ronda Armitage. We have been examining and describing the different settings in the story as well as the feelings of the different characters.
In Numeracy we have been focusing on dividing. We understand that dividing can be done by sharing or grouping.
We then used this knowledge to help us to solve division word problems.
In R.E. this week, we have learnt about the uniqueness of the Orthodox Church.
We have started our new topic ‘Why do we love to be beside the seaside?’ which has a geography focus. We have explored the different reasons why people may go on holiday as well as the different places we have been on holiday.
Next Week in Year 2
| Subject | We will be learning… |
| Literacy | · We will be continuing our learning on stories with familiar settings.
· We will be focusing on the text The Lighthouse Keeper’s Lunch by David and Ronda Armitage. · We will be creating predictions and exploring the settings and feelings of the characters. |
| Numeracy | · We will be focusing on fractions.
· We will be finding 1/2, ¼, 2/4, ¾ and 1/3 of shapes and numbers. |
| RE | · We will be recognising that through baptism we are joining God’s family. |
| Phonics | Miss MacKinnon’s group will be focusing on the sounds – cious/tious and tion
Ms Young’s group will be focusing on ir/er and ou/ow Miss Beaton and Miss Howden’s group will be focusing on their initial sounds and sh, th, ch, ng and nk. |
Homework and Homelearning Project
Your Homelearning Project is due in on Tuesday 8th May 2018.
Your username and password for Mathletics is stuck inside the cover of your yellow reading record.
Weekend Writing Challenge
This week in literacy we have been exploring the story of ‘The Lighthouse Keeper’s Cat’ by Ronda and David Armitage. This is the story of a cat named Hamish who leaves his home in the white cottage on the cliffs to find a new one in the village and comes across different challenges on his way. We have described where the story is set and how the characters’ feelings change throughout out the story.
For your writing challenge I would like you to imagine that you are Hamish and write a diary entry describing how he feels as he goes on his journey. You need to include in your writing:-
- ‘I’ when describing what Hamish is doing/feelings
- WOW words to describe his feelings (try to avoid – nice, happy and sad)
- Full stops and capital letters in the correct places.
- Use of sequencing words to describe what is happening next e.g. next, then, after etc.
- Use of because to explain why you are feeling that way.
I would like you to write at least a page for your diary entry and I look forward to reading them!
Your Weekend Writing Books should be back in school on Wednesdays.
Reminders
Book Bags: Please ensure that the children bring their book bag to school every day, as in addition to being a means of transporting reading materials it is a valuable method of communication. We encourage the children to give important notes from their parents direct to their class teacher.
Uniform: Please ensure that all items of clothing are clearly labelled with your child’s name, especially their jumpers and cardigans as the weather warms up. Children will need their P.E. kits in school on a Monday as this is our PE day. Please encourage children to be independent dressers at home, as these skills will be helpful at school.
Reading: We change the children’s reading books daily, so if they have finished their books please ensure that the children put their home reading record and reading book in the basket every morning to be changed. Please support your child with reading at home and record a comment in their reading record.
Phonics: The phonics scheme we follow is Read, Write Inc. Please read and practise your sounds and spellings with your child at home.
Spellings: This week’s spellings are – merriment, happiness, plentiful, penniless, happily.
Common-Exception-Words-Assessment-Year-2
Times Tables: Please continue to practise your 2, 3, 5 and 10 times tables at home as we will be completing weekly challenges on these. They will be given in a random order so please do not just focus on the answers!
Thank you for your continued support and we look forward to another fun filled week.
Miss MacKinnon and Miss Howden
Ms Young and Miss Beaton
Welcome to Year 2!
We hope you are enjoying the snow!
This week in Year 2
In our Literacy lessons we have been continuing to explore explanation texts. We have understood the features of explanation texts laid out in a flow chart and used this to write the life cycle of a chicken. We have also used information texts to find the answers to questions about butterflies.
In Numeracy we have been rounding numbers to the nearest 10. We learnt that if there is a 1, 2, 3 or 4 in the ones column then we round it down and if there is a 5, 6, 7, 8 or 9 we round it up to the next 10.
In R.E. this week, we have understood what makes the Greek Orthodox Church special and what we need to do when we enter the church.
Next Week in Year 2
| Subject | We will be learning… |
| Literacy | · We will be continuing our learning on explanation texts by creating notes and writing our own explanation texts. |
| Numeracy | · We will be estimating the answers to calculations using what we know about numbers and place value.
· We will also be solving missing number calculations using the inverse operation. |
| RE | · We will be recognising Jesus as our leader. |
Homework
Your username and password for Mathletics is stuck inside the cover of your yellow reading record.
Reminders
Book Bags: Please ensure that the children bring their book bag to school every day, as in addition to being a means of transporting reading materials it is a valuable method of communication. We encourage the children to give important notes from their parents direct to their class teacher.
Uniform: Please ensure that all items of clothing are clearly labelled with your child’s name. Children will need their P.E. kits in school on a Monday as this is our PE day. Please encourage children to be independent dressers at home, as these skills will be helpful at school.
Reading: We change the children’s reading books daily, so if they have finished their books please ensure that the children put their home reading record and reading book in the basket every morning to be changed. Please support your child with reading at home and record a comment in their reading record.
Phonics: The phonics scheme we follow is Read, Write Inc. Please read and practise your sounds and spellings with your child at home.
Spellings: This week’s spellings are – word, work, worm, world, worth
Common-Exception-Words-Assessment-Year-2
Times Tables: Please continue to practise your 2, 3, 5 and 10 times tables at home as we will be completing weekly challenges on these. They will be given in a random order so please do not just focus on the answers!
Thank you for your continued support and we look forward to another enjoyable week.
Miss MacKinnon and Miss Howden
Ms Young and Miss Beaton
Welcome to Year 2!
We hope you had a relaxing and enjoyable break
This week in Year 2
In our Literacy lessons we have been exploring explanation texts. We have identified the key features of explanation texts including the use of headings, information, conjunctions, technical language and comparative vocabulary. We have then explored further the effect conjunctions and comparative vocabulary have on explanation texts.
In Numeracy we began the week exploring 2D shapes and in particular the different features these have. We examined regular and irregular 2D shapes and described these using the terms sides, corners and lines of symmetry.
Towards the end of the week we have been exploring inverse operations and how we use these to check our calculations. We learnt that if we do an addition calculation we need to do a subtraction calculation to check it and if we do a subtraction calculation we need to do an addition calculation to check it.
In R.E. this week, we have celebrated Clean Monday which took place on 19th February. We had great fun before half term making our kites and enjoyed flying them this week.
Next Week in Year 2
| Subject | We will be learning… |
| Literacy | · We will be continuing our learning on explanation texts by creating notes and writing our own explanation texts. |
| Numeracy | · We will be rounding numbers to the nearest 10.
· We will be comparing numbers using greater than (>) and less than (<). · We will be identifying 2D shapes on the surface of 3D shapes. |
| RE | · We will be understanding why the Greek Orthodox Church is special. |
Homework
Your username and password for Mathletics is stuck inside the cover of your yellow reading record.
Weekend Writing Challenge
In literacy this week we have been learning about ‘Explanation Texts’. We have learnt that Explanation texts explain to us how a process works. To help us understand this we have identified their key features (pictures/diagrams, ordered paragraphs, joining words: because, this means, so etc, comparative words: brighter, smaller etc, technical vocabulary: mammals, nutrients etc and glossary) by exploring different texts about animals. For your writing challenge this week I would like you to choose two animals and write a comparison of them both. You need to include in your writing:-
- The use of comparative words such as: smaller, heaviest etc
- The name of your animals.
- Some extended sentences (and, so, such as).
- Full stops and capital letters in the correct places.
I would like you to present your learning in a creative way and write at least a page for your comparison. I look forward to reading them!
Your Weekend Writing Books should be back in school on Wednesdays.
Reminders
Book Bags: Please ensure that the children bring their book bag to school every day, as in addition to being a means of transporting reading materials it is a valuable method of communication. We encourage the children to give important notes from their parents direct to their class teacher.
Uniform: Please ensure that all items of clothing are clearly labelled with your child’s name. Children will need their P.E. kits in school on a Monday as this is our PE day. Please encourage children to be independent dressers at home, as these skills will be helpful at school.
Reading: We change the children’s reading books daily, so if they have finished their books please ensure that the children put their home reading record and reading book in the basket every morning to be changed. Please support your child with reading at home and record a comment in their reading record.
Phonics: The phonics scheme we follow is Read, Write Inc. Please read and practise your sounds and spellings with your child at home.
Spellings: This week’s spellings are – want, watch, wander, quantity, squash
Common-Exception-Words-Assessment-Year-2
Times Tables: Please continue to practise your 2, 3, 5 and 10 times tables at home as we will be completing weekly challenges on these. They will be given in a random order so please do not just focus on the answers!
Thank you for your continued support and we look forward to another enjoyable week.
Miss MacKinnon and Miss Howden
Ms Young and Miss Beaton
Welcome to Year 2!
This week in Year 2
In our Literacy lessons we have been continuing to explore the story of The Lonely Beast by Chris Judge. We have created arguments around why the beast should stay in the city or go back home. We have also created diary entries around the beast’s feelings and written letters to the residents of the city as the beast.
In Numeracy we have been focusing on solving investigations involving the four operations of multiplication, division, adding and subtracting.
We had a great time sharing our learning with our parents during our open morning on Wednesday. Thank you to those who were able to make it and we hope you had a great time learning with us.
In R.E. this week, we have celebrated the feast day of Jesus’ entry into the temple which took place on 2nd February.
We have been celebrating Investigation Week this week in year 2. We have been exploring the story Journey by Aaron Becker and have used this to design, create and test our own boats.
After Half Term in Year 2
| Subject | We will be learning… |
| Literacy | · We will be learning about explanation texts and exploring the different features of these. |
| Numeracy | · We will be investigating the different properties of 2D shapes and describing them.
· We will be using the inverse operation to check addition and subtraction calculations as well as using these to solve missing number calculations. |
| RE | · We will be celebrating Clean Monday which takes place on 19th February. |
| Phonics | We will be carrying out phonics assessments during this week. |
Homework
Your username and password for Mathletics is stuck inside the cover of your yellow reading record.
Reminders
Book Bags: Please ensure that the children bring their book bag to school every day, as in addition to being a means of transporting reading materials it is a valuable method of communication. We encourage the children to give important notes from their parents direct to their class teacher.
Uniform: Please ensure that all items of clothing are clearly labelled with your child’s name. Children will need their P.E. kits in school on a Monday as this is our PE day. Please encourage children to be independent dressers at home, as these skills will be helpful at school.
Reading: We change the children’s reading books daily, so if they have finished their books please ensure that the children put their home reading record and reading book in the basket every morning to be changed. Please support your child with reading at home and record a comment in their reading record.
Phonics: The phonics scheme we follow is Read, Write Inc. Please read and practise your sounds and spellings with your child at home.
Spellings: This week’s spellings are – key, donkey, monkey, valley, chimney
Common-Exception-Words-Assessment-Year-2
Times Tables: Please continue to practise your 2, 3, 5 and 10 times tables at home as we will be completing weekly challenges on these. They will be given in a random order so please do not just focus on the answers!
Thank you for your continued support and we hope you have a restful and enjoyable half term.
Miss MacKinnon and Miss Howden
Ms Young and Miss Beaton
Welcome to Year 2!
This week in Year 2
In our Literacy lessons we have been continuing to explore the story of The Lonely Beast by Chris Judge. We have created our own underwater poems using alliteration and similes. We have also interviewed the beast for a news report and then used these to create our own newspaper report. We will be reading the story over the next week but we would like to keep the ending a surprise for them as we will be predicting and doing creative writing on our predictions.
In Numeracy we have been focusing on writing division statements. We have understood that dividing means sharing equally into groups and have used this to solve different dividing calculations.
We have also been exploring the relationship between multiplication and division and have used this to solve missing number calculations.
In R.E. this week, we have celebrated the feast day of the Three Hierarchs which took place on Tuesday 30th January.
We have been continuing our learning on our topic ‘Why Would A Dinosaur Not Make A Good Pet?’ which has a science focus. We have been exploring the different theories as to how the dinosaurs became extinct including an asteroid attack, a volcanic explosion, widespread disease and climate change.
Next Week in Year 2 we will be celebrating Investigation Week
| Subject | We will be learning… |
| Literacy | · We will be continuing our learning on The Lonely Beast by creating our own endings to the story.
· We will be writing letters and diary entries as the beast. |
| Numeracy | · We will be carrying out different numeracy investigations involving the four operations. |
| RE | · We will be celebrating the feast day of Jesus entering the temple which takes place on 2nd February. |
| Phonics | We will be carrying out phonics assessments during this week. |
Homework
Your username and password for Mathletics is stuck inside the cover of your yellow reading record.
Weekend Writing Challenge
This week in literacy we have been continuing to read and explore the story of the Lonely Beast by Chris Judge.
For your writing task I would like you to predict your own ending for the story, identifying what you think will happen next and how the problem will be resolved. Please do not read the story and copy the ending from there.
You need to include in your writing:-
- An Explanation of what is going to happen next now he has spoken to the media.
- A clear ending where the problem is resolved well.
- A description of the beast’s feelings throughout the story.
- Using full stops and capital letters in the correct places
- Using direct speech between two characters.
I would like you to write at least a page for your story and I look forward to reading them!
Your Weekend Writing Books should be back in school on Wednesdays.
Reminders
Book Bags: Please ensure that the children bring their book bag to school every day, as in addition to being a means of transporting reading materials it is a valuable method of communication. We encourage the children to give important notes from their parents direct to their class teacher.
Uniform: Please ensure that all items of clothing are clearly labelled with your child’s name. Children will need their P.E. kits in school on a Monday as this is our PE day. Please encourage children to be independent dressers at home, as these skills will be helpful at school.
Reading: We change the children’s reading books daily, so if they have finished their books please ensure that the children put their home reading record and reading book in the basket every morning to be changed. Please support your child with reading at home and record a comment in their reading record.
Phonics: The phonics scheme we follow is Read, Write Inc. Please read and practise your sounds and spellings with your child at home.
Spellings: This week’s spellings are – other, mother, brother, nothing, Monday
Common-Exception-Words-Assessment-Year-2
Times Tables: Please continue to practise your 2, 3, 5 and 10 times tables at home as we will be completing weekly challenges on these. They will be given in a random order so please do not just focus on the answers!
Investigation Week: As part of investigation week we are going to creating some junk modelling so if you have any cardboard boxes or plastic containers that we could use we would be extremely grateful.
Thank you for your continued support and we look forward to another fun filled week.
Miss MacKinnon and Miss Howden
Ms Young and Miss Beaton
Welcome to Year 2!
This week in Year 2
In our Literacy lessons we have been looking at information on dinosaurs. We have identified key features of information texts such as headings, sub-headings, pictures, diagrams, labels, lists, captions. We have been focusing on making posters about our chosen dinosaur including these features. We have also written our glossary entries.
In Numeracy we have been learning about multiplication and division. We have identified the multiples of 10 and 5. We have counted in tens and fives using a 100 square. We have recited our 5 x and 10 x tables.
In R.E. this week, we learned the importance of church holy days, Palm Sunday and that Jesus is our king.
We have been learning about our new topic ‘Why would a dinosaur not make a good pet?’ which has a science focus. We have been looking at habitats of different animals and discussed the habitats that dinosaurs lived in.
Next week in Year 2
| Subject | We will be learning… |
| Literacy | · We will be learning to make inferences in a story. We will identify characters and settings in a story. |
| Numeracy | · The children will be writing multiplication statements and reading a temperature scale on a thermometer. |
| RE | · We will be learning about how we celebrate Easter Sunday |
| Phonics | Miss MacKinnon’s group will be focusing on ir, ur, ou, ow
Ms Young’s group will be focusing on ai, oa, ew, ire Miss Beaton and Miss Howden’s group will be focusing on their initial sounds and ch, sh, th, ng, nk |
Homework and Home Learning Project
Dinosaur Homelearning Project 2018
Your Homelearning Project is due in on WEDNESDAY 24th JANUARY.
Your username and password for Mathletics is stuck inside the cover of your yellow reading record.
Weekend Writing Task
As part of our topic learning we have been looking at why a dinosaur would not make a good pet, including having our own dinosaur egg in class!
For your writing challenge we would like you to imagine you have a dinosaur egg that suddenly cracks open, what is going to happen next? You need to include in your writing:-
- Use of senses in your descriptions e.g. what you heard, smelt, saw, touched, tasted etc.
- What adventures take place when the dinosaur arrives.
- Interesting WOW words for your descriptions.
- Use of connectives to extend your sentences e.g. but, because, then, while, so, when etc.
- Use direct speech between two characters.
- Full stops, exclamation marks and capital letters used correctly.
We would like you to be as imaginative as possible and to write at least a page for your story. We look forward to reading them!
Please return your books to school every Wednesday.
Reminders
Book Bags: Please ensure that the children bring their book bag to school every day, as in addition to being a means of transporting reading materials it is a valuable method of communication. We encourage the children to give important notes from their parents direct to their class teacher.
Uniform: Please ensure that all items of clothing are clearly labelled with your child’s name. Please encourage children to be independent dressers at home, as these skills will be helpful at school.
Reading: We change the children’s reading books daily, so if they have finished their books please ensure that the children put their home reading record and reading book in the basket every morning to be changed. Please support your child with reading at home and record a comment in their reading record.
Phonics: The phonics scheme we follow is Read, Write Inc. Please read and practise your sounds and spellings with your child at home.
Spellings: This week’s spellings are – patting, patted, humming, hummed, dropping, dropped, sadder, saddest, fatter, fattest, runner, runny
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Times Tables: Please continue to practise your 2, 3, 5 and 10 times tables at home as we will be completing weekly challenges on these. They will be given in a random order so please do not just focus on the answers!
Thank you for your continued support and we look forward to another fun filled week.
Miss MacKinnon and Miss Howden
Ms Young and Miss Beaton