Year 2 have been learning about The Great Fire of London. We have been exploring what life was like in 1666 and why the fire started. We found out the fire started in a little bakery owned by Thomas Farriner on Pudding Lane. A tiny spark from his oven set the bakery on fire and eventually it spread all around London and destroying many homes and businesses.
At home, the children have been making fantastic houses that represent what a house would have looked like in 1666! Have a look at how amazing some of them are!
Thank you to all of the parents and families who have helped to make these wonderful creations!
This week Year 2 have been reading and discussing lots of fun, exciting books. We have talked about which books we like, those we don’t like and what we would like to read in the future.
In class, we had time to get comfy with some blankets and pillows and settle down to read our favourite books. After we had some lively discussion about which books we liked the best.
This week, Year 2 would like to recommend The Incredible Book Eating Boy by Oliver Jeffers because we thought it was very funny!
This week it has been Maths week and the children in Year 2 have been exploring money. We received a very special request from Major Tim Peake who wanted to throw a party for all of his friends on the ISS. Unfortunately he is still in space so unable to buy all of the items he needs. He asked if Year 2 could help him plan and pay for the party! We were happy to accept our mission and set about learning all we could about money!
We have been learning about the value of different coins and combining them to make different amounts. We also had a fantastic parent workshop where we got to show off our maths skills, add together amounts and pay for them in our classroom shop. Thank you to all the parents who came and supported their children.
This week, Year 2 had a very special visit from two important people who help us in our community. They are Police Community Support Officers and their job is to look after us when we are out and about.
We heard all about their jobs and the special equipment they need like torches, Kevlar vests, radios and even special shoes. We were lucky enough to try on some of their uniform too!
Year 2 asked some interesting questions to find out more about what they do. Now we know that there are numbers on the tops of police cars so that helicopters know which officers are in which cars. We also know that if we are in trouble and need help, we can ring 999 and tell them our name and address. Do you know your home address in case of emergency?
Last week, the children were writing their own stories about a mysterious creature that finds itself in a strange place!
The children were exploring different settings and using their descriptive language to build expanded noun phrases. They were fantastic at demonstrating all of their vocabulary and enjoyed getting to play around with words to form the best descriptive noun phrases.
Later, we used all of our new vocabulary to write our stories. We were very happy with them!
Year 2 have got stuck into their lessons this week and have shown real enthusiasm and a fantastic attitude to learning.
In Maths we are using real objects to help us to understand numbers and how the number system works. We can already count in steps of different numbers, partition big numbers and use fantastic maths vocabulary. Keep it up!
Last week, Year 2 entered the classroom to find we had been visited over the weekend by something very strange indeed.
Upon investigation the children noticed there were some glittery footprints along with a trail of slime in the classroom and started to wonder as to who may have left that. We also spotted something that looked like a crash! Lots of wires, metal objects and screws. Very strange.
The children were asked to file a report for the police and explain what they thought had happened. We had some amazing ideas! Could it be a glitter monster? Could it be a scary, slimy alien?
Keep your eyes are ears open if you’re in the Year 2 hut!
This week, Year 2 were lucky enough to be taken out for their first lesson in our fantastic forest school area.
Mrs Grant paid us a visit and took the children out to explore. The children were given a tricky task, The Gruffalo needed a new house! The children soon got busy thinking about all of the things that the children would need to be comfortable and safe. They all showed fantastic imagination and were able to learn new skills and use what was available to build amazing houses for The Gruffalo. One group even made him some toys to play with!
The children really enjoyed their first forest school experience and are excited that they will be able to do more when they go into KS2 next year. They were all well behaved and showed off their fantastic team building and communication skills. Well done!
This Week has been health week where we have been learning about different aspects of keeping ourselves healthy.
We have been discussing the importance of exercise, eating the right foods and how to keep our teeth healthy. We have been writing explanation texts and instructions for how to prevent tooth decay. We have also found out the importance our of mental well being and how to look after our mind.
On Thursday, KS1 held a parent workshop so the children and parents could find out more about these topics. There were 7 activities that the children had to complete in order to get their ‘healthy lifestyle’ award.
All the children had lots of fun learning new things and the parents were extremely supportive and helpful. Thank you to all who came!
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On Thursday, KS1 held a parent workshop so the children and parents could find out more about these topics. There were 7 activities that the children had to complete in order to get their ‘healthy lifestyle’ award.
All the children had lots of fun learning new things and the parents were extremely supportive and helpful. Thank you to all who came!
Last week, Year 2 attended sports day at the @hubs.
The weather was fantastic so we had to make sure we had lots of sun cream on and drank lots of water.
There were lots of activities that the children were able to try such as football, dodgeball, netball, rounders and a blow up assault cause. The children showed themselves to be very athletic and skilled at many of the sports. They particularly shined in football where we has some World Cup worthy hat tricks along with some fantastic celebrations!
In addition, the children were very supportive of each other and showed great sportsmanship by congratulating all of the winners and taking losing gracefully. Well done Year 2!
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