This week Year 2 has gone pirate crazy! We have been writing pirate stories and writing character descriptions to see if we can find the terrible Pirate Pete! He is wanted for stealing the treasure map off the Queen and trying to take all of the treasure. If you see him, let someone in Year 2 know!
In PHSE this week we talked about Rory and Jasmines abilities, interests and what they are learning to do.
Children had to think of the non-curriculum based things they are learning to do and feeling proud of what they are learning to do. Discussion then lead to their likes and dislikes.
This week in maths, Year 2 have been exploring shape and symmetry.
Some of us have been on a shape hunt searching for what 2D and 3D shapes we can find in our environment. We have found footballs that are spheres, plant beds that are cuboids and windows that are rectangles. 
We have also explored symmetry and finding the mirror image of patterns pictures. We have created our own symmetrical patterns using paint, loom bands and peg boards. Then we tried to find the line of symmetry on 2D shapes. This was tricky because we had to be really accurate and precise!
This week in PHSE we started off with circle time and talked about the characters in Dot Com Rory and Jasmine and if they remember the ‘chant’ from Year one.
We then discussed what the children are good at and think of a time when they felt proud.
Children then had to draw a picture of themselves and write a few sentences in their journals about what they are good at and what makes them special.
Year 2 have returned to school this week after long and relaxing break over the Christmas holidays. They have come back excited and enthusiastic for the new term.
We have been introduced to our new Pirate topic this week and the children have been making lots of fun things to turn our classroom into a seaside resort! We have made nautical bunting using red, white and blue as well as making 3D crabs and lobsters to decorate our classroom.
We are really excited to find out more about Pirates and all the different kinds of people and boats that sail on water.
This week was Year 2’s class assembly. We looked at how Christmas was celebrated around the world. We found out that different Christian countries have very different traditions for celebrating Christmas and the birth of Jesus.
In Poland they look for the first star in the sky before they begin their celebrations. This star is called the Gwiazda. In China their celebrations are held on Christmas eve and they decorate their trees with beautiful paper lanterns. In Australia they have a Christmas BBQ on the beach in the hot sun! They all wear Santa hats and eat lots of yummy food.
The children were fantastic. They all had loud and clear voices and sang their songs really well.