Year 2 News

This week Year 2 all had a fantastic trip to Shrek Adventure!  The children boarded the magical bus to travel to Far Far Away.  We got to meet lots of fairytale creatures and immerse ourselves into the story.  The children had to collect ingredients needed in order to find Shrek and make it home safely.  We then participated in an English workshop to learn about how fairytale are constructed and about the key characters in fairytales.  We then continued this work in our English lessons throughout the week.

Topaz Class also enjoyed a trip to Pizza Express where they learnt how to make their very own pizzas.  Buttercup Class and Yellow Class are looking forward to going there soon!

In Maths we have been using bar models and number facts to solve problems.  In Computing the children recapped their coding skills using Scratch and learnt how to change, edit and program Sprites.

This week in Year 2, we have been reading the book 'George and the Dragon'. We have written instructions of how to look after a dragon, written a character description and created missing posters. 

In Maths, we have recapped the four operations, measurement and statistics. 

In Science, we have written up our findings from our investigation of what plants needed to grow and in History, we have explored how the Great Fire changed London. 

It has been lovely to have all the children back after the Easter holidays.  We have been impressed at how quickly they have settled back into class.

In English we have been reading Sammy the Street Dog.  It tells the story of the Great Fire of London through the eyes of Sammy.  We have been using suffix words to up-level our writing, using a range of conjunctions and using possessive apostrophes. 

In Maths we have been looking at capacity and volume.  We have been learning how to read scales and measure in millilitres and litres.

In RE we have begun learning about Islam and have learnt that there are 99 names for Allah.  In Science we have been learning about what plants need in order to grow and in Computing we learnt about how to program a sprite.

This week in Geography we have been learning about geographical human features. The children have looked at these feature in both London and Beijing and compared them.

In Science the children learnt about our local habitats and where different insects live.  In PSHE we discussed how we can look after our mental health and strategies that we can use to help us when we are upset or angry.

In English we have been reading Tiny's Big Adventure.  The children have learnt about different suffixes including 'ly', 'ful' and 'less' and have worked hard to use them in their writing.

In Maths we have been measuring length in cm and m.  We have compared, ordered and estimated different objects.  

This week the children have all worked really hard completing their Reading and SPaG booklets.  We have been really pleased with all the progress that they have made.  We are looking forward to seeing how they do in their Maths booklets next week.

In Maths we have been looking at telling time to the nearest 5 minutes.  The children have persevered despite finding it tricky.

In Science we have been looking at different sources of food.  In Geography we have located China on a map and looked at the surrounding countries.  We then used Google Slides to create a presentation about what we have learnt so far about China.