24th September 2018

We had a fantastic time at the Time and Tide museum on Monday. The staff and members of the public loved how well behaved and enthusiastic all of the children were. This week in English we have been writing a recount of what happened. As part of your home learning can your child tell you (using past tense verbs) about what happened? Below are some pictures to help!

This week in maths we have continued to look at place value in two digit numbers but have been comparing them using < less than, > more than and = equal to. We have been comparing two numbers and thinking about why there are more or less than. For example-

24 < 34

24 is less than 34 because 24 only has 2 tens but 34 has 3 tens

There is a great game you can play at part of your home learning...

https://gb.education.com/game/less-than-greater-than/

Next week we have our Year 2 curriculum meetings- please sign up if you are able to attend. The dates and times are-

Monday 1st October 230-3pm

Wednesday 3rd October 9-930am

Next Friday 5th we would love for the children to dress up as Pirates so we can continue with our Pirate training!

17th September 2018

Firstly a big thank you to all those who were able to attend our first year two reading event. We hope you found it useful and please feel free to come and ask us questions or if you have any concerns. It really was lovely to see the children enjoying reading in school with all of you- we really appreciate your support. As part of your home learning this week we would like to challenge you and your child(ren) to read as many things as possible which aren't books! This could be recorded in your home learning book if you want to. We would love to give out team points to those children who can share what they have read and where! 

As promised we are also sending home this week some top tips to support your child's reading at home. We hope you find this useful.

This week in maths we have continued to look at place value with two digit numbers. We have continued to used tens and ones and also introduced arrow cards. 

There are some great ICT games the childen can play to support their understanding of place value- 

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/learning-to-count/place-value-basketball

http://www.ictgames.com/sharkNumbers/mobile/index.html

In English we have continued to look and read pirate stories. We have designed our own pirates and thought about suitable settings. This week the children have also written independently in their purple writing book. They were all very excited about this and got to write the opening of their Pirate story on the first page!

Next Wednesday the library van will be in school. Please remember to send in library cards. If you do not have one speak to a member of the year 2 team and we can provide you with a form to fill it .

Don't forget that on Monday we have our trip to the Time and Tide museum in Great Yarmouth for  Pirates day out! Please remember to send children with a packed lunch and drink (unless you have ordered a school packed lunch). Children are welcome to dress up as Pirate or to come in their school uniform. Children need to be at school for normal time and will be back in school ready for the end of day.

We have started Early Morning Work this week. This is a simple independent activity which the children complete whilst we take the register. It will be linked to the maths or English that we have been learning in class.

As you know all children are part of a team (Snowdon, Ben Nevis or Scarfell Pike). Children can gain team points for a range of things including making good choices.  As a school we would like to have team captains for each team. The year 2 children will be given the opportunity to be a captain for their team but first of all they will need to apply for the position. We would like you to speak to your child and help them to prepare for this if it is something they would like to do. We will then give them the chance to speak to their team and each team will vote for one team captain.

10th September 2018

Welcome to the first full week of year 2. This week the children have had a taster of what it is like to be a year 2 pupil! We have been talking to them about responsibilities at break time and lunch time as bib holders. These roles are voluntary and different children will be selected at random each week to be either a red bib (to help others on the playground), a yellow bib (litter picking), green bib (singing and music) or blue bib (tidying the toys and sheds). We are really encouraging the children to take more responsibility so please encourage them to volunteer and talk to them about their role. 

In maths we have been learning all about place value using tens and ones. We know that a two digit number (e.g. 24) is made up of the digits 2 and 4 but that the 2 is worth 20 (2 tens) and the 4 is worth 4 (4 ones). We have been recording this as a number sentence 24 = 20 + 4. 

As part of your home learning you could practice counting in 2s, 5s and 10s up to 100. You could talk about numbers you see out and about and encourage your children to think about how many tens and ones there are. For example- the number 37 bus. The number 37 is made up of 3 tens and 7 units. They can record this in their home learning book if they would like to. 

In English we have been recapping how to write a sentence using capital letters and full stops. We have been reading the story The Pirates Next Door by Johnny Duddle and thinking about our own story openers.

During this half term we will be doing gymnastics in PE. We would love for the children to start to wear a t-shirt which matches their team colour (either red, blue or green). Please remember that all long hair should be tied back and please provide tape to cover any earrings. Our PE will usually be on a Tuesday but please remember to keep a PE kit in school at all times- especially those who are starting sporting after school clubs from Monday. 

We would like to invite you into school for our Reading Event on Wednesday 19^th September at 2.00 pm until 2.45 pm in the school hall. The theme of the Reading Event is Reading for Pleasure. A letter will be sent home this week.  

Welcome to Year 2

Welcome to the year 2 blog. We hope you have all had a lovely summer. Each week we will try our best to update the blog with what we have been doing, upcoming events and any important information. We will also post suggestions on what you can do at home to support your child's learning. Each child will be bringing a home learning book home next week where your child can record any home learning, practice spellings or write about exciting events as they wish. 

Today we have sent home letters about our first trip which is to the Time and Tide museum in Great Yarmouth. We will be enjoying a Pirate-themed activity day and  the trip will take place during usual school hours on Monday 24^th September. Please return all slips by Wednesday 19th September. Thank you!

Our PE day will usually be on a Tuesday but this may sometimes change. Also please remember to send in an extra kit if your child is taking part in a sporting after school club or bring it back in the following day.

Letters for after school clubs will be out this week and sign up is next Monday 10th September in the hall. Clubs will start the following week beginning Monday 17th September.

As the weather starts to change please send children with coats and wellies! 

If you have been lucky enough to travel somewhere in the United Kingdom this year we would love for you to send in a photo to add to our class displays. You can either bring in a photograph or email it to rellis37ru@nsix.org.uk

If you have any questions or queries please speak to any member of the year 2 team.