In English we have been looking at the ‘Supertato’ story. It has been very exciting, especially when we got to make our own superhero masks. Take a look at some of our alter egos!

We have been practicing our use of adjectives to describe our superheroes and villains and learning about how to add commas to a list to separate the different items. We have also been learning about adverbs. They are words which describe the verb (the doing or action word). We found three in our model text – they were gingerly, carefully and silently. We noticed they all ended in ‘ly’ – so we thought of some more: proudly, calmly, sadly and greedily. May be you can think of some of your own?

In maths some classes have been working on our money unit and others have been working on our multiplication unit. In money we have focussed on learning the different values of the coins and notes as well as adding them together to find the total amount. We’ve also been using the coins to make the same amount in different ways – for example can you make 15p in 3 different ways?

In the unit of multiplication the children have been finding out about equal groups and about how to make an array. They will be moving on to recognising that 2×3 is the same as 3×2.

In other lessons we have begun our science topic of habitats. The children have been able to define what a habitat is and the types of animals that might live there. To develop our learning further we are going to be looking at how the different animal species found in some habitats have adapted to their surroundings. This might include camouflage or adaptations to their body.

Our Geography topic is ‘Fruits of the World’. We are taking a look at the continents and oceans of the world as well as how some parts of the world are hotter than others and why. We will be moving on to look at the physical and human features of a place and also where different fruits are grown around the world. We will be making links to our habitats topic in science.

In our art work we have finished our unit on colour creations where we have been able to work in the style of some famous artists, as well as mix primary colours to make new colours. Look at our amazing work in the style of Piet Mondrian and Wassilly Kandinsky. Both artist liked to use bright, bold colours…so did Year 2!