Year 2
The children have started 2025 with a bang! They are enthusiastic and trying their hardest, particularly enjoying the Number Bonds challenge. Please keep encouraging your child to learn their number bonds at home. We have lots of prizes up for grabs!
English
If your child has come home talking about giraffes or sharks in the Inspire swimming pool then we do apologise! This will be because of our English unit. We have been learning how to write to inform people in English. We have written to parents to explain the dilemma of giraffes in the pool and children will soon be writing to parents as if an animal of their choice has invaded the pool too! Here is the video that the children were shown: https://www.literacyshed.com/diving-giraffes.html
Maths
It’s times tables time! The children in Year 2 have been learning their 2, 5 and 10 times tables! The children have been using counters to show equal groups as a way of visualising their times tables. Please encourage your child to login to their TTRockstars account so that they can develop fluency in maths.
Reading
We have been learning about the book The Secret of the Black Rock. Our curious character, Erin Pike, with her striking white hair, is on a quest to uncover the mysterious black rock. However, her exciting adventures lead her to the dangerous sea, leaving all the children wondering and on the edge of their seats! The children have loved reading this story and we can’t wait to explore what happens next. Here are some pictures of intensity scales of Erin’s feelings that we completed in one of our lessons.
Computing
We started off the year learning all about spreadsheets. The children collected data from their class about the types of houses that children live in. We then presented this data on our computers. Here are some of our pictograms:
PE
The children have really been enjoying learning about balance through their gymnastics unit in PE. They are making sure that they perform quietly and with pointy toes – all whilst making sure that they are showing balance.
Science
In Science children are learning about animals and their habitats. They have learned about things that are alive, dead and have never been alive. Ask your child what they know as they have shown a great interest in this. They recently enjoyed exploring the school grounds to identify minibeasts and describe the habitats they live in. This topic will continue next half term when the children will be lucky enough to enjoy a visit to Whipsnade Zoo.
