The children in Year 2 this week, spent some time outdoors to explore the school grounds and find items that we can use in our Andy Goldsworthy inspired land art project. The rain luckily did not stop our enthusiasm and we collected many wonderful items that we later arranged into art pieces.

 

We also used wax resistant ink technique to paint some of our impressions.

 

In Maths, we used number lines to count in tens and ones before moving on to missing number problems and estimation. Later in the week, we started comparison of sets of objects using specific language such as fewer, less, greater, larger or equal.

In English, we wrote descriptions of Ravi (from our class book, Ravi’s Roar) using nouns and adjectives before moving on to identifying and later applying adverbs.

In RE, we reflected on the Trinity and the nature of God and created Trinity pyramids

, whilst in History we looked at the sequence of the Moon landing, learning about the Saturn V rocket, the Colombia module, the Eagle and watched videos of the landing itself in the ocean.

In PE, we learnt the skill of dodging and in Computing the class learnt about the use of IT in school.

Just a note to say that the link for the Parent Consultation booking is active now and hopefully I will see you all on the week commencing 21st October 2024.

Have a lovely weekend,

Ms Varga

Home Learning	Due back on Wednesday, 16th October 2024
Phonics/Spelling	Please see this week’s spelling words phonics 4
Reading	Please read with your child and sign reading record
Maths	https://login.mathletics.com/ Please complete the assigned activities.

 

 

 

The children in Year 2 this week, carried on their Place Value learning by extending their range of models for representation and used part whole models to flexibly regroup numbers within 100. They also spent time learning how to write numbers in words as well as numerals whilst consolidating their understanding of the value of each digit within a 2 digit number.

In English, the children created noun phrases by adding adjectives to selected nouns to describe their own aliens, inspired by our class book, Aliens Love Underpants. They later sequenced the events of this story using picture prompts before creating their own story maps for retelling.

In RE, the children looked at Biblical metaphors and using items from Creation, they tried to explain how these help us understand God.First they looked at flowers to explain how God, just like a flower, makes us feel happy and gives us beauty and joy.  They also lifted hard rocks to show how God is strong and how He can form a solid foundation for our Catholic life. Later in the week, the children came up with their own metaphors for God and compared him to animals to explain their understanding of His qualities.

In Science, the class reflected on the needs of the third vertebrate group, Fish whilst in History they used primary and secondary sources to prove Historical events around the Moon Landing. They reasoned in groups to reflect on how some sources are less trustworthy than others before finding clues left around the classroom to prove statements about men’s first mission to the Moon.

In PE, we moved onto skipping as yet another fundamental skill and played team games, whilst in Computing the children looked at the big question: What is IT? and after gaining some basic understanding about devices and networks, they learnt about its use to support public places such as schools, libraries and hospitals.

In Ten Ten we listened to the Gospel story when Jesus called all the children to him; reflecting on our special gifts and gaining understanding on what it means to be called.

Thank you for all of you who dropped in collections of leaves, conkers, pine cones and other treasures. We are still in need of them so if you have the means to collect more, please keep sending them into class.

I hope you have a lovely weekend,

Ms Varga

Home Learning	Due back on Wednesday, 2nd October 2024
Phonics/Spelling	Please practice these words, all revising learnt phonics rules: shout, cloud, firm, girl, boy, annoy, argue, statue, flies, fried Please see the attached sheet modeling the letter formation: phonics 2
English	Please practice retelling our class story , Aliens Love Underpants, using our story map. This will support the children’s writing on Monday. Aliens love underpants but there are no underpants in Space. They go into their  fast rockets and fly to Earth so they can land in your back garden. Aliens steal underpants from the washing line and play with them. They love pants in orange, red and green. Mum comes out to get the pants back from the washing line so the aliens jump into their rockets and go back to Space. Check your pants to see if any aliens are hiding!
Maths	Please log into your Mathletics account and complete the assigned activities all consolidating Place value within 100. https://login.mathletics.com/

 

 

 

The highlight of this week was our ‘Scooterbility’ training led by Hertfordshire Council’s Active and Safer Travel Team on Monday.

During their session, the children learned how to ride their scooters with greater control, talked about safe ways of crossing roads and practiced keeping other members of the public safe.

During the week, we also created imaginative pieces of artwork using paint and 2D shapes to model our versions of Space; all linked with our first History topic: The Moon landing.

In English, after revising some key Phase 3 sounds, such as ‘air’, ‘ure’ and ‘ur’, we moved on to revising Phase 5 sounds such as ‘ay’ and ‘ea’. The children wrote simple sentences following picture clues, using words with these key sounds and punctuated them correctly. As an extension, the children then added conjunctions such as ‘and, ‘but’ and ‘because’ to extend their sentences.

In Maths, we looked at re-grouping numbers to 20 before counting objects within 100, in groups of tens and ones using lots of concrete resources such as bead strings, place value counters and Dienes equipment.

In RE, the class looked at the word ‘reveal’. Using objects , we discussed how God is revealed to us through stories in the Bible, practices in Church, friends and family surrounding us and examples of the Creation. Later on in the week, they also linked this with the Sign of the Cross as a visible token of their Faith.

In PE, the class participated in relay games, learning the routines of turn taking, team work and communication. They were introduced to the ‘ladder’ equipment beside using hoops and bean bags.

Thank you so much for all of you who came to see me on Thursday afternoon. If you have missed the ‘Meet and Greet’ session, please see the PPT and handouts on the Year 2 blog. The information should be uploaded by next week Friday.

I hope you have a lovely weekend,

Ms Varga