What is a scientist?

A scientist is a person who studies or has expertise in science. A scientist tries to understand the world around us. Scientists make observations, ask questions and do extensive research work in finding the answers to many questions others may not know about.

Year 2 have been learning about the type of work scientists do. In particular we have looked at the work of the food scientist, Dr. Charlotte Armah. Dr. Armah leads experiments involving human volunteers to learn whether eating particular foods, especially broccoli, can protect us from diseases!

In Maths, we have been looking at measures. The children have been estimating and measuring using different scales as well as using standard and non standard units of measure.

As part of our anti-bullying week, Year 2 learnt how to identify bullying and the children created some wonderful posters. We also looked at the issue of cyber-bullying and what to do if something happens online. https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/35506689

On Sunday we celebrate The Feast of Christ the King. Year 2 made some beautiful crowns and thought very carefully about the type of King Jesus is.

Home Learning:

Spellings week 3

Mathletics: How full? Ordering lengths. Which measuring tool?

Nativity: Please start to learn your lines.

Have a lovely weekend,

Miss Davey

Remembrance

In November we pray for the people we love who are no longer with us. This week Year 2 created a beautiful display of poppies for our Religion table. Year 2 took part in a special class Act of Worship on Remembrance. The children wrote the names of people they are praying for on poppies and hung them from our prayer tree.

 

In Religion this week, for Other Faiths Week, we have been learning about Judaism. The children learnt about the Jewish Bar and Bat Mitzvah ceremonies.

In P.E. we worked on our throwing and catching skills. The children perfected their bounce and chest passes. There are some talented netball players in our midst.

Home Learning:

Spellings: Autumn 2 – Week 1

Mathletics: Add 3 single digit numbers. Add 3 numbers using number bonds

Study Ladder: Spelling rule ‘y’ and The Wool Mill Reading text

Have a peaceful weekend,

Miss Davey

Year 2 have been learning about the Sacrament of Confirmation. The children used their computing skills to create some beautiful Confirmation cards.

In History we have been learning about the different ways of keeping in touch. This week we focused on the development of the telephone. The children had great fun testing acoustic string telephones.

This week for our Mental Health and Wellbeing lesson, we focused on Anthony Browne’s book ‘Silly Billy’. It is a story about a little boy called Billy who worries about everything.  Billy is so anxious that he can’t sleep. But Grandma has just the thing for a boy like Billy — tiny, colorful worry dolls, made to do his worrying for him. That night when Billy put the dolls under his pillow, he slept like a log. Year 2 created their very own worry dolls and shared their feelings during a circle time activity.

Home Learning:

Next week is One World Week and our country is Egypt. We will be focusing on the River Nile.

Research five facts about the River Nile to share in class next Wednesday.

Mathletics: Fact families. Add three 1 digit numbers. Complements to 10 and 20.

Spellings: Week 6. Spelling test on Wednesday

Study ladder:

Reading comprehension: Australian Marsupials

Grammar: Synonyms

Have a peaceful weekend.

Miss Davey

This week was all about Healthy Living! The children took part in various activities throughout the week to promote healthy eating and being active. On Monday we discussed how we can be Mind Kind and we all enjoyed some quiet reflection time. Tuesday was all about Varying your Veg. Year 2 delighted in creating some delicious posters using vegetables from our school allotment.

On Wednesday we Got Active and enjoyed our first karate session.

On Thursday the children learnt about the importance of drinking plenty of Water. We sampled different fruit infused water and created posters encouraging everyone to Drink Plenty! Friday was all about Whole grains! Year 2 rolled up their sleeves to make some healthy whole grain soda bread. We enjoyed the fruits of our labour with a spoonful of jam! It was scrumptious!

Home Learning:

Spellings: Week 4 – Spelling test on Wednesday

Mathletics: Place Value 1, Repartition 2 digit numbers, Test.

Study ladder: Recount: My Cousin’s Baptism.

Study ladder: Look, Cover, Write. Rule adding Suffixes ‘ing’, ‘ed’

Have a lovely weekend.
Miss Davey