Year 2 Week 3

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It has been a busy week of learning in Year 2! In religion this week we have been learning about the Sacraments of Initiation. The children looked at the symbols for Baptism, The Eucharist and Confirmation. Inspired by stained glass windows the children created some beautiful artwork.

The children created some wonderful Popplets about the Sacrament of Baptism.

In English we have continued work on adjectives and nouns. The children have been working very hard on their handwriting and everyone should be very proud of their efforts.

‘Think 10’ is the strategy we are using in Mathematics. The children have worked hard applying this strategy when adding and subtracting.

Home Learning:

Spellings: Week 3 – Spelling test on Wednesday

Mathletics: Count by 2s, 5s and 10s. Counting on a 100 grid. 10 more, 10 less

Study ladder: Reading comprehension and Grammar

Have a lovely weekend.
Miss Davey

Year 2 Blog Week 2

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Our second full week in Year 2 has flown by!

This week in Religion we started our unit – Beginning with the Church. The children thought about what it means to belong and how we make people feel welcome. Year 2 created some very special stained glass butterflies for a school Year of Hope display.

In English we continued work on our poetry unit. The children created some fantastic list poems all about autumn which were full of amazing adjectives. This week enjoyed the story of The Twits by our author of the month. Roald Dahl’s writing is providing us with plenty of great adjectives to use in our own writing.

In Science we created some beautiful natural colour palettes. Nature is full of a wonderful array of colours that change over the course of the year through the four seasons. The children had great fun selecting their colours from all the plants and flowers in the school gardens.

In P.E. this week we had great fun playing different ball games and testing our reactions.

Home Learning:

Spellings: Week 2 – Spelling test on Wednesday

Mathletics: Count in fives, Compare numbers to 100

Study ladder: Double Consonants zz – 4 activities to complete

Have a lovely weekend.
Miss Davey

Year 2 Blog Week 1

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It has been a busy first week of learning in Year 2. In Religion we thought about our hopes for this new school year and the children created a beautiful display for our sacred space in the classroom.

In Maths we have been looking at number and place value. In English we have been learning about different types of poems. The Year 2 Author of the Month is the very talented Roald Dahl. So far we have enjoyed reading the wonderful Esio Trot and marvelled at the tale of The Magic Finger We have now moved onto FANTASTIC Mr Fox.. We had great fun performing and reciting Roald Dahl’s wonderful poem, The Crocodile and the children created some magnificent Crocky-Wock headbands to wear while performing the poem.

In Science, the children delighted in using the iPads in our school allotments to record all the different parts of a plant.

 

Home Learning

Spellings: Week 1

Mathletics: Count in twos, odd and even, before and after to 100

Study ladder: Poetry

Poem 1: I was hungry!

Poem 2: What did I see?

Please note that assessments were carried out this week and Reading will begin next week.

Have a lovely weekend.
Miss Davey

Welcome to Year 2

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Welcome to Year 2!

It has been a pleasure to welcome your children into Year 2 and to begin the next stage in their learning journey. I look forward to working with parents/carers to help the children to achieve their full potential in all areas. You are invited to celebrate the children’s learning in our Year 2 blog, which will be updated on a weekly basis.

Wishing you a happy, healthy and successful time in Year 2.

Miss Davey

 

 

Summer 2020 Support For Learning

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Dear Parents,

This page has been set up to give you some ideas to help keep your children busy over the summer holidays should you wish to dip into them.

The activities are designed to be a review of material from the past school year and also are practical ideas to do both indoors and outdoors.

We encourage you to reward your child at home for their efforts in completing these activities.

Have an enjoyable summer break!

Mrs McNamara

 

Click on the links to see the challenges !

                                                           Reading Challenge  KS1 and KS2                                                 Summer 2020 Challenge_Digital PREMIER LEAGUE

Holiday Learning Premier League IDEAS

My Activity Book 5 to 7 years                                My Activity Book 7 to 11 years

KS1_Answers                             KS2_Answers

    Busy Boxes

                        Social and Emotional Learning

    Activities:           Click on each activity and have a go!

  one  two three  four five six  seven eight  nine ten eleven  twelve

  

 

 

 

Please look back at the Reception  Blog. There are many ideas posted on each Blog by Ms Pemberton ( Formally Mrs Theo) that you can do with your child.

Click here for some other creative ideas  A      B

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Log onto your Mathletics Accounts!

Click hit the button            Maths Chase (to practise your times tables)

Maths Link – Premier League 

KS2  Maths Skills Organiser

BBC Bitesize

 

        Reading Link

English Link – Premier League

Puffin Activity Book KS2

Comprehension Work:

Comprehension      Year 3        Activity 1       2       3  4       Answers   1    2    3  4

Comprehension      Year 4       Activity 1    2       3               Answers  1    2  3

Comprehension      Year 5        Activity 1      2      3             Answers  1    2   3

Comprehension      Year 6        Activity 1    2      3               Answers   1  2   3

For those of you that have a Read Theory Account….log on and complete the comprehension exercises each day.

Grammar Activities:    Present_and_Progressive_quiz

Grammar: Semi-colon_Worksheet

Grammar_Semi-colon_ANSWERS

Free English Downloads 

BBC Bitesize – English

Here are some Science Activities for KS1 and KS2.

Key Stage 1:    A   B    C   D   E   F G  H                             Key Stage 2:    A   B  C D  E  F  G  H I 

Plants Pack

Log onto BBC Bitesize too.

 

   Click on the Music Icon to see what’s in store for you!!

 Music for you to do over a week

          Resources for Music:  Listen_to_Music      Homemade_Musical_Instruments      FlatBeethoven      Fast_Slow

Why not try the Chrome Music Lab           

 

This document gives you many design and technology ideas which you can do…..Click here to see!!

                                Bird Feeders…………………..Kites and much more!!

Charles-Rennie-Mackintosh-Colouring-Sheet

Charles-Rennie-Mackintosh-Fact-Sheet

Design-a-roundel-TfL-Craft-Club       Floating_Garden_Challenge_-_Home_learning_guide    Goal_Colouring      Make_a_Kite    Flappy-bat_KS2    Tennis_colouring_1

Build-a-London-Bus-TfL-Craft-Club

Tube-lines-find-a-word

Games and Activities  Click on the links below!

Word_Tennis    Wimbledon_Word_Search    Wimbledon_Word_Search    The_Beat_Goes_On_Family_Crossword_Puzzle_13-14    September2020

Lockdown Challenge      I love tennis – Colouring

 

7_top_tips_to_support_reading_at_home

active-families-home-learning-cards

Animals Car Car Truck Jeep Activities

Celebrate Earth Day

Dice Activities Online EYFS

family-learning-activities

Goldilocks and the Three Bears

Home Learning Ideas

How to make a dice EYFS

Jack and the Beanstalk Magic EYFS

Our Hands EYFS

Read with Trust

Reading with Trust Comic

The Bird in the Forest

The Drummer Boy

TheThree Billy Goats Gruff

Treasure Island EYFS

Dance   Moana

 

Harry Potter

Wild Workout – After completing  this session of wild workout, why not design your own workout?

 

Try following a dance lesson as part of your exercise today. You could have a go at making up your own routine afterwards!

Dance Lesson

Begin your day with a workout. Click on the the button and get active!

Joe Wicks kept a lot of children active during lockdown…why not revisit his workouts?  Click here.

 

ONLINE SAFETY: NOTES FOR PARENTS

During this time, children may be accessing a lot of resources via the internet, sometimes without your supervision.

  • Please highlight to your children the importance of staying safe online.
  • Remind them that they should always talk to an adult if they see something that worries them.

 

Thursday 16th July 2020

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Good morning Year 2,

Dr. Seuss said it best… ‘Sometimes you will never know the value of a moment until it becomes a memory.’

This is our last day together in Year 2. It has been a privilege and a pleasure being your teacher.

I am very proud of you all. I know that you will all achieve great things in the future!

A big THANK YOU to all the parents for your continued support throughout this year.

Wishing you all a wonderful holiday!

Take care and God bless.

Miss Davey

Subject Activity
Prayer Prayer for Thursday 16th July

Prayer for the end of the school year.

At the end of this school year
we give thanks to God:
For all the teaching and learning
that has taken place in our school,
both in and out of the classroom,
For the talents and gifts that have
been shared and the challenges
that have been faced;
For the burdens that have been lifted
and the hurts that have been healed;
For the respect and care that has been given.
We give thanks for the friendships
that have just begun
and for those that have grown.
For the faith that has been lived
in our daily struggles,
For the hope that has lifted
our hearts on the dark days
And for the love that has kept us going.
Bless our families as we take our holidays,
may our time together leave us
with memories to cherish.
Pour out your love on us
that we may return renewed and refreshed
to continue our journey together .
We make this prayer through Christ our Lord.
Amen
Spelling &
Handwriting		 Common Exception Words
Reading Continue to read daily and discuss what you have read.You can access plenty of wonderful books via the Harper Collins website: https://connect.collins.co.uk/school/Portal.aspx

Username: parents@harpercollins.co.uk

Password:Parents20!

Use the Teacher Login area.
Maths 16-07-2020

Emoji Addition and Subtraction
English Thursday 16th July 2020
Wider Curriculum
It’s Computing Week this week.  Click here to see the activities to complete.

Wednesday 15th July 2020

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Good morning Year 2,

I hope that you are all enjoying the emoji themed activities. Did you know that world emoji day is celebrated on the 17th July! 🙂

Have a great day!

Miss Davey

Subject Activity
Prayer Prayer for Wednesday 15th July

Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, you have changed me by the grace of the sacraments. Continue your work in me today.
Amen
Spelling &
Handwriting		 Common Exception Words
Reading Continue to read daily and discuss what you have read.You can access plenty of wonderful books via the Harper Collins website: https://connect.collins.co.uk/school/Portal.aspx

Username: parents@harpercollins.co.uk

Password:Parents20!

Use the Teacher Login area.
Maths 15-07-2020

Emoji Subtraction
English Wednesday 15th July 2020
The Emoji Mystery
Wider Curriculum
It’s Computing Week this week.  Click here to see the activities to complete.

Tuesday 14th July 2020

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Good morning Year 2,

It was wonderful to see those of you who have not been in school since the end of March. I cannot believe how much you have all grown! It was great fun harvesting the onions with you. I will store them and keep them safe for our harvest celebrations in the autumn.

For some more fun and games.. please see the table below for today’s learning activities.

Have a lovely!
Miss Davey

Subject Activity
Prayer Prayer for Tuesday 14th July

Tender God, thank you for the gift of life-giving water. Help me to acknowledge that you alone can quench my thirst.
Amen
Spelling &
Handwriting		 Common Exception Words
Reading Continue to read daily and discuss what you have read.You can access plenty of wonderful books via the Harper Collins website: https://connect.collins.co.uk/school/Portal.aspx

Username: parents@harpercollins.co.uk

Password:Parents20!

Use the Teacher Login area.
Maths 14-07-2020

Emoji Addition
English Tuesday 14th July 2020
The Emoji Mystery
Wider Curriculum
It’s Computing Week this week.  Click here to see the activities to complete.

Catholic Social Teaching

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Last week we explored the principles of Catholic Social Teaching and learnt that the principle of human dignity is the parent principle

The phrase ‘Image of God’ comes from Genesis (1:26 and 1:27) which says that God made humans in God’s own image. “God said, ‘Let us make humankind in our image, according to our likeness; and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the wild animals of the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth.’ So, God created humankind in his image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created image.” Gen 1:26, 27

 

Activities

When the Church writes its official teaching, it writes in Latin.

In Latin the phrase ‘Image of God’ is ‘Imago Dei’. We know that God has no physical body. God is pure spirit, so we can’t actually look like God. But we can be like God in our nature – in the way we act and speak and behave. We can be like God, being creative, not destructive.

The Principles of Catholic Social Teaching remind us how to be like God: how to act and be the image of God. Make some decorative signs that say ‘Imago Dei’ and put them on the mirrors in your house, so that when you look in the mirror and see yourself you are reminded that you are made in God’s image. You will find others if you google images, Imago Dei!