Friday, 22nd November 2024
The children in Year 2 this week wrote informal letters as Duncan to one of the Crayons from our class book, The day the Crayons quit, applying conjunctions and persuasive words/phrases. They also edited for punctuation including apostrophes for omission and contraction.
In Maths, we used BBC’s Number block song-Ten again- to recall number bonds to 10, 20 and 100 before moving on to addition and subtraction strategies.
In RE, the children made Advent wreaths in class and later explained their choices and their symbolism of Advent. The endless circle- Jesus’ life, the evergreen leaves – Jesus’ endless love for us, the candles-each for a Sunday leading up to Christmas.
The children also wrote Advent prayers that will create our classroom display later next week.
The class also spent time in the afternoons rehearsing for their Nativity play. We are getting very confident with our songs and the children’s lines are coming along nicely.
Well done to Donnie and Amelia who presented their wonderful ‘Show and tell’ learning this week. Donnie made his very own picture book with lovely illustrations to accompany the story of the 5 little pumpkins:
Whilst Amelia created a 3D Arctic scene, with the Northern light, snow dunes and Emperor penguins enjoying a swim, as well as, preparing exciting and often surprising facts about penguins and their habitat.
I am always happy to see how learning in the classroom inspires you to do more! Great job Donnie and Amelia!
I hope you have a nice weekend,
Wrap up warm!
Ms Varga
Home Learning
Spelling: Please log onto Spelling Shed to consolidate this week’s rule: Words where ‘ge’ makes a /j/ sound and to have a look at next week’s rule: Words where ‘g’ makes a /j/ sound. (The children will have their spelling test on these next week Friday.)
Reading: Please carry on reading with your child and sign reading record.
Lines: Please practice your lines and try and learn them by next week.
