Living and Learning: I respect others
Our living and learning this week was all about respect.
We have been looking at what is means to be respectful and why it’s so important. The children talked about how we can show respect to others by listening carefully, using kind words, and taking care of our classroom and belongings.
We explored real-life examples, acted out respectful and disrespectful situations, and discussed how our actions make others feel.
Respect is when you are kind and share- Isaac
It’s saying thank you to the ladies at lunchtime- Gracie
Respect is doing what you are told by your mum and your teacher- Deacon
It’s playing with your friends and sharing- A
Not listening is not respectful- Thomas
Year 2 Celebrate National Poetry Day
On Thursday, Year 2 celebrated National Poetry Day with a special assembly. The children performed two poems, which were A Little Manners Poem and Autumn Leaves. They had worked hard to learn the words by heart and even created their own actions to add to the performance. It was wonderful to see them performing so confidently in front of parents.
Each week in Year 2 we enjoy reading a new poem. This helps us to develop a love of reading and also supports our fluency. Poetry is brilliant for children because it builds rhythm and expression, introduces rich new vocabulary and encourages memory and performance skills.
The children really enjoyed sharing their poems, and we are so proud of the confidence and enthusiasm they showed.
The Number Line 0-100
This week in Year 2 we have been learning all about the number line up to 100. The children practised estimating where numbers belong and explained their thinking clearly.
We drew 100cm number lines and carefully added the numbers from 0 to 100. Using what we know about halfway, we placed important numbers such as 50, 25 and 90.
Here are some of the things the children said:
George – “I know 50 goes in the middle because it is halfway between 0 and 100.”
Austin – “25 is halfway between 0 and 50, so I put it at the quarter mark.”
Luna – “I put 90 near the end because it is close to 100.”
Gracie – “I checked my number by thinking about counting in tens along the line.”
Help at Home
Have a go at practising together at home with this interactive number line: https://mathsbot.com/tools/numberLine
Football Skills in PE
This term in PE, Year 2 are developing their football skills. We began by learning how to control the ball by stopping it carefully. The children then practised moving slowly around each other, keeping the ball under control as they navigated the space.
Working in pairs, they learned how to stop the ball with their foot before passing it back using the inside of their foot. Finally, the children started dribbling the ball to each other, focusing on keeping the ball close and controlled.
⚽ How you can help at home:
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Practise stopping the ball with your foot.
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Try short passes with a family member, aiming to use the inside of your foot.
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Set up small obstacles (like cones or toys) and practise dribbling slowly around them.
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Talk about the importance of control rather than speed.
Tens And Ones
Our maths learning has been all about multiples of 10. We’ve been practising counting in 10s and adding 10 more and finding 10 less. Although adding multiples of 10 sounds tricky, if we know that 3 = 4 = 7, then 30 + 40 = 70.
We started to think about tens and ones. We’ve been making 2- digit number using Base 10 to represent the tens and ones.
We then looked at groups of objects and thought about how we could figure out the amount by grouping the tens and counting the left over ones.
Help at home: Choose a 2 digit number with your child and see if they can make or draw the number. You can find virtual Base 10 online if needed.
Library Day Update
Hi,
I just wanted to let everyone know that our new library time will be on Tuesdays.
If your child would like a swap their library book, please ensure they have it packed before Tuesdays.
Living and Learning: I use good manners
This week’s Living and Learning was all about using our manners.
Good manners are the thoughtful words and actions we use to show kindness and respect to others.
We discussed what we already do to show good manners such as smiling and saying please and thank you.
We discussed how our manners make our school a nicer place and help everyone to learn.
The children shared lots of fantastic suggestions for showing good manners, such as:
It’s rude to interrupt someone unless it is an emergency- Frankie
I always smile at other people- Zubie
I look at people when they are speaking to me – Austin
Help at home: Chat about times when you have used good manners.
Science – Exploring Basic Needs for Survival
This half term in Science, Year 2 have started a new topic all about what animals need to survive. We are building on our Year 1 learning, where we explored different animal groups. Now we are thinking more carefully about their individual needs.
All animals need some important things to survive:
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Food
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Water
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Air
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Shelter
Jolyon – “All animals need to have shelter and stay warm to survive.”
Zubi – “Shelter is somewhere that animals can go to be protected from the weather.”
Last week, we began by looking at mammals. We talked about how humans are mammals too, and thought about the things we need to stay alive and healthy. Over the next few weeks, we will be exploring the survival needs of other animal groups, including birds, fish and reptiles.
Help at Home: Ask your child about our new Science vocabulary.
We Are Geographers!
This half term, our geography topic learning is based around where we live in the world.
We started by looking at the earth and noticed the sea and land. We found out that the land is split into continents and we live in Europe.
After finding Wetherby on our map, we thought about the scale of towns, cities, countries and continents. The children labelled some concentric circle to compare the sales of these places.
We then looked more closely at the United Kingdom. We learnt about the four countries and where we can find them on a map.
Help at home: Can you child remember the four countries that make up the United Kingdom?
Why not explore Google Earth together and find familiar places?
Living and Learning: 8Rs for learning
This week, we looked at our school 8 Rs for Learning.
They remind us of the skills and attitudes that we need to help us to become the very best learners:
🌟 Responsive – listening carefully and joining in
🌟 Ready – being prepared and focused
🌟 (Safe) Risks – being brave and trying new things
🌟 Responsible – looking after our learning and behaviour
🌟 Resourceful – using things around us to help
🌟 Resilient – keeping going when it feels tricky
🌟 Remember – practising so we don’t forget
🌟 Reflect – thinking about how we did and how we can improve
We looked at some statements and decided which of the 8Rs they would be.
We need to always show our teacher we are ready. Deacon
Our recaps help us remember what we have already learnt. J
We need to take safe risks to find out if we like new things. Zubi
Help at home: Can your child tell you which of the 8Rs they have used today?