Library Visit
Today, we went on a visit to Wetherby library. Before we left school we spoke about ways we can keep safe.
We need to listen to the teachers.
We need to wear our hi-vis jackets.
We need to stay with our partners.
We need to walk in a single file line when there are people coming past us.
At the library, we were greeted by the librarian and she told us where we could find a range of fact and fiction books. We then listened to some questions and we had to decide whether they were fact or fiction.
After we had chance to explore the library and look at lots of different books. We chose 5 library ambassadors who selected 5 books to bring back to school so we can enjoy them in our reading corner.
Well done Year 2, you were fantastic listeners and represented our school very well.
English – Reading
Our class novel is The Enchanted Wood by Enid Blyton. Today, we read an extract taken from the book.
“Moon-Face’s house in the tree, was very peculiar.
It was one round room, and in the middle of it was
the beginning of the slippery-slip that ran down the
whole trunk of the tree, winding round and round
like a spiral staircase.Round the top of the slide was a curved bed,
a curved table, and two curved chairs,
made to fit the roundness of the tree trunk.
The children were astonished, and wished that they
had time to stay for a while.”
We used a dictionary to find out the meaning of some unfamiliar words – peculiar and astonished. We learnt that they are both adjectives.
We thought of some sentences of our own to include these words.
“My friend was acting peculiar.”
“Peculiar is a peculiar word.”
“I was astonished when I saw all the presents.”
“I was astonished when I saw a bee downstairs.”
After, we drew what we thought Moon Face’s house would look like based on the words from the text. Have a look at some of our ideas!
Maths: ordering numbers
This week, we have been comparing and ordered two digit numbers from the smallest to the greatest and from the greatest to the smallest and using the < (less than) and > (greater than) symbols.
Help at home: Choose 3 two digit numbers and order them.
Challenge: Can you add in the < (less than) and > (greater than) symbols?
Topic: Local walk to Sandringham Park
On Tuesday, we went to Sandringham Park to answer our fieldwork question.
What types of green spaces are in our locality and what are they used for?
How could they be improved?
We walked sensibly and safely to the park and when we arrived we thought about the following questions:
- Is there a playground?
- Are there places to sit down?
- How many rubbish bins can you see?
- Is there an area to walk dogs?
- How does the park keep people and animals safe?
- Why do you think the council want to change this green space?
- How did we stay safe during our fieldwork?
Help at home: Talk with your child about other green spaces in your local environment. What are they used for? Could they be improved?
20.10.23
Please practise ready for a spelling quiz on Thursday 26 October 2023.
- are
- ask
- be
- by
- come
- do
- for
- friend
- full
- go
Reading: Tom Palmer
This year, some children at school attended an online workshop with author Tom Palmer. Tom Palmer has been in touch to let us know about some local events he is attending in half term.
Message from Tom
For children and families – I am also coming to Leeds on Thursday 2 November 2023 :
* Farsley Book Festival – 10am-11am more here
https://trumanbooks.co.uk/event/flf-kids-day
* Chapel Allerton Library – 2pm
* Pudsey Community Hub and Library – 4pm
Football Skills with Jamie Knight
On Tuesday, we enjoyed an assembly from the freestyle footballer Jamie Knight and we had a workshop with him where he taught us how to do some of his football skills. Have a look at some of the fun we got up to!
L&L Identity: self-respect
This week, during our Living and Learning session we thought about how we are similar and different from each other.
There are things that are the same or different that are immediately obvious (physical features) as well as things you cannot see such as things you like doing. We worked with our partner to think of an example of each.
“We are the same because we have blue eyes and we both like playing football.”
“We are different because we have different coloured hair but we are the same because we both like gymnastics.”
We had a chat about how there are lots of things the same about us all but everyone is different too – nobody is exactly the same, everyone is unique. No-one is good at everything but everyone is good at something.
Help at home: Draw a picture of your friend, making sure you draw something that makes them special or unique. This could be a physical attribute or something they do. Bring your drawing in to share with us.
Forest School
The children have been enjoying their Forest School sessions on a Friday.
So far, they have enjoyed den building, peeling a stick and decorating using coloured wool and using flint and steel to start a fire on a cotton wool bud.
Help at home: Talk with your child about how to keep safe while at Forest School. For example listen to the adult instructions, only light fires with a flint under adult supervision.
Maths: Place Value
This half term, we’re focussing on Place Value in Maths. Numbers are very important so it is important we know everything we can about numbers 0-100. We have been using base ten, place value charts and part-part-whole models to recognise which number represents the ‘tens’ and which represents the ‘ones’. We’re now thinking about how a number can be partitioned flexibly and we’ve used base tens and part whole models to show this practically.
Help at home: draw a part whole model and partition numbers to 100. Use the stem sentence to consolidate the learning.
