A Brilliant Start to Year 2!
What a wonderful first week back we’ve had in Year 2! The children have returned full of enthusiasm and have already shown such a positive attitude towards their learning.
In Maths, we’ve been busy playing games to practise our number bonds. Using towers of ten cubes, one partner hid some while the other worked out how many were missing. The children also explored how ten is made up of ten ones — a really important building block for their number work this year.
In PE, we had lots of fun with a game of Castles and Cannonballs. The children worked brilliantly in teams to build tall, careful towers before using balls with great skill to try and knock them down.
It’s been a fantastic start to the new school year, and I’m so impressed at how well Year 2 have settled back into school life. If the first week is anything to go by, we’re in for an amazing year ahead!
Living and Learning in Year 2 – Rules
In Year 2 this week, we have been thinking carefully about rules and routines. We spent time settling into our new routines and revisiting familiar ones, noticing how these are shaped by our school rules.
The children explored each rule and asked important questions: Why do we have this rule? What is its purpose? Their thoughtful answers showed how much they understand about keeping our classroom safe, fair and happy. To share their ideas, the children designed bright and creative posters of their own school rules. Some of these posters are now on display in our classroom as a reminder of the choices we want to make together.
What impressed us most was how children made links to their RE learning. They recognised that just like our school rules guide us, people of faith also follow rules that are important to them — such as the Ten Commandments in Christianity and the Five Pillars of Islam.
We are very proud of Year 2’s thoughtful discussions and creative work already this week!
Welcome Back Year 2!
We can’t wait to welcome back all of the fabulous year 2 children tomorrow!
So you are aware, here is some of the key information:
Our classroom teachers are: Miss Gledhill (Mon, Tues, Fri) and Mrs Bye (Wed, Thurs).
Our classroom teaching assistants are: Mrs Darracott and Mrs Walton.
P.E Days: Thursday and Friday
Spellings: These will be given out each Friday and tested the following Friday.
Library book change day will be on Friday. Please ensure your child returns their book on this day.
We ask that you please continue to read with your child as much as possible to support their progress.
See you all soon!
Good Choices in Year 2
Today, we finished the year in style by celebrating our good choices.
In class, we fill a box in a hundred square every time we make a good choice. We’ve filled 13 hundred squares this year – that’s 1300 good choices!
Help at home by having an AMAZING summer!
Design and Technology – Structures
Our design and technology unit drew a close this week, culminating in some fantastic making! We evaluated our products and celebrated our achievements.
Being Healthy – Dental Hygiene
This week, it’s Being Healthy Week. We’ve been learning about dental hygiene. Here are some of the top takeaways from our learning:
Brush your teeth morning and night. – Poppy
Floss your teeth. – Daisy
Don’t eat sweets after you’ve brushed your teeth. – Esme
Go to the dentist if your teeth are hurting. – Arthur
Eat a balanced diet. – Kupa
Help at home by reviewing this learning with your child. Does their learning reflect your dental hygiene routines?
Being Healthy – Archery and Golf
This week, it’s Being Healthy Week. Today, we welcomed a PE coach to school who taught the children about archery and golf. The children really enjoyed the activities and made fantastic progress in learning some new skills. We had some sharp shooters on the archery range and some impressive feats of strength in the long drive competition!
Help at home by encouraging your child to take up a sport. Perhaps you could try something new over the summer break?
Being Healthy – Physical Activity
This week, it’s Being Healthy Week. We’ve been learning about what happens to our body when we exercise. It is recommended that children have 60 minutes of physical exercise each day. We came up with a huge list of activities that we could do to make up our 60 minutes ranging walking to school to gymnastics.
We learnt about the changes in our body when we exercise, including an increased heart rate. It was really interesting to see how our heart rate (pulse) increased even after just a few seconds of exercise!
We concluded our learning by considering how and when to find support if we’re worried about our health.
Help at home by keeping a physical activity diary. Are there any missed opportunities for physical exercise in your day?
Living and Learning – Body Image
In Living and Learning, we’ve been learning about body image. Our weekly statements have been:
- “I can say one good thing about myself.”
- “I know that people I see in the media don’t always reflect real life.”
We begun our learning by thinking about identity and the things that make us unique, especially the way we look. We thought about some words we can describe a face:
- smiley
- freckly
- round
- blue eyes
- shiny
- long
- frowny
- long hair
- cheeky
- surprised
- kind
- big grin
Using mirrors, we looked closely at our appearance, considering facial features in detail. Then, we had some fun by drawing self portraits and celebrating the features that make us unique!
We enjoyed reading Embrace Your Body by Taryn Brumfitt. It’s a fantastic book that helps us to appreciate who we are. We felt empowered to embrace our uniqueness and find something special in everyone.
I was impressed by how much the children understand and appreciate how interesting it is to have such a wide variety of people in the world.
Help at home by discussing body image with your child. Perhaps you could use this sentence starter to share some thoughts: Something I like about the way I look is…
Help at home by watching and discussing this video about real beauty.
Reading assembly
A brief but huge thank you to everyone who joined us for our Ready to Read assembly today. The children embraced the opportunity to show what they’ve been learning this year and it was fantastic to celebrate their progress together.
I’m proud of how far they’ve come and grateful for all your support at home – it plays such an important part in your child’s reading journey.
Help at home by keeping up the great work in year 3!
