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Our Amazing World

What a fun week we’ve had in Year 2! We’ve begun learning about ‘Big Cats’ in our English work and are having lots of fun learning about Leopards, Cheetahs and Tigers! We can’t wait to write our own non-chronological reports to share with you. Please see our Knowledge Organiser and Topic Web below for more details of our new topic : Our Amazing World!

Knowledge Organiser Our Amazing World Summer 2

Our Amazing World Topic Web

The children have settled back into school really well and we can hardly believe that this is our last half term with them all. It’s been an unusual year but it does seem to be flying by. 

In Computing, we are going to be linking our learning about habitats with a very different type of habitat: Space and the International Space Station. We started to look at this during the week and next week we will begin using the new school Chromebooks to further explore this topic. To complete this, the children will need to be able to log into their Google Classroom accounts. Please can you make sure the children know their login details for Google Classroom (or write them on a piece of paper to go in their book bags). We will be using them on Tuesday next week and every Tuesday until the end of term. If you can’t remember them, then please see use the link on our Google Classroom login page to help you reset it https://www.stmarksprimary.net/gc/. There is a useful video here too.

Numbots: We have introduced a new challenge to Year 2 to go on Numbots for at least 20 minutes per week. If they do this, they will receive a special shiny Numbots sticker. We will also give out our usual certificates each week for when they complete each challenge and for special effort or achievement.  

TT Rockstars: This is a great way for your child to learn their times tables and we ask that they go onto TTRockstars for half an hour for their homework this week. You can access it via our website using the same login details and password that the children have for Numbots. 

Bug Club: Please can children aim to read at least one book per week on Bug club and to complete the related quiz. This is another useful tool to support children’s reading and understanding. 

Spelling Shed: Remember, we test the children on their spellings each week. These spellings should also be practised at home and are available via Google Classroom on your class page or on Spelling Shed. 

We have a fun few weeks coming up with lots going on. We look forward to sharing the children’s work and experiences with you. As ever, if you have any questions or concerns, please don’t hesitate to contact us using our email address: year2@st.marksce.org.uk

We hope you enjoy the good weather over the coming weekend. Please send your children in with sun cream, water bottles and sunhats next week as it looks like we will have a warm start to the week.

Kind Regards, 

The Year 2 Team

Year 2 Garden and Project Fun

Year 2 have been having lots of fun and have been working hard this half term with our project: Beauty on our doorstep. We have linked our geography and science topics to explore our school grounds and local area. We have learnt what plants need to grow well. We did this through our experiments and through watching the germination process as we grew our beans. Well done to 2B who grew their plants the fastest; by growing them indoors with the warmer temperatures. 2R were second; they grew their beans outdoors in brighter light but with cooler temperatures. 2BT’s are growing well now after a slower start due to lower light conditions. We have put our learning into practise in our new school bed, where we are now growing other plants from seed which we shall plant after half term. We think you will agree that the children have done an amazing job adding beauty to the area outside of Year 2. We would like to thank Reece and Mrs Coomber for the generous donation of plants and bird feeders for this area and other parts of our school grounds. Year 2 will continue to look after this area and add to it as we go through the rest of the term.

Year 2 children have been busy preparing the soil, planting and watering. Each class has also been involved in designing and painting the slabs that show the life cycle of a butterfly.

Other updates: 

  • Reading Challenge: We have launched a reading challenge for each week. We would like children to read at least 4 times per week at home as reading is extremely important for your child’s learning and development. You will find a card to record reading sessions in your child’s plastic reading folder. Please tick to record any reading. If children read 4 times per week, they will receive a sticker and an extra recognition point. Please ensure the reading record card is in school on a Friday as this is when we will check them. This is the same time as our library book change.
  • Bug Club: We would also like your child to access Bug Club each week to support both reading and comprehension. The quizzes are an excellent way of checking their understanding of what they read and support the skills needed to develop effective reading comprehension. Each week, in our celebration worship, two children from each class will receive a certificate for their efforts.  Passwords can be found on your class stream on Google Classroom. 
  • NumBots: We would also like each child to access NumBots for at least 20 minutes per week to support children’s mental recall of maths facts. It’s great fun and you can really tell the children who have been using it regularly due to their quick mental recall. Again certificates are awarded each week.  Passwords for Numbots have been given out and should be in the front or back of your child’s homework book.
  • Spellings and Spelling Shed: Children in Year 2 need to spell many words correctly. You will find a list of the Year R, 1 & 2 spellings that children should know by the end of Year 2 on Google Classroom. Your child’s class teacher will speak to you about spelling at parent’s evening if this is an issue for your child. A handy list of fun spelling activities is also included on this post. Each week, we also post weekly spellings linked to the spelling rules children must learn. Please ensure children practise these at home. They are also available on Spelling Shed. 
  • Speedy Tables: In class, Year 2 children are being introduced to speedy tables. Children need to know the 2, 5 and 10 times tables and division facts, both in an out of order, by the end of Year 2. These are also available to practise on ttRockstars (using the same login details as Numbots). Certificates will be awarded for these after half term.
  • Maths homework: is set every two weeks and will be available on Google Classroom too. Any sheets given can be kept at home and stuck in homework books. Answers will be put up for children to check their answers on the hand in date.
  • This week’s homework 21.5.21: For this week we are asking that children complete at least half an hour on Numbots and/or ttRockstars.
  • Coats: The weather is very unpredictable at the moment so please ensure that your children bring a suitable coat to school as we try to go out in all weathers.

We want to thank everyone who has attended or is intending to join us for parent’s evening. Whilst this is slightly trickier with the technology, we really do value the opportunity to share with you your child’s many successes, along with their next steps. If you have not yet made an appointment (thankfully only a minority), then please do contact the school office and we will try to fit you in. Your children are all working exceptionally hard and we are very proud of them. In all areas, we can see huge improvements in what they can do which is even more amazing given the challenges of the last few months. We hope you will enjoy seeing the recent writing that is being sent home.

Please do contact us if you have any questions or concerns. You may be able to catch your child’s teacher at the classroom door but for any bigger concerns we ask that you use the year group email year2@stmarksce.org.uk and then your child’s teacher will get back to you as quickly as they can.  

We hope you all have a wonderful half term break and we look forward to sharing our new topic and work with you after half term. 

The Year 2 Team

Year 2: Beauty On My Doorstep

Welcome Back! We hope you all had a wonderful break over the Easter holidays- we were very lucky with the weather! We can’t believe that we are already in the summer term- time is really flying by! 

This half term, our topic is based around the ‘Beauty On Our Doorstep’. We will be learning about our local geography and about plants and what they need to grow well. Our central focus, will be around appreciating the world that we live in and enjoying the beauty that is all around us. We will be asking what we can do to contribute to and look after our environment and will think about how we can make our local environment even better. Those of you who drop off in the morning, may have noticed that we have begun brightening up the area outside of year 2 and this will continue through our current project. We will be using what we learn about plants to help us grow things for our year 2 bed. 

As part of our learning, we will be growing beans and we are asking the children to bring in the bottom part of a clear plastic bottle: either a squash, soft drink or water bottle 500ml- 2L in size (See the picture below). We will start our bean planting on Wednesday this week (21.4.21) so it would be lovely if they can bring it in by then. If this is not possible, please let your class teacher know and we will find an alternative.

 

You can find out more information about our Summer 1 topic here:

Year 2 Summer 1 Beauty On My Doorstep Knowledge Organiser

Year 2 Summer 1 Beauty On My Doorstep Topic Web 

Thursday, this week, is also ‘Earth Day’ so the children will complete some additional work and activities to encourage them to think about our responsibilities in our world and how we can treat our environment with respect. Please do talk to your children about what they have learnt and about how, in our small way, we can each make a difference.  

We are pleased that the children have settled back in well this week, and we are really proud of how they have worked throughout this challenging and unusual year. Please don’t hesitate to contact us if you have any questions via our email: year2@stmarksce.org.uk or by speaking to your class teacher.  Thank you for your continued support.

The Year 2 Team

Welcome Back Year 2

It has been wonderful to welcome all of the children back to school this week. They have all settled back in really well and we are incredibly proud of them all.

Spring time fun in Year 2

This week, we will continue with our project ‘Me and You’ where we will be thinking about different viewpoints and different time periods. In English, this week we will be comparing viewpoints in our persuasive writing to The Enormous Crocodile. Next week, we will be exploring differing viewpoints by looking at the stories by Anthony Browne. In history, we have begun learning about the Queen of our time, Queen Elizabeth II, and we will later compare her lifetime with that of Queen Victoria. 

Please see our Knowledge Organiser for more information about this term’s project: 

Knowledge Organiser Me and You Spring 2

Me and You Topic Web Spring 2

Reminders:

PE Day: Friday- Children are to come to school wearing their PE kit (weather appropriate please).

Library Books: Friday is library book change day.

Reading Books: Monday is reading book change day but please can children bring their reading folders to school each day.

Work for Self Isolation: If you are self isolating, then work will be posted in Year 2-2020 Classwork (rather than in individual classes).

Spellings: These will be posted on a Monday each week in Google Classroom on your child’s individual class page. These can also be accessed via Spelling Shed.

Maths homework: This will be set on a Friday every two weeks starting next Friday (19th March). This can be submitted on Google Classroom.

Numbots/ttRockstars: Please continue to use these each week to support quick mental recall of maths facts. Certificates are given out in Celebration Worship each week.

Thank you for your continued support. If you have any questions or concerns, please email us at year2@stmarksce.org.uk

The Year 2 Team

Year 2 The Great Fire of London and Hey Ewe

The Greatest Fire in history

Year 2 have enjoyed learning about the Great Fire of London over the past few weeks. They are now experts and can answer questions about when, where, how and why the fire started. Do use our Knowledge Organiser to test them on the facts and see how much they know. They can also tell you what happened after the fire and what lessons were learnt. Do ask them why Samuel Pepy’s buried his cheese too! We think you’ll be amazed with how much they have learnt. We are incredibly proud of them all! The children have completed wonderful art work linked with our topic and have created some informative non-chronological reports to share with you. We think they are amazing!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hey Ewe!

Year 1 and 2 are excited to be creating a video of our nativity play ‘Hey Ewe’ to share with you for Christmas. We are already getting ready and practising in our classes. This will be recorded in our class bubbles and then put together by the magic of technology! Your child should have brought home a letter and some lines today. This will tell you which character they are and give a guide for a simple costume. The children need to come in wearing these on Wednesday 2nd December please. We really don’t want you to go to any extra expense so please let your class teacher know if you have any difficulties with these costumes as we are sure we can suggest an alternative. If your child has lines, we would ask you to practise these with them as much as you can (including you reading the previous line so that they know when to come in). We only have a very short period of time to rehearse due to the extra time that it will take to edit and assemble recordings from 6 classes. We appreciate your support with this and hope you will look forward to the results.  

 

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