You are working so incredibly hard Year 2 and each week is just flying by!
This week in English, the children were introduced to our new focus story ‘The Great Fairy Tale Disaster’. We have really enjoyed reading the beginning of the story, picking out our favourite vocabulary and learning to retell it using story maps and actions. The class have already begun to think what might happen in their own fairy tale disasters and who might be involved. I can’t wait to see more of those Creative Kiki Chameleons as we begin writing in the next couple of weeks Year 2!
Maths has been all about money this week! We started by recapping the different coins and notes that we use and then moved onto adding pence and pound this morning. It’s always great to see the children using previously learned skills in their new learning.
We have continued to work on feelings in RHE and have looked at both positive and negative reactions that we can have to these feelings. The children reflected upon their own experiences and it was lovely to hear the children acknowledging when their actions might have been negative instead of positive. This is something that we continually work on throughout Year 2, and already I can see many children using a range of strategies to help manage their feelings.
Life cycles was our focus in Science, learning about both the life cycle of a human and a frog. Here are photographs of the children acting out the life cycle of a human! See if you can recognise which stage is which.
Let’s Celebrate
Benjamin, you have been a real ‘Have a Go Tommy Turtle’ this week! It has been wonderful seeing you putting up your hand and having a go in all of our lessons, and openly making mistakes in front of your friends. You have been oozing with confidence which has shown in the quality of your work! Keep up the fantastic work Benjamin!
My goodness, what a ‘Focused Cooper Crab’ you are growing to be Erin. You are managing your distractions so brilliantly in every lesson and are keeping up with the pace of the learning. Your enthusiasm lights up the room and the connections that you make between your learning are amazing. In fact, I think you could have received any of the learning character certificates this week! Well done!
Well done to Dominic, Rafe, Sophia, Ola, Riley, Isaac, Benjamin and Arthur who have achieved 100% on three quizzes in a row this week during reading time. Each week we will also be selecting two Star Reader children - those children who haven’t quite got 100% on three quizzes but have tried really hard during reading sessions or may be reading thicker books which take longer to get through. Well done to our Star Readers Arthur and Millie! I hope that you all enjoy reading your chosen book from our special shelf with your families this weekend. Please don’t forget to return these books on Tuesday and take extra special care with them - remember they belong to Lancashire Library, not school!
Dates for your diary
Given the current situation that we are all in, the school have decided that this year fundraising will take place solely for different charities as they need our help now more than ever. Each class has been given a charity to raise money for in their own way. Year 2’s charity is the wonderful Brian House Children’s Hospice.
Christmas Jumper Day - Friday 11th December - Our first fundraiser in Year 2 will be a Christmas jumper day. On this day, the children can come to school wearing a Christmas jumper or other festive clothing. We do ask however, that no other items such as hats or head band boppers are worn as we still must limit the amount of objects being brought in from home. Non uniform trousers/skirts and shoes can also be worn but please ensure that these are sensible as we will be completing other fun activities on this day on the school field. A donation of £1 would be kindly received, but this must be in the form of a £1 coin as we also want to limit the handling and counting out of money.
Christmas Danceathon Day - Tuesday 15th December - This much anticipated annual event will return with a slight twist this year. The children can come to school wearing their PE kits and we will dance the day away to Christmas music when Miss Hornby sounds those school bells. Unfortunately there will be no gathering on the school playground to dance as a school community, but we are looking forward to getting our groove on in our classroom! Again, donations of £! for this event in the single coin.
Christmas Party Day - Thursday 17th December - This year we will be enjoying those Christmas party games in our classrooms. On this day, children can come to school in their best party clothes, but please do remember sensible footwear and warm layers as we will still be going out for playtimes. A small snack of a chocolate bar or a packet of crisps with a drink (no fizzy please) can also be brought into school to be enjoyed after the party. We will also be enjoying a Christmas dinner for lunch.
If you have any questions regarding the above, please do not hesitate to ask.
Have a wonderful weekend,
Miss Woodend, Mrs Connolly, Mrs Malley, Mrs Carter and Miss Coupe