This week we would like you to take some time this week and to spend some time with your families.
Read moreHappy Easter!
Good afternoon Year 2 and well done for reaching the end of your second week of home learning AND the Easter holidays!
I hope that you have enjoyed the learning set for you so far; I have got lots of exciting activities lined up for after the holidays.
Read moreHome Learning Snapshots
Here are more snapshots of your fantastic learning from home.
Keep it up - it’s very nearly the Easter holidays!
Year 2's second week of home learning
Good afternoon Year 2.
I hope that you all had a restful weekend and had a great start to the new week yesterday.
Here are more snapshots of your superb learning from home. I have also included some photographs of my mischievous puppy Winston exploring the house - see if you can spot him.
Stay safe.
Missing you all lots,
Miss Woodend
Final home learning photographs of the week
I hope you have all had a superb day of learning and have managed to enjoy some rest time too!
Here are the final learning from home photographs of the week.
Enjoy spending some time together this weekend, you all deserve it!
Stay Safe,
Miss Woodend
Home Learning Photographs!
Good evening!
Thought I would brighten up your day a little more with more home learning photographs.
Looking through today’s photographs got me thinking about this term’s virtues ‘grateful and generous’. Although things are a little different and we are having to adapt to different day to day lives, maybe you could sit down as a family this evening and have a think about what we are grateful for and how we can still be generous in these tough times.
I love how many of you have managed to take your learning out into the lovely sunshine over the past couple of days.
Sending my love,
Miss Woodend
More home learning photographs!
WOW Year 2, you really are blowing me away with your fantastic work at home. You are all being such ‘Enthusiastic Bobby Bees’.
I have had a few requests from parents asking if I can post the home learning for the next day the evening before so that they can get things organised. I will most certainly do this when I can.
Read moreHome Learning Photographs
First day of home learning!
Good afternoon Year 2!
I hope you have enjoyed your first day of home learning and have been as focused as ever whilst you have completed your challenges.
Read moreThe Home Learning Journey Begins!
Good afternoon Year 2!
I hope that you are all well and have hopefully managed to safely enjoy some of the lovely sunshine we have had today.
Read more"You'll never know your strength until you've faced your struggles"
Although class numbers have depleted over the last week, the children have remained in high spirits and have continued with day to day learning to the best of their ability. Naturally, there have been questions and curiosity, but the children have come to realise that at this moment, taking each day as it comes is all we can do.
Read more"For it is in giving that we receive"
Yet again, we have had another great week here in Year 2. The children are continually achieving targets and setting themselves new ones in order to challenge and stretch themselves further. English sessions have once again been filled with ‘Kiki Chameleons’, with all the children being so creative in their writing. We began the week by looking at commas for lists and how we can use them correctly in our writing. We then wrote a recount of one of ‘Flat Stanley’s’ adventures, of course remembering to include those important commas in our work!
Read more"There is so much to be grateful for, just open your eyes!'
The children are well and truly back into the swing of learning now and are continually amazing us all with their focus, determination and enthusiasm. Lessons have been filled with real deep thinking and reasoning, with many great questions being asked in all areas of learning.
Read moreWelcome Back!
It was wonderful to see so many smiley faces walking through the door on Monday morning, eager to start a new half term here in Year 2. The week has flown by, and before the blink of an eye, we’ve arrived at Friday again! The children have amazed me with how focused they have returned to school and how quickly they always adapt back to our school routines and expectations.
Read moreYear 2 Complete First Aid Training!
Year 2 had a very busy morning practising some incredibly valuable life skills. They listened so carefully to Andrea who came into class to teach us all about what to do in emergency situations, which ranged from choking to broken bones! Well done Year 2 - you will all receive your certificates tomorrow.
"Rest is as important as working hard"
The half term holidays have arrived and my goodness, the children most definitely deserve a break! This week has been an incredibly busy one, with lessons changing a little due to Safer Internet Day on Tuesday and our visit from Paralympian Craig McCann yesterday.
Safer Internet Day is always great, as it gives us all time to stop, discuss and really think carefully about how we are using technology and how we can keep ourselves safe whilst doing so. This year we looked closely at our online identity and what this looks like for each of us. We then thought about the digital footprint we create whilst using technology. I really do encourage much more conversation around this at home as it such a current but important topic. Children are using technology and devices much more in their daily lives, and it is up to all of us to help and educate them into using these amazing learning platforms safely and appropriately.
I know that, like myself, the children found the sessions with Paralympian Craig McCann truly inspirational yesterday morning. The enthusiasm in the hall whilst the class completed their four athletic challenges was a joy to witness and the encouragement given to others was a delight. Craig then led an assembly and told us all about his hopes, dreams and challenges he has had to overcome in his life to help him to get to where he is now. He left us all with one simple message - never turn down an opportunity given to you, it may never come round again!
In amongst all of these different activities, the children have also completed superb learning in usual lessons. The class have finally finished writing their own Frog and Toad adventures in English and began looking at the new topic of shape in maths.
I hope that you all have a wonderful break and manage to spend some quality time together as families. Have fun and stay safe.
Miss Woodend and Mrs Connolly
Let’s Celebrate
Harry, you have been a real enthusiastic learner this week. Your imagination has run wild in English and your adventure story is full of exciting ideas. You have also been extremely focused and determined in Maths. Well done Harry!
Edi, you are always ready to learn every single day. You have been such a role model in the classroom this week and your focus has really shone through in your work, especially your creative writing. Well done!
Notices
We return back to school on Monday 24th February at the normal time of 8:45am.
Please don’t forget that on Tuesday 25th February, the children are taking part in a mini first aid course as part of their Florence Nightingale learning. A fee of £2 should be paid via ParentPay. Thank you to those who have already paid.
On Wednesday 26th February we will be going to church for the Ash Wednesday service. We will be leaving school at 9:30am and will return back to school no later than 11am. If you are able to walk to and from church with us on this day, please let me know at the door. Thank you in advance.
"I have not failed,I have just found 10,000 ways that won't work"
With only one week of this half term left (I can’t believe it either!), the children have continued to work as hard as ever to reach those targets they set at the beginning of the year. The children have fully immersed themselves into the adventures of Frog and Toad, and Mrs Gawthrope has been amazed by the children’s writing and the range of sentences they use. I know the class are very excited to get creative with their stories next week and to show Mrs Gawthrope what ‘Creative Kiki Chameleons’ they can be.
Read more"Enthusiasm moves the world"
The children have been as enthusiastic as ever as they have continued buzzing around our classroom this week! Maths has been a particular challenge for everyone as we have moved on from multiplication and have started to look at sharing for division.
Read more"Curiosity keeps leading us down new paths"
We have once again reached the end of another busy week in Year 2 where the children have amazed all members of staff with their curiosity and enthusiasm. With this term’s focus virtues being ‘curious and active’, the children are continually being challenged to ask deep questions in their learning and to play active roles in the world in which God gave to us.
Read more"Work hard, be kind, and amazing things will happen"
The children have truly blown me away by how focused and enthusiastic they have been this week. The class has been buzzing with ‘Bobby Bees’ and everyone has completed so much superb learning because of this! In maths lessons we continued to look at equal groups and repeated addition for multiplication and then the children were introduced to the multiplication sign on Thursday. I can’t quite believe just how much learning is taking place during our maths sessions and the fantastic mathematical conversations we are having within them.
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