What a wonderful week we have had back at school! It was lovely to hear that the children had such brilliant half term holidays recharging their batteries but were as enthusiastic as ever to be back at school ready for their final six weeks in Year 2!

Well Year 2, we’ve all made it to the end of the first summer term! I always love this term in Year 2. It’s the term where so much independence can be seen and the children begin to show just how ready for the juniors they are. It’s also the term where learning from the year seems to come together.

The children have grown their brains in so many different ways this week! From working co-operatively in outdoor PE to completing some super creative writing in English - it has certainly been a jam packed week! Playtimes have been filled with such kindness and compassion, which has been lovely to see. The class are really thinking carefully about the strategies they can use in order to solve problems independently and are treating each other with great respect. Thank you Year 2 - it has been a delight to be on the playground with you this week!

Having only four days of learning certainly didn’t stop the children from working hard this week! Every lesson has been jam packed filled with problem solving and deep thinking, and it has been lovely to see such a mix of Cooperative Roger Robins working so well with each other as well as amazing independent learners.

Each day of the week has been jam packed once again with super learning here in Year 2! We have been celebrating lots of star readers as more and more of the class are getting 100% on their quizzes. The children have now come to realise that taking their time whilst reading really helps with their understanding. It’s been so lovely to see so many proud faces as their quiz scores have popped up on the screen. Children who get three 100% quizzes in a row then become our star readers and are able to read in our class tent during whole class reading time … I think we’re going to need a bigger tent!

Another week has whizzed by here in Year 2! Our classroom has been filled with so many Focused Cooper Crabs each day and the learning taking place has been amazing. I have even likened the children to juniors this week! The enthusiasm and determination they have shown has been unbelievable and I couldn’t be prouder.

WOW! What an amazing start to the new term we have had in Year 2! The children returned to school after the Easter holidays very refreshed and ready for the term ahead. Not only did they seem at least an inch taller (so many have certainly grown!), but they seem to have developed so much in maturity and kindness too. The class have been so focused this week and we seem to have got through lots and lots of super learning!

We’ve come to the end of yet another term in Year 2, and my, what a bit of a strange term it’s been! It seems such a long time ago now, but we started this term continuing with remote learning. We then received the fantastic news that we would all be able to come back together as our class team, and a team is certainly what we are!

What an amazing week it has been here in Year 2! It has been lovely to see so much love and compassion amongst our class team this week, with the children making super choices and spreading so many smiles. We continued our 'how to treat others’ learning in RHE, where we watched several scenarios and decided whether the actions of the children made them a good friend or not.

What a wonderful week it has been here in Year 2! I think we are all now fully back into the swing of the school routine and the learning taking place is amazing! We have been busy persuading people to come to our zoos in English, with marvelous meerkats to terrifying tigers - I wish I could visit them all!

It has been truly wonderful to have all of our class team back together! We have been busy getting used to our school routines again and most importantly, have been enjoying spending time with each other. The excitement on the children’s faces as they walked through the doors on Monday morning was delightful to see; I was definitely just as excited to see them!

I am so so excited to have all of the children back in the classroom on Monday morning; I can’t wait to hear all of their home learning stories and to see how much they’ve grown! Next week will be centered around welcoming the children back, settling them back into the school routine and helping them to feel safe and secure. Our two focus virtues when the children return are love and compassion.

The work completed this week has been INCREDIBLE! I still can’t quite believe how much we are managing to get through and the continued enthusiasm for learning is amazing.

Well, I think this week has been the best one of remote learning YET! The enthusiasm oozing from both home and school is amazing and the work produced is brilliant. We’ve fully got our teeth stuck into TT Rockstars now, and my, what fun it is! If you haven’t yet managed to get yourself logged on at home, please do. Already, just after one week, the children are so much more confident on some of their tables and are keen to learn more.

What another jam packed week it has been! I have continued to be blown away by the amount of work produced by both the children in and out of school. Once again, thank you for all of the lovely photographs and keeping me up to date with all of the learning and progress at home. Don’t forget to send photographs of the children in the pictures too - I can then pop these on here for our friends to see what we have all been up to.

WOW - what a week! Our first day back after the Christmas holidays already seems a distant memory as we have adjusted to the news sprung upon us on Monday evening! The children all returned to school as enthusiastic and eager as ever, and we were all looking forward to the term ahead. Unfortunately, that wasn’t to be, but already the children have shown just what resilient and strong little people they truly are! Whether you have been working in school or at home, I am incredibly proud of your achievements so far and how well you have adjusted to this new situation that we find ourselves in.

Well … Christmas is here, and what a term it’s been! I couldn’t be more proud of the children. They have adapted to new school routines seamlessly and have taken everything in their stride. Being together with only our class bubble hasn’t always been easy, but the children have shown what resilient and kind young people they are. I also want to say a huge thank you to you, our Year 2 families! You have been so supportive in the strangest of times and your children have continued to grow.