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• Year Two's Blog - 22nd October

  Fri 22 Oct 2021

  Welcome to this week's Year Two blog. 

   

  Happy Friday! And time for a well earned break...

   

  What we have been doing this week

   

  The children have had a busy time this week. We have completed our literacy work on writing information texts about castles. The children finished this by showing off their writing skills in our 'Superhero Write', where they wrote a recount of their castle fun day.

   

  In maths we have been carrying out assessments and continuing to work on addition strategies, adding two 2-digit numbers.

   

  We have begun to be 'brilliant artists' this week. The children have been practicing sketching techniques which they will continue after half term.

   

  What we are learning after the half term break

   

  Next week in literacy, we will be reading the story of 'Bear and the Piano'. The children will be using this as inspiration for their writing, and we will be developing their skills of writing using conjunction and introducing contracted forms of words.

   

  In maths, we will be building on our addition and subtraction work, by using Base Ten (Dienes) equipment to add and subtract 2-digit numbers.

   

  We will continue our art topic, practicing different drawing skills to produce our own life drawings.

   

  Please see next week's spellings below. Set A are common exception words (known as 'tricky words'). Set B are compound words, which children be learning about in their phonics sessions.

   

  Next week's spellings
  Set A (for children doing RWI)	Set B (for children not doing RWI)
  Tricky words:   are of pull full push put	Homophones:   see       sea mail       male be       bee flour      flower   (please help children to practice the words in a sentence)

   

  Wow Work

   

  Once again, we have had some fantastic learning across the curriculum. Some children who are always trying their best have been having a hot chocolate with Mr Churchill on a Friday.

   

  The Woodpeckers continue to storm further up the Doodle Maths chart, with a whopping 931 stars, (WOW!) earning themselves yet another extra play! A special mention must go to Eric and Tiffany who, between the two of them, have helped to secure the Woodpeckers extra play week on week. Fantastic work!

   

  The Foxes have earned extra playtime for having the most children who have read three times this week. Good work!

   

  Doodle Maths Stars (total number of Doodle stars earned per class)
  Woodpeckers    Extra playtime	Foxes	Squirrels
  931	300	231

   

   

  Weekly Reads (How many children in the class have read 3 times)
  Woodpeckers	Foxes Extra playtime	Squirrels
  7	16	12

  

• Year Two's Blog - 15th October

  Fri 15 Oct 2021

  Welcome to this week's Year Two blog. 

   

  It's Friday again! And what an exciting Friday it is. The children looked awesome this morning dressed as knights, princesses and dragons. We are sure they're going to have a wonderful day.

   

  What we have been doing this week

   

  This week, the children have been continuing to write about castles. They have been exploring the features of information texts, planning and writing their own information texts about castles.

   

  In maths, the children have been adding and subtracting using Base ten (Dienes) cubes.

   

  The children have continued their geography work, looking at what makes a good map and creating their own maps of the school.

   

  What we are learning next week

   

  Next week in literacy, we will be planning and writing a recount of our exciting castles fun day. The children will being some independent 'Superhero Writing' to show all the writing skills they have developed over the last few weeks.

   

  In maths, we will be carrying out some assessments and building on our addition and subtraction work, by using Base Ten (Dienes) equipment to add and subtract 2-digit numbers.

   

  We will be beginning two weeks of art work, practicing different drawing skills to produce our own life drawings (please see the knowledge planner in the pictures below).

   

  Please see next week's spellings below. Set A are common exception words (known as 'tricky words'). Set B are compound words, which children be learning about in their phonics sessions.

   

  Next week's spellings
  Set A (for children doing RWI)	Set B (for children not doing RWI)
  said says are were was your	teapot pancake earring football waterfall starfish

   

  Wow Work

   

  Once again, we have had some fantastic learning across the curriculum. Take a look at the photos below to see some maths, writing and geography work as well as some super castle models.

   

  The Woodpeckers continue to storm the Doodle Maths chart, with a whopping 626 stars, earning themselves yet another extra play! Fantastic work, Woodpeckers! And the Squirrels have earned extra playtime for having the most children who have read three times this week.. Good work!

   

  Doodle Maths Stars (total number of Doodle stars earned per class)
  Woodpeckers    Extra playtime	Foxes	Squirrels
  626	195	62

   

   

  Weekly Reads (How many children in the class have read 3 times)
  Woodpeckers	Foxes	Squirrels          Extra playtime
  14	12	17

  

• Year Two's Weekly Blog

  Fri 08 Oct 2021

  Welcome to this week's Year Two blog. 

   

  What we have been doing this week

   

  This week, the children have been continuing to write about castles. They have been finding out information from various sources such as books, fact sheets and the internet. They have also been learning about using conjunctions, such as 'because', 'and' and 'but'  to extend their writing.

   

  In maths, the children have been learning about addition and subtraction. We have begun adding 10s and 1s to 2-digit numbers using number lines and hundred squares, which we will be building on next week.

   

  We have started our geography topic this week. The children have been looking at aerial photographs and how these relates to maps. They have been creating their own maps using symbols and keys.

   

  What we are learning next week

   

  Next week in literacy, we will continue writing about castles. The children will be exploring the features of information texts and using the information they have found this week to write their own information texts.

   

  In maths, we will be building on our addition and subtraction work, by using Base Ten (Dienes) equipment to add and subtract 2-digit numbers.

   

  We will also continue our learning in geography on mapping, looking at landmarks and creating maps of the school.

   

   

  Next week's spellings
  Set A (for children doing RWI)	Set B (for children not doing RWI)
  by my one there some come	sunniest happiness snowiest grumpiness plentiful

   

  Wow Work

   

  Once again, we have seen some super work in Year Two this week. Please see the photos below to see some of the absolutely awesome castles which children have made. You can also see Joshua B's fab maths work and Amiya's fabulous map. Also take a look at Jacob C's Lost and Found box which he has made to help with those rogue jumpers!

   

  Both the Foxes and Squirrels have increased their Doodle Maths stars this week, the incredible Woodpeckers have once again topped the Doodle Maths chart and have earned extra playtime. Brilliant work once again,  Woodpeckers! And the Woodpeckers have done the double this week, with the most children who have read three times this week. Good work!

   

  Doodle Maths Stars (total number of Doodle stars earned per class)
  Woodpeckers    Extra playtime	Foxes	Squirrels
  438	308	196

   

   

  Weekly Reads (How many children in the class have read 3 times)
  Woodpeckers    Extra playtime	Foxes	Squirrels
  15	14	12

  

• Year Two's Weekly Blog

  Sun 03 Oct 2021

  Welcome to this week's Year Two blog. 

   

  What we have been doing this week

   

  This week, castles have been the context of the children's writing. We have been focusing on different sentence types (statements, commands, questions and exclamations) and learning about noun phrases.

   

  In maths, the children have been consolidating their learning on numbers bonds (pairs of numbers that make another number) and the associated addition and subtraction fact families.

   

  For the past few weeks the children have been brilliant scientists, learning about how to keep healthy. We completed our science learning this week, making healthy flapjacks with foods with the main different food groups.

   

  What we are learning next week

   

  Next week we will continue looking at non-fiction texts in our literacy lessons, learning through the context of castles. The children will be learning about using conjunctions, such as 'and' and 'because' to extend their sentences.

   

  In maths, we will begin several weeks of learning on addition and subtraction. The children will using a variety of equipment and pictorial methods to initially add and subtract tens and ones from 2-digit numbers.

   

  Wow Work

   

  Once again, the Woodpeckers have topped the Doodle Maths chart. Brilliant work, Woodpeckers!

   

  Doodle Maths Stars (total number of Doodle stars earned per class)
  Woodpeckers    Extra playtime	Foxes	Squirrels
  508	277	152