Another great week of learning and reflecting.

We have had another very busy week of great learning; including our final football session with Tom (10/10 scored!), making Christian symbols from clay, a very interesting and fun visit from a police officer (thank you so much Mrs Squire) and some great scientific investigation. We have had learning conferences with all the children, reflecting upon what has gone well this half term and what we can help them with. Enjoy the photos and have a very enjoyable, well earned half term break.

FAB!

This week saw the launch of Fordham's Awesome Books. They have provided great excitement in the classroom and have pride of place on our bookshelves. In Maths we have continued with addition and subtraction, including doubling (and halving for some). In English we have been reading the story 'Billy's Bucket' and the children have produced some wonderful writing related to this. We enjoyed another football session with Tom, practising passing and defending areas. Next week is our final session. In RE we have been talking about special objects that might be found in a Christian home and we also looked at Christian symbols, discussing what they represented.
All children have Bug Club books to read and Abacus Maths games on Active Learn to consolidate their learning. If you are having difficulty logging on please let me know, I am very happy to demonstrate after school.
Most children are now coming in to class independently, leaving parents at the door. For those who are not, please can I ask that you encourage your child to do so. Also I would be very grateful if parents didn't go to our fire door to wave as this upsets some children and prevents them settling quickly to their morning activity. Thank you, in advance, for your support!
Have a great weekend, see you on Monday.  

Well done Class 2 for another week of working hard and great learning. In Maths the children have been working out the pairs of numbers that make 10 and then practising them. We are aiming to know them so well that we don't need to work them out or count them each time. In English the children have been using their imagination. After reading 'Not a Stick!' in which the character creates different uses for a stick, the children created their own ideas. I was very impressed with the range of ideas from broomsticks to skateboards. Some of the ideas were much better than in the book!
We had our Harvest service in church on Monday - see the Awe & Wonder blog for the photos. In PE we continued learning football skills, including defending and the class score from Tom this week was 9.5/10 - let's see if we can get 10 next week!
We also created some wonderful Autumnal trees using our fingers to paint, the children were excellent at mixing the colours to create realistic shades.
Have a restful weekend, see you Monday.

Our special toys and objects

This week we have enjoyed having our special toys and objects in school with us. The children talked about why they were particularly special to them and then drew some wonderful pictures and wrote about them. Teddies were most popular but we also saw other interesting items such as trophies, medals, precious stones, blankets and an om symbol.

In English we listened to another Janet & Allan Ahlberg story - Cops and Robbers. The children were detectives, reading and writing clues to guess the characters. We were focusing on using capital letters correctly.

In Maths we have been adding and writing number sentences using the correct symbols. Year 2 have been practising their recall of number bonds to 10 and 20, and writing related subtraction facts. We will be continuing with addition and subtraction.

Monday afternoon is Harvest service in the church, have a lovely weekend.

ising pop!

This week we have had so much fun, learning new songs and moves. I am sure the children have been singing them at home - I've been singing them in my sleep! We have rehearsed, recorded and then performed in church. What a lovely sight it was to see the whole school singing with such enthusiasm and enjoyment - the sound was fantastic.

In Maths we have been practising our counting.

In reading time we have continued looking for rhyming words in nursery rhymes and some children enjoyed performing to the class.

In Science, Year 2 have been learning about natural and man-made materials. They sorted items and made collages from either natural or man-made materials.

Science challenge - Transparent means see through, opaque means you can't see through it. What is the word for a material which allows you to see through it a bit e.g frosted glass?

Next week we will be talking about out special objects - don't forget to bring them in on Monday. 

Have a lovely weekend.