Thursday 19 October 2017

Weekly news.

We started this week finishing off our non-fiction books about castles.  The children used their notes they had made in a previous lesson to help them write castle facts.  We looked at the features of non-fiction books and the children included a contents page, title, facts and some even had a go at a glossary.  

In English we have also been acting out the story of Rapunzel during drama lessons as well as learning how to use speech marks to write a conversation for the characters.
In art we have continued our towers, tunnels and turrets theme by building towers using natural materials in the style of Andy Goldsworthy.  We collected lots of exciting materials from the outdoors and some children were able to explain their choices.

We have been busy this week adding 2 2-digit numbers on a number square.  The children had to think carefully about how many tens and ones were in their number in order to know which direction to move on the hundred square.



Children have been practising the dance show case again this week, they are having lots of fun.


The parents, of the first group of children doing forest school, have had an email sent to them explaining what their child will need to bring in the first Friday back.

Have a lovely half term,
Miss Cobb

Monday 16 October 2017

Non-Fiction Book making

The children have worked very hard to become authors and illustrators of their own non-fiction book about castles.

They have used; a contents page, headings, facts, pictures with labels and some used a glossary.

We are very proud of them for publishing their own book and they are currently in a basket in the book corner for all to enjoy :)


Sunday 15 October 2017

Reading cafe - love of reading!

Thank you to all the adults that attended our first reading cafe.
We hope you enjoyed the story and activity.

The theme of this cafe was 'love of reading'. Year 2 is a lovely year to witness children develop their love of reading as they become more fluent, understand the story more and start to immerse themselves in it. We hope they will enjoy using their new bookmarks in their books at home.











Wednesday 11 October 2017

First full week of Towers, Tunnels and Turrets

Welcome to our new weekly blog!

This week has been our first full week of our new topic. The children are loving it and are very engaged with the cross-curricular learning.

We started our week looking at properties of 2-D shapes.  The children remembered the names of most 2-D shapes and many learnt to identify a pentagon, hexagon and octagon.  They also investigated lines of symmetry.  Later in the week we looked at 3-D shapes and their properties including; faces, edges and vertices – some children found this a challenge so please practise shape recognition at home.  Everyone built a castle using 3-D shapes explaining the reasons why a certain shape is suitable for a particular part of the castle.

In English this week we have been looking at non-fiction books and their features.  The children researched facts about castles and recorded their findings before producing their own non-fiction book about castles later in the week.  They used a contents page, text boxes, questions, labelled diagrams and some even attempted a glossary.

In History we have been looking at castles through the ages.  The children made their own timelines to show castles from oldest to the newest.

The dance showcase practises are going well. This week the children started the routine to their song which is called ‘Best Day of My Life’ by the American Authors.


Please note that the children have brought home their usernames and passwords for Bug Club.  You will find these in their reading records.  We have allocated children their colour bands so please make use of this wonderful resource.