Archive Year 2 – Peacock and Penguin

Welcome to Year 2!

Teachers: Mrs Tracey Thomas (Y2 Leader), Mrs Becs Corlett

Higher Level Teaching Assistant (HLTA) : Mrs Beri Hodge

Learning Support Assistants (LSAs) : Mrs Zoe King, Mrs Jo Sharratt, Mrs Heather Page,

Mrs Cheryl Baton, Mrs Kate Tolhurst, Mrs Toni Morgan

Welcome to Year 2. We hope you have enjoyed the glorious summer holidays. We are thrilled to see the lovely new Penguin and Peacock children and that they have settled so brilliantly in to their new classes

and are enjoying finding out about each other in our Knowing Me, Knowing You topic.

Summer Term

Welcome back to the final term in Year 2. We have lots of exciting learning, trips and transition sessions planned. Keep watching the website for photos and news.

Once there was a boy and one day he found a penguin at his door. He didn't know where it came from or who it belonged to. The penguin looked sad and the boy thought it must be lost. So he decided to help it find its way home, even if that meant rowing all the way to the South Pole...

The children will be innovating their own story based on Lost and Found. We are looking for a great story which should  include everything we have been learning this term: subordinate clauses, expanded noun phrases, spelling words, and past tense. We are having a big push on handwriting and are looking out for the next Penguin or Peacock to receive a handwriting license. If you or your child need help or clarification on any of these please come and speak to the teachers.  

Look at the handwriting license!!!

Doesn't it look good?

Can you smell it?

Do you want one?

What do you need to prove so that you can earn one?

Penguin Class are the winners of the Library Lovers challenge again!

Will we be beaten next time?

This term we are learning about the artist Pablo Picasso. We are looking at why he used colour in certain ways and how different colours make us feel.

We are creating our own portraits in the style of Picasso, using what we've learnt about complementary colours to make choices about where to place colours on our paintings

Look out for exciting new displays coming soon in school, showing off the fabulous art work!

Congratulations to Connor in Penguin Class and Simon in Peacock Class for being the two chosen for a writing celebration this week. We are proud of Connor's perseverance and independence when writing and Simon's vocabulary and punctuation.

Could it be you being celebrated next week?

Spring Term Skelly Bones

Welcome back after the Christmas holidays and New Year celebrations.

The Spring Term sees us beginning our new topic, Skelly Bones. We will be looking at our bodies, healthy eating, feelings and people who look after us now and in the past. There are some exciting trips coming up too, beginning with an opportunity for the children to experience Trampolining at Amery School. (Please make sure that your child has jogging bottoms and socks in their PE kit!)

Fire Party Celebrations

To conclude our amazing learning in the Fire! Fire! topic we've celebrated with a party. Fire coloured snacks were enjoyed by the children and party games were played outside in the beautiful sunshine. Finally our firefighter friend, Simon came in to school and presented the children with their fire safety certificates. What an amazing first terms learning we've had!

Wootey Fire School in Action!

Firefighters Jason and Simon visited the Year 2 children to find out how they are getting on with training to be Wootey Firefighters. Both of them enjoyed taking part in a fitness lesson and even joined  in with doing push ups and groovy dancing. Check out the video and photos below...

Marvellous Maths

The children have enjoyed practising their maths using this online game.

Follow the link below to challenge yourselves at home too.  

Fabulous phonics

The children have been learning about the past tense.  They really enjoyed the 'Blast the Rocket' game.  Follow the link below to play the game at home.

Fire Fighters needed in Year 2!

Are there any children out there who are ready to become a Fire Fighter? You will need to be strong, fit, resilient, able to read, write and count. We will be recruiting after half term.

Thank you to Alton Fire Station for a fabulous school trip. We have had lots of fun and learnt lots about The Great Fire of London and how to keep safe around fire.

Knowing Me Knowing You

We have been getting to know each other and finishing our self portraits. Come into class to see our paintings displayed.

What a fabulous first week we've had in year 2! Lots of smiles, playing and seeing old friends and new. Keep watching the website to find out all  what we are learning about, creating and exploring.

Our first topic is called Knowing Me Knowing You, and is all about getting to know each other. Then we will launch in to the Fire! Fire! topic.

Please come in and talk to the class teacher if you have any concerns or questions about your child or their learning or if you would like to know how to support their learning at home.

Maths

In  maths  we have been learning about shape and measure.

Shape

We have been using our maths language to describe 2D and 3D shapes and their properties and creating our own 3D shapes with straws and plasticine vertices.

Measure

We have also been learning about different ways of measuring quantities of fluid, solids, distance, time and size and accurately record our findings.