Bourn Church of England Primary Academy

Hazel Class - Year 2

Date: 4th April 2025

What we have been learning this week... 

It has been an exciting week in Hazel!

Our school trip to Wicken Fen was a big success. The children had lots of fun exploring the ponds and discovering all the animals inside. They had to work hard to identify all the animals that they had caught. We went out into the wild and used our senses to explore what was around us. We had to use our ears to explore the different sounds of the fen. The children had to colour match using different beads to find the colours of the fen and we went to see the Wicken Fen water pump (not windmill!) and learnt some interesting facts. The children also got to go mini beast hunting. We had to use magnifying glasses to help us count the legs on different minibeasts. The children had to catch and sort their animals according to the amount of legs. We got to see a range of animals up close. The children had lots of fun working in groups throughout the day to complete their activities. They behaved brilliantly throughout and were great representatives of the school.

On Friday we have our Easter experience day and we are taking part in different craft activities to help us memorise and explore the Easter story in depth.

In English, we have been making our own lolly stick superheroes. The children had to make their own and create a set of instructions for other children to follow. They had to think carefully about the equipment they need and carefully word their instructions to help the other children be successful in making their own heroes. We were able to follow the instructions successfully using lots of imperative verbs to help us.

Activities we have enjoyed this week...

We had a great time on our trip!

 

 

How you can help...

Please continue to read regularly with your child and log their reading. If your child is feeling confident with their book you can challenge them by asking them questions about what they have read or by asking them to recall the story they have read. Reading books and logs should be brought back into school each day.

Homework will be sent home on a Friday and is due back in the following Wednesday. Please can you encourage your child to complete as much of their homework as possible, homework will build on skills taught within school or be a task that will build their confidence ready for an upcoming lesson.

We will now be having weekly spelling tests on a Wednesday. This will be testing your child on the spellings that are sent home as part of their homework. Please ensure you are spending some time learning these with your child in preparation for this. Thank you.

The children are learning their 2,3,5 and 10 times tables in Year 2. We will be working on these throughout the school year and any practice you can do at home will help your child to feel more confident in maths lessons.

If there are any questions, please do ask.

OUR AWARD WINNERS THIS WEEK

No certificates this week due to assembly being held in church.

Next week, we will be...

 Having a well earned break. There will be no homework set for this time. Please continue to read regularly with your child and log in your reading records so we know that you are continuing to read at home. This is very beneficial to your child to help them develop their fluency and comprehension. We know it can be hard at times to fit it in and a big thank you for all the support you have given so far. 

Have a lovely Easter holiday and enjoy the break! 

 

 

Hazel Class - Year 2

Date: 28th March 2025

What we have been learning this week... 

This week in Hazel we have been working hard. We have been learning our lines for our class assembly today. The children have done a really good job and we are excited to show it to the school.

In English, we have been writing letters to Duncan as though we are crayons. We had to come up with our own colour and think of an argument to convince Duncan that we could or could not be used anymore. This involved us thinking about sentence structure and using descriptive language. In maths, we have been working on comparing length and height of different items. We have been out and measured length and height around the school and have been working hard to ensure we are measuring accurately.

In Science, we have been summarising our learning on living things and their habitats. Our trip next week will help bring the learning alive. It has also been Science Week and we have been exploring different animal adaptions. We went on a scavenger hunt using different clues to help us find the right animal. The children have been working hard in PE and have been practicing their ball skills. They have had to work collaboratively and ensure they are using the taught techniques.

 

Activities we have enjoyed this week...

We had fun learning about animal adaptions.

 

How you can help...

Please continue to read regularly with your child and log their reading. If your child is feeling confident with their book you can challenge them by asking them questions about what they have read or by asking them to recall the story they have read. Reading books and logs should be brought back into school each day.

Homework will be sent home on a Friday and is due back in the following Wednesday. Please can you encourage your child to complete as much of their homework as possible, homework will build on skills taught within school or be a task that will build their confidence ready for an upcoming lesson.

We will now be having weekly spelling tests on a Wednesday. This will be testing your child on the spellings that are sent home as part of their homework. Please ensure you are spending some time learning these with your child in preparation for this. Thank you.

The children are learning their 2,3,5 and 10 times tables in Year 2. We will be working on these throughout the school year and any practice you can do at home will help your child to feel more confident in maths lessons.

If there are any questions, please do ask.

OUR AWARD WINNERS THIS WEEK

Congratulations to our 'Values Award' winner of the week!

Albie has been showing the value of hope. He has been working hard in Maths and has been getting better each day. Great job!

 Congratulations to our 'Effort Award' winner of the week!

Huxley has worked really hard on his DT project, he has thought carefully about the stitches he needs to use and has designed an exciting puppet. Well done!

Next week, we will be...

We will be having a busy last week. Wednesday is our trip. Please ensure you have packed your child a lunch unless you have pre-ordered one, a water bottle, sensible shoes for outside activities and appropriate clothing for the day. These will need to be in a bag that your child can carry during the day. On Friday we will also be having our Easter experience day focussing on crafts linked to the Easter story.

 

 

Hazel Class - Year 2

Date: 21st March 2025

What we have been learning this week... 

It has been a busy week in Hazel.

This week we have been showing how great we have become at our Year 2 skills by completing our assessments. Everyone has worked really hard. In English, we have been using adjectives, nouns and verbs to create sentences. We played some games to help us reinforce the meaning of the words. In Maths, we have started our new topic of length and height. We have been learning how to add and subtract different heights and have been doing some measuring too. 
In the afternoons, we have been completing our DT project. We have been making penguin hand puppets. Our week started by exploring and learning about different types of puppets. We have then progressed to learning how to sew a running and overstitch. Part of our tasks was to design the puppet and think about the accessories. The children had to create their equipment list and ensure they were ready to build their puppet. Our week ended with sewing together our puppets and putting them to the test. We needed to evaluate the techniques used and the strength of our puppets.
A polite reminder to please ensure your children are not bringing toys or fidgets into school unless this has been prearranged with myself. Thank you for your support.

Activities we have enjoyed this week...

We have been enjoying making our puppets!

 

 

How you can help...

Please continue to read regularly with your child and log their reading. If your child is feeling confident with their book you can challenge them by asking them questions about what they have read or by asking them to recall the story they have read. Reading books and logs should be brought back into school each day.

Homework will be sent home on a Friday and is due back in the following Wednesday. Please can you encourage your child to complete as much of their homework as possible, homework will build on skills taught within school or be a task that will build their confidence ready for an upcoming lesson.

We will now be having weekly spelling tests on a Wednesday. This will be testing your child on the spellings that are sent home as part of their homework. Please ensure you are spending some time learning these with your child in preparation for this. Thank you.

The children are learning their 2,3,5 and 10 times tables in Year 2. We will be working on these throughout the school year and any practice you can do at home will help your child to feel more confident in maths lessons.

If there are any questions, please do ask.

OUR AWARD WINNERS THIS WEEK

Congratulations to our 'Values Award' winner of the week!

Nolan has been working hard to demonstrate a growth mindset towards assessments. He has tried his best and shown a positive attitude throughout. Great job!

 Congratulations to our 'Effort Award' winner of the week!

Ayrton has made a great start to Bourn. He has shown himself to be a hard worker who loves taking part in class. Fantastic work!

Next week, we will be...

Next week in English we will be exploring the story of 'The Day the Crayons Quit'. We will be writing letters from the perspective of the crayons and Duncan. In Maths, we will be continuing with our topic of length and height. During History, we will be exploring the rights of women and how these will change. Our PSHE lesson will be focussing on ways to relax.

 

 

 

Hazel Class - Year 2

Date: 14th March 2025

What we have been learning this week... 

We have been working hard this week.

In English, we have been continuing to explore 'Lost and Found'. We have been looking at different sentence types. As part of this, we have been learning how to use punctuation at the ends of sentences correctly. We have been working from the perspective of the boy and the penguin and interviewed them using the work we did. During Maths, we have been consolidating our use of addition and subtraction strategies. We have been exploring how to do this when the tens do not cross. We have explored column, base 10 and hundred square techniques. Part of this involved us doing lots of work to ensure we were fluent in our number bond facts. We also had the challenge of using word problems to look at the different language to help us decide if we need to add or subtract.

For History, we have been looking at the difference between the suffragettes and the suffragists. We had to write sentences to compare them and considered the effectiveness of their methods. In Art, we explored how to create animals and human pictures using line drawings. For Science, we have been taking part in an investigation to compare the connection between our height and arm and foot length. We have been learning how to record results on a table accurately. 

Activities we have enjoyed this week...

We have been enjoying learning how to create line drawings.

How you can help...

Please continue to read regularly with your child and log their reading. If your child is feeling confident with their book you can challenge them by asking them questions about what they have read or by asking them to recall the story they have read. Reading books and logs should be brought back into school each day.

Homework will be sent home on a Friday and is due back in the following Wednesday. Please can you encourage your child to complete as much of their homework as possible, homework will build on skills taught within school or be a task that will build their confidence ready for an upcoming lesson.

We will now be having weekly spelling tests on a Wednesday. This will be testing your child on the spellings that are sent home as part of their homework. Please ensure you are spending some time learning these with your child in preparation for this. Thank you.

The children are learning their 2,3,5 and 10 times tables in Year 2. We will be working on these throughout the school year and any practice you can do at home will help your child to feel more confident in maths lessons.

If there are any questions, please do ask.

OUR AWARD WINNERS THIS WEEK

Congratulations to our 'Values Award' winner of the week!

Sonny has shown the value of courage this week. He has listened to feedback to help make his written work even better. He has responded to this and made the changes with great success. Well done!

 Congratulations to our 'Effort Award' winner of the week!

River has been working hard in all his lessons this week. We have been impressed at the dedication he shows to his learning. Great job!

Next week, we will be...

Next week will be our assessment week. We will be assessing reading, writing and maths. In the afternoons we will be doing our DT week. For this we will be taking part in textile activities and making a puppet inspired by 'Lost and Found'.


Hazel Class - Year 2

Date: 7th March 2025

What we have been learning this week... 

We have been working hard this week.

In English, we have been reading 'Lost and Found'. This week we have been thinking about feelings and looking at pictures carefully to find evidence to support our opinions. We have been learning how to use expanded noun phrases and commas as part of this. For Maths, we have finished our topic of multiplication and division. We have been spending the rest of the week recapping place value and using concrete resources to support this.

In History, we learnt about what the suffragettes did and made knowledge posters pitched for other children. We have started reviewing our spelling rules in phonics and are learning different ways to spell familiar digraphs and trigraphs. This should help to build confidence with our independent spelling. In PSHE, we have thought about what it means to be healthy and have considered different ways that we care for ourselves.

For our World Book Day activities we explored the text 'The Day the Crayons Quit'. We looked at the personalities of the different crayons and used this to create our own crayon. We then did some buddy reading with Cherry Class and went for a visit to the book bus to celebrate further.

Activities we have enjoyed this week...

Our World Book Day celebrations were lots of fun! 

 

How you can help...

Please continue to read regularly with your child and log their reading. If your child is feeling confident with their book you can challenge them by asking them questions about what they have read or by asking them to recall the story they have read. Reading books and logs should be brought back into school each day.

Homework will be sent home on a Friday and is due back in the following Wednesday. Please can you encourage your child to complete as much of their homework as possible, homework will build on skills taught within school or be a task that will build their confidence ready for an upcoming lesson.

We will now be having weekly spelling tests on a Wednesday. This will be testing your child on the spellings that are sent home as part of their homework. Please ensure you are spending some time learning these with your child in preparation for this. Thank you.

The children are learning their 2,3,5 and 10 times tables in Year 2. We will be working on these throughout the school year and any practice you can do at home will help your child to feel more confident in maths lessons.

If there are any questions, please do ask.

OUR AWARD WINNERS THIS WEEK

Congratulations to our 'Values Award' winner of the week!

Albie has been showing the value of friendship this week. He has cared for others and shown great teamwork in the Nature Reserve. Great job!

 Congratulations to our 'Effort Award' winner of the week!

Catherine has been working hard to make sure she does lots of work in class. She has been completing lots of work in English and has written a great description. Well done!

Next week, we will be...

 In English, we will be continuing to explore 'Lost and Found' also by Oliver Jeffers, we will be looking at different sentence types. In Maths, we will be finishing up our multiplication and division topic and be recapping place value. In Science, we will be investigating height and length when learning about the human life cycle. In History, we will be comparing the Suffragist and Suffragette activities and considering their effectiveness.

 

 

 

Hazel Class - Year 2

Date: 28th February 2025

What we have been learning this week... I

It has been an action packed week in Hazel. 

We started our week with a visit from Safari Stu. We have been learning about different animal habitats and this helped us to understand where the animals come from. We saw snakes, giant cockroaches and many other exciting animals. We learnt facts about the different animals and had the chance to hold the animals and care for them safely. For our visit to the life bus, we went and learnt about how to understand our feelings more. We thought about friendships and looked at body language and how we can tell what others are feeling. The children were really sensible for both these sessions and made great contributions to the activities. 

In English, we have been reading Stuck by Oliver Jeffers. We have thought about time connectives and have been exploring how to use these in sentences. We ended the week by writing our own silly innovated versions of stuck. We got very creative with the different language that can be used to describe how something is thrown into a tree!

During Maths, we have been exploring the 5 and 10 times table. We have also been learning how to share into these amounts equally. We have been looking at picture representations and have been trying to identify the equations that we can see in the picture. 

During History, we have started to learn about our topic of how women got the vote. We considered what the word 'fair' means and how we can create a fair voting situation. We had to then timeline they key events we will be learning about over the next few weeks.

In Art, we have been starting to explore what a pencil drawing is and how we can create our own over the coming weeks.

Activities we have enjoyed this week...

An animal filled week with a visit from Safari Stu and a trip on board the life bus where we got to see Harold the giraffe!

 

How you can help...

Please continue to read regularly with your child and log their reading. If your child is feeling confident with their book you can challenge them by asking them questions about what they have read or by asking them to recall the story they have read. Reading books and logs should be brought back into school each day.

Homework will be sent home on a Friday and is due back in the following Wednesday. Please can you encourage your child to complete as much of their homework as possible, homework will build on skills taught within school or be a task that will build their confidence ready for an upcoming lesson.

We will now be having weekly spelling tests on a Wednesday. This will be testing your child on the spellings that are sent home as part of their homework. Please ensure you are spending some time learning these with your child in preparation for this. Thank you.

The children are learning their 2,3,5 and 10 times tables in Year 2. We will be working on these throughout the school year and any practice you can do at home will help your child to feel more confident in maths lessons.

If there are any questions, please do ask.

OUR AWARD WINNERS THIS WEEK

Congratulations to our 'Values Award' winner of the week!

 Isabella has made a great start to Bourn and shown the courage value all week and has already made some new friends. We are pleased to have you with us Isabella.

 Congratulations to our 'Effort Award' winner of the week!

 Alexander has been working hard during maths and has been thinking carefully about how to share into equal amounts. Well done!

Next week, we will be...

 In English, we will be exploring 'Lost and Found' also by Oliver Jeffers. We will be focussing on description to make lost posters and also taking part in some world book day activities focussing on 'The Day the Crayons Quit. In Maths, we will be finishing up our multiplication and division topic and be recapping place value. In Science, we will be exploring life cycles and learning some facts about sheep. In History, we will be learning about Emeline Pankhurst and her role in helping women to get the vote.

 

 

 

Hazel Class - Year 2

Date: 14th February 2025

What we have been learning this week... I

 

We have been busy this week in Hazel.
During English this week we have been exploring the text 'The Secret of Black Rock'. We started by using inference to see if we can figure out the plot of the story. When we got to hear the story we then had a go at creating an alternative exciting ending. During Maths, we have been exploring how division and multiplication are connected together. This has been testing our fluency skills in multiplication.
In PSHE, we had to work as a team to create a piece of art that we all agreed on. This was really tough as we worked in big groups to achieve this. For Art, we finished our topic of portraits by sketching portraits of our friends using our new skills. We had to use grid lines to help create accurate spacing and positioning for our portraits. In Geography, we finished our topic with a journey and expedition quiz. We tested our knowledge of the definitions of words, map symbols, the expeditions of Ernest Shackleton and familiar routes that we know.
It has been a lovely half term and I hope the children enjoy a well earned rest!

Activities we have enjoyed this week...

In PE, we learnt some new team building games!

How you can help...

Please continue to read regularly with your child and log their reading. If your child is feeling confident with their book you can challenge them by asking them questions about what they have read or by asking them to recall the story they have read. Reading books and logs should be brought back into school each day.

Homework will be sent home on a Friday and is due back in the following Wednesday. Please can you encourage your child to complete as much of their homework as possible, homework will build on skills taught within school or be a task that will build their confidence ready for an upcoming lesson.

We will now be having weekly spelling tests on a Wednesday. This will be testing your child on the spellings that are sent home as part of their homework. Please ensure you are spending some time learning these with your child in preparation for this. Thank you.

The children are learning their 2,3,5 and 10 times tables in Year 2. We will be working on these throughout the school year and any practice you can do at home will help your child to feel more confident in maths lessons.

If there are any questions, please do ask.

OUR AWARD WINNERS THIS WEEK

Congratulations to our 'Values Award' winner of the week!

Zoey has shown the value of hope this week by learning from mistakes. She has used this to help her write sentence with great detail during English. Well done!

 Congratulations to our 'Effort Award' winner of the week!

Elsy has been working very hard in maths this week. She has shown an amazing understanding of division and multiplication. Great job!

Next week, we will be...

Enjoying half term! When we return we will be exploring the text 'Stuck' by Oliver Jeffers. We will be further exploring division in Maths and working on being fluent in our 2,3,5 and 10 times table. In History, we will be starting a new topic of women and the vote. In Science, we will be continuing with our topic of living things and their habitats. Our PSHE topic will be exploring how we can be a healthy me.

 

 

 

Hazel Class - Year 2

Date: 7th February 2025

What we have been learning this week... I

 It has been another great week in Hazel Class!

In English this week, we have been exploring the film 'Marshmallows'. We have been creating a lair for a creature and using expanded noun phrases to write descriptions. We then had to think about the character of the creature and consider its appearance and personality. We have ended our week by using conjunctions to write sentences about the story.

In Maths, we have been learning how to use repeated addition and multiplication to describe different maths images. We have been working on our fluency of these facts as this will help us to solve our maths challenges quickly. 

In PSHE, we worked as a team to share our opinions on different pictures. Everyone in the group had to play a specific role to keep the conversation going. We did really well at this. During PE, the children continued to learn their animal dance with Mr Puckey. They had to think about the behaviour of the animal and try to recreate its movements. For Geography this week, we had to order the events of Shackleton's life. We learnt how to read dates correctly and used this to help us create a correct timeline.

Activities we have enjoyed this week...

In Art, we have been learning how to accurately draw a face and neck using guidelines. Can you guess who this is?

 

How you can help...

Please continue to read regularly with your child and log their reading. If your child is feeling confident with their book you can challenge them by asking them questions about what they have read or by asking them to recall the story they have read. Reading books and logs should be brought back into school each day.

Homework will be sent home on a Friday and is due back in the following Wednesday. Please can you encourage your child to complete as much of their homework as possible, homework will build on skills taught within school or be a task that will build their confidence ready for an upcoming lesson.

We will now be having weekly spelling tests on a Wednesday. This will be testing your child on the spellings that are sent home as part of their homework. Please ensure you are spending some time learning these with your child in preparation for this. Thank you.

The children are learning their 2,3,5 and 10 times tables in Year 2. We will be working on these throughout the school year and any practice you can do at home will help your child to feel more confident in maths lessons.

If there are any questions, please do ask.

OUR AWARD WINNERS THIS WEEK

Congratulations to our 'Values Award' winner of the week!

 Harper has been working very hard this week. She has been showing the value of courage by trying lots of new things including tricky tasks. Great job!

 Congratulations to our 'Effort Award' winner of the week!

Ralph has been working hard both independently and in group activities. He tries his best and does so with a smile. Well done!

Next week, we will be...

Next week in English, we will be exploring the text 'The Secret of Black Rock'. We will be creating an alternative ending to the story. In Maths, we are continuing our topic on multiplication and division. In PSHE, we will be exploring teamwork to create a piece of art. In Geography, we will be answering our big question of 'What is the difference between a journey and an expedition?'. For Art, we will be creating full portraits of our friends.

 

Hazel Class - Year 2

Date: 31st January 2025

What we have been learning this week... I

 

We have been busy this week.
In English, we have been writing out our twisted tales. These had to have a wolf in them but the children could make the decisions about the plot and character personalities. We then followed this up with some self editing time before learning how to peer mark our writing. In Maths, we started our new topic of multiplication and division. We have been learning how to use our times table facts to help us quickly share into equal groups.
During Science, we thought about microhabitats and were off out again to explore the school and find evidence of minibeasts. See our photos below! During Geography, we started to learn about Ernest Shackleton's adventures and we thought about how to be a successful explorer. We wrote job adverts as though we were Shackleton. In PSHE, we worked as a team to tackle a challenge and make it easy for each other and had to learn some new French numbers! In Art, we learnt how to accurately draw a face, shoulders and neck using a guide. We then turned this into a self-portrait.

Activities we have enjoyed this week...

We went into the nature reserve to look for microhabitats. Look at the photos the children took! One group decided to make a camouflaged shelter for us to watch from without disturbing the animals.

How you can help...

Please continue to read regularly with your child and log their reading. If your child is feeling confident with their book you can challenge them by asking them questions about what they have read or by asking them to recall the story they have read. Reading books and logs should be brought back into school each day.

Homework will be sent home on a Friday and is due back in the following Wednesday. Please can you encourage your child to complete as much of their homework as possible, homework will build on skills taught within school or be a task that will build their confidence ready for an upcoming lesson.

We will now be having weekly spelling tests on a Wednesday. This will be testing your child on the spellings that are sent home as part of their homework. Please ensure you are spending some time learning these with your child in preparation for this. Thank you.

If there are any questions, please do ask.

OUR AWARD WINNERS THIS WEEK

Congratulations to our 'Values Award' winner of the week!

Ritika has been modelling active listening this week, both with her friends and with adults. This has allowed her to be successful in her learning. Well done!

 Congratulations to our 'Effort Award' winner of the week!

 

Naomi always models correct choices in class. She displays the right attitude towards her work and tries hard no matter what. Great work!

Next week, we will be...

Next week in English, we will be exploring the short film 'Marshmallows'. We will be writing descriptively and working on our comprehension skills. In Maths, we will be learning how to use the arrays and consolidating our times table knowledge. In Geography we will be continuing to learn about Shackleton and in PSHE, we will be thinking about our hopes and dreams for the future.

 

 

 

 

Hazel Class - Year 2

Date: 24th January 2025

What we have been learning this week... I

It has been another lovely week in Hazel Class.

 In English, we have been exploring the text 'Little Red Reading Hood'. We have thought about the personalities of the characters and we have written a book review to share our opinions. In Maths, we have been exploring how to add amounts together that contain both pounds and pence. We then had to compare different amounts and explain how we could tell which was greater or less by using what we knew about the value of the coins and notes. 

In Science, we have thought about different habitats all over the world and we have been quizzing each other on what animals can be found here based on what we know about the habitat. In Geography, we have had to plot our route to church on a map. We also looked at OS maps for the area and located Bourn. We learnt about the meaning of different symbols and had to find them on the map. As part of our PE lessons, the children have been learning how to perform an animal dance with Mr Puckey. For PSHE, we thought about the challenges that we face in school regarding our learning. We shared some techniques together to help us to be successful in the future.

Activities we have enjoyed this week...

We really liked going out on an animal hunt to find different habitats around school.

How you can help...

Please continue to read regularly with your child and log their reading. If your child is feeling confident with their book you can challenge them by asking them questions about what they have read or by asking them to recall the story they have read. Reading books and logs should be brought back into school each day.

Homework will be sent home on a Friday and is due back in the following Wednesday. Please can you encourage your child to complete as much of their homework as possible, homework will build on skills taught within school or be a task that will build their confidence ready for an upcoming lesson.

We will now be having weekly spelling tests on a Wednesday. This will be testing your child on the spellings that are sent home as part of their homework. Please ensure you are spending some time learning these with your child in preparation for this. Thank you.

If there are any questions, please do ask.

OUR AWARD WINNERS THIS WEEK

Congratulations to our 'Values Award' winner of the week!

 Elsy has been showing friendship this week. She models how to care for others and is always considerate to the needs of others. Well done!

 Congratulations to our 'Effort Award' winner of the week!

 Heath has been working consistently hard in class. He has been using reasoning to help prove how he knows the answers and is clear in his explanation.

Great job!

Next week, we will be...

Next week in English, we will be writing a story for the wolf from Little Red Reading Hood using our own ideas. We will be finishing our topic of money next week and starting our new topic of multiplication and division. During Science, we will be exploring microhabitats and in Geography will be looking at the expedition that Shackleton took. 

 

Hazel Class - Year 2

Date: 17th January 2025

What we have been learning this week... 

We have had lots to do this week in Hazel Class!
We have continued to use our class text 'The Nothing to see Here Hotel' to help us write using the different sentence types. We have been learning how to write statement, question, exclamation and command sentences inspired by the story and the different characters. We have also been taking part in some hot seating to test the effectiveness of our question writing.
In Maths, we have started our new topic of money. We have been learning to recognise coins and notes and have been exploring the value of these. We have used this to help us compare and talk about amounts of money. We needed to be able to use reasoning to prove how we knew the answer.
During Geography, we had a go at drawing and accurately labelling an aerial map of the school. Once we got our bearings we had to then mark out routes that we took frequently in school. During Science, we also thought about the school and went to learn about the different animals that can be found in our school habitat. In Art, we had a go at completing an accurate self portrait and used a mirror to help us focus on the detail. For PSHE, we thought about achievements we have made in our lives and how this made us feel inside. We thought about how success can mean different things for different people and looked at different scenarios where people had been successful. 

Activities we have enjoyed this week...

We finished our shape topic by having a go at a very tricky shape puzzle!

How you can help...

Please continue to read regularly with your child and log their reading. If your child is feeling confident with their book you can challenge them by asking them questions about what they have read or by asking them to recall the story they have read. Reading books and logs should be brought back into school each day.

Homework will be sent home on a Friday and is due back in the following Wednesday. Please can you encourage your child to complete as much of their homework as possible, homework will build on skills taught within school or be a task that will build their confidence ready for an upcoming lesson.

We will now be having weekly spelling tests on a Wednesday. This will be testing your child on the spellings that are sent home as part of their homework. Please ensure you are spending some time learning these with your child in preparation for this. Thank you.

If there are any questions, please do ask.

OUR AWARD WINNERS THIS WEEK

Congratulations to our 'Values Award' winner of the week!

Myra has been showing a growth mindset towards tricky tasks. She has made great progress because of this. Keep it up!

 Congratulations to our 'Effort Award' winner of the week!

Romeo has been thinking carefully during our English 'Three Quick Questions' and has been making important contributions in class. Well done!

Next week, we will be...

Next week in English, we will be looking at the text 'Little Red Reading Hood' and we will be exploring the characters and plot. In Maths, we will be learning how to add amounts of money that contain pounds and pence. During Science, we will be exploring and comparing different habitats around the world. As part of our Geography lesson we will be learning about symbols on maps. 

 

 

 

Hazel Class - Year 2

Date: 10th January 2025

What we have been learning this week... 

Welcome back to the start of the spring term and I hope you had a lovely break.
This week we have been exploring our class text that we read before Christmas, 'The Nothing to see Here Hotel'. We have been looking at a map of the hotel and using our imagination to describe what the rooms looked like. We also had to think about the character of Granny Regurgita who is a troll! We had to think about what a troll looks like and uses expanded noun phrases to describe her.
In Maths, we have been sorting shapes based on their properties and exploring edges and vertices. We have been using the 3D shapes to do this and been marking on the edges and vertices.
During Geography, we began our new topic of expeditions and journeys. We started to think about where we go on a daily, weekly and yearly basis. We enjoyed chatting about the different places that we have been. 
In Art, we have started to learn about portraits. We went to our Hazel art gallery and had a look at lots of famous portraits. We then had to pick our favourite portrait and try and copy the style that the artist used. 

How you can help...

Please continue to read regularly with your child and log their reading. If your child is feeling confident with their book you can challenge them by asking them questions about what they have read or by asking them to recall the story they have read. Reading books and logs should be brought back into school each day.

Homework will be sent home on a Friday and is due back in the following Wednesday. Please can you encourage your child to complete as much of their homework as possible, homework will build on skills taught within school or be a task that will build their confidence ready for an upcoming lesson.

We will now be starting weekly spelling tests on a Wednesday. This will be testing your child on the spellings that are sent home as part of their homework. Please ensure you are spending some time learning these with your child in preparation for this. Thank you.

If there are any questions, please do ask.

OUR AWARD WINNERS THIS WEEK

Congratulations to our 'Values Award' winner of the week!

Will has been a great role model this week. He has been taking part in class discussions and always sharing his ideas with others. This has been really helpful to everyone in class. Great job!

 Congratulations to our 'Effort Award' winner of the week!

Lio N has made a great start to the new term. He has been focussing hard in lessons and has produced great work especially in maths. Well done!

Next week, we will be...

Next week in English, we will be exploring the different sentence types and will be learning how to write statement, command, question and exclamatory sentences. In Maths, we will be starting our new topic of money and will be learning how to add using different coins and notes. In Science, we will be learning about animal habitats and during Geography we will be making a map of the school.

 

 

Hazel Class - Year 2

Date: 20th December 2024

What we have been learning this week... 

We have come to the end of our first term in Hazel and it has been a great one!
This week we have been exploring a Christmas advert in English. We watched the story of the Bear and the Hare. We had to use expanded noun phrases to describe the setting in the story and then we had to retell the story using interesting vocabulary and correct punctuation. During Maths, we have been further exploring lines of symmetry and classifying 2D and 3D shapes. 
For History, we thought about the answer to our big question, 'Was the Great Fire of London a Good Thing?'. We explored positive and negative changes that came about as a result of the fire and reviewed our learning for this half term. In Computing, we had a chance to put our coding skills to the test and code an adventure story for someone else in the class to watch. We had to use the buttons correctly and make the story follow in sequence.
We ended our week with some fun Christmas crafts and a party as a final end of term treat. Thank you all for your kind donations of food. They were very much enjoyed by the children.
I hope you have a great break and I look forward to seeing you all again in the new year.

Activities we have enjoyed this week...

We have been doing some Christmas themed crafting and made hats to wear to lunch!

 

How you can help...

Please continue to read regularly with your child and log their reading. If your child is feeling confident with their book you can challenge them by asking them questions about what they have read or by asking them to recall the story they have read. Reading books and logs should be brought back into school each day.

Homework will be sent home on a Friday and is due back in the following Wednesday. Please can you encourage your child to complete as much of their homework as possible, homework will build on skills taught within school or be a task that will build their confidence ready for an upcoming lesson.

We will now be starting weekly spelling tests on a Wednesday. This will be testing your child on the spellings that are sent home as part of their homework. Please ensure you are spending some time learning these with your child in preparation for this. Thank you.

If there are any questions, please do ask.

OUR AWARD WINNERS THIS WEEK

 Due to our final assembly of the term being in church we will not be having a certificate assembly this week.

Next week, we will be...

There will be no homework set over the break but please do try to read with your child wherever possible. Thank you. 

During the first week back we will be finishing off our geometry unit in Maths. During English, we will be exploring our class text of 'The Nothing to See Here Hotel'. We will be writing about the setting of the hotel and practicing our comprehension skills to answer questions about the text. In Geography, we will be starting our new topic of expeditions and looking at the difference between an everyday journey and an expedition. In Science, we begin our new topic of living things and their environment. Our new PSHE topic will be thinking about our dreams and goals.

 

 


Hazel Class - Year 2

Date: 13th December 2024

What we have been learning this week...

 It might have been our busiest week in Year 2 yet!

We hoped you have all enjoyed our performances of Prickly Hay. The children have been working so hard on this and the outcome has been absolutely amazing! Thank you for all your support with helping to learn lines and creating beautiful costumes.
In English, we have been learning about diary writing and have used our knowledge from History to write a diary as though we were living in London during the Great Fire. We had to think about our use of time conjunctions, first person vocabulary and ensure we were writing in the correct tense. In Maths, we have been learning about the properties of shapes with a focus on how to identify the number of vertices that a shape has. In Art, we continued to practice our printing skills and have been working towards making our own Adinkra cloth in groups. Alongside our classroom learning we got to watch the Acorn's Christmas performance and we had a visit from GenR8 for an assembly. We also got to watch a pantomime performance of Mother Goose.

Activities we have enjoyed this week...

We have been building shapes that we have been learning about.

 

How you can help...

Please continue to read regularly with your child and log their reading. If your child is feeling confident with their book you can challenge them by asking them questions about what they have read or by asking them to recall the story they have read. Reading books and logs should be brought back into school each day.

Homework will be sent home on a Friday and is due back in the following Wednesday. Please can you encourage your child to complete as much of their homework as possible, homework will build on skills taught within school or be a task that will build their confidence ready for an upcoming lesson.

We will now be starting weekly spelling tests on a Wednesday. This will be testing your child on the spellings that are sent home as part of their homework. Please ensure you are spending some time learning these with your child in preparation for this. Thank you.

If there are any questions, please do ask.

OUR AWARD WINNERS THIS WEEK

 Due to visits to the pantomime we will not be having a certificate assembly this week.

Next week, we will be...

In Maths, we will be exploring symmetry and how to draw shapes and lines accurately. In English, we will be looking at a Christmas advert and writing some descriptions about the setting. For History, we will be answering our big question of whether or not the Great Fire of London was a good thing. In PSHE, we will be thinking about challenges we face at school and how we can overcome them.

 

 

Hazel Class - Year 2

Date: 6th December 2024

What we have been learning this week...

We have had another busy week in Year 2!

This week in English, we have been exploring the text 'Traction Man'. We have described the character of Traction Man and have thought about appropriate adjectives we can use to describe his appearance and behaviour. In Maths, we have finished our topic on addition and subtraction by looking at balanced equations. This involved us having to do a couple of steps to successfully answer each question. We have then started our new topic of geometry. This week we have been looking at 2D shapes and being able to identify them and talk mathematically about their properties.

During Science, we learnt about the 5 food groups and had to sort out food into the correct groups. In RE, we thought about the significance of the birth of Jesus and looked at 'The Mystic Nativity' by Botticelli to understand why Jesus was thought of as a King.  In History, we became Christopher Wren and had to redesign London after the Great Fire. We had to make sure that we followed all the building 

We have been continuing to practice our Christmas performance as much as possible. Costumes can come into school at any time however please could you ensure they are in school before our dress rehearsal on the 10th December. Thank you.

Please note your child has been sent home with their tickets for the play today (6/12/24). Each child has 2 tickets for the afternoon performance and 2 tickets for the evening performance.

Activities we have enjoyed this week...

We have been working on our team building skills during a visit to the nature reserve.

 

 

How you can help...

Please continue to read regularly with your child and log their reading. If your child is feeling confident with their book you can challenge them by asking them questions about what they have read or by asking them to recall the story they have read. Reading books and logs should be brought back into school each day.

Homework will be sent home on a Friday and is due back in the following Wednesday. Please can you encourage your child to complete as much of their homework as possible, homework will build on skills taught within school or be a task that will build their confidence ready for an upcoming lesson.

We will now be starting weekly spelling tests on a Wednesday. This will be testing your child on the spellings that are sent home as part of their homework. Please ensure you are spending some time learning these with your child in preparation for this. Thank you.

If there are any questions, please do ask.

OUR AWARD WINNERS THIS WEEK

Congratulations to our 'Values Award' winner of the week!

 Henry has been showing the value of friendship this week and stopped what he was doing to prioritise a friend in need. This was lovely to see!

Congratulations to our 'Effort Award' winner of the week!

This week, Jacob has been working hard and producing great work. He has also been a great example of how to use manners. Well done!

Next week, we will be...

In Maths, we will be continuing our new topic on shape. We will be continuing to explore the properties of 2D and 3D shapes. During English, we will be writing recounts that imagine what happened to us on the first day of the Great Fire of London. We have lots of exciting events to fill next week to including a visit from GenR8, Mother Goose pantomime coming to perform and watching Acorn's Christmas performance!

 

 

Hazel Class - Year 2

Date: 29nd November 2024

What we have been learning this week...

This week it has been our DT week. Each afternoon we have had a different focus linked to our topic of wheels and axels. First of all we thought about how wheels work and went on a hunt for wheels around school. We also had to get ourselves into groups and come up with a design brief for the pull along toy that we were creating. This involved us considering the amount of equipment and materials that we needed and how we were going to use them effectively. We knew we could only use what was on our design brief so we had to think carefully! As a team, we worked together to build our toy, we then tested out the quality of our toy and ensured that it did what we intended. This formed part of our final afternoon of evaluating our toy. Thank you to everyone who donated cardboard for us to be able to do this activity.

During Maths, we have been thinking about how to use base ten to exchange. We were using one-digit numbers at the start of the week and then progressed to subtracting two-digit numbers. In RE, we have started to think about why Christmas is important to Christians and we looked at the role of people in the Nativity story. 

We have been continuing to practice our Christmas performance. Costumes can come into school at any time however please could you ensure they are in school before our dress rehearsal on the 10th December. Thank you.

Activities we have enjoyed this week...

Look at what we have been up to in DT week!

 

How you can help...

Please continue to read regularly with your child and log their reading. If your child is feeling confident with their book you can challenge them by asking them questions about what they have read or by asking them to recall the story they have read. Reading books and logs should be brought back into school each day.

Homework will be sent home on a Friday and is due back in the following Wednesday. Please can you encourage your child to complete as much of their homework as possible, homework will build on skills taught within school or be a task that will build their confidence ready for an upcoming lesson.

We will now be starting weekly spelling tests on a Wednesday. This will be testing your child on the spellings that are sent home as part of their homework.

If there are any questions, please do ask.

OUR AWARD WINNERS THIS WEEK

Congratulations to our 'Values Award' winner of the week!

 Nashe has been making new friends this week and they have even been in other year groups. He has been working with others and trying new activities. Keep it up!

Congratulations to our 'Effort Award' winner of the week!

Ralphie has been working hard in DT week to show his teamwork skills. He has ensured there has been turn taking and he has listened to the ideas of his group. Well done! 

 

Next week, we will be...

In Maths, we will be starting our new topic on shape. We will be starting by reviewing our shape names and then we will be exploring vertices in 2D shapes.  During English, we will be exploring the story of Traction Man and writing an alternative adventure for him. In History, we will be looking at the change in London's architecture following the Great Fire of London. In Science, we will be looking at the food groups and sorting food into the correct groups.

 

 


Hazel Class - Year 2

Date: 22nd November 2024

What we have been learning this week...

This week in English we have been thinking about riddles. We had to solve lots of different riddles to start the week off before we had a go at planning our own animal riddle and using 'I' and 'my' to write our own. We had lots of fun doing this and it really made us think about how to use detailed description. In Maths, we have been recapping some key addition and subtraction skills to ensure we are building on our number fluency.

During History, we thought about how the Great Fire of London affected the amount of people being infected by the plague. We looked at what life was like and summarised our findings. In Art, we used rollers to practice making our own prints to get used to the printing technique needed to make our Adinkra cloths. In Science, we explored the benefits of exercise and considered how each activity we did made us feel. We had to answer some questions after we took part in some fun workouts.

 

Activities we have enjoyed this week...

We listened to some pop song versions of hymns and thought about what we learn about God from them. Have a look at what we added to our reflection area.

 

How you can help...

Please continue to read regularly with your child and log their reading. If your child is feeling confident with their book you can challenge them by asking them questions about what they have read or by asking them to recall the story they have read. Reading books and logs should be brought back into school each day.

Homework will be sent home on a Friday and is due back in the following Wednesday. Please can you encourage your child to complete as much of their homework as possible, homework will build on skills taught within school or be a task that will build their confidence ready for an upcoming lesson.

We will now be starting weekly spelling tests on a Wednesday. This will be testing your child on the spellings that are sent home as part of their homework.

If there are any questions, please do ask.

OUR AWARD WINNERS THIS WEEK

Congratulations to our 'Values Award' winner of the week!

 Catherine has been showing the value of hope well this week by coming in and looking on the bright side. She has been sharing with adults what she is looking forward to that day. Keep it up!

Congratulations to our 'Effort Award' winner of the week!

 Leo has been working really hard on his maths. He tries new things by himself and is great at thinking about what other resources he could use to help solve a problem. Great job!

 

Next week, we will be...

In Maths, we will be looking at subtracting both crossing ten and not crossing ten. During English, we will be working on using some of our key phonics sounds in different activities to help consolidate our knowledge.

Next week is our DT week and we will be learning how to use wheels and axels to make vehicles. We are still looking for different sized and shaped cardboard boxes to be able to complete this activity, if you are able to send in your child with any boxes by Wednesday 27th we would be very grateful. Thank you.

 

 

 

Hazel Class - Year 2

Date: 15th November 2024

What we have been learning this week...

 It has been another lovely week in Hazel Class. We have begun our rehearsals this week and the children have been doing well. Please can your child bring their script into school everyday as we will fit in practice whenever we can. Please can any costumes be brought into school in a named bag as they are ready. Thank you for your support with this. 

In English this week we have been writing our own animal poems. We planned some rhyming words relating to our animals and then we learnt how to write a rhyming couplet. During Maths, we have been focussing on using place value to add and subtract ten from a number. Alongside this, we learnt how to draw different representations of numbers that we by using clues to help us figure out what the number is.

Our Science lesson helped us to learn about the life cycles of different animals and humans. We had to order a life cycle correctly and describe what is happening at each stage. In History, we learnt about the equipment used to put out the fire during the Great Fire of London. We had a description of the equipment and how it worked and then had to find the correct piece of equipment. In Art, we made our Adinka prints. We had to use a foam block and create the outline then use a roller to paint the symbol carefully. During PE,  the children were practicing different ways to jump off the equipment and land safely as part of their gymnastics lesson.

Activities we have enjoyed this week...

Look at our amazing poems!

 

 

How you can help...

Please continue to read regularly with your child and log their reading. If your child is feeling confident with their book you can challenge them by asking them questions about what they have read or by asking them to recall the story they have read. Reading books and logs should be brought back into school each day.

Homework will be sent home on a Friday and is due back in the following Wednesday. Please can you encourage your child to complete as much of their homework as possible, homework will build on skills taught within school or be a task that will build their confidence ready for an upcoming lesson.

We will now be starting weekly spelling tests on a Wednesday. This will be testing your child on the spellings that are sent home as part of their homework.

If there are any questions, please do ask.

OUR AWARD WINNERS THIS WEEK

Congratulations to our 'Values Award' winner of the week!

 Beau has been working hard to show lots of positive attitude in school. He has been smiling loads and makes the classroom feel happier. Keep it up!

Congratulations to our 'Effort Award' winner of the week!

River has been working really hard on his poetry this week. He has used exciting vocabulary and made a funny rhyming poem for us. Well done!

 

Next week, we will be...

In English we will be learning about riddles to complete our unit on poetry. In Maths, we will be consolidating some of our learning so far. This week the children will also be completing some assessment papers during English and Math time. In History we will be exploring the impact of the plague on life in London. During Art, we will be learning how to present our symbols in different patterns. For Science, we will be exploring the impact of exercise on our bodies.

The week of the 25th will be our DT week, we will be learning how to use wheels and axels to make vehicles. We are looking for different sized and shaped cardboard boxes for this activity, if you are able to send in your child with any boxes up until that date we would be very grateful. Thank you.

 

 

 

 

 


Hazel Class - Year 2

Date: 8th November 2024

What we have been learning this week...

 It has been a great start to Autumn 2 in Hazel. We have begun our rehearsals this week and the children have been doing well. Please can your child bring their script into school everyday as we will fit in practice whenever we can. Your child will also have brought home a letter on Tuesday with information about their part and the costume they should wear. Please can any costumes be brought into school in a named bag as they are ready (no rush!). Thank you for your support with this. 

In English, we have been exploring poetry. This week we have used fireworks to inspire our writing and created our own poems following an adjective-noun-verb structure. We ended the week by publishing our poems as shape poems. In Maths, we have been continuing to explore the make ten strategy and linking it with subtraction. 

During Science, we started our topic of animals and humans by thinking about the difference between want and need. Our new topic is a History one all about the Great Fire of London. This week we have timetabled the events of the fire and looked at the key events of the fire. In Art, we will be looking at how to print on fabric. We have started to think about different symbols that we can use in our printing.

Activities we have enjoyed this week...

We have been learning how to write our own music!

 

 

How you can help...

Please continue to read regularly with your child and log their reading. If your child is feeling confident with their book you can challenge them by asking them questions about what they have read or by asking them to recall the story they have read. Reading books and logs should be brought back into school each day.

Homework will be sent home on a Friday and is due back in the following Wednesday. Please can you encourage your child to complete as much of their homework as possible, homework will build on skills taught within school or be a task that will build their confidence ready for an upcoming lesson.

We will now be starting weekly spelling tests on a Wednesday. This will be testing your child on the spellings that are sent home as part of their homework.

If there are any questions, please do ask.

OUR AWARD WINNERS THIS WEEK

Congratulations to our 'Values Award' winner of the week!

 This week Emily has been showing how she can make the right choice in class. She has thought carefully about her actions and always made the right choice. Keep it up!

Congratulations to our 'Effort Award' winner of the week!

 Harper has been putting in lots of effort into her phonics and reading. She has made great progress because of this. Well done, you have done brilliantly!

 

Next week, we will be...

For English, we will be learning how to write rhyming poetry. During Maths, we will be using our subtraction skills to learn how to subtract across 10. In History, we will be looking at the difference between past and present firefighting. During Science, we will be learning about different life cycles. We will also be learning our lines whenever possible.

 

 

Hazel Class - Year 2

Date: 25th October 2024

What we have been learning this week...

 We have really enjoyed music week in Hazel. This week we had some visitors teaching us how to play instruments made from recycled materials. We attended a dance workshop where we learnt how to use ribbons in performances. Hazel got to watch different performances from the children in school including a lovely piano performance from Ritika. As a special treat, we went to the nature reserve with Year 5 to make some musical instruments and paired up to conduct mini concerts using our instruments. We have been busy learning our Christmas play songs and also had a Disney sing-along. To end our week we attended a guitar workshop.

During English, we have been looking at different movie characters and practising using correct sentence structure and punctuation to write sentences about the characters. For Maths, we have been looking at number bonds and how we can use our number bond knowledge to help us solve addition and subtraction equations. During Science, we answered questions to show how much we have learnt over the weeks on our material topic. In PSHE, we came up with our own learning charter to highlight the rules we would like to see followed in Hazel. We also spent time with Willow this week to start to learn the actions for our Christmas songs.

Activities we have enjoyed this week...

We had a great time when the junk orchestra came to visit!

How you can help...

Please continue to read regularly with your child and log their reading. If your child is feeling confident with their book you can challenge them by asking them questions about what they have read or by asking them to recall the story they have read. Reading books and logs should be brought back into school each day.

Homework will be sent home on a Friday and is due back in the following Wednesday. Please can you encourage your child to complete as much of their homework as possible, homework will build on skills taught within school or be a task that will build their confidence ready for an upcoming lesson.

If there are any questions, please do ask.

OUR AWARD WINNERS THIS WEEK

Congratulations to our 'Values Award' winner of the week!

 Albie has been modelling the value of friendship this week. He has made sure that he treats everyone kindly and is a great role model for how to be a good friend. Well done!

Congratulations to our 'Effort Award' winner of the week!

Huxley has been working hard this week on improving his sentences. He has thought really carefully about what he needs to include and has produced some great writing. Keep it up!

 

Next week, we will be...

 Have a lovely half term next week and a well earned rest. There will be no homework set but please do encourage your child to read over the holiday and to log their reading. 

Hazel Class - Year 2

Date: 18th October 2024

What we have been learning this week...

 It has been a busy week in Hazel Class. 

In English, we have been writing innovated versions of Little Red Riding Hood. We had to think about what we could change within the text. We have used our adjective skills to make the stories interesting and full of action. Our maths lessons this week have been all about connections with numbers. We had to think about fact families and how we can use what we know to help us learn something new.

For Science this week, we wrote the conclusions to our water experiment last week. During PE, we were practicing how to skip and thinking about how to control our bodies so that we could jump high but safely. In Geography we compared animals in hot and cold countries and looked at how they can adapt to their surroundings. 

Congratulations to our new Eco Councillors, Ritika and Ralph! They will be working with other councillors across the school to help make our school as eco-friendly as possible.

Activities we have enjoyed this week...

We had been enjoying writing our innovated stories!

How you can help...

Please continue to read regularly with your child and log their reading. If your child is feeling confident with their book you can challenge them by asking them questions about what they have read or by asking them to recall the story they have read. Reading books and logs should be brought back into school each day.

Homework will be sent home on a Friday and is due back in the following Wednesday. Please can you encourage your child to complete as much of their homework as possible, homework will build on skills taught within school or be a task that will build their confidence ready for an upcoming lesson.

If there are any questions, please do ask.

OUR AWARD WINNERS THIS WEEK

Congratulations to our 'Values Award' winner of the week!

 Naomi has been working on her courage value and trying new things. You should be very proud of yourself!

Congratulations to our 'Effort Award' winner of the week!

Well done to Phoebe who has been making great progress with her phonics and reading. You are doing so well! Keep it up! 

Next week, we will be...

In Maths, we will be learning about number bonds and working within 100. During English, we will be looking at different film characters and describing what they look like and how they behave. During Science and Geography, we will be reviewing our learning for the end of our topics. 

Hazel Class - Year 2

Date: 11th October 2024

What we have been learning this week...

 It has been a lovely week in Hazel Class. This week we got to go back to the nature reserve and had fun climbing and working together to build a den.

In English, we have been learning about how to write a question correctly and had a chance to quiz the wolf about why he tried to eat poor Little Red Riding Hood! In Maths, we have been thinking about our 2,3,5 and 10 times tables. We have been exploring different ways to find these numbers and have been doing some problem solving around the multiples in these tables.
For our Science lesson, we built our rain hats to see if we picked the right material following our investigation last week. During Geography, we looked at how life is different for people who live in opposite temperatures to each other. We learnt some facts and had to sort them into the correct group. For Computing, we further explored how to send email and even got some replies back!
Congratulations to our new Book Champions, Heath and Sonny! They will be in charge of making sure that the books used by Hazel and anywhere around the school are well cared for.

Activities we have enjoyed this week...

We had a great time learning about life in other countries!

 

How you can help...

Please continue to read regularly with your child and log their reading. If your child is feeling confident with their book you can challenge them by asking them questions about what they have read or by asking them to recall the story they have read. Reading books and logs should be brought back into school each day.

Homework will be sent home on a Friday and is due back in the following Wednesday. Please can you encourage your child to complete as much of their homework as possible, homework will build on skills taught within school or be a task that will build their confidence ready for an upcoming lesson.

If there are any questions, please do ask.

OUR AWARD WINNERS THIS WEEK

Congratulations to our 'Values Award' winner of the week!

Elsy is a great example of how to use the friendship value. She cares for others and everyone is drawn to her positive attitude. Keep this up!

Congratulations to our 'Effort Award' winner of the week!

Eddie has been really busy this week. He always likes to share his ideas with the class and his hand will be raised for almost every question! Amazing work!

Next week, we will be...

In Maths, we will be learning how to complete a fact family. In English, we will be innovating the story of Little Red Riding Hood. In Science, we will be learning how to write a conclusion to a scientific experiment. Our Geography lesson will be focussing on animals in hot and cold countries.

Hazel Class - Year 2

Date: 4th October 2024

What we have been learning this week...

We have had another busy week in Year 2! This week alongside our learning we have been having lots of practice for our harvest festival.

In English, we have been focussing on the story of Little Red Riding Hood. We have been sequencing and ordering the story before thinking about how to use 'and' to write about the food Little Red brought to her grandmother. In Maths, we have been thinking about estimating numbers and using our number knowledge to make sensible predictions about number placement. 

In Science, we have been exploring the property of waterproof and have been testing materials that would make a suitable umbrella. During Geography, we used atlases to recreate a world map. We had to think about the size and shape of the continent to make it fit within the map. For PSHE, we started to think about how we can earn rewards and what the meaning of consequence is. We discussed different scenarios where we have experienced these things.

Activities we have enjoyed this week...

We had a great time performing our Little Red Riding Hood stories!

 

How you can help...

Please continue to read regularly with your child and log their reading. If your child is feeling confident with their book you can challenge them by asking them questions about what they have read or by asking them to recall the story they have read. Reading books and logs should be brought back into school each day.

Homework will be sent home on a Friday and is due back in the following Wednesday. Please ask your child to name their homework.

If there are any questions, please do ask.

OUR AWARD WINNERS THIS WEEK

Congratulations to our 'Values Award' winner of the week!

Christiana is a role model to the class. She consistently shows the value of hope and is positive about her learning at school. Well done!

Congratulations to our 'Effort Award' winner of the week!

Sonny has been working hard in maths this week and has made really good progress in his learning. He always takes part in class discussions. Keep it up!

Next week, we will be...

In Maths, we will be learning how to use our multiples of 2,3,5 and 10 to solve different problems. In English, we will be continuing to focus on Little Red Riding Hood and will be learning how to write questions. In Science, we will be using our results from this week to create a rain hat that is waterproof. Our Geography lesson will be focussing on life in hot and cold countries.

Hazel Class - Year 2

Date: 27th September 2024

What we have been learning this week...

It has been another great week in Hazel Class!

In English, we have used our Goldilocks and the Three Bears story from last week to inspire some descriptive writing about the woods. We thought about the nature reserve as part of this and how we can link our adjectives to our 5 senses. In Maths, we have been continuing with our learning about tens and ones. This week we have been looking at how to flexibly partition numbers into the different tens and ones combinations that they can make.

For Science this week, we explored how to change the physical state of a solid. We had to twist, bend and scrunch different solids and assess whether it was possible for that solid to change. During Geography, we had to complete our climate map using the Equator, North Pole and South Pole as our temperature guides. In Art, we started to think about crops that can be grown in the UK to link with harvest and then began to make our collages of these crops. In PE, the children were working on their team building skills and thought about techniques to allow them to use a tennis racket and ball to get a ball from one side of the playground to the other without dropping it.

Activities we have enjoyed this week...

We have been really enjoying our Just Read sessions where we have been reading George's Marvellous Medicine! We are up to a very exciting part!

 

 

 

How you can help...

Please continue to read regularly with your child and log their reading. If your child is feeling confident with their book you can challenge them by asking them questions about what they have read or by asking them to recall the story they have read. Reading books and logs should be brought back into school each day.

Homework will be sent home on a Friday and is due back in the following Wednesday. Please ask your child to name their homework.

If there are any questions, please do ask.

OUR AWARD WINNERS THIS WEEK

Congratulations to our 'Values Award' winner of the week!

Heath consistently shows his values in school. He has been a great friend this week and makes sure that no-one is left out. Great job!

Congratulations to our 'Effort Award' winner of the week!

Alexander has been amazing this week at working independently, he is always keen to try the task and is producing amazing work. Keep it up!

Next week, we will be...

In Maths, we will be learning how to estimate on number lines that end in different amounts. Our English topic will be focussing on Little Red Riding Hood and we will be sequencing and performing the story. In Science, we will be making predictions about materials that we think might be waterproof. In Art, we will be continuing to explore the topic of collage. If you have any spare newspapers we could use for this, we would be very grateful. Thank you in advance. 

Hazel Class - Year 2

Date: 20th September 2024

What we have been learning this week...

It has been a busy week in Year 2 and we have been getting stuck into lots of new learning!

In English, we have started our new topic focussing on Goldilocks and the Three Bears. We have been thinking about adjectives and verbs to talk about Goldilocks and have become familiar with the story by creating story maps in pairs. During our maths lessons, we have been learning about how we partition numbers into tens and ones. We have been using base ten to practise making our own numbers and then challenged ourselves by using pictures of base ten to identify the number.

During PSHE, we thought about the rights that the children have and we discussed which rights that the children felt were the most important for them to have. Our science lesson this week involved us thinking about different objects and whether various different materials had the right properties for it to be a good choice to use. For example, we talked about whether a window made of wood would be useful and why not. In Geography, we identified the oceans around the world and labelled them correctly on a world map.

This week was our first visit to the nature reserve where we played some running games and several children worked in a big group to build a den for themselves to play in.
Congratulations to our school council representatives Nolan and River! It was lovely to see how much effort all the children had put into their presentations on what a good school councillor does. Well done everyone.

Activities we have enjoyed this week...

We have been working hard at identifying our continents and oceans.

How you can help...

Please continue to read regularly with your child and log their reading. If your child is feeling confident with their book you can challenge them by asking them questions about what they have read or by asking them to recall the story they have read. Reading books and logs should be brought back into school each day.

Homework will be sent home on a Friday and is due back in the following Wednesday. Please ask your child to name their homework.

If there are any questions, please do ask.

OUR AWARD WINNERS THIS WEEK

Congratulations to our 'Values Award' winner of the week!

Ralph has been an amazing role model for the values this week. He consistently shows friendship to all those around him and has a sunny smile for everyone. Keep this up!

Congratulations to our 'Effort Award' winner of the week!

Ritika works hard no matter what she does. She gives everything a go and always approaches her learning with a positive attitude. Well done Ritika!

Next week, we will be...

In Maths, we will be continuing to explore tens and ones and will start to use flexible partitioning. In English, we will be thinking about setting descriptions and using the nature reserve to help inspire our writing. In Art, we will be working on making collages using different mediums. If you have any spare newspapers that we could use for this we would be very grateful. Thank you. 

Hazel Class - Year 2

Date: 13th September 2024

What we have been learning this week...

 We have had a great start to Year 2 in Hazel Class! It has been lovely to see so many happy children coming into class each day and they have settled so well. 

Our English topic this week has been all about getting to know each other. We have had to label images of ourselves using vocabulary about parts of the body. We then expanded this to include descriptive sentences about our appearance using exciting adjectives. As a class, we thought about how we could upscale our vocabulary to make our sentences even more interesting, for example using 'light blue' instead of just 'blue'. To end our week, we challenged ourselves by using the word 'because' to expand our writing.
In Maths, we have been exploring addition and subtraction. We used the equipment in our maths boxes to help us solve the equations. The children have been fantastic at presenting their work really neatly in their book and using one digit per square. To end our week, we have been using a growth mindset to help us tackle tricky maths problems where we have to use more than one step to solve the problem.
During PSHE, we have thought about things that might worry us and the children have met our class worry monster who is there to help get rid of the worries that the children may have. George the Monster (named by the children!) will be spending the year with Hazel Class. 
Our Science topic is focussing on materials around us and we thought about different classroom objects and the material it is made of. We practised this skill by going out on a material hunt.
This half term we are looking at a Geography topic where we will be learning about hot and cold places around the world. This week we started by naming and locating the seven continents. We listened to the continent song and this helped us to locate which continent we live in.

Activities we have enjoyed this week...

We have had an amazing time exploring our class free reading books! 

      

  

 

 

How you can help...

Please continue to read regularly with your child and log their reading. If your child is feeling confident with their book you can challenge them by asking them questions about what they have read or by asking them to recall the story they have read.

If there are any questions, please do ask.

OUR AWARD WINNERS THIS WEEK

Congratulations to our 'Values Award' winner of the week!

Nolan has had a great start to Year 2 and has modelled the values amazingly, especially friendship. Great job Nolan, keep it up! 

Congratulations to our 'Effort Award' winner of the week!

 Paisley has been giving everything a go this week. She has worked really hard on lots of new challenges in Year 2. Amazing work Paisley!

Next week, we will be...

Next week, we will be starting our English topic on Goldilocks and the Three Bears, we will be thinking about the order of the story and looking at verbs and adjectives to describe Goldilocks. In Maths, we will be looking at numbers within 100 and thinking about the tens and ones, for example 19 is 1 ten and 9 ones. Geography will be focussing on identifying the different oceans and in Science we will be further exploring materials and their properties.

Miss Cornwell
lcornwell@bourn.cambs.sch.uk

Hazel Class - Year 2

Date: 19th July 2024

What we have been learning this week...

This week has been our final week together in Class Hazel. What a lovely week it has been! In our English lessons at the beginning of the week, we wrote setting descriptions inspired by different pictures - one focusing on a beautiful lake and another on the African Savanah. Lastly, we all design a character to live in our lake setting and wrote some sentences. Throughout the week, we have talked about nouns, adjectives and prepositions. 

In Maths, we practised telling the time in chunks of five minutes, using past and to. We are still getting the hang of it and will continue to practise next year.

Our afternoons have been the perfect time to focus on our final artwork for the year. We created the background using different painting techniques, used our shading skills to design planets and rockets and finally put it all together. As I'm sure you'll agree, we created a masterpiece!

Activities we have enjoyed this week...

Look at our AMAZING Space Art masterpieces!

      

  

  

How you can help...

We want to continue to support the children in sustaining their attention for longer periods of time. A fun way you can practise this at home is by playing board games with your child to encourage cooperation, remembering instructions, and planning ahead.

Please continue to practise number bonds at home, so that the children can immediately recall each pair. You could play snap, number bonds tennis (one person says one number, the other says its pair) or have a go at this fun game! 

Hit the Button - Quick fire maths practise for 6-11 year olds (topmarks.co.uk)

We are always looking for parent helpers to come and support us with reading in school. Even if you have just one afternoon to offer per week, this could make all the difference! 

OUR AWARD WINNERS THIS WEEK

There we no certificates this week, as we said goodbye to our lovely leavers.

Next week, we will be...

Next week will be SUMMER. Have a wonderful break... I wish the children all the best and wish them lots of luck for Year 3. 

Signing off for the final time, 
Miss Grist
 

Friday 12th July 

Hazel Class - Year 2

Date: 12th July 2024

What we have been learning this week...

This week has been another busy one. 

We started our week planning, writing and editing Thank You letters to Paxton Pits, before writing and illustrating a polished version. Later in the week, we have focused on using nouns, adjectives and prepositions to write a setting description. We loved it so much, we can't wait to have another setting to focus on next week! 

In Maths, we have continued to practise telling the time. We revised quarter past and quarter to before concentrating on telling the time past the hour in chunks of five minutes. Lots of us found this tricky, so we have practised in different ways starting with the minute hand first, then adding in the hour hand once we had the hang of '... minutes past'.

We have really focused on RE this week by exploring the Torah. We found out why it is a Jewish person's favourite book, heard and retold the creation story (which is the same as in the Bible!) and heard and retold the story of Moses in teams. In our Art lesson, we explored different tools to create patterns for the backgrounds of our Space Art inspired by Peter Thorpe. 

In Zippy's Friends this week, we have discussed how to solve a problem between friends, how to calm ourselves down when we feel upset or angry and remembered what we can do if someone is being bullied. 

Activities we have enjoyed this week...

We loved exploring different textures in Art.

                                

             

How you can help...

We want to continue to support the children in sustaining their attention for longer periods of time. A fun way you can practise this at home is by playing board games with your child to encourage cooperation, remembering instructions, and planning ahead.

Please continue to practise number bonds at home, so that the children can immediately recall each pair. You could play snap, number bonds tennis (one person says one number, the other says its pair) or have a go at this fun game! 

Hit the Button - Quick fire maths practise for 6-11 year olds (topmarks.co.uk)

We are always looking for parent helpers to come and support us with reading in school. Even if you have just one afternoon to offer per week, this could make all the difference! 

OUR AWARD WINNERS THIS WEEK

Congratulations to our 'Manners Award' winner of the week!

Alexander shows kindness and consideration to his classmates by using kind words and actions. 

Congratulations to our 'Positive Learning Behaviour Award' winner of the week!

Immie showed her attention to detail in her thank you letter to Paxton Pits using correct punctuation and beautiful handwriting. 

Next week, we will be...

Next week we will continue to work on telling the time in Maths. We will also write more setting descriptions using nouns, adjectives and verbs. We will also be spending some time creating our final Space Art pictures using all the skills we have learned this half term.

Our PSHE lesson will be taught on Monday and the objective will be: I can identify what I am looking forward to when I move to my next class.

The key vocabulary will be: change, looking forward, excited, nervous, anxious, happy

Hazel Class - Year 2

Date: 5th July 2024

What we have been learning this week...

This week we have been very busy! 

We started our week planning for our Big Write as we thought about what happened during Sports Day. We have finished our Big Write today by writing our recounts. Meanwhile, in Maths we have practised telling the time using o'clock, half past, quarter past and quarter to. The rest of our week has been filled with lots of lovely extra-curricular activities!

We absolutely LOVED our visit to Paxton Pits Nature Reserve where we got to explore living things and their habitats in so many different ways. We went pond dipping to find living things in ponds, then used our knowledge to build our own. We built otter holts using different logs, sticks and twigs and enjoyed a walk to a bird hide to see if we could spot some cormorants. We made beautiful crowns using plants and rocks that we found in a special location where the rangers had given us permission to pick our favourite plants. We even got to go on a minibeast hunt by looking under rocks, logs and... cotton rugs! Some children even found newts! We would like to say a huge thank you to our parent helpers for coming with us and sharing our adventures with us throughout the day. 

Yesterday, we loved our move up morning, where we got to spend some more time with our new teachers - Mrs Latham and Mrs Nutland. We started by sharing some of our favourite things until we got to discover real artefacts in rocks after break! 

The rest of our afternoons this week have focused on our Community Challenge. We have researched and created informative posters about why plants are so important and what their benefits will be in our classrooms. We shared our new found knowledge in assembly and gave each class an aloe vera plant to take care of. Many thanks to the BSA for providing them. 

We have paused our Zippy's Friends lessons this week due to lots of changes to our timetable, but we look forward to continuing to solve problems next week. 

Activities we have enjoyed this week...

We had such a fantastic time at Paxton Pits Nature Reserve.

       

                 

                 

                   

                         

      

How you can help...

We want to continue to support the children in sustaining their attention for longer periods of time. A fun way you can practise this at home is by playing board games with your child to encourage cooperation, remembering instructions, and planning ahead.

Please continue to practise number bonds at home, so that the children can immediately recall each pair. You could play snap, number bonds tennis (one person says one number, the other says its pair) or have a go at this fun game! 

Hit the Button - Quick fire maths practise for 6-11 year olds (topmarks.co.uk)

We are always looking for parent helpers to come and support us with reading in school. Even if you have just one afternoon to offer per week, this could make all the difference! 

OUR AWARD WINNERS THIS WEEK

Congratulations to our 'Manners Award' winner of the week!

The whole of Year 2 were kind and respectful to the living creatures at Paxton Pits and showed consideration for the animals in their habitats.

Congratulations to our 'Positive Learning Behaviour Award' winner of the week!

The whole of Year 2 showed curiosity and enthusiasm on our school trip to Paxton Pits.

They were engaged, focused and eager to find out about otter and his friends. 

Next week, we will be...

Next week we will continue to work on telling the time in Maths. We will also write thank you letters in English, before working on descriptive sentences. Our big focus in the afternoons will be RE as we consider why the Torah is so important to Jewish people.  

Our PSHE lesson will be taught on Monday and the objective will be: I understand there are different types of touch and can tell you which ones I like and don’t like.

The key vocabulary will be: touch, texture, cuddle, hug, squeeze, like, dislike, comfortable, uncomfortable

Hazel Class - Year 2

Date: 28th  June 2024

What we have been learning this week...

This week has been our assessment week. We have worked really hard with Reading 1, Reading 2, Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar, Arithmetic and Maths Reasoning test papers - whew! The children have really impressed me with their focus and dedication to trying their best with their learning. 

In our afternoons, we have found out that cress grows best with water and sunlight but cannot survive without any water at all. Even the cress in the dark cupboard grew a little with water, even if it was unhealthy! We also worked on our class community challenge by finding out why plants are so good for us. We can't wait to share the information on posters next week. In PSHE we continued to talk about human life cycles and thought about what we would be able to do at different stages of our lives. We loved making clocks using split pins, ahead of our Maths lessons on time next week. 

To end the week, we spent some time watching puppet shows created by Year 5 about Picot - a very bad person from Cambridge. We found out he was a Norman landowner and called himself the Sheriff of Cambridgeshire. He was described as lots of different animals, including a hungry lion and cunning fox! With the help of our Year 5 friends, we then created our own animal finger puppets and used them to imagine new stories.

In Zippy's Friends, we have continued our unit about how to solve problems. We thought about what bullying was and what we can do. We discussed that everyone has a right not to be bullied and that if we see someone being bullied we should do something about it. Next, we thought about what solutions we could use. Finally, we thought about how the bully might be feeling and what we could do to prevent ourselves from becoming bullies by sharing our feelings and asking for help if something is bothering us, rather than being unkind to someone else to make us feel better. 

Activities we have enjoyed this week...

We loved seeing the Year 5 puppet shows!

        

                         

      

How you can help...

We want to continue to support the children in sustaining their attention for longer periods of time. A fun way you can practise this at home is by playing board games with your child to encourage cooperation, remembering instructions, and planning ahead.

Please continue to practise number bonds at home, so that the children can immediately recall each pair. You could play snap, number bonds tennis (one person says one number, the other says its pair) or have a go at this fun game! 

Hit the Button - Quick fire maths practise for 6-11 year olds (topmarks.co.uk)

We are always looking for parent helpers to come and support us with reading in school. Even if you have just one afternoon to offer per week, this could make all the difference! 

OUR AWARD WINNERS THIS WEEK

Congratulations to our 'Manners Award' winner of the week!

Alfred always tries to make the right choices and looks out for his classmates throughout the school day.

Congratulations to our 'Positive Learning Behaviour Award' winner of the week!

Georgie approaches all learning opportunities with positivity and enthusiasm using a fantastic growth mindset. 

Next week, we will be...

Next week we will continue our big write in English, start to practise telling the time in Maths and create posters for our community challenge. We have also got some very exciting days with our MOVE UP morning and a VERY exciting school trip to Paxton Pits! We can't wait!

Our PSHE lesson will be taught on Wednesday and the objective will be: I can recognise the physical differences between boys and girls, use the correct names for parts of the body and appreciate that some parts of my body are private.

The key vocabulary will be: male, female, penis, testicles, vulva, vagina, anus, public, private

NOTICES

 Information has been sent to parents/carers regarding our school trip. Please let us know if you can volunteer to help.  

Hazel Class - Year 2

Date: 21st June 2024

What we have been learning this week...

In our English lessons this week we have planned and written our own versions of The Friendship Bench. First, we looked at the five major plot points of the story and added our own twists. We drew a picture to remind us what decisions we made about the story. Then, we wrote small chunks about each plot point, making sure that we included capital letters and full stops in every sentence. We have also done lots of reading practise this week by reading small chunks of text and answering questions about them. In our spelling lessons, we have focused on swapping the y for i and adding -es to different words. 

In Maths, we have noticed that one half is equal to two quarters . We have also recognised three quarters of shapes and found three quarters of quantities. We needed to find one quarter first by sharing the whole amount into four equal groups, then counted three of the groups to find three quarters. 

In Science, we started our cress experiment to find out what plants need to grow. We remembered that all plants need water, air, light and the correct temperature. We've put one pot in sunlight with water, another in sunlight without water, one in the dark with water and one in the dark without water. We loved the Circus workshop on Tuesday, where we got practise juggling, plate spinning and the flower sticks. Thank you so much to the BSA for organising this fantastic event. 

We also had so much fun on Sports Day! We were fantastic at throwing javelins, sprinting and hurdles. Thank you so much to Mr French for organising a great morning! 

In Zippy's Friends, we have started our unit about how to solve problems. We thought about what steps we needed to follow to think of a solution. We created posters to remind us what we need to do. 

  • Calm down. Take deep breaths.

  • Notice how we are feeling and think about the problem. 

  • Think about ALL the solutions (even the bad ones!)

  • Choose the best solution for the problem. 

Activities we have enjoyed this week...

We loved our circus workshop! Look at our skills!

          

      

How you can help...

We want to continue to support the children in sustaining their attention for longer periods of time. A fun way you can practise this at home is by playing board games with your child to encourage cooperation, remembering instructions, and planning ahead.

Please continue to practise number bonds at home, so that the children can immediately recall each pair. You could play snap, number bonds tennis (one person says one number, the other says its pair) or have a go at this fun game! 

Hit the Button - Quick fire maths practise for 6-11 year olds (topmarks.co.uk)

We are always looking for parent helpers to come and support us with reading in school. Even if you have just one afternoon to offer per week, this could make all the difference! 

OUR AWARD WINNERS THIS WEEK

Congratulations to our 'Manners Award' winner of the week!

Aurelia shows friendliness and kindness to all her classmates and has made the best start in a new school environment. 

Congratulations to our 'Positive Learning Behaviour Award' winner of the week!

Luna has shown dedication to her learning by challenging herself to complete extra maths questions in her free time. What a star!

Next week, we will be...

Next week we will finish our 'Friendship Bench' stories, compare different fractions in Maths and start our cress experiments in Science. We cannot wait to see the circus and try our hand at some circus skills in the workshop!

Our PSHE lesson will be taught on Monday and the objective will be: I can recognise how my body has changed since I was a baby and where I am on the continuum from young to old.

The key vocabulary will be: baby, toddler, child, teenager, adult, independent, timeline, freedom, responsibilities

NOTICES

 Information has been sent to parents/carers regarding our school trip. Please let us know if you can volunteer to help.  

Hazel Class - Year 2

Date: 14th June 2024

What we have been learning this week...

Our English lessons this week have continued to focus on writing a story. We have carried on our stories throughout the week. We started by thinking about how it feels to be lonely and collected adjectives to describe different feelings. Next, we wrote a section of our story using verbs to describe different playtime activities. We also wrote a section using speech to imagine what a character would say. Today, we worked in a team to collect different vocabulary, ready for our work next week. In our spelling lessons, we revisited adding the suffixes s/-es and -ing to our /w/ sound words. 

In Maths, we have recognised thirds of shapes and quantities. We also found out what unit and non-unit fractions were. We know that unit fractions are one equal part out of the whole, whilst non-unit fractions are more than one equal part out of the whole. We practised writing different fractions, ensuring our numerators and denominators were correct. 

In History this week, we found out who Rosa Parks was and why she was so inspiring. We discussed how important it is for everyone to be treated equally and thought it was unfair that sometimes people are treated differently because of how they look. In Science, we planned an experiment so we can prove that plants need water and light to grow. In RE, we found out that the Torah is a scroll which Jewish people read and celebrate at Simchat Torah. 

In Zippy's Friends, we have continue our unit focusing on friendship. We thought especially about conflict resolution and what we can do when we fall out with a friend. Some of our ideas were fantastic, as we thought we could make them a card, ask them to play, say sorry, talk about it, offer them a handshake or do a nice thing for them.

Activities we have enjoyed this week...

We loved working in different teams to build the tallest tower with paper and tape! 

              

             

How you can help...

We want to continue to support the children in sustaining their attention for longer periods of time. A fun way you can practise this at home is by playing board games with your child to encourage cooperation, remembering instructions, and planning ahead.

Please continue to practise number bonds at home, so that the children can immediately recall each pair. You could play snap, number bonds tennis (one person says one number, the other says its pair) or have a go at this fun game! 

Hit the Button - Quick fire maths practise for 6-11 year olds (topmarks.co.uk)

We are always looking for parent helpers to come and support us with reading in school. Even if you have just one afternoon to offer per week, this could make all the difference! 

OUR AWARD WINNERS THIS WEEK

Congratulations to our 'Manners Award' winner of the week!

 Emily always uses 'please' and 'thank you' offers to help with class jobs and speaks kindly to her classmates. 

Congratulations to our 'Positive Learning Behaviour Award' winner of the week!

Theo consistently shows a positive attitude to learning, works hard to complete learning tasks and frequently shares his ideas with the class.

Next week, we will be...

Next week we will finish our 'Friendship Bench' stories, compare different fractions in Maths and start our cress experiments in Science. We cannot wait to see the circus and try our hand at some circus skills in the workshop!

Our PSHE lesson will be taught on Monday and the objective will be: I can tell you about the natural process of growing from young to old and understand that this is not in my control.

The key vocabulary will be: growing up, old, young, change, respect, appearance, physical

NOTICES

 Information has been sent to parents/carers regarding our school trip. Please let us know if you can volunteer to help.  

 

Hazel Class - Year 2

Date: 7th June 2024

What we have been learning this week...

Our English lessons this week have focused on writing a story. We have been inspired by The Friendship Bench by Wendy Wetlock. We started by predicting what the story might be about and asked questions about the text. Next, we wrote the first section of our story by using expanded noun phrases to describe the view of the sea. We used excellent adjectives like crashing waves and shimmering blue sea. Then, we wrote the second section of our story, focusing on the actions of our characters and describing how it might feel to start a new school. In our spelling lessons, we have learned about how the /w/ sound changes the spelling of the /or/ sound. 

In Maths, we have started our Fractions unit. We thought about splitting shapes and quantities into equal parts. We then moved on to recognising a half and finding a half of quantities. We remembered to write half with 1 as the numerator and 2 as the denominator by thinking about ONE equal part OUT OF TWO equals parts (1/2). Next, we recognised one quarter and found a quarter of quantities by sharing between four equal groups. We noticed that we can HALF, then HALF again to find a quarter.

Our wider curriculum this week has focused on Art, as we finished our landscapes ready for the Art Exhibition. Thank you so much for everyone who came to support us with this event. It was wonderful to see the progression of children's work throughout the school.  

 

In Zippy's Friends, we have started our unit focusing on friendship. We have thought about what makes a good friend and how to keep them. We might play with them, comfort them, make them laugh or be kind to them. We thought that a good friend wouldn't hurt us, say unkind words or upset us on purpose. We also thought about how sometimes we can feel lonely or rejected. We thought about some strategies we can use when we feel this way, like asking another friend to play, making a new friend or telling someone how we feel. 

Activities we have enjoyed this week...

We used our observational skills to create pictures of our school landscape.  

           

             

How you can help...

We want to continue to support the children in sustaining their attention for longer periods of time. A fun way you can practise this at home is by playing board games with your child to encourage cooperation, remembering instructions, and planning ahead.

Please continue to practise number bonds at home, so that the children can immediately recall each pair. You could play snap, number bonds tennis (one person says one number, the other says its pair) or have a go at this fun game! 

Hit the Button - Quick fire maths practise for 6-11 year olds (topmarks.co.uk)

We are always looking for parent helpers to come and support us with reading in school. Even if you have just one afternoon to offer per week, this could make all the difference! 

OUR AWARD WINNERS THIS WEEK

Congratulations to our 'Manners Award' winner of the week!

 Elliot waits for his turn to speak, puts his hand up when he needs help in class and shows active listening when adults are giving instructions to the class. 

Congratulations to our 'Positive Learning Behaviour Award' winner of the week!

Sylvie always contributes to class discussions and listens carefully to ensure that she has understood what she needs to do. 

Next week, we will be...

 We will continue to write our stories in English, recognise thirds in Maths and plan an experiment in Science. We will find out about influential people in our History lessons and learn about the Torah in RE. 

Our PSHE lesson will be taught on Monday and the objective will be: I can recognise cycles of life in nature.

The key vocabulary will be: change, grow, life cycle, control, baby, adult, fully grown

NOTICES

 Information has been sent to parents/carers regarding our school trip. Please let us know if you can volunteer to help.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

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