Spring 1

Spring 1 flew by but we still managed to cram in lots of learning. The children continued to work hard in Maths with numbers to 100 looking at tens and ones and how to regroup. In English the children explored Sharks in their non-fiction unit before writing a class poem inspired by the poem ‘Into the Blue’. In Science we explored the Yewtree grounds looking for mini-beasts and their habitats/micro-habitats. In RE we explored how people say thank you to their God in Islam, Christianity and Hinduism. In Geography children learnt about Kenya and this learning was carried through to Art where we explored patterns and textiles in Africa to create paper weaving and Ndebele houses. In PE children learnt new dance moves in a range of styles and applied these when creating their own dances. In Computing children became photographers whilst in PSHE they explored their dreams and goals. In Music the children learnt a new song, improvised lyrics and developed their glockenspiel skills.

One of our favourite home learning tasks of Spring 1 was the Music homework where we got to create our own musical instruments.

We look forward to the adventures of Spring 2.

This half term Year Two have used their new knowledge from History lessons on The Great Fire of London to write diaries within their English lessons. We continue to focus on always using capital letters, finger spaces and full stops.  

In Maths we began our weekly times tables tests and learnt new strategies to support our learning and recording. 

In Science we explored Everyday Materials. In DT we experimented with axels and wheels to make our vehicles move. In PSHE we Celebrated Differences and continued the theme as we explored different Religious Festivals in RE. During our Music lessons we learnt a new song and began following notes to play glockenspiels. In our Computing lessons we became Games Testers whilst in PE lessons we became Gymnasts and worked with partners to demonstrate our new skills. 

During Autumn2 really enjoyed celebrating Anti-Bullying week with Odd Sock Day and raising money for Children in Need with our Reduce-Reuse-Recycle non-uniform day. 

We hope you all had a restful winter break, and we look forward to the spring term and the adventures it brings.   

This half term Year Two have been working on getting to know each other and forming relationships- we have been impressed with how well they have settled into Year Two.  Year Two have enjoyed reading Scaredy Squirrel makes a friend in English and acting out the story, making up our own bossy commands and focusing on our question marks and exclamation marks. Our focus in English is to always remember our capital letters, finger spaces and full stops. 

In maths, exploring numbers within ten through lots of exploration. Using the manipulatives (cubes) has helped us to see this visually and lots of work around number bonds to 10, so 1 + 9 = 10, 2 + 8 = 10 etc.  Next half term we will be working on ordering numbers in maths. 

In Science we explored animals including humans, what animals and humans need in order to survive, life cycles and the importance of good hygiene. In Art we have looked at colour mixing and still life. 

Hope you all have a restful half term break, and we look forward to next half term.