Year 2 - Mrs Millican & Mrs Roberts

Welcome to Year 2!

Reading

Monster Phonics reading books and sharing books are changed every Monday
These books should be brought into school everyday
Children are expected to read at least three time per week with an adult at home
Books will only be changed if the home school diary has been signed three times
If you would like to know more about Monster Phonics click here

PE is on a Wednesday and the children can wear their school PE kit all day
No jewellery to be worn

Learning at home

Learning at home jobs are sent home on a Friday and should be returned the following Thursday.
These jobs will focus on spelling, handwriting, reading and times tables.

Dates for your Diary

Tuesday 6th February - Numberbods

Autumn Term

Trampolining

The year 2 children had a fabulous time at Farringdon Academy, taking part in an amazing trampolining and dodgeball session. The class was divided into two groups, to try out each activity. Everyone had a chance to demonstrate their bouncing skills, showing off their high jumps and making lovely star jumps in the air! The children also enjoyed playing dodgeball. The teams were very competitive and worked really well together. We all had a wonderful time

St Aidan's Church

Year 2 had a wonderful visit to St Aidan’s Church to learn all about what Christians believe about God. We learned all about the Holy Trinity and three of our children were dressed in beautiful robes to represent the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. We also learned all about the story of the lost son, with some of our children acting out the story. Miss Nixon even got to dress as a shepherd! Thank you so much to Father David for inviting us to the church and teaching us all about Christianity.

Andy's Animals

Year 2 had a wonderful visit from Andy's animals. They fed a tortoise, petted a chinchilla and a lizard and all enjoyed stroking a huge snake. We learned all about where than animals come from, what they eat, how they survive and all about their young.

Backhouse Park

Year 2 had a wonderful morning visiting Backhouse Park looking for signs of Autumn. The children found conkers, orange and brown leaves and trees without leaves. We took out iPads with us and took photographs of the trees so that we can sketch them next week in our art lesson.

Writing eBooks

Year 2 have really enjoyed their computing lessons this half term! They have used book templates
brilliantly on their iPads using a computer programme called Write-Read, to create their own ebooks about
themselves. The children have worked well and have been able to change background colour, add text,
search and add illustrations. They will now be looking at how to take and add their own photographs before
they share their books with their friends.

How to Catch a Star

Our first class reading book in Year 2 is called How to Catch a Star. We are going to use the book to help us to write our own story. We thought about what we would do if we had our own stars. The children designed, named and coloured in their own stars to look after and play with in school.