WHAT ANOTHER BUSY YET EXCITING WEEK WE HAVE HAD IN 2C THE CHILDREN HAVE
CONTINUED TO IMPRESS US THIS WEEK AND ARE QUICKLY SETTLING BACK INTO SCHOOL LIFE
AND THE YEAR 2 ROUTINES. THIS WEEK, OUR AUTUMN 2 TRIP TO LEEDS HAS GONE LIVE ON
PARENT PAY ALONG WITH OTHER VISITS HAPPENING THIS ACADEMIC YEAR.
THIS WEEK IN MATHS, WE HAVE CONTINUED OUR PLACE VALUE TOPIC. WE HAVE BEEN USING
NUMBER LINES TO 100 WITH INTERVALS OF TEN AND ONE TO PLACE AND ESTIMATE NUMBERS. WE
ALSO BEGAN COMPARING OBJECTS BEFORE MOVING ON TO COMPARING AND ORDERING
NUMBERS NEXT WEEK.
IN ENGLISH THIS WEEK, WE HAVE WRITTEN AN INNOVATED VERSION OF ‘KASSIM AND THE
DRAGON’ USING THE STORY MAP WE WORKED ON LAST WEEK. NEXT WEEK WE WILL USING
EVERYTHING WE HAVE LEARNT TO WRITE OUR OWN SUSPENSE STORIES.
IN SCIENCE THIS WEEK, WE LEARNT ABOUT ANIMALS AND HOW THEY ADAPT TO THEIR
ENVIRONMENTS . WE LOOKED CLOSELY AT A POLAR BEAR AND A CAMEL AND DISCUSSED HOW
THEIR FEATURES HELP THEM SURVIVE. DID YOU KNOW A CAMEL HAS A 3RD EYELID TO PROTECT
IT’S EYES FROM THE SUN AND THE SAND?