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?

THIS HAS BEEN A GREAT THIRD WEEK WITH THE CHILDREN AND THEY ARE SETTLING IN WELL.
THEY HAVE ADJUSTED QUICKLY TO THE YEAR 2 ROUTINES.
THIS WEEK, WE HAVE HAD OUR SECOND FLOURISHING LEARNERS ASSEMBLY CELEBRATING THE SUCCESSES OF THE CHILDREN. DARCIE WAS OUR FLOURISHING LEARNER IN 2C. WE ALSO HAD A KEY STAGE 1 COLLECTIVE WORSHIP SERVICE ON
RESPECTING OUR ENVIRONMENT.

WE ARE STILL EXPLORING PLACE VALUE AND HAVE BEEN WORKING ON PARTITIONING NUMBERS
IN DIFFERENT WAYS. WE HAVE ALSO BEEN REVISITING NUMBER BONDS TO 10 AND 20. IF YOU ARE ABLE TO PRACTISE NUMBERS BONDS AT HOME WITH YOUR CHILD THIS WOULD HELP SUPPORT
THEIR LEARNING IN SCHOOL E.G. 8+2=10, 7+3=10, 15+5=20, 17+3=20, 19+1=20

IN ENGLISH, THE CHILDREN HAVE BEEN EXPLORING THE VOCABULARY OF THE TEXT. THEY ARE
BEGINNING TO INNOVATE THE STORY WITH THEIR OWN IDEAS AND WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO
NEXT WEEK THROUGH SHARED WRITING. THEY ARE BEGINNING TO USE CONJUNCTIONS AND
ADJECTIVES TO ADD DETAIL TO THEIR WRITING.

IN GEOGRAPHY, WE HAVE BEEN COMPARING THE RIVER GANGES (IN INDIA) WITH THE RIVER
AIRE. THE PUPILS COMPLETED A SORTING EXERCISE WHERE THEY IDENTIFIED FEATURES RELATED
TO THE 2 RIVERS. NEXT WEEK, THE PUPILS WILL BEGIN TO EXPLORE WHAT THE WEATHER IS LIKE
IN KOLKATA, INDIA.

THIS WEEK IN SCIENCE, THE CHILDREN HAVE BEEN MATCHING ANIMALS TO THE CORRECT
HABITATS. NEXT WEEK, THE YEAR 2 PUPILS WILL BE EXPLORING HOW ANIMALS ADAPT TO THEIR
ENVIRONMENT.

THIS WEEK, IN RE, WE FOCUSED ON DIFFERENT POSITIONS OF PRAYER. NEXT
WEEK, WE WILL EXPLORE HOW OBJECTS CAN HELP PEOPLE PRAY.

we have had a great start to year 2 with the pupils all excited to be back in school again. This week we have hooked with the book Silly Billy written by Anthony Browne. It’s about Billy who has lots of silly worries so his grandma gives him 6 worry dolls to tell his worries to before he goes to bed. We decided we would make our own worry dolls to take home. I was so impressed with how creative the children were. They all collaborated brilliantly to help one another cut felt (which was tricky with child scissors!) and they shared resources brilliantly.