Welcome to Year 2. The children are in their final year of the Infants School and will be working with more independence as they continue to progress academically.
We follow the letters and sounds approach for phonics and use Oxford Reading Tree Scheme for Reading.
Please speak to your child’s class teacher if you would like more information about the curriculum.
Dec 042020
Historians
This week we have been learning about the Great Fire of London and how we know about the events. We looked at a range sources such as parts of a diary, paintings and maps. We thought about which sources told us about what happened.
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Nov 272020
Minibeast hunt
We went on a minibeast hunt this week! We looked for micro habitats (under stones, in bushes, amongst leaves etc.) and made a survey of the minibeats we saw there. Then we put this information into a pictogram!
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Nov 202020
William Morris
We looked at the artist William Morris and thought about how he created his prints. We learned that he made printing tiles that he could use again and again. We made our own with cardboard and string and made some repeating patterns.
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Nov 132020
Children in Need Day
This week was children in need week. We practised speed stacking and we had so much fun! We watched video so to help us practise and we managed to improve out technique.
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Nov 062020
Vegetable printing
We are learning about printing this half term. We explored the different prints we could make with a range of vegetables and everyday objects. We practised rubbing, rolling and stamping!
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Oct 222020
The wheels on the bus
This week we’ve been very busy painting, decorating and assembling our buses. We had to measure and cut our axles before placing them inside our axle holders and attaching this to the bus. Then we had to fix our wheels on. We are very proud of them, as you can tell!What a busy half term it has been! Thank you for all of your support and I hope you have a restful half term.
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Oct 162020
Mirror fun in PE
In PE this week we practised being each others’ mirrors. We watched carefully so that we could copy our partner’s movements.We’ve been doing lots of work on different sentence types in English again, using the book Scaredy Squirrel makes a friend (which the children love!) and in maths we’ve been ordering and comparing 2-digit numbers.
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Oct 092020
D&T Fun
We are learning about wheels and axles this week. The children looked at some toys and studied the parts that move. They thought about how many wheels the vehicle had, how the wheels were attached to the car and how the wheels moved. They then had a go at drawing the vehicle and labelling the parts.
We’ve been doing lots of work about 2-digit numbers in maths and in English we have been exploring statements and questions.
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Oct 022020
Harvest Time
We have been learning about where our food comes from in the UK and then designing our own Harvest meals.
Sep 182020
Future weather forecasters
We have been learning about the weather in Watford and comparing it with a town in Pakistan called Swabi. We made weather symbols to use in a weather forecast.
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