Thank you for coming to the parent consultation meetings this week. We hope you found them informative and useful, and we hope you are proud of all progress your children are making.
This morning the children took part in a maths morning. They solved a number of puzzles and cracked codes in order to generate an 8 digit passcode which allowed them to ‘escape the forest’ (similar to ‘escape the room’ experiences).
The children
used addition and subtraction, pattern finding, routes and codes to solve
problems. Each problem generated a single digit answer, which formed part of
the passcode. The children worked in twos and had to use teamwork to ensure
that they found all 8 digits in the passcode over the course of the morning. Here
are some examples of the puzzles and us solving them.
         
This afternoon
we have enjoyed playing maths games, such as Make 10 and Lions and Tigers. We
have also enjoyed making our own maths games and books.
  
During the week,
we have been learning to recognise, count and select money. We stated by selecting
4 coins finding the total. We used our previous learning to add efficiently.
 
The next day we
worked in pairs and selected an item to ‘buy’. We selected the correct value of
coins and our partner checked we had used careful counting. We challenged ourselves
to make the value using the fewest coins and some of us make the value in
different ways.
We recorded
this learning the next day when we choose a value and drew a part, part, whole
model to represent the coins we could use.
   
Next week we
will be comparing different amounts of money and finding the difference between
them. We will use this learning to calculate giving change, from values up to
£1. Please play with money
with your children, helping them to add a selection of coins, make a given
value and give change.
This week in English we have been learning about explanation texts. That is a text that explains how or why something happens.
On Monday we were
given a selection of explanation texts
to look at and think about the features of such texts. We then talked about what we had found and
listed the features.
After we read an
explanation text as a class called ‘How does water change?’ We looked to see
if the book had the same features we had talked about. After that we were explanation texts
detectives and using the sheet below we tried to find evidence of the
features in the book we were given.
    
At the end of the
lesson we talked about how some information can be presented as a flow
diagram.
On Tuesday as a
class we used a PowerPoint all about evaporation. We looked at some pictures and talked about
what was happening.
We then read a
short explanation text about
evaporation and noticed some key words that were used to explain the
process. We then tired to create our own flow diagrams to explain the process
of evaporation. We had three sentence
starters we could use First….. Then…. After that….
We also thought
about specific words we could use.
These included – wet, dry, sun and evaporate.
On Wednesday we
had a SpAG lesson. We revisited our
learning about the four types of sentences.
Commands
Exclamations
Questions
Statements
We had to match
the sentences to the type of sentence.
After that we wrote our own examples if different sentences and then
tried to change one type into another.
Eg I am going to the shop into When will you go to the shop?
Try this activity at home.
On Thursday we
used our explanation texts from home with the detective sheet we had used on Monday
to see if our texts had those features.
Over the weekend look at the explanation text your
child brought into school and talk about the key features.
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Phonics
– we have been learning about
·
the /f/ sound spelt ph eg
phone, elephant, trophy, dolphin, phrase
·
the /w/ sound spelt wh at
the beginning of words eg when, which, while, where, white, wheel
·
the /r/ sound spelt wr at
the beginning of words eg write, written, wrote, wrong, wrap, wreck
·
the /n/ sound spelt kn at the beginning of words eg
knock, know, knee, knight, kneel ,knee, knife
and (less often) gn at the beginning of words gnat, gnaw
and (less often) gn at the beginning of words gnat, gnaw
Make your own sentences up with these
words.
We have been enjoying learning about algorithms and programming using Scratch and Turtle. You might like to help your child continue their learning at home. Here is a link to the website we have been using:
https://scratch.mit.edu/
We have now given out the parts for the our Christmas play - Santa's On Strike. We have been practising the songs, starting to create the dances and have given out scripts, to children with speaking parts. We will be giving out costume letters as soon as possible, hopefully this week. Please remember that children will perform in bare feet, and if you have any questions about their costume requirements please speak to us.
We hope you have a good weekend!
The Year Two Team
(P.S. Sorry for the late publishing of the blog this week, the computers kept freezing on Friday evening!)
We hope you have a good weekend,
We have been enjoying learning about algorithms and programming using Scratch and Turtle. You might like to help your child continue their learning at home. Here is a link to the website we have been using:
https://scratch.mit.edu/
We have now given out the parts for the our Christmas play - Santa's On Strike. We have been practising the songs, starting to create the dances and have given out scripts, to children with speaking parts. We will be giving out costume letters as soon as possible, hopefully this week. Please remember that children will perform in bare feet, and if you have any questions about their costume requirements please speak to us.
We hope you have a good weekend!
The Year Two Team
(P.S. Sorry for the late publishing of the blog this week, the computers kept freezing on Friday evening!)
We hope you have a good weekend,
