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This week in maths we
have been learning about movement. The children have been using the
vocabulary ‘forwards’, ‘backwards’, ‘up’, ‘down’, ‘left’ and ‘right’ to
describe movement in a straight line. We played a game to practise this. Ask you child to explain what to do.
Here are the rules:
It is important to consider
which direction the object is facing to begin with and we then discussed the
difference between a turn and moving. We linked our learning about fractions
to turning. We used whole, half, quarter and three-quarter turns and we used
our knowledge of learning about time to turn clockwise and anticlockwise.
Please use this vocabulary and practise movement and
turns with your child at home.
We answered questions about movement and turns and here are some examples you could try and home.
  
We built on previous knowledge of patterns and repeating
patterns from Year 1, and our understanding of turns to create and describe patterns
that involve direction and turns. We used the language ‘left’, ‘right’,
‘clockwise’, ‘anti-clockwise’, ‘quarter’, ‘half’ and ‘three quarters’ to
create and describe patterns. Here are some examples of the questions we answered.
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Spellings
We
continue to focus on the Y2 common exception words.
Again,
your support in practising these with your child is much appreciated. They need to be able to spell (almost) all of
these words correctly in their writing to achieve ‘Age Related’.
child, children, Mr, Mrs, behind, because
door
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busy
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every
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half
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move
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plant
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who
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after
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child
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everybody
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hold
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Mr
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poor
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whole
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again
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children
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eye
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hour
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Mrs
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pretty
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wild
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any
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Christmas
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fast
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improve
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old
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prove
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would
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bath
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class
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father
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kind
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only
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should
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beautiful
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climb
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find
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last
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parents
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steak
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because
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clothes
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floor
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many
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pass
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sugar
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behind
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cold
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gold
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mind
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past
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sure
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both
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could
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grass
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money
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path
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told
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break
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even
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great
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most
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people
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water
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English
We
began the week looking at the poem ‘Into the Blue’ by Hilda Offen. You can listen to Hilda reading the poem here:
The
children came up with some wonderful phrases for the whole class and their own
poems.
We
were particularly impressed with their use of similes and alliteration. Here are some examples:
The shimmering, shiny sea shimmers like diamonds.
The soft, soothing sea warm like a bubble bath.
The calm, cold sea opaque like frosted glass.
Maybe your child would like to play these simile matching games:
https://www.englishclub.com/esl-games/vocabulary/matching-similes.htm
D&T
Over the last few weeks in D&T we have been building up to making our own vegetable tortillas. We began by researching where the vegetables we were going to use came from. Then we tasted the vegetables and decided on which three we would like in our own vegetable filled tortilla. We then made a plan and on Thursday using our plans we peeled, chopped, grated and mash our chosen fillings.
On Friday after the vegetables had been cooked we chose then assembled our own vegetable tortillas. Next we ate them!
Science
The soft, soothing sea warm like a bubble bath.
The calm, cold sea opaque like frosted glass.
Maybe your child would like to play these simile matching games:
https://www.englishclub.com/esl-games/vocabulary/matching-similes.htm
D&T
Over the last few weeks in D&T we have been building up to making our own vegetable tortillas. We began by researching where the vegetables we were going to use came from. Then we tasted the vegetables and decided on which three we would like in our own vegetable filled tortilla. We then made a plan and on Thursday using our plans we peeled, chopped, grated and mash our chosen fillings.
On Friday after the vegetables had been cooked we chose then assembled our own vegetable tortillas. Next we ate them!
After that
we evaluated them using our design criteria.
Thank
you to the parents who came in on Thursday and helped supervised the children
as they were chopping the vegetables your help was very much appreciated.
In
science this week we looked at how a variety of animals their basic needs.
Can
your child tell you how different animals meet their basic needs (food, water,
air)?
Next
week the children will be look at what humans need to think about when we look
after pets. If you have a pet at home
and your child can bring
in a book about caring for their pet that would be a great help. Please ensure books are labelled so that we
can ensure they come back home again.
Our
Assembly
Well,
what a wonderful assembly! We were so
proud of the children and how they showed their love of learning and reading
through their performance.
They
delivered their lines with such confidence and enthusiasm. Thank you for helping them with learning the
words, it really does help them to deliver.
We
still have the songs playing in our heads!
Pick
up a book, take a look at the cover and the blurb…
Book
Look
Another
full house at the book look! The
children were pleased to be able to show you their learning and it was lovely
to hear parents’ comments about the progress you can see your children making. There were also many comments about the
neatness of handwriting.
Y2
Assessment Meeting
Mrs
Dovey will be sharing the slides from the presentation with you in due course.
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We
look forward to meeting with you next week (Owls – Wednesday, Eagles - Thursday)
at the parent consultations.
Have
a great weekend,
The
Year 2 Team
