Weekly Review and Preview

Y2 Weekly Update: Week 11 2015

                                                                                                                

	This Week	Next Week
English	This week we completed lots of activities based around our favourite book from home. This included designing a new front cover, discussing the book with others and completing a book review on it.	Continuing our work on instructions.
Math	We’ve been adding and subtracting 10, 20 and 30 on a 100 square. Once we could do this we used our knowledge of 10’s and 1’s to help us subtract 11,12, 21, 22 and 31 on a 100 square.	Understand and use terms of position, direction and movement Measure lengths using uniform units Begin to measure in centimetres and compare lengths
Humanities	We compared seaside holidays in the past and present by looking at pictures and identifying similarities and differences.	To find out more about the past by looking at seaside souvenirs.
Science	This week we looked at habitats and what animals we expected there and why they were suited to those habitats. We also highlighted two important factors for animals when considering habitats which are food and shelter.	That flowering plants produce seeds
Art	We used our favourite books that we brought in for book week and re-designed the front covers.	To use a viewfinder to draw a detailed section of a picture.
PSHE	Practicing for the Christmas production	Practicing for the Christmas production
Notices and Events

Bread making

Last week, we continued our good work on instructions and had an exciting activity where the children had to read and follow instructions to make bread. It was a very messy but enjoyable experience for the children.

Productions songs and update

Dear Parents,

We have been busy practicing our songs and learning our lines and the children remain very enthusiastic about the upcoming production.

Please remember that the deadline for bringing in costumes is 20th November. Please contact your child's class teacher if you need any guidance.

Below are the links for the songs for our show. Please feel free to play them and get your child to practice them at home.

Here to help - link

Nice bright colours - link

Lovely reindeer - link

Just drift away - link

Gnome alone - link

Santa's sack - link

Christmas is here - link

Many thanks for your continued support,

The KS1 team