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Y2 Weekly Update: Term 2 Week 5

                                                                                                                

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English	We have been looking closely at the different stories by famous author, Julia Donaldson. The children are already very familiar with the story ‘The Gruffalo’ and we have been looking at other stories by Julia Donaldson by comparing and reviewing them.	Continuing to look at the different stories by Julia Donaldson.
Maths	This week we’ve learnt a lot about 3D shapes. We’ve focused on cubes, cuboids, square based pyramids, cylinders and cones. We have investigated their faces, edges and vertices and even found real life objects that are 3D shapes such as a toilet roll tubes is a cylinder and a dice is a cube.	Tell the time to the quarter hour on analogue and digital clocks. Order 2–digit numbers and revise the symbols < and > Locate 2-digit numbers on a 0–100 landmarked line and on a 100-square
Humanities	This week we took a walk around the school to investigate how ‘green’ Ascot is. We looked for examples of reducing, reusing and recycling and also discussed where improvements could be made, such as turning the lights off when a room is not in use.	To learn the features of a green school.
Science	We continued learning about forces and how forces can change the speed and direction of an object. This included a carousel of activities on the swings, using balls and ramps.	to suggest questions about ways in which different objects move to make measurements of distance using standard or nonstandard units to decide whether their comparison was fair
Art	This week we recycled old materials into new toys. We made cars from toilet rolls, a skipping rope from plastic bags, a rain shaker from toilet rolls and a cup and ball game from yoghurt pots.	To express ways of caring for the world through art.
PSHE	We watched the 2nd episode of the Class Dojo ‘Big Ideas’ series and discussed how we can learn from mistakes.	Watch the 3rd episode of the Class Dojo Big Ideas.
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