Weekly review and preview

Y2 Weekly Update: Term 2 Week 6

                                                                                                                

	This Week	Next Week
English	We continued our learning about Julia Donaldson and her stories. This week we focused on Julia Donaldson herself and where she got her inspiration and  life story.	International week activities Big write assessments
Math	We began this week by learning about time. We found the time at quarter hours and thought about the time that we do different activities throughout the day. We then moved on to revising numbers by ordering and comparing them. We compared numbers by using the < and > signs and located number on an unmarked number line.	Round 2-digit numbers to nearest 10 Estimate a quantity <100 within a range Complete end of unit assessments
Humanities	This week we found out about ‘The Green School’ in Bali. We watched the virtual tour video of the school and compared their efforts to be ‘green’ with ours.	International Week activities
Science	We had an investigation using toy cars and how the surface of the ground affects how far it will go and how the height of the ramp affects the speed. The children had to ensure that their tests were fairly conducted as well.	to suggest a question to test and predict what will happen to decide what to do and what measurements to take to make measurements and record these in a prepared table to use results to make comparisons and to evaluate whether the test was fair to say whether the prediction was correct and to try to explain the results
Art	This week we rounded off our topic on the environment by making a mobile. We decorated the earth using blue paint and green pasta and then hung ideas for how to ‘save the world’.	International Week activities
PSHE	We watched the 3rd episode of the Class Dojo ‘Big Ideas’ series and discussed the power of ‘yet’.	International Week activities
Notices and Events	Next Friday is International Day. Please send students to school dressed in an outfit from the country their class is studying. Y2J - India Y2K - Peru