Weekly review and preview

Y2 Weekly Update: Week 10 2016

                                                                                                                

	This Week	Next Week
English	This week we began our work on non-chronological reports. The children were tasked with identifying the features and to plan their own non-chronological report which they will begin next week.	Continue working on non-chronological reports.
Math	This week in maths we recapped quarter hours on the clock and then moved on to units of time. We learnt about the 12 months in the year and practiced an easy way to remember how many days each month. We also related units of time such as saying 24 hours in a day, 7 days in a week.	Revise 2, 5 and 10 times-tables; revise arrays and hops on the number line; multiply by 2, 3, 4, 5 and 10; arrange objects into arrays and write the corresponding multiplications; make links between grouping and multiplication to begin to show division; write divisions as multiplications with holes in and use the ÷ sign
Humanities	This week we looked at pictures of toys from the 19th and early 20th centuries and thought about how they might be similar or different to toys nowadays.	To understand differences between clothing for the rich and poor in 19th century and now.
Science	We continued our exploration of materials and this week involved looking at materials and what happens when they are exposed to heat. This involved melting cheese, chocolate and other fun items.	to explore melting ice using appropriate senses to use their knowledge about what makes ice melt to plan what to do
Art	We made thaumatropes, toys with pictures on each side which merge together when spun between the hands.	To design the front cover of our non-chronological report.
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Notices and Events

Humanities - looking at toys from a long time ago

We continued our inquiry into life a long time ago by having an in depth look at toys. This children had to look at photos of old toys and comment on certain aspects of the toys - for example, how was it used? What can we say about the materials required to build it? and so on.

Literacy - features of non chronological reports

This week we began looking at non-chronological reports and their features. The children had to sort through three jumbled up reports and to sort them according to what a report should look like.

Literacy - grouped work on constellations

Following on from our poetry work about stars - the students had a chance to create their own constellation and make a collaborative story.