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Y2 Weekly Update: Week 6 2015

                                                                                                                

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English	This week we have finally completed our comic books and even managed to sneak in some role playing as superheroes and villains. Overall, it has been a fun and exciting unit of learning for the students.	we begin our next unit on Poetry.
Math	This week we’ve been learning all about symmetry and right angles in 2D shapes. We’ve found lines of symmetry by folding shapes to check if they’re even on both sides and we’ve sorted them into venn diagrams based on their features.	Sort shapes according to their properties using a 2-way Carroll diagram Understand that 2D shapes with straight sides are polygons and so identify polygons
Humanities	This week we used paper mache to make our model islands.	to identify likes and dislikes about a place - Koh Samet and Bangkok.
Science	This week we focussed our attention on animals and their young. This included the objective of knowing the appropriate vocabulary for animal babies such as ‘calf, foal and owlet’ to name a few. We also looked at the differences between animals and their babies in their appearance.	that babies and children need to be looked after while they are growing to ask questions in order to make simple comparisons of babies and toddlers
Art	We used newspaper and cardboard to construct our model islands.	To paint our islands models using appropriate colours.
PSHE	We made a class ‘web’ by passing a ball of string across a circle and saying something nice about the person we passed it too. In the end we were all connected and we felt good too because we’d given lots of compliments.	New beginnings PSHE scheme.
Notices and Events	Trip to Kidzania - please remember to give the class teacher the completed permission slip and money soon for our trip to Kidzania.

House colours day

Last week we celebrated our House Colours day - the children had a wonderful time, learning about teamwork, creativity and understanding the importance of the house system.

Humanities - Island planning

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Last week, we took the first step of creating our own islands. The children had to rely on all their knowledge of islands to plan the island that they will make.

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Y2 Weekly Update: Week 5 2015

                                                                                                                

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English	This week, we have begun to create our very own comic books, using the superheroes and villains that we have designed.	We will finish off our comic books by including speech bubbles and sound words and have a lengthy review of our friend’s work too.
Maths	We have been using our number bonds to 10 and 20 to help us answer bigger sums. We have also began learning how to bridge 10 when adding.	Identify 2D shapes Recognise, name and describe squares, rectangles, circles and triangles Sort 2D shapes by number of sides and corners (incl. right angles) using Venn diagrams
Humanities	We have compared an island locality with a city locality and used our senses to think about what we might hear, see, feel and smell in each place.	Using papier mache to construct our island models.
Science	Our main learning objective was to understand the importance of exercise and to observe what happens to our bodies after exercise. This include some activities such as dancing and star jumps which the children enjoyed greatly.	That animals (including humans) produce young and these grow into children and new adults.
Art	We finished our treasure maps by tea staining them, ripping them around the edges and crumpling them.	Constructing an island model.
PSHE	We learnt about Eid Al-Adha.	New beginnings PSHE scheme.
Notices and Events	Healthy snacks - please ensure your child has healthy snacks for during school hours as we are actively trying to promote healthy eating across the Primary. Snacks such as cookies and crisps can be consumed after school hours such as at home time.

Literacy - Superhero origins

As a warm up to our work on how our superheroes became super, we played a matching game where we had to read an origin story and match it to the famous superhero.

Island transport

This week we used our teamwork skills to decide what modes of transport we would use on an island for certain trips. Discussion and teamwork formed a very important part of this activity.

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Y2 Weekly Update: Week 4 2015

                                                                                                                

	This Week	Next Week
English	We began our topic on comic books and looked in depth at one of the key features of comic books - Superheroes! The children designed their very own superhero including an origin story to prepare for next week’s work.	to create our own comic books
Maths	We've been learning about number bonds to 20 and doubling numbers to 20. We found out that doubling is simply adding a number to itself. If a number has 2 digits, we can double the 10's number first and then the 1's number.	Place value in 2 digit numbers Add 1-digit to 2-digit numbers, bridging 10 and using known facts Subtract 1-digit from 2-digit numbers including 2-digit multiples of 10 by counting back Use inverse relationship between addition and subtraction to solve missing number problems
Humanities	we continued our work on islands.	To use 4 senses (see, hear, smell & feel) to compare an island location with a city location.
Science	We continued looking at the food we eat in terms of diet. The children had to consider what food are healthy and unhealthy and what it means to have a balanced diet.	that we need exercise to stay healthy to make and record observations and to make simple comparisons
Art	We have created our very treasure maps - ensuring that all the key features of islands are present, as well as some of the fun fictional features. We’ve even tea stained them to make them look old!	Plan and design our island models.
PSHE	New beginnings PSHE scheme.	new beginnings PSHE scheme.
Notices and Events	Next week is the Muslim holiday, Eid Al-Adha. We'll be learning about about the celebration to develop our understanding of other cultures.