Weekly review & preview

Y2 Weekly Update: Term 2 Week 1

                                                                                                                

	This Week	Next Week
English	This week we wrote recounts about our exciting holidays and we discussed our New Years resolutions. This culminated in the children creating a display for their resolutions which should be up very soon.	We will begin looking at explanation texts and their features.
Math	This week we’ve been recapping how to count in 2s, 5s and 10s. We used our knowledge of this to help us count amounts of money up to 30Baht using 1, 2, 5 and 10B coins.	Place value and ordering 2-digit numbers; place value additions and subtractions; add and begin to subtract 9, 10 and 11.
Humanities	We started our new topic all about environments. We looked at lots of pictures of different environments and we identified what makes a good environment and what makes a bad environment.	To find out about different types of pollution and how they affect our environment.
Science	We recapped our understanding of seeds and that plants produce seeds. The children participated in a  carousel of activities based on where the seeds are in the plant, what part of the plant do we eat and matching names to various fruits and vegetables.	We will plants some seeds and record a diary based on our observations - some plants will not have water or light to demonstrate to the children what happens to the plants in these conditions.
Art	No Art - Inset day	To use leaves and other natural materials to make some environmental art.
PSHE	We thought about New Year’s resolutions in PSHE this week.
Notices and Events

Reminder about Maths homework

Dear Parents,

Just a gentle reminder regarding Maths Homework. With the new year I would really like the students to complete their homework in a timely fashion and to really benefit and become accustomed to the online learning. If there are any issues please let me know.

Many thanks for your support

Karel Linden

Welcome back and Happy new year!

Dear Parents and students,

Welcome back for Term 2 and I hope that everybody had a great holiday. I would like to thanks all parents and students for the enormous amount of generosity with all the gifts that Kru B and I received. It was certainly very kind of you all.

I believe that this next term will see us learning and working together and continuing our good year so far. We have many fun events ahead and plenty of things to look forward to.

Another newsworthy item is that I would like to welcome a new student, Kim, to our class. I know that everybody will help contribute to making sure that he feels welcomed and settled in his new surroundings.

Many thanks for your continued support,

Karel Linden

KS1 Production

Weekly review & preview

Y2 Weekly Update: Week 13 2015

                                                                                                                

	This Week	Next Week
English	In Literacy we’ve been busy completing phonics and reading assessments.	Practicing for the Christmas production.
Math	In Maths we looked at adding and subtracting two 2 digit numbers using the column method, not passing through 10. We also found out that when adding near doubles, such as 7+8, it’s easier to do 7+7 first and then add 1 more, using our knowledge of doubles to help us.	Complete the end of unit maths assessment Review the maths assessment and focus on any areas for development.
Humanities	Practicing for the Christmas production.	Practicing for the Christmas production.
Science	Assessment week	To recognise when a comparison is unfair
Art	Building props for the Christmas production .	Practicing for the Christmas production.
PSHE	Practicing for the Christmas production.	Practicing for the Christmas production.
Notices and Events

Weekly Review and Preview

Y2 Weekly Update: Week 12 2015

                                                                                                                

	This Week	Next Week
English	This week we continued learning about ‘Instructions’. We used instructions to help us make origami craft and then we finished the week we an exciting lesson following a recipe for making pizza.	Next week is exam week, so we will complete some assessments with writing instructions and reading.
Math	This week in maths we’ve been using language of position, direction and movement. We’ve been giving directions to our friends to get around the school and describing the position of items around the class.	Add 2-digit numbers without crossing 10s/100s Subtract two 2-digit numbers by counting back in 10s and 1s where both digits in subtracted number are smaller Add and subtract two 2-digit numbers by counting on or back in 10s and 1s; solve addition and subtraction problems using concrete and pictorial representations Add near doubles to double 15
Humanities	We found out about seaside souvenirs. Souvenirs are small objects given or collected that remind you of a special time or place. We compared souvenirs that people used to buy in the past and souvenirs we collect now.	Practicing for the Christmas production
Science	This week we were learning how flowering plants would produce seeds that become new plants. This will lead into a project where we will grow our own plants.	to turn ideas of their own, about what plants need to begin to grow, into a form that can be tested to observe and make a day-by-day record of observations to use the results to draw a conclusion about what seeds need to begin to grow and decide whether this is what they expected that seeds produce new plants
Art	We used a viewfinder to draw a detailed section of a seaside picture.	Building props for the Christmas production
PSHE	Practicing for the Christmas production .	Practicing for the Christmas production
Notices and Events	Deadline for costumes to be brought into school has passed, if you have not brought your child’s costume to school then please do so as soon as possible.

Instructions pizza making

Continuing our good work on Instructions, we discussed and followed a recipe for making one of the children's most beloved food, Pizzas! It was a fun, messy and delicious activity that also highlighted how carefully the children could use equipment such as cheese graters and knives.