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Y2 Weekly Update: Term 2 Week 7

                                                                                                                

	Last Week	This Week
English	We completed activities related to our international day countries and a big write assessment.	our unit on poetry ‘really looking’
Math	This week Year 2 have been learning about rounding 2-digit numbers to the nearest 10. They’ve also been estimating amounts by choosing a range and then counting in 10s to find the exact amount.	Revise doubles and corresponding halves to 15; find half of odd and even numbers to 30; Revise and recognise 1/2s, 1/4s, 1/3s and 2/3s of shapes; place 1/2s on a number line; count in 1/2s and 1/4s; understand and write mixed numbers.
Humanities	We completed activities related to our international day countries.	Year two will be starting a new topic on ‘Civilisations’. We’ll be thinking about differences between the 19th century and now and also constructing some questions to ask grandparents.
Science	We concluded our work on the topic of forces and movement by evaluating the data from our investigation and drawing some simple conclusions.	begin our topic on grouping and changing materials
Art	We completed activities related to our international day countries.	Looking at Victorian fashion by dressing victorian paper dolls.
PSHE	We completed activities related to our international day countries.	Watch the 4th episode of the Class Dojo Big Ideas.
Notices and Events

Learning about Peru

This week, the children have been so enthusiastic with learning about Peru. We began with some simple fact finding activities and then went on to an ambitious art project designing and making golden Inca masks.

Here is an interesting link we explored for learning Quechua, one of the languages in Peru - Link

Class assembly

Dear Parents,

Apologies for the delay, but here are some photos from the class assembly we did recently, the children were fantastic and spoke confidently and with clarity! Everybody was so impressed. Once I figure out how to post the large video file that we recorded of the performance then I will immediately put it on the blog. Many thanks for your understanding with this matter.

Literacy book cover redesign

Last week, we made Julia Donaldson book covers. The children had to include the features of a good book cover while redesigning the front cover of their favourite Julia Donaldson book.

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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

Literacy - Julia Donaldson

This week, we began looking at the stories by Julia Donaldson. The children were already very familiar with the Gruffalo, so this was an exciting opportunity to look at her other work. Here the children are completing book reviews on some of her stories.

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Y2 Weekly Update: Term 2 Week 5

                                                                                                                

	This Week	Next Week
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.
Notices and Events