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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

Trip to Grandpa's city garden

We also had our trip to Grandpa's city garden, the children enjoyed their adventure and were excited to be somewhere unique and to learn about plants and being more eco-friendly.

Art - recycled bird feeders

Last week, we continued using recyclable materials to produce new objects and we once again used plastic bottles to make bird feeders. This was a paired exercise so the children had to show teamwork to create some fine looking bird feeders.

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Y2 Weekly Update: Term 2 Week 4

                                                                                                                

	This Week	Next Week
English	This week we were finishing off explanation texts and also writing a recount of our trip to Grandpa’s city garden.	looking at stories from the same author
Maths	This week we continued finding the difference between two 2-digit numbers. We also used our bonds to 10 to add on to the next multiple of 10. Using this, we set up a shop in the classroom and had money to buy stationary objects. Some students were the shopkeepers and had to use their bonds to give the right amount of change.	Recognise and identify properties (including faces and vertices) of 3D shapes; sort according to properties including number of faces; name the 2D shapes of faces of 3D shapes; tell the time to the nearest quarter on analogue and digital clocks
Humanities	On the trip we learnt about how to live  sustainably by growing our own food, using renewable energy sources and composting food waste.	To identify examples of reducing, reusing and recycling around the school.
Science	We recapped our knowledge of push and pull forces and applied this to investigate which objects could we bend, twist, stretch and squash.	that pushes or pulls can make things speed up or slow down or change direction to explain how to make familiar objects move faster or slower
Art	We used bottles to make bird feeders and decorated them with tissue paper using papier mache.	To use recycled items to produce new toys.
PSHE	We watched the 1st episode of the Class Dojo ‘Big Ideas’ series and discussed how we can challenge our brains.	Watch the 2nd episode of the Class Dojo Big Ideas.
Notices and Events

Reminder about trip tomorrow

Dear Parents,

Please be reminded that your children require the following for tomorrow's trip to Grandpa's city garden:
1 PE shirts and shorts (leggings if cold)
2 Jumper or Jacket (if the weather is still cold)
3 water flask with strap

Also depending on the traffic we may depart school earlier at 8:30

Many thanks

Karel Linden