No Pen Day in Year Two
On Wednesday this week, it was No Pen Day in school. We still enjoyed our learning but in many different creative ways. Our day started with a music lesson, then we completed Personal Development where we had to share photos of the special people in our lives. On the afternoon, we started with Maths. We were learning about odd and even numbers. We started by sorting the Numicon pieces into hoops and we discussed how to recognise if a number was odd or even. Then, we completed some ‘Odd and Even Trees’ by sorting the numbers. We finished with English where we had to match verbs and adverbs. We acted out the phrases and then had LOTS of fun writing sentences with the verbs and adverbs into shaving foam.
World Book Day in Year Two
Recently, we celebrated World Book Day in Year Two. We were so impressed with all of the children’s knowledge of different books and authors! Not to mention – the amazing costumes. Throughout the day, the children completed lots of activities based around ‘The Tunnel’ text by Anthony Browne. In English, the children wrote a descriptive piece to describe where they might have ended up at, at the other end of the tunnel. In Maths, the children completed addition tunnels by adding two two-digit numbers. In Geography, the children researched our local area by learning about the location of the Tyne Tunnel. Later that afternoon, the children enjoyed sharing a story with their reading buddies.
Kindness Cafe in Year Two
Last half term, we had a Kindness Cafe in Year Two. It was a gorgeous morning where we got to relax, chat with our friends and we even enjoyed some delicious breakfast snacks. We had such a great time!
Computing in Year Two
Recently, Year Two have been looking at Algorithms in our Computer Science lessons. We have thought about how algorithms are used as a set of instructions, step by step. We looked at Logical Reasoning by having a pack of instruction cards and as a team, we had to try to figure out which step may have been missing.
Number Day in Year Two
Last Friday, the children spent the afternoon celebrating Number Day in Year Two. We watched an NSPCC video so that the children could understand why we celebrate Number Day and the children enjoyed coming into school dressed with numbers. The children had so much fun completing a robot jigsaw in pairs and they enjoyed playing pairs with different money cards.
The Day the Owls Visited Year Two
Last week, the children in Year Two were so lucky to have a visit from an adorable owl called Ollie. The children discovered lots of new facts about the owl and they were fascinated when they found out that owls do not drink any water! The children enjoyed holding Ollie and they were all extremely sensible by being quiet to make sure that they did not scare the animals. They also enjoyed meeting a snake, a tortoise and a lizard. In English, the children are starting ‘The Owl Who Was Afraid of the Dark’ and they are so excited to include key facts that they have learnt.
British Values in Year Two
In Year Two, we have been thinking about our British Values and we have focused ‘democracy’ this week. We considered how it is important for each and every child to have an opinion on our class read for story time at the end of the day. Using our voting station, the children voted for the end of day story. In Mrs Storey’s class, Ivesti-GATORS won!
Games Club in Year Two
Last Thursday, some of Year Two attended Board Games club and we all had lots of fun. We spoke about the importance of turn taking, working as a team and listening to one another. The children enjoyed playing Guess Who, Scrabble, Dinkee and Dobble. We will be looking at some of these games again next week with a few new board games too!
Column Addition in Maths
The children in Year Two are currently learning about the column method in our ‘Addition and Subtraction’ topic. The children have enjoyed using Base 10 to work out the calculations using the column method. We have been extremely impressed with how hard they are working! We have even looked at addition crossing a 10 and subtraction crossing a 10 and they have completely took it in their stride. Well done Year Two.
DT in Year Two
Last week, the children in Year Two had lots of fun making sandwiches. First of all, we discussed the importance of health and safety and thought about how important it was to wash hands before we started. Next, the children decided on the type of bread they wanted to use – either baguettes, wraps or pitta breads. Then, they filled the bread with lots of different fillings. We discussed the bridge and claw grip when using a knife to keep ourselves safe when cooking. The children thoroughly enjoyed eating their sandwiches!
Other Faiths-Judaism
Year 2 have been learning about Judaism in RE lessons. They understand what happens during Shabbat, that this is a happy time for Jewish people, a day free from work where they think about God and spend time together with family. During Shabbat, a special prayer of blessing is said and the family eat a piece of challah bread. As part of our lessons this week, the children tasted challah bread. They all said it was delicious! The children are going to write to the bakery, who kindly made the challah bread for us, to say thank you.
Year Two Visit The Great North Museum
The Year Two children have thoroughly enjoyed learning about the Great Fire of Gateshead and Newcastle as part of their history topic. They were excited to visit the Discovery Museum, where they were able to go back in time and recall events which took place during 1854. They especially enjoyed dressing up as children of that time period and reenacting the events that took place that day by performing in a puppet show.
History
The children have been learning about source analysis in History lessons. We have been thinking about the events of the Great Fire of Newcastle and Gateshead. By looking at sources, the children have been gathering facts and making inferences.