This term we have been reading the story of the Cave Baby by Julia Donaldson

The children have loved exploring the text. We have predicted where else the mammoth might take cave baby and explored how he felt when he was first taken.

Year Two have written some amazing stories about cave baby’s adventures, we are so proud of the progress each and everyone has made.

We finished the term with diamante poems. This gave us the opportunity to continue our SPaG work this term through identifying different word groups.

This term we are looking at the story of the Creation, at St Nicholas we use a scheme of work called Understanding Christianity. We have this lovely Frieze displayed in each classroom, today we have been looking at the part of the frieze that depicts the creation, this picture stimulated some amazing conversations amongst the children and further questions for us to explore.

I wonder what you can see in the picture? The children discussed what might be in the closed tins!

Here is some of our work looking at the Creation and what God made on each day.

 

To finish our Florence Nightingale topic this term we had a visit from a GP.

She answered our many questions we had about doctors and nurses as well as teaching us how to wash our hands properly to stop infection.

It’s the final term of Year Two, and for our fantastic pupils the last term of Key Stage One.

We promise that this term is going to be full of exciting events and lots of activities to keep us on our toes!

Most of our learning this term is linked to the Coast, we are starting our term reading this fantastic book by Ronda and David Armitage. It tells of the challenges of Mr Grinling, and his battle with some thieving seagulls! Our Geography is learning about the South Coast and all the different human / physical features that we find on our trips to the beach. Finally we also have our much anticipated school trip, which I know the children are very excited about!

In Maths we begin by recapping all of our learning from the year so far and working hard on the 4 operations; addition, subtraction, multiplication and division, thinking about which method to use and when! Here are our Key Learning facts for this term: Year 2. Please remember to keep practicing time (half past, quarter to and quarter past) as well as the number bonds to 10/20 with lightening speed!

Here is our topic overview for the term:

 

 

We started the day by looking at different European flags, identifying the colours and talking about some of the places that we, or our families have visited in Europe.

In the afternoon all of Year Two got together to learn some Dutch. Mrs Dunton had brought in some clogs, tulips and some traditional Dutch foods to talk about. We looked through the PowerPoint and listened to Mrs Dunton explaining it in Dutch.

We learnt a traditional Dutch rhyme about the King through which we could practice the colours red, white and blue in Dutch!

Here is our powerpoint if you would like to practice or have a look at home (it will open as a PDF) All about Holland

This week we made our Ferris Wheels.

Through determination, problem solving and lots of team work Year Two have shown that when they put their mind to something they can succeed. We were so impressed with their perseverance and patience today.

Fantastic results

Animals

This term Year 2 have been learning about animals and what they need to survive.

We had great fun making bird feeders to see which birds we could spot in our outdoor areas at school.

What birds can you identify as you walk to and from school, or in different environments at the weekends?

 

Term4

This term we are studying habitats around the world. The book we are looking at is Meerkat Mail, where Sunny the little meerkat finds his home too hot, too dry, and his family too big so he goes off to explore alternatives habitats to live.

We have linked our English to our Geography where we have been learning about the North and South Pole, and explored what would happen if Sunny moved somewhere cold! Science is learning about habitats too, which fits perfectly with our other topics this term.

Maths is all things money, so when you are out at the weekend please try and show your child some coins, and maybe even let them pay for something small too! Here are our Key Learning Facts for this term: T3 KIRFs y2

Curriculum Web Term 4 2024

During this week we worked on our observational, sketching and collage skills.

The whole school looked at architecture as our theme for this year, while in Year Two we focused on Doors.

We began the week by going for a walk around New Romney to look at all of the different styles of doors we could find. The Children took photos of them, then it was back to school to sketch the different doors we had seen. We moved on to looking at artists, especially Henri Matisse and his approach to art. We created some artwork using his methods, looking at techniques, colours and shapes.

Our final piece was a door each, where the children used materials they’d collected at home and at school to recreate one of the doors we found on our walk.

The children did a fantastic job and we can’t wait to share them properly in a gallery format later in the term!

We are looking forward to seeing as many families as possible at our Mother’s Day service later at church.

The children have written some heartfelt prayers and have worked hard to create cards and pictures for you all.

Thank you mums, grans, nans and aunties for all your hard work in supporting your gorgeous children.

Here’s just a glimpse of some of the work they’ve been creating.