Good afternoon everyone,
This week in assemblies we have looked at Candlemas and have focused on God fulfilling his promise to Simeon that he would see the Messiah. We discussed how God always keeps His promises and how it is important for us to try and keep our promises to.
English - In English we have created and described our own ‘found creatures’, inspired by the Bog Baby. We used our planning to create our own character descriptions. We have also focused on past tense regular and irregular verbs.
Maths - In Maths we finished off our work on money by making amounts in pounds, pence and a combination of the two in different ways. We also found out how to calculate change. We have now moved onto our unit on multiplication by looking at equal groups.
Science - In Science we learned about an urban habitat and how the animals and plants that live there are adapted to it.
RE - In RE, we have been looking at the story and meaning of Jesus’ parable of the lost sheep.
Geography - We explored the West African Island nation of Cape Verde and produced our own travel brochures to describe what it is like to visit there.
PE - Our Wednesday PE session worked on tennis game skills. Our Friday PE session focused upon travelling, balancing and jumping.
Computing - We continued to find and copy text from a website to paste onto a word document and add an appropriate image to accompany it.
Please continue to practise counting in 2s, 3s, 5s and 10s. Please continue to use TTRockstars to practise times tables.
Please practise the year 1 and year 2 common exception words sent home before half term. The children need to be able to read and write (spelling correctly) each one of these by the end of year 2.
Spelling
15 more Year 2 common exception words to practise. I will choose 10 of these for our test.
Times Table
Please keep practicing. Keep going on TTRockstars!
Maths
Finding change.
English
beaches comprehension booklet.
Golden Award -
Writing Award -
Maths Award -
Year 2 PE lessons will take place on Wednesday and Friday. Please come to school in PE kit on these days.
Water bottles - all the children were given a new school bottle. This will come home each night to be cleaned and re-filled. Please only use the school bottles and ensure your child brings theirs each day. Lost water bottles can be replaced at the school office, but I am afraid you will have to pay for those. Year 2 have green tops.
I will not be in class on a Thursday afternoon, as it is my release time. This will be covered by Mrs Bowdell and Miss Andrew and is also when the children will have Music with Mrs Watson.
Party Invitations - I am afraid that Mrs Bowdell and I will not be able to give out party invitations in class. Please do not send your child into class with them for them to give out - it creates upset and fuss about something that takes place outside of school.Thank-you for your understanding with this matter.
Key Rings - please do not put key rings onto your child’s school bag, it creates fuss in class and then upset if they are lost.
School bags - please continue to use the red book bag that your child was given in Reception, we don’t not have the room to store large bags. Many thanks for your help with this matter.
13.2.25 - The school council has decided to run 'What I would like to be when I leave school' day in order to raise funds for CAFOD. They are asking children to dress up as someone they would like to be when they grow up on Thursday 13th February 2025. This can be anything so please do not feel like you have to buy a costume for this occasion, props from home or a simple paintbrush in hand (if they wish to be a painter) will do perfectly. A contribution of £1 is now live to pay on ParentPay and will go towards raising money for CAFOD.
ADVANCED NOTICE….
17.3.25 - Parent/Teacher Meetings - please keep an eye out for the email giving you information on booking a slot. These meetings will run from 1-5pm and will be an opportunity for us to catch up on your child’s learning and how you can support them at home.
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Have a lovely weekend,
Mr Whetnall, Mrs Bowdell, Miss Murray and Mrs Gilheaney
