What an exciting first half term it has been!
In Science, we have been learning about habitats. We have learnt that habits provide shelter, safety and sources of food. We learnt about polar, desert, urban and ocean habitats and how different animals and plants can survive in them. We visited The Wetlands Centre and investigated microhabitats. We followed this by exploring the microhabitats we could find in our school.
In Maths, the children have been working hard to consolidate their place value knowledge. They have used this knowledge to compare numbers, add and subtract, and have been showing their thinking in different ways! They used their adding skills to solve problems and find lots of different solutions.
The Y2 children have had the opportunity to retell a range of books including The Rainbow Fish, The Great Explorer and Lost and Found.
The children retold these stories and learnt to apply their new writing skills. The children tried hard to use a range of openers, question sentences and expanded noun phrases. We are so proud of the children’s hard work and the progress they are making!
Following our trip to the Wetland Centre, the Y2 classes designed their own Mini Bug Hotels using materials that would attract minibeasts. The children evaluated their work and thought about how they could make them even better next time.
In Art, the children have been developing their skill of tinting and shading. The children learned about the artist Alma Thomas and enjoyed discussing and recreating her work.
Mrs Williamson, our fantastic music teacher, has helped each Y2 class to create a composition about sounds that we hear in the home, inspired by the piece ‘’No place like it’ by Kerry Andrews. The children had to think about the steady beat throughout the composition and used texture (layering of sounds) in their class composition.
Thank you to all the parents for their continued support. We hope everyone has a relaxing and safe holiday!