Year 2 – Crimson & Scarlet
Dec 17 2020
We cannot believe we are at the end of our first term in Year 2. We have loved getting to know the classes and learning so many fun things together! This week in Maths, we have been learning all about 2D shapes! We have been identifying the different features of a 2D shape such as; …
Dec 11 2020
This week in English, we have been learning about poetry. We listened to Michael Rosen performing his poem ‘Chocolate Cake’ and the children loved it! They noticed how he was acting out the words and using lots of expression when he was reading and it really inspired them! We have decided to write our own …
Dec 04 2020
Another week finished and so much fun was had by all! In Maths, we have been learning about money this week. We have been focusing on how we can make amounts of money in different ways. We also set up a challenge where we had to try to make £1 in as many different ways …
Nov 27 2020
In English, we started our new topic based on Newspaper reports. We started off the week by looking at an example of a Newspaper report and picked out the key features. We spent some time learning about facts and opinions and sorted facts we know about Grace Darling and our opinions on her. Next week, …
Nov 24 2020
This afternoon Years 2 to 6 had a live assembly with Google and Parent Zone learning about how to be legends online! We learned a lot about how to be internet sharp, alert, secure, kind and brave. They tested our knowledge about how to make good choices online. In school we will continue to talk …
Nov 20 2020
In English this week we have been busy writing our very own versions of Rapunzel where she escapes in a unique way and finds something amazing in the forest. The children have worked really hard to include conjunctions, adverbs and noun phrases in their writing, whilst also writing in past tense. Why not ask them …
Nov 13 2020
This week in Maths we have been learning how to halve a number. The children have been great at using their knowledge of even and odd numbers to be able to support them when deciding whether a number can be halved into two equal groups. We have focusing on descriptive language this week in English. …
Nov 11 2020
” Join The Internet Legends with this new family adventure at home. Learn about online safety together from Google and Parent Zone. This family challenge is a three-part animated series following a family of Internauts through Interland. “ Once you have finished watching the films, why not download and complete the accompanying activity packs? There …
Nov 06 2020
It was lovely to see the children so refreshed after half term and ready for a new week! In Maths, we have been learning about doubles. We have been thinking about what ‘double’ means and even created a long list of different ways to say double. We used cubes, column addition and hundred squares to …
Oct 23 2020
Can you believe we are at the end of our first half term in Year 2? We have had a great week this week. In Maths, we have been learning about subtraction and learning different methods to subtract. We spent some time learning how to use column subtraction and we were blown away by how …