We were lucky enough to create our own poppies to mark Remembrance Day. We put our DT skills to use and practised the long stitch and then decided to sew our Christmas tree decorations too!

poppies

 

 Music

 This half term we have been focusing on rhythm and beat and created our own simple rhythms and playing tuned and untuned instruments.  It was great fun being composers! We appraised the 'Brave Nurses' song, linking our learning with Florence Nightingale.  In addition to this, we really enjoyed practising 'Do they know it's Christmas time?' for our peace concert and learnt all the MAKATON signs too. 

music Autumn 2

 Science

 In Science this half term, we have been focusing on Biology - Animals Including Humans. We have been learning about animal lifecycles, describing the basic needs for animals for survival and describing the importance of humans to exercise and eat healthily. We had a go at devising our own nutritious school menus and explored Louis Pasteur's germ theory. We linked our learning to Florence Nightingale and Mary Seacole, focusing on how healthcare improved as a result of their contributions. 

We've also created our own growth charts so we can observe over time to see how we grow over the year.

 Useful websites:

• Fun science activities for home*:

https://pstt.org.uk/resources/curriculum-materials/Science-Fun-at-Home

• Range of games and activities*:

https://wowscience.co.uk/

science autumn 2y2

 Geography Awareness Week 

We recapped fieldwork knowledge and skills about maps, symbols and compass directions. We walked to East Riddlesden Hall, noticing key landmarks and human and physical features in our surroundings. We wanted to find out how many people visit East Riddlesden Hall in the afternoon and we created our own tally charts to record what we found. We created our own maps when we returned and a fun day was hard by all!

geography awareness year 2

 RE

 Our big question was 'I wonder what Christians believe God is like?' and we explored the parable of The Lost Son and how it teaches Christians God is kind, loving and forgiving. We learnt what it means to ask for forgiveness and made links to what this means for us. We then thought about trust and how Jonah put his trust in God in the story of Jonah and the Big Fish. 

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 We also enjoyed Interfaith day and shared our artwork on The Crying Camel with Burley and Woodhead C of E Primary School.

y2 REAut2

 English

Vocabulary

• Expanded noun phrases to describe and specify

 Grammar

• Sentences with different form: statement, question, exclamation, command
• The present and past tenses correctly and consistently including the progressive form
• Subordination (using when, if, that, or because) and co-ordination (using or, and or but)
• Some features of written Standard English
• Suffixes to form new words (-ful, -er, -ness)
• Sentence demarcation
• Commas in lists
• Apostrophes for omission and singular possession

 Punctuation

• Learning how to use both familiar and new punctuation correctly, including full stop, capital letters, exclamation marks, question marks, commas for lists and apostrophes for contracted forms and the possessive (singular)

Grammatical Terminology

• Noun
• Noun phrase
• Statement
• Question
• Exclamation
• Command
• Compound
• Adjective
• Verb
• Suffix
• Adverb
• Tense (past, present)
• Apostrophe
• Comma

 Useful websites:

• Learn about suffixes and play the quiz: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/z8mxrwx/articles/zwgbcwx
• Practice spelling Common Exception Words and select Year 2:

http://www.ictgames.com/littleBirdSpelling/

• Pick a picture for some writing inspiration:

http://www.pobble365.com/ 

https://www.literacyshed.com/the-ks1-shed.html 

• Watch the introductory video and pick a writing challenge:

https://litfilmfest.com/playlists/

• Free E books for children:

 https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/for-home/find-a-book/library-page/

• Read a book from the e library:

https://worldbook.kitaboo.com/reader/worldbook/index.html?usertoken=Mjk5MzQ6MTpJUjA5MjAxNjoyOmNsaWVudDE2OTc6MTY5NzoyMjE2Mjg4OjE6MTU4NDM4MDExMzA2Mjp1cw==

• Click the link to a web page with a variety of books read aloud by authors*:

https://www.katemessner.com/learning-at-home-resources-for-primary-grades-prek-2/

 Bridge to Spelling - Little Wandle

 The following is an overview of the Little Wandle Bridge to Spelling unit.

 Maths

We have been learning about Multiplication and Division. We've worked hard to learn 2, 5 and 10 times tables with related division facts, odd and even numbers, commutativity, inverse relations, grouping and sharing. We have used these skills to relate to Fractions.

Useful websites:

• Revise your number bonds, times-tables, doubles and halves:

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button

• Addition and subtraction number fact families (0-100)

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/number-facts/number-fact-families

• Pick a skill you want to go practise: https://uk.ixl.com/math/year-2

• Short videos and activity sheets based on the Year 2 curriculum*:https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-2/