Dear Parents and Carers,

We have had another busy and exciting week of learning in Year 2.

Inquiry:
In Inquiry, we have been continuing our work on life cycles and observing different living things. This week, the children completed some research and then used this to write a fiction story about how an animal grows, inspired by The Very Hungry Caterpillar. The children used a storyboard to help them plan their ideas before writing, which really supported them in structuring their stories. They produced some truly beautiful work, and we cannot wait to put these fantastic pieces up on the wall for everyone to see!

Maths:
In maths, we have finished our unit on money, and the children did really well demonstrating their knowledge and understanding. We are incredibly proud of how confidently they applied their learning. We have now started our new unit on multiplication and division. The children have shown the learner profile attributes of thinker and risk-taker as they have begun exploring this new topic and tackling new challenges. It would be really helpful for the children to practise the 2, 5 and 10 times tables at home. This can be done using the Times Tables Rock Stars logins in your child’s reading diary or by using the multiplication grid which can be found on Google Classroom.

NSPCC Number Day:
We had a great time on number day completing loads of really fun maths based activities both in class and around the rest of the school. It was great to see so many of you dressed in clothes with numbers all over them.

GPaS:
In our GPaS lesson this week, we focused on consolidating all the skills that we have been fine-tuning over the past few weeks and applying them to our story writing. We have been seriously impressed with the way the children have used their knowledge and transferred it into their writing. In 2H, Professor Pig has been completely blown away by the brilliant presentation and effort shown by the children!

Miss Beamish:
Today, 2H said goodbye to Miss Beamish as she returns to Leigh Academy Marden to finish her training. We have been so lucky to have her with us and will really miss having her in class. Mr Houghton and Miss Beamish are currently setting up a pen friend programme between the two schools so that we can share our learning and see what children in other schools are getting up to, which we are very excited about.

Thank you for your continued support, and have a lovely weekend.

The Year 2 Team