Spring 1

Welcome to the year 2 class page! 
 
Here you will find regular updates of our current learning, ways to help at home and knowledge organisers for each subject. Please have a look at these updates with your child and find time to talk about the new skills and knowledge. If you have any questions or comments please feel free to come and talk to us or email the school office.
Week 1 
 
This week the children have been looking at money in maths and looking at our new story 'The Tunnel' in English!
 
We have been learning about the effects of yoga on the mind and body. We learned that it is good for physical strength, flexibility and balance but also to help calm down and switch off our 'animal brains' with purposeful breathing and slow movement! 
 
 
Week 2 
 
This week we have been really focused on counting money. We know that 100p adds up to make £1. If we had 160p for example we know that that is £1 and 60p. We have really struggled with change however. Lots of us are not sure how much to give back when we are overpaid. Please could you play some games with your children around money and help them with this concept! 
Week 3 
 
This week in Maths we have begun to learn about multiplication! We have learned that the 'X' symbol means groups of. So 3X2 means three groups and 2 things in each group. 
 
In English we have been looking at 'The Tunnel' by Anthony Browne and practicing forming sentences correctly with perfect handwriting, capital letters and full stops, finger spaces, and spelling. We have also practiced answering questions about a text. 
 
In DT we have been designing the heads of our moving monsters and we have seen some fantastic designs. We can't wait to see what they look like next week! 
 
Good work everyone! 
Week 4
This week in our Art lessons we worked hard on our portraits. We used shades and tints when mixing our skin and hair colours. We had to paint really carefully and look in the mirrors to create our portraits.
 
In Geography, we looked at two contrasting places and compared Ely to Cape Town in South Africa. We all wanted to spend some time on the beach and climb up Table Mountain. Ask your child why it is called Table Mountain and see if they can remember what makes a table cloth for the mountain? 
In maths, we have continued to learn about multiplication and division. Please practise the 2, 5 and 10 times tables to help your child with their maths.
Week 5
In English this week, we have been learning how to write a diary. We read the diary Jack wrote about going through the Tunnel and next week, we will be writing a diary from the perspective of the people who lived in Itching Down from the story of The Giant Jam Sandwich. 
Please keep practising the spellings we are sending home each week. We can already see the children are starting to use them when they are writing.
In RE, we learnt about the Hindu ceremony to welcome a new baby into a family called Jatakarma. The father whispers the name of Braham into the baby's ear and the mother's draw the special symbol Aum on the baby's tongue. This is so their first experiences are of God and the families wish them a safe and happy life.
We also had a great Number Day on Friday where we had Maths at the Movies. Ask your child all about Superworm! Maybe watch it again and count and spot how many legs, eyes, wings, antennae and insects you can- we found we could use lots of our 2 times table and even some division facts as we watched the film.