This week in Year 2 we have been doing...

Guided Reading

This week in Guided Reading, we started the book ‘The Magic Finger’ written by Roald Dahl. We have had a fun week of reading the book, thinking about what questions we would ask Roald Dahl, acted out different scenes in the story and looked at some character expressions. Take a look at some of us in action!

English

In English this week we focussed on conjunctions. We looked at how conjunctions can be used to extend sentences. We looked at because, and, but, so, although and despite.

We used these conjunctions in different ways by writing a postcard and a diary entry as they different characters from the Magic Finger. We looked closely at how different conjunctions can be used to change the meaning of sentences for example but and although. We have become so confident at this. Well done Year 2!

Spellings for w/b 28^th June

although
went
saw
they
where
were
when
could
would
should

Maths

In Maths this week we have looked at position and direction. We have used the vocabulary left, right, forward, backwards, clockwise and anticlockwise turns. At the beginning of the week we focussed our learning on left, right, forward and backwards. We discovered this is trickier than we first thought as we have to check which way the object was facing as this can change the direction as it might not be a typical left or right. Later in the week, we used this learning to help us solve problems which involved clockwise and anti-clockwise.

Topic

This week in Topic we have been looking at plants and trees! We started the week by looking at labelling key parts of a plant and a tree using the vocabulary stem, root, leaf, flower and for trees bark, root, crown, branch, trunk and leaves. We then started to look at the differences between evergreen and deciduous trees. We learnt that deciduous trees lose their leaves at some point in the year however evergreen trees stay green the whole year round.

Love to Learn

TTRS! Have a play around the game and get used to how it works :)

Reminders

• We have class photos on Tuesday 29^th June. Please may the children be in full smart, normal uniform.
• We have KS1 Sports Day on Tuesday 20^th July at 1.45
• PE is on a Monday and Tuesday. Please come into school in your PE kit.
• Please remember to bring in a water bottle into school. We have cups and water available

Have a fabulous weekend! 

Miss Keam and Miss Davey