What a fantastic week we have had in Year 2!

This week we have celebrated Science week with a whole host of learning linking Science to lots of other areas of the curriculum.

On Monday we launched Science week with an assembly and then had the whole day to conduct an investigation into 'rocket mice'. We wanted to answer the question 'Does the material of a rocket mouse affect how far it flies?'.

The children made rocket mice out of five different materials, and we then tested how far each mouse would fly on the playground. We recorded our results in a table and then concluded our investigation thinking about the properties of different materials and how they would affect their flight.

On Tuesday Father David came into school to talk to us about RE and Science. We linked our Science learning with our topic of Judaism. We learned about Tu B'Shevat, a Jewish festival dedicated to trees, their importance on our planet and how the Jewish faith believe that we should look after the Earth. We linked this with our Science learning where we looked at a range of animals who use trees as their habitats, learned about the different food chains within tree habitats, and we then created a collaborative collage (MASTERPIECE) of a Menorah representing a tree and its branches, and included pictures of the different animals within the tree habitat.

On Wednesday we looked at farming and the Science behind it, as well as looked at a range of STEM jobs associated with farming. The children learned about bees and their habitats and wrote a factfile to present their findings.

On Thursday we had 'dress down day' which the children absolutely loved! The children came in as a Scientist of different varieties, we had some astronomers, paleobiologists, environmentalists, zoologists, doctors, nurses and vets. We talked about the different careers within Science and the children were inspired!

We celebrated Science week on Friday and shared our learning from the week. We have had a fantastic week and the children have worked really hard - well done!

Have a wonderful, sunny weekend.

Best wishes,
Miss Freeman and the Year 2 Team

This week we have been learning about the 'zh' sound represented by an 's' in our spellings.
i.e. treasure, pleasure, television, collision, exposure, composure, enclosure.

The children have come back from half-term ready for their learning and we are now on the final part of our Year 2 journey!

The children have enjoyed having a sneak peek into our new Power of Reading book, visualising the character of 'Egg Box Dragon' through the description in the story and have created their very own Egg Box Dragons out of junk modelling materials.

In Maths this week we have been learning about the vocabulary associated with position and direction, thinking about how we can describe where things are and how we get from one place to another. Children have been learning about clockwise and anticlockwise, and different turns.

We introduced our new Global Learning Goal 'Decent Work and Economic Growth' on Wednesday where we walked up to Buckden High Street and located all of the different places of employment, and the job opportunities available within these places. We were lucky enough to have a chat with the Manager of Annafield Estate Agents who told us about her job and the path she took to get into her career!

The children have enjoyed Art and Computing this week where we have learned about our Artist, LS Lowry who painted pictures of industrial scenes, and in Computing we recreated a range of impressionist Artwork on the laptops, using Purple Mash and 2PaintaPicture to help us!

Have a lovely weekend,

Miss Freeman, Mrs Farmer and the Year 2 Team 

Maths - numbots is currently not working so please use TopMarks Hit the Button to practice number facts and times tables.  https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button 

Spelling - Suffixes: -ment/-ness Homophones: not/knot 

Reading - please keep reading and using boom reader. 

Homework - 

Maths - Numbots 15 minutes 3 times a week

Reading - Daily and record on Boom Reader

Spellings - Non over Easter but if you would like to look at previous blogs to practice previous words and rules, please do :) 

Homework - Reading, recording on Boom Reader  

- Spelling; compare /s/ /c/ /ce/ -common exception word. eye - homophones, piece/peace 

- Maths, use Numbots

Have a relaxing half term