Class 2
Letter and number formation guidance Class 2
Spelling Tests
Autumn Equinox
The way the sun, Earth and Moon move around in relation to each other gives us our day and night, our spring, summer, autumn and winter.
The Earth itself is tilted as it moves around the sun. The tilt is very important because it means at certain times of the year more of one part of the Earth is facing the sun than at other times. This tilt gives us our seasons.
In June the northern part of Earth is tilted towards the sun meaning we get the most hours of sunshine giving us short nights and the longest day of the year.
In September, the Earth has moved further around the sun and now the tilt means the sun is facing the middle of the Earth. The rays of sun are shining on the Northern and Southern parts of the Earth equally. This means we get about the same hours of day time and night time.
We call this time of year autumn, and the day of the year when we have the most equal day and night is September 23rd and is called the Autumnal Equinox.
After the Autumnal Equinox the tilt of the Earth means we get fewer of the sun’s rays shining on our part of the world each day. The days get shorter and the nights get longer all the way through to the shortest day of the year at the Winter Solstice in December.
Celebrating the Autumnal Equinox 23rd September 2019- Curriculum Enrichment Day.
Happy Autumn Equinox! Class 2 raise a toast to the first day of Autumn with a glass of freshly squeezed apple juice.
Lucky Lions
Year 1 Maths.. number bond investigations
Look up, look down, look all around.... come and see what we discovered on our nature treasure trail at Woodland school.
Weaving stars
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Class 2 webpage for year September 2018- July 2019
Our trip to look at habitats in Bishopswood.
Big Blue Sky Day. Class 2’s wonderful art work.
The beautiful Sensory Garden
Quiet reading in the Sensory garden.
Year 2 time telling challenge. Wednesday 19th June.
Zog 6th June 2019
Book reviews
The Smartest Giant in Town .... literacy this term.
Camouflage Hands- going wild in Woodland School
Science in class 2
Class 2 World Book Day 2019
Excellent websites for children.
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Mega sites for maths |
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Smashing sites for science |
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Excellent sites for English |
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Inspirational sites for internet safety |
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Terrific sites for topics |
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Fantastic sites for French |
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Cool sites for computing |
5 x Tables!
Class 2 have been creating an array city whilst learning their 5 x tables. We have been learning our multiplication facts as well as their related division facts. 7x5=35. 35/5=7.
Class 2 enjoying a much deserved ‘Golden Time’.
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Reader of the week
Amelia proved to be a fantastic first, ‘Reader of the week’ reading ‘The Snail and the Whale’ fluently and confidently. Well done!
Spring Term 2019
This term children will learn about the Great Fire of London as an event beyond living memory. They will also consider ways in which we find out about the past using a variety of sources, for example the diary of Samuel Pepys and contemporary art. They will be introduced to thinking about the reliability of sources.
Spellings will continue to be handed out on Mondays in preparation for testing on the following Monday. I attach a pdf of the weekly spellings on the class 2 page of the school website every week in case the spellings get lost.
Maths homework will be sent home on Mondays and needs to be returned by Friday of the same week so that I can mark and prepare books for handing back the following week. Maths homework will be for Year 2's only this term. ( I have included a maths booklet detailing all of the methods and knowledge the children will need for their upcoming SATs).
PE will be on Wednesday and Friday and children will need outdoor PE kits as we will be doing hockey for this term. (Please send gloves and scarves too).
Woodland school is now on Thursday afternoons.
Daily phonics, spelling and cursive handwriting lessons will continue and this term we are learning to join our handwriting.
Parents evening is during the week commencing 1st April 2019 and I look forward to seeing you all then. In the meantime if you have any questions or concerns please do not hesitate to contact me .
Best wishes and a Happy New Year.
Miss Curtis
Christmas time!
Callow End Christingle.
Coming Home
Class 2 have had a wonderful time reading ‘Coming Home’ by Michael Morpurgo. They have learnt about migrating robins from Scandinavia and the perilous journey they make every year to return to the UK.
They have made ‘ bird cakes’ to feed the Callow End robins over the Winter and have each written a set of instructions on how to make them during literacy lessons .
They have made their own robins from felt in design and technology and used them to create a colourful display border for our working wall.
This afternoon we went out into the beautiful new sensory garden and hung their bird feeders from the trees. We then waited quietly in the shelter for our first red-breasted visitor , the children were enthralled and I have never seen them so quiet!
Well done Class 2 , what a wonderful effort you have all made and how lucky your little robins are.
‘Coming Home’ by Michael Morpurgo
We are being very quiet and waiting to see our robin’s feeding.... shhhh
Class 2 read ‘Coming Home’ by Michael Morpurgo
A selection of brave Year 2’s read out sections of our class text. ( Hiccups courtesy of Charlie!)
Edith
Coco
Mike-Jay
Edith
Esme
The End
Reading champions!!
Reading information
D &T - making woolly hats.
Academy Day
Too Much Talk- drama for academy day
The children spent the session creating story maps, learning repetitive language and acting out their story. A great time was had by all!
Role-play
Drama
More reading champions!
Place Value Pumpkins
A cultured class 2 spent the afternoon listening to Vivaldi’s Four Seasons whilst painting and sketching for their topic on Seasonal Changes.
Class 2 reading champion’s- very proud to have moved up a reading level this week, well done!
Scavenger Hunt in Woodland School
Seasons
Place value work
What happens in the woods?
Outdoor learning at Woodland School Autumn 2018
Maths
