Year 2 Learning. Term 2, Week 3

In Maple Class this week we say Farewell and Good Luck to Miss Quinn and Welcome to
Mrs Riley – New exciting adventures for us all…

Noticeboard

Friendship Week – 13th – 17th November
Children in Need – Friday 17th November – Where something spotty and bring in a donation

Tuesday 21st November- 6pm – Online Safety Evening in the Junior School hall
Thursday 23rd November 9-9:45am – Coffee Morning at Henleaze Junior School for Y2 Parents
Henleaze Christmas Fayre – Wednesday 6th December – This will be after school where members of the school Choir will perform to open the event. More details to follow to the choir members.
Henleaze Infants Christmas Carol Service – Thursday 7th December – St Peter’s Church – 2pm – All Welcome

Well Being Activities

Monday – Connect – Pick a conversation starter card and model using it. Turn to the person next to you and take turns to start a conversation.
Tuesday – Take Notice – Colour your feelings
Wednesday – Be Active Joe Wickes  
Thursday – Keep Learning – Try something new’ challenge: Find an unusual place inside or out to look at a book with someone you don’t usually play with.
Friday – Give – Acts of kindness cards Pick a card for the class and at the end of the day, ask children to tell us who they noticed doing it.

English

Phonics

Reading

Poetry will be our main focus. Children will also complete independent tasks around comprehension, CEW keyword spotting and writing captions to match pictures.

Writing

Introduce story and create a story map including key vocabulary.
Retell the whole or part of the story.
Introduce Similes and think about rhyming words about Zog. Make lists ready to use for writing a class poem.
Write a class poem- Children to write parts out (handwriting) and illustrate. As a class we will look at prosody when reading out our poem aloud together.

Maths – Money

Mental Oral/Warm Up:
Counting on and back to 100
Daily count
Flashback 4  
Learning Objectives: 
Assessment – addition and subtraction
To count money in pence and show my understanding by finding the total value of a set of coins (within £1). 
To count money in pounds and show my understanding by finding the total value of a set of coins and notes (within £100). 
To count in pounds and pence by counting the pounds first and then the pence to find the total value of a set of mixed notes and coins.
To practically select notes and coins to make a given amount.

Wider Curriculum

PE Continuing work on Balance
SHINE

Geography Using globes and atlases to locate and name the 7 continents and 5 oceans.
PSHE Friendship Week Activities
Science Testing the rigidity of different materials. Link to our text of the week, Princess pearls outfit.
R+WV Remembrance and Death
Art Whole class Friendship Week Project

Reading for the Stars

Bronze Award

Maple Class – Elliot Joseph Sofie Cliona
Sycamore Class – Alfie Emelia Aara

Maple Class Heerad
Sycamore Class Chloe

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