Year 2 Learning. Term 2, Week 5

Noticeboard

This Week
Christmas Parties Preparations – Sign up sheets for food donations for the last day of term will be put out on class patios on a clip board at drop off and pick up this week. Thank you
Wednesday 29th November – Eco Committee Members from each class – Planting Time with Mrs Grant. Could these children please bring in their wellies and ensure they have waterproof coats.

Next Week
Henleaze Christmas Fayre – Wednesday 6th December – This will be after school where members of the school Choir will perform to open the event. If your child is involved, you should have already received an email and paper copy of the permission letter. Please make sure this is returned to your class teacher ASAP.
Henleaze Infants Christmas Carol Service – Thursday 7th December – St Peter’s Church – 2pm – All Welcome **Please email class emails if you are able to help walk us to the church and back.

Final Week
Wednesday 13th December – Christmas Dinner
Friday 15th December – Christmas Parties and Last Day of Term – Wear your party clothes and/or a Christmas Jumper. Bring in a donation to FHIS.

Daily Well Being

Monday-Connect-  What helps us if we’re feeling tired?
Tuesday-Take Notice- Use your finger to slowly trace around the labyrinths
Wednesday-Be Active- clap out the syllables with Blazer Fresh
Thursday-Keep Learning- Try a ‘minute-to-win-it’ challenge e.g. How many star jumps can you do/ plastic cups can you stack?
Friday-Give- What are you feeling thankful for today?

English

Phonics

We will be practicing our listening and being a good audience skills as we watch the Reception Nativity Performance this week.

Writing

Whole School Season’s Poetry Handwriting Project
Using the ‘Stickman’ by Julia Donaldson as an inspiration for more work on rhyming words, similes and description.

Reading

Comparing the different books from one author, Julia Donaldson.

Maths Money and Shape

Mental Oral/Warm Up:
Counting on and back to 100 Daily count
Flashback 4
Flashcard Coins 
Learning Objectives:
Money 
To find change by working with a friend by buying items from a pretend shop.
To use notes to buy items and calculate the change using a subtraction method.
Two step problem solving with money problems – Assessment
Shape
To recognise and name 2D and 3D shapes and show my understanding by finding the shapes in the school environment. 
Count sides on 2D shapes

Wider Curriculum

PE
SHINE PE

Geography To consider different climate zones using geographical language such as ‘temperate’ and ‘tropical’. 
PSHE Standing up for myself and others.
R W+V Christmas and Advent – what was fulfilled and what promise is to come? We shall also take part in a special assembly with Simon from St Peter’s Church all about advent. This will also be our cue to start decorating our classrooms and starting our advent calendars in class!
Music Complete unit on pitch and assess their use of vocabulary.
Computing Continue with last tasks on the Coding unit from Purple Mash.
Science Investigation – Which is the strongest paper?

Start Class Advent Calendars and begin to decorate classrooms

Reading for the Stars

Bronze Award
Maple Class – Annabelle
Sycamore Class – Sienna Felix Etta

Maple Class – Joseph
Sycamore Class –
Rosalie

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