Year 2 Friday blog - 5th July 2024

Date: 5th Jul 2024 @ 5:16pm

Dear parents,

Welcome to the Year 2 Friday blog!

We have had a busy week in Year 2. Sports day, move up morning, science investigations and a music taster lesson with Mr Crane!

Each week you will find out what we have been doing in class, weekly spellings / times tables and lots more.

Thank you for your support with our new weekly blogs. It has been fantastic to hear the children talking about them in school this week. Every Friday the blog will be shared with the class to recap our learning and make them aware of their homework. Moving to online homework has allowed us to become a more eco friendly school. Throughout the week we will be learning about the spelling rule in preparation for the quiz on Thursday. Spelling frame or your homework book can be used for practise along with the spelling strategies shared on the blog below. Please ask if your child requires a reminder of their log in details for Spelling Frame or TT Rock Stars.

Homework

Well done to everyone who has spent time on both spelling frame and TT Rock Stars this week!

Reading - Reading is one of the most important skills for children to master as it unlocks their imagination and allows them to access the rest of the curriculum. Please read with your child every night. Question prompts are provided within reading books, coloured book marks and reading records. Asking questions improves key reading skills, such as retrieval and inference.

Spellings - Please find this weeks spellings below and a link to spelling frame. Red homework books do not need to be returned to school.

Times table / Division facts - This week the children need to focus on 2,5 and 10 times tables and division facts on TT Rock Stars.

I will be keeping track of all children logging into both Spelling Frame and TT Rockstars. I recommend 10 minutes on both, as many nights as possible.

An overview for spellings and timestables can be found at the bottom of the blog.

Our learning this week in Year 2

Maths

In Maths this week we have been working extremely hard on fractions. We have been using a bar model to find 1/2, 1/3, 1/4 and 3/4s of an amount.

English

This week we have continued our reports on dragons. We are excited to send them to Clitheroe Castle!

Science

In Science, we have started an investigation to discover what a plant needs to grow. We planted 5 seeds and each seed will not be given one thing such as water, soil and light. We will check on the plants throughout the next few weeks to see what happens.