Parent's Evening

Thanks for all the parents and relatives who came to see the Year 2 teachers this week about their child's reports. It really was great to see you all.

We hope to see you all the summer fayre on Saturday!

Super Stanley!

Well done to all the children in 2 Olive who completed their Stanley homework really well. I enjoyed reading about where he had been on his travels!

On Friday your child will take home a story plan about Giant Stanley and will use this to write their own story. Ensure your child uses speech marks, connectives and adjectives to make their story as interesting as possible.

2 Olive's class trip to the Zoo.

Our Trip to the Zoo
We really enjoyed our trip to the zoo. We learned a little more about lifecycles and paid close attention to the different patterns found on various animals. We also had lots of fun!

The penguins were cooling off.

We role played the life-cycle of a butterfly.

The Zebra skin felt greasy.

We could feel the Leopard's claw!

The macaws were so noisy!

the snake was scaly.

We enjoyed watching the animals in action. The giraffe skin has an amazing print.

2 Olive's Trip to the National Gallery

Seurat

We have been learning about impressionism in Art this half term. the artists we have studied are Monet and Seurat. Here are paintings by the 2 artists:

We also spent some time by the water fountains in Trafalger Square. Some of us threw in a penny and made a wish!

Monet

Here are some lovely bar graphs produced by children in 2 Olive.

Eesa did his clothing bar chart for homework last week and Zeynep completed hers in class.

Well done!

You could now ask your child to interpret the data presented in the graphs.

Example:

What was 2 Olive's favourite Fairytale?

How many white Tshirts does Eesa own?

how many more people liked The Gingerbread Man than Little Red Riding Hood?

This week in maths we are looking at 2D and 3D shapes and their properties. We are asking questions like- How many faces does it have?Are they curved or flat?How many edges does it have?Does it have a point?

Pyramid

Cone

Cube
Cuboid
Cylinder
Sphere

We are also looking at symmetry and finding out if something is symmetrical. Something is symmetrical when it is folded in half and the two halves of the page are equal or mirror images. Can you see which shape is symmetrical?

This week in maths we are learning how to answer questions using information in graphs and plotting our own graphs.

Some examples of questions you could ask…

How many taxis went past in one minute?
How many more cars than lorries went past in one minute?
How many motorbikes and buses went past in one minute?

Making Hand Puppets

A big thank you to all the parents who came in to our class on Thursday to lend a hand with our D & T lesson. We are making hand puppets and the sewing and cutting part was very tricky! We will be continuing this project every Monday afternoon until half term and your help would be very much appreciated!

Paddingon Art Competition

Well Done Amina and Rina!

Amina and Rina attended the prize giving ceremony at Paddington for the competition they entered a few months ago. Amina got first prize for her pastel landscape drawing and Rina came second using the same materials. Amina's card can now be bought in the Paddington Art shop so she really is an artist!

Amina proudly shows her framed, winning design.

Rina holds high her Runners Up certificate.

Wonderful Work

Wonderful Work!

Please feel free to have a peep around the door of our classroom and have a look at the wonderful work board. Work is changed about once every 2 weeks and all kinds of wonderful work is used, from Art to Maths.

Look at our Burglar Alarms!

Science in Literacy

We have been making circuits in Science whilst learning about Electricity. In Literacy today we use our knowledge about circuits and switches to make a burglar alarm! First we built a lego house and then added our buzzer circuit. You can see pictures of our finished burglar alarms below:

Next week we will write an EXPLANATION text explaining how our burglar alarms work. We will also add diagrams and flowcharts to make our explanations even clearer. We will draw a circuit diagram like the one above with labels. Instead of a light bulb we used a buzzer to make the burglar jump!

Explanation Texts - Literacy Learning

In Literacy next week we will be looking at Explanation texts and flowcharts.

Look at the explanation text and flowchart above and ask your child to spot the features of explanation texts. These are listed below:

Can you find: introduction, heading, technical words, diagrams, photographs, labels and captions.

Well Done Amina!!!! Amina has won the Paddington Waterside Art Competition, and will have her wintery image produced into a Christmas card. All th children entered the competition but Amina was the lucky winner. She used pastels and chalk to create her winter waterside scene.

Maths on the Internet:

We are currently learning about data in Numeracy and there are lots of wonderful websites that your child can use to practice things such as Bar Graphs, Tables and Carroll diagrams.

Click on these links below to have a look...

http://http://www.standards.dfes.gov.uk/primary/publications/mathematics/12874/nns_useict026000carroll.swf

http://http://tlfe.org.uk/interactive/ - lots of different interactive activities on here for you to try.

You should also be practising your mental maths, especially odd and even numbers, more and less than and bonds to 20.

Literacy

We have just finished a topic on instructional writing. Children should now be familiar with the features of instructions. Ask your child to spot the features in these instructions below. You can even try out the tasty recipe afterwards!

Turkey Rollups
Turkey rollups are great for on-the-run snacks or a light lunch.
Serves: 6
You Will Need

2 (8-oz.) pkgs. nonfat cream cheese, softened
3 whole green onions, finely chopped
1-oz. pkg. dry nonfat ranch salad dressing mix
6 low-fat flour tortillas or soft lahvosh
1/2 lb. low-fat turkey breast, roast beef, chicken or ham slices
6 whole iceberg lettuce leaves

Directions:
1. First combine cream cheese, green onions and ranch mix; blend ingredients until mixed.
2. Next divide cream cheese mixture among tortillas, spreading an even layer on each tortilla.
3. Then place a lettuce leaf on each tortilla and top with 3 or 4 slices turkey breast.
4. Roll tortilla tightly in plastic wrap and refrigerate up to 2 days.

Tips: Buyers beware! For real savings, make the switch to nonfat cream cheese.

Features to look for:

You will need section, Bullet points or numbered steps, Title, Time words, Tip, Picture

Poetry

From this week to the end of half term we shall be looking closely at Poetry. Encourage you child to read poems with ryhthm, expression and actions.

Click on the link here to play a rhyming game: http://http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/magickey/adventures/creamcake_game.shtml

Half Term : Please try to take your child to Church Street Library over half term.

There is a Mary Seacole day on the 23rd from 2.30-3.30pm.

If you can't make that then you can always help them to choose and read a poetry

book from the library instead.

Welcome Back - Reminders

Welcome back everyone!!
Thanks for coming to the Parents meeting last Thursday, it was great to see you all there.

Don't forget that in Year 2 we have homework 3 times a week:
Monday and Wednesday the children will take home Maths homework
On Friday they will take home Literacy, to be written neatly into their Yellow books.

PE is on a Tuesday afternoon and Games is Wednesday. Please don't forget your kits.

Spelling tests are done on a Friday afternoon so ensure taht children have learned their spellings during the week.

Any questions please come and see me, Miss Roebuck or Miss Cordina after school.

Welcome back!

Welcome back to school after your summer holidays!