Year 2 News 6.10.23

English

In English this week, we have read the story of ‘Mr Wolf’s Pancakes’. In this alternative version of the little red hen story, Mr Wolf wants to make pancakes but his unhelpful neighbours are very rude and refuse to help him. We enjoyed the twist at the end! We talked lots about the similarities and differences in the two stories.

We then decided to plan our own version of the little red hen story. We will be writing these next week.

Spellings

This week we have been learning alternative spellings for the air sound.

This has included the homophones hair/hare, pair/pear, bear/bare

Maths

This week in maths we have been ordering objects and numbers. Children have practised ordering from both smallest to greatest, and greatest to smallest! We have also been practising counting in steps of 2, 5 and 10. Today we have learned how to count in 3s! Can you practise this at home?

Mastering Number Project

Have your children mentioned our rekenrek sessions? This year, Reception, Y1 and Y2 are taking part in the Mastering Number project. The project aims for children to develop a greater fluency in number facts to 20. We are using a rekenrek to support this. This 1 minute video explains how this works:

This week, we have been learning how to make 6, 7, 8 and 9 by recognising that 5 is one of the parts. We used this number blocks programme:

Geography

We looked at a map of Farsley and identified some human features on our maps. we found the infant building, the junior building, the civic hall and car park and also the police station. We then walked down Cote Lane to spot the features from the map.

PSHE

This week we have learned about the importance of hand hygiene. Children have learned how to wash their hands properly and have written instructions to clearly understand each step. They have also talked about when they should wash their hands and why this is important.

Thank you for completing the 5 a day charts at home this week. Please can children hand in their homework books on Monday, once this has been completed.

DT

We have continued to look at ways to make moving pictures. This week, we have learned how to make a lever and pivot with a split pin!

Art

Look at our fantastic still life fruit art!