Year 2 News

Year 2 News 26.01.24
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English This week we have been writing our magic medicine instructions. Children have used time words and bossy verbs in their steps. We even wrote a warning to add to the bottle! We then moved onto our new narrative unit. We are going to be writing a story about a character who takes some Read More

Year 2 19.01.24
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English We have been focussing on instructional writing in our English lessons this week. We began by identifying the different features of instructions and looking at different examples of these. We have been tasked to create our own marvellous medicine, just like George! As a class, we created our own wonderful concoctions by mixing together Read More

Year 2 News 12.01.24
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English This week, we have started exploring our new class text, George’s Marvellous Medicine. We began by using clues from the front cover to help Predicting Pip make accurate suggestions about the characters and plot. We think that a boy called George is going to create a magical medicine for an old woman using Read More

Y2 News 22.12.23
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We have had a very busy week with shows, parties and special visitors. A huge well done to everyone on their super performances. We have done lots of art (and some maths and English too!) Here are some photos showing this week’s highlights!

Year 2 News 15.12.23
15/12/2023 · 1 comment
English This week we started our English with a trip to the Arctic! We packed our bags then boarded our ship. there were lots of jobs to do. When we arrived at the Arctic, we set up base camp and started to explore. We saw polar bears, walrus, icebergs and we even spotted the Read More

Year 2 News 8.12.23
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English This week, we have been writing our very own reports all about animals that live in the polar regions. We began by using a range of non-fiction books and the chromebooks to research facts about different animals and recording these on our planning maps. After recapping the features of a report, we put our Read More

Year 2 News 1.12.23
01/12/2023 · 1 comment
English In English this week we have been reading non chronological reports about polar animals. We have looked at the text features such as title, subheadings, facts and pictures. We then sorted fact sentences into the correct paragraphs. In Year 2, children need to learn how to use different conjunctions to extend their sentences. Read More

Year 2 News 24.11.23
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English This week in English we have continued with our story ‘Follow the Swallow’ by Julia Donaldson. We have practised writing from the character’s point of view and have written a postcard. The children thought of excellent ideas and put together their postcards well. Here are a few examples: Next week we will be Read More

Year 2 News 17.11.23
17/11/2023 · 1 comment
English This week in English we enjoyed reading ‘Follow the Swallow’ by Julia Donaldson. It is a really lovely story which introduces two main characters, a swallow and a blackbird; they learn about each other and what they do throughout the seasons. We have listened to the story and given our opinions, creating a Read More

Year 2 News 10.11.23
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English This week in English we have been reading and writing poems about fireworks. Children have written their first acrostic poem using the letters for firework. They were brilliant! Children used lots of right choice verbs and adjectives to describe fireworks. We introduced alliteration. Spelling Oh u lucky duck! Use this to support learning Read More