Year 2 News 24.11.23

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 starting a non fiction unit about polar animals.

Spellings

Spellings this week are words with the eer, ear and ere sound. We have been looking at the homophones there, their and they’re.

Maths

This week in maths we have been doing lots of practical work using tens and ones to add two 2-digit numbers.

PSHE

This week we have been talking about how it feels to be left out. We talked about what we can do if we are feeling left out; can we be brave and ask to play? We acted out some scenes where one friend was feeling left out so the other friend went to help.

Cooking

This group weren’t as keen on their spaghetti and tomato sauce!