Class 2
09.02.24 Week in Review
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Good afternoon everyone,
We have come to the end of another half-term here in year two and the class have been fantastic!
This week, we have worked on doubling and halving numbers in maths using practical equipment then moved ono building up mental strategies to halve and double. Following this, we recapped on how to partition numbers into their component parts of ones, tens and hundreds and then group together tens and ones to help us add bigger numbers.
English has been dominated by writing up our Katie Morag-inspired stories in best and illustrating the key parts of the story.
During our geography lesson, we used our field sketching skills to draw human and physical features of different locations around Scotland and England. We looked out for similarities and differences between places.
I hope everyone has a lovely half term!
See you soon!
Mr. H.
02/02/2024 Week in Review
admin on: Class 2
Good afternoon everyone,
The class have been very creative this week! They have planned their very own versions of a Mairi Hedderwick Katie Morag story. Some of the class have Katie traveling away from the famous Isle of Struay and to locations new. Others have noticed interesting places on Struay that would make a great story. The class have started drafting the beginning of their story and are going to continue their amazing work next week.
In music, we were learning about quavers and crochets and the note's durations. The class enjoyed marching, jogging and striding to envision different notes.
During maths, we have been fraction mad this week. We started by halving and quartering shapes before moving onto making fractions of amounts.
In other areas, the class have been showing lovely attitudes in PE during our share lessons. Taking turns, supporting each other and being good team players. In art, some of the class worked extremely hard on sketching horses like Andy Scott's Kelpies and the other group headed outdoors to recreate an Isle of Struay in miniature.
Have a lovely weekend everyone!
Thanks,
Mr. H.
26.1.24 Week in Review
admin on: Class 2
Good afternoon everyone and welcome back to the class two blog.
We have had another great week here at Netherthong and the class have worked extremely hard, as always.
During our English lessons, the class put together their own Katie Morag planning sheets using subheading to organise information. They used their knowledge and memory of the Katie Morag stories to write about her appearance, personality, likes, dislikes, her family and where she lives. The class then turned their notes into a full information text using the same subheading to give their writing structure. They are brilliant pieces of writing.
We have had a varied week in maths covering topics such as addition and subtraction strategies and rounding up and down. The class have used number lines and 100 squares to help them but they have also been using more mental strategies where applicable.
In art, we had a go at drawing a lifelike horse inspired by Andy Scott’s Kelpies.
Year Two had a go at using atlases to locate different cities in the UK.
Thanks everyone,
Have a lovely weekend!
Mr. H.
19.1.24 Week in Review
admin on: Class 2
Good afternoon everyone,This week, in year two we have been learning lots around our topic of 'Scotland'. During our reading lessons, the class have worked amazingly hard on reading, understanding and performing the poem - 'To a Mouse' by Robert Burns. Katie Morag has been the main feature of our English learning this week and the class have put together some lovely diary entries from the point of view of Katie. They have managed to make their writing sound like it was written by Katie and they are so full of emotion you can feel the Katie Morag anger coming out of them! In maths, we have covered learning on odd and even number, rounding up and down and 3D shapes. I was very impressed with the classes skills when rounding and how speedy and accurate they were with their working out!
In other areas, some of the group have been learning about Scottish sculptor Andy Scott and his famous Kelpies whilst outdoor learning has resumed for the other group. In music, we have started to learn a new song called the 'Grandma Rap' and during geography, the class were excellent at recapping and revisiting the continents and oceans of the world.
Have a great weekend everyone!
Mr. H.
Happy New Year!
admin on: Class 2
Good afternoon everyone,
Happy New Year and welcome back! It is great to see everyone back and hear what you all got up to over the break.
In school, we have started learning about our new topic 'Scotland'!
During our English lessons we have put together recounts about the Christmas break and then started to read various Katie Morag stories. The class was amazing at sequencing the story 'Katie Delivers the Mail' and are part way through writing a letter of thanks to Katie's Grannie for helping out in the story.
Shape and data have been our maths focus. The class used rulers to carefully create tables, block graphs and pictograms this week as well as brushing up on their 3D shape knowledge.
All in all, the children have been a pleasure to catch up with and they have worked extremely hard this week.
Have a lovely weekend and I'll see you all on Monday.
Thanks
Mr. H.