Countdown to Christmas!

This week we have been busy rehearsing for our Christmas performance. We enjoyed performing one of our favourite songs from the play in Good works assembly on Friday. The performance is called 'Countdown to Christmas' and follows a family's run-up to Christmas. The performance will be on Wednesday 15th December with Nursery AM, RB, 1J and 2P performing in the morning and Nursery PM, RC, 1M, 2M performing in the afternoon.

Please bring in your child's costume as soon as possible if you have not already done so.

In Numeracy we have been looking at tally charts and bar charts and how they can help us to collect data and look at the information and what it tells us.

In Literacy we have been looking at books by the author Julia Donaldson.

Homework this week is to learn our times tables for a test next week.

Thank-you for your continued support,

Mr. Merchant and the Year 2 team

Science Museum Visit

This week we had fun at the Science museum. We enjoyed travelling up on the tube to the museum and then exploring patterns and symmetry in the Pattern Pod workshop. We also enjoyed exploring the museum especially the Energy, History of Medicine and Engines and Aircraft exhibitions. Take a look at the photos above to see the fun that we had! A big thank-you to the parents who came along to help make the trips a success.

Disability Week

This week was Disability week. We learnt that disability is no barrier to success. We learnt about different types of disability including Autism, Cerebal Palsy and visual impairment. We also met some people with different disabilities.

We had lots of questions to ask and were all very interested. We learnt about the work of a foot and mouth painter and had a go ourselves. We found it very difficult but had fun! It showed us how talented these people are.

We are all very excited about our trip to the Science museum next week.

Have a good weekend,

Mr. Merchant and the Year 2 team.

A busy first week back!

We had a busy first week back and are all getting back into the swing of things. We have been busy practising our Christmas play and are all doing a good job of learning our lines and the songs.

In Numeracy we have been learning how to use a numberline to add numbers together and learning how to solve word problems. In Literacy we have been looking at the book - The Snail and the Whale by Julia Donaldson, about a snail who takes a trip around the world on the tail of a whale! We will be looking at lots of Julia Donaldson books this term so if you get a chance to read any at home, please do so.

Next week is Disability week so we are looking forward to learning about this important topic.

The following week, we have our school trip to the Science Museum. Please return your reply slip as soon as possible if you have not yet done so.

Thank-you,

Mr. Merchant