Easter is here!

Easter is here and we say goodbye to our Explorers topic. What a lot we have all learnt this term! We have all been working really hard. Please find below details of the homework for the Easter period. During the Summer term we will be looking at the topic the 'Sensational Seaside' which explores the differences between seaside holidays now and in the past. We will be using the text Katie Morag to look at what an island is and exploring how where we live is different from where Katie Morag lives on the isle of Struay.

We are back to school on Tuesday 26th April at the usual time. Have a lovely Easter break everyone! Mr. Merchant

Year 2 Easter Homework

Due in Wednesday April 27^th Please

Literacy

Your Literacy homework is to keep a diary for one week of the Easter holidays. You can write about what you did, who you saw, how you felt etc. Remember to use all of the things that we have been talking about that make your writing exciting!

Full stops and capital letters

Different connecting words

Different ways of starting your sentences (sentence openers)

Adjectives (describing words) and ‘WOW’ words

Different punctuation (commas in lists, question marks, exclamation marks)

Neat handwriting

Use your sounds/keywords to help with your spellings.

You can also include pictures and photographs if you want to.

This work can be done in your green homework books or you can use your own book if you wish.

Numeracy

Please continue to learn your 2, 5 and 10 times tables and the related division facts

e.g. 2 x 5 = 10 so 10 divided 5 would be 2.

Can you remember the other words that mean the same as multiply?

Can you remember the other words that mean the same as divide?

Topic

Next term our topic (as part of the Creative Curriculum) will be ‘The Sensational Seaside!’ If you get a chance please visit the library / look on the Internet to try and find out how Seaside holidays in the past were different to Seaside holidays nowadays.

Have a lovely Easter break.

The Year 2 Team (Mr. Merchant, Miss Porter, Miss Harris, Mrs Simons, Mr King)

Easter is near!

Andras jumping through the air in Gymnastics!

This week in Numeracy we have been looking at Fractions. We learnt how to find fractions of numbers and fractions of shapes. We looked at a pizza and found out about how to cut it out halves and quarters. Some of us even had a go at adding some fractions together!

In Literacy we have been looking at Fairytales. We looked at what all Fairytales have in common with each other before looking at some modern alternatives of classic fairytales and seeing how they were different. We really enjoyed reading the story of the Three little wolves and the big bad pig. Mr Merchant's favourite part is when the pig tries to use a Pneumatic drill to get into the Pig's house!

In Science we looked at which exercise is best for us. We did 5 different exercises for the same amount of time and counted our breaths after each one. We found out that jumping on the spot was the best exercise for us because it made us use up more of our oxygen than the others. Next week is the last week before Easter.

We are looking forward to hearing the Easter story and eating all of those Easter eggs!

Mr. Merchant and 2M :-)