Today we did our first SPaG lesson on sentences types.
As we are writing instructions this week we focussed on commands.
We learnt that these tell us what to do and start with an imperative verb (also known as bossy verbs).
Here is some sorting, highlighting and sentences we did in the lesson.
As part of our theme, we have been looking at locating continents and oceans. The children know a great song to help with this!
Today we moved onto thinking about the different climates around the world. We learnt about the equator and how that affects the temperature of a country. We then thought where a range of animal would live and why. There were some fabulous discussions across both classes.
This week we are having a big focus on the number 1!
Here are the children completing some questions to show their understanding. If you look closely you can see the methods they are using 🙂
In Year 2 we have been making links with our Maths learning. We have been learning about related facts.
We have been thinking of number facts we know and how this links to adding 10s.
E.g. 5 + 3 = 8 so 50 + 30 = 80
We have been exploring algorithms in Year 2. We have learnt that this is a set of instructions for a computer.
We practiced what is needed for a good set of algorithms by child 1 drawing an alien and giving clear instructions for child 2.
We have been having fun in y2 retelling the story of Lost and found.
First the children wrote the story on strips to retell the key events and ordered them.
Then today we looked at the WAGOLL and ordered a cut up version using the story map.
Keep in touch to see our own version of Lost and found.
During this term all our learning is going to be focussed on our key question of ‘Is something ever truly lost?’
We have already had a P4C session on this where most of the children could us personal experiences to agree that someone can be truly lost like a teddy on holiday or a toy on a train. Some children did disagree and say these could be brought again so they aren’t truly lost. It was a very interesting discussion.
We will update you more as we continue with all our learning around this question.
What an amazing first week back we have had in Year 2. The children have been fantastic and both Miss Mallinson and Miss Gibson have been amazed by the work.
We have also loved seeing your summer home learning coming back into school. Here are some pictures of the dream jars so far!
With Mrs Hawksworth, the children have enjoyed over the last 2 weeks looking around our school’s environment for mini beast. The children have used their graph skills to collect the information and record this. after this, they thought about the mini beast habitats and what they needs in them.
We have been learning all about position and direction in Y2 this week. Today we tried to put their directions skills to the test by trying to find the treasure without the sharks attacking us! 
