What a wonderful start to Year 2 we have had! The children have settled in so well and are ready to go!
RE
In RE lessons we have learnt about Creation and Covenant following The Vine and the Branches topics. We have learnt about the story of Noah, focusing on Gods promise with Noah and with all creatures. We have also explored the psalms, what stewardship means. We have learnt what happens at the Sacrament of Baptism and the Annunciation to Mary.
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In our Prophecy and Promise topic this half term, we have been introduced to John the Baptist. We have read closely St Luke’s gospel, beginning in the temple in Jerusalem with Zechariah. We have learnt about the Annunciation, focusing on importance of Mary saying ‘Yes’ to God’s message as well the Visitation.We have also really enjoyed helping to plan and prepare Prayer Time sessions each week throughout the term.
Maths
In maths, we have been continuing to follow Maths, No Problem! This term we have learnt to use numbers to 100, improve our addition and subtraction.
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EnglishWe have really enjoyed using some new exciting books as our focus in English, following Pathways to Write. We wrote a fantastic story focussing on character description and conjunctions after reading Troll Swap by Leigh Hodgkinson. We have loved learning all about owls, using The Owl Who Was Afraid of the Dark by Jill Tomlinson to inspire us. We have written a non-chronological report about owls using conjunctions and commas!
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HistoryThis term we have been exploring ‘How was school different in the past?’ following our Kapow scheme of work.
We have investigated what schools were like in the 1900s, compared a modern classroom with a classroom 100 year ago and compared three periods of time.
Geography
This term our Geography topic has been learning about the Continents and Oceans around the World. We have learnt how to locate the continents and oceans on a map and explored the human and physical features of a continent.
Science
In science we have been learning all about Living Things and their Habitats. We have loved learning about different habitats and food chains, and practising our enquiry skills exploring in our local habitat!
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Computing
Class 2 have amazed us with their coding skills in computing and have also learnt how to stay safe online.
Art
We have really enjoyed using nature to inspire us in our Explore and Draw topic in Access Art. We loved creating sculptures outside, and the quality of the creations was amazing. We then took nature inside and practised our line drawing using continuous line drawing .
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D.TWe had fun in D.T this half term. Class 2 have made a Ferris wheel .
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