Aaaannnndddd... that's a wrap!

What a glorious last week of the term it has been this week. We have had a full week of learning and performances and fun in the sunshine.

In Maths, we completed our unit on Statistics. In Literacy, we wrote and edited the introduction to our setting description. We cannot wait to continue planning and writing the rest of our piece next term. In Computing we continued exploring block coding by looking at how our algorithms look like paper chains. In DT, we finally finished our pouches and spent time decorating and personalising them with Miss Walker. This week, we took time to consolidate our Geography learning by celebrating the amazing world we live in. Please look at the larger photo below for a selection of writing from the children about their own world.

Besides all these learning, we also had a special treat from the amazing Rocksteady bands on Thursday. We finally had the chance to listen to the very talented musicians as they performed the music they have been learning as a band. We rounded off the week with an awesome Easter fun in the sunshine. We started the fun with an Easter animal race, which led to much laughter as the tiny animals seemed to have a mind of their own. Then, we headed out into the forest school for a special Easter Egg hunt which also served as a chance for us to recap some key learning from the term.

A very well done to:
> Emily for getting the Ready Award for making an effort to use a range of interesting adjectives in her writing.
> Lilly T for getting the Respectful Award for her amazing effort at improving her presentations.
> Jimmy for being nominated for the Safe Award by the Positive Potato Police for being a very good buddy in the playground.
> Isla for getting the London Achievement Award.

Finally, a very big thank you to the Class 2 family for your amazing support through this term. Have a wonderful Easter break. See you all bright and refreshed on Monday 20 April 2026.

For the penultimate week of the term, we have had a FULL week of learning adventures! 

To start with, Class 2 have been really enjoying our Maths lessons on Statistics. Even more fun was applying our learning in our Maths lessons in our Science and Geography lessons.  First, we used our knowledge of using tally charts in our Science lessons to record the changes in a young chick over 5 weeks and using available data to predict how it might change next. Then, we applied these same skills in our Geography lessons where we surveyed our forest school area for mini beasts. We then used our knowledge of block diagrams to display our findings.

In Literacy, we have started a new unit of work. This time, we are focusing on fiction, and learning how to write a setting description. In RE, we continued to explore the Easter story and related Christian Easter traditions. Class 2 have also successfully completed a whole half term of swimming lessons at Launceston, with Friday being the last lessons. They have had a lot of fun brushing up key skills and learning new skills to keep them safe in the water.

We ended the week with the most amazing morning at the space dome where we learned not just about our solar system but about some faraway stars we see in the night sky. We learned how to find the constellation Orion and how to use his belt to find the Greater Dog constellation. We also learned how to use the Great Bear constellation to help us find the North Pole Star. We even watched a demonstration of how the Pole star ALWAYS stays above the North pole!

Finally, a very well done to:
> Isla for getting the Ready Award for her amazing writing.
> Harriet for getting the Respectful Award for bouncing into class with the brightest of smiles and absolutely ready to learn.
> Freya for getting the Safe Award for being such a helpful friend and learning buddy.

Besides our weekly Praise Awards, class 2 have now added a award - the London Achievement Award. Children in Class 2 earn this certificate when they cross the number bonds stage of the Around the World Challenge and move on to the Times Table stage. So far, we have had 4 children who have been awarded this certificate. Ella was the first one to achieve it, closely followed by Sofia, Freya and Ivy. I can't wait to give out more of this certificate in the next term!  

What a glorious week we have had this week! The sun brough a lot of excitement and much needed outdoor sessions. 

The highlight of the week has to be World Book Day on Thursday when we all came in dressed as our favourite book characters. We all shared our books and played some book-related games before we had a go at redesigning our books. Just look at some of the amazing rebranded covers of our favourite titles that our class created!

In Maths, we continue our exploration of measurement by measuring mass in grams and kilograms. We even got to take some of our Maths lesson outdoors when we used the forest school to help us measure natural found materials in grams. In Literacy, we learned all about adverbials this week. We learned to write more exciting sentences by adding adverbials of reason and time.

In Science, we build on our learning from last week to look at the different stages of the human life cycle in detail. In Geography, we looked at the 7 continents and located some amazing physical and human features around the world using Google Maps.

In RE, we learned the Easter Story and retold it in our own words before beginning to explore the idea of salvation and how it relates to the stories of the Holy Week. In Computing, we recapped our understanding of algorithms and debugging before exploring programming in games.

In Music, we are exploring Musical Moods. This week has all about rhythm and tempo. We have also begun learning songs that link to our Science lessons. The song of the week is "The Life-Cycle Song." Sing along with us by clicking the link below:
https://app.sparkyard.com/shared/song/2390/1d49f370-e1cd-49b8-bcb5-73f770356e48

Thank you Class 2 families for making it to our Art Open Classroom session on Wednesday. It was lovely to see all of you in the classroom sharing the children's works. It was especially wonderful to see you all sharing your children's illustrated stories. They are all very, very proud of their books... as you might have noticed!

This week in Maths, we have started a new unit on measurement. Our class have had a lot of very active Maths lessons measuring things around the classroom using our rules and meter sticks. Please see below for some photos from one of our lessons. We have also started a new unit of writing in Literacy. This half term, we are writing explanation texts. This week, we explored a WAGOLL and identified the key text and language features we can use in our own writing. We also consolidated our understanding of writing in the present tense and have had a go at independently writing the introductions to an explanation text.

In Science, we have begun our unit on Life Cycles by learning about the life cycle of humans. In DT we have begun our unit on textiles by learning how to handle a needle and to sew a running stitch. In Geography, we looked at the 4 countries that make up the United Kingdom. We learned the names of the capital cities and explored some physical and human features found around our country.

Finally, we ended our very full first week back with an exciting first swimming lesson on Friday!!!

Have a lovely weekend and see you again on Monday for another week of learning fun!


  

This last week of the half term has been a fun filled learning adventure in class 2. 

We have spent a lot of time reflecting on and consolidating our learning from this half term. In Literacy, we have all finished writing our "triumph over terror" stories, and have been illustrating our stories so that we can have our very own picture books. We can't wait to share them with you when we come back after the break! In Maths, we have consolidated our understanding of multiplication and division, especially multiplying and dividing by 2, 5 and 10.

In Science, we completed the final recording of our experiment and spent some time discussing our findings and drawing our conclusions from it all. We have found that water is very essential for a seed to germinate, and that it does not really need soil to do the same. In History, we wrapped up our learning from this term by answering some key questions on the topic of the history of flight. On the left is a photo of Roma's beautiful write up about the key facts we have learned in this unit. In Computing, we consolidated all our learning about word processing by creating a document with details about a friend. We typed our text, formatted it in our friend's favourite colour and inserted a photo of them.

Finally, a very well done to:
> Roux for getting the Ready Award for his fantastic progress in Maths, especially his knowledge of multiplication and division.
> Harriet for getting the Respectful Award from Mrs Connell for her fantastic attitude during RWI lessons.
> Emily for getting the Safe Award for being a super helper to Mrs Connell, helping her with the gates every morning.
> Isla for being nominated for the Safe Award by the Positive Potato Police for letting others join in her game.

Have a lovely half term break, and see you all bright and refreshed on Monday, 23 February 2025.

This week in Class 2 we have been working as a team to try and understand multiplication and division, and the relationship between these two operations. We learned that division as an operation is nothing but the simple task of sharing or grouping. There were oodles of counters and cubes strewn all around the classroom during our Maths lessons this week. In Literacy, we have looked at special words that tells us more about verbs called adverbials. Today, we also investigated different sentence types and the punctuations associated with them.

In History, we have continued our enquiry into the history of flight by learning all about the first African American woman to earn a pilots license - Bessie Coleman. We looked at a reproduction of her license and became history detectives as we tried to figure out some details about her life from it. We ended up with more questions than answers this time. Below is an image of Sofia's observation and notes from this exercise. In RE, we learned about some of the teachings from the Qur'an and discussed how they applied to our own lives. In Art, we used our experiments with mark making using primary colours to create our own collages in our sketchbooks, while in Computing we continued learning how to use a word processor by learning how to select a text and change some of their attributes.

Finally, a very well done to:
> William for getting the Ready Award for persisting and not giving up during Maths learning.
> Freya for getting the Respectable Award for always being a kind and responsible member of the class.
> Darcey for being nominated for the Safe Award by the Positive Potato Police for being a kind friend and sharing her play equipment with others.