Year 2

RE We have been learning about the readings at Mass and the importance of listening carefully to them. We focused on two readings from the Gospel Luke: The Lord’s Prayer and The Great Commandment, the children thought about the words in each of these readings and explained why the readings were important to them. Maths […]

Maths: In maths this week we have been developing our understanding of division through sharing and grouping. The children participated in a number of activities involving dividing by 2, 5 and 10 and recognising odd and even numbers. Science: This week we celebrated British Science Week by conducting a number of investigations in order to […]

Literacy: The children have been writing a diary entry from the viewpoint of someone who was alive during The Plague. They have been learning about past tense and applying these spelling rules to their work. Maths: The children have been introduced to the division sign. In class, we spent time practically sharing objects into equal […]

Maths In our lessons this week, the children have been consolidating their learning of the 2, 5 and 10 times tables. We have been answering problem solving type questions to developing our understanding of multiplication and reasoning skills. RE This week we began our new topic ‘The Mass’, we discussed what we do when we […]

Literacy In literacy this week the children have been learning about Neil Armstrong. The children have been researching about Neil Armstrong’s  personal life and his career. Having gathered a vast amount of information from a variety of sources, the children are now beginning to write about his life. Year 2 have thoroughly enjoyed learning about Neil Armstrong […]

Literacy In literacy this week the children have been work on a new ending for Bob the man on the Moon and understanding why an author might need a good imagination. The children are now starting to learn how to write in the present and past tense and have started to write letters to Bob in […]

Maths: Week 4 This week the children have been building on their knowledge of addition to add money including: 2 digit and 2 digit 2 digit and ones 2 digit and tens 3 single digits Children were encouraged to use different methods to add such as count on, partitioning and regrouping. Week 5: This week […]