St Oswald's Catholic Primary SchoolYear 2 Blog Friday 13th May
Date: 13th May 2022 @ 10:13am
We have had a brilliant week of learning in Year 2 this week.
The children have created brilliant portraits of the Queen for her Platinum Jubilee in Art using sketching pencils and toning techniques. In Geography the children have compared an Aboriginal family to their own, looking at similarities and differences between the two families.
In French this week, we continued to learn the actions to match French phonics which will help when we start writing some more French in year 3. The children are really good at associating the sound with the action and listening for sounds in words. We continued to learn clothes words through the story Je m'habille et je te croque. They were able to listen to the story and draw the clothes as they heard them - tres bien, year 2!
We have had a big focus this week in English on our presentation and editing of work to make it better. The children are looking forward to typing up their best edited piece. In Maths the children have been learning subtraction and addition with exchanging 10. It has been quite tricky, but the children have done exceptionally well and shown brilliant resilience to try their best and use the steps to complete the number sentences.
Online Safety Update – This week’s Online Safety Update is all about age ratings. Age ratings can be used by adults to make an informed choice as to whether a game or platform is suitable for their child. Below you will find our guide with tips on a number of potential risks including inappropriate content, peer pressure and online spending.
Reading
In Year 2, children should read for at least 15 minutes every night and discuss the book with an adult or older sibling. This will help with understanding the text and learning new words.
Reading books are changed every Monday and sent home on Tuesday. Please remind your child to put their book bag in the box on Monday morning. However, if you need to change a book another time, we will change it as needed.
Reading resources:
Oxford Owl – This resource has an exciting range of carefully levelled books to help children learn to read and really enjoy it.
If parents and children decide to use this resource, we ask they access phase 5 books. Go to https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/ and select ‘my class login’. Scroll down to the ‘eBook Library for Letters & Sounds’. You could also explore the rest of the site and read books from the Oxford Owl eBook library or listen to audio books.
Username: sto2
Password: 1234
Spelling
There will be a spelling quiz on Friday 20th May.
You will have a Sumdog challenge with next week’s spellings to complete by next Friday.
patting humming dropping sadder runner
patted hummed dropped saddest runny
Maths
At home, count in 5s from a number other than O. These become trickier when you get higher up and then try going backwards for an extra challenge. Try Hit The Button for times table practise.
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
You will have a division challenge and times table challenge on Sumdog to complete by next Friday.
Well done to the following children who were all up in Golden Assembly today.
Star – Freddie
Bookworm – Florence
Writer – Agatha
Mathematician - Tommy
Super Learner – Cian
Special Mentions – Maisie and Leo H
Sumdog
Log in at www.sumdog.com
Have a lovely weekend.
Year 2 Team.