Trotts Hill Primary School and Nursery
Welcome to Year 2
The class teacher is Mrs Dent and the teaching assistant is Mrs Paice.
Year 2 is an exciting year as the children grow in confidence and become independent learners. In Year 2 we aim to extend children’s knowledge and enrich the curriculum by learning through enjoyment. Children will be learning about lots of exciting things, including:
The children will also be completing some transition units from Year 1 into Year 2 to support the children after lock down.
This year, in school, children will be focusing on reading and spelling. They will read a range of texts and learn lots of new vocabulary. We encourage the children to read as much as possible at home. Please ensure the children read at least four times a week. Please sign the reading record to show you have read with your child.
The children will be participating in PE and Yoga on Wednesdays and Fridays. They will need to wear their school PE kit on these days.
The children have great fun and enjoy learning new skills and topics!
Year 2 investigated an island. The children created islands and investigated how they flooded.
This week Year 2 were learning about number lines. The children had blank number lines today and had to place different numbers.
Year 2 pretended to be Rapunzel, escaping the tower. The children thought about what they would see, hear and feel alone in the woods.
The children investigated different types of bread. They described the smell, taste and appearance of a variety of breads.
In Science this week the children investigated that different food groups. they then discussed what fruit they had eaten, and created interactive bar charts to show this.
Year 2 had some visitors this week. The quiet Critters have visited the classroom. The children each wrote a recount about the experience.
We have had caterpillar in our classroom. Two weeks ago the caterpillars created their chrysalis and this week we have seen the arrival of butterflies. We observed them over time and released them today.
Mr Driver performed and retold a well known Traditional Tales to the class. After the performance the children then discussed what a performance was and participated in some drama activities.
The children had a wonderful day at the zoo learning about different animals and their habitats.
Year 2 Investigated the different habitats that mini beasts live in. They focused on what sort of condition the animals would need.
The children then chose different materials for their own bug hotels
This week Year 2 have been investigating fractions. We looked at, and compared, halves, quarters and thirds.
Year 2 investigated different habitats. The children looked at the variety of mini beasts that fell out of a tree onto a sheet. We also dug up areas in the wild life are to find different insects.
In Computing the children have been learning about coding. This week the children created different algorithms, or instructions, to create different sized squares and rectangles.
The children had a lovely day designing and making their African animal puppets. The children learned to do a running stitch and a back stitch.
Year 2 used different resources in maths to represent multiplication sentences. The children had to explain their thinking.
Year 2 investigated different mini beasts and their habitats this week. Everyone looked under rocks, in the grass and wooded area of the wildlife area. They created tally charts to record what they had found.
Today Year 2 had a virtual trip to Kenya. The children went on a virtual trip to Kenya via plane. In the morning the children went on safari and learned about different animals from a hot country. They then looked at different artefacts, their uses and material.
The children had a wonderful day dressed as superheroes. To introduce our new class book 'Traction Man' Year 2 were invited to dress up as superheroes. The children completed different activities linked to the book.
As part of Black History month Year 2 investigated different black artists. We talked about who they were, what genre of music they sang and also what impact they have had on music.
We then listened to different songs and drew how it made us feel!
