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Year 2
Welcome to YT's Page!
Here you will find information about current events and see what we have been learning. With your support we will have a fantastic learning journey together.
Mrs Sandhu our Assistant Head Teacher (AHT) will also be supporting your children.
Please check regularly for updates.
Miss Tuki and Mrs Kaur 
If you are at home self-isolating below are the instructions on how to access the work we are doing in school.
WB: 23.11.2020
WB: 16.11.2020. 10 more and 10 less from a 2-digit number. The number gets 10 times bigger or 10 times smaller. Writing numbers in numbers,s and words up to 100. Looking at maps in Geography. What is a key?
Keeping our minds healthy for CHILDREN IN NEED. We went through the ‘Take 5’ mental well-being strategies. We played games, danced and talked with our friends and teachers. It is good to have time for yourself in this busy world.
WB: 09.11.2020
On Monday I will give you a letter with your child's TTRock Stars log in details. They will also have a copy stuck in their homework books. They can use this at home to learn their 2s, 5s and 10 times tables. In Year 3 they will be asked to learn the 3 and 4 times tables. Please ensure you practise everyday. What are 2 lots of 5? It is the same as saying 2x5=
WB: 02.11.2020
We have been using our IT skills to gain more confidence in using laptops. We logged in using our username and password, found Microsoft Word. Wrote our sentences and saved them
Hi all
After the holidays in science we will be learning about animals including humans as our topic. If you would like to bring in pictures of yourself as a baby, toddler and how you look now this would be FAB!
Thank you
Miss Tuki
I have purchase these pencil cases for the children to keep their stationery in one place. These MUST stay in school please. Have a lovely half term, thank you for all your brilliant work so far!
WB: 19.10.2020
English: Writing a narrative about Zahra in Africa. We have used adjectives, expanded noun phrases, 2A sentences and exciting vocabulary.
2 Dimensional (2D) and 3D shapes. is a quadrilateral?
Children must be able to count in 2, 5 & 10s forwards and backwards from any number. EG: 50, 40, 30, 20, 10. OR 47, 37, 27, 17, 7
WB: 12.10.2020
PATHS- Self Control
Maths counting in 2s using money(2p coins) Using the correct language. “bought not brought”
Learning how to use our email log ins
Maths: counting in 5s and number bond work.
YT Internet User Policy
The children have brought these home today please ask them what their poster is about .
Maths calculating the Addend.
Final pieces!
WB: 05.10.2020
Art- drawing canal boats and St Paul’s Cathedral. Discussing each other’s work and giving advice to other with their techniques.
Counting in 2s, 5s and 10s
Maths- number bonds for 9. Part-part whole. Can you explain or your parents what you have done.
WB: 28.09.2020
National Poetry Day
We looked at a poem called Bluebells from ‘The Lost Words’ book. Why are these words lost? What happened to them in the dictionary? We performed it to YK, YH, Mrs Sandhu, Mrs Lees, Miss O’ Rourke & Mrs Cross.
Ocean of bluebells! How many different hues (shades) of blue can you name?
Children in YT are welcome to borrow the book
What errors can you see in the writing? In Year 2 we need to be able to edit our work to improve on it for another time.
Art- Exploring the artists Lieve’s work. Lines and pattern using charcoal.
Baking bread. Where did people in the 17th century bake their bread? What did the poor eat bread with? What is potage?
Gymnastics
WB: 21.09.2020
Watch the video below with your family. Do you remember the beginning, middle and end? We will be writing the story this week in English. Remember the adjectives from last week!
Writing our narrative, reading our work our aloud to the class and recording our news reports in History about the Great Fire!
Partitioning 2 digit numbers. What does digit mean? How many tens in the 'teen' numbers? How many tens are there in the numbers 20-29?
Do you know your number bonds for 5, 7 and 10?
WB: 14.09.2020
“Run! The fire is coming!”
What an exciting week we have had in Y2! We have been continuing to learn about the Great Fire of London and have applied our knowledge in various ways.
We made a timeline of the key events of the fire.
We explored significant people like Samuel Pepys. Do you remember who he was?
We saw his actual diary! This is called an artefact. What is an artefact?
Then we wrote diary entries in history from the perspective of Samuel Pepys.
English- adjective work. Creating Alice’s world
Maths
WB: 07.09.2020
We have estimated in Maths and counted forwards and backwards to 30 from different starting numbers. Written questions and character description in English.
Well done to EVERY child this week. You were all so happy to come back to school. We have missed you all a lot! We are glad to be working with you and your families again. Thank you for your effort so far. Please be on time to school so you do not miss a single minute of a lesson. Year 2 is a very important year!
Miss Tuki & Mrs Kaur
We have had an amazing start so far!
The class charter below is linked to the UNICEF children’s rights. Do you know what your rights are?
The link is below if you want to find out more:
https://www.unicef.org.uk/rights-respecting-schools/the-rrsa/introducing-the-crc/amp/
YT Class Charter (our classroom rules)
Reading is key to success!
Cursive handwriting needs to be used in Year 2 at all times.
