We have had another busy and exciting week in Year 2! 

📖 In Literacy, we have continued our work on Jack and the Beanstalk. This week, we have been developing our writing by exploring connectives, capital letters and full stops, as well as creating descriptive openings to make our sentences and stories even more interesting. 

🔢 In Maths, we have been learning how to round numbers to the nearest 10. The children have worked really hard on recognising which multiple of 10 a number is closest to and applying this to different activities. 

🚒 We also had a wonderful visit from the Fire Crew this week! The children loved finding out more about the important work firefighters do and learning about how we can keep ourselves and others safe. A big thank you to the crew for taking the time to come and visit us! 

2. Important information for next week 📅 

👨‍👩‍👧 Parents’ Evening 

A reminder that Parents’ Evening is taking place next week. We are looking forward to welcoming you and having the opportunity to chat about how your child has settled into Year 2 and the progress they have made so far. 

📚 As always, please remember that reading books should be returned every Friday so that they can be changed. Please continue to enjoy reading together at home as often as you can. 

3. How can you help at home? 🏡 

You can support our Literacy learning by encouraging your child to write a few sentences at home, remembering their capital letters and full stops and challenging them to include an exciting adjective or connective. 

For Maths, try choosing different two-digit numbers and asking your child which multiple of 10 they would round to. You could even spot numbers while you are out and about and turn it into a quick rounding challenge! 🔢 

Thank you for your continued support, and we look forward to seeing many of you at Parents’ Evening next week! 😊 

What a fantastic week we have had in Year 2! 

🏰 We started the week with our brilliant Jump In Day, and everyone looked amazing in their medieval costumes! Throughout the day, we made colourful shields, baked some delicious oatcakes, and listened and played along to medieval music using a variety of instruments. 🎨🎵 

We even went on a very loud and lively medieval procession around the school grounds to welcome all of our wonderful lords, ladies and knights! 👑⚔️ It was a fantastic way to bring our new topic to life. 

🔢 In Maths, we have continued developing our understanding of place value, using practical resources such as Dienes and place value grids to help us explore tens and ones. Next week, we will build on this learning by beginning to explore number lines. 

📖 In Talk for Writing (T4W), we have continued our work on Jack and the Beanstalk. This week, we have been exploring adjectives and using sentences of three to add more exciting description to our writing. 

2. Important information for next week 📚 

🏰 Exciting news – Cardiff Castle Trip! 

We are very excited to let you know that we have booked a Year 2 trip to Cardiff Castle on Tuesday 10th November! This will be a fantastic opportunity for the children to bring their learning to life and explore a real castle as part of our topic. 

Please look out for a letter with more information coming home soon. 

We will also be looking for some parent helpers to join us on the trip. If you are available and would be interested in coming along, please let your child’s class teacher know. 😊 

📚 A little reminder that reading books need to be returned to school every Friday so that they can be changed ready for the following week. Please continue to practise reading with your child as often as you can at home. 

3. How can you help at home? 🏡 

You could support this week’s learning by asking your child to practise describing things using three adjectives – perhaps describing a character, an object around the house or even their dinner! 

For Maths, try spotting numbers when you are out and about and ask your child questions such as “Which number is bigger?”, “How many tens and ones are there?” or “Where would this number go on a number line?” 🔢 

Thank you, as always, for your continued support! 😊 

We have had another busy week in Year 2! 

🔢 In Maths, we have been learning all about place value, exploring tens and ones and developing our understanding of numbers. We will be continuing with place value next week to build our confidence further. 

📖 In Talk for Writing (T4W), we have started learning our story of Jack and the Beanstalk. The children have begun creating a story map and adding their own actions to help them remember and retell the story. We have had lots of fun bringing the story to life! 

🏰 We have also officially started our new topic, Towers, Turrets and Tunnels! We have shared what we already know about castles and thought of some fantastic questions about what we would like to find out as our topic develops. 

2. Important information for next week 👑 

🏰 Jump In Day – Monday! 

On Monday, we will be kicking off our topic with our special Jump In Day. Children are invited to come to school dressed as a knight, king, queen, princess or another medieval character. 

We have a fun-filled day planned with lots of hands-on activities, including crafting, cooking and creating medieval-inspired music! 🎨🍴🎵 

As we will be doing some cooking, could parents/carers please let a member of staff know if there have been any changes or updates to your child's allergies or dietary requirements. Thank you! 

We can't wait to see everyone dressed up and ready to jump into our new topic! 🏰 

3. How can you help at home? 🏡 

📚 Please continue to read regularly with your child at home. Reading books should be returned each Friday so that they can be changed. 

You could also practise our current Maths learning by spotting tens and ones in everyday numbers, or ask your child to show you some of the actions they have created to retell Jack and the Beanstalk! 🌱 

We have had a fantastic start to the new school year in Year 2! This week has been all about settling in, building positive relationships and learning our new school rules and routines.

We have also been exploring emotions and thinking about how we can support ourselves and others when experiencing different feelings. We watched Inside Out and discussed the different emotion characters, before exploring how emotions can be represented through colours and sounds. 🎨🎵

We have enjoyed lots of circle time too, sharing our thoughts and talking about how different situations might make us feel. 😊

2. Important information for next week 📚

Reading books will be coming home every Friday. Please practise reading these with your child as often as you can throughout the week. Regular reading at home really helps to build confidence and fluency. Please return reading books to school each Friday so that they can be changed ready for the following week. 📖

🏰 Save the date – Jump In Day!

On Monday 21st September, Year 2 will be having a special ‘Jump In’ Day to help us immerse ourselves in our new Castles topic!

We would love the children to come to school dressed as a knight, queen, king, princess or another medieval character for the day. 👑⚔️🏰

Please don't feel that you need to buy a costume – homemade costumes and simple ideas using things you already have at home are absolutely welcome! The aim is simply to have fun and help bring our new topic to life.

3. How can you help at home? 🏡

Next week we will be starting our exciting new topic — Castles! To get ready, have a chat with your child about any castles you may have visited together as a family. What can they remember? What did the castle look like? Who might have lived there?

You could look through family photographs, spot castles when you are out and about, or even take a little walk over to Barry Castle and see what you can discover! 🏰🔍

We can't wait to hear about the children's experiences and begin our new topic together!