Class 2
01/03/24 A Week In Review
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Good afternoon everyone!
Class two have been working hard this week in all areas, but one stand-out area is maths.
We have looked at division and explored dividing using sharing and division using grouping. The class have listened brilliantly and are becoming more confident in solving division number sentences.
During our history and English lessons, the class have become experts on the events of the Great Fire of London and are builidng an understanding of the reasons why the fire spread so quickly through the city and why it took so long to bring it under control.
We had a brilliant assembly led by Kirklees Musica this week. Their jazz recital team came in and put on a fantastic show. The whole school were inspired and educated as they spoke about their instruments and their journey into music.
Have a fabulous weekend!
Mr. H.
23/2/24 Week in Review
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Good afternoon everyone,
Here in Class 2, we have started our new topic for this half term called 'Fire, Fire'.
This topic is based around the Great Fire of London that took place in 1666. We have looked into what London was like around this period and what life would have been like to be a resident of the city. The class took part in some creative writing about the city using adjectives to bring their writing to life.
In history, we have started to learn about some of the significant factors present in London before the fire broke out - such as the summer heatwave that hadn't provided rain, the houses being close together and constructed out of flammable materials and that fire was a key part of survival, being used to cook food, light homes and keep warm.
Maths this week, has been a mixture of using different combinations of money to make different totals and practising our times tables using different methods. Abi from the sports partnership even came in to run an active maths session in which the class used some of the strategies to help them work out number problems.
Thanks everyone,
Have a good weekend,
Mr. H.
09.02.24 Week in Review
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Good afternoon everyone,
We have come to the end of another half-term here in year two and the class have been fantastic!
This week, we have worked on doubling and halving numbers in maths using practical equipment then moved ono building up mental strategies to halve and double. Following this, we recapped on how to partition numbers into their component parts of ones, tens and hundreds and then group together tens and ones to help us add bigger numbers.
English has been dominated by writing up our Katie Morag-inspired stories in best and illustrating the key parts of the story.
During our geography lesson, we used our field sketching skills to draw human and physical features of different locations around Scotland and England. We looked out for similarities and differences between places.
I hope everyone has a lovely half term!
See you soon!
Mr. H.
02/02/2024 Week in Review
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Good afternoon everyone,
The class have been very creative this week! They have planned their very own versions of a Mairi Hedderwick Katie Morag story. Some of the class have Katie traveling away from the famous Isle of Struay and to locations new. Others have noticed interesting places on Struay that would make a great story. The class have started drafting the beginning of their story and are going to continue their amazing work next week.
In music, we were learning about quavers and crochets and the note's durations. The class enjoyed marching, jogging and striding to envision different notes.
During maths, we have been fraction mad this week. We started by halving and quartering shapes before moving onto making fractions of amounts.
In other areas, the class have been showing lovely attitudes in PE during our share lessons. Taking turns, supporting each other and being good team players. In art, some of the class worked extremely hard on sketching horses like Andy Scott's Kelpies and the other group headed outdoors to recreate an Isle of Struay in miniature.
Have a lovely weekend everyone!
Thanks,
Mr. H.
26.1.24 Week in Review
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Good afternoon everyone and welcome back to the class two blog.
We have had another great week here at Netherthong and the class have worked extremely hard, as always.
During our English lessons, the class put together their own Katie Morag planning sheets using subheading to organise information. They used their knowledge and memory of the Katie Morag stories to write about her appearance, personality, likes, dislikes, her family and where she lives. The class then turned their notes into a full information text using the same subheading to give their writing structure. They are brilliant pieces of writing.
We have had a varied week in maths covering topics such as addition and subtraction strategies and rounding up and down. The class have used number lines and 100 squares to help them but they have also been using more mental strategies where applicable.
In art, we had a go at drawing a lifelike horse inspired by Andy Scott’s Kelpies.
Year Two had a go at using atlases to locate different cities in the UK.
Thanks everyone,
Have a lovely weekend!
Mr. H.