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- Jarrow Cross C of E Primary School
Value in Everyone
Year 2
November
What a busy month! We have started a new book all about a girl called Anna Hibiscus who lives in Africa. It contains some short stories and we have read Anna Hibiscus on Holiday and Anna Hibiscus Sells Oranges. We have used the book to look at a character profile, complete a book review and finally creating a new story based on what we have learnt about the books. We are getting very good at adding expanded noun phrases to improve our writing and adding detail.
In maths, we have covered 2- and 3-D shapes and are now looking at adding 2-digit numbers and will be introduced the column method whilst still using lots of equipment to help our understanding. I think our favourite lesson this month was in Religious Education where we are learning about the Jewish Passover and we got to try some of the types of food that many Jewish people would eat during Passover.
We have started our Kidsafe lessons and know the importance of having several trusted grownups we can go to if we have yukky feelings.
In History, we have learnt about Nelson Mandela and how he made an impact on the world, especially in South Africa where he campaigned to end apartheid.
In PE, we have started gymnastics and have learnt how to do teddy bear rolls and some children will attend a gymnastics competition next year.
Finally, we have started our rehearsals for our Christmas production next month.
October
We have settled in well to our new year group and enjoyed a fantastic trip to Northumberland College Zoo where we saw some African animals and held some snakes and reptiles.
In English, we have been working hard writing letters and diary entries based on the book Meerkat Mail.
In maths, we have been continuing to extend our learning in place value and can partition numbers into tens and ones.
We are loving our geography work this term as we are using atlases and maps to look at the world. We have looked at where the continents are and what they are called; Plus, we are comparing hot and cold places in the world.
In art, we have created some pieces in the style of African Artist, Stephen Njenga, using bright, bold colours. We have also created our own maps to use as a stimulus in our art lessons this term.
September
Welcome to a brand new year in Year 2 at Jarrow Cross. We are very pleased to welcome you all to this year group. We have had an excellent start to the new year and are looking forward to lots of lovely activities this month, as well as our trip to the zoo next month.
Our topic this term is called Amazing Africa and we have begun our English lessons with a story called Handa's Surprise. We have been using adjectives to describe the delicious fruits in this story.
In maths, we always start the year off with looking at place value. We will use a variety of different equipment to help partition and compare numbers numbers to 100.
In RE we are learning about why Moses is special to Jewish people. In our science lessons we are looking at living things and their habitats. Geography will cover learning about the continents, the North and South Poles and whether we'd like to live in a hot or cold climate. Mrs Watson will be teaching dance in PE and Miss Glen will be teaching Computing - Looking at IT around us.
We have introduced Peer Massage to the children. We do this after lunch time as an aid to help with transition from the play ground to the classroom before we start work in the afternoon. The children are really enjoying this and look forward to the chill time. We ask permission before placing our hands on each other's shoulders and carry out some massage techniques on the head, shoulders and back. Some of the children have already said they have been giving massages at home; we hope you have enjoyed it!
