Giraffes
Welcome to Giraffes!
Class Teacher: Miss Fulford
Teaching Assistant: Miss Joo
General Information
Our topic this half-term is ‘Celebrations'. In history, we will be learning all about school in the past. We will start with the Victorian era, then when our grandparents came to school (1950s and 1960s) before learning about school when our parents came (1980s and 1990s). In Science we will be finding out about the properties, purposes and suitability of everyday materials. In DT, we will be learning about how different toys work before designing, making and evaluating a wind-up toy.
Reading
In Year 2 we work on key skills daily, through our daily Guided Reading sessions. Your child will also have a reading book to bring home, which we will change once they have finished it. Please read as often as possible at home, even if it's only a few pages at a time! In addition to this, we will regularly visit our fabulous library and be able to choose one to take home. Again, this can be changed as soon as it’s finished.
Phonics and Spelling
We have a daily phonics lesson, usually focusing on a few sounds or one spelling rule each week. Each half-term we have a spelling quiz based on our Year 2 tricky words, which we'll send home each week to practise.
P.E.
Our P.E. day is Thursday. We will be focusing on balance and co-ordination this half-term.
Show and Tell
Each week a different table will be invited to bring something in for show and tell on Fridays. Please encourage your child to bring in something either related to our topic or handmade. The dates for this are as followed:
6.9.24 & 18.10.24 - Tigers
13.9.24 & 8.11.24- Leopards
20.9.24 & 15.11.24 - Camels
27.9.24 & 22.11.24- Lions
4.10.24 & 29.11.24- Zebras
11.10.24 & 6.12.24 - Rhinos
Exciting Learning Websites
Below are some exciting websites where you can practise your writing and maths skills.
Unity Day - Brilliant Brains
We've had an enlightening day discovering all about our brilliant brains, how they are different in wonderful ways and how we can look after them to keep them working as they should. The Giraffes have had some very mature conversations about how to recognise when we are feeling in different zones and what can happen if we don't look after ourselves (see volcano picture!).
History - A Search for Victorian Features!
In History, we're learning about schools in the past. Luckily our school is Victorian and there are lots of interesting features around! We found the punishment book, the cellar, bricks dating when our school was built and the 'Boys' and 'Girls' entrances.
Woodland Walk
We went for a lovely Woodland Walk this week to collect and describe lots of autumnal objects. We're very excited to use these ideas to create a poem about autumn over the next couple of weeks!
Place Value
In the first week of Maths, the Giraffes did a fantastic job of showing their understanding of numbers to 100. We used our dienes to represent the tens and ones in each number. Great job, Giraffes!
Our first SPAG lesson
During the course of our writing, we have special SPAG days to help us learn a new punctuation or grammar focus. Here we began our writing unit by sorting nouns and verbs, two key components to producing accurate sentences. We learnt some fun rhymes to help us remember them, too!
Pro-Ride Cycling
What a fun afternoon on Friday! The bravery and resilience from everybody was inspiring, even when they were challenged with ramps and a limbo stick!