It has come to the end of a very short - but very busy - week in Year 2. The children have hit the ground running and have got right back into the swing of things.

In English, we have begun our work on explanation texts. This will lead up to us producing our own explanation piece on the life cycle of a frog! We have engaged in lots of discussion and thinking about animals and how they grow. We have also thought about the importance of asking and answering questions in our writing, making sure to use question marks at the end of our sentence.

In Maths, we have really focused upon comparing number sentences using < > and = (see homework) and have begun to think about ‘shortcuts’ - is there a number bond? Do the number sentences have something in common? Can we do quick counting? We have really got our heads around this!

In PE, we have continued with our ball skills topic and have been practicing moving whilst passing the ball to get into a better space.

In History, we have been planning our diary entries for the Great Fire of London, which we will write next week.

On Thursday, it was World Maths Day. We all came in fantastic costumes and enjoyed a day full of maths! We built 3D shapes out of matchsticks and straws, made our own exciting word problems, timed our activities during PE and designed posters all about why we love maths! It was a lovely day with some real hard work. Thank you all for your efforts in finding and creating such wonderful costumes.

No award winners this week as we have had our All Saints Day Mass in church.

Have a lovely weekend,

Mr Whetnall, Mrs Bowdell and Mrs Debowska.

Here are some pictures from World Maths Day…