Author: Mrs Platten

How are you getting on with our class reading challenge? We have asked you to get at least three adult signatures (or even more!) each week for the next five weeks. Everyone that completes the challenge will get a reading…

Thank-you for all the photographs of your children’s homes that have been printed, emailed or drawn. We have had a good discussion about different types of houses and also suitable materials for building houses. This all links to our science…

Class 2 have been having a look round our school and identifying different materials. We have looked at properties of materials and what materials are suitable for which purposes. We have identified lots of adjectives to describe materials. Following on…

Please find below links to a great literacy site for practising year 2 common exception words and phonics work. These games are free although the apps that are downloadable for ipads and other devices are chargeable. Please come and see…

For the last two weeks we have been learning about the Maasai Tribe of Kenya. We have found out about their way of life; what they eat, what they wear, what animals they keep, what jobs the adults do and…

On Thursday morning the children were very excited to be able to look at, hold and touch a range of African creatures! (They were braver than me!) My favourite has to be the pygmy hedgehog. The children have all written…

Here are some links to maths games and songs we are currently using in addition to Purple Mash activities. 2 times tables, halving and doubling https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWcrmsDRmQw https://www.topmarks.co.uk/times-tables/coconut-multiples https://www.topmarks.co.uk/Flash.aspx?f=dartboarddoublesandhalves https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/resource/306/Maths-Fishing-Multiplication Most of these are tablet friendly as well as desktop and…

We have made the most of today’s Autumn sunshine by going on a mini-beast hunt. The children made a tally chart of what they found (including a newt and a large toad!). When we got back in the classroom, they…

Following on from the excellent ‘Giraffes Can’t Dance’ artwork, class 2 have been painting wonderful African sunsets and adding silhouette animals. Some of these are now on display on the board near the hall and also in our classroom.

Class 2 have worked very hard on their artwork linked to the story of Giraffes can’t Dance. Please have a look on Friday during library time if you get the chance.