Year 2 Update Wk 23
Fortnight beginning Monday 12th March – BHS 50th Anniversary Celebration events (during school time).
Saturday 17th March – ESF 50th Carnival at KGV
Monday 19th March – Chinese Cultural Activities (This is our rescheduled China Day Activities which was cancelled due to early school closure at Chinese New Year) Children should come to school in traditional chinese clothing on this day.
Tuesday 20th March – Year 2 Transport Trip (Please sign the eNotice on the Gateway)
Wednesday 21st March – Sarah Brennan Author Visit
Tuesday 27th March – 2K & 2D trip to Kowloon Tong MTR
Wednesday 28th March – 2A trip to Kowloon Tong MTR
Friday 23rd March – International Food Fair
Thursday 29th March – School finishes at 12pm for the Easter holidays
- To have fun
- You perform in groups or solo
- Your dance should be around 1 minute
- heats for the competition will take place at various lunchtimes after Easter
- there will be a lower school and upper competition
You can support your child by helping them create and rehearse their dance.
Central idea:
People use and change materials to suit their needs
Lines of inquiry:
- The properties of materials (form)
- Materials are used for specific purposes (function)
- How materials can change (change)
The children will continue to inquire into the different properties of materials by planning and carrying out some scientific investigations. They will be planing the investigations, making predictions, observing what happens and drawing conclusions.
The children will decide which materials are more suitable than others for certain jobs due to their properties.
This will be our last week of this unit of inquiry.
The link below has some activities that your child can complete about different materials. See ages 6-7 and 7-8.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/index_flash.shtml
Central Idea:
Measurement involves comparing, ordering and sequencing objects and events
Lines of inquiry:
- Estimate and order the length of real objects using centimetres as a reference.
- Estimate, measure and compare lengths of objects using centimetres with some accuracy.
- Recognise objects that are longer/shorter than a metre.
- Use body parts (e.g. hand spans, foot lengths, strides) and familiar objects (e.g. leaves, pop-sticks) repeatedly to match the length of things and say how many fit.
The children will be taking part in various learning experiences which will involve them:
- Estimating and using body parts to measure objects and spaces.
- Arranging lines of differing length in the correct order and measuring them accurately in cm.
- Problem solving activities based on measurements up to 1m.
Measurement activities are available on Mathletics.
Please continue to practise number bonds to 10, 20, 30 and 40:
Mandarin – All children are encouraged to take a reading book home on the days when they have Mandarin lessons.
World Maths Day is a free, fun, online competition with up to 4 million students world-wide participating. The competition measures speed in arithmetic and numeracy skills on our Live Mathletics platform and runs for 48 hours and is open to all schools around the world. Students compete online with other students and top scores are displayed on a live ‘Hall of Fame’.
Will BHS be the World Maths Day champion in 2018?
On Wednesday 7th March children will have the opportunity to take part in their Maths Lessons. They will also be able to earn points until Thursday 8th March. Encourage your child to have fun with Maths and take part at home.
