Year 2 Update Wk 34
Monday 18th June – Public Holiday Tuen Ng Festival
Tuesday 19th June – Parent helper Thank You tea at 2pm
Tuesday 19th June- Year 3 bake sale
Wednesday 20th June- Portfolios are sent home
Friday 22nd June- August & September lunch orders due for Delicious Chef King Catering
Monday 25th June- Portfolios to be returned to school & Reports go live on The Beacon
Friday 29th June – End of school year 12 noon.
This week the children have continued our Hong Kong landscape artwork in the style of Francesco Lietti, mixing colours to make the shade they want.
The children have also continued researching into their country and have begun to make a poster
We have been watching Bugsy Malone in preparation for the Y6 production and 2D were reflecting on their favourite parts
These children in 2A have been very interested in tessellating patterns and would like to share what they have made over the last few weeks:
Central idea: Geography influences how people interact with their environment.
Lines of inquiry:
- The significant features of places -form
- How the features of a place influence our activities -causation
- The relationship of our location to other parts of the world – connection
Next week the children will continue to inquire into a different country of their choice.
The children will also finish their Art work based on the visit to the Peak.
Place Value
In Maths we will revisit Addition and Subtraction.
Central Idea:
The operations of addition and subtraction are related to each other (and are used to process information to solve problems)
An inquiry into:
- How we solve problems using addition and subtraction
- Mental and written strategies for addition and subtraction
- The language and symbols of addition and subtraction
- Patterns in addition and subtraction
The children will be working towards the following outcomes:
- Recall addition facts for numbers to at least 20
- Model addition and subtraction of whole numbers
- Represent and solve addition problems (including real life and word) involving 2 digit numbers, using appropriate strategies.
- Represent and solve subtraction problems (including real life and word) involving 2 digit numbers, using appropriate strategies
The children will be involved in solving challenges and playing games.
They will be solving word problems based on real life experiences.
Please continue to complete the activities on Mathletics.
Please continue to practise number bonds to 10, 20, 30 and 40:
The children will choose a country to research and complete a report about. They will be invited to think about how they would like to present their learning and asked to consider how their use of text and images can be effective. They will also think about who they would like to share their finished work with.
The children are being encouraged to select key words from texts to help them rewrite the information they have found.
In reading, we will continue making inferences when reading, using the children’s background knowledge and finding evidence in the text.
Don’t forget to be brave. We have been looking at our support team, which is made of people we care about and who help us when we need them. You can draw your families support network with your child e.g. family and friends. Discuss with your child how they can help others in their support network.
Remember your child should be doing something relaxing every day and rewarding themselves when they are brave. Home activities this week are on page 65 of the pupil book.
Stories you can share with your child this week include:
The Invisible String by Patrice Karst
Love you Forever by Robert Munsch
Friends by Kathryn Cave and Nick Maland
Mandarin – All children are encouraged to take a reading book home on the days when they have Mandarin lessons.
