Year 2 Update Week 34

 

Tuesday 28th May – Year 1 Bake Sale. Bring some money and a container for a tasty treat!

Thursday 30th May – PTA Quiz

Tuesday 4th June – Year 3 Bake Sale. Bring some money for a tasty treat!

Friday 7th June – Dragon Boat Festival. School closed.

Friday 28th June – Last day of the School Year. School finishes at 12:00

Beacon Hill School to Discovery Bay

This week was all about THE TRIP! The teachers were up early on that cloudy Thursday anxiously checking the HK Observatory app for signs of a thunderstorm warning and when we got the go ahead we breathed a huge sigh of relief…it could even be heard over in Discovery Bay.

So the classes, split into their groups, set off with the fantastic parents who had given up their day to come and support and supervise the children. A huge thank you to you, especially those that had to take two days off work due to the rescheduling. 

 

Unit of Inquiry

We have moved into our second week of the unit of inquiry by looking more closely at maps and how to read them. Some of the classes have even had a go at making their own treasure maps! We have also been exploring directional language.

 

Maths

The children have been using the terms likely, unlikely, certain and impossible to describe the probability of events. They have also been describing position and direction using mathematical vocabulary, for example, left, right, forwards, backwards. 

 

English

The children have continued using their individual writing targets to help them improve their writing. 

Reading sessions have also focused on determining importance around map reading. The children have noted how authors and book publishers make use of different features to signal importance e.g. bold font, subheadings, diagrams, etc.

 

Fun Friends 

We have started to focus on the letter ‘I’ (I can try). In these sessions, the children will learn more about being brave and developing resilience. They have started to look at how to change red thoughts into green thoughts.  Find out more by using the username and password in your child’s Home School Diary to log into the Fun Friends online programme!

Central idea: Geography influences our experiences

Lines of inquiry

• The significant features of places -form
• How the features of a place influence our experiences -causation
• The relationship of our location to other parts of the world – connection

Next week the children will explore the significant features of Hong Kong and how these can influence our experiences. They will mark these features on a map and create a key.

Central Idea: Shapes are classified and named according to their properties

Lines of Inquiry

• Sort, describe, construct and label familiar two-dimensional shapes and three-dimensional objects in the environment using appropriate vocabulary
• Identify and record examples of symmetry in the environment

Location: Next week the children will continue to use directional vocabulary to describe position and location. They will also be reviewing some key areas of maths such as place value, number bonds to 20 and beyond, etc.

All of the Year 2 classes have also spent some time on the Daily 10. This is a useful way to check and support your child’s mental maths skills. Different levels can be set. Please see the link below: https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/daily10

Hit the Button is another fun game that practises a range of different mental maths, including multiplication facts. https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button