We had a very busy week in Year 2. We learned how to add and subtract multiples of 10 from a 2-digit number.In science we carried out some tests to find out why we should use soap to wash our hands, it was very messy!We also did some research on minibeasts for our non-chronological report.
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This week, we have been reading the story Leaf Man by Lois Ehlert. We were really inspired by the beautiful illustrations in the book and decided to create our very own leaf monsters.
This week, we have been learning the first letter of our first names and have been practising how to write it. How did we do?
We have been adding and subtracting numbers this week. We even learned how to add three 1-digit numbers together!
This week in nursery, we explored how everyone is unique and special. The children painted self-portraits to reflect their own individuality. They also talked about kindness and celebrating differences while creating beautiful friendship rainbows through colour mixing. It’s been a wonderful week of learning and creativity!
This week we compared and ordered numbers, then we estimated where they might be on the number line. We played racing games in teams, sang and danced to counting songs. To finish our week, we made posters about skip counting in 2s, 5s and 10s.
Today we used shaving foam and food colouring to draw different shapes and patterns in the shaving foam. As you can see, we had lots of fun!
On Tuesday 1st July we visited Warwick Castle as part of our new history topic Magnificent Monarchs. We enjoyed watching various shows such as the The Mighty Trebuchet, The falconers Quest and The Wars of the Roses LIVE! We also spent some time looking in different parts of the castle such as the Conqueror’s Fortress, Kingmaker and The Great Hall
As part of our new history topic, ‘Magnificent Monarchs’, we learned lots of new words and their definitions, such as monarch, reign and sovereign. We looked kings and queens and worked together to put them in chronological order to make a timeline, then compared different rulers to see who had the most power. We also found out lots of facts