Week Beginning 6th July 2020

Welcome back Year 2!

What a great week we have had seeing you return to school and of course seeing all your fabulous work on seesaw. Well done to all of you for all your hard work last week.

This week our story is 'Dinosaurs love underpants' - A funny story full of surprises and rhyme. Take a look at the planning below and see what exciting activities we have planned for you. 

Please try and look at the teaching timetable to see what is being covered in class so you are not repeating the same activities in class and at home. 

We hope you have a fantastic week and we look forward to seeing you all again.

See you soon!

Mrs Sims and Mrs Thomas  

Week Beginning 29th June 2020

Hello Year 2,

Welcome back to school and a big welcome to all the children at home continuing their home-learning journey! 

This week we are continuing our Dinosaur topic. We will be exploring time in maths, story writing in literacy and understanding rules in RE. Please see below for this week's planning and activities. I have attached a teaching timetable so you can see what your child will be learning on the day that they are in school. We will be starting every morning with circle time to check-in on the children's well-being as well as answering any questions they have about school during this time of change. 

Thank you parents for all your support throughout the lockdown and of course, supporting your child's learning at home. 

Please continue to upload their work, pictures and videos onto seesaw so we are able to see all the lovely activities they have been able to complete this week. 

Remember to have fun! 

See you soon,
Mrs Sims and Mrs Thomas 

May 11th 

Well done Year 2 on another fantastic week. Below you will find this weeks home learning menu and some resources sheets if you would like to print them out. Remember all activities are optional. 

Have a great week and i look forward to seeing what you produce this week. 

May 4th 

There was lots more brilliant work uploaded to Seesaw last week so well done and a massive thank you to you all. You really are amazing!

The new homework menu has been added to Seesaw and below. 

This week we will be remembering the 75h anniversary of VE day so there are some activities included on your menu.I have also attached some files with bunting and posters if you would like to print them out.  I would also like to remind you that as it would have been a bank holiday, there is no need for work to be submitted on Friday. 

Please remember that all of these activities are optional to complete. 

As always if you need any help then please contact me using the Note function on Seesaw or email via: homelearning@stmichaels.wales or head@stmichaels.wales 

Thank you for your continued support and  stay safe

April 27th 

Year 2 you are Fantastic! We are very proud of all the activities you have completed and shared with us over the past week. You have been busy and I have seen lots of smiles and really fun activities. You are doing a great job of making your activities fun at home. 

Thank you to those of you who have shared some ideas for our new topic 'Rio De Vida' where we will be looking at Brazil. Please keep a  look out over the next few weeks for some of your ideas as I will be using them. They were all great ideas and very Fun!

Please find below your home learning menu for this week. I have also added more books to your Giglets reading and some Online games and activities for you to complete on Seesaw.

If you have any questions please contact me. 

Stay safe at home and take care

Mrs Thomas 

April 20th 

Welcome Back Year 2!

I hope you had a lovely Easter Break? Thank you for all your hard work and kind Easter messages.

I hope you enjoyed the video the staff made for you. 

This term our new topic is 'Rio De Viva' which is all about Rio, Rainforests, music and carnival. 

 I would really like to know what you would like to learn and discover during this topic.

On Seesaw please can you use the 'notes' or 'draw' section to give me some of your ideas for pupils voice by FRIDAY APRIL 24TH. Then keep a look out for some of your wonderful ideas over the next few weeks. 

I will use your ideas to map out a pupil voice plan that I will share with your all on here.

Please find below your home learning menu for this week. I have also added more books to your Giglets reading and some Online games and activities for you to complete on Seesaw.

If you have any problems please contact me. 

Stay safe at home and take care

Mrs Thomas 

Printable Resources ( optional ) 

Below are also some resources you are able to print out if you would like to support and give you some ideas for the maths and literacy activities mentioned in the home learning menu. 

Printable Resources ( optional ) 

Below are also some resources you are able to print out if you would like to support and give you some ideas for the maths and literacy activities mentioned in the home learning menu. 

30Th March 

What a great week year 2, thank you to everyone who have taken the time to complete activities and also share some of their work on Seesaw. 
 

I am very proud of you! You have been working very hard during a time of change. 

Please remember to stay at home, stay safe and take care. 

Below I have attached your home Learning menu for this week. You will also find reading activities on Giglets and activities for literacy and Maths on Seesaw. 

Keep up the Great effort. 

Welcome to Year 2 

General Class Information 

School Closure - Distance Learning 

Dear Pupils and parents below you will find links to websites and our weekly homework menus.  Please feel free to complete activities when you wish to do so. We understand that your well being is paramount during this time of change. Spend time at home, have fun and enjoy quality time with those around you. 

Online Learning Platforms. 

Here in Year 2 we use a range of websites to support us with our learning. Your child will be familiar with each website from accessing it during school. 

Seesaw - An online platform where i  will add homework menus, interactive games, and a range of resources to support pupils at home including some fun videos (eg Supermovers) As parents and pupils please feel free to upload any work to your individual accounts if you would like to share them with me your class teacher. i will then try my best to comment on your work to make you aware that i have seen all your hard work. 

Giglets - Online reading website. Each child will be allocated a book to read and some tasks to complete about the book. If i can see you have read the books i will add some more. 

Hwb - welsh Government site. Pupils in our class are used to using the Just To Easy  ' JIT' tool. pupils can draw, type,use data handling tools and code using this resources. 

Bright Lights, Big City 

As part of pupil voice the pupils have chosen to look at two cities. We will be looking at London till half term then Cardiff after half term till Christmas. 

Week beginning 21st September 

we have had a great week and enjoyed having many of you visit our class. The children enjoyed showing you all what they have been doing in class. Thank you for your support. 

This week we have started to look at the main features of instructions ready for next week where we will be writing and following instructions.

In Math's we have been working on our number bonds and finding how many different ways we can make a given number.  we also learnt how to use switchers to help us with our number bonds. 

As part of our topic work we have created some fantastic art pieces based on London. 

Feast of St Michael - We wrote prayers to give thanks for St Michael and did some collage work to make pictures of the patron saint. 

Week beginning 30th October 

This week we have been sequencing and writing instructions. We have looked at making jam sandwiches to send to Mr Grubber and Paddington. We will be making our sandwiches on Monday. 

The class received a parcel and video from Paddington on Tuesday. Paddington taught the children lots of information about maps and London landmarks in his letter and video. Following on from Paddington's letter the children made their own maps and used coordinates to find London Landmarks on maps. 

In Maths this week we have been looking at 2D shapes. We have identified shapes and looked at the properties of 2D shapes. We have also made some lovely shape pictures and as part of our outdoor learning we made shapes using natural materials. 

Week beginning 7th October

This week we have had a great week exploring maps and using coordinates and direction. we have also done lots of research to find out some facts about London landmarks such as Big Ben and the London Eye.

We have also completed our designs for our London landmarks as part of our TASC wheel project. 

In Math's we have been practicing doubling numbers. 

in literacy this week we have written and followed instructions. we followed instructions to make a jam sandwich and make a face during our forest school session.