Welcome back everyone!

It’s Miss Heafford back again writing the Year 2 blog for the term, I hope you’ve enjoyed hearing the rambles of my lovely colleague as I think it’s always nice to hear a different voice!

I hope you all had a great half term break and managed some R and R (it’s always nice not to have to set the alarm clock!). The children have settled back down really quickly into the school routine and we have been busy as always.

Well, we are exactly halfway through Year 2 now, it’s difficult to believe but the time really is flying by so quickly this year. Jumpers are getting shorter, shoes are getting tight, it feels that the children are just growing so fast. We will have to try and find something to slow down time…

To start off the week, the year group did the museum walk and we looked at each other’s solar system homework projects – what a treat! They were amazing and have made lovely displays around the classrooms, thank you so much for supporting your child with this. They were all so creative and it was amazing to see the children speaking about their project with such enthusiasm and sense of pride.

In maths, we have been partitioning 2-digit numbers and using this to help us with a more efficient method of addition and subtraction. With addition, this involves adding the tens, then the ones and then finally adding both totals. For example: 42 + 23 = ?

40 + 20 = 60, 2 + 3 = 5, 60 + 5 = 65.

This is a quick and efficient method to use to add/subtract, particularly when the ones add to below 10 (therefore no bridging is needed…woo!) At the end of the week, we were investigating the inverse. This is the relationship between addition and subtraction. Next week, we will be moving on to look at fractions. We will be focusing on finding ½ and ¼ of shapes and numbers and recognizing that 2/4 is the same as ½.

In English, we have been looking at a new text which is all about space and the solar system. They will be working towards creating a waterfall booklet, focused around three chosen planets. I wonder if the children can teach you any new planet facts that they’ve learnt this week…

Remember it is World Book Day on Thursday!

That’s it for now, as always, I’d like to say a massive thank you for your continued support with your child’s education, it really does make a huge difference.

Have a super weekend.

Kind regards,

The Year 2 Team x