Spring Term 2025
General information:
PE is on Mondays and Wednesdays this term.
Please read with your child a minimum of 2 times every week and upload to Boom reader.
Please practise spellings and multiplications ready for the test every Friday.
WC: 24/03/25
Monday - Wednesday - Mrs Barratt
This week we have been cracking on! In English, we have continued with our English book 'George and the dragon' which also links with the film 'How to train your train'. We have roleplayed how to capture the dragon and what we could use to keep the dragon on the floor and were introduced to Hiccup in the film and how he captures Night Fury. We have been using lots of skills in our writing too, including, prepositions, adverbial phrases, questions and adverbs.
In Maths, we have worked really hard to subtract two 2-digit numbers across 10. We have used base 10 to show how this works and exchange a ten for ones. A great job year 2.
We have finished our Geography unit this week, we learnt about the weather in the polar regions and how the weather is different in the North and South Poles and compared these to the UK.
In PSHE, we have been learning about being relaxed and why this is important. Also, we have looked at medicine and the rules surrounding medicine.
On Wednesday, we had Art with Mrs Freeman and PE with Mr Godson.
WC: 17/03/25
Monday - Wednesday - Mrs Barratt
A busy week this week. We have been working extremely hard and using all the skills we have learnt so far this year in Year 2 to see how much we have learnt and show what we can do in a few tests including, reading, maths and spelling, punctuation and grammar. A really good effort by all the children in Year 2.
In Geography, we were looking at the temperatures in countries near the equator in different seasons of the year and then comparing them to the UK.
We have also been learning about e-safety in Computing, we talked about our digital footprint and safe searching on the internet.
On Wednesday, we had Art with Mrs Freeman and PE with Mr Godson.
WC: 10/03/25
Monday - Wednesday - Mrs Barratt
A busy week this week.
We were really lucky to have Sublime Science in to make slime with us on Monday- we really enjoyed this.
In English, we have continued to work on our new book 'George and the Dragon'. We have been writing sentences with 'than' in them and synonyns for look, alliteration and onomatopoeia- we have tried really hard with these skills.
In Maths, we have been adding tens and ones both not across 10 and across 10. We have had to use our previous skills to help us. E.g., 24 + 30 and 24 + 32. A great try this week.
In Geography, we have been learning about seasons and how the weather differs between seasonal and daily. We then looked at the weather in the polar regions- we can't believe how cold it is there and also; did you know that they have seasons of pure darkness- there is no sunlight!?
On Wednesday we have Art with Mrs Freeman and PE with Mr Godson.
WC: 03/03/25
Monday - Wednesday - Mrs Barratt
Another week down- what a week!
We have been so busy; in Maths we have been subtracting 10s and 1s. We have been using our number bonds to 10 to help us subtract a number to find the answer. E.g., 34 - 6 = 34 - 4 - 2 = 28. We have got really good at this.
In English we have been writing our own persuasive letter to the teacher, explaining what had happened to their homework or uniform and then persuading the teacher to not keep them in at breaktime for it!
In ICT, we have been working on our coding skills. We used buttons in our coding as well as timers and then had a go at debugging a code given to us. We are really enjoying ICT at the minute.
On Wednesday, we had Art with Mrs Freeman and PE with Mr Godson.
Thursday & Friday - Miss Cragg
In English this week we started our next new book, 'George and the Dragon'. In our first lesson we looked at repetition and rhetorical questions and then similes and expanded noun phrases. We don't mess about round here!
In Maths we used 100 squares to explore 10 more and 10 less and looked at how to subtract a 1 digit number from a 2 digit number across a 10. We are working so hard to understand some tricky concepts.
In Science we continued to learn about plants, this week looking at how plants spread their seeds and the methods they use vary, using wind, water and animals to send their seeds far and wide. We particularly enjoyed learning about animals who eat yummy fruits and then poop out the seeds which then grow into new plants! Another gymnastics PE lesson learning about half and full turns and the our spellings and multiplications test. Have a fun weekend!
WC: 24/02/25
Monday - Wednesday - Mrs Barratt
Welcome back, we are now entering Term 4!
We have had a great start to the first week back after a lovely, restful break.
In English, we have continued reading our book 'The Day the Crayons Quit.' We have been writing sentences using noun phrases, conjunctions, adjectives and rhetorical questions. We are ready to plan our own persuasive letter starting Thursday.
In Maths, we have been practising adding across a 10. We have used lots of our previous skills and number bonds to 10 to help us add. E.g., 16 + 7= 20 + 3 = 23. Lots of practise using our tens frames and hundred squares to help us.
In History, we have been learning about Sir Walter Raleigh and his expedition to America and that he found potatoes and tobacco. We have also learnt about Captain Scott and his expedition to the South Pole in Antarctica. He did make it to the South Pole with his team but unfortunately didn't make it with him.
We started our new unit of work in PSHE, being healthy- we know we need lots of things to be heathy including a balanced diet, water, sleep, rest, exercise etc.
Thursday & Friday - Miss Cragg
Welcome back! Hope you all had a wonderful week off. We've hit the ground running this week, no let up for us! In English we have begun to plan for a Big Write again, this time for our very own letter to the teacher explaining how sorry we are that we have lost a very important item. We created a narrative map using the symbols we have previously learned, then a more detailed notes plan with our own ideas ready to use next week.
In Maths we explored subtraction, this time across a 10 and from a 10. In Science we started our new topic - Plants. We learned about what they need in order to grow and looked at the parts of a flowering plant, identifying the roots, stem, leaves and flowers. We touched on how a plant germinates and the process of making food, also known as photosynthesis. Our first Friday PE lesson on gymnastics and our spelling and multiplication test finished us off this week!
WC: 10/02/25
Monday - Wednesday - Mrs Barratt
Last week of term this week, and a busy one at that!
In English we have been working on our sentence stacking and building our sentences apologising for how we have treated the felt tip pens and how we can care for them better. We are really enjoying this book and writing a letter back to the felt tip pens encouraging to give us another chance.
In Maths, we have been adding using our number bonds to help us. E.g. 24 + ? = 30, 37 + ? = 40.
We also had a go at coding in ICT. We had to create algorithms, which told the computer what we wanted it to do and even included a collision detection- we really enjoyed crashing our planes and adding sound to it too!
We had PE and Art with Ms Liston on Wednesday. We also had our final PE dance lesson with Miss Cheryl and performed our routine to Mrs Barratt, who was very impressed!
Miss Cragg was in Paris with the Y5's and Y6's this week.
WC: 03/02/25
Monday - Wednesday - Mrs Barratt
We have worked really hard this week; we have been working on our new book in English ' The day the crayons quit'. We received a letter from our felt tip pens in class explaining they had quit because of the way we are treating them- we need to work our magic to persuade the pens to come back! We have also been persuading our friends to do things they wouldn't normally do.
In Maths, we have been looking at adding numbers together but using our number bonds to make the adding easier e.g. 9 + 4 = 10 + 3 = 13. This is a tricky concept to understand but we have done so well mastering it!
We also started our new unit of History, 'Famous people in History and how we remember them'. Our first famous person we learnt about was Sacagewea. We found out that she helped two American explorers find their way around parts of America helping them eat safe foods, helping them communicate with other tribes and finding out things no one knew before. She was a great addition to the expedition.
On Wednesday, we had Art with Mrs Freeman and PE with Mr Godson.
Thursday & Friday - Miss Cragg
In English we continued to write sentences for our persuasive letter, this week using adverbs to demonstrate feelings and beginning our sentences with ordinal verbs and commas. We also used the conjunction 'when' and a precise verb as well as emphasis to write exciting sentences.
In Maths we explored systematic number bonds within 10 as well as number bonds to 10. We are getting so much more confident with this! In our RE lesson today we explored another of the Five Pillars of Islam, Sawm, which is the holy month of Ramadan for Muslims. In Science we explored the benefits of exercise on our bodies and we finished the week off with our spellings and multiplications test.
WC: 27/01/25
Monday - Wednesday - Mrs Barratt
Another week down in Year 2.
In English we have written our own set of instructions how to make binoculars. We used our skills taught in English to help us write them. A great job, well done Year 2.
In Maths, we have been working on related facts. If we know that 2+4=6 then we also know 20+40=60. We have used a range of resources to help us see the related facts including base ten.
In Geography, we looked at the comparisons between a coastal town and the place we live 'Sleaford'. We talked about what is the same and different and the human and physical features we would find in each location.
On Wednesday, we had PE with Mr Godson and Art with Mrs Freeman.
Thursday & Friday - Miss Cragg
To finish the week we explored related facts in our Maths lessons, linking our latest knowledge of addition and subtraction. We also used our number bond understanding of numbers to 10 to help us answer questions about bonds to 100. We ended on a practical lesson involving lots of counting forwards and backwards, using the 100 squares to add or subtract 1 and discussing our number knowledge.
In Science we had the chance to do a very interesting experiment linking to our top of keeping our bodies healthy. We took a piece of bread and passed it around, touching it with our hands and placing it on areas which have high amounts of traffic such as the door handles, our tables, the floor etc. We then talked about the importance of washing our hands and were tasked with washing them well with soap and warm water. We then passed around another slice of bread but this time with our clean hands. We put each slice into its own zip lock bag along with another slice which had not been touched by hands at all. We made predictions about what we think might happen but what do you think? Time will tell!
In English we began our new book - 'The Day the Crayons Quit'. We explored the symbols which mean the different shapes of a letter which was our introduction to the text, we discussed what the symbols mean and how this relates to the information in the letter. Miss Liston also took a lesson based on 'The Colour Monster'.
Our spellings and multiplications test rounded things off. How are you finding the new tests?
WC: 20/01/25
Monday - Wednesday - Mrs Barratt
This week we have continued to work on our instructions in English. We had to write a set of CLEAR instructions how to make a sandwich- this was so much fun but also a lot trickier than we realised, we do now know how to write clear instructions. We then made some binoculars for our bird watching ready to write some instructions how to make them for our 'Big Write'.
In Maths, we have been using our number bonds to help us subtract e.g. 7-5 and 17-5 and using the knowledge we have to solve these calculations.
In Geography, we looked at lots of different pictures of beaches from around the UK and had to label the human and physical features including stacks, arches, sand dunes, piers and coastal defences etc.
We had PE on Monday with Miss Cheryl.
On Wednesday we had PE with Mr Godson and Art with Mrs Freeman.
Thursday & Friday - Miss Cragg
What a week! IN English we have completed our writing about instructions and have begun planning ready for our Big Write next week. We completed our non-fiction map plan and success criteria and then moved on to making a plan with more detailed notes ready to help us remember everything we need to include when writing about making wildlife binoculars.
In Maths we used number lines to explore subtraction by counting back. We then moved on to finding the difference within subtraction, using the language of 'how many more' and used a variety of strategies to discover the answers.
In Science examined the differences between surviving and being healty. We completed our spellings and multiplications test to finish the week, have a great weekend!
WC: 13/01/25
Monday - Wednesday - Mrs Barratt
This week we have been working hard in our English; we looked at foods that are harmful to birds and why they are harmful then used these facts to write sentences explaining why we feed birds certain foods.
In Maths, we have been working on our number bonds to 20. We have been using our number bonds to 10 to help us e.g., 6+4 = 10 will help us know 16+4 = 20.
In Geography, we looked at the coasts in Lincolnshire, we used maps to find and locate the different coasts in Lincolnshire.
We had PE on Monday with Miss Cheryl.
On Wednesday, we had Art with Mrs Freeman and PE with Mr Godson.
Thursday & Friday - Miss Cragg
Another busy week with plenty achieved. In Maths we've recapped learning about doubles. We know that adding two of the same number together is doubling it, and we have also noticed it is the two times table because we have two groups of the same number! We've also had a practical lesson on subtracting 1 using our number bonds knowledge.
In English we have continued to write about making a bird feeder, looking at imperative verbs, complex 'if' sentences, using brackets (again!) and adverbs. We are getting ready for our Big Write next week!
In Science we had lesson 2 in our Bodies topic, learning about what humans need in order to survive. The list of things we need is very different to the list of things we want! In RE we began our new topic learning about Islam. We were introduced to the first Pillar of Islam, Shahada, the declaration of faith. We had a spelling test on Thursday and were introduced to our new spelling and multiplication test which will happen every Friday going forward.
A busy week, well done everyone for all of your hard work. Enjoy your weekend!
WC: 06/01/25
Monday - Wednesday - Mrs Barratt
Welcome back, we hope you had a lovely Christmas and a very happy new year.
We have started back really well and made our teachers very proud.
In English, we have started our new unit of work; writing instructions 'How to make a bird feeder'. We have had two shape days, we have read two different instruction texts, 'How to make a bird feeder' and 'How to build a den'. We made our own bird feeders and then used our shapes and labelled parts of the text. Next, we had an experience day, we looked at a range of instruction texts and then played imperative verb games! It was fun.
In Maths, we have been counting on within 20 e.g., 12 + 4 and 11 + 7 etc. We have worked really hard to use resources to add these numbers and then putting the numbers in our head and then adding on. Again, a great job by us all!
In Geography, we started our new unit all about the UK and its seas. We talked about what the difference is between the ocean and a sea and then used the atlases to label the different seas around the UK.
We had PE on Monday with Miss Cheryl dancing and PE with Mr Godson on Wednesday, we also had Art with Mrs Freeman on Wednesday.
A great start to the new term, well done all!
Thursday & Friday - Miss Cragg
Welcome back everyone! Lovely to see all the smiling faces and hear all of the stories about Christmas.
We've hit the ground running this week, straight back into normality with recaps of our number bonds, part/whole models and finding a part in our Maths lessons along with adding one more. In English we've looked at rhetorical questions, alliteration and superlatives, bullet points, brackets and adjectives. Phew, lots to remember and even more to write about! We are enjoying writing instructions on our bird feeder topic.
In Science we have completed our first lesson in our new topic: Our Bodies. Our first lesson was all about how the human body changes from being born all the way to being an elderly person, the things we cannot do as babies and toddlers to what we'd like to do when we grow up. Lots of us want to ride a motorbike so get ready for that grown-ups!
Friday saw the return of Rock Kidz, a much anticipated date in our calendar. We love dressing up, rocking out and learning about the messages of morality they bring with them and perform in such a fun way. This year was all about anti-bullying. We had some great sing alongs and dance offs as part of our day. A spelling activity finished off our week. Speaking of spellings, from next week we will be introducing a new spelling and multiplication test every Friday. These will be sent home one week to be tested on the next week and the results will come home with your child each week.
Have a great weekend!
