This term, the children have been exploring habitats in science. This week, the children showed how well they could collaborate together. They worked well in teams and discussed which animals would live in a particular habitat. In English, the children read instructions on how to trap a dragon. They started to explore what bossy verbs were (imperative verbs) and enjoyed listening to an online song which made most of them giggle. The children started to learn some actions for the instructions. Let’s just say, it’s work in progress! Two children received incredible stickers for going that extra mile and enthusiastically doing extra work at home. Well done Luca and Alexa! In mathematics, the children used base 10 resources to help their understanding of related facts. For example, if 2+5 = 7 then I know 20+50 = 70 Lots of children did really well seeing the pattern and making the links.

2H have been working really hard this week. They completed their maths unit on place value and persevered through an assessment to check their understanding. In English, the children celebrated National Poetry Day by learning a poem called ‘My Treasures’ by Kate Wakeling. The children have been practising some actions to go alongside the words. Superb contributions were made by lots of children to provide a set of suitable actions. Well done 2H! The week ended with time to hear what fun reading robin had with a child chosen from the class who had taken him home (last weekend). The children listened attentively and then asked some questions.

This week, the children have continued to work hard in both maths and English. They have been exploring what the weather is like in Kolkata as part of their Geography topic. They have learnt that Kolkata has six seasons! They have enjoyed their PE and computing sessions that they have on Thursday afternoons. We ended the week reflecting and exploring what the term respect means. The children wrote on a post-it note what respecting themselves, others or property meant to them. They then shared their thoughts by putting their post-it notes on the relevant title. It was a calm and positive Friday afternoon where the children showed their awareness of the importance of the term respect.

The children have had another busy week! It is impressive how they are managing the transition from year one to year two. This week, the children have continued to practise their actions in English and are becoming well rehearsed with the story of Kassim and the Greedy Dragon. In both their writing and mathematics books, the children have been working hard to present their work neatly. Well done 2H!

This week, the children in 2H have been enthusiastically creating actions for the story of Kassim the Greedy Dragon by Pie Corbett. In their phonics sessions, they have been carefully practising their sounds as well as segmenting and blending. In Geography, the focus was on exploring where the countries of the United Kingdom (England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales) were situated on a map. In mathematics, the children have been exploring place value by making links between numerals, words and tens and ones. It’s been another busy week and a chance for the children to begin settling into year 2 routines. A super start to the year 2 curriculum 2H!

A huge welcome to the children and parents of 2H. It has been an absolute pleasure meeting the class and several of the parents.

The children have had a busy first week at school. They have been trying really hard to follow the classroom rules and have been practising ACE walking (lips locked, facing forward, hands at their side and walking smartly). Several times this week, the class have been praised by staff members for their ACE walking. A great start! The children have also been working on their presentation in their maths books. They have practised using a ruler so that they can underline the date neatly in their books.

The children have had the opportunity to explore different emotions and have met Chewy the worry monster. They have enjoyed several creative activities including, drawing a colour monster, creating an emotions monster and mixing primary colours with paint. They also visited the orchard today so most of the children have an ACE apple in their bag, ready to be eaten once it is washed.

It has been very hot indoors and out this week but the children have coped well. A super start to the term 2H.

Where has the time gone? The children have done lots of amazing, fun activities in year 2 (including sports day). There are lots of memories which they will hopefully share at home. We said goodbye to Ella and Amayra and hope they both settle well. into their new schools. We have welcomed Daniel to the ACE community and hope he will be happy at the school.The children will be missed by me and Mrs Reehal. We wish them success and happiness as they prepare to move on to year 3.

The children have been busy over the last couple of weeks. The focus has been on collaboration and seeing if they can work well in a team. They had a challenge to work in groups and create a tall tower. They also worked in teams to make their own boats (building on their previous experience in year 1) using junk modelling. They had to think about what materials would be waterproof and which materials would float using their knowledge from science lessons on materials.

This week, the class were extremely excited when they heard they were going to create their own cupcake! We discussed the ingredients needed: butter, sugar, eggs and flour. The children had the choice of decorating their cupcakes with either icing, strawberries or both. They worked together in groups and took turns. Some children cracked the eggs, others read the weighing scales to ensure the right amount of sugar and flour was added to the mixture while others spent time mixing the ingredients altogether. Once the buns came out of the oven and had cooled, the children decorated them with icing or strawberries. They all said their cupcake was delicious and they enjoyed the experience. Well done 2H!

This week, we found out who had won a prize from the Red Nose Day name raffle. Here are photographs of the winners from 2H. The rest of the class were wonderful in supporting the winners and gave them a huge applause. However, the best is yet to come…the whole class won a prize for donating the most money in key stage 1. They have been granted a movie afternoon! Oh wow! A huge thank you for your kindness and generosity. I’m so proud of 2H and their parents.