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Living and Learning: rules
At the start of the new school year, the children have been reminded about rules and the importance of rules in our daily life.
Before focussing on our revised school rules, we started by thinking about…
Why do we have rules?
What rules can you think of?
What places have rules?
Who makes the rules?
Rules tells us what to do.
We need rules so we don’t hurt each other.
Rules help us to know what is right and what is wrong.
Rules help us to be happy and healthy.
In our school we have three school rules. Three, two, one, stop is one of the most important instructions the children will hear at school.
We concluded that following our school rules will make our school a happy, healthy and SAFE place to learn.
We also agreed our Living and Learning ground rules.
Finally, we considered our rules about online safety at school. Your child has brought home their Being online – acceptable use agreement for pupils and parents/carers which should be read through, signed and returned to class.
Any questions, please do ask.
Help at home – think about our revised school rules and talk with your child about what that might look like or sound like in the classroom, the playground or at lunchtime.
Welcome back!
The children have settled really well in their first couple of days in Year 2 with lots of new routines to learn and an earlier start time of 8:45am.
We look forward to meeting you over the next few weeks but for now, here is some key information about Year 2.
Mrs Taylor – Monday and Tuesday
Mrs Lake – Wednesday, Thursday and Friday
Mrs Maqbool also assists in the class.
Important days and dates
PE – Tuesday and Thursday
Spelling test – Friday
Library – Friday
Class assembly – Wednesday 18th October at 2:40pm
Water bottles
These should be brought to school daily and they will be brought home every day for refreshing and cleaning.
Milk
Please contact the office if your child would like to have milk in Year 2.
Homework/Spellings
Whole school homework is set every Friday (along with new spellings). Homework and spellings can also be accessed from the website.
Reading
Your child will be bringing home a letter explaining about their reading. Daily reading, whether this is their e-book, a book from home or the library, is key to making progress in reading and to develop fluency.
Numbots
We continue to use Numbots in Year 2 (using the same login as Year 1) and certificates will be awarded every Tuesday for children who complete the different stages and make the most improvement over the week.
For spelling practice, reading and Numbots, little and often (10/15 minutes a day) is recommended.
Uniform
Please do check the uniform policy to ensure your child is wearing the correct items including for PE days. Earrings must be removed on PE days.
Acceptable Use agreement
The children have brought home the acceptable use agreement for their use of the internet at school. We have talked through this together but please read it with your child and sign and return to class.
Finally, please do ask if there are any queries and keep checking back on class news to find out more about your child’s learning!
Have a happy and healthy summer
Mrs Taylor, Mrs Lake and Mrs Roth would like to thank you for all our kind and generous gifts and cards.
We have had a great year with the children and it has been a pleasure to teach them and see how much they have progressed and matured over the year. We shall miss them!
We hope you all have a happy and healthy summer holiday.
Fun and games!
In Year 1 and Year 2, we’re enjoying our last day of the term with board games, construction toys and colouring. The children have had a wonderful morning playing, smiling and working together.
Have a happy and healthy summer holiday!
Science: animals (including humans)
This half term, our science learning has been all about animals including humans. We have been biologists. Here is the key vocabulary we have been learning and using.
This video introduced the learning by helping us to think about what animals need to survive – what are their basic needs?
This text helped us to learn about life cycles.
We carried out an investigation to see if older children have bigger heads (and they did!). Ask your child why that is.
Our latest science learning fit in well with our Being Healthy themed week learning all about exercise and why our body needs it and why it is important to have a balanced diet based on the Eatwell Guide.
Year 1 and 2 joined together for this learning.
Finally, we learnt about the importance of hygiene and keeping ourselves clean.
We also concluded our observations over time. Here is the tree in our front playground with photos taken in January, May and July. We discussed the differences between the photos and the reasons for these. Ask your child what type of tree this is and how they know.
Every week, we measure the temperature and we observe the weather. We looked at how these have changed over the year and the link between the seasons.
Help at home: Can your child suggest some ways they could become healthier at home?
Thank you to Roundhegians
We had a great sports day last Thursday and thanks go to Roundhegians Rugby Club for once again allowing us to use their great facilities.
Have a look at the options for rugby coaching available at the club.
We know the children appreciated it too.
Being healthy themed week: bike safety
Thank you to Stu and Alex from Edinburgh Bicycle Cooperative, based in Chapel Allerton, for visiting this during our Being Healthy week.
They were kept busy by checking lots of bikes to ensure they were safe to use. Thank you to everyone who brought their bike into school.
Then, Year 5 and 6 learnt some different bike maintenance tips to do on their own bikes.
Living and Learning: Being Healthy themed week – d:side visit
On Tuesday, we had a visit from Dave from d:side. Dave talked to us about keeping our body healthy.
There are three things that should go in our body (also known as our basic needs which is part of our current science learning). These are:
- food
- water
- air
If we have all these things, we might still get poorly so Dave reminded us of keeping safe around medicines and who should (and shouldn’t) give us medicines.
But where does the food, water and air go in our body?
We learnt about different parts of our body and where they are found. We recreated it correctly too!
Help at home: Ask your child, what were the different parts of the body we learnt about?
Living and Learning: Being Healthy themed week – Active Tuesday
Over the course of the Being Healthy themed week, Year 2 worked on improving a physical activity skill and we saw improvements in the children’s personal bests.
Teamwork, speed and looking skills were needed for this active treasure hunt. How quick could each team find the different locations on the school grounds?
Help at home: ask your child how much physically activity they should have in a day?
