Dorset

Welcome to Dorset 2 

This week in Dorset

Week beginning Monday 20th March

What a great week it's been! The children have continued to work hard both in the classroom and keeping their learning areas tidy.

In English we continued reading our termly text and were horrified to find out the Moon King had recaptured the defenceless Starbird and trapped him in a cage once more. We were so upset by this that we decided we had to take a stand and write a letter to persuade the Moon King to let the majestic Starbird free once and for all. We discussed the features of a letter and how we can be persuasive by using empathy and emotional language. Can you remember what reasons you gave to free the legendary Starbird?

In Maths we have started a new topic - Fractions. We explored that halving is splitting a whole into two equal parts and we were introduced to the notation ½ for the first time. Once we knew what a half was and how to recognise them we then found a half of a set of objects or a quantity. Can you tell your adults what ½ of 12 is? Can you write this as a number sentence. Next week, we will be exploring some different fractions such as 2/4, 3/4 and 1/3.

This week in Science we have been researching unusual plants. Can you remember what plants we researched? Why are they unusual? 

In Geography we continued designing our own maps based on our prior knowledge of maps, compasses and map keys. We developed this further by designing different human and physical features that would be found in our towns and categorising them. Can you remember what your town was called? What human and physical features are in it?

During this cold weather, please ensure your children are provided with warm clothing for PE.

Home Learning

This week's home learning will be set on Thursday 23rd March 2023  and will be due the following Tuesday 28th March 2023. 

In our spellings this week we are all focusing on Year 1 and 2 common exception words, suffixes and topic words. These are sometimes spelt correctly within spelling tests and now we are working on transferring this confidence into our writing in school.

Reading

Children in Year 2 should be reading for at least 15 minutes a day. 

Parents, please log your child's reading on the BOOM Reader Parent Portal or by using the BOOM reader parent app on your tablet/ mobile.

Click here for more information about how our school uses Boom Reader. 

If your child is on Read Write Inc, their phonetically appropriate books will come home each Thursday and will need to be returned the following Tuesday. Your child is also able to choose a book from their class reading area on any day of the week to share with you, this may not be of their reading level. This can be changed when it is returned.

If your child is not on Read Write Inc, they will have an Accelerated Reader bookmark showing their range and will bring home a book from the book corner that is appropriate to their reading level. Children should bring their Accelerated Reader reading book and bookmark to and from school and home each day. Pupils are asked to change their book when it is finished using the guidance and support provided by the teaching team in each class.

When your child has finished reading a book, please ensure they complete the Accelerated Reader quiz using the link below.

https://ukhosted120.renlearn.co.uk/6704864

Please ask your class teacher if you are not sure of how to log in.

Maths Fluency

Try this Maths game with a fraction focus or this Maths game with a division focus. 

You may want to practise your times tables with this Maths game.

How about guessing a number with this fun game!

Topic Task

Please see the video below for the explanation of this weeks topic task.

All children have been given a printed outline of the nurture wheel to help them complete this task.

Year 2 Home Learning Term 4 Week 5 Video Link