Class Teacher Posts
Class Teachers for Year 2 Classes:
Mrs B Nairn - kestrelclass@cirrustrust.onmicrosoft.com
Mrs K Helfrich - swallowclass@cirrustrust.onmicrosoft.com
Teaching Assistant in Kestrel Class:
Miss Adams
Teaching Assistant in Swallow Class:
Mr Ashmead
KS1 Phase Leader:
Mrs B Nairn
Our PE days are Mondays and Thursdays. Please note your child should come to school in their PE kit on these days. Please ensure long hair is tied back and earrings are removed. Your child may wear a plain white t-shirt, black shorts or black leggings/jogging bottoms. They should wear their school jumper/cardigan – no other sports top. They can wear trainers or plimsoles.
Online Safety
Please take the time to have a look at our new online safety parent cards. These cards are written for parents and clearly & simply explain how to set up parental controls, block users, age restrictions and more. We hope that they will be very supportive for your all.
If you have any questions about these or any element of online safety, please do not hesitate to contact your child's class teacher or you can email our Digital Learning Leader: Mrs Briggs, at rushyict@rushymeadow.sutton.sch.uk.
This Week’s Learning – wb 11.09.23
In English, we have been writing our retells of ‘Tadpole’s Promise’. We planned our ideas and collected adjectives we could use before writing. We also had our first editing lesson! We worked in partners to spot our mistakes and check our spelling.
In maths, we have been learning how to identify odd and even numbers and discussing what patterns we notice when adding odd and even numbers together.
In science, we learnt about the lifecycle of butterfly and compared stages in the human lifecycle, discussing what we can or can’t do at each stage.
In art, we have been continuing to be inspired by Carl Warner. This week, we experimented with collage techniques and designed our foodscape. You can see some of his artwork here: Foodscapes – Carl Warner.
In music, we were learnt how to control our instruments.
Next Week’s Learning – wb 18.09.23
In English, we will be writing autobiographies! Next week, we will start by finding out about each other and identifying features of autobiographies. We will then focus on the use of conjunctions before planning our writing.
In maths, we will be using greater than, less than and equal to (<, >, =) to compare amounts and equations.
In science, we will learn what animals, including humans, need to survive and create a balanced meal after learning about the main food groups.
In art, we are going to gather images from print outs and magazines to use in our foodscapes.
In music, we will be learning how to play our rhythms independently.
Class Teacher Awards – 15.09.23
Our ‘Stars of the Week’ this week are…
Kestrel: Rosie and Luke
Swallow: Moaz and Emma
Well done to you all!
Parent/Carer Information – 15.09.23
Please practise the 2, 3, 5 and 10 times tables as much as possible with your child. Here are some good websites to use to allow children to practise these. Their logins are stuck or written into their purple reading records.
Times Tables Rock Stars: Play (ttrockstars.com)
You can view all of the Year 2 letters that are sent out this year on the Letters to parents 2022-2023 page or follow this link for the Year 2 letters:
Year 2 | Rushy Meadow Primary Academy
If you have any questions, please contact us by ringing the school or using the class emails:
kestrelclass@cirrustrust.onmicrosoft.com
swallowclass@cirrustrust.onmicrosoft.com
This Week’s Learning – wb 04.09.23
In English, we have been reading ‘Tadpole’s Promise’ by Jeanne Willis. We acted out the story and thought about how the characters were feeling before talking about the purpose and structure of the story using a story mountain. We then learnt about expanded noun phrases (e.g. a gigantic mountain, a beautiful caterpillar) and used these to describe the characters in the story.
In maths, we have been using place value to recognise the value of numbers and finding our number bonds to 10 and 20.
In science, we learnt about animals and their young and matched up the adult with it’s offspring, talking about which look like their parents and which don’t. We also learnt about the lifecycle of a frog.
In art, we learnt about an artist called Carl Warner. We created a poster in our art sketch books about him and will be recreating some of his work over the next few weeks. You can see some of his artwork here: Foodscapes – Carl Warner
In music, we were learning how to play a beat.
Next Week’s Learning – wb 11.09.23
In English, we will be planning our retells of Tadpole’s Promise, collecting vocabulary before we begin writing and then editing.
In maths, we will be identifying patterns in odd and even numbers.
In science, we will be learning about the lifecycle of a butterfly and a human.
In art, we are going to experiment with collage techniques and design our own foodscape in the style of Carl Warner.
In music, we will be learning how to control our instruments.
Class Teacher Awards – 08.09.23
Our ‘Stars of the Week’ this week are…
Kestrel: Samuel and Avey
Swallow: Robyn and Logan
Well done to you all!
Parent/Carer Information – 08.09.23
The PTA are having a ‘Come Along and Meet Us’ morning on Monday 11th September at 8.45am in the school hall. Please come along!
Please practise the 2, 3, 5 and 10 times tables as much as possible with your child. Here are some good websites to use to allow children to practise these. Their logins are stuck or written into their purple reading records.
Times Tables Rock Stars: Play (ttrockstars.com)
You can view all of the Year 2 letters that are sent out this year on the Letters to parents 2022-2023 page or follow this link for the Year 2 letters:
Year 2 | Rushy Meadow Primary Academy
If you have any questions, please contact us by ringing the school or using the class emails:
kestrelclass@cirrustrust.onmicrosoft.com
swallowclass@cirrustrust.onmicrosoft.com
Welcome to the Year 2 page! We can't wait to get started teaching your children and it's going to be the best year ever!
Stay tuned for pictures and posts about what we have been learning.
The blog will be updated every Friday with what we have been learning, what we will be learning the following week, pictures and information about home learning.
Any questions, please use the class emails which can be found above.
Goodbye!
We wanted to take a moment to say we have LOVED teaching your children this year. They have come so incredibly far, both academically and in confidence and we are so immensely proud of them.
They deserve a well-earned rest and we look forward to seeing them around Year 3 next year!
Thank you for all your support and have a wonderful summer break.
Miss Knight, Mrs Helfrich, Miss McCarthy and Ms Cox.
This Week’s Learning – wb 17.07.23
In English, we finished our stories and edited them.
In maths, we did some maths games, including playing shops with money and did some quizzes!
In D&T, we made moving vehicles using chassis, axles and wheels. You can see lots of pictures of this in the gallery section – we had so much fun!
In music, we used dot notation to record our compositions.
We also watched movies, played games and did lots of colouring the last few days!
Class Teacher Awards – 14.07.23
Our ‘Stars of the Week’ this week are…
Kestrel: All of Kestrel Class
Swallow: All of Swallow Class
Well done to you all!
This Week’s Learning – wb 10.07.23
In English, we have been watching a short film called ‘Catch A Lot’. We are writing our own endings to this film.
In maths, we have been learning how to use the column method to subtract numbers. We have been doing this practically and in our books.
In science, we learnt how animals get food from other animals and plants, showing our understanding through food chains.
In art, we used the sketching skills we practised to create an observational drawing of a nature object.
In music, we improvised with the notes C,D and E.
Next Week’s Learning – wb 17.07.23
Next week, we will be finishing off some work and then doing some fun end of year activities! This may include: art, free time, films and more!
In English, we will be carrying on with writing our own endings to the short story we have been watching. It is called ‘Catch A Lot’ and you can watch it here: Catch A Lot - THE LITERACY SHED
In maths, we will be finishing with some maths games!
We will be thinking about everything we have learnt in science and art this half term.
In D&T, we will be using wheels and axis to create a moving vehicle.
In music, we will be using dot notation to record our compositions.
Class Teacher Awards – 14.07.23
Our ‘Stars of the Week’ this week are…
Kestrel: Arabella and Calum
Swallow: Layla and Callie-Rose
Well done to you all!
Parent/Carer Information – 14.07.23
Today (Friday 14th July), children found out and spent some time with their new class teacher. They have also brought home their end of year reports.
We can’t believe it is the last week!
On Wednesday 19th July, please send your child to school with a strong plastic bag so they can bring the rest of their books home.
Please practise the 2, 3, 5 and 10 times tables as much as possible with your child. Here are some good websites to use to allow children to practise these. Their logins are stuck into their purple reading records.
Times Tables Rock Stars: Play (ttrockstars.com)
You can view all of the Year 2 letters that are sent out this year on the Letters to parents 2022-2023 page or follow this link for the Year 2 letters:
Year 2 | Rushy Meadow Primary Academy
If you have any questions, please contact us by ringing the school or using the class emails:
kestrelclass@cirrustrust.onmicrosoft.com
swallowclass@cirrustrust.onmicrosoft.com
This Week’s Learning – wb 03.07.23
In English, we have been watching a short film called ‘Catch A Lot’. We did some role play and then described the characters using apostrophes for possession as our focus.
In maths, we have been learning how to use the column method to add numbers together. We have been doing this practically and in our books.
In science, we learnt how animals, plants and habitats are all dependent on each other to survive.
In art, we practised our sketching techniques in our sketch books, ready to do an observational drawing of a nature object next week.
In music, we read dot notations for the notes C, D and E.
Next Week’s Learning – wb 10.07.23
In English, we will be writing our own endings to the short story we have been watching. It is called ‘Catch A Lot’ and you can watch it here: Catch A Lot - THE LITERACY SHED
In maths, we will be learning how to subtract using the column method.
In science, children will learn how animals get their food from other animals and plants using food chains to explain our understanding.
In art, we will create observational drawings of a natural object.
In music, we will be improvising with the notes C,D and E.
Class Teacher Awards – 07.07.23
Our ‘Stars of the Week’ this week are…
Kestrel: Harper and Blake
Swallow: Hardeek and Kylah
Well done to you all!
Parent/Carer Information – 07.07.23
The PTA are excited to provide some more information about our upcoming Summer Picnic on Saturday 8 July. It is free entry and will take place in the school playgrounds. We’d love to encourage all our pupils (including our out-going year 6s) and their extended families & friends to come along. Bring a picnic & come and enjoy the fun.
If you would like to buy some treats on the day there will be ice cream, cold drinks, candy floss & popcorn available.
We’ll also have games for all the family - including soak the teacher in the stocks - and we will be selling wristbands for unlimited games (£3 in advance / £4 on the day). Look out for more information soon.
We look forward to welcoming as many of you as possible.
On Monday 10th July, we are having a work ‘showcase’ where you are able to come into your child’s classroom after school pick up to see all the hard work they have done this year and celebrate with them.
On Tuesday 11th July, please send your child in with a strong plastic bag as they will be bringing lots of their old books home. Books we are still using will be sent out during the last week of term.
Please practise the 2, 3, 5 and 10 times tables as much as possible with your child. Here are some good websites to use to allow children to practise these. Their logins are stuck into their purple reading records.
Times Tables Rock Stars: Play (ttrockstars.com)
You can view all of the Year 2 letters that are sent out this year on the Letters to parents 2022-2023 page or follow this link for the Year 2 letters:
Year 2 | Rushy Meadow Primary Academy
If you have any questions, please contact us by ringing the school or using the class emails:
kestrelclass@cirrustrust.onmicrosoft.com
swallowclass@cirrustrust.onmicrosoft.com
This Week’s Learning – wb 26.06.23
In English, we wrote poems about minibeasts! We tried to include alliteration, adverbs, similes and even rhyming! We performed these to the class when we were finished.
In maths, we have been learning how to interpret and draw block graphs to show information. We also did some revision on adding and subtracting during our ‘Come and Be Nosy’ sessions.
In science, we learnt how animals are suited to their habitats.
In art, we created nature sculptures out of clay! You can see these in the gallery section.
In music, we used crochets and quavers to record rhythms we have composed.
Next Week’s Learning – wb 03.07.23
In English, we will be watching another short film and doing some writing based on this. It is called ‘Catch A Lot’ and you can watch it here: Catch A Lot - THE LITERACY SHED
In maths, we will be learning how to add using the column method, starting practically and then moving to working in our books.
In science, we will learn how habitats, animals and plants all rely on one another to stay alive.
In art, we will be experimenting with sketching techniques.
In music, we will be reading dot notations for the notes C, D and E.
Class Teacher Awards – 30.06.23
Our ‘Stars of the Week’ this week are…
Kestrel: Elsie and Sydney
Swallow: Violet and Robbie
Well done to you all!
Parent/Carer Information - 23.06.23
The PTA are excited to provide some more information about our upcoming Summer Picnic on Saturday 8 July. It is free entry and will take place in the school playgrounds. We’d love to encourage all our pupils (including our out-going year 6s) and their extended families & friends to come along. Bring a picnic & come and enjoy the fun.
If you would like to buy some treats on the day there will be ice cream, cold drinks, candy floss & popcorn available.
We’ll also have games for all the family - including soak the teacher in the stocks - and we will be selling wristbands for unlimited games (£3 in advance / £4 on the day). Look out for more information soon.
We look forward to welcoming as many of you as possible.
Thursday 6th July is sports day for KS1 from 10.30 – 11.45. We hope to see as many of you there to cheer on your children!
Please practise the 2, 3, 5 and 10 times tables as much as possible with your child. Here are some good websites to use to allow children to practise these. Their logins are stuck into their purple reading records.
Times Tables Rock Stars: Play (ttrockstars.com)
You can view all of the Year 2 letters that are sent out this year on the Letters to parents 2022-2023 page or follow this link for the Year 2 letters:
Year 2 | Rushy Meadow Primary Academy
If you have any questions, please contact us by ringing the school or using the class emails:
kestrelclass@cirrustrust.onmicrosoft.com
swallowclass@cirrustrust.onmicrosoft.com
This Week’s Learning – wb 19.06.23
In English, we wrote a letter to the bugs pretending to be James from ‘James and the Giant Peach’.
In maths, we have been doing some arithmetic and shape recap, in particular the properties of 2D and 3D shapes. We have also been doing some more work on pictograms and started learning about bar graphs.
In science, we learnt about microhabitats and went into our Jubilee Garden to go on a minibeast hunt! We created a tally of the animals we found in two different microhabitats and then created a pictogram once back in the classroom to show how many of each kind of minibeast there were.
In music, we learnt how to improvise a rhythm using percussion instruments.
Next Week’s Learning – wb 26.06.23
In English, we will be exploring and writing poems, ending with performances to the class!
In maths, we will be continuing to learn about bar graphs and recapping our learning about adding and subtracting with regrouping.
In science, we will be learning how an animal is suited to its habitat.
In art, we will be experimenting with clay techniques before using clay to create our own sculptures.
In music, we will use crochets and quavers to record rhythms we have composed.
Class Teacher Awards – 23.06.23
Our ‘Stars of the Week’ this week are…
Kestrel: Liam and Wogisha
Swallow: Robyn and William
Well done to you all!
Parent/Carer Information - 23.06.23
The PTA are excited to provide some more information about our upcoming Summer Picnic on Saturday 8 July. It is free entry and will take place in the school playgrounds. We’d love to encourage all our pupils (including our out-going year 6s) and their extended families & friends to come along. Bring a picnic & come and enjoy the fun.
If you would like to buy some treats on the day there will be ice cream, cold drinks, candy floss & popcorn available.
We’ll also have games for all the family - including soak the teacher in the stocks - and we will be selling wristbands for unlimited games (£3 in advance / £4 on the day). Look out for more information soon.
We look forward to welcoming as many of you as possible.
We have our ‘Come and Be Nosy’ morning on either Tuesday from 9-9.30am or Wednesday from 9-9.30am. You will need to enter through the school office. Come along and see how we learn maths!
Thursday 29th June is sports day for KS1 from 10.30 – 11.45. We hope to see as many of you there to cheer on your children!
Please practise the 2, 3, 5 and 10 times tables as much as possible with your child. Here are some good websites to use to allow children to practise these. Their logins are stuck into their purple reading records.
Times Tables Rock Stars: Play (ttrockstars.com)
You can view all of the Year 2 letters that are sent out this year on the Letters to parents 2022-2023 page or follow this link for the Year 2 letters:
Year 2 | Rushy Meadow Primary Academy
If you have any questions, please contact us by ringing the school or using the class emails:
kestrelclass@cirrustrust.onmicrosoft.com
swallowclass@cirrustrust.onmicrosoft.com
This Week’s Learning – wb 12.06.23
In English, we have been writing character descriptions about Aunt Sponge and Aunt Spiker from our story, James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl – they really are revolting!
In maths, we have been continuing to revise our learning this year. This week, we recapped how to add money and make the same amount in different ways, read time on a clock, read scales in different increments and solved 1 and 2-step word problems with all four operations (+ - X ÷).
In science, we learnt about British habitats and named some animals that lived there. We created posters in groups about what we had learnt and you can see pictures of this in the gallery section.
In music, we chose instruments to create different effects.
Next Week’s Learning – wb 19.06.23
In English, we are going to be writing a letter to the bugs from ‘James and the Giant Peach’ as James to say thank you for rescuing us from our terrible aunts.
In maths, we will be revising 2D and 3D shapes, doing some arithmetic and learning how to read and interpret block graphs.
In science, we are going to learn about microhabitats and how animals are suited to their habitat.
In art, we will be using nature to collect materials to create a 3D sculpture outside in groups.
In music, we will improvise a rhythm using percussion instruments.
Class Teacher Awards – 16.06.23
Our ‘Stars of the Week’ this week are…
Kestrel: Teddy S and Anthony
Swallow: Darren and Sienna
Well done to you all!
Parent/Carer Information - 16.06.23
The PTA are excited to provide some more information about our upcoming Summer Picnic on Saturday 8 July. It is free entry and will take place in the school playgrounds. We’d love to encourage all our pupils (including our out-going year 6s) and their extended families & friends to come along. Bring a picnic & come and enjoy the fun.
If you would like to buy some treats on the day there will be ice cream, cold drinks, candy floss & popcorn available.
We’ll also have games for all the family - including soak the teacher in the stocks - and we will be selling wristbands for unlimited games (£3 in advance / £4 on the day). Look out for more information soon.
We look forward to welcoming as many of you as possible.
Please practise the 2, 3, 5 and 10 times tables as much as possible with your child. Here are some good websites to use to allow children to practise these. Their logins are stuck into their purple reading records.
Times Tables Rock Stars: Play (ttrockstars.com)
You can view all of the Year 2 letters that are sent out this year on the Letters to parents 2022-2023 page or follow this link for the Year 2 letters:
Year 2 | Rushy Meadow Primary Academy
If you have any questions, please contact us by ringing the school or using the class emails:
kestrelclass@cirrustrust.onmicrosoft.com
swallowclass@cirrustrust.onmicrosoft.com
This Week’s Learning – wb 05.06.23
In English, we have been writing information reports about Rushy Meadow. We looked at the features and learnt how to use the present tense accurately before writing our reports and editing them with a partner. You can see some of these in the gallery section!
In maths, we have been continuing to revise our learning this year. This week, we have been completing activities about number bonds, counting in multiples of 2, 5 and 10 and finding fractions of amounts and shapes.
In science, we were sorting and classifying objects into three categories: living, dead or never alive. We had to explain our choices using the acronym MRS GREN (movement, respiration, sensitivity, growth, reproduction, excretion, nutrition).
Next Week’s Learning – wb 12.06.23
In English, we are going to be doing some writing about our class novel, ‘James and the Giant Peach’ by Roald Dahl. We will explore what makes a good character description and how to entertain before planning our character descriptions and gathering vocabulary for them. We will then write and edit them.
In maths, we are revising money, time, reading scales and word problems with the four operations.
In science, identifying animals and plants in their habitats, including microhabitats.
In art, we will be learning about Henri Moore and creating a collage in his style.
In music, we will choose instruments to create effects.
Class Teacher Awards – 09.06.23
Our ‘Stars of the Week’ this week are…
Kestrel: Frankie and Esme
Swallow: Freddie and Gessie
Well done to you all!
Parent/Carer Information - 09.06.23
The PTA are excited to provide some more information about our upcoming Summer Picnic on Saturday 8 July. It is free entry and will take place in the school playgrounds. We’d love to encourage all our pupils (including our out-going year 6s) and their extended families & friends to come along. Bring a picnic & come and enjoy the fun.
If you would like to buy some treats on the day there will be ice cream, cold drinks, candy floss & popcorn available.
We’ll also have games for all the family - including soak the teacher in the stocks - and we will be selling wristbands for unlimited games (£3 in advance / £4 on the day). Look out for more information soon.
We look forward to welcoming as many of you as possible.
Please practise the 2, 3, 5 and 10 times tables as much as possible with your child. Here are some good websites to use to allow children to practise these. Their logins are stuck into their purple reading records.
Times Tables Rock Stars: Play (ttrockstars.com)
You can view all of the Year 2 letters that are sent out this year on the Letters to parents 2022-2023 page or follow this link for the Year 2 letters:
Year 2 | Rushy Meadow Primary Academy
If you have any questions, please contact us by ringing the school or using the class emails:
kestrelclass@cirrustrust.onmicrosoft.com
swallowclass@cirrustrust.onmicrosoft.com
This Week’s Learning – wb 22.05.23
In English, we have been writing recounts of our trip to Wisley Gardens, focusing on past tense and exclamation sentences, e.g. ‘What a fantastic day it was!’ We then worked in partners to edit and improve these. You can see some brilliant pictures of our trip in the gallery section!
In maths, we have been learning how to read and interpret pictograms. We have then been doing some revision, including partitioning numbers in different ways and adding and subtracting two 2-digit numbers.
In geography, we learnt how plants have adapted to their environments and focussed on cacti and plants in the Arctic. We labelled these plants with how they were suited, e.g. the cactus stores water and the Arctic plants grow close together to stay warm.
In science, we evaluated our plant experiment! We looked at how the plants had grown and used this to make conclusions about what a plant needs to stay healthy.
In music, we have been singing and playing Soundshapes.
First Week Back’s Learning – wb 05.06.23
Our topic next term is ‘Nature Detectives’, where we will be learning all about living things and their habitats.
In English, we will be writing information reports. We will look at the features first before writing them and editing.
In maths, we will be doing some more revision, focusing on number bonds to 10, 20, 30 and 100, counting in 2s, 5s and 10s, times tables and fractions.
In science, we will be discussing and sorting objects into ‘alive’, ‘dead’ or ‘never lived’.
In music, we will choose instruments to create effects.
Class Teacher Awards – 26.05.23
Our ‘Stars of the Week’ this week are…
Kestrel: Ollie and Teddy D
Swallow: Darcie and Kabir
Well done to you all!
Parent/Carer Information - 26.05.23
Well done to Year 2 for all their hard work this half term! We look forward to seeing them back in school on Tuesday 6th June – how is it the last half term already?!
There are still some outstanding payments for our trip to Wisley Gardens. Payment must be made via Arbor.
Please practise the 2, 3, 5 and 10 times tables as much as possible with your child. Here are some good websites to use to allow children to practise these. Their logins are stuck into their purple reading records.
Times Tables Rock Stars: Play (ttrockstars.com)
You can view all of the Year 2 letters that are sent out this year on the Letters to parents 2022-2023 page or follow this link for the Year 2 letters:
Year 2 | Rushy Meadow Primary Academy
If you have any questions, please contact us by ringing the school or using the class emails:
kestrelclass@cirrustrust.onmicrosoft.com
swallowclass@cirrustrust.onmicrosoft.com
This Week’s Learning – wb 15.05.23
In English, we have been writing our stories based on the short film ‘Taking Flight’. We then edited them in pairs.
In maths, we learnt how to read and interpret tally charts and pictograms.
In art, we painted a flower in the style of Georgia O’Keeffe, mixing the primary colours to make other colours.
In music, we learnt how to recognise and play crotchets and quavers.
Next Week’s Learning – wb 22.05.23
In English, we will be looking at the features of recounts and then writing our own about our trip to Wisley Gardens!
In maths, we will be doing some revision, going over place value, adding and subtracting and number bonds.
In music, we will be singing and playing soundscapes.
Class Teacher Awards – 19.05.23
Our ‘Stars of the Week’ this week are…
Kestrel: All of Kestrel Class!
Swallow: All of Swallow Class!
Well done to you all!
Parent/Carer Information - 19.05.23
There are still some outstanding payments for our trip to Wisley Gardens on Tuesday 23rd May. Payment must be made via Arbor. A reminder that your children will need:
- Packed lunch (no fizzy drinks or nuts)
- Sensible shoes on, ideally trainers
- Clothing appropriate for weather, e.g sun hats or raincoats
Please practise the 2, 3, 5 and 10 times tables as much as possible with your child. Here are some good websites to use to allow children to practise these. Their logins are stuck into their purple reading records.
Times Tables Rock Stars: Play (ttrockstars.com)
You can view all of the Year 2 letters that are sent out this year on the Letters to parents 2022-2023 page or follow this link for the Year 2 letters:
Year 2 | Rushy Meadow Primary Academy
If you have any questions, please contact us by ringing the school or using the class emails:
kestrelclass@cirrustrust.onmicrosoft.com
swallowclass@cirrustrust.onmicrosoft.com
This Week’s Learning – wb 08.05.23
In English, we have been exploring a story through film called ‘Taking Flight’. You can watch the film here: Taking Flight (takingflightfilm.com). We did some role play, explored the feelings of the characters and then looked at what makes a good story, focusing on how to entertain the reader through description and different sentence types (exclamations and questions). We then planned our own versions of the story and collected vocabulary to use in them.
In maths, we continued learning about money: comparing amounts, adding pence to make a pound and showing this in different ways, and solving problems involving receiving change.
In art, we sketched a flower in the style of Georgia O’Keeffe, ready to paint next week.
Next Week’s Learning – wb 15.05.23
In English, we will be writing our stories based on the film ‘Taking Flight’ and will then edit them in partners.
In maths, we are moving on to statistics and will be looking at how to draw and interpret tally charts and pictograms.
In art, we will be painting a flower in the style of Georgia O’Keeffe.
In music, children will be learning how to recognise and play crotchets and quavers.
Class Teacher Awards – 12.05.23
Our ‘Stars of the Week’ this week are…
Kestrel: Ben and Lewie
Swallow: Brandon and Lliana
Well done to you all!
Parent/Carer Information - 12.05.23
Letters have gone out about our school trip to Wisley Gardens on Tuesday 23rd May. Payment must be made via Arbor by Friday 12th May. If insufficient funds are received, we will have to cancel the trip.
Please practise the 2, 3, 5 and 10 times tables as much as possible with your child. Here are some good websites to use to allow children to practise these. Their logins are stuck into their purple reading records.
Times Tables Rock Stars: Play (ttrockstars.com)
You can view all of the Year 2 letters that are sent out this year on the Letters to parents 2022-2023 page or follow this link for the Year 2 letters:
Year 2 | Rushy Meadow Primary Academy
If you have any questions, please contact us by ringing the school or using the class emails:
kestrelclass@cirrustrust.onmicrosoft.com
swallowclass@cirrustrust.onmicrosoft.com
This Week’s Learning – wb 01.05.23
In English, we planned and wrote our diaries as the Tear Thief.
In maths, we began learning about money, stating with recognising coins of different values. We then learnt how to add pence, add pounds and then add a combination of pence and pounds together.
In science, we completed a life cycle to show how seeds and bulbs grow into mature plants.
In art, we learnt about a famous artist called Georgia O’Keeffe who paints close images of flowers. We explored some of her paintings and created an artist study in our sketch books showing some of our favourite paintings of hers.
Next Week’s Learning – wb 08.05.23
In English over the next two weeks, we will be writing a story based on a short film: Taking Flight. You can watch this film here: Taking Flight (takingflightfilm.com). Next week, we will watch the film, do some role play and think about how the characters feel at different points. We will then look at what makes a great story and plan our own versions, changing small parts of the film and creating a new land to travel to.
In maths, we will be comparing money, adding pence to make a pound and solving money problems involving change.
In art, we will be sketching a flower in the style of Georgia O’Keeffe.
Class Teacher Awards – 05.05.23
Our ‘Stars of the Week’ this week are…
Kestrel: Fallon and Hunter
Swallow: Hope and Ada
Well done to you all!
Parent/Carer Information - 05.05.23
Letters have gone out about our school trip to Wisley Gardens on Tuesday 23rd May. Please return the reply slip as soon as possible but no later than Friday 5th May. Payment must be made via Arbor by Friday 12th May. If insufficient funds are received, we will have to cancel the trip.
Please practise the 2, 3, 5 and 10 times tables as much as possible with your child. Here are some good websites to use to allow children to practise these. Their logins are stuck into their purple reading records.
Times Tables Rock Stars: Play (ttrockstars.com)
You can view all of the Year 2 letters that are sent out this year on the Letters to parents 2022-2023 page or follow this link for the Year 2 letters:
Year 2 | Rushy Meadow Primary Academy
If you have any questions, please contact us by ringing the school or using the class emails:
kestrelclass@cirrustrust.onmicrosoft.com
swallowclass@cirrustrust.onmicrosoft.com
This Week’s Learning – wb 24.04.23
In English, we have been reading the story ‘The Tear Thief’. We explored the story through drama and explored what the words meant in the story by discussing the similes and phrases used throughout. We then focussed on identifying the verbs and adverbs used to describe how the Tear Thief moves and expanded noun phrases to describe what she looks like and used these collected words and phrases to write a character description of the Tea Thief. At the end of the week, we discussed the features of diaries, focussing on past tense, first person, feelings and adverbs of time. This is in preparation for next week!
In maths, we have continued with our learning about time. We focussed this week on telling the time to quarter past, quarter to, half past and compared durations of time by working out how many minutes to minute hand had moved from one time to another. We also learnt there are 60 seconds in a minute, 60 minutes in an hour and 24 hours in a day.
In science, we went on a plant hunt around school and used classification keys and pictures to identify what plants they were. We discussed whether they were wild or garden plant and then sorted pictures into venn diagrams to show this. You can see pictures in the gallery section. We also learnt about how seeds grow into mature plants.
In art, we have been colour mixing! We recapped our knowledge from Year 1 about which primary colours can be mixed to make secondary colours and then experimented with paint to see how we could vary the tone and create lighter and darker colours.
In music, we have been playing layered rhythms.
Next Week’s Learning – wb 01.05.23
In English, we will be planning a diary pretending we are the Tear Thief. We will then write these diaries before editing them.
In maths, we are starting our learning on money and will start by identifying which coins we use. We will then add pence and pounds together, along with adding a mixture of the two.
In science, we will be learning about how bulbs grow into mature plants.
In art, we will be learning about the work of artists who draw and paint flowers, focussing on Georgia O'Keeffe.
Class Teacher Awards – 28.04.23
Our ‘Stars of the Week’ this week are…
Kestrel: Cayden and Hafsa
Swallow: Weronika and Anais
Well done to you all!
Parent/Carer Information - 28.04.23
Letters have gone out about our school trip to Wisley Gardens on Tuesday 23rd May. Please return the reply slip as soon as possible but no later than Friday 5th May. Payment must be made via Arbor by Friday 12th May. If insufficient funds are received, we will have to cancel the trip.
Please practise the 2, 3, 5 and 10 times tables as much as possible with your child. Here are some good websites to use to allow children to practise these. Their logins are stuck into their purple reading records.
Times Tables Rock Stars: Play (ttrockstars.com)
You can view all of the Year 2 letters that are sent out this year on the Letters to parents 2022-2023 page or follow this link for the Year 2 letters:
Year 2 | Rushy Meadow Primary Academy
If you have any questions, please contact us by ringing the school or using the class emails:
kestrelclass@cirrustrust.onmicrosoft.com
swallowclass@cirrustrust.onmicrosoft.com
This Week’s Learning – wb 17.04.23
In English, we looked at the features of instructions and focussed on three areas: imperative (bossy) verbs (put, eat, place, close, flatten), adverbs of time (then, next after) and adverbs (carefully, slowly, gently). We then wrote instructions about how to plant a seed, thinking about how we planted them on Monday.
In science, we set up an experiment to test what plants need to grow and stay healthy. We set up 5 plants slightly differently: one had everything, one with no water, one with no soil, one with no light and one with a cold temperature. We will be filling in plant diaries throughout the term to monitor how they grow and see if our predictions are correct! You can see pictures of us planting our seeds in the gallery section.
In maths, we learnt how to read temperature, including numbers on a scale. We have then begun our learning on time, starting with o’clock and then ‘past the hour’ and ‘to the hour’. You can see lots of pictures in the gallery section!
In music, we have been playing simple rhythms with words.
Next Week’s Learning – wb 24.04.23
In English, we will be reading the ‘Tear Thief’. We will begin the week by exploring the text and language through role play and group work. We are then focussing on description in the story, mainly the verbs and adverbs. Children will write character descriptions of the Tear Thief and then begin to look at the features of a diary entry ready for the following week.
In maths, we will be continuing to learn how to read a clock to 5-minute intervals, quarter past, half past and quarter to.
In science, we will be going on a walk around the school grounds to see what plants we can spot and sort them into groups based on what they look like. We will have classification charts to help us identify what plants they might be. We will also be learning how seeds grow into mature plants.
In art, we will be experimenting with colour mixing using paint, recapping our knowledge of primary and secondary colours and then learning how to make colours lighter or darker.
In music, we will be playing layered rhythms to lead up to reading musical notes to play a layered rhythm on Soundshape.
Class Teacher Awards – 21.04.23
Our ‘Stars of the Week’ this week are…
Kestrel: Taras and Esme
Swallow: Teddy and Nathasha
Well done to you all!
Parent/Carer Information - 21.04.23
Letters have gone out about our school trip to Wisley Gardens on Tuesday 23rd May. Please return the reply slip as soon as possible but no later than Friday 5th May. Payment must be made via Arbor by Friday 12th May. If insufficient funds are received, we will have to cancel the trip.
Please practise the 2, 3, 5 and 10 times tables as much as possible with your child. Here are some good websites to use to allow children to practise these. Their logins are stuck into their purple reading records.
Times Tables Rock Stars: Play (ttrockstars.com)
You can view all of the Year 2 letters that are sent out this year on the Letters to parents 2022-2023 page or follow this link for the Year 2 letters:
Year 2 | Rushy Meadow Primary Academy
If you have any questions, please contact us by ringing the school or using the class emails:
kestrelclass@cirrustrust.onmicrosoft.com
swallowclass@cirrustrust.onmicrosoft.com
This Week’s Learning – wb 27.03.23
In English, we have been writing our stories based on ‘The Koala who Could’ and then edited them.
In history, we learnt about the Aboriginal people of Australia and their culture. We then focused on their artwork and experimented with dot pattern techniques and told stories with our artwork through symbols. In our final art lesson, we then recreated a piece of Aboriginal art using paint.
In maths, we have been learning about measure, including comparing lengths, measuring capacity and volume in ml and l and measuring mass in g and kg. We have also been reading different scales and challenging ourselves to make estimates where the numbers were not shown!
In music, we learnt how to play a glockenspiel and had to follow a tune.
First Week Back’s Learning – wb 17.04.23
In English, we will be writing instructions about how to plant a seed after planting some in our science lesson.
In maths, we will be continuing with our measure topic and moving on to learn how to read a clock to 5 minute intervals.
Our new topic is ‘Ready, Steady, Grow!’. We will be learning about what plants need to grow, along with how seeds and bulbs develop into plants. Children will be doing experiments to test where plants grow best and writing their own conclusions. We will start the topic during the first week back by discussing what we already know and planting our seeds.
Our PSHE will have a focus on relationships next half term.
Class Teacher Awards – 31.03.23
Our ‘Stars of the Week’ this week are…
Kestrel: Isai and Mickayla
Swallow: Ollie and Aditti
Well done to you all!
Parent/Carer Information - 31.03.23
We look forward to welcoming children back to school on Monday 17th April. Have the best Easter break! Children have really impressed us this term so deserve a lovely break with lots of chocolate!
Please practise the 2, 3, 5 and 10 times tables as much as possible with your child. Here are some good websites to use to allow children to practise these. Their logins are stuck into their purple reading records.
Times Tables Rock Stars: Play (ttrockstars.com)
You can view all of the Year 2 letters that are sent out this year on the Letters to parents 2022-2023 page or follow this link for the Year 2 letters:
Year 2 | Rushy Meadow Primary Academy
If you have any questions, please contact us by ringing the school or using the class emails:
kestrelclass@cirrustrust.onmicrosoft.com
swallowclass@cirrustrust.onmicrosoft.com
This Week’s Learning – wb 20.03.23
In English, we have been reading a new story ‘The Koala who Could’. We explored the story by creating a story cube with information about the characters, settings, our favourite parts, the plot and also predictions about what might happen. We looked in more detail at the structure of the story and did some practise using conjunctions (when, if, because, that) to describe the setting. We then planned our own versions of the story, changing the animal to a different Australian one, and collected exciting language to use.
In maths, we have been learning about the properties of 3D shapes, including how many faces they have and what the shape of these faces are, along with the number of edges and vertices they have. We compared the shapes by sorting them according to these properties. We also begun our learning about measure, using a ruler to measure in cm and m.
In music, we learnt how to play a glockenspiel and had to follow a tune.
Next Week’s Learning – wb 27.03.23
In English, we will be writing our own versions of the story ‘The Koala who Could’ and editing them.
In maths, we will be continuing to learn about measure, comparing lengths and measuring volume and weight.
In history, we are going to be learning about the aboriginal people of Australia and creating posters to show key parts of their culture and history. In art, we will be creating a piece of Aboriginal art using paint.
In music, we will continue to follow a tune on a glockenspiel.
Class Teacher Awards – 24.03.23
Our ‘Stars of the Week’ this week are…
Kestrel: Davina and Sara
Swallow: Liam and Aaliyah
Well done to you all!
Parent/Carer Information - 24.03.23
Don’t forget the school disco is on Wednesday 29th March from 3.20 – 4.20pm.
Parents evening is on Thursday 30th March 2023. If you cannot remember your time slot, please ask your child’s class teacher. School will finish at 1pm on this day.
School breaks up for the Easter holidays on Friday 31st March at 1.30pm. We hope you have a lovely couple of weeks and look forward to seeing children back in school on Monday 17th April.
Please practise the 2, 3, 5 and 10 times tables as much as possible with your child. Here are some good websites to use to allow children to practise these. Their logins are stuck into their purple reading records.
Times Tables Rock Stars: Play (ttrockstars.com)
You can view all of the Year 2 letters that are sent out this year on the Letters to parents 2022-2023 page or follow this link for the Year 2 letters:
Year 2 | Rushy Meadow Primary Academy
If you have any questions, please contact us by ringing the school or using the class emails:
kestrelclass@cirrustrust.onmicrosoft.com
swallowclass@cirrustrust.onmicrosoft.com
This Week’s Learning – wb 13.03.23
In English, we have been writing our letters to Duncan in the style of ‘The Day the Crayons Quit’, pretending to be a gluestick, scissors, rubber or highlighter.
In maths, we have been learning about the properties of 2D shapes, including edges, vertices and lines of symmetry. We drew shapes, drew their lines of symmetry and sorted them into different groups. You can see pictures in the gallery section.
In music, we learnt how to play a glockenspiel and had to follow a tune.
Next Week’s Learning – wb 20.03.23
In English, we will be reading a new story called ‘The Koala who Could’. We will spend the week exploring the story through drama, collecting ideas from the story and discussing what a good story needs, plan our own versions and collect vocabulary for our stories.
In maths, we will be moving on to learning about the properties of 3D shapes, followed by starting our measurement topic.
In music, we will continue to follow a tune on a glockenspiel.
Class Teacher Awards – 17.03.23
Our ‘Stars of the Week’ this week are…
Kestrel: Hannah and Shaathanan
Swallow: Callie-Rose and Rio
Well done to you all!
Parent/Carer Information - 17.03.23
Don’t forget the school disco is on Wednesday 29th March from 3.20 – 4.20pm. make sure you have bought your tickets!
Please practise the 2, 3, 5 and 10 times tables as much as possible with your child. Here are some good websites to use to allow children to practise these. Their logins are stuck into their purple reading records.
Times Tables Rock Stars: Play (ttrockstars.com)
You can view all of the Year 2 letters that are sent out this year on the Letters to parents 2022-2023 page or follow this link for the Year 2 letters:
Year 2 | Rushy Meadow Primary Academy
If you have any questions, please contact us by ringing the school or using the class emails:
kestrelclass@cirrustrust.onmicrosoft.com
swallowclass@cirrustrust.onmicrosoft.com
This Week’s Learning – wb 06.03.23
In English, we have been reading the story ‘The Day the Crayons Quit’ by Drew Daywalt. We did some role play and thought about how the crayons were feeling about how Duncan was using them. We then explored the letters further, discussing what the crayons were writing to Duncan about, what they wanted him to do and how they felt. We analysed the letters and discuss what they all had in them, before planning our own letter pretending to be a different type of stationary, such as a glue stick or rubber. We also practised using different types of sentences (statements, questions, exclamations and commands) and our target is to get them in our writing next week!
In history, we learnt about the events of Captain Cook’s voyage and plotted them on a timeline. In geography, we used atlases to help us plot Captain Cook’s journey on a world map.
In maths, we have been learning how to describe movement and turns, using vocabulary of: forwards, left, right, clockwise and anti-clockwise. We also looked at how patterns can be made with 2D shapes.
In music, we learnt how to play a glockenspiel and had to follow a tune.
Next Week’s Learning – wb 13.03.23
In English, we will be collecting vocabulary to use in our letters to Duncan. We will then write our letters and edit them.
In maths, we will be learning about the properties of 2D shapes, including how many sides and vertices (corners) they have. We will also be learning about lines of symmetry and how we can sort shapes based on their properties.
In music, we will continue to follow a tune on a glockenspiel.
Class Teacher Awards – 10.03.23
Our ‘Stars of the Week’ this week are…
Kestrel: Calum and Harper
Swallow: Felicia and Bohr
Well done to you all!
Parent/Carer Information - 10.03.23
Next week is Science Week and the theme is 'Connections'! We will be doing some fun experiments to celebrate so stay posted for pictures!
Please practise the 2, 3, 5 and 10 times tables as much as possible with your child. Here are some good websites to use to allow children to practise these. Their logins are stuck into their purple reading records.
Times Tables Rock Stars: Play (ttrockstars.com)
You can view all of the Year 2 letters that are sent out this year on the Letters to parents 2022-2023 page or follow this link for the Year 2 letters:
Year 2 | Rushy Meadow Primary Academy
If you have any questions, please contact us by ringing the school or using the class emails:
kestrelclass@cirrustrust.onmicrosoft.com
swallowclass@cirrustrust.onmicrosoft.com
This Week’s Learning – wb 27.02.23
In English, we have been writing information texts about an Australian animal of our choice. At the end, we worked with a partner to edit and improve our work. You can see some of these in the gallery section!
In history, we learnt about Captain Cook and how he was the first European to discover the east coast of Australia and map the coastline of New Zealand.
In maths, we have been continuing with fractions, finding 1/3 of shapes. We also investigated how ½ and 2/4 are equivalent. We also solved some word problems with fractions, working practically to find ½ to begin with. You can see pictures in the gallery section.
In music, we learnt how to play a glockenspiel and had to follow a tune.
Next Week’s Learning – wb 06.03.23
In English, we will be reading a new book ‘The Day the Crayons Quit’ which involves a series of letters from coloured crayons, moaning about how they are being used. We are going to start with some role play and then pick out common themes and phrases in the story. We will be identifying what makes a great letter before focussing on writing different types of sentences in a grammar session. At the end of the week, we will plan our own letters based on this story, pretending we are a different type of stationary.
In history, we are learning more about Captain Cook’s voyage and in geography, will be plotting his journey on a world map.
In maths, we are going to be solving more fraction word problems, finding a range of fractions.
In music, we will continue to follow a tune on a glockenspiel.
Class Teacher Awards – 03.03.23
Our ‘Stars of the Week’ this week are…
Kestrel: Blake and Poppy
Swallow: Layla and Tommy
Well done to you all!
Parent/Carer Information - 03.03.23
Please click the link below for a short survey to complete if your child has school lunches. It should only take a few minutes to complete – thank you!
https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/SXTJBPN
Please practise the 2, 3, 5 and 10 times tables as much as possible with your child. Here are some good websites to use to allow children to practise these. Their logins are stuck into their purple reading records.
Times Tables Rock Stars: Play (ttrockstars.com)
You can view all of the Year 2 letters that are sent out this year on the Letters to parents 2022-2023 page or follow this link for the Year 2 letters:
Year 2 | Rushy Meadow Primary Academy
If you have any questions, please contact us by ringing the school or using the class emails:
kestrelclass@cirrustrust.onmicrosoft.com
swallowclass@cirrustrust.onmicrosoft.com
This Week’s Learning – wb 20.02.23
We started our new topic, ‘Down Under’ and started by discussing what we already know about Australia and what we would like to find out. Win geography, we located Australia and its states using atlases and computer maps and colour coded a map to show the different climate zones. We then compared the climate in Australia with the UK. In science, we learnt about Australia animals and their habitats and used this to help us plan a non-chronological report in English. We will write these next week.
In maths, we have begun our learning on fractions and have been finding ½, ¼ and 1/3 of shapes and ½ of amounts.
In music, we continued to learn how to play boomwhackers!
Next Week’s Learning – wb 27.02.23
In English, we will be collecting language to use in our non-chronological reports about Australian animals and will then write these using our plans and language to help us. We will also work in partners to edit and improve them at the end. In history, we will be learning about Captain Cook.
In maths, we are continuing with fractions, finding fractions of amounts and learning about the equivalence of ½ and 2/4.
In music, we are going to be continuing to learn how to play boomwhackers.
Class Teacher Awards – 24.02.23
Our ‘Stars of the Week’ this week are…
Kestrel: Rya and Jaya
Swallow: Kabir and Gessica
Well done to you all!
Parent/Carer Information - 24.02.23
Next week is World Book Day. On Friday 3rd March, children can dress up in their pyjamas and bring their favourite book or can dress as their favourite book character!
Please practise the 2, 3, 5 and 10 times tables as much as possible with your child. Here are some good websites to use to allow children to practise these. Their logins are stuck into their purple reading records.
Times Tables Rock Stars: Play (ttrockstars.com)
You can view all of the Year 2 letters that are sent out this year on the Letters to parents 2022-2023 page or follow this link for the Year 2 letters:
Year 2 | Rushy Meadow Primary Academy
If you have any questions, please contact us by ringing the school or using the class emails:
kestrelclass@cirrustrust.onmicrosoft.com
swallowclass@cirrustrust.onmicrosoft.com
This Week’s Learning – wb 06.02.23
In art, we learnt about Stephen Wiltshire and his style of art. We then created our own work in this style using charcoal and chalk pastels. You can see pictures in the gallery section. In English, we wrote newspaper reports about the Titanic. In history, we learnt about how planes have changed over time and about why Amy Johnson is so important in our history.
In maths, we continued learning about division and experimented with remainders and unequal groups. We then solved word problems involving division.
In music, we continued to learn how to play boomwhackers!
First Week Back’ Learning – wb 20.02.23
Our topic next term is ‘Down Under’, where we will be learning all about Australia! Some things we will be learning about include: locating Australia, comparing the climate to the UK, Australian animals and their habitats, importance of Captain Cook, famous landmarks in Sydney and aboriginal art.
In maths, we will be moving on to fractions, starting by finding ½ and ¼ of shapes and quantities.
In music, we are going to be continuing to learn how to play boomwhackers.
Class Teacher Awards – 10.02.23
Our ‘Stars of the Week’ this week are…
Kestrel: Arabella and Elsie
Swallow: Darcie and Robbie
Well done to you all!
Parent/Carer Information - 10.02.23
We made it to half term and cannot believe we are half way through the year already – it is flying past! Ensure to have a relax and enjoy your half term break. We look forward to seeing children back at school on Monday 20th February.
As we have started our learning on multiplication, it would be great if you could practise the 2, 3, 5 and 10 times tables as much as possible with your child. Here are some good websites to use to allow children to practise these. Their logins are stuck into their purple reading records.
Times Tables Rock Stars: Play (ttrockstars.com)
You can view all of the Year 2 letters that are sent out this year on the Letters to parents 2022-2023 page or follow this link for the Year 2 letters:
Year 2 | Rushy Meadow Primary Academy
If you have any questions, please contact us by ringing the school or using the class emails:
kestrelclass@cirrustrust.onmicrosoft.com
swallowclass@cirrustrust.onmicrosoft.com
This Week’s Learning – wb 30.01.23
In history, we learnt about the significance of George Stephenson and how he became the ‘Father of the Railways’ when he created the first steam engine locomotive. In English, we explored the features of a recount and then wrote a recount for our trip to the London Transport Museum. You can see lots of pictures of our trip in the gallery section, where we got to ride on old buses and took part in some role play to the past where we were given tickets to board the world’s first underground electric train.
In maths, we have been exploring division using our times table facts (2s, 5s and 10s). We have been solving division problems by grouping and explored the relationship between multiplication and division.
In music, we continued to learn how to play boomwhackers!
Next Week’s Learning – wb 06.02.23
In art, we will be learning about the work of Stephen Wiltshire and creating our own piece of artwork in this style using charcoal. We will be writing newspaper reports about the sinking of the Titanic in English and learning about the history of flight and Amy Johnson in history. We will finish by reflecting upon everything we have learnt this term!
In maths, we will be exploring what happens when we have reminders after dividing into groups. Children will also be recognising parts and wholes which will lead into our fractions topic after half term.
In music, we are going to be continuing to learn how to play boomwhackers.
Class Teacher Awards – 03.02.23
Our ‘Stars of the Week’ this week are…
Kestrel: Fallon and Wogisha
Swallow: Chloe and Isabel
Well done to you all!
Parent/Carer Information - 03.02.23
Next week is Children’s Mental Health Week. We will be doing some fun activities throughout the week to highlight the importance of mental health. Here are some more activities you can do at home: https://taskmastereducation.com/
As we have started our learning on multiplication, it would be great if you could practise the 2, 3, 5 and 10 times tables as much as possible with your child. Here are some good websites to use to allow children to practise these. Their logins are stuck into their purple reading records.
Times Tables Rock Stars: Play (ttrockstars.com)
You can view all of the Year 2 letters that are sent out this year on the Letters to parents 2022-2023 page or follow this link for the Year 2 letters:
Year 2 | Rushy Meadow Primary Academy
If you have any questions, please contact us by ringing the school or using the class emails:
kestrelclass@cirrustrust.onmicrosoft.com
swallowclass@cirrustrust.onmicrosoft.com
This Week’s Learning – wb 23.01.23
In English, we have been writing adventure stories. We pretended we were in a magical flying car that took us to an enchanting land. After, we edited and improved these with a partner. In history, we learnt about how trains have changed over time.
In maths, we have been learning how to halve and double one and two-digit numbers. We investigated how they are the inverse (opposite) of each other and solved a range of problems using these facts.
In music, we have begun to learn how to play boomwhackers!
Next Week’s Learning – wb 30.01.23
In history, we will be learning about George Stephenson and why is he significant. In English, we will be writing recounts of our trip to the Lonon Transport Musuem!
In maths, we will be beginning to learn how to divide numbers, starting practically before moving into our books.
In music, we are going to be continuing to learn how to play boomwhackers.
Class Teacher Awards – 27.01.23
Our ‘Stars of the Week’ this week are…
Kestrel: Anthony and Teddy D
Swallow: Brandon and Robyn
Well done to you all!
Parent/Carer Information - 27.01.23
Letters have gone out about our school trip to the London Transport Museum. Please return the reply slip as soon as possible and pay the £3.75 on Arbor. Unfortunately, if insufficient funds are collected, we will have to cancel the workshop.
As we have started our learning on multiplication, it would be great if you could practise the 2, 3, 5 and 10 times tables as much as possible with your child. Here are some good websites to use to allow children to practise these. Their logins are stuck into their purple reading records.
Times Tables Rock Stars: Play (ttrockstars.com)
You can view all of the Year 2 letters that are sent out this year on the Letters to parents 2022-2023 page or follow this link for the Year 2 letters:
Year 2 | Rushy Meadow Primary Academy
If you have any questions, please contact us by ringing the school or using the class emails:
kestrelclass@cirrustrust.onmicrosoft.com
swallowclass@cirrustrust.onmicrosoft.com
This Week’s Learning – wb 16.01.23
In history, we learnt about how different types of transport have changed over time and ordered them from oldest to newest on a timeline. We looked at cars in more detail and labelled the similarities and differences between one of the first cars ever invented with the cars we have today. In English, we pretended we had flown in car to a magical land! We have been describing this magical setting this week, starting off by thinking about what settings need and doing some role play in groups to explore what we could see, hear and smell. We then collected some vocabulary to describe this setting before writing our descriptions, focussing on expanded noun phrases and conjunctions.
In maths, we have been continuing with multiplication. We have learnt how to multiply using number lines and how to draw arrays (dots in rows and columns) to show a multiplication problem. We discussed how multiplication is commutative (meaning the numbers can be multiplied in any order) and solved a range of multiplication problems using the 2, 5 and 10 times tables.
In music, we have begun to learn how to play boomwhackers!
Next Week’s Learning – wb 23.01.23
In English, we will be using our setting descriptions from this week to help us write an adventure story! We will be pretending to fly in our magic car to our land, thinking about what problems might occur whilst there. We will plan these stories before writing and then edit them with a partner to improve them. In history, we are learning about how trains have changed over time.
In maths, we will be learning how to double and halve numbers up to 100..
In music, we are going to be continuing to learn how to play boomwhackers.
Class Teacher Awards – 20.01.23
Our ‘Stars of the Week’ this week are…
Kestrel: Liam and Ollie
Swallow: Darren and Kylah
Well done to you all!
Parent/Carer Information - 20.01.23
Letters have gone out about our school trip to the London Transport Museum. Please return the reply slip as soon as possible and pay the £3.75 on Arbor. Unfortunately, if insufficient funds are collected, we will have to cancel the workshop. Parent helpers have now been selected for the trip out of an 'out of the hat' basis. If you have helped on a trip previously, priority was given to those who have not yet had the opportunity this year. Thank you to all who volunteered! You will be notified by email if you were selected.
As we have started our learning on multiplication, it would be great if you could practise the 2, 3, 5 and 10 times tables as much as possible with your child. Here are some good websites to use to allow children to practise these. Their logins are stuck into their purple reading records.
Times Tables Rock Stars: Play (ttrockstars.com)
You can view all of the Year 2 letters that are sent out this year on the Letters to parents 2022-2023 page or follow this link for the Year 2 letters:
Year 2 | Rushy Meadow Primary Academy
If you have any questions, please contact us by ringing the school or using the class emails:
kestrelclass@cirrustrust.onmicrosoft.com
swallowclass@cirrustrust.onmicrosoft.com
This Week’s Learning – wb 09.01.23
In science, we investigated how materials can be shaped by bending, twisting, stretching and squashing. We also learnt about which materials would be suitable for a car and bike using our knowledge of their properties (whether they are tough, smooth, transparent etc.). In English, we have been looking at poems. We looked at the kinds of things poems have in them and had a go at performing some in groups. We have also been writing our own poems in the style of Michael Rosen’s ‘A Woolly Saucepan’. There has definitely been some material madness going on! We then edited and performed our poems.
In maths, we have been identifying equal and unequal groups and making groups ourselves. We have started our learning on multiplication by solving problems using grouping.
Next Week’s Learning – wb 16.01.23
In history, we will be learning about how different types of transport have changed over time and will look more closely at how cars have evolved. In English, we will be pretending we have flown on a magic car to a new mystery place and will be writing setting descriptions for this land.
In maths, we will be continuing our work on multiplication through number lines and arrays.
In music, we are going to be representing music as pictures and then moving on to how to play boomwhackers!
Class Teacher Awards – 13.01.23
Our ‘Stars of the Week’ this week are…
Kestrel: Hafsa and Tvesha
Swallow: William and Felicia
Well done to you all!
Parent/Carer Information - 13.01.23
Letters have gone out about our school trip to the London Transport Museum. Please return the reply slip as soon as possible and pay the £3.75 on Arbor. Unfortunately, if insufficient funds are collected, we will have to cancel the workshop.
As we have started our learning on multiplication, it would be great if you could practise the 2, 3, 5 and 10 times tables as much as possible with your child. Here are some good websites to use to allow children to practise these. Their logins are stuck into their purple reading records.
Times Tables Rock Stars: Play (ttrockstars.com)
You can view all of the Year 2 letters that are sent out this year on the Letters to parents 2022-2023 page or follow this link for the Year 2 letters:
Year 2 | Rushy Meadow Primary Academy
If you have any questions, please contact us by ringing the school or using the class emails:
kestrelclass@cirrustrust.onmicrosoft.com
swallowclass@cirrustrust.onmicrosoft.com
This Week’s Learning – wb 02.01.23
Welcome back! We hope you had a lovely Christmas break.
We started our new topic this week: ‘The Wheels on the…’. We will be learning about significant individuals such as Amy Johnson and George Stephenson and discussing different materials and their suitability for different objects. We started by discussing what we already know about these things and what we want to learn. In science, we learnt about materials and their properties. We went on a material hunt around school and then sorted objects based on their properties, e.g. if they were transparent, opaque, hard, bendy etc. You can see pictures in the gallery section. We also discussed which materials are suitable for different objects and why based on these properties and the purpose of the object.
In maths, we have been learning how to find the difference between two sets of objects and two amounts using subtraction: subtracting the smaller number away from the bigger one. You can see pictures in the gallery section.
Next Week’s Learning – wb 09.01.23
In science, we will be learning about how materials can be shaped through an investigation. We will also be discussing suitable materials for cars and bikes. In English, we will be writing poems and performing them to the class.
In maths, we are beginning our learning on multiplication. Children will be making equal and unequal groups to introduce them to this idea before we learn how to multiply numbers using grouping.
In music, we will be representing music as pictures and then moving on to how to play boomwhackers!
Class Teacher Awards – 06.01.23
Our ‘Stars of the Week’ this week are…
Kestrel: Teddy and Sydney
Swallow: Lliana and Weronika
Well done to you all!
Parent/Carer Information - 06.01.23
You can view all of the Year 2 letters that are sent out this year on the Letters to parents 2022-2023 page or follow this link for the Year 2 letters:
Year 2 | Rushy Meadow Primary Academy
If you have any questions, please contact us by ringing the school or using the class emails:
kestrelclass@cirrustrust.onmicrosoft.com
swallowclass@cirrustrust.onmicrosoft.com
This Week’s Learning – wb 12.12.22
In English, we wrote a thank you letter to Grace Darling pretending to be one of the people she saved from the shipwreck in the storm and edited these with our partners. We also discussed everything we had learnt in our topic this term. In D&T, we learnt about what a lighthouse needs and designed our own using this criteria. We then used a range of junk modelling to make them – they turned out great! You can see pictures of these in the gallery section.
It has then been a time of Christmas activities! We had our Christmas concerts and sung beautifully! We also had our class Christmas parties which included lots of games of ‘musical bumps’, ‘musical statues’ and ‘Chinese whispers’! We also had our party snacks. We have also been making Christmas cards and doing other Christmas crafts. You can see some pictures of these things in the gallery section.
First Week Back’s Learning – wb 02.01.23
Our topic next term will be ‘The Wheels on the…’ which will involve learning about how transport has changed over time. We will be learning about significant individuals such as Amy Johnson and George Stephenson and discussing different materials and their suitability for different objects. During the first week, we will be discussing what we already know and what we want to know. We are also going to recap the properties of materials from our learning in Year 1 and learn about the suitability of materials for objects such as cars and bikes. We are then going to be doing an investigation to see how materials can be shaped.
In maths, we will be learning how to find the difference between two amounts.
Class Teacher Awards – 16.12.22
Our ‘Stars of the Week’ this week are…
Kestrel: Frankie and Davina
Swallow: Sienna and Violet
Well done to you all!
Parent/Carer Information - 16.12.22
We just want to say MERRY CHRISTMAS and hope you have the most amazing time with your families! We are so proud of what children have achieved this term and can’t wait to hear all about their holidays when we come back. A reminder that the first day of school is Wednesday 4th January 2023.
You can view all of the Year 2 letters that are sent out this year on the Letters to parents 2022-2023 page or follow this link for the Year 2 letters:
Year 2 | Rushy Meadow Primary Academy
If you have any questions, please contact us by ringing the school or using the class emails:
kestrelclass@cirrustrust.onmicrosoft.com
swallowclass@cirrustrust.onmicrosoft.com
This Week’s Learning – wb 05.12.22
In English, we edited our diaries from last week with a partner. In history, we learnt about Grace Darling and the amazing bravery she showed when rescuing people from the storm. Children did some role play and thought about how she and the survivors may have felt. We looked at features of thank you letters and gathered vocabulary we could use in a letter to Grace Darling as a survivor. We then planned our letters of thanks ready to write next week.
In maths, we have been continuing to add and subtract 2-digit numbers using partitioning.
In music, we continued learning songs for our Christmas concert Performance which will be on Wednesday 14th December at 9am and Thursday 15th December at 2:15pm.
Next Week’s Learning – wb 12.12.22
In English, we will be writing and editing our thank you letters to Grace Darling as one of the survivors.
In maths, we will have some more practise with adding and subtracting and will learn how to find the difference between numbers.
In music, we will continue learning songs for our Christmas concert.
We will also be doing lots of fun Christmas activities!
Class Teacher Awards – 09.12.22
Our ‘Stars of the Week’ this week are…
Kestrel: Cayden and Mickayla
Swallow: Darcie and Ollie
Well done to you all!
Parent/Carer Information - 09.12.22
In D&T, we will be making lighthouses. Please can we ask you to start collecting junk modelling, such as cardboard boxes (shoebox sort of size), paper rolls, plastic packaging etc. Please send these in with your child on Monday 12th December ready to start making!
A reminder that the Christmas Concert for Years 1 – 3 is on Wednesday 14th December at 9am and Thursday 15th December at 2:15pm.
Our class Christmas party will be on Wednesday afternoon. Children can wear their Christmas jumpers to school on this day as it is also Christmas lunch day! Please remember to send your child into school with a small snack, e.g. bag of crisps, for the party.
You can view all of the Year 2 letters that are sent out this year on the Letters to parents 2022-2023 page or follow this link for the Year 2 letters:
Year 2 | Rushy Meadow Primary Academy
If you have any questions, please contact us by ringing the school or using the class emails:
kestrelclass@cirrustrust.onmicrosoft.com
swallowclass@cirrustrust.onmicrosoft.com
This Week’s Learning – wb 28.11.22
In history, we learnt about Samuel Pepys and his role in the Great Fire of London. We then did some role play to think about what he did and how he may have felt at different points. In English, children then planned and wrote their own diary entries pretending to be Samuel Pepys.
In maths, we have been subtracting 2-digit numbers from other 2-digit numbers by partitioning into tens and ones. We have been working practically to then subtract numbers which require regrouping and bridging the ten. You can see pictures of this in the gallery section.
In music, we continued learning songs for our Christmas concert Performance which will be on Wednesday 14th December at 9am and Thursday 15th December at 2:15pm.
Next Week’s Learning – wb 05.12.22
In English, we will be editing and improving our diaries pretending to be Samuel Pepys. In history, we will be learning about the life of Grace Darling and discussing why she is a significant individual in history. We are then going to be doing some more drama and planning a letter to write to Grace Darling pretending to be one of the survivors she saved.
In maths, we will continuing to subtract two 2-digit numbers using partitioning into tens and ones. We will also be have some problem solving days with a mix of addition and subtract questions.
In music, we will continue learning songs for our Christmas concert.
Class Teacher Awards – 02.12.22
Our ‘Stars of the Week’ this week are…
Kestrel: Esme and Lewie
Swallow: Freddie and Liam
Well done to you all!
Parent/Carer Information - 02.12.22
In D&T, we will be making lighthouses. Please can we ask you to start collecting junk modelling, such as cardboard boxes (shoebox sort of size), paper rolls, plastic packaging etc. Please send these in with your child on Monday 12th December ready to start making!
A reminder that the Christmas Concert for Years 1 – 3 is on Wednesday 14th December at 9am and Thursday 15th December at 2:15pm.
You can view all of the Year 2 letters that are sent out this year on the Letters to parents 2022-2023 page or follow this link for the Year 2 letters:
Year 2 | Rushy Meadow Primary Academy
If you have any questions, please contact us by ringing the school or using the class emails:
kestrelclass@cirrustrust.onmicrosoft.com
swallowclass@cirrustrust.onmicrosoft.com
This Week’s Learning – wb 21.11.22
We had our school trip to the Museum of London this week and had the best time! Have a look for photos in the gallery section.
In history, we used sources to discuss how we know about the fire of London and discussed how reliable these sources were in telling us information about this event. Children ordered them from most to least trustworthy and gave reasons for their choices. We also learnt about how London was rebuilt after the fire. In English, we wrote fact files about what we have learnt about the Great Fire of London. We also did some art this week – we practised different techniques using chalk, including drawing, blending and texture and then created a skyline of the fire using black card for silhouettes of the houses. You can see pictures of our finished art in the gallery section.
In maths, we have been adding two 2-digit numbers using partitioning – adding the tens and adding the ones. We also begun to subtract 2-digit numbers using dienes to help our understanding. You can see pictures in the gallery section.
In music, we continued learning songs for our Christmas concert Performance which will be on Wednesday 14th December at 9am and Thursday 15th December at 2:15pm.
Next Week’s Learning – wb 28.11.22
In history, we will be learning about what Samuel Pepys role in the Great Fire was, using what we learnt on our school trip. In English, we will be planning and writing diaries pretending we are Samuel Pepys.
In maths, we will continuing to subtract two 2-digit numbers using partitioning into tens and ones.
In music, we will continue learning songs for our Christmas concert.
Parent/Carer Information - 25.11.22
Please see the letter below about being a PTA class representative!
See the flyers below for information about a fun Christmas social event! You won't want to miss it!
Click below for the songs your child is learning for their Christmas concert. It would be great if they could practise at home too!
You can view all of the Year 2 letters that are sent out this year on the Letters to parents 2022-2023 page or follow this link for the Year 2 letters:
Year 2 | Rushy Meadow Primary Academy
If you have any questions, please contact us by ringing the school or using the class emails:
kestrelclass@cirrustrust.onmicrosoft.com
swallowclass@cirrustrust.onmicrosoft.com
This Week’s Learning – wb 18.11.22
In geography, we identified human and physical features found in London and located London on a map using an atlas. We then compared Edinburgh and London. In history, we have been learning how London has changed over time, including in the jobs people had and what houses were like. Children then learnt about how fires were dealt with in 1666 and compared this to how we fight fires today. We looked at equipment they used in 1666, including leather buckets, fire hooks and squirters. Children were so excited to start learning about the Great Fire of London! We sorted facts into cause and effect and ordered the main events of the fire on a timeline. We then learnt about how the fire started, why it spread, how they tried to deal with the fire and why it finally stopped. You can see pictures of this work in the gallery section.
In maths, we have been continuing to add and subtract numbers with no regrouping. We then started to add two 2-digit numbers together by partitioning into tens and ones. There are pictures of us doing this using dienes in the gallery section.
In music, we continued learning songs for our Christmas concert Performance which will be on Wednesday 14th December at 9am and Thursday 15th December at 2:15pm.
Next Week’s Learning – wb 21.11.22
In history, we will learn about how we know about the Great Fire of London and the role Samuel Pepys had. We will also learn about how London was rebuilt after the fire. In art, we will be creating our own skyline of the fire using chalk. In English, we are going to be writing a fact file about what we have learnt.
In maths, we will be adding two 2-digit numbers that require regrouping (when the tens or ones value goes over 9). We will then start subtracting 2-digit numbers.
In music, we will continue learning songs for our Christmas concert.
Class Teacher Awards – 18.11.22
Our ‘Stars of the Week’ this week are…
Kestrel: Isai and Sara
Swallow: Bohr and Layla
Well done to you all!
Parent/Carer Information - 11.11.22
We have our school trip to the Museum of London on Friday 25th November. Children must wear school uniform but can wear comfy shoes such as trainers. They will need to bring a packed lunch in a plastic bag that can be thrown away unless you have asked the school to make a lunch for your child. Please remember to also send them with a water bottle.
Please see the letter below about being a PTA class representative!
You can view all of the Year 2 letters that are sent out this year on the Letters to parents 2022-2023 page or follow this link for the Year 2 letters:
Year 2 | Rushy Meadow Primary Academy
If you have any questions, please contact us by ringing the school or using the class emails:
kestrelclass@cirrustrust.onmicrosoft.com
swallowclass@cirrustrust.onmicrosoft.com
This Week’s Learning – wb 07.11.22
In English, we have been reading the story ‘Katie in Scotland’ by James Mayhew. We discussed what happened and how the characters may have felt at different points and then used this in some role play, acting out the story and doing some hot seating. You can see pictures of this in the gallery section. We planned our retells of this story and then collected vocabulary to describe our characters and settings. We then wrote our stories and children were given targets of capital letters and full stops and using expanded noun phrases o describe (a lovely old lady). On Friday, we worked in partners to edit and improve our work.
In maths, we have been finding one more and one less than a number and ten more and ten less than any number. We then built upon this to add and subtract any multiple of 10 (e.g. 20, 30 or 40) to a given number, using dienes and 100 squares to help us at first. You can see a few pictures of this work in the gallery section. On Friday, we learnt how to use our number bonds to 10 to solve bonds to 100, discussing the relationship we could see.
In music, we have started learning songs for our Christmas concert Performance which will be on Wednesday 14th December at 9am or Thursday 15th December at 2:15pm.
Next Week’s Learning – wb 14.11.22
In geography, we will be exploring some of the human and physical features in London and comparing them with Edinburgh. We are then going to begin our learning about the Great Fire of London!
In maths, we will be learning how to add and subtract two-digit numbers and one-digit numbers with no bridging and adding and subtracting numbers with partitioning.
In music, we will continue learning songs for our Christmas concert.
Class Teacher Awards – 11.11.22
Our ‘Stars of the Week’ this week are…
Kestrel: Hannah and Ollie
Swallow: Brandon and Hope
Well done to you all!
Parent/Carer Information - 11.11.22
The Book Fair is returning to Rushy Meadow from Monday 14th – Friday 18th November from 3.15pm – 3.45pm in the school office. Don’t miss out!
We have our school trip to the Museum of London on Friday 25th November – thank you for returning the permission slips.
You can view all of the Year 2 letters that are sent out this year on the Letters to parents 2022-2023 page or follow this link for the Year 2 letters:
Year 2 | Rushy Meadow Primary Academy
If you have any questions, please contact us by ringing the school or using the class emails:
kestrelclass@cirrustrust.onmicrosoft.com
swallowclass@cirrustrust.onmicrosoft.com
This Week’s Learning – wb 31.10.22
In topic this week, we discussed all we would be learning about during our topic ‘What’s in my Suitcase?’ including the Great Fire of London, the countries in the UK and Grace Darling. We then had a geography focus and used an atlas to locate the countries in the UK and the surrounding seas. We then travelled to Edinburgh and discussed the human and physical features that can be found, including Edinburgh Castle and Arthur’s Seat. In English, we listened to the story ‘Katie in Scotland’ and recapped the purpose and structure of stories.
In maths, we have been comparing balanced and unbalanced equations using greater than, less than and equal to. We also found missing numbers in an equation.
Next Week’s Learning – wb 07.11.22
In English, we will be doing some role play for our story ‘Katie in Scotland’ before we plan our retell of this story and collect some great vocabulary. We will then write and edit our stories.
In maths, we will be finding one more and one less and ten more and ten less than numbers and adding and subtracting multiples of 10 to any number.
In music this term, our focus is learning our songs for our Christmas Concert!
Class Teacher Awards – 04.11.22
Our ‘Stars of the Week’ this week are…
Kestrel: Jaya and Taras
Swallow: Ada and Tommy
Well done to you all!
Parent/Carer Information - 04.11.22
The Book Fair is returning to Rushy Meadow from Monday 14th – Friday 18th November from 3.15pm – 3.45pm in the school office. Don’t miss out!
You can view all of the Year 2 letters that are sent out this year on the Letters to parents 2022-2023 page or follow this link for the Year 2 letters:
Year 2 | Rushy Meadow Primary Academy
If you have any questions, please contact us by ringing the school or using the class emails:
kestrelclass@cirrustrust.onmicrosoft.com
swallowclass@cirrustrust.onmicrosoft.com
This Week’s Learning – wb 17.10.22
In topic this week, we had an art focus. We looked at the work of artist Carl Warner and created posters of his work. 3Discovery visited us in school and completed a workshop using PicCollage, where we created our posters on the iPads – you can see these in the gallery section. We collected pictures from magazines to create our own artwork in the style of Carl Warner and then made a collage using these. You can see the end result in the gallery section – they turned out brilliantly! We also learnt about the impact of exercise on our bodies in science, completing some exercises to help see what happened to our heart rate. We rounded up the term by discussing everything we have learnt and talking about what our favourite parts have been.
In maths, we have been using our number bonds and the bridging method to subtract numbers. We also begun to compare balanced and unbalanced equations using greater than, less than and equal to. We started doing this practically using scales and Numicon – you can see pictures in the gallery section. After we compared equations in our books, e.g. 8 > 4+3.
In music, we continued learning songs for our Harvest performance, which we eventually performed AMAZINGLY!
First Week Back’s Learning – wb 31.10.22
Our topic when we return is ‘What’s in my Suitcase?’ and we will be learning about the counties and seas of the United Kingdom, along with major physical and human features of the capital cities of these countries. We will be learning about the life of Grace Darling and the events of the Great Fire of London – we also have an exciting school trip planned! During the first week back, we will be locating the countries of the United Kingdom and having a closer look at Edinburgh.
In maths, we will continue to compare balanced and unbalanced equations using greater than, less than and equal to. We will also be learning how to add missing numbers into an equation.
In music next term, our focus will be singing as we learn and rehearse our concert songs. The children will become more confident and independent singers, internalising and reproducing melodies with less support. They will also pair some of their songs with actions in the form of BSL. In our warm-ups, we will continue to practise finding and keeping the beat, accurately repeating rhythms and matching pitch with our voices as well as learning about how to look after our voices.
Class Teacher Awards – 21.10.22
Our ‘Stars of the Week’ this week are…
Kestrel: Harper and Rya
Swallow: Isabel and Rio
Well done to you all!
Parent/Carer Information - 21.10.22
We are so impressed with the children’s hard work this term! They deserve a good rest this week and we look forward to welcoming them back on Tuesday 1st November 2022.
You can view all of the Year 2 letters that are sent out this year on the Letters to parents 2022-2023 page or follow this link for the Year 2 letters:
Year 2 | Rushy Meadow Primary Academy
If you have any questions, please contact us by ringing the school or using the class emails:
kestrelclass@cirrustrust.onmicrosoft.com
swallowclass@cirrustrust.onmicrosoft.com
This Week’s Learning – wb 10.10.22
In English this week, learnt about what makes a good non-chronological (information) report and everything we need to include in one, including titles, subheadings, true information and pictures. We planned our reports using our research from last week about what our chosen animal needs to survive and then wrote our reports, focussing on what food they eat, how we can care for them and what types of shelter and exercise they need. We then had our first editing lesson and learnt how we can work with a partner to edit our mistakes in writing and up-level our work to make it more effective.
In maths, we have continued to use bridging and number bonds to 10 to solve equations up to 100. We also started to use bridging to subtract numbers, first practically using ten frames and then in our books. You can see some pictures of us working practically in the gallery section.
In music, we continued learning songs for our Harvest performance.
Next Week’s Learning – wb 17.10.22
In topic next week, we have an art focus. We will be learning about the work of Carl Warner and the style of art he creates. We will then be gathering images to create our own foodscape in his style before practising how to collage using these materials. We will then get busy making our foodscape! In science, we are learning about the impact of exercise on the body and carrying out an investigation to test how our pulse and heart rate changes after exercise. Finally, we will be discussing everything we have learnt this topic.
In maths, we will be continuing to use our number bonds to subtract using the bridging to the nearest 10 method.
In music, we will have our final practise for our harvest performance!
Class Teacher Awards – 14.10.22
Our ‘Stars of the Week’ this week are…
Kestrel: Arabella and Shaathanan
Swallow: Callie-Rose and Robbie
Well done to you all!
Parent/Carer Information - 14.10.22
A reminder that our harvest performance is on Tuesday 18th October at either 9.10am or 2.30pm.
Please book a parents evening slot for Thursday 20th October. An email has been sent with information on how to book your slot through Arbor.
You can view all of the Year 2 letters that are sent out this year on the Letters to parents 2022-2023 page or follow this link for the Year 2 letters:
Year 2 | Rushy Meadow Primary Academy
If you have any questions, please contact us by ringing the school or using the class emails:
kestrelclass@cirrustrust.onmicrosoft.com
swallowclass@cirrustrust.onmicrosoft.com
This Week’s Learning – wb 03.10.22
In English this week, we have written instructions on how to make a salad after making them ourselves last week. We started by looking at examples of instructions and discussing what features they had: adverbs, imperative (bossy) verbs and adverbs. Children then planned and wrote their instructions in their books. We are so proud of the end writing result! You can see some of the finished writing in the gallery section. In science, we recapped our learning about what animals need to survive and picked an animal to research to find out what care it needs.
In maths, we have started our learning about addition and have been recapping our number bonds to 10 and 20. For the rest of the week, we learnt how to use the ‘bridging the ten’ technique: using our number bonds to 10 to add two 1-igit numbers together, e.g. 7 + 8 is the same as 10 + 5 = 15.
In music, we continued learning songs for our Harvest performance.
Next Week’s Learning – wb 10.10.22
In English next week, we are learning about what makes a good non-chronological report and will then write our own based on how to look after a pet of our choice.
In maths, we will be continuing to use our number bonds to add numbers up to 100 and will start our learning on subtraction using these facts.
In music, we will continue to learn our songs for our harvest performance.
Class Teacher Awards – 07.10.22
Our ‘Stars of the Week’ this week are…
Kestrel: Calum and Elsie
Swallow: Chloe and Robyn
Well done to you all!
Parent/Carer Information - 07.10.22
A reminder that our harvest performance is on Tuesday 18th October at either 9.10am or 2.30pm.
Please book a parents evening slot for Thursday 20th October. An email has been sent with information on how to book your slot through Arbor.
You can view all of the Year 2 letters that are sent out this year on the Letters to parents 2022-2023 page or follow this link for the Year 2 letters:
Year 2 | Rushy Meadow Primary Academy
If you have any questions, please contact us by ringing the school or using the class emails:
kestrelclass@cirrustrust.onmicrosoft.com
swallowclass@cirrustrust.onmicrosoft.com
This Week’s Learning – wb 26.09.22
In art, we designed a healthy eating plate, choosing a few foods from different food groups to sketch. We then used tissue paper to change our design into a 3D image. You can see some of these in the gallery section. In D&T, we have been making salads. We started by tasting different salad ingredients and discussing what we liked and disliked about them. Using this, we then planned our salads and practised our chopping skills using the bridge and claw technique. On Thursday, the time came to make our salads! Have a look in the gallery section to see how they turned out. We then evaluated them, thinking about what we liked and what we would improve if we made them again.
In maths, we have been learning about odd and even numbers, using pictures to help us notice the pairs (multiples of 2). We then investigated what happens when we:
- Add two odd numbers together
- Add two even numbers together
- Add one even and one odd number together
In music, we continued learning songs for our Harvest performance – we are sounding great!
Next Week’s Learning – wb 03.10.22
In English next week, we will be writing instructions on how to make a salad, using when we made them to help us. We will also be choosing different animals to research, focussing on how and what these animals need to survive.
In maths, we will be recapping our number bonds to 10 and 20 and then starting our learning on addition using bridging.
In music, we will continue to learn our songs for our harvest performance.
Class Teacher Awards – 30.09.22
Our ‘Stars of the Week’ this week are…
Kestrel: Ben and Liam
Swallow: Kabir and William
Well done to you all!
Parent/Carer Information - 30.09.22
Please see the information below about Bike to School Week, running from 3rd – 7th October.
You should have received a letter about our KS1 performance on Tuesday 18th October at either 9.10am or 2.30pm. Please remember to return the slip indicating which day you would like to attend. If you have lost this letter, please ask one of the Year 2 teachers or you can find the letter via the link below.
A reminder that PE days and Thursdays (indoor) and Friday (outdoor).
You can view all of the Year 2 letters that are sent out this year on the Letters to parents 2022-2023 page or follow this link for the Year 2 letters:
Year 2 | Rushy Meadow Primary Academy
If you have any questions, please contact us by ringing the school or using the class emails:
kestrelclass@cirrustrust.onmicrosoft.com
swallowclass@cirrustrust.onmicrosoft.com
This Week’s Learning – wb 19.09.22
In topic, and science in particular, we learnt about the lifecycle of a human and then challenged ourselves by comparing this to the lifecycles of butterflies and caterpillars. We wrote about the key changes at each stage and compared what we can do at each stage, e.g. a baby can’t read or write but a child can. We have been learning about the importance of keeping healthy, including foods we should be eating and how to have good hygiene. Children took part in an experiment to test how best to clean germs (glitter) off our hands. We tested a paper towel, water or water and soap to see which was the best at removing the glitter. You can see pictures of this work in the gallery section. Our caterpillars have also turned into butterflies! We were sad to let them go today but it was great to see them grow and fly away!
In maths, we have been doing a few little quizzes so we can see what we are understanding well and what we need some more support with – we have finished them all now! We also continued our learning on comparing numbers using greater than, less than and equal to (<, >, =).
We did not have music this week as it was a bank holiday but look forward to learning some of the songs for our Harvest performance!
Next Week’s Learning – wb 26.09.22
In topic next week, we will be having an art and D&T focus. In art, we will be recreating a 2D image of healthy foods as a 3D piece of art using tissue paper. We will then be doing something very exciting – making our own salads!
In maths, we will be ordering numbers from 1 – 100 which sums up our work on place value. We are then moving on to addition and subtraction, starting with identifying odd and even numbers.
In music, we will start to learn our songs for our harvest performance.
Class Teacher Awards – 23.09.22
Our ‘Stars of the Week’ this week are…
Kestrel: Blake and Sydney
Swallow: Gessica and Violet
Well done to you all!
Parent/Carer Information - 23.09.22
Please see the information below about Bike to School Week, running from 3rd – 7th October.
You should have received a letter about our KS1 performance on Tuesday 18th October at either 9.10am or 2.30pm. Please remember to return the slip indicating which day you would like to attend. If you have lost this letter, please ask one of the Year 2 teachers or you can find the letter via the link below.
A reminder that PE days and Thursdays (indoor) and Friday (outdoor).
You can view all of the Year 2 letters that are sent out this year on the Letters to parents 2022-2023 page or follow this link for the Year 2 letters:
Year 2 | Rushy Meadow Primary Academy
If you have any questions, please contact us by ringing the school or using the class emails:
kestrelclass@cirrustrust.onmicrosoft.com
swallowclass@cirrustrust.onmicrosoft.com
This Week’s Learning – wb 12.09.22
In English, we used our plans to help us collect adjectives to describe the characters in our story ‘The Tadpole’s Promise’. We then used this piece of work, along with our plans, to write our retell. In science, we learnt about the lifecycle of a butterfly and ordered pictures, writing what happens at each stage from egg to butterfly.
In maths, we continued our learning on place value. We partitioned (split up) 2-digit numbers in different way using our knowledge of tens and ones. On Friday, we begun to compare numbers using greater than, less than and equal to (<, > and =). We did this practically this week and will move to comparing in digit form next week. You can see pictures of this activity in the gallery section.
In music, we learnt about beats and rhythms through singing and playing untuned percussion instruments.
Next Week’s Learning – wb 19.09.22
In science next week, we will be learning about the human life cycle and comparing what humans can do at each stage. We will discuss what animals, including humans, need to survive and the importance of healthy eating and hygiene.
In maths, we will be comparing numbers using greater than, less than and equal to. We will also be doing some mini quizzes to see what we can remember from Year 1 – but no need to worry about them, they are very short!
In music, we will start to learn our songs for our harvest performance.
Class Teacher Awards – 16.09.22
Our ‘Stars of the Week’ this week are…
Kestrel: Teddy and Frankie
Swallow: Bohr and Sienna
Well done to you all!
Parent/Carer Information - 16.09.22
Please see the information below about Bike to School Week, running from 3rd – 7th October.
You should have received a letter about our KS1 performance on Tuesday 18th October at either 9.10am or 2.30pm. Please remember to return the slip indicating which day you would like to attend. If you have lost this letter, please ask one of the Year 2 teachers or you can find the letter via the link below.
A reminder that PE days and Thursdays (indoor) and Friday (outdoor).
You can view all of the Year 2 letters that are sent out this year on the Letters to parents 2022-2023 page or follow this link for the Year 2 letters:
Year 2 | Rushy Meadow Primary Academy
If you have any questions, please contact us by ringing the school or using the class emails:
kestrelclass@cirrustrust.onmicrosoft.com
swallowclass@cirrustrust.onmicrosoft.com
Year 2 have been fantastic this week! We have loved having them back in school and look forward to watching all their progress over the year.
This Week’s Learning – wb 05.09.22
We have started our first topic, ‘Growing Up’. In science, we learnt about animals and their young and the life cycle of a frog where children had to order and explain the four stages. In English, we are going to be retelling the story ‘The Tadpole’s Promise’ so, to help us understand the structure of the story, spent some time reading the book and acting it out, thinking about how characters felt at different points. You can see some pictures of this in the gallery section. We also planned our story, ready to write a retell next week.
In maths, we started by recapping what we have learnt previously about place value, identifying the tens and ones in a 2-digit number. We showed our understanding using dienes (photos can be seen in the gallery section) and also partitioned numbers in different ways.
We also had our first music lesson this week where we used a range of instruments to keep to the rhythm of music.
Next Week’s Learning – wb 12.09.22
In topic next week, and English in particular, we will be collecting adjectives to use in our stories to describe the tadpole and the caterpillar, our two characters in the book. We will then use this vocabulary and our plans to help us retell the story of ‘The Tadpole’s Promise’. In science, we will be learning about the lifecycle of a butterfly.
In maths, we are continuing to learn about place value and will be partitioning numbers into tens and ones in different ways and using different resources. We are also going to compare numbers to 100 using <, > and =.
In music, we will be learning about beats and rhythms through singing and playing untuned percussion instruments. We will build on the work children did in Year 1 on hearing and keeping the beat then we will start to look at graphic scores and how they can tell us what to play, leading up to making their own graphic score for a rhythm they compose.
Class Teacher Awards – 09.09.22
Our ‘Stars of the Week’ this week are…
Kestrel: Wogisha and Tvesha
Swallow: Kylah and Darren
Well done to you all!
Parent/Carer Information - 09.09.22
We are so pleased with how children have settled in this week and can’t wait to continue getting to know them more as the weeks go on!
A reminder that PE days and Thursdays (indoor) and Friday (outdoor).
You can view all of the Year 2 letters that are sent out this year on the Letters to parents 2022-2023 page or follow this link for the Year 2 letters:
Year 2 | Rushy Meadow Primary Academy
If you have any questions, please contact us by ringing the school or using the class emails:
kestrelclass@cirrustrust.onmicrosoft.com
swallowclass@cirrustrust.onmicrosoft.com
Welcome Back!
We hope you had a wonderful summer break and that you are all ready for another school year! We look forward to welcoming the children back on Monday 5th September.
This Term’s Learning
This term, our topic is Growing up. We will be learning about different lifecycles and even growing our own butterflies! It’s going to be an exciting topic!
Next Week’s Learning – wb 05.09.22
Next week, we will be settling in for the first couple of days and doing some games and activities to get to know one another and to understand the routines of Year 2.
We are also going to start our first topic. In Science, we will be learning about animals and their young, where children will need to match the baby animal to the adult and spot what they notice about them. We will also be learning about the lifecycle of a frog. In English, we are going to read ‘The Tadpole’s Promise’ and will be planning our retell of this story.
In maths, we will be reading, writing and representing 2-digit numbers in different ways and identifying their place value. We are also going to start our learning on partitioning.
We will also be starting our PE lessons this week, so please dress your child appropriately: indoor PE will be on Thursdays and outdoor PE on Fridays.
Parent/Carer Information - 02.09.22
Our blog will be updated weekly on a Friday with what we have been learning and what we will be learning the following week. Don’t also forget to look at our gallery section which will be updated weekly with pictures of children’s learning from the week.
You can view all of the Year 2 letters that are sent out this year on the Letters to parents 2022-2023 page or follow this link for the Year 2 letters:
Year 2 | Rushy Meadow Primary Academy
Reading – Please make sure children are reading daily at home and that reading recordings are being signed and brought into school each day.
If you have any questions, please contact us by ringing the school or using the class emails:
kestrelclass@cirrustrust.onmicrosoft.com
swallowclass@cirrustrust.onmicrosoft.com