Year 2 Newsletter
19th September 2014
What have we done this week?
- Literacy: Instructions - the children made their own paper bog baby by following instructions on the Interactive Whiteboard. We looked at the main features of written instructions, including time connectives and bossy verbs.
- Art: We designed and created clay bog babies
- DT: We investigated and discussed parts of vehicles and their uses
- Numeracy: Some children have been counting in twos, fives and tens and others looked at arrays to build the foundation for multiplication later on
Next week
- Science: Investigating movement and gravity through experimentation
- Literacy: Continuing with instructions, including writing their own
- Numeracy: Ordering numbers
- Geography: Map skills and investigating geographical features
Reminders
Please ensure your child has a water bottle in school every day. We will send home bottles on a Friday for cleaning.
An unnamed pair of PE shorts went missing from D2KB after the first PE session. Please could you check to see if your child has picked these up by accident. Many thanks.
Please also check that all your child's clothing is named, including socks (on a PE day!) to help avoid piles of lost property. Thank you for your cooperation with this.
Please check the Gateway for details of other upcoming events.
As mentioned during the Parent Information Evening, you are now able to contact us via email. Please continue to contact the office for urgent matters.
karen.bintcliffe@britishschool.nl
felicity.macdonald@britishschool.nl
Other information given out during the Parent Information Evening:
* Mrs Clow will be taking D2KB every Thursday as this is Ms Bintcliffe's physiotherapy day
* For cultural reasons, some children now have permission to wear leggings (not tights) during PE
* Year 2 will receive violin lessons throughout the year starting from October half term. The school will purchase violins for the children to use, which will remain in school. If you have any questions regarding this, please contact Ms Kilpatrick Joanne.Kilpatrick@britishschool.nl
Using arrays
Counting in 2s
Write Dance!
Specialist Timetable
Monday Dutch
Tuesday PE
Computing D2KB
Wednesday Dutch
Thursday PE
Friday Music (1 hour)
Computing D2FM
Topics this year
Term 1:1 The Bog Baby and other magical creatures
Term 1:2 Celebrations
Term 2:1 Castles
Term 2:2 Castles
Term 3:1 Mini-worlds
Term 3:2 Mini-worlds