Class 2

Class Teacher: Mrs Wallace

Learning Support Assistants: Miss Pearson and Mrs Rugg

There are Year 2 and Year 1 children in this class.

Class 2 Documents

Class 2 Events

Apologies to everyone for not updating the website in so long! Class 2 have been so busy with their learning we have completely forgotten to update everyone on what we have been up to.

We have continued to love learning in Class 2 with lots of children receiving certificates for all their wonderful work.

We were thrilled to receive our letter from the Queen, thanking us for the Birthday cards we sent to her for her 90th Birthday. It was amazing to receive the envelope from Buckingham Palace and have a card and letter!

The Year 2 children had a fantastic time at the mini Olympics at Melbourne Stadium, it really got us in the mood for Rio in the Summer! The children all took part brilliantly and were a credit to the school.

The whole of the Infants had the most wonderful day at Danbury Park bringing our Pirate Topic to a fitting finale. The children loved working with Captain Annie and Captain Sue participating a selection of pirate activities. When we returned to school it was obvious that the children had a fantastic day as they all wrote fabulous recounts of the day and wrote kind letters of thanks to the rangers who supported the day.

And as if that wasn't enough, we are now getting ready for our sports afternoon and our Inflatable fun day on Wednesday 13th July. We hope to see lots of you there cheering us on and enjoying the afternoon with us. We will all be ready for our well deserved Summer holiday after all of this!

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We had a lovely walk in the sun on Monday, when the Olympic torch from London 2012 and a replica torch from the Rio 2016 Olympic Games came to East Hanningfield C of E Primary School.

Class 2 met the team of Sport's Leaders at the Village Hall and walked around the two fields; waving pom poms and flags that they had made. We had a lovely time and I would like to thank the parents who came and supported the class. Click here for photos!

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Week Beginning: 6.5.16

This week we have written our own stories of Peter Pan and different adventures he has been on. Our star writers this week are:

Freya Higgins,

Freya Faulkner

Sophie Pleasant

School Achievement Certificates:

Cianna Webberely

Phoebe Mowatt Morris

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This week has been a challenging week for Class 2. The Year 2 children had their SATS week this week and all performed really well. They coped so well and I am extremely proud of all their efforts. I would also like to say well done to the Year 1 children who were very sensible in their behaviour whilst the Year 2 children carried out their tests. Thank You and well done.

Despite all the tests, we did have a lovely time planting all our plants this week. The children worked really hard to prepare the area for planting by weeding and digging over the patch.

We have planted; carrots, leeks, beans, peas and sweetcorn. We will keep you updated on how it is getting on!

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Week Beginning 22.4.16

I can't believe we have been back for two weeks already! They say time flies when you are having fun and we are definitely having lots of fun in Class 2.

We have already started our Pirate topic learning about the adventures of Peter Pan and Captain Hook. We enjoyed the Disney version of the film which has led to some excellent writing.

Our first Star Writers were:

Ella, Robyn and Megan - Well done to you all.

We enjoyed making birthday cards for the Queen's 90th Birthday, we even sent them to Buckingham Palace. I wonder if we will get a reply?

Abacus Maths has now been included on our Active Learn Learning Platform. Not only can the children now read, practice grammar and spelling they can now access maths games relating to their learning. This week the children have been learning about fractions of shapes.

Log in to www.activelearnprimary.co.uk if you have lost or forgotten your password, please let me know and I can issue you with a new one.

Swimming

We were very excited about starting our swimming lessons this week. We had a great time splashing around in the pool, building our confidence about being in the water and developing our swimming. (Photos to follow)

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Week Beginning 14.3.16

WOW! What an amazing term of learning we have had in Class 2. We have thoroughly enjoyed learning about toys; including toys form the past, toys from around the world, toys for the future, designing and making our own toys and the special friendship toys help us to have. This week we celebrated the end of the topic with a wonderful Teddy Bears Picnic. We played a variety of games and had lots of fun.We would like to thank Mr Gard for allowing us to use his super field! To see some photos click here!

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Week Beginning 7.3.16

The Year 2 children did East Hanningfield C of E Primary School proud at the Infant Music Festival on Thursday. All the children behaved superbly, sang beautifully and spoke out clearly as they performed Rapunzel. We are excited to share it with the school and parents on Thursday 17th March.

Certificates:

The Year 2 children who performed at the Infant Music Festival. Well done to you all.

Next week ....

Homework showcase - Children only

Easter Egg Hunt - PTA

Teddy Bears Picnic

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Week Beginning 29.2.16

This week we held our Book Week which kicked off with a fantastic story telling session with Charlie Wilson. Charlie told us a story of a baby rattle snake who was too little to have his own rattle.

Through the week we did lots of activities about books included designing a book poster.

Well done to Charlotte and Gisela for your winning entries.

In maths we created tally charts and bar charts about books in our classroom and used our learning to interpret data on the laptops on Friday. The website we used was http://www.topmarks.co.uk/Interactive.aspx?cat=18 if you wanted to continue learning at home.

We dressed up on Thursday as our favourite book characters

Well done to Drew and Cianna for your brilliant costumes.

Certificates:

Edward and Oliver Worf Kirk for learning all their lines for our Rapunzel Musical Festival.

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Week beginning 22.2.16

I do hope you had a lovely half term break, all the children were really keen coming back to school ready to learn. This half term we are continuing our learning about toys including learning about toys from the past, toys from around the world and playground games.

This week you should have all received the letter about this half terms extended homework projects and out Teddy bears picnic which we are very excited about.

This week we have been learning about the story of Rapunzel in English and in Maths we have been learning about measurements - we used rulers to measure different lengths of Rapunzel's hair!

Certificates:

Daina Blackburn

Gisela Cartwright

Both receiving their certificates for an excellent attitude towards learning.

Don't forget next week (29.2.16) is our book week with Story Teller, Charlie Wilson joining us Monday and World book day Dress up day on Thursday!

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Week beginning 8.2.16

We were very excited to share our homework this week.

In Class 2 we measured our toys, made puppets and designed and made board games.

We had a lovely afternoon on Thursday where, we not only shared homework in class, we also shared homework with the rest of the school. Each class spent 10 minutes in each others classroom, looking at the wonderful projects that were made at home.

Well done to all who completed the extended homework tasks and thank you to all the parents / carers who supported the home learning.

I would also like to say 'Thank You' to all the parents who attended parent's evening.

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1.2.16

This week we have been learning about Chinese New Year celebrations ready for Chinese New Year next week. Class 2 had a lovely afternoon on Thursday creating different Chinese crafts including; Chinese Lanterns, Chinese Dragons, headbands to tell the story of the animals and wishes to hang on our class wishing tree.

To see photos click here!

In Literacy, the children have written super stories about toys. Miss Pearson and I were really proud of the effort the children put in to their learning. Well done Class 2

Certificates

Louis Carden - for being a super friend supporting others in making their crafts

Isabella Leftly - for trying really hard to improve her reading and moving up a colour band!

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25.1.16

This week, in maths, Class 2 have been learning about money. They are now able to recognise all the coins in our money system, order them and some children are now able make different amounts up to £2 using a variety of coins.

We used a great website http://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/5-7-years/money

Have a go at some of the games.

We have also been busy creating some of our own toys using junk modelling. Thank you to all who brought in boxes. The children had a wonderful time designing and making their toys. (click here to see photos)

Thank you to all who came to our celebration assembly, we hope you enjoyed our singing of the song, You've got a friend in me.

Certificates:

Drew Chapman - for working really hard in phonics sessions which is having a positive impact on his reading.

Jazmin Weedon - for working hard in all areas of learning.

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This term we have been learning about what makes a good friend. We watched Toy Story 2 as a introduction to the topic as the toys are always helping each other and being good friends.

We enjoyed thinking about the special ingredients that make a good friend. we decided to make a friendship cake making wishes as we stirred for good friendship (friendship cake recipe). To see us making our friendship cakes Click here!

Certificate Celebrations

Week Beginning:

4.1.16 - All of Class 2 for making me feel so welcome!

11.1.16 - Robyn Collins for a fantastic drawing of her toy bunny

- Oliver Groves for using amazing adjectives in his writing

18.1.16 - Charlotte Hague for excellent achievement in Maths

- Freya Faulkner for using a variety of connectives in her retelling of Toy Story 2

Here's a slideshow of Class 2: