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Beetle's Blog (Y2)

Welcome to our new blog!  We hope to share all the wonderful things we are learning about in Y2.

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Our Class teacher is Mrs T. Jeffery and Mrs A. Rockey covers every Thursday for PPA.  Our teaching assistant is Mrs C. Smith.

Y2 Curriculum Map 2022-23

 

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  • Friday 21 July 2023 Goodbye and Thank You Beetle Class Dear Beetle Class,
  • Friday 14 July 2023 Cars and construction. It was all about DT and cars this week. First, we constructed our cars following our designs and plans. The children used their previous learning to decide about the best placement of their axles and wheels before creating doors, windows and windscreens. They used a pivot mechanism to create a wiper and hinges so that the doors could open – some even incorporated a window! The next day, the children had the opportunity to show their cars to the rest of the school during out class assembly and talk about the process they had followed. Then we began painting and adding the finishing touches – pictures of the finished models coming soon!
  • Friday 7 July 2023 A definite buzz around the classroom... I can’t quite believe that we’ve reached the end of the first week of July. It will soon be time for the brilliant Beetles to spread their wings and fly but I know that they are ready for the new adventures ahead!
  • Friday 30 June 2023 Books, Cars and Ocarinas! Well this week has just flown by! The children spent two afternoons with their new teacher at Westbury Juniors and it was great today to hear them tell me all about it. I heard what they did, who they met and to hear the excitement in their voices when they spoke about the visits tells me they are certainly ready for the new adventures ahead.
  • Friday 23 June 2023 Cars, Cars, and more Cars!!!
  • Saturday 17 June 2023 Busy Beetles with ocarinas! Well what a way to finish the week – the children all looked fabulous in their bright and wacky clothes and did brilliantly running around the trim trail for the sponsored Colour Run today! Thank you all for the sponsorship money which has been sent in.
  • Friday 9 June 2023 It's all about the cars! Wow – what a fabulous week we have had and what start to the new term! Linking to our topic ‘The History of Cars’, we were very fortunate to have two cars brought into the car park for us to take a look at and actually get to sit inside; a Ford Cortina from the 1970s and an eighty-seven-year-old Morris Minor. To then, finishing the week with a visit from the children’s Grandparents to see the children’s art and join in with a fun activity!
  • Friday 26 May 2023 A busy and creative week! It was fantastic to see so many of you on Tuesday at our Parent Event and for the children to be able to share their puppets with you whilst making the finger puppets – it certainly looked like equal fun was had by all! As you saw, the children have made the most wonderful hand puppets, which involved learning a new skill of sewing a running stitch and following a design. Well done Brilliant Beetles! (Unfortunately, I have had a slight tech issue with the photos from the event, but I hope to upload them on my next blog.)
  • Friday 19 May 2023 Creative Beetles
  • Friday 12 May 2023 Musical Beetles! Well, it may have only been a four-day week but the Beetles have been very busy indeed!
  • Saturday 6 May 2023 Beetle Class Coronation Celebrations! Well what a wonderful day we had celebrating the King’s coronation. The children arrived at school dressed for the occasion in a great selection of royal crowns, regal cloaks, princess dresses and red, white and blue outfits.
  • Friday 28 April 2023 Busy Busy Beetles! Another fantastic week in Beetles Class. The children have been very busy growing their brains and dancing!
  • Friday 21 April 2023 Term 5 - Welcome back Brilliant Beetles! The Brilliant Beetles have jumped straight back into their learning this week and what a busy ‘time’ we have had.
  • Friday 31 March 2023 Sporty Scientists!
  • Friday 24 March 2023 Mini Beasts and Busy Beetles! Thank you all so much for joining us for the Year 2 Mother’s Day assembly and Easter Service this week. The children, as you saw, were amazing as they recited their ‘Mum Recipe’, Easter poem and sang songs for you – the Beetles team were very proud of them all. We understand not everyone can always make these events so please do have a look at pictures.
  • Saturday 18 March 2023 Exploring Beetles
  • Saturday 11 March 2023 Brilliant Artists! Another week has just flown by whilst we were being super busy, even with only 4 days in school! Thank you for the emails and work which has been sent in which the children completed at home on Wednesday whilst also having fun in the snow.
  • Friday 3 March 2023 Busy Brilliant Arty Beetles Thank you all so much for attending the Parent Consultation Evenings this week. It was a wonderful opportunity for you to have a look at your child’s work and for me to speak with you. Thank you all for your continued support with your child’ learning. Please do access the links on the RWI blog. Your child will know which group they are in but just ask if you need any help. Keep up the reading!!
  • Friday 24 February 2023 New Term and New Topic!
  • Friday 10 February 2023 Wow - What a week!
  • Friday 3 February 2023 We've had a very special visitor...
  • Friday 27 January 2023 A great start to the week! Beetle Class had a great celebratory start to the week. As a reward for filling their gem jar, the children enjoyed the reward of extra playtime on Monday afternoon. They have already made a great start refilling the jar. Well done Brilliant Beetles!
  • Friday 20 January 2023 What a busy week we've had! Beetle Class have been very busy this week growing their brains with lots of new learning.
  • Saturday 14 January 2023 Jumping straight back into learning! This week Beetle Class have jumped straight back into their learning with new topics in both Maths and Science.
  • Friday 16 December 2022 It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas! Didn’t they do well! We thought the children were absolutely amazing this week in the performances of ‘The Sleepy Shepherd’. From the fantastic singing to the clear delivery of lines, not to mention the 2 performances in one day! Well done Year 2 - we are so proud of you all - you are all superstars! Also, thank you to all the parents and carers for providing costumes and rehearsing lines at home. Your support is very much appreciated.
  • Friday 9 December 2022 Busy, Busy, Busy! What busy Beetles we have been this week!
  • Friday 2 December 2022 Another brilliant week for the Beetles! Well what a week – the magic has certainly arrived! Our class Kindness Elf arrived on Thursday and the children all sprinkled her with glitter once they had decided on her name – Tilly Tinsel. The children excitedly left their Kindness poems with her to read and Tilly Tinsel was very impressed!!
  • Saturday 26 November 2022 Busy Brilliant Beetles! The brilliant Beetles have certainly been growing their brains this week! All have jumped enthusiastically into our new Maths and Science topics.
  • Friday 18 November 2022 What a wonderful week! Beetle class have been very busy artists this week, first drawing and then painting their self-portraits. They have all worked really hard applying the skills learnt of colour mixing and following the rules for drawing a face, to create amazing self-portraits. Also, the children’s collages which they made at the Holbourne Museum look fabulous on our display too – check out the pictures below to view them.
  • Friday 11 November 2022 Meet the artists! What an amazing day we had on Thursday at The Holborne Museum, Bath. From start to finish the children engaged with the artwork and activities. It was great to see and hear them putting all the pieces of the learning jigsaw into place. We had the opportunity to sit on front of a real Thomas Gainsborough painting (it was much bigger than any of us expected it to be) before the children demonstrated their artistic flair making their own collage portraits. The children also had the opportunity to explore Sydney Gardens and they were all credit to the school with their fantastic behaviour.
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