Year 2 - Marie Curie
Marie Curie class - year 2 - 2021-22
Hello everyone, welcome to our Marie Curie class page.
We are one of three classes in Key Stage 1. In our class there are 30 Year 2 children
Here you can see what we've been doing and find out about what we're learning.
Curriculum - what we will be learning this year:
Autumn Term – History Focus
Are our toys better than Victorian children’s toys?
Spring Term – Geography Focus
How can we protect the world’s animals?
Summer Term – Art Focus
How have women changed the world?
For more details please see
https://www.dalestorth.notts.sch.uk/our-dalestorth-curriculum/
Each term, you will receive a newsletter telling you more information about each topic as well as brand new Knowledge Mats! These provide you with ‘Subject Specific Vocabulary’ and ‘Sticky Knowledge’ that your child will be learning throughout the topic.
Year 2 SATs presentation for parents and carers
This term's newsletter
Things to say to help your child develop their reading skills
Year 2 Parent and Carer Tips for Reading
Welcome to Year 2 Marie Curie class leaflet
Reading in KS1
This year's knowledge mats
Fun on the bouncy slide!
African dance
African dance
Sports week skipping
Sports week table tennis
Friday treat for winning the reading raffle
A Wonderful Day at Wheelgate!
The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Celebrations
On Thursday we had a super time celebrating the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. We had a whole school tea party on the playground yesterday afternoon. We took part in the ATTFE College’s unofficial world record for the world’s largest cream event. The children were treated to a scone with clotted cream and other delicious goodies, followed by traditional games on the field. The dining room looks great decorated with the children’s bunting.
On Friday, we came dressed up in yellow and green clothes to fit in with the whole school rainbow or we came dressed up in costumes from the decades the 70s and the 80s. We learnt about life in these decades, including what TV programmes were being watched and what toys there were at that time.
The Sound Collector performance
Fabulous Easter Hats!
Making clay pots
Spelling Shed Launch Day
To launch our new spelling scheme, we had a bee-rilliant day! We dressed as bees, played spelling games, had great fun collecting letters in an orienteering spelling hunt and competed to make the most words using the letters we found! What a buzzy day we had!
Our performance of "Rumble in the jungle"
World Book Day
For World Book Day we came dressed as Expanded Noun Phrases. We were symbolic, magical peacocks, hard-working, curious scientists and flexible, artistic gymnasts to mention just a few. Look at how fabulous we are!
Author visit - Fay Evans
The talented author Fay Evans - Children's Author visited Dalestorth today. Fay inspired the children to read and write with her passion and love for books.
The children enjoyed listening to Fay read her books: ‘Fred The Fire-Sneezing Dragon’ and ‘Bob’s Beard’. They especially liked getting involved in the story telling.
Thank you Fay for a wonderful day!
Listen to our version of "Build up"!
We thought of ways to build up other people in our daily lives.
Look at our amazing circus dancing skills!
Party, party, party!
Santa and his Tuk Tuk
The Midwife Crisis
To celebrate Christmas we performed “The Midwife Crisis” We sung and danced to tell the story of the first Christmas. It was great fun dressing up and performing for our video performance!
Newstead Abbey
We had a super day at Newstead Abbey to end our topic on Victorian Toys. We dressed as Victorians, played Christmas parlour games, went into the kitchen to make scented herb bags, enjoyed a magic lantern show and visited the attic where the nursery and school room were. What a great way to end our topic!
Rock Star Day
In school today, we dressed as rock stars, don't we all look fabulous! We played Times Tables Rock Stars and completed a number treasure hunt. We had lots of fun!
Children in Need
We looked fantastic on Children in Need day in our Pudsey clothes, with our crazy hair! We had a cake sale and raised over £400!
Remembrance Day
In school today , we observed the 2 minutes silence at 11am for Remembrance Day. During the afternoon children in Curie class used natural materials to make a remembrance wreath. We also made beautiful remembrance pictures.
Jewish Workshop
Curie Class explored and talked about stories and celebrations of Hanukkah, Pesach and Sukkot. We found out what the stories told at these festivals mean and learnt how Jewish people celebrate each.
Harvest Festival
We enjoyed celebrating Harvest . We sang beautifully and enjoyed watching the other classes perform for us. We bought in so many donations for the John Eastwood Hospice and the homeless people of Mansfield. The amount we sent in was staggering. We listened to Pastor Simon as he spoke to us about the importance of giving thanks for all we have at this time of year.
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