The Year 2 Team would like to welcome you back to the Summer Term.  We hope you had a great Easter with lots of visits from the Easter Bunny!  This half term's Topic Web is now attached for you to see what we have in store for the children and have also provided a list of spellings for the children to work on at home over the term.  We will be testing random words from the lists every week on a Friday.  We would also like to ask you to continue to encourage your children to read daily at home.  Weekly homework will be sent home on a Wednesday for return the following Monday.  If you have any questions, please feel free to write a note in the link book or make an appointment for the end of the day to speak to us.

Year 2 Team

Since Christmas, Year Two have been exploring the learning challenge question "Could you be as brave as Grace Darling?"

We read and retold 'Gracie the Lighthouse Cat', using Talk for Writing and Scratch Junior, a computer coding program. We then noticed a story unfolding in the background of the book's illustrations. When we researched further, we discovered that this was the real life story of Grace Darling. We used a range of sources to find out lots of information about this important historical figure and event, and used our imaginations to hot seat Grace Darling, and write letters to her from Queen Victoria. 

This led us to learning about the history and role of the RNLI and important water safety rules, and researching and imitating an artist who painted seascapes. We concluded our enquiry with a trip to a lifeboat station in Hunstanton.  We also tested our own bravery by touching starfish, crabs and snakes at The Hunstanton Sea Life Centre!  This visit also helped us get excited about the underwater world which will be the focus of our next enquiry after half term!