We are so proud of Year 2. This week saw a major highlight in our academic calendar – The Year 2 Show! This year the show was Olympic themed and the children performed ‘The Merry Hill Games 2024’ to Nursery, Reception and Year 1, Year 3 at Ashfield and of course to you, our parents! We were guided through the games by our fantastic commentators, taking us from sporting scene to scene including the slowest marathon runners ever, superb cheerleaders, terrific tennis players and much much more!
We have been so impressed with the children’s ability to learn script and song words, to act, learn routines and remember when to go up and down to their stage positions. It is incredible to think that these children are only aged 6 and 7! It was truly remarkable and something I am sure we will all remember for a long time to come. Thanks to all who made this a success and for your continued support.
During our leavers song ‘Change and Grow’ the children sang
‘There are places we’ve loved and and those we’ve left.
There are days we remember well,
There are faces we know we shan’t forget,
But this day we move forward,
This day we move forward….
Here are some special events from Bears and Giraffes, during the year that will certainly be remembered…
Remembrance day:
The visit from the Fire Brigade to create our own Fire of London, using the houses we designed and made in Design Technology:
Mr Marvel visiting us in January.
Making leaf mandalas in the forest, having been inspired by Andy Goldsworthy:
Creating poses for our beach scene, so we could photograph, trace and paint them in the style of Edgar Degas:
Looking for minibeasts in their habitat in the forest and recording data for a graph!
Flying kites
Roald Dahl Museum Trip
Sports Day
What a wonderful year we have had in Year 2.
May we take this opportunity to wish you all a happy and restful summer break!
How you can help at home:
Read regularly with your child – do visit the library and sign up for the reading challenge!
Get out into nature for a walk, play in the park, kicking a ball around, bug hunting etc…
Keep a holiday diary for a week.
Make and write some postcards to family and friends.
Use every day scenarios to make Maths problems ie ‘I wash up 4 spoons, 3 knives and 2 forks, how many pieces of cutlery do I have altogether?’
Practise counting in 2s,5s and 10s
Link multiplication to division when sharing things out
Continue with Numbots and Reading Eggs.