Sycamore - Year 2
Welcome to Sycamore's class page
Your teacher is: Ms Burton
Class Email Address: sycamore@kafed.org.uk
5.6.22 - We have been making 2D shapes in maths
22.04.22 - At Forest School, we have enjoyed finding and identifying different minibeasts.
12.4.22 - We have been practising gymnastics
15.3.22 We have been reasoning using money
2.2.22 - We have been working on our drama skills
19.1.22 - We have been doing dance sequences in PE
11.1.22 - We have been working on our practical reasoning
5.1.22 - We have been working on our practical reasoning
7.1.22 - We have been mirroring each other in drama
03.12.21 - Forest School
On Friday 3rd December, 20 children from Year 2 had their first forest school session.
We had so much fun exploring the muddy forest, climbing trees and jumping from the treehouse.
We are looking forward to doing more outdoor learning at forest school in the future.
18.11.21 - PE
We have been having so much fun in PE on Thursdays! We have been doing gymnastics. Today we were doing tuck jumps, forward rolls on benches, handstands and we practised our balancing.
18.11.21 - Drama:The Great Fire of London
Today in Literacy we went to the ‘Matrix’ – the Museum of Advanced Technological Realisation and Interactive Exchange.
At the museum we tried out a new virtual reality exhibition about the Great Fire of London. We put on virtual reality helmets and was transported back to the sights and sounds of 1666.
First, we had to escape from our home, which was in danger of catching fire.
To escape we:
- Jumped out of bed because we heard people shouting "Fire! Fire!"
-Then we opened the window and climbed out.
- We balanced and walked sideways on the roof.
-Bravely, we looked ahead and jumped to the next roof.
-Carefully, we then climbed down the timbers to the street.
Once on the ground we decided to travel towards the River Thames in the hope of getting across. On our way we were stopped in the street and and had to tackle the fire, using a human chain of buckets.
Later we tried to persuade the ferryman to take us across the river – but with no joy. 
Before returning to Matrix and the modern day we decided to head to higher ground to the north of the city boundary.
05.11.21 - Diwa Lamps
In Year 2, we had been learning about Hinduism. On 04.11.21, it was Diwali - 'The festival of lights' which is traditionally celebrated by Hindus and Sikhs. We enjoyed making and decorating diwa lamps this week to recognise this celebration. 
05.11.21 - Phonics Week
04.11.21 - Phonics Week
03.11.21 - Phonics Week
02.11.21 - Phonics Week
01.11.21 - Phonics Week
Here's our Display for our Inferno topic
In Literacy, we have enjoyed reading the book Once Upon a Dragon's Fire by Beatrice Blue. For our topic display we created the cold, scared, lonely dragon and wrote sentences about how the dragon felt.
01.11.21 - Boxing Maths
20.10.21 - Tallying
15.10.21 - Traditional Dress Day
In the afternoon we enjoyed trying to learn dances from around the world.
10.10.21 - Boxing Maths
PE - Forward Roll (30.09.21)
In PE we have been doing gymnastics with Coach Charles. We have been travelling around the room in different ways and learning how to do log rolls and forward rolls. 
RE - Hindu gods and goddesses (26.09.21)
In RE we have been learning about Hindusim.
We have learnt that followers of Hinduism are called Hindus and that Hinduism was founded in India.
Hindus believe in 1 God/supreme spirit, Brahman, but have many gods and goddesses to represent his different characteristics. We know that the difference between gods and goddesses is that gods are male and goddesses are female.
We enjoyed playing a matching game in partners, matching the Hindu gods and goddesses to their name.
We've been learning about materials in Science
Science - Materials - Making Rubbings (22.09.21)
In Science, our topic has been Materials. We have been recapping the different types of materials, identifying what materials objects are made from and we have been learning about the properties of materials.
The words that we use to describe materials is called its properties.
Some properties of materials are:
Hard
Soft
Bendy/Flexible
Stretchy
Stiff
Shiny
Dull
Rough
Smooth
We went outside to find objects of different textures so that we could make rubbings.
It was so much fun! 
Doubling Fun! (22.09.21)
In Miss B's Maths group, we had a great time working in partners playing a doubling game. We all worked together really well. 
Making Numbers using Dienes (15.09.21)
This week in Sycamore class we enjoyed learning about place value and making 2 digit numbers using the dienes. We learnt about 10s and 1s and some us were able to partition the numbers into its 10s and 1s.
Our topic this term will be Inferno! 🔥
In Autumn 1, we will be focusing on fire-breathing dragons through the text Once Upon a Dragon's Fire, by Beatrice Blue.
Welcome to Year 2 and our Sycamore class page! We are really looking forward to getting to know you and teaching you lots of interesting and fun things this year! Let's make this the best year yet
Important information for children returning in September:
On Thursday 2nd September children will be returning to school.
Mornings:
The gates on Elfrida crescent will open at 8.45am and your child can come to school anytime between 8.45 and 9am using the yr 2/3/4 gate. We are asking parents to stay outside school each morning.
Gates will be locked at 9am and you will need to bring your child to the main office to have them booked in.
Parents and carers of Yr 2:
parents will be allowed in at 3.10pm. The children will be ready for collection at 3.15pm.
Parents will be allowed onto the school site to collect their children from the yr 1/2 playground.
Parents will be allowed to walk through the playgrounds to collect children from other year groups once on site.
Staff and sign posts will be present to navigate you to the correct playgrounds.
See you in September!