This term our focus topic is geography based and we will be looking at the area around us, Monks Risborough and Princes Risborough.  During our adventures, we will all be participating in two local walks, creating maps from natural objects and  designing and creating our own maps.  We will be discussing the difference between a human and physical feature and exploring to see if we can find these elements of geography on our walks.  We will learn how to walk safely and become aware of the traffic, houses, people and the environment around us.

In science we will be looking at Living Things and their habitats, again focusing on the areas that surround our school and exploring the life cycle of animals, with a particular focus on butterflies.  Look out for those caterpillars arrive very soon!

To compliment our topic, we are looking at a great book called The High Street Alice Melvin. We will explore this book in detail in class, but please feel free to have a copy at home.

Reading

We love reading in Year 2 and all children continue on their phonics journey.  We have daily RWI phonics or RWI comprehension lessons every morning.  To encourage the love of reading, why not share or read some of the books on the Year 2 recommended reading list.

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In maths the children have been exploring 'Place Value.' We have been looking at 10s and 1s and place value charts.

We have looked at Living Things and their habitats.  In particular we have focused on animals and their offspring - cows and calves - cats and kittens.  

Our caterpillars have arrived and we will be watching them change over the next few weeks.

In English we have been looking at the difference between a Common Noun and a Proper noun.  We have also sequenced and explored our book The High Street and have began to learn some of our RWI spelling and red words.

This weeks spellings are

call, tall, stall, ball, hall

talk, walk, stalk