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Year 2 Maths: Adding with Base 10

This week in Year 2, we’ve been busy mathematicians! 

We have been learning how to add two 2-digit numbers using base 10 equipment (tens and ones). The children have worked carefully to make sure their additions do not cross the tens yet — that means the total of the ones stays below ten.

We used base 10 blocks to help us see how numbers are made up of tens and ones. For example:

34 + 25 = 59

We showed 3 tens and 4 ones plus 2 tens and 5 ones, and then combined them to make 5 tens and 9 ones.

The children have been brilliant at lining up their numbers, counting carefully, and explaining their thinking using phrases like:

“I added the ones first, then the tens.”
“I know 4 + 5 = 9, so I don’t need to make another ten.”

Later this week, we’ll be taking our next exciting step — learning how to cross the tens boundary (for example, 38 + 24). This will help us understand what happens when our ones make a new ten! 

We’re so proud of how confident and enthusiastic the children have been with their adding. Keep practising number facts at home to help make these skills even stronger!

Continents and oceans

Year 1 loved learning about the continents and oceans. They especially enjoyed our lively songs, which helped them remember the names, sizes and locations of each one. During our ocean learning we wondered together which ocean sailors might find the most difficult to travel through.  Most children though it would be the cold Southern Ocean – a great example of their collective reasoning.

The children had lots of fun playing a game with our continent cards. One partner hid a continent card, and the other partner had to guess the missing continent.  It was lovely to see the children referring to their knowledge notes to support their ideas and share what they had learned.

PE in Year 1

This half term in P.E, we have been learning about balancing.  Our song “I’m riding on my bike” helped us to explore and practise lots of difference types of balances.  We were also lucky to have some fantastic visitors who helped us to learn.  Ms Mooney taught us dance moves every Thursday.  We enjoyed a special Diwali dance workshop, and we had an exciting a rugby lesson.  We hope you enjoy looking at some of our photos.

Nursery w/b 3.11.25

Our story will be: Mr Wiggle and Mr Waggle

Our rhyme of the week will be:  The Farmer’s in His Den

Our maths work will focus on:   subitising 1, 2 and 3

We will also be:  learning about Bonfire Night and the story of Guy Fawkes, creating firework pictures using different materials, and introducing ‘Fred Talk’ – orally blending sounds to hear words.

Reception wb 3.11.25

Our story will be:  The Squirrels Who Squabbled by Rachel Bright

Our rhyme of the week will be: Old MacDonald

Our maths work will focus on:  1, 2, 3, 4 and 5

We will also be:  Talking about autumn and hibernation, collaging and weaving.

This half term in Reception

Reception have had a wonderfully busy and exciting first half term at school! We’ve been reading the story of The Gingerbread Man: retelling it with our friends, creating our own story maps and creating new characters who run away! To top it off, we baked our very own gingerbread men and enjoyed eating them together.

In phonics, we’ve introduced Fred the frog and have been practising our ‘Fred Talk’ to help us blend sounds into words. The children have now learned all the single letter sounds and are beginning to read simple, 3-letter words using the ‘Fred talk, read the word’ strategy.

In maths, we’ve explored repeating patterns, compared sizes and lengths, and focused on understanding the numbers 1, 2, and 3 through hands-on activities and play.

As autumn arrived, we’ve been observing seasonal changes and getting stuck into sensory exploration with our autumn-themed tuff tray. We’ve painted pumpkins, played in crunchy autumn leaves and talked about how the weather is changing.

It’s been a fantastic start to the year and we can’t wait to see what the next half term brings!

Diwali

In Denmark Class, we have been learning about Hinduism in RE. With Diwali celebrations happening this week, we enjoyed a whole day of activities learning more about Hindu traditions. We made Diwali sweets, clay diya lamps, rangoli artwork and tried traditional dancing. We used all we had learnt to complete brilliant acrostic poems.

Music, Art and PE

A few pictures from the first few weeks of term – Music technology, close-up drawings in Art and tag-rugby games in PE. The children have been working hard on their artwork this term and are currently working on their final pieces of the units – self-portraits in the style of Frida Kahlo. Stay posted for their finished pictures!

Year 2 Dance

We have had a fantastic time in PE learning dance this half term. We have learnt about long, folded, moving and entwined shapes. We have listened carefully to different types of music and moved in time. Our routines were creative and we showed some super teamwork skills. It was great fun!

Nursery w/b 20.10.25

Our story will be:   Goldilocks

Our rhyme of the week will be: Here we go round the mulberry bush

Our maths work will focus on:  Counting 1,2,3

We will also be:  making and tasting porridge, slicing and spreading to make ‘bear toast’ and learning about ‘old’ and ‘new’.

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