Fairfields Primary School
Year 2
We are really excited about our topic this term which is called Survival.
Who is in year 2?
Madrid
Teacher: Miss Harper (Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday) and Miss Powers (Thursday, Friday)
Learning support assistants: Miss Nash
Budapest
Teacher: Miss Bradley
Learning support assistant: Miss Tucker
Volunteers: Mrs Biggle, Mrs Minifie
Below is our creative curriculum map which tells you a bit more about what we are learning in each subject.
Click here for our termly overview and map.
Click here for year 2's Summer timetable.
Currently our day starts at 8.40am and finishes at 3:10pm. Please drop off and collect your child from the bottom playground next to the Smooga.
Year 2 Gallery
Journeys
Trip on the Titanic!
On Monday 30th November the children in year 2 began their topic on Titanic. They were each given a boarding pass for the Titanic but everyone was a different type of passenger. The children began to learn about the different roles on board the ship and about how the Titanic sank. They took the role of different passengers and crew members on the ship and freeze-framed key events. The children came up with lots of questions that we will find the answer to throughout this half term.
What the passengers said about their voyage before we hit the iceberg!:
1st Class:
“I liked the food. Good service.”
2nd Class:
“I have enjoyed the swimming pool. I’ve never been on the Titanic before!”
“I loved the American ice cream. The sailing is lovely.”
3rd Class
“ I didn’t like how you didn’t respect the 3rd class people”
“ I don’t like the service!”
Crew Member
“I am finding it hard. I am shoveling coal all day!”
Trip to Sea City Museum
On 29th November, the children in Year 2 visited Sea City Museum in Southampton to find out more about the Titanic. They took part in a workshop where they did a demonstration to explain why the Titanic sunk, matched smells to different parts of the Titanic, looked at artefacts from the time of the Titanic and chose who should get on a lifeboat.
They also had the opportunity to explore the Titanic exhibition and take part in some of the hands-on activities.
Top of Town Trip
On 20th September we visited the top of town to find out how Basingstoke has changed over time. We tried to find where some old photographs had been taken and match them to the modern day shops.
What Year 2 said about the trip:
"I was excited because it was a school trip. When we were ready we put our hi-vis on and went. It was fun let me tell you about it. First I saw the church and some fancy cars. Then Miss Harper and Miss Dillon the head teacher of Fairfields school had a talk about where we were going next. After we found out that a barber shop used to be a food shop. Miss Harper took a picture of the barber shop. The people waved. Then we found out that the school shop used to be a bike shop. Finally we went back and luckily it didn’t rain."
"On Wednesday I was excited because we were going on a school trip. Miss Boss told us to go to the toilet. When we arrived at top of the town we saw some old buildings with big windows. We saw some beautiful flowers in restaurants. To get to the top of town we had to do lots of walking."
"We went to the top of town and saw old and new features of Basingstoke. We saw a town hall that had been changed into a museum and new cars. Miss Harper and Miss Dillon talked about old and new features of Basingstoke. We found out that the food shop is now a barber’s shop. Then in the barber shop everyone started to wave. Later we went to the school uniform shop. We noticed the uniform shop used to be a bike shop. It didn’t rain."
Year 2 Writing
We wrote a recount of our Survival morning . Below are some examples of writing from children who are writing at or above age related expectations for this time in the year (summerterm). Please use this to inform your support with your child at home.
Homework Help
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Art
Dear Parents and Guardians,
As part of a whole school Harvest art project, Year 2 will be creating a pictures using a range of media.
If you have any spare, coloured magazines, please send them into Madrid and Budapest classes by Monday 19th September. Please ensure the magazines are suitable for 6-7 years olds to view. We will be using the coloured pictures to tear up to create a collage.
Thank you
The Year 2 team
House Teams TT Rockstars Battle
Year 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 have been using TT Rockstars this year to learn and practice their times tables. They were excited to organise a TT Rockstars House Team battle before the end of the term, so we have arranged this for next week. From 9.00am Monday morning next week, until 3.00pm on Thursday, the children can collect points for their house teams by playing on TT Rockstars. The team with the most points will have an extra break on Friday afternoon to celebrate.
The children will have access at school to play TT Rockstars at various points during the day next week, but they may also collect points by playing at home too. The competition will be open each day between the house of 7.30am and 7.30pm, once the competition starts on Monday, so please feel free to encourage your child to have a go at home too.
We will let you know how we get on, and good luck to all the house teams!
TT Rockstars House Team Competition High Scorers
Well done once again to the Unicorn team for their amazing win in our House Team TT Rockstars competition this week. We have awarded certificates to the top 3 players from each house team to recognise their incredible efforts for their individual teams. Well done to the following pupils, and a particular well done to the younger players who managed to get onto this leaderboard!
Unicorns:
1st place- Avaneesh (year 6)
2nd place- Saathvik (year 6)
3rd place- Punit (year 6)
Griffins:
1st place- Karthik (year 6)
2nd place- Emma (year 5)
3rd place- Alejandro (year 6)
Dragons:
1st place- Yasna (year 5)
2nd place- Freddy (year 5)
3rd place- Jack M (year 2)
Phoenixes:
1st place- Panayiotis (year 2)
2nd place- Samanyu (year 3)
3rd place- Franco (year 2)
Well done everyone!
TT Rockstars House Team Competition
The children have been busy this week completing work on TT Rockstars at school and at home to earn points for their house team in our first house team.TT Rockstars event. We will be awarding certificates later today to children in each house team who scored the most points, but we now have the final results. Please be aware that the final results have had to be changed slightly due to an issue at the start of the week, so some points have been deducted from the scores you and the children may have seen on the TT Rockstars website to address this issue.
The scores are as follows:
Griffins 62645
Dragons 43829
Unicorns 163421
Phoenixes 25059
Well done to the Unicorns for their fantastic win, and for all the teams for working so hard this week!
TT Rockstars House Team Competition
You may have heard from the children that we have set up a TT Rockstars house team competition to run next week from Monday morning until Thursday 27th May at 7.00pm. The children will have an opportunity to go on TT Rockstars and practice their times tables to compete in school, but they will also be able to access the site from home if you would like them to play at home too. We will announce the winning house team on Friday next week. Good luck everyone!
