Welcome to Class 2 - Dragonflies
These are the staff who work in Class 2
Term 5 Overview
Rapid Recall Facts
Spellings: 26/04/2024 - Tested on 03/05/2024
Thanet School Trip
We have enjoyed a fantastic school visit to the Turner Contemporary and Margate combined with a visit to Ramsgate and District Reform Synagogue. It was an excellent day, full of activities and jam-packed with learning. We got to see the Turner's exhibition on form and line-focused creation. We also completed some geography focused field work on the beach and in the town, working out where the key features of Margate seaside were and looking at the wildlife we find on British shores. Our Synagogue visit was lead by Rabbi Cliff and was so insightful. We were able to see a 200 year old Torah scroll, of which Rabbi Cliff read from and explained how the synagogue cares for such a precious Holy Book. The children were also able to see some great examples of Jewish artefacts that they have been learning about in their RE sessions.
Spellings: 19/04/2024 - Tested on 26/04/2024
Easter Bonnets
Easter Service
PE - Tennis Skills
Music - Graphic Scores on 'Ally Ally Oh' instrumental
Fantatsic Friday - Boat Construction
Happy Mother's Day!
Book Day 2024
HSBC Fairytale Banking
Science - Materials
The children conducted an investigation about light, to see which materials let through the most.
"The wood was definitely opaque" Alex
"The card was translucent" Annabel
"Plastic materials were completely transparent" William
Arts Week - Pieter de Hooch (A courtyard of a House in Delft)
Dinosaur Photo Editing
Dinosaur Information Posters
Happy New Year and Thank You!
I hope you all had a fantastic Christmas and New Year.
Just a little note to say thank you for all of our wonderful Christmas gifts - You're a very kind and generous class! Both Ms Hill and I were thrilled!
Mr Daintree and Ms Hill
Nativity - The Inn-Spectors
Christmas Panto
Charcoal: Fire of London Cityscape
RE Day - Christmas!
Spellings 04/12/2023 - Tested on Monday 11th December 2023
Butterflies and Dragonflies had such a fun time in the snow! We were very excited to see it arrive and settle!
Spellings: 27/11/2023 - Tested on Monday 4th December 2023
eBook - Week 5
Spellings: 17/11/2023 - Tested on 27/11/2023
STEM Week
We had such fun during our STEM week, which was themed on 'Movie Magic'. We watched a clip from a different children's film each day and completed an investigation or activity based on it! We watched ratatouille and learnt about a balanced diet - making omelettes along the way. We also watched Luca and worked out how much water would be wasted if we left the tap running while we brushed our teeth. Our biggest challenge was making a solar system in a box after watching a Star Wars clip - the children tried their best to make the planets to scale!
Spellings: 13/11/2023 - Tested on 17/11/2023
eBook: Green Pets
Oare Gunpowder Works School Trip
We had a brilliant time on our school trip to Oare gunpowder works. We learnt all about how the site was used to make gunpowder in the past and about it's current role in Faversham as a protected nature site. We enjoyed the outdoor learning and forest school activities along the way too!
Oare Gunpowder Works - School Trip
Spellings: 03/11/2023 - Tested on 10/11/2023
eBook 03/11/2023
DT - Levers and Linkages (Rainforest Animals)
Music Term 1 - Samba Rhythm
Layers of the Rainforest Collage
Fantastic Friday
We're Going on a Bear Hunt: Drama
2022-2023 Year 2 Cohort
Below is the collection of photos from our Dragonflies class last year. We had a wonderful time! If you're moving into Year 2, do have a look at what you might be getting up to in the year to come!
Team building is essential during sports week!
Yummy, yummy it's smoothie bike time
Relaxing and finding peace in yoga this sports week
Spellings: 30/06/2023 - Tested on 7/07/2023
Spellings 23/07/2023 - Tested on 30/06/2023
Father's Day Messages - Happy Father's Day!
Dover Castle Trip
Art Week
Music: Rhythm Matching using Djembes
PE Term 5 - Athletics + Batting and Fielding
Fantastic Friday - Painting Pebbles for Wellbeing Garden
The King's Coronation!
Thanet School Trip - Turner Contemporary, Seaside and Synagogue!
Easter Service
Performing Arts Week
Easter Bonnet Competition
Happy Mothers' Day from Class 2
Tom Delahunt Poetry Workshop
PE Superhero Dance
Dinosaur Fossils
We have been thinking about fossils during this term and how they are made. Given the importance of fossils to the discovery of dinosaurs, we have decided to recreate some fossils (without the millions of years-waiting time!) using a malleable material.
Term 3 Rapid Recall Cards
Essential Letters and Sounds
Please click on the link below to access videos which will help you to support your child/ren with their phonics.
These sounds are taught in Phase 5. Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 children will be taught these sounds.
‘High Frequency’ Words
All children in Classes R, 1 and 2 bring home a pack of ‘High Frequency’ words every week on a Friday. Some of these words are very difficult to sound out the normal way so they need to be memorised. It is very important for the children to learn these words as they will come up consistently in reading books. As the children move to Class 1 and 2, the words form the basis of the childrens’ writing.
We would like the children to spend just 5 minutes per day learning the words – you may like to devise a game with the words or write the words on paper to stick around the house!
Please keep the words in your child’s school bag so they can be used in school on a daily basis.
If you have any questions regarding ‘High Frequency’ words (HFW) please speak to your class teacher or Mrs Fairs, the Key Stage 1 Manager.
Find below, a large list of HFW to check off throughout the year.