Welcome to Class 2 Activities 2023-2024
Homework for Friday 19th April
This week in class we are excited to begin our new topic of Scented Garden. In Literacy we are looking at texts and discussing what we can learn from them. In SPAG we are reminding ourselves of homophones. Please work with your child to complete the task below.
Any questions, please ask.
Many Thanks
Mrs Aspinall
Welcome back!
We hope you have had a lovely Easter break and are looking forward to our new term in school. We are excited to begin our new topic of the Scented Garden!
Easter Egg Competition!
We all worked super hard to design, make and evaluate our Easter Eggs for the whole school competition. They were all absolutely amazing and we are proud of all of our efforts. We hope you all enjoy your yummy chocolate egg treat!
Scatterball with Caitlin
We had lots of fun joining in a new game with Caitlin from the SSP. We worked hard as a team to collect as many points as possible for our team.
Thanks Caitlin …. it’s safe to say it’s our new favourite game!
Homework For THURSDAY 28th March
This week in class we are very busy making our Easter crafts and we are looking forward to seeing you at the Easter Egg Competition on Wednesday.
Therefore, homework this week is a lovely Easter craft! Enjoy!
Please note NO SPELLINGS due to our rising stars assessment.
Many Thanks
Mrs Aspinall
Fantastic Rockets
We are very proud of our junk model rockets we have made to celebrate the end of our cornerstones topic Moon Zoom. The children worked hard to plan, make and evaluate their very own designs. Well done class 2!
Homework for Friday 22nd March
This week in class we are reminding ourselves of our knowledge of contractions. We are working hard to use them in our writing, making sure we use the apostrophe in the correct place!
Please can you work with your child to complete the task below.
Any questions, please ask.
Thank you for your continued support.
Many Thanks
Mrs Aspinall
Invasion Games at Park View
We loved our PE event this afternoon. We joined in a range of games and worked up quite the sweat! Thank you to our SSP for organising it and the amazing leaders from Park View School. We had a lovely Friday afternoon!
British Science Week
This week we have been celebrating British Science week, this year the theme was time as an indicator to 30 years of fantastic work! Our Science Ambassadors from across the school came into class 2 and explained all about the week and why we celebrate it. Together, we then set up an investigation all about time.
Thank you ambassadors! We had such a lovely afternoon!
Fire fighter visit
Today we had a special visit from Red Watch Crew. They talked to us about all of the very important jobs they do to help keep people in County Durham safe. Thank you for taking the time to speak to us and inspire us all to be future fire fighters!
Funnybones
Today we discovered a crime scene in class 2 …. the funnybones skeleton had had a party with Mr Garbutt! We looked at the evidence carefully and pieced the clues together. We interviewed witnesses to come to a conclusion of a skeleton party! We are going to write up our findings ready to submit to the skeleton police!
Homework for Friday 15th March
This week in class we are working hard on our knowledge of measures. We will be looking at measuring length, weight and height as well as refreshing our knowledge and understanding of money and time.
Please work with your child to complete the task below.
Any questions, please ask.
Many Thanks
Mrs Aspinall
Bean experiment
Today we set up a science investigation all to do with our current science topic of plants. We have discussed what plants need to grow and how that use their different parts to help them survive. We decided to watch a bean grow so used a variety of resources to create a home for our seed. We are excited to watch them grow and observe what happens.
Homework for Friday
This week in Science we are continuing our topic on plants. We have looked at the different parts of a plant, and what these parts do.
For homework this week we would like the children to draw and label a plant that they see around the home/garden/local area, sticking in the short sentences to tell us what each part of the plant does.
Pupils are also bringing home an experiment we started in class, where they can see how seeds grow into plants. They are encouraged to check on its progress and if possible, to take photographs to show the seed’s development. Once it begins to sprout, they can plant it at home if they wish – it does not need to return to school.
If there are any questions, please ask.
Many thanks,
Mrs Aspinall and Mr Garbutt
Chocolate Fountain
Well done to Class 2 for working together as a team and achieving their reading goal. As promised …. a chocolate fountain treat! Yummy!
Keep up the good reading!
Engagement Activity with Adam Bushnell
Today we had a lovely afternoon launching our Moon Zoom topic with Author Adam. We had lots of fun imagining space and a far away planet we might land on! We created lots of creatures too.
Homework for Friday 1st March
This week in class we are excited to begin our new topic of Moon Zoom! We had a lovely afternoon with Adam Bushnell, who inspired us to write amazing moon inspired writing!
This week for homework, we will continue our moon writing! Please work with your child to complete the task below.
Any questions, please ask.
Many Thanks
Mrs Aspinall
Welcome back!
We hope everyone had a lovely half term! We are very excited to begin our new topic of Moon Zoom!
Ice Cream Van – Cornerstones Celebration
To celebrate the end of our beachcombers topic we had a fantastic treat … in the shape of a visit from the ice cream van. Delicious!
Puppets!
In DT this half term we have designed and made a felt puppet. We were very proud of our sewing skills! A massive thanks to Mrs Owens for her help with this very tricky task! Well done class 2!
Pancake Day
We enjoyed learning all about Shrove Tuesday and the importance this holds with Christians. We discussed lent and the story behind it. We then discussed the ingredients that we need to make pancakes. We then designed, made and ate our very own pancakes.
Chinese New Year
Today we had lots of fun learning all about Chinese New year. We listened to the story of the lunar calendar and animal race. We then made wonderful Chinese lanterns and dragons before taste testing Chinese food. yummy!
Homework for Friday 16th February
This week in Science we are finishing our topic of habitats. The children have learnt so much and we are delighted with all of the facts and scientific vocabulary they have acquired this half term.
For homework this week we would like the children to show off all of this knowledge by designing, labelling and explaining their very own bug hotel!
Please encourage your child to complete the task below.
Please note that this week is rising stars’ week in school therefore NO SPELLINGS have been given.
Any questions, please ask
Many Thanks
Mrs Aspinall
Children’s Mental Health Day
We had lots of fun dressing in our own clothes as part of dress to express day. Thank you for showing your support and donating to the charity. We were amazed at all of the wonderful outfits!
Safer Internet Day
Today we enjoyed our e safety coffee morning. We learnt all about keeping safe online and who we should talk to if we see something that makes us feel unsafe.
Homework for Friday 9th February
This week in class we are working on statistic and how they can help us interpret and represent data. We are beginning why looking at simple pictograms and bar charts. We are encouraging the children to ask and answer questions about what they can see.
Please can you work with your child to complete the task below.
Many Thanks
Mrs Aspinall
PE with Mr Beveridge
This week we have enjoyed our work in PE where we are working hard on our throwing and catching skills. We are very good at moving into a space before we throw the ball!
Homework for Friday 2nd February
This week in class we are working hard to ensure we know all of the different aspects that can make our writing amazing! We are making sure to use these aspects in all of our writing, but especially in our BIG WRITE.
Please work with your child to complete the task below.
Any questions, please ask.
Many Thanks
Mrs Aspinall
Super Swimmer
A massive well done to Chloe on her recent stage 3 swimming achievement! We are so proud of you.
Homework for Friday 19th January
This week in class we are working hard on our number bonds. We are recapping previously learnt ones and consolidating new too.
Please work with your child to complete the work below.
Any questions, please ask.
Many Thanks
Mrs Aspinall
Habitat Hunt
In science, this half term, we are learning all about habitats. Today we went on a habitat hunt in our school grounds. We found lots of evidence of animals living within our local area. We wonder which other animal habitats we can spot at home?
Memorable Experience
We loved our beach party to launch the beginning of our new topic, beachcombers. We loved playing traditional seaside games and tasting the delicious food. Yummy!
Homework for Friday 12th January
Happy New Year and welcome to our first homework of 2024!
In class we are very much enjoying our new topic of Beachcombers and finding out all about the coastlines of the UK as well as animals that live there. We loved talking about our home experiences of visiting beaches and coastlines in the UK.
This week for homework we are focusing on animals that live in the sea. We are reminding ourselves of adjectives and how we can use them in more complex sentences. Please encourage your child to use all they know about sentences to write what they know about their given animal.
Any questions, please ask.
Thank you for your continued support.
Many Thanks
Mrs Aspinall
Welcome back to 2024!
We hope you all had a lovely Christmas and New Year and are looking forward to our new topic in class … Beachcombers!
A Merry Christmas and a happy new year
We would like to wish our class a lovely Christmas and a happy new year with all of their friends and family. We cant wait to hear all about it when we return in January.
A royal reply
A lovely surprise for Hester in the post. Hester sent her wonderful drawings to Princess Charlotte all the way in London! Hester was delighted to receive a reply from the royal household, thanking her for her gorgeous drawing.
Well done Hester
We are so proud of our friend Hester for her amazing dancing skills. Well done!
Christmas Party
We had a lovely Christmas party with the whole school today. We enjoyed meeting the elf and joining in all the party games and dancing. We also enjoyed a delicious snack too. Thank you
Christmas lunch
We all enjoyed our delicious Christmas lunch today. Thanks Sarah and Jade!
Christmas Jumper Day
We all looked wonderful in our Christmas jumpers today. Thank you to everyone for their kind donations!
Santa replied!
We were very excited today to have received our Santa letters. We were delighted with our personalised messages. Thanks Santa!
Santa letters
Today we wrote our Santa letters. We worked hard to include all of the features of our age expectations in to our writing. We sat by the fire and made sure our writing was the best it has ever been. We then finished off with a hot chocolate and biscuit. Yummy.
We hope Santa writes back soon!
The elves have arrived!
We were so shocked to see that the naughty elves had made a mess in our classroom! We are not impressed! Hopefully they watch our amazing behaviour and work out how to be good!
Homework for Friday 15th December
This week in class we are enjoying our Christmas crafts and preparing for our Christingle Service. The children are making us extremely proud with all of their hard work and gorgeous attitude, as always.
Please see below a Christmas colouring activity for homework.
If you would like any resources, please ask.
Please note: NO SPELLINGS
Thank you for your continued support.
Many Thanks
Mrs Aspinall
Beaver of the week
We are super proud of Oscar for achieving beaver of the beaver. Oscar was given the award because of his kindness at beavers. Such a caring and kind friend. Well done 👏
Homework for Friday 8th December
This week in school we are excited to show our adults our Christmas nativity. We are enjoying learning all about Christmas traditions and the story of the nativity in History and RE.
This week for homework please complete the Christmas themed word search below.
Any questions, please ask.
Many Thanks
Mrs Aspinall
Christmas Tree Decorating
We had lots of fun decorating our class Christmas tree in class 2 today. Each child placed a decoration on our tree, we listened to the Christmas story and also prepared our Santa’s Grotto role play area. We are all getting excited for Christmas!
Homework for Friday 1st December
This week in numeracy we are working on our knowledge of fractions. The children are impressing us with their knowledge and use of mathematical vocabulary surrounding this topic. Please work with your child to complete the task below.
We are also working hard on our Christmas performance, so any time helping your child learn their lines would be very much appreciated.
Any questions, please ask.
Thank you for your continued support.
Many Thanks
Mrs Aspinall
Well done Nolan
A massive well done to Nolan on this investiture at Beavers 👏
Woodland Animal Homes
We had lots of fun building animal homes for the animals in the story book the Gruffalo, by Julia Donaldson. We used our forest school skills to think carefully about how we could combine natural materials to make a safe and sturdy home for the different woodland animals.
Homework for THURSDAY 23rd November
This week in class we are continuing with our work on out topic of Enchanted Woodlands. We are enjoying reading a range of stories around this topic, with a focus being on traditional and fairy tales. We are encouraging the children to put into practise all of their hard work in phonics, and we are asking them to help us read within class. This week for homework please work with your child to complete the reading comprehension task below. Pleas encourage your child to read as independently as possible and then work together to answer the questions.
Please note that this week we have NO SPELLINGS due to the Inset day on Friday, when we would normal carry out our spelling test. To aid your child with their spelling, it would be useful for you to log onto lexia this week and encourage your child to engage in the spelling activities online.
Any questions, please ask.
Many Thanks
Mrs Aspinall
r.rose200@nettlesworth.durham.sch.uk
Children In Need 2023
In class 2 we had lots of fun dressing in non uniform for Pudsey bear day. We also joined in Pudsey bear movement activities and enjoyed a Pudsey themed lunch. A massive thank you for your kind donations.
Homework for Friday 17th November
We were sad to have to rearrange our woodland walk but are hoping to go later in the week … we will keep you updated!
This week in class we are continuing with our Science work of animals including humans. We are looking at the different types of animals we have and how we can classify and group them.
Please work with your child to complete the task below, all about understanding the parts of the bodies of different animals.
Any questions, please ask.
Many Thanks
Mrs Aspinall
Remembrance Day
In class we have learnt lots about Remembrance Day and poppies. In History we talked about the wars and why we remember soldiers and their families on the 11th November. In art we created lovely poppy paintings and have them displayed around school. On Friday we held a silence so we could pay our respects. We then talked about family members that had been part of the world wars. The children very much enjoyed sharing their own personal stories. Thank you to Lilly for sharing her photograph of her Great Grandad.
PCSO Sam visit
Today we welcomed PCSO Sam into class 2. She introduced herself and let us know all about the work she does in our local area. She even explained to us how she became a PCSO so that we understand yet another career route. I wonder what we will all grow up to be?
Well done Zander!
A massive well done to Zander for his hard work at his after school club. He was awarded worker of the week! We are so proud of you Zander!
Bob the Beaver
Well done to Nolan who has been awarded Bob the Beaver at Beavers this week. We hope you have a lovely time with him!
Laptops
In computing this half term we are working hard on our laptop skills. Today we used the laptops to search the woodland trust website to find out new information about our cornerstones topic, Enchanted Woodland.
Balanaceability
Year 1 have had a fantastic time with Andrew from Durham County Council, riding their bikes all week. They are all now super confident movers on their bikes. Well done year 1!
Homework for Friday 10th November
Welcome back! We hope you have had a lovely half term holiday.
This week in numeracy we are continuing to consolidate our knowledge of numbers and place value.
Please work with your child to complete the activity below.
Any questions, please ask.
Many Thanks
Mrs Aspinall
Welcome back to Autumn 2
We are excited to start our new topic: The enchanted woodland as well as beginning our preparations for Christmas! Such an exciting half term ahead!
Spooky Multi Skills
Class 2 enjoyed heir PE event at Maiden castle where they took part in a range of multi skills games. They enjoyed dressing up in their Halloween costumes too!
Homework for Friday 27th October
This week we are going all spooky! We are looking forward to the Halloween disco and spooky multi skills event, both on Thursday!
In class we are carrying out our Rising Stars Assessments, they help us to see all of the amazing progress your child has made throughout the half term. Therefore, we have NO SPELLINGS this week.
For homework, please help your child to complete the spooky task below.
Thank you for your continued support this half term and enjoy your break next week!
Thank you
Mrs Aspinall
Leaf printing
We had lots of fun using different materials to print leaves, all in autumnal colours. They look amazing!
Homework for Friday 20th October
This week in class we are continuing with our Science work on living things. We now have a rich scientific vocabulary when describing animals. Please can you work with your child to complete the task below.
Any questions or resources needed, please ask.
Many Thanks
Mrs Aspinall
Tree Planting
Today we enjoyed a tree planting session with Grace, from OASES. we learnt lots about the importance of trees and how we can help them grow in our local area. We loved looking for seeds in our school grounds, then planting them ready for them to become the next set of trees ready to grow in our school outdoor areas.
Pizza!
Today we enjoyed making pizzas as part of our muck, mess and mixtures topic. Last week we planned our toppings, this week we used tools to carefully chop the food and add it to our pizza bases. Mrs Dyer popped them in the oven for us whilst we tidied up. We couldn’t wait to eat them. Not a crumb left over! Yummy!
Homework for Friday 13th October
This week in numeracy we are learning all about shapes. We are continuing to name both 2d and 3d shapes, as well as spotting shapes around us and describing their properties. Please work with your child to complete the task below. Whilst doing so please encourage the use of the correct mathematical vocabulary.
Any questions, please ask.
Many Thanks
Mrs Aspinall
Rugby with Marc
Today class 2 had lots of fun taking part in a Rugby taster session with Marc. We were amazing at catching the rugby ball and getting each others tag belts!
Homework for Friday 6th October
This week in class we are reminding ourselves of all the different things we can include in our writing. Year 1 are focusing on capital letters, finger spaces and correct punctuation, whilst year 2 are beginning to use contractions and commas. For homework this week we would like your child to discuss all they know about making their writing wonderful and also complete the task below.
Any questions, please feel free to ask.
Many Thanks
Mrs Aspinall
Gingerbread Biscuits
Today we made gingerbread biscuits. In Literacy we are learning all about non fiction texts, with a focus on recipes and their features. This morning, we looked carefully at the features of the recipe before following all of the steps carefully to make the most delicious biscuits! Yum!
Homework for Friday 29th September
This week our homework focuses on Science. In our Science lessons we are learning all about living things and what makes an object alive, once alive or never alive. We are working on ensuring that we use good Scientific vocabulary when describing different objects.
Please work with your child to complete the task below.
If you need any resources, please feel free to ask.
Many Thanks
Mrs Aspinall
Music with Mrs McCarthy
We are very much enjoying our weekly music sessions. We have recently enjoyed singing in rounds and exploring different instruments.
Homework for Friday 22nd September
First of all, a massive thank you for all of your support in the first few weeks back at school. Thank you for ensuring your child has PE kits, this really is a big help.
This week in class we are reminding ourselves of our number bond work and how important they are to helping us with lots of different calculations.
Please work with your child to complete the task below. If you need any resources, please feel free to ask.
A gentle reminder, library books are returned on a Monday and homework and spellings are returned on a Friday.
Many Thanks
Mrs Aspinall
Yoga with Beth
In PE, this half term, we are enjoying trying out yoga with Beth. We had lots of fun in our first session!
Beamish Visit
Today we enjoyed a visit to Beamish museum as part of our History topic on WW2. We enjoyed being evacuees and taking part in activities that children during the war would do. We loved our workshop with Emma and Kev, although we weren’t so keen on the thought of picking up the poo!
Homework for Friday 15th September
Hello
Welcome to class 2 and our first piece of homework!
We have having so much fun learning all about our topic, Muck, Mess and Mixtures, and we are super excited for our trip to Beamish Museum.
This week for homework please work with your child to complete the writing task below.
Any questions, please feel free to ask.
Many Thanks
Mrs Aspinall
Memorable Experience
We had lots of fun making a mess as part of our memorable experience for Muck, Mess and Mixtures. We explored lots of mixtures using our hands and feet. We loved the different feelings.
First Day Back
We have had lots of fun seeing our friends and exploring our new classroom.
Welcome to Class 2
We are very excited to welcome our children back into year 1 and year 2. We were over the moon to see all of their little smiling faces this morning. We are looking forward to learning all about our new topic Muck, Mess and Mixtures.