Week ending May 26th

Hi everyone,
Apologies for the late blog - it has been a busy few days. Mrs Ahmad and I are so proud of Beech class for completing their SATs tests. Over the week we covered 2 reading papers, an arithmetic and reasoning maths paper. The children were really mature in their approach - trying their hardest but also very relaxed. While the KS1 SATs are no longer statutory, they are very helpful and support us in our assessment of how your child is doing.
As well as SATs, we also continued reading analogue clocks. It's very important we are confident reading half past and quarter past/ to as we are soon moving onto telling the time to the nearest 5 minutes. If you get a chance over the holidays, please practise this. The format we use in year 2 is "quarter to 7", "half past 9" etc, rather than 6.45 and 9.30. Bringing this in too early will confuse the children if they are not secure at this stage.
In Science this week we learnt more about materials. We thought about how to sort materials and worked in teams to think about different ways of sorting. Thinking scientifically (rather than colour, use, size) we grouped into raw and synthetic, waterproof and absorbent and soft/ hard/ bendy etc. It was nice to see the class talking in small groups, taking turns and listening to each others ideas respectfully.
In PE, we looked at the difference between jogging, sprinting and running. We learnt that a marathon runner would easily beat us in a 100m sprint race and then carry on running at the same pace for 2 hours to complete a world class marathon time. We jogged around the long track and sprinted along the 100m track. We thought about how our bodies felt when we were jogging and sprinting. We also practised the hurdles, making sure to jump using our dominant leg.
Well done Beech class - it's been a fantastic half term. Have a great rest!
Year 2 team