Croeso dosbarth dau! Welcome to Year Two!

17th October 2025

We have almost come to the end of our first half term in Blwyddyn Dau. It has flown by! It has been very busy indeed. The pupils have rewritten the ‘Owl Babies story’ using great descriptions and written their own acrostic poem based on Autumn. Some children were challenged with Autumn Days. We listed lots of relevant vocabulary beforehand so we could do a great job of the poems. 

In numeracy we have been measuring with non-standard and standard units (cm). The pupils enjoyed measuring their toy pets in the vets role play area and measuring each other's legs to see whose were longest. They have also been counting in 10s, 20s, 50s 100s and 200s.  

The pupils have been increasing their confidence with asking questions and answering in Welsh. They have asked where their friends live, gathered the data and input on J2E data to create a bar chart. 

Pupils have been recording differences and similarities with the fire brigade over time observing changes to uniform and equipment.  In health and wellbeing, we have looked at article 28 of the UNICEF children’s rights, specifically the right to an education. To promote kind hands and feet we took part in a positive touch session where we used gentle massage techniques. This teaches pupils how to be aware of other’s feelings and to be respectful. The children loved this! 

In explore time the pupils worked really well together to make a fire engine. At forest school we were able to use our measuring skills to find objects greater or less than a given amount. 

                                                

3rd October 2025

Shw mae! Sut wyt ti? 

Dosbarth dau have been busy with learning skills for their next piece of writing in literacy. They have been writing question sentences and using adjectives for the story: Owl Babies. Once again we have been practising the use of time openers, sequencing the story and reenacting it in groups. Pupils used enhanced learning to create sentences. 

In numeracy we have enjoyed the outdoors drawing number lines and frog hopping along these to solve addition and subtraction problems. We have also been rounding to the nearest 10 using a little rhyme: if 4 and below (in the units column) down we go, so we round down. Five and above up with the dove! So we round to the next multiple of 10.  

We have been asking and answering the question:  Ble rwyt ti’n byw? Where do you live? In our Welsh lessons as well as asking Ga i...? May I have...? 

In P.E we have continued with rugby skills; learning to avoid other players with cones and in Canterbury squares, where pupils run diagonally to their partner and give the ball avoiding another pair running in the opposite diagonal. Tricky but the children got it and did well. In our indoor PE session the children made the most of the wall bars. Some were nervous at first but I was so proud of them as everyone conquered their fears and found lots of ways to get from one side to the other. 

Thank you to Mrs Cornish and Mrs Weekes, the children have been planting daffodil bulbs in readiness for the spring. We also had our first forest school visit learning about expectations and how we can care for nature. 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             

19th September 2025

Shw mae! Another busy fortnight in year 2. We have been enjoying the story of the enormous turnip in our literacy lessons. The children have listened to the story, reenacted choosing the different roles, sequenced the story and begun to create time opener sentences in order to rewrite. 

In numeracy we have continued work on making 2- and 3-digit numbers, partitioning them (splitting them up) and recognising the digit values. We have also been working hard on the x2 tables. Our expressive arts work and handwriting were completed in readiness for the Usk show and we were impressed with the entries. The children have been having fun revising Welsh sentence patterns and learning new language too. 

5th September 2025

Croeso yn ol! Welcome back! It’s been lovely meeting my new year twos. The children have settled into their new surroundings and have been getting used to their new routines.  

In literacy we have been revising letter formation and ordering our alphabet. We have also ordered words alphabetically. In numeracy the pupils have been revising number formation, recording number bonds to 20, recognising odds and evens and recognising place value. Our topic will be ‘People who help us’, so the children have been listing those people and creating their own topic title page in their journey books.  

Some dates: P.E will take place on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Forest school will be alternate Fridays starting in October. I will keep you update of the actual start date. Reading: We will listen to your child at least twice a week. Home reading books will be changed once a week after they have been read three times, and three comments are made at home. Diolch!