This week we have been finding out about school in the past. We found out about how children were taught and the punishments that were used. We decided that we prefer going to school today as the punishments sounded very tough. We compared school today and in the past, using a Venn diagram. 

We have also changed the ending to the story Wild. We decided that she would go to school but she found that they did everything wrong there. We have enjoyed the story wild and look forward to our new story.

Dear Parents/Carers

We are supporting Children in Need Day on 13th November.  Children can come to school on Friday 13th November wearing something spotty for a £1 donation.

Please can donations be made through ParentMail.

Many thanks

Dear Parent/Carer

This half term we are starting our enrichment clubs. These clubs will take place with the member of staff from your child’s bubble, and only for those children within that bubble will be able to attend. We will follow all guidelines to ensure our staff and children are safe.

We would like to invite your child to take part in the club between 9^th November and 7^th December 2020, on the allocated day between those weeks stated below.  All children will need to be collected from their normal home time gate

Y2 -Sunstone -  Mindfulness club, every Thursday with Miss Grieves collection time 4pm

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Dear Parents/Carers

As I write to you on the final day of this half term, I am filled with gratitude and pride for all our staff and pupils. They have worked so hard this term to get back on track with all learning. Our staff have created bespoke catch-up plans to ensure that no child is left behind because of the pandemic. I will be sending you more information after half term about these plans, including our continuity of learning.

All our pupils have settled into school really well and have impressed all of us with their confidence and ability to manage their learning with all the current restrictions. I have already noticed brilliant progress in children’s books. This is a credit to our pupils’ exceptional learning behaviours and determination to do well at school. We look forward to sharing your child/ren’s progress next half term.

I would like to thank all our parents/carers for their continued support, and timely communication that has been invaluable to us in the safe running of the school. Here at High Hazels Academy, we are all looking forward to the start of another amazing term, full of learning achievements, joy and progress.

Have a restful half term break.

Yours sincerely

Mrs A Maqsood-Shah

Headteacher

Year 2 have made a great start to the year and really settled into Year 2 well. All children have been really sensible and are following the new school rules. We have had a successful first half term full of fun, learning and creativity, even though some of our learning was interrupted by time at home. The children adapted really well to learning at home, so well done from the Year 2 team for that.

Through our topic ‘Who am I’, we have done lots of learning across different subjects. We have explored Darnall in History and looked at how the school has changed over time.  We looked around the school to find any clues that showed us the school was old. We found a sign that said the school was built in 1909 and another sign that showed us the entrance for the girls.

In English, we have been using the text Wild. We have explored the language used and found out about how the main character feels throughout the book. We wrote a character profile and we changed the end of the story. During our reading lessons we have been reading short texts that we are learning to read fluently and then answering questions about the text.

In phonics, we have been learning all of our Set 2 and 3 sounds. We have been finding our sounds in words and practising reading our words quickly without sounding them out.

In Maths, we have been learning about Place Value. We have looked at number to 100 and we can say how many tens and ones are in a number.

In art, we are creating a city scape based on the work of Paul Klee. We are drawing shapes to represent the buildings and colouring in the shapes using crayons. We have been practising our colouring making sure that we stay in the lines and colour in the same direction.            

Our favourite author is Jeremy Strong, so we are enjoying reading some of his books during storytime. They are really funny and make us laugh. We have been looking at the language that he uses.

The Year 2 team have really enjoyed teaching year 2 this half term and getting to know their new classes. It has been a successful start to the year, and we are all impressed with the year group’s enthusiasm for learning and determination to do their best.

We look forward to welcoming all children back after half term to carry on with their fantastic learning.

Well done Year 2.

The Year 2 team.