We explored what it means to be part of God’s family this week. We discovered that the church is not actually a building but the people who come together to worship God and live like Jesus. We discovered that these people are called Christians and we are Christians! To become a member of this church family we are baptized. The sacrament of Baptism is very beautiful and a very happy occasion. We found out what happened at our own baptisms. Next week on Tuesday we will be reenacting a baptism (in small groups). It would be nice for us to have baby dolls as props. Please bring on Tuesday!
I’m creating a display in class all about baptism. It would be wonderful to have pictures of the children’s baptisms- could you please email them to me - many thanks
On Tuesday this week Eliana, Aubree and Benjamin led us in a beautiful worship during which we had some quiet time with God. Below too is a picture of our classroom alter - full to the brim with cans of veg!!! Thank you!
MAGIC MOMENTS
We have been introduced to a wonderful book “The Great Fairytale Disaster”. The big bad wolf gets himself into a real pickle as he tries to find a new fairytale. We had to write a letter of apology to Cinderella! We are learning to say the story orally - which is fun too. In addition to this we have been introduced to the subordinating conjunction “when” and we’ve had a go at popping it into sentences. In maths we are counting efficiently grouping in tens and then seeing how many ones are left over. In Music we explored call and response patterns and in PE we really developed out sequences in gym. The highlight of the week though is probably all the science we have completed. Firstly, we learnt all about “gathering data” and using a tally chart. To practice we looked for different shaped leaves in the school grounds (see below) - then tallied what we found. Then on Thursday we went out to investigate what living creatures we could find- again we made a tally chart on which we collected the data. Finally, on Wednesday we took part in our half termly enrichment afternoon. This time we had Miss Hanlon and together we got practical as photographers - see us in action below!!
CONVERSATION STARTER - GOING DEEPER
Can you make a tally chart at home? You could count creatures in your garden or leaves in the park. You could collect data on the types of cars passing you house (colours or make). I would love to see your tally chart. Remember it has three columns like the one shown here.
LET’S CELEBRATE
This week our Learning awards went to:
Ruby - a really Isabella Insect!
Freddie - a Kuba Crab!
Our Virtue Award for being discerning and attentive went to:
Benji Barrow
Lunchtime awards:
Role Model Eliana
Marvellous Manners Reyan
REMINDERS
Thank you to you all for your generous Harvest gifts
Thank you too to everyone who offered to come to the Zoo we have three willing volunteers. I still need three volunteers for the Baptism at church on Thursday 31st October 9-11am
As you can see we are learning about baptism - could you please send me a picture of your child’s baptism for our class display- thank you l.hotchkiss@ourladystarofthesea.lancs.sch.uk
PARENTS MEETING - next Friday 18th October is the day set aside for our termly catchup. I'm looking forward to reflecting on your child’s first half term with you. Please make sure you have booked the appointment online. Please press the link below if you haven’t already made an appointment
Next Thursday - SHOW and TELL. Next week is our fortnightly show and tell session. We had fun last time as Leo blew us away with is magic trick!!! Pictures can be sent via my email (see above).
Flu vaccine on Monday - if your child is booked to receive on could you please have a little chat so they are aware and have been able to chat to you about any questions they may have.
Have a lovely weekend form the whole Year 2 team!