Year 2 had a fantastic day yesterday! They were lucky enough to have a very exciting day recreating the life of people living through the Great Fire of London. They were then able to explore and dig up the ruins of London. Have a look at some of the fun they had!

Thank you for practising your child's Phonics skills with them at home - they are all doing so well! We just wanted to clarify a few things. As you may have noticed from the yellow books, we read and reread Rhino Reader texts with the children to develop  fluency.   Initially, children will be decoding words but then with more practise they should be remembering the words.   As well as learning sounds, we also learn tricky words. These are words that cannot be sounded out and need to be learned by sight. As the children progress and learn more, these words might become decodable.  These words will not have sound buttons under them and need to be remembered.  

 On Monday, we took part in our Viking day. It was so great fun learning all things Vikings. We learnt how they lived in their settlements and we took park in many different arts and crafts. We made some fantastic things. It was brilliant seeing how the Vikings lived. In the afternoon, we learnt how they went to battle and we taught all about archeology. We had a go at digging for Viking artefacts and then we spoke about what they were. Everyone had an amazing time!