A big and warm welcome to Year 2, where we are looking forward to growth and development!

Dear all, 

It has been a very busy start to the new academic year: getting to know each other, organising our classroom, getting used to routines again and settling down to work. The children seem to love their new class and feel at home!

We warmly welcome our new students Lauren, Alexander, Zahra, Ulma and Hugo, who have settled in fabulously. Our class now consists of 13 different nationalities.

Year 2 are very lucky to have support for the coming months by Miss Christiana, she has fitted in perfectly and we are very grateful to all her efforts this week.

We warmed up this year with lots of icebreakers. We watched 'Inside Out', which was a great way to get to know each other better, through talking about feelings and emotions. We have also enjoyed a trip to a park where we played and got to know the children from Upper, Middle and Lower Primary.

Year 2 have been busy completing artwork, such as handprints of different animals and art showing their personalities and interests.

Our reading rotation started successfully this week. It's great to see the children settling into new routines.

We have started our language programme with an emphasis on grammar, spelling and reading. Our Abacus maths programme started off with a revision and we are now moving forward with doubling and halving. Every week the children will complete a verbal and non-verbal reasoning test. These tests are designed to check their ability to understand and analyse visual information and solve problems using visual reasoning. The children are already immersing themselves and enjoying it!

Our first IPC project ‘Gateways to the World’ started with a fun and fulfilling Entry Point. We will be learning all about travelling....and the world.

Dutch, music, swimming and choir classes have had a successful start, and it was lovely to see our fabulous specialist teachers back at school.

The month of September was also a time for celebrating. Freja, Myer and Archit all had their birthday, thank you for the delicious treats!!

I would like to say that I am personally delighted to be able to teach your children this year. It will be a year of lots of learning and fun!

Enjoy your weekend.

Miss Rebecca