Year 2 have enjoyed reading Samson’s Titanic Journey.

They have had fun using role play to show how Samson would have felt when he heard the Titanic hit the iceberg! This learning will lead the children onto writing their own diary, imagining how they would have felt if they were a passenger.

In maths the children have been working hard on finding fractions of amounts including 1/4, 2/4 and 3/4. It would be really useful to the children if they continue practicing this at home as it is a difficult skill that they have to master by the end of year 2.

Examples of problems they could solve are:

1/4 of 8.      2/4 of 8.      3/4 of 8.

1/4 of 12.     2/4 of 12.     3/4 of 12.

1/4 of 16.     2/4 of 16.     3/4 of 16.

1/4 of 20.    2/4 of 20.     3/4 of 20.

The children learnt to share the amount into 4 equal parts and then identified how much was in 1/4. They then added the amount in two of the quarters to find 2/4.

Hope you all have a lovely weekend.

From the year 2 team.