Dates for your diary

Monday April 2nd is the first day for bringing in all the decorated Easter eggs for our annual competition.

Make sure you don't miss the opportunity to show how egg - stremely talented you are and eggs - cited about the competition! (sorry!!)

The more imaginative the better. Go wild and be brave!

Years 2 and 4 will be raising the roof in the hall with their Morning of Music performances on Tuesday the 3rd at about 9.10. Friends of Howes are very kindly serving refreshments afterwards so please come and join us for what I'm sure will be a very enjoyable morning. 

The end of term is on Wednesday the 4th. 

Have a great holiday and enjoy the well deserved rest.

Topic information

Our topic this half term is all about France.

The children have been doing research using the following web site -

www.kids.nationalgeographic.com

They are going to use the information they have found to create their own leaflets and pamphlets in literacy over the next week.

Any more facts they discover and pictures they can find could be added to their work. 

Please bring anything relevant into school to enhance the children's learning. 

Many thanks.

Morning of Music

Year 2 took part in The Morning of Music at Howes on Friday 23rd March.

They looked very snazy in thier custom made head dresses.

We were joined by St. Thomas More, Grange Farm and Manor Park.

All the children sang a varity of songs all about transport and accompanied their singing with percussion instruments.

We all had a fabulous morning and thoroughly enjoyed the experience.

World Book Day

These are photos of year 2 on World Book Day 2012.
It was very strange teaching Harry Potter and Buzz Lightyear.
The children wrote some fantastic stories imagining they were really their book characters.
They also used philosophy for children to decide whether or not Cinderella should have been able to go to the ball!
Mrs. Henshaw came in dressed as The Tiger who came to Tea and read her book to the class.

spring 2

We have another busy half term.
Our new topic is France so the children will be thinking about how we could travel there and what we might see and do when we got there. We will also be using our e-mail skills to contact children in France. In science we will be making simple circuits.
Dates for you diary -
World book day is on Thursday March 1st. The children can come into school dressed as their favourite character from a book but sensible shoes are still really important please.
Friends of Howes are hosting  race night on Friday March 2nd - please come along and support what promises to be a really enjoyable evening. Tickets can be bought from school.
On the 14th of March the whole school is having a maths buzz day where the children will be challenged to solve problems and enjoy using their maths skills.

Parents' evenings are on Tuesday the 27th and Wednesday the 28th of March. Time slots will be given nearer the time.

On Friday the 23rd year 2 are taking part in a Morning of Music held for the first time at Howes. Three other schools will be joining us for a morning full of music and songs to do with our theme of transport.

As Easter approaches, the children will have the opportunity to try their hands at egg decorating in the week beginning 2nd April. More details nearer the time.

Term ends for the children on Wednesday April 3rd.

A really busy term full of exciting things!
As always feel free to come and see me in year 2 if you have anything else you need to know.

Yr 2's Trip to the Coventry Transport Museum

Year 2 had a great day at the Transport Museum learning all about cars, bikes and the history of transport. We even had a ride on a simulator of the land-speed record breaking vehicle. All the children had a fantastic day learning and having a really fun time.

Education City

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How did you find the maths quiz this week? Let me know below.