In Year 2, we focus on the 2, 5 and 10 times table.  We began recapping counting in 2.  This was the easy part!  We then had to learn how to write these as multiplication facts and then swap the facts around, as multiplication is commutative and therefore can be done in any order.  The hardest part, was then turning these into division facts.  It is hard to remember which number you begin with and which number you divide by.  We will keep working on this and then use it for the 5 and 10 times table in the next few weeks.

Our DT unit ended with a bang and it is going to be hard to top eating our own ice lollies which we designed.  Some of us even started planning how we would make them better next time we made them.

 Over the next half-term, we are all going to really work on the pace of our reading.  Now that the books we are reading are getting more complicated, we need to be able to read them a little faster to help our understanding.  Have a look at some suggestions for how to help improve our reading speed and some new suggestions for books that Year 2 readers might enjoy.