Thursday

Can you explain what rules are and why different rules are needed? 

Rules are instructions that tell us how to behave or what we should do. They help everyone know what is right and wrong, and they keep us safe and happy.

Why Do We Need Rules?

We need rules because:

They keep us safe (like looking both ways before crossing the road).
They help us get along with others (like taking turns or sharing).
They help us learn (like listening when the teacher is talking).
They make games and activities fair (like following the rules in football).

We know every child has the right to an education (UNCRC Article 28), rules help everyone enjoy that right in school.

UNICEF Article 28

"We all have the right to go to school, to learn, and to feel safe and happy while we do."

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"The Day the Rules Disappeared"

One Monday morning, Class 2 walked into their classroom to find a big sign on the board. It said:

TODAY: NO RULES!

The children looked at each other in surprise.

"Wow!" shouted Shayan. "We can do whatever we want!"

At first, it was exciting. Mia ran around the room singing. Leo took out all the paint and started splashing it on the tables. Zaidan grabbed three books and pushed in front of the line to be first.

Nobody was listening. Nobody was sharing. And nobody was learning.

Mrs. Patel tried to read a story, but no one was paying attention. Sam wanted to ask a question, but he couldn’t hear over the shouting. Ava was trying to write, but someone knocked her pencil case onto the floor.

By lunchtime, the classroom was a mess. The children were tired, grumpy, and bored.

"This isn't fun anymore," said Mia quietly. "I didn’t get to finish my work."

"I couldn’t even hear the story," said Sam.

Just then, Mrs. Patel stood up. She smiled and said, “Do you miss our classroom rules?”

The class nodded.

"Let’s make a new promise," she said. "Let’s remember that rules help everyone learn, feel safe, and be happy."

So together, they made a list of classroom rules — and from that day on, learning was fun again.

What rules do we need in our classroom so we are respecting all the classes right to learn?

To read instructions organised in a variety of ways.

An instruction is a command sentence that tells someone how to do something. It's really important to speak clearly when giving an instruction so the person following your direction knows exactly what to do.

Which instruction is easy to follow? Why?

Put your pencil in your tray.

Pick up that thing from over there.

Let's play the game Simon Says. Your teacher will take the lead first.

Now let's look at a set of instructions together to see what make it easy to follow. Your teacher will show you how to 'copycat' to read it carefully.

What makes these instructions easy to follow?

Talk with your partner and share your ideas with the rest of the class. Your teacher will add your ideas to the Learning Wall.

To be able to count numbers up to 100 using concrete objects. Counting in ones and tens, forwards and backwards.

In Year 2 we take part in a project called STEMterprise.

Before we can think about making pizzas we need to grow the ingredients we need or that we can trade. We will be making the pizzas later in the year.

We are going to go for a walk around the school grounds and look in our very own outdoor classroom to investigate where plants grow.