Computing
A trip to the moon
We have been learning about Neil Armstrong’s mission to the moon. In the immersive room we took a trip to the moon to experience what it would be like.
Computing
Computing – binary trees
We have been using 2Question (a binary tree) to answer questions. We had to answer the questions with ‘yes’ or ‘no’ to work out the Purple Mash Avatar names. We worked really well with our partners to name all of the avatars.
Equality & Diversity
NSPCC
In class today, we took part in the NSPCC Speak Out Stay Safe assembly. The assembly was introduced to use by Ant and Dec and then Buddy who is the NSPCC’s mascot. During the assembly, we talked about how every child has the rights to feel safe and who we Read more
History
History- explorers
We have started learning about Christopher Columbus and to see what different items he brought back from ‘The America’s’ we became explorers. We used our different senses to try to work out what he brought back. We used: tasting and smelling – pineapple touch – a freely bag with potatoes Read more
English
Reading in English
We have started the year with our new class text ‘The suitcase’. During English we have been ordering the story, describing how the characters would be feeling and then we picked 4 or 5 really important things we would pack in our suitcase if we went into Space. For our Read more
Careers Related Learning
Healthy eating
This half term we have been learning about healthy eating in Science and Design and Technology. We have been learning about the healthy food plate and how we need a balanced diet. We became chef’s in DT and we practiced preparing food using knives, spoons and a grater. We then Read more
Careers Related Learning
Healthy eating with Amanda our school nurse
Our school nurse came into school to talk to us about healthy eating. She was really impressed with our knowledge so far that we have been learning in Science and Design & Technology. We looked at how much sugar is in different drinks then we had to guess how many Read more
Careers Related Learning
Travelling Science Show
This afternoon Year 2 took part in a fantastic Science show with the Scientist Adrian Bowden. We completed lots of different science experiments and looked at some Science vocabulary like: predict, classify, test and measure.
Forest school
Forest school
We had lots of fun during our first Forest school in Year 2. We completed lots of different activities. We did some finger painted, we went on a scavenger hunt in pairs, we explored forest school area, but hunting and even climbed some trees. We also wrote the quality of Read more
Science
Shared learning and Lunch
Thank you to all the parents and grandparents who came to our shared lunch and learning. The children had so much fun (and I hope the adults did, too). We started our first Science lesson about organs in our body. We completed a quiz about the heart, lungs, stomach, skin, Read more