Learning for Life
Random acts of kindness
For Random Acts of Kindness day this year we have made some delicious biscuits for another class. We used icing sugar and spri
Art & Design
Art-Clay
We have been practising using clay this half term and have made a clay pinch pot and this week a clay tile. We created three different designs then picked our favourite to make using clay. We used different techniques like score and slip to create our designs. We have also Read more
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
Geography
Year 2 Geography
Year 2 were questioned by the Geography lead to see if they could remember key facts from their lessons from Year 1 and 2. They used Santa to show their understanding. They did so well remembering the continents, the oceans and the 4 point compass.
Mathematics
Lines of Symmetry on shapes
Year 2 have been exploring properties of shapes. In this lesson, children explored reflective symmetry. They learnt to identify shapes and images that had reflective symmetry and identified where the line of symmetry lies. They used mirrors to help them with their work.