Computing
2 Paint a Picture
In Computing we have been creating pictures. We have been looking at the work of Point artist Seurat. We then recreated pointillist art using the Pointillist template.
Art & Design
Art- Map it out
We have started our new Art topic this half term- Map it out. For our first lesson we have been looking at different types of maps. We had to sort the maps into two different sections to match the titles for example: old and new, real and imaginary, maps and Read more
Religious Education
Year 2 Easter lesson- Palm Sunday from different perspectives
We have been learning all about Holy Week and Easter and in this lesson we focused on Palm Sunday. We discussed that Palm Sunday commemorates the Christian belief in the triumphal entry of Jesus into Jerusalem, when he was greeted by cheering crowds waving palm branches that they set out Read more
Design and technology
D.T- Making Baby Bear’s Chair
In D.T this half term we have been making a chair for baby bear. First we made 3 different shapes, a pyramid, cylinder and a cuboid to test their stability. We tested how high the board could go before the ball rolled off. Then, we made the shapes using card Read more
Science
British Science Week! Get Set Jellies
This week we have celebrated British Science Week by investing the theme of time. We conducted an experiment using Jelly to see if different methods of preparing the jelly slow the process down. We used frozen, tinned and fresh pineapple and put them into the separate pots of jelly mixture Read more
Outdoor learning
Making a wormery!
In Science this week we have been looking at microhabitats. We have worked together to make a wormery, we discussed a worms habitat and then went outside to search for worms. We were looking for three different types of worms – Earthworms (endogeic worms), Deep borrowers ( anecic worms) and Read more
Careers Related Learning
World Book Day- Careers Focus
We have celebrated world book day this year, focusing on careers. We have come to school dressed up as something we aspire to be when we grow up. We have read the books ‘Mog and the Vet’ and ‘Moon Landing’ and discussed the careers mentioned in the books. We also Read more
Careers Related Learning
Careers Week
As part of careers week, we were lucky to have a special visit in our class from Nurse Jade. She brought her bag of equipment and spoke to the children about her role as a nurse. She then discussed with the children her journey to becoming a nurse, going to Read more
Science
Life processes
This half term for Science we are learning about habitats. For our first lesson we looked at the seven different life processes. We had lots of fun acting out these processes to help us to remember the correct names. We used MRS NERG – Movement, respiration, sensitivity, nutrition, excretion, reproduction Read more
Forest school
Year 2 Elm Forest School
Today in forest school Yr 2 Elm learnt about different habitats around the world and what animals live in them. They got into pairs and went hunting around to match the animals with their correct habitat. Some of the children wanted to make worm habitats and make mud pictures of Read more