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…
This week Year 2 Ash combined their science topic about habitats with our forest school session. We created our very own wormery in a bottle using sand, compost, dead leaves and grass. The children collected lots of worms to put inside and then used the natural materials as well as Read more…
We have had such a fun week learning about different careers. We have read books and watched a video about lots of different types of careers we could do when we are older. We then completed a piece of writing about our preferred job and why. Mrs Graham’s sister Emma, Read more…
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…
Year 2 Ash had lots of fabulous fun learning about habitats in forest school yesterday to link with our science topic. They hunted around for our Animals of the world cards and worked in pairs to pin them onto the correct habitat. The children then worked in small groups making Read more…
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…
We have been practising using clay this half term and have made a clay pinch pot and this week a clay tile. We used our Science theme to create a space tile. We created three different designs then picked our favourite to make using clay. We used different techniques like Read more…
This week is Children’s Mental Health with the theme ‘being ourself’. We talked about how everyone is unique and special. We’re then given a name of someone in our class and it was our jobs to do something this week to make them smile! This could be anything from leaving Read more…
This week in forest school Year 2 Ash used their team work skills to build their own shelters. We definitely needed them in the rainy weather we had!! We also made winter pictures using natural materials from the forest and we always have lots of fun exploring. Z