Class 2
03.03.23 Week in Review
admin on: Class 2
Good afternoon everyone,
What a week we have had! It has been a busy one with lots going on around school!
World Book Day!
We had a brilliant World Book Day here in class 2. We kicked off our day by enjoying some buddy reading time with class 5 and then got started with our World Book Day focus book, The Secret of Black Rock. The children loved listening to a new story and chatting about predictions, new characters, settings and morals of the story. We looked at the importance of looking after the oceans - inspired by the main character Erin Pike and designed our own sea creatures.
Outdoor learning!
Our outdoor learners showed off their impressive knowledge of the Great Fire of London this week. We read about a flea (and a rat) who were caught up in the fire and who managed to share the crumbs from the parmesan that Samuel Pepys buried in his garden. We had a go at using the construction methods of the 1600s and realised how difficult it must have been. There was some great team work and lots of fun making muddy mixtures!
24.2.23 Week in Review
admin on: Class 2
Hi all and good afternoon!
Welcome back to a new half-term! Spring is just around the corner, the days are beginning to lengthen and temperatures are on the rise!
We have had a brilliant week launching our Fire! Fire! topic. We have been learning about the Great Fire of London in both English and history and the children have put together some lovely descriptive text. In PE this week, we have started off some cricket skills and sports acrobatics too. During out maths lessons, we have been looking at the relationship between multiplication and division and noticing some patterns that can be used to solve problems. The class were brilliant at solving some word problems too.
As we are learning all about the Great Fire of London this term, we read a fantastic new book about a flea called Vlad who travelled around London in 1666 between the furry ears of a friendly rat! We thought about the differences between the buildings that are in London now and the ones that burned down in the fire. We had a go at building using wattle and daub (mud, straw and wood). It was a very messy job but lots of fun and we could see how using these building materials worked.
10.2.23 Week in review
admin on: Class 2
Hi everyone and good afternoon,
I hope everyone has a good half-term break, whatever you might be getting up to.
Another half-term has passed and this ends our Scotland topic. The class have been brilliant and enthusiastic! It sounds like quite a few of you are now planning trips north! Apologies if the weather is foul. This week, the class have written postcards from the Isle of Coll to tell others what they could do there and have looked at the variety of landscapes Scotland has to offer, identifying the physical and human features.
We went outdoors to read the story of Katie Morag and the Baking Day and then made some porridgies (Scottish flapjacks) for the birds in the woods.
We had another go at using a map or Struay to recreate it ourselves and this time we added both natural geographical features and manmade features like the lighthouses and cottages. Mrs. Pearce was very impressed by Snowdrop group’s fantastic knowledge of Scotland!
Thanks, everyone - for your ongoing support!
Mr. H.
27.01.23 Week in review
admin on: Class 2
Good afternoon,
We have a great week year two. The class have been performing brilliantly!
We are currently enjoying Harry Potter and Philosopher's Stone as our class reader and I must say that now Harry has arrived at Hogwarts, things are getting interesting!
In maths, the class have been working hard on fractions! We started the week working with loads of apparatus to share equally and as the week has progressed we have tried representing amounts visually and pictorially. To top things off, the class also enjoyed learning some shortcuts using tens and ones to half and quarter.
This week, the class have learned about the regional variations in Scotland and observed the human and physical features of the Highlands, Islands, Central Belt and Southern Uplands. They have also used Mairi Hedderwick's Katie Morag stories as inspiration for their own creative writing. We have planned out our stories using planners and storyboards and are ready to write them up with added detail next week.
Thanks all, have a good weekend!
Mr. H.
20.01.23 Week in review
admin on: Class 2
Good afternoon all,
We have been writing fact files about Katie Morag in English this week, The class have been trying to include different sentence types and various conjunctions. They are looking good so far!
In maths, we have worked on clever ways of adding and subtracting with the aim of making the process simpler with less chances for errors.
We have loved PE this week despite the icy weather. The class continued to impress during rubgy and showed amazing skills in hockey!
During geography, we named and labeled the countries, seas and capital cities of the British Isles. The class were brilliant at using the atlas to reference their work.
Thanks everyone, have a good weekend!
Mr. H.