Class 2
13.01.23 Week in review
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Good afternoon everyone,
What a lovely week we have had here in class two!
The kick the blog off, we have enjoyed more from the Katie Morag treasury book and loved listening to Katie Morag and Tiresome Ted. The class did a super job writing a diary entry from the point of view of Katie (who was extremely grumpy)!
During maths, year two have been exploring 3D shapes and have been brilliant shape detectives, identifying vertices, edges and faces!
Yesterday, we grabbed lots of computers and loaded up purple mash for a computing music hybrid lesson! We used the 2sequence software to create our very own electronic music. We reviewed some of the music that the class created and I must say that there are some budding music producers in the pipeline. We discussed tempo, volume and beats during a very active and noisy lesson!
Never eat shredded wheat! Never eat salt water! Never eat soggy waffles! Naughty elephants squirt water! These are just a few of the mnemonics that the class had for remembering the four main compass directions during geography. We had world maps out and were looking at different oceans and continents locations in comparison to one another.
In our outdoor learning session, Bluebells did a great job recreating the Isle of Struay where Katie Morag lives. They looked carefully at the map and thought about geographical features such as beaches, harbours, hills and forests then worked in in teams to build their own islands. They also started to add some man made features such as the lighthouse and cottages.
06.01.23 Happy New Year!
admin on: Class 2
Good afternoon everyone,
I hope this blog update finds you all well in 2023!
Here in class two, we have started our new topic on 'Scotland' and so far we have looked at the geographical location of Scotland whilst brushing up on the locations of the seven continents and five oceans of the world.
During our English lessons, the class recounted their breaks and enjoyed listening to a classic Katie Morag story - Katie delivers the mail. The class was brilliant at sequencing the story after I jumbled it up and even summarised the tale in their own words! Very impressive!
This week, our maths learning has revolved around presenting data in tally charts and block graphs. This has been a multi-day project and the end product of creating a block graph looks great!
During art, we discovered the Scottish sculptor Andy Scott, famous for the creation of the Kelpies in Falkirk, along with his other 80 international projects. The class was amazed by the scale of the sculptures as well as the attention to detail. They could not believe how small I was in front of them in a photo!
Lastly, we had a fantastic PE lesson today, learning new rugby skills and the class blew me away with their brilliant throwing and catching skills which they had to adapt to work with our rugby balls! A great lesson!
I hope you all have brilliant weekends and I will see you all next week!
Thanks,
Mr. H.
9.12.22 Week in Review
admin on: Class 2
Good afternoon everyone!
Wow! What a week we have had! It has been a busy one!
To start with, Year 2 delivered their Christmas performance this week after putting in lots of effort learning lines and practicing songs! I think you'll agree that they were all fantastic and got a class merit today in assembly!
Also, we had a special treat yesterday as the Hey Diddles called in to give EYFS and KS1 a show! They were great fun and had all the kids and grown-ups joining in with loads of songs! Great fun all round!
Thanks all and have a good weekend!
Mr. H.
25.11.22 Week in Review
admin on: Class 2
Hi all,
This week has been a shape week in maths and the class have been fabulous shape detectives. They have been able to hypothesise about what shape I might have in a container by seeing only part of it. They have also worked extremely hard using rulers to create accurate representations of shapes too.
During DT, the class have practised some running stitch skills in preparation for making their puppets over the coming weeks.
We have also been practising some singing techniques in music, working together to create harmonies and also trying to separately take turns to create impact. It has been a lot of fun!
Thanks all, have a nice weekend!
Mr. H.
18.11.22 Week in Review
admin on: Class 2
Good afternoon everyone,
The class have had a brilliant week in year two and a highlight of the week has been exploring the book 'Journey' by Aaron Becker. The book contains no words and the story is conveyed by the use of detailed illustrations.
The class have made lovely predictions using the front cover and then looked at the main character's thoughts, feelings, and speech. Finally, they had a go at describing the setting of the story and tried to include adjectives and some adverbs.
We didn’t let the rainy weather stop our outdoor learning this week. We read a story called ‘The Leaf Thief’ which is about a squirrel who thinks someone his stealing all his leaves. His friend Bird has to show him that it’s the wind blowing the leaves away (and this happens every Autumn!). We collected as many different coloured leaves as we could and worked together to make beautiful rainbows with them.
