Class 2 Blog

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  22

  Jan

  Author Visit

  Posted by Mr N Kavanagh

  We had a visit from local author B.Ware to read part of her latest book "Warning: May Contain Dragons." We then took part in a writing workshop and even designed the front cover for our book. We had a brilliant time and even got some signed copies too!
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  21

  Jan

  Geography - Islands

  Posted by Mr N Kavanagh

  We looked at aerial photographs of several famous islands and had to make a list of their features. We then discussed that an island is a piece of land that is surrounded on all sides by water. We noticed that continents are also surrounded by water, but because they are so big we don’t consider them islands. We then used an atlas to try and find as many islands as we could.
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  19

  Jan

  P.E - Gymnastics

  Posted by Mr N Kavanagh

  We are continuing to develop our balancing skills. We focused today on keeping our tummy tight and our back straight whilst keeping our eyes fixed on a point to help us balance. We moved between low and high apparatus and held to hold a balance for 3 seconds.
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  16

  Jan

  Science - Growing Up

  Posted by Mr N Kavanagh

  Our focus today was on comparing the stages of the human life cycle. We had to use our observational skills to ask and answer questions about how we grow and develop from a baby to a toddler to a child. We spent a few minutes with Little Jesters and Reception and looked at how their learning is different to ours.
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  14

  Jan

  PSHE - Dreams and Goals

  Posted by Mr N Kavanagh

  We thought of a realistic goal we could achieve, either in or out of school and thought about the steps we could take to help us achieve these. We discussed lots of ways to say how achieving something makes us feel. Key vocabulary from our discussions included realistic, proud, success and achievement.
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  07

  Jan

  Oracy

  Posted by Mr N Kavanagh

  We used our literacy time to improve our oracy skills. Each child was given an animal in secret and had to use close-ended questions to try and work out what the animal was. There were 20 different animals in rotation and we had to be very precise with our questioning.
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  05

  Jan

  Welcome Back

  Posted by Mr N Kavanagh

  Our topic this term is Australian Adventures. The knowledge map can be found on the year 2 page on the school website. We look forward to sharing all our learning with you over the next 2 terms.
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  05

  Jan

  PE - Gymnastics

  Posted by Mr N Kavanagh

  We are looking to reinforce the development of fundamental movement skills and apply them to support weight transfer to help our balance and coordination. We also used apparatus to focus on controlling our movements whilst improving our jumping and landing skills.
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  17

  Dec

  Science - Food Chains

  Posted by Mr N Kavanagh

  We completed our work on habitats by describing how animals obtain their food from plants and other animals. We then had to identify and name different sources of food by making a variety of food chains.
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  11

  Dec

  PSHE - Celebrating Differences

  Posted by Mr N Kavanagh

  We have been looking at the differences between right and wrong and recognising how to spot this. The children gave examples of when and how to stand up for themselves and others and we talked about what to do if you feel you are being bullied.