Class 2 Blog

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  09

  Nov

  Remembrance Day

  Posted by Mr N Kavanagh

  Year 2 have created some stunning portraits of themselves holding poppies. We took black and white photos of ourselves and then created woolen poppies over the top of these to look like we were holding them.
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  07

  Nov

  Science - Habitats

  Posted by Mr N Kavanagh

  We went exploring the school grounds in search of micro-habitats today. We were looking specifically for rotten wood, larges rocks and stones or underneath leaves. We will use what we have found to create a mini-beast fact file next week.
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  06

  Nov

  Literacy - Setting Description

  Posted by Mr N Kavanagh

  We are beginning a new term by revisiting expanded noun phrases. Using the classic story of The Polar Express as a stimulus, year 2 have created their own word bank of adjectives to help them describe the setting later this week.
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  20

  Oct

  Geography - Map work

  Posted by Mr N Kavanagh

  We split into two groups today to try and locate major cities in the United Kingdom. Whilst one group used the index of an atlas to locate the page number and grid reference, the other group used google maps. We then came back as a class to discuss which we found easier.
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  17

  Oct

  Computing - Networks and systems

  Posted by Mr N Kavanagh

  In this lesson we looked at how IT variety is good for you. Just like having a balanced diet, Digital 5 a day is about having a balanced digital diet. This includes creating games and stories online, using our watches to track how many steps we achieve in a day and connecting with our friends and families online. We also discussed how important is was to take breaks from IT and enjoy the "real world".
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  16

  Oct

  Science - Suitability of materials

  Posted by Mr N Kavanagh

  We had great fun today using all the knowledge from this unit of work to identify and choose materials suitable to create a waterproof hat. We looked at Charles Mackintosh and how he discovered a waterproof material. Some of our hats were more successful than others.
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  11

  Oct

  Maths - 3D shapes.

  Posted by Mr N Kavanagh

  We had great fun today making our own 3D-shapes using spaghetti and marshmallows. We had to count edges, faces and vertices and try and spot any patterns amongst our creations.
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  10

  Oct

  PSHE - Being Me In My World

  Posted by Mr N Kavanagh

  We have been discussing rights and responsibilities. This has followed on nicely from our class charter at the beginning of term. We established that we all have the right to learn, feel safe and be respected. We also decided that we have the responsibility to allow others to learn, listen to others, treat others fairly and keep others safe.
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  05

  Oct

  Literacy - Instructional writing

  Posted by Mr N Kavanagh

  We are fully immersed in the world of instructions this week. We have been sequencing instructions and investigating how important they are to be in the exact order. This is helping us to get really bossy with our imperative verbs.
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  04

  Oct

  Computing - Networks and systems

  Posted by Mr N Kavanagh

  We explored the benefits of using IT in the wider world. There was a focus on the use of IT in shops and how devices can work together. Year 2 had a go at sorting activities based on whether they use IT or not and they were able to say why we use IT.