Class 2 Blog

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  23

  Sep

  Computing

  Posted by Mrs L Baker

  Year 2 began to use coding on Purple Mash to make planes move on an airport. They had to choose the correct instructions, algorithms, to make the planes do what they wanted and solve the challenges.
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  22

  Sep

  DT

  Posted by Mrs L Baker

  Last week, in DT we investigated a split pin horse and designed our own split pin animals that we will make into puppets. We could design any animal that helped in WW1 such as a bird, horse, dog and even elephant! This week, we have begun to make the product by cutting and joining materials with split pins. It was tricky but Year 2 did well!
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  21

  Sep

  Maths

  Posted by Mrs L Baker

  This week we have been learning to order numbers with different tens, the same tens and to use <, > and =.
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  20

  Sep

  Reading At Home

  Posted by Mrs L Baker

  60% of Year 2 read at least 3 times last week. Well done everyone. Please remember how important reading at home is. It is surprising how much impact reading little and often at home will have. This will help your children to make better progress in their learning across all subjects. Here are some top tips if you are finding it tricky: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zbxby9q#:~:text=Reading%2C%20being%20read%20to%2C%20and%20sharing%20books%20in,and%20are%20more%20likely%20to%20do%20well%20academically.
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  16

  Sep

  Science: Material Investigation

  Posted by Mrs L Baker

  We completed our first investigation this week answering the question, What would make the best material for a waterproof coat? This was after learning that the first WW1 uniforms were made of wool and cloth! The children poured the same amount of water over beakers with different materials covering them and then measured how much water had been let through.
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  16

  Sep

  DT

  Posted by Mrs L Baker

  Year 2 are planning on making our own stick puppets. To help us to do this we first looked at how other split pin animals are made and made a split horse from a template. We could then choose from an elephant, dog, bird or horse as these are animals that helped in WW1 to design a plan.
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  15

  Sep

  Maths: Partitioning

  Posted by Mrs L Baker

  In maths this week we continued to look at place value and partitioning. The children have been great at partitioning numbers into tens and ones. We then looked at different ways to partition the same number. This was much more challenging so any help at home would be fantastic.
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  15

  Sep

  Secret Student

  Posted by Mrs L Baker

  Congratulations to Stanley for earning the secret student award! Well done!
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  14

  Sep

  PSHE Worry Monsters

  Posted by Mrs L Baker

  In PSHE, we chatted about what someone could be worried about when coming into a new class for the first time. The children spoke about being around lots of people again, COVID and shared their worries really well. We read a story about The Huge Bag of Worries which gives the message that the best thing to do with worries is to share them! We then created worry monster with worries in their bellies.
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  14

  Sep

  Secret Student

  Posted by Mrs L Baker

  Congratulations to Josh for earning the secret student award! Well done!