Class 2 Blog

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  07

  May

  David Attenborough Day

  Posted by Mr N Kavanagh

  To celebrate Sir David Attenborough's 100th birthday, we made our own Planet Earth documentary. We narrated our favourite facts about cheetahs, squirrels and blue whales. We also collected natural resources to make a number 100 sculpture on the playground.
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  01

  May

  PE - Dance

  Posted by Mr N Kavanagh

  We are lucky enough to have Miss Sophie from Amy Addle dance visit us each Friday to help us perform and master dance fundamentals. We are learning a brilliant routine to I'm A Believer from the film "Shrek." We are learning a lot about timing and rhythm and can't wait to add to the routine each week.
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  29

  Apr

  Computing - Digital Music

  Posted by Mr N Kavanagh

  We closed our eyes to listen to two very different pieces of music. We were listening to patterns in music, in particular, patterns in rhythm. We then used Chrome Music Lab to create a pattern using the shapes available.. As we got more confident, we could add more instruments to change our patterns.
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  27

  Apr

  PE - Athletics

  Posted by Mr N Kavanagh

  The children learned how to safely throw foam javelins, focusing on holding them correctly and aiming toward a target. They also threw beanbags and small balls to improve their coordination and strength. By the end of the lesson, we were all more confident about how to stand in the correct position to get the best throw.
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  22

  Apr

  Golf

  Posted by Mr N Kavanagh

  We were taught basic aiming skills as well as developing our striking skills. We used a putter & putt from various distances as well as using a golf club to chip a ball close to the hole. All these skills are helping us to develop concentration skills as well as building our self-esteem, our confidence and our hand eye coordination.
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  20

  Apr

  PE - Athletics

  Posted by Mr N Kavanagh

  We have been developing our awareness of speed when running short and long distances. Today, we looked at how to adjust and make changes to our running, particularly with control and fluency in our movements. We are becoming really good at understanding how our body reacts when running.
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  17

  Apr

  Big Wheel and Walk

  Posted by Mr N Kavanagh

  For the last 2 weeks of the spring term, the whole school were encouraged to walk, cycle and scoot to school. The totals were counted and Year 2 proved to be victorious. We celebrated by having a session on our wheels on the playground.
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  15

  Apr

  Literacy/DT - Types of Bridges

  Posted by Mr N Kavanagh

  Year 2 arrived in class to find an advert for a competition to design an opening-bridge crossing the River Severn. We then looked at different photographs of real-life bridges and talked about the parts of the bridge. For the rest of the sessions, the children became architects to design their own bridge.
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  14

  Apr

  Literacy Hook

  Posted by Mr N Kavanagh

  We are using the story of Rosie Revere, Engineer as our literacy hook for the first part of this term. We spent the first session creating prototypes of our own invention and then used lots of different DT resources to try and create them.
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  16

  Mar

  PE - Balance skills

  Posted by Mr N Kavanagh

  Today we had to keep our eyes focused on a fixed point. We had to show that we could keep a balance with the supporting body part still. We then tried the trickier move of keeping at least one body part in contact with the apparatus throughout the balance.We did all this by keeping our whole body tight and extended.