Tag: Class 2
Salt Dough Fossils
Class Two have loved their history unit this half term, learning all about Mary Anning and Dinosaurs. This week we were lucky enough to look at some real fossils and discuss how these provide evidence that dinosaurs existed. We discussed why it is important to study fossils before making our own…
Category: Class of 2018
Rabbit Shelters
This week in SITE, Class Two have used their designs from last week to make their rabbit shelters to help the animals in the local area over the winter. They worked hard to use a range of natural resources, thinking carefully about how they would join each part of their shelter. It was brilliant…
Category: Class of 2018
Tags: Class 2 Design Technology Science
Class Two's Christmas Party
Class Two have thoroughly enjoyed their Christmas Party this afternoon. We played lots of games such as pass the parcel, musical statues and sleeping lions. We listened to some festive music whilst enjoying our delicious treats. We’re looking forward to Santa delivering our presents!
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Category: Class of 2018
Tags: Class 2
Target Practice
Class Two are really enjoying their PE lessons and have been continuing to impress Miss Hole with their throwing and catching techniques. This week we focused on throwing with accuracy, aiming into hoops of various sizes from different distances. The class thought carefully about when it would be…
Category: Class of 2018
Making our own Christingles
Class 2 had a great afternoon learning all about a Christingle. The children thought carefully about what each part of the Christingle symbolises and the importance of it during Advent. We were then lucky enough to get to create one each of our own to take home and share with our families.
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Category: Class of 2018
Letters to Farmer Pete
Class 2 were ecstatic to finally receive a second letter from Farmer Pete about his request for their help to build animal shelters. The children eagerly wrote letters of reply which detailed the animal they wished to build a shelter for as well as posing some of their own questions to Farmer…
Category: Class of 2018
No Pens Day!
Class Two had a great day for No Pens Day this week. In the morning, we used dominoes to find the double and half of different one-digit numbers. We enjoyed playing some games such as Kaboom which used our knowledge of our times tables and common exception words. On the iPads, we worked on…
Category: Class of 2018
Tags: Class 2 English Maths Computing S&L
What a catch!
Class Two have been working hard in their PE lessons on their throwing and catching techniques. This week we worked on our overarm and underarm throwing techniques. We talked about our positioning of our bodies and when to release the ball. We also thought about the importance of each type of…
Category: Class of 2018
Our Gunpowder Plot play
Class 2 have been working hard on our history unit where we have been learning all about Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder Plot. This week we learnt about the order of events in the Gunpowder Plot by reading a play, split into six acts. We worked in small groups to write a short script and rehearse one…
Category: Class of 2018
Minibeasts survey
Class 2 had a brilliant afternoon learning all about microhabitats and minibeasts. We went to the outdoor classroom and completed a survey of the pond and woodland areas before adding up our tally for each animal. Back in the classroom, Class 2 worked really hard to create a pictogram to present…
Category: Class of 2018
Exploring texts about dinosaurs
This week in English we have started learning about non-fiction texts and the children have really enjoyed reading a variety of texts about dinosaurs. We have used our knowledge of the features of non-fiction texts to sort them into fiction and non-fiction!
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Homophones!
Class 2 have been working hard in their phonics lessons where we have been focusing on our Phase 5 Alternative sounds! We have now started our spelling lessons and all of the children have really impressed Miss Hole and Miss Ewen with their enthusiasm and understanding of the homophones we have…
Category: Class of 2018