Year 2 (Class 6) - Maths - Shape

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We have continued our shape learning in class 6 this week.

We have looked at the properties then had a go at making and drawing the shapes ourselves.

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Maths

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Year 2 (Class 7) - Art - Primary & Secondary Colours

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Class 7 have been continuing our artwork inspired by Leonid Afremov.

Today we mixed primary colours to make secondary colours and added tints and shades to make them lighters and darker to create our colourful backgrounds. 

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Art

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Year 2 (Class 7) - Maths - Shape Walks

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Some of class 7 and year 2 have been taking part in shape walks around school.

Looking for 2D shapes and taking pictures of them. They found circles, squares, rectangles and triangles.

I wonder if you could help them find any at home?  

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Maths

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Year 2 (Class 6) - History - Norman Castles

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In class 6, we have been learning all about Norman castles.

We have explored the two types of castles - motte-and-bailey and stone keep and today we have discussed who lives and works in a castle. We learnt all about the different jobs in a castle and thought about what job we would like if we…

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History

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Year 2 (Class 7) - Computing - Digital Literacy Skills

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Year 2 have been working hard in computing practicing their digital literacy skills.

Typing with 2 hands, changing fonts and just generally typing all about themselves.

They can even all log on themselves.

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Computing

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Year 2 (Class 5) - Science - Objects & Materials

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In science we have looked at different objects and the materials they are made from.

We have started to investigate why objects are made from different materials. Today we looked at a variety of balls.

We conducted an investigation to see which ball would bounce the highest.

We then…

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Science

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Year 2 (Class 6) - Maths - 2D Shapes

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In class 6, we are learning all about shape in Maths.

Today we identified and named 2D shapes, then some children went on a shape hunt all around school to see what 2D shapes are in the environment. 

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Maths

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Year 2 (Class 6) - PSHE - Friendship

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In class 6 we have been thinking about friendship in our PSHE lessons.

We have discussed what makes a good friend, what we like about our friends, and today we have thought about what we would do if our friends were upset. 

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PSHE

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Year 2 (Class 6) - Art - Colour Mixing Skills

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In class 6, we are studying the artist, Leonid Afremov.

We have spent this half term learning the colour mixing skills we will need to imitate his work and today we have completed the first stage of our artwork by creating a background. 

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Art

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Year 2 (Class 6) - English - Conjunctions

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In class 6 we have been learning about the conjunctions 'and' and 'but'.

We linked our learning to our book, 'Rapunzel' by writing compound sentences to compare food we do and do not like.

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English

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Year 2 (Class 5) - Art - Primary & Secondary Colours

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In year two we have studied the artist Leonid Afremov we have experimented with primary colours to make secondary colours and we have looked at tone, tint and shade.

We have now started to create our own work in the style of Leonid.

We have started with the background.

We can’t wait to…

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Art

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Year 2 (Class 6) - Science - Experiments

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In class 6, we carried out an experiment to find out which material would make the best pair of curtains.

We made our predictions, carried out a fair test then ordered the materials from the one that blocked out the most light to the least light.

We found the card would be the best choice of…

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Science

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