Year 2 (Class 5) - Science - Objects & Materials
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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Year 2 (Class 6) - Maths - 2D Shapes
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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Year 2 (Class 6) - PSHE - Friendship
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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Year 2 (Class 6) - Art - Colour Mixing Skills
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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Year 2 (Class 6) - English - Conjunctions
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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Year 2 (Class 5) - Art - Primary & Secondary Colours
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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Year 2 (Class 6) - Science - Experiments
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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Year 2 (Class 7) - Art - Exploring Colour
Class 7 have been working hard in art exploring colour.
They have been learning about making colours lighter by adding tints or white and colours darker by adding shades of black.
Keep an eye out for our final master pieces.
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Year 2 (Class 6) - R.E - The Teachings of Jesus
In RE, class 6 have been learning all about the teachings of Jesus.
We read the parable of the Feeding of the 5000, before creating beautiful watercolour illustrations to represent the story.
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Year 2 (Class 5) - English - Author Visit
Yesterday, we had a visit from the author Bethan Woollvin.
We had a great time with her, she read her version of Rapunzel, year two really enjoyed it. Bethan then showed us how to draw the main characters.
We had a great time it was so exciting to meet a real author.
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Year 2 (Class 5) - Maths - Greater or Less
In maths we have worked hard recognising 2 digit numbers, we have used the base ten to help us represent numbers.
Today we used the base ten to make numbers and then showed if the number was greater than or less than using the correct symbol.
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Year 2 (Class 7) - English - Author Visit
Year 2 had an author visit. They listened to a twisted fairy tale by Bethan Woollvin, learnt about the process of writing and illustrating a book and learnt how to draw the characters.
We will be continuing to do work on her version of Rapunzel in class.
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