Year 2 (Class 5) - Oracy - Toby and The Great Fire of London

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In year 2 we are reading the story Toby and The Great Fire of London.

Today we ordered the story so far and retold it in our own words.

We worked on the social and emotional strand of the Oracy framework and made sure we took turns and worked together.

Category: Year 2

History Oracy

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Year 2 (Class 6) - Maths - Multiplication Calculations

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In maths, class 6 have been using arrays to help them solve multiplication calculations. 

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Maths

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Year 2 (Class 7) - History - Sir William Petty Visit

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Class 7 and year 2 had a visit from Sir William Petty all the way from 1666.

He came and told the children all about his friends in London and how their houses were burnt in the Great Fire of London. He used tools from the past to explore what happened and why.

The children loved taking part…

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History

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Year 2 (Class 6) - History - Sir William Petty Visit

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Class 6 loved the workshop with Sir William Petty! 

He came and told us all about the Great Fire of London. 

We really enjoyed pretending we were a London street that set on fire and creating a bucket chain to try and put out the fire. 

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History

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Year 2 (Class 5) - Music - Playing the Glockenspiel

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Class 5 have worked hard to learn notes on the glockenspiel. 

We hope you enjoy the song. 

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Music

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Year 2 (Class 6) - Science - Living Things

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In class 6, we have continued learning about living things.

Today we have learnt what a herbivore, carnivore and omnivore is and sorted animals according to what they eat.

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Science

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Year 2 (Class 6) - History - GFL Fire Spread

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In history, class 6 have been thinking about why the Great Fire of London spread so rapidly. 

We looked at some of the different reasons, then ordered them from most to least important.

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History

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Year 2 (Class 6) - Maths - Multiplication & Division

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In maths, class 6 have started to learn about multiplication and division.

We have begun our topic by exploring equal groups. 

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Maths

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Year 2 (Class 6) - English - Non Fiction Texts

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In class 6, we have been learning all about non-fiction texts in English.

Today we have planned a non-fiction page, including all of the features we have learnt about, ready to write our own text about the Great Fire of London tomorrow. 

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English

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Year 2 (Class 5) - Art - Experimenting with Clay

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Class 5 had a wonderful time experimenting with clay today.

We learned how to make a ball, roll it in to a snake and many more ways to mould the clay. 

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Art

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Year 2 (Class 5) - English - Non Fiction Text

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Today we looked at pages from a non fiction text.

We worked together to match the text to the correct heading. We then read the information and wrote notes .

We will use our notes to write a non fiction text about The Great Fire of London. 

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English

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Year 2 (Class 6) - Science - Classifying Animals

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In class 6 we have been classifying animals in Science.

We looked at each group of animals, before working together to sort a variety of animals.

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Science

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