Science Museum Visit

This week we had fun at the Science museum. We enjoyed travelling up on the tube to the museum and then exploring patterns and symmetry in the Pattern Pod workshop. We also enjoyed exploring the museum especially the Energy, History of Medicine and Engines and Aircraft exhibitions. Take a look at the photos above to see the fun that we had! A big thank-you to the parents who came along to help make the trips a success.

Disability Week

This week was Disability week. We learnt that disability is no barrier to success. We learnt about different types of disability including Autism, Cerebal Palsy and visual impairment. We also met some people with different disabilities.

We had lots of questions to ask and were all very interested. We learnt about the work of a foot and mouth painter and had a go ourselves. We found it very difficult but had fun! It showed us how talented these people are.

We are all very excited about our trip to the Science museum next week.

Have a good weekend,

Mr. Merchant and the Year 2 team.

A busy first week back!

We had a busy first week back and are all getting back into the swing of things. We have been busy practising our Christmas play and are all doing a good job of learning our lines and the songs.

In Numeracy we have been learning how to use a numberline to add numbers together and learning how to solve word problems. In Literacy we have been looking at the book - The Snail and the Whale by Julia Donaldson, about a snail who takes a trip around the world on the tail of a whale! We will be looking at lots of Julia Donaldson books this term so if you get a chance to read any at home, please do so.

Next week is Disability week so we are looking forward to learning about this important topic.

The following week, we have our school trip to the Science Museum. Please return your reply slip as soon as possible if you have not yet done so.

Thank-you,

Mr. Merchant

One World Week

This week we enjoyed learning about different cultures as it was One World Week. Year 2 were looking at the Continent of Asia. We learnt about the different countries in Asia and some information about them. We looked at a map of Asia and found out where the different countries were and what the Asian seas were called. We learnt about some of the important animals in Asia and made elephant masks. We were also fortunate enough to have Mia's mum come in to talk to us about her culture.

We especially enjoyed our carnival today.

Homework for half term is for children to learn their parts for the Christmas play and when they are coming on/off etc. They can also begin to learn the songs for our Christmas production which are on the Year 1 blog. More to be added soon!

Have a great half term break.

Mr. Merchant and the rest of the Year 2 team.

Maths Challenge Day

For Maths challenge day we were looking at Number.

We learnt and practised our number bonds to 10 and 20. We made 'Hearts in love' to help us remember our number bonds.

We also took part in a number bond obstacle course and used the parachute and some songs to help us.

In Science we have been learning about what a switch is and how they can help us. We made our own switches and then used them to turn on and off a lightbulb.

We have also started to practise the songs for our Christmas play.
We are looking forward to One world week next week when we will be looking at the continent of Asia.

Mr. Merchant

Electricity!

Year 2 had a great time this week exploring electricity! We learnt about the different electrical components; their names and what they are used for. Then we made our own circuits before testing some objects to see if they were conductors or insulators of electricity. We all worked well with our partners and remembered our electrical safety rules.

Measuring and Space!

We have had a busy week in Year 2!

In Numeracy, we carried on our work on measuring. We learnt about all the different measurements, their units and the equipment that you needed to measure with - Length and Width / Capacity / Mass and Time.

In Literacy we carried on our work on the book Beegu. We thought more about the characters and how they felt at different times in the book. After that, we started to create our very own space stories. In D+T last week we designed bread from salt dough and this week we made our designs. They all looked really good and it's a shame that we can't actually eat them!

We are looking forward to a visit from the Fire Brigade on Friday as well as our book character dressing up day. Myself and Miss Porter have our costumes ready!

Have a good weekend,

Mr. Merchant