Making 3D Shapes

This week we were learning all about Shape! We had to look at some pictures of shapes and then use them to make 3D shapes out of lollipop sticks and plasticine. We had to think carefully about the property of the shape when we were making it. It was a little tricky at times but we all managed to create something by the end.

Photos coming shortly!

In our topic work we started our work on Seaside Holidays. We thought about the Seasides that we had visited and how we got there.

A reminder that children are only in Tuesday 3rd May and Wednesday 4th May next week as Monday is a Bank Holiday and Thursday and Friday are INSET days.

Have a good long weekend,

Mr. Merchant

Easter is here!

Easter is here and we say goodbye to our Explorers topic. What a lot we have all learnt this term! We have all been working really hard. Please find below details of the homework for the Easter period. During the Summer term we will be looking at the topic the 'Sensational Seaside' which explores the differences between seaside holidays now and in the past. We will be using the text Katie Morag to look at what an island is and exploring how where we live is different from where Katie Morag lives on the isle of Struay.

We are back to school on Tuesday 26th April at the usual time. Have a lovely Easter break everyone! Mr. Merchant

Year 2 Easter Homework

Due in Wednesday April 27^th Please

Literacy

Your Literacy homework is to keep a diary for one week of the Easter holidays. You can write about what you did, who you saw, how you felt etc. Remember to use all of the things that we have been talking about that make your writing exciting!

Full stops and capital letters

Different connecting words

Different ways of starting your sentences (sentence openers)

Adjectives (describing words) and ‘WOW’ words

Different punctuation (commas in lists, question marks, exclamation marks)

Neat handwriting

Use your sounds/keywords to help with your spellings.

You can also include pictures and photographs if you want to.

This work can be done in your green homework books or you can use your own book if you wish.

Numeracy

Please continue to learn your 2, 5 and 10 times tables and the related division facts

e.g. 2 x 5 = 10 so 10 divided 5 would be 2.

Can you remember the other words that mean the same as multiply?

Can you remember the other words that mean the same as divide?

Topic

Next term our topic (as part of the Creative Curriculum) will be ‘The Sensational Seaside!’ If you get a chance please visit the library / look on the Internet to try and find out how Seaside holidays in the past were different to Seaside holidays nowadays.

Have a lovely Easter break.

The Year 2 Team (Mr. Merchant, Miss Porter, Miss Harris, Mrs Simons, Mr King)

Easter is near!

Andras jumping through the air in Gymnastics!

This week in Numeracy we have been looking at Fractions. We learnt how to find fractions of numbers and fractions of shapes. We looked at a pizza and found out about how to cut it out halves and quarters. Some of us even had a go at adding some fractions together!

In Literacy we have been looking at Fairytales. We looked at what all Fairytales have in common with each other before looking at some modern alternatives of classic fairytales and seeing how they were different. We really enjoyed reading the story of the Three little wolves and the big bad pig. Mr Merchant's favourite part is when the pig tries to use a Pneumatic drill to get into the Pig's house!

In Science we looked at which exercise is best for us. We did 5 different exercises for the same amount of time and counted our breaths after each one. We found out that jumping on the spot was the best exercise for us because it made us use up more of our oxygen than the others. Next week is the last week before Easter.

We are looking forward to hearing the Easter story and eating all of those Easter eggs!

Mr. Merchant and 2M :-)

Explorers Day!

On Thursday we had our Explorers day to mark the end of our Explorers topic. Some of us went to Miss Porter's class and some went to Mr Merchant's class. We started off by thinking about why people explore and what they may be looking for when they explore. Then we thought about what we should take with us when we go exploring and what the best things to wear would be.

After play we received a letter from Alfred Cook (Son of the great James Cook) who wanted to test our exploring abilities. He told us that he had left us some treasure but we needed to follow the clues to find it. Then he left us a list of objects that we had to find around the school. Miss Harris's group came first and Mr. Merchant and Mr Nelson's group joint second.

In the afternoon we did some role-play about an exploring adventure and then created a mindmap for everything that we could remember about exploring and explorers.

We had a great day.

Our topic next term is the Seaside so we are looking forward to that too!

Mr. Merchant

Olympic Week 2011

We had great fun at Olympic week. We tried lots of different activities including Parachute games, Capoeira, Yoga, Speedstacking and Gymnastics. Please find above some photographs of the fun that we and the whole school had during the week. We are looking forward to Olympic week next year as 2012 is a special year for sport!

A reminder that we have our Explorer day on Thursday where we will spend the whole day taking part in Explorer based activities. Children are invited to come to school dressed as explorers for the day. We look forward to seeing your costumes! Don't forget your explorer tools too - they may come in useful!

Amazing Work!

On Monday Mrs Crouch from Chigwell Infants School came in to work with some of us in the forest. We had great fun finding hidden cards, playing the 'Wake the dragon' game and building a house for a rat! The children who didn't get a chance to take part in the session will have their session this week.

In Literacy we worked extremely hard with our Reading and Writing assessments :-)

In Numeracy we enjoyed mental maths week and reminded ourselves of Number bonds to 10, 20 and 100, Odd and Even numbers, Ordering numbers and Right angles.

In P.E we finished and performed our jump and travel sequences and performed them to the rest of the group. We spoke about what was good about our sequences and how we could improve them.

We are all looking forward to Olympic week next week. Please ensure that children have their P.E kit in school each day and bring 1 pound to come dressed as a sporting hero on Friday.

Mr. Merchant

'Stop, Look, Listen, Think'

This week Year 1 and 2 had Mrs Cray from the Redbridge Road Safety team visit to talk to the children about how to keep safe on the roads. We enjoyed acting out the different vehicles and thinking about how to cross the road safely. We learnt how important the words 'Stop, Look, Listen, Think' are when we are crossing the road.

In Numeracy we have been thinking about measuring. We learnt about the difference between standard and non-standard measures and how to estimate and measure accurately. We looked at an investigation into 'Do taller people have bigger hands?' and found out that they don't.

In Literacy we have been looking at the book, 'Bob's best ever friend' We created a new friend for Bob thinking about what makes a good descriptive piece of writing. The children may have told you about the alien spaceship that landed in the playground, yet we are still to find the alien so he may still be in the school somewhere!

Next week we are all looking forward to mental maths week and getting better at our number skills.

Homework this week is Literacy, due in Wednesday. Children have also taken their road safety competitions home to complete.

Mr. Merchant