Visit to Ledston Hall

Maths - Money Game

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/money/toy-shop-money 

Design and Technology - Making Puppets

The children are at the final stage of their puppets topic. They cut out a template, drew the outline, cut the felt and then sewed together the front and back using a running stitch. We will share the completed puppets soon! 

Fluency Focus

This week, the children have learned a poem called 'Missing Daisy'. Listen to this week's poem read fantastically by Hannah, Jai and Ella. 

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Number day 2024

Great Fire of London Game

Year 2 have been learning all about the Great Fire of London and they have made a timeline of the events. 

https://www.fireoflondon.org.uk/game/ 

Game - The Great Fire of London Help Tom and Jane through six dramatic days as they experience the fire! Follow the story of the fire and play games to battle and escape the flames. www.fireoflondon.org.uk

Design and Technology - Nutritious Wraps

Geography - Researching Kenya

During Geography, the children created a fact file all about Kenya by researching key facts online. 

Culture Week

Culture Week - Hair braiding and beading

Culture Week

Times Tables Rock Stars - Kingfishers VS Sparrows

Maths - Snow Day

In Year 2, children need to know their 2-, 5- and 10-times tables and division facts rapidly. We've been focusing on multiplication and division this week so practise these using the link below. For further challenge, move to your 3's (times and divide). 

If you are already confident with these tables. Please log in to Times Tables Rock Stars to practise harder tables. 

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button

https://play.ttrockstars.com/auth/school/student

Finally, have a wonderful day playing in the snow! 

Miss Lennon and Mrs Simpson 

English - Snow Day

Year 2 are learning about 'Cautionary Tales' this week. We have been exploring morals in different fables. We have been learning about popular fables such as 'The Hare and the Tortoise', 'The Lion and the Mouse' and 'The Boy who cried Wolf'.

Listen to this new fable and think about what the moral of the story might be.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/school-radio/audio-stories-the-dog-and-the-reflection/zrmmjhv 

You might want to create your own fable using one of the morals below. You could create your own story map too.

• Always be kind 
  
• Slow and steady wins the race 
• Don't boast 
• It is important to share 

Educational Visit to Abbey House Museum

Year 2 had a wonderful time on their morning outing to Abbey House Museum. They experienced what life was like in Victorian Leeds and visited the galleries to see childhood toys from the past.  

Impressed Print

Across this term, Year 2 have been learning all about different printing techniques. This week they practised and created an impressed print of a London landmark. Excellent work everyone!  

SkyArts Afternoon with Mrs Dobson

A huge thank you to Mrs Dobson for leading a fantastic art lesson that the children thoroughly enjoyed. The children loved creating a portrait of someone who was special to them. There final pieces were excellent and full of colour and creativity. The final pieces will be posted soon so keep your eyes out.    

What did Florence Nightingale do?

We started our new History topic this week which has really engaged the children! We are learning all about Florence Nightingale: Who was she? What did she do? Why does it matter to us? We started by looking at what hospitals were like before and after Florence Nightingale. The children became history detectives, looking through information for clues, and they came up with some fantastic thoughts and observations.

 

 

 

 

 

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Finding equal groups

In Maths, we are starting to introduce division to the children. Today we had a practical lesson which involved splitting numbers into two or three equal groups – for example split 8 into 2 equal groups. The children practiced finding equal groups of different sizes and using this to write a division sentence.

 

 

The effects of exercise!

Before the half-term holiday, our Science topic was looking at hygiene and healthy living, which involved thinking about the effects that exercise has on our body. We decided that the best way to do this was to put it to the test! So we took part in five activities and recorded how we felt afterwards. We talked about how it increased our heartrate, made our breathing quicker, and sometimes made our arms and legs feel heavy! We also talked about the positive impact this has on in keeping our hearts healthy.

 

Art - printing cityscapes

We have been using printing techniques to create our own London cityscapes. We used a picture of the London skyline to recreate our own buildings by printing from different objects using blue, red and yellow paint. Have a look at some of the fantastic creations that the children have come up with!

 

 

 

PE - balance

We have been enjoying learning how to balance whilst doing different movements such as walking and running forwards and backwards, and jumping. We created a circuit to practice lots of different types of balancing.

 

 

PE - jumping combinations

In PE, the children have been learning to maintain balance when jumping and landing. They used this skill to develop their own jumping combination, by combining 3 jumps and measuring the distance they travelled.   

Art - London Landmarks

Year 2 used continuous lines to record their ideas and knowledge of London Landmarks. Can you guess what famous landmarks they drew? Some children added tone to their drawing, which the children learned about last term. What a great start to our new art topic!  

NSPCC Number Day

 Number Day is on its way!!

Number day is taking place on the 3^rd of February and we will be taking a new twist on number day this year. This year our number day will be linked to shape, space and measure. we will be participating in interactive maths activites all day, exploring everything linked to number and shape!

Can you create your own number themed outfit?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1zi3ELqq3Q 

Johnny Ball's Number Day maths challenge Thank you for taking part in the NSPCC's Number Day 2023! Get your maths mind ready with these challenges from Johnny Ball – can you work out the answers? Le... www.youtube.com

Money games!

This week we have been learning about money in our Maths lessons. The children have enjoyed playing with coins and exploring how we can make different amounts of money. There is a fantastic game that you can play at home to help to build their knowledge and confidence – have a look here: https://www.topmarks.co.uk/money/coins-game

 

We have also started our new Geography topic looking at the United Kingdom, and we will be finding out more about the four countries that make up the UK over the next few weeks.

Science - Absorbency

 Today Year 2 have been testing materials to find out which were absorbent and non-absorbent. They started by making predictions and then tested out the materials by watching how quickly they soaked up water. They tested cotton wool, cardboard, paper towels, kitchen roll, sponges and plastic. 

''We found out that the sponge was most absorbent.'' (Nubia)

Amazing Artwork

                                                         'A Fiery Night' 

By Sparrows Class, inspired by Vincent Van Gogh's Starry Night 

Art - Making Calendars

Year 2 have been using charcoal, graphite pencils and other tools to create self-portraits for their yearly calendars. Can you guess who is who? 

Science - Materials

Today the children have been learning about properties of materials. Click the link to find out about more about materials and how they are made.  

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zdpftrd 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/class-clips-video/primary-science-how-crayons-are-made/zv6hf4j 

Science KS1/KS2: How are crayons made? - BBC Teach With the help of Curious Cat, two children visit a crayon factory to find out how they are made. Suitable for Key Stage 1, Key Stage 2 and Early First Level and Second Level www.bbc.co.uk

Fire Fire!

Today's visit from Cookridge Fire and Rescue Service was fantastic. The children learned about fire safety and asked brilliant questions to find out more. They found out ways to stay safe in emergency situations as well as learned about the fire triangle. Afterwards, the children saw the fire equipment, went into the fire engine and got to try on some uniform.