Our story will be: The Same but Different Too
Our rhyme of the week will be: Incey Wincey Spider
Our maths work will focus on: Exploring patternWe will also be: painting our self-portraits, learning about how we’ve changed since we were babies, finding out about opposites and tapping out rhythms using claves
We have been learning about human and physical features in Geography. We loved looking at ordnance survey maps, learning what some of the symbols mean and comparing the features of different locations.
We have been learning about computer systems and the use of IT around us. We enjoyed learning about the use of barcodes when shopping! We practised buying items, finding their code, checking the price of the item and adding them up. We decided that a computer system would make this process much quicker and simpler!
Our story will be: What Makes Me a Me? & The Gingerbread Man
Our rhyme of the week will be: London Bridge is Falling Down
Our maths work will focus on: It’s Me: 1, 2, 3
We will also be: moving with control and balance in PE.
This week, Year 2 have been exploring the great outdoors on a very special habitat walk around our school grounds. We put on our explorer hats and set off to see what kinds of living things we could discover in the different areas around us.
We learned that habitats are the places where animals and plants live, and that even the smallest spaces can become a home for tiny creatures. As we walked, we spotted so many microhabitats—little hideouts where invertebrates like to live. Some were under logs, others beneath stones, and quite a few were tucked away in the long grass. The most exciting discoveries came when we explored our school garden.
In Denmark class we have been thinking about how we are all different and all special. We thought about our unique selves and looked at mirrors to closely study our features. The children made remarks such as “I have green eyes” and “I have light brown hair”. The children drew self portraits, thinking carefully about the features that made them unique.
We then thought about other ways in which we are all different and unique. We considered our personalities, skills, likes and dislikes with children remarking
“I am good at running.”
“I am creative.”
“I like pizza.”
“I don’t like tarantulas.”
We concluded that it was a really good thing that we are all different and that we each had many skills and qualities that made us special. Well done Denmark Class!
Our story will be: Brown Bear, Brown Bear
Our rhyme of the week will be: Hickory Dickory Dock
Our maths work will focus on: Exploring and using shapesWe will also be: ‘writing’ our own sentences for the story ‘Brown Bear’, using chalk for mark making, building with natural materials, beginning our RE work which will lead up to our Christmas play, and exploring seasonal changes.
Our story will be: What Makes Me a Me? & The Gingerbread Man
Our rhyme of the week will be: Three Blind Mice
Our maths work will focus on: Talk About Measure and Patterns
We will also be: drawing simple maps and making simple patterns
Last week, we did a STEM lego learning challenge which was really fun and tested our brains. We also learnt that STEM stands for Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths. Altogether we did five lego challenges (such as designing and building a vehicle that could explore a planet), which were amazing and we all had a really good time building.
Written by Seth & Amelia
Note from Mr Bamford: Big thanks to Wymondham High School and Mr Brown for the loan of the kits and the opportunity to complete these challenges which were introduced and delivered by RAF in collaboration with ‘Raising Robots’.
This half term we are focusing on the skill of ‘drawing’. We have been learning what drawing means and how we can use different pressure to create different marks on our paper. We have been using drawing pencils and charcoal to create different lines. We discovered that you can rub your pencil line to create a blurred look. This is called smudging. We also experimented with drawing on top of different textures to see if that would change the look of our pencil or charcoal lines.
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