Today we looked at onomatopoeia. We thought about words we knew that make sounds (like splash, sizzle, fizz, crack). We watched a clip from a film without the sound and added the onomatopoeia words when we thought they we needed. Here is some of the work we produced afterwards.
Busy Afternoon
On Tuesday we got lots done! Our pointillism dragon
Shrove Tuesday and Ash Wednesday
Today Isobel came to talk to us in assembly about the history and importance of Shrove Tuesday and Ash Wednesday to the Christian community.
Parents Conferences
Just a reminder that our parents conferences start at 15:30 on Wednesday and Thursday. I still have some available slots on Thursday for anyone who has not booked yet. Bookings can be made through the office or through ParentMail. Thanks, Mr Salmon
Medieval Dance
Because lots of our fantasy stories are set in medieval times, today we started learning some medieval dances. After learning some simple steps, we started with some circle dances before moving in to a line dance. We found the steps easy to do, but much harder to do them all in time with the beat!
Maths – Missing Numbers
This week we have looked at missing numbers. We have used balance scales to picture how to solve them. When there has been an unknown number we have added more to the highest side until the sides balanced again. This can work for adding and taking away. This weeks year 2 homework continues this idea with missing numbers. The second problem looks like this: This puzzle is another way of looking at missing numbers. To solve it start with the row or column that is all one type of fruit. The 4 apples add up to 80. This is like ? + ? + ? + ? = 80. We can try numbers until we get to 80, but they must be the same number for each ?. 10 +… Read more »
Fantasy and Fairytale
We have been enjoying our new topic of fantasy stories and traditional tales. To start with, we looked at different stories to see what sort characters and settings the stories shared. Today we made helmets and hats that characters from these stories might wear. Here are some pictures of us creating our helmets and hats:… Read more »
Half Term Homework
I hope you are enjoying your break, Class 2. When you get back to school our topic will be The Fantastical. Below is are some activities you can do to get ready for it. Reading We will be using lots of new words to describe characters and settings in our fantasy world and will be… Read more »
Week 5 – Spellings
The plural spelling rules we have covered this week are as follows. Words ending in y (that have a consonant in front of them) ‘We drop the y and add an i’ then es lady – ladies baby – babies Words ending in the /f/ sound We drop the f and add an es wolf – wolves shelf – shelves dwarf – dwarves Words ending with a /ch/ /sh/ /x/ /s/… Read more »
Playground markings
Today, the School Council met with Luke to plan and design the playground markings. They worked hard using squared paper to plan the layout of the markings. The markings are due to be installed in the Summer term. Thank you Luke for all of our hard work and support with this project.