Monday 27 February 2017
African Drumming!
On Friday, as part of our Geography topic on Ghana, we had a djembe drumming lesson with Miss Groves. We learnt different beats and then put all of the different beats together to create a fantastic piece of music!
The Enormous Crocodile
In maths we listened to the story of The Enormous Crocodile.
Year 2 had a problem to solve.
Did you know that Dwarf Crocodiles can grow up to 2 metres long? How else can we measure this length? We used non-standard units of measure to solve this problem (pom poms, spaghetti, pasta and cubes) We had to measure 2m usingour chosen unit.
The tricky bit was, Miss Groves only gave us 1 metre to measure with! That meant that we had to double our answer to find out how long 2m would be in our chosen unit.
Year 2 had a problem to solve.
Did you know that Dwarf Crocodiles can grow up to 2 metres long? How else can we measure this length? We used non-standard units of measure to solve this problem (pom poms, spaghetti, pasta and cubes) We had to measure 2m usingour chosen unit.
The tricky bit was, Miss Groves only gave us 1 metre to measure with! That meant that we had to double our answer to find out how long 2m would be in our chosen unit.
Great phonics website!
www.phonicsplay.co.uk is a great website that has some free interactive games. WE use this website at school and the children love it! Feel free to use it at home to support your child's knowledge of letters and sounds!
Miss Groves
Sunday 19 February 2017
Welcome back!
Welcome back!
This half term our writing theme will be 'The Jungle' We will be researching animals from the jungle to write our own reports as well as writing our own animal stories based on 'The Tiger who came to Tea'. Any support you could give your child on researching the Jungle over the next 5 weeks will be greatly appreciated! Feel free to share any facts you have learnt during Show and Tell on a Friday.
We will also be learning about shape, space and measures during the first 2-3 weeks back at school. Feel free to work with your child exploring different shapes and units of measure that you may have/find/use around the home. Also, please continue to support your child with their mental maths. By the end of year 2 children will need to know their 2, 5, 10 and 3 times tables.
We will continue to listen to all children every week for guided reading. Please continue to listen to your child read every night and ask them questions about the book they're reading to support their comprehension and understanding of the text.
We will be doing P.E. on a Tuesday and Friday afternoon next half term. Please ensure that your child has full P.E. kit in school including; trainers, shorts, joggers, t-shirt and jumpers at all times in case these days need to change.
As always, please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any queries or questions.
Best wishes,
Miss Groves
This half term our writing theme will be 'The Jungle' We will be researching animals from the jungle to write our own reports as well as writing our own animal stories based on 'The Tiger who came to Tea'. Any support you could give your child on researching the Jungle over the next 5 weeks will be greatly appreciated! Feel free to share any facts you have learnt during Show and Tell on a Friday.
We will also be learning about shape, space and measures during the first 2-3 weeks back at school. Feel free to work with your child exploring different shapes and units of measure that you may have/find/use around the home. Also, please continue to support your child with their mental maths. By the end of year 2 children will need to know their 2, 5, 10 and 3 times tables.
We will continue to listen to all children every week for guided reading. Please continue to listen to your child read every night and ask them questions about the book they're reading to support their comprehension and understanding of the text.
We will be doing P.E. on a Tuesday and Friday afternoon next half term. Please ensure that your child has full P.E. kit in school including; trainers, shorts, joggers, t-shirt and jumpers at all times in case these days need to change.
As always, please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any queries or questions.
Best wishes,
Miss Groves
Monday 6 February 2017
Position and movement
This week in maths we will be learning all about position and movement. Today we discussed the type of vocabulary we might use if we were to direct a person around the playground.
* forwards/backwards
*left/right
*straight ahead
*stop
Tomorrow we will be programming Beebots to get them from place A to B.
* forwards/backwards
*left/right
*straight ahead
*stop
Tomorrow we will be programming Beebots to get them from place A to B.
Friday 3 February 2017
Building blocks
Today in maths we were trying to work systematically to solve a problem.
We had 4 different coloured cubes and we were investigating how many different combinations we could find to build them up.
We're still working on the final number!
We had 4 different coloured cubes and we were investigating how many different combinations we could find to build them up.
We're still working on the final number!
Wednesday 1 February 2017
Dissecting plants
WALT: Explore plants.
Today we dissected plants. We
used scissors and our hands to take apart a plant and explore what they’re like
inside. We noticed that the plants
carried a lot of water inside them and that they were squishy on the inside. We
used magnifying glasses to look even closer!
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