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Documents to support Home Learning - Friday 27th March
Home Learning Friday 27th March
Reading - Have a go at the attached comprehension ( in documents to download) or read one of your books or one from Oxford Owl to an adult.
Spellings - Have a go at some of the spelling games from spell zone (link from yesterday). Or can you play a game of cherry pie with this weeks spellings? ( We play this game in school, each person says the next letter in the word, if you say a wrong letter you are 'out', if you think that's the last letter in the word you say 'cherry pie')
Spellings Mrs Coates group - Write out this weeks words in your best handwriting. Then have a go at some games to revise phase 3 sounds.
https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/Phase3Menu.htm
Have a go at the games picnic on pluto and pick a picture.
English
Today we are going to focus on using great vocabulary to describe a scene. Have a look at the adjectives powerpoint to remind you what adjectives are. ( link at the top of the page)
Re-watch the Bubbles clip. Have a look at the section around 1.00. Can we think of some good adjectives and words to describe the scene?
https://www.literacyshed.com/bubbles.html
Can we improve e.g. The fish are swimming
e.g. The bright, colourful fish are weaving through the ocean.
Have a go at writing some good quality words and sentences in your book to describe the scene.
To end have a look at the verbs you have used. (powerpoint at the top to remind children what a verb is)
Could you edit one of your sentences to use a more effective verb?
Maths
Warm up - you can work on the adding coins ( game from earlier in the week.) You can adjust the levels to make it more challenging.
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/money/coins-game
Main task - practise using ICT coin calculator to make amounts over £1. For example- £1.50 = £1 + 50p
Try to make...
£1.20
£1.10
£1.35
£1.40
£2. 30
£2. 50
£3.10
http://www.ictgames.com/mobilePage/coinCalculator/index.html
Task: Use the day 5 combining amounts sheet and try to solve the problems. The problems get trickier the further you get down the page. Choose a few to complete.
Challenge- Day 5 money word problems
History- Log into Purple Mash. (log in at the front of the green reading diary) See how many facts you can remember about Queen Victoria and write a fact file about her life. Or you can do this in your book if you prefer.
Documents for Home Learning - Thursday 26th March
Home Learning Tasks for Thursday 26th March
Reading - Find a book in your house or one from the Oxford Owl website ( log in details on sheet in home school book) Read the book aloud to an adult. Have you used some good expression? Have you read taking account of different punctuation marks?
Spelling - Have a go at putting the words into good quality sentences. Can you also use conjunctions in your sentences?
English
Re-watch the Bubbles clip.
https://www.literacyshed.com/bubbles.html
Using the pictures you sequenced yesterday, retell the story. Try to start your sentences in a variety of different ways, also try to use the WOW words which you came up with earlier on in the week.
Maths
Warm up - have another go at answering doubles questions, see if you can answer quicker than you did yesterday.
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
Ask somebody in your house to ask your quick fire questions, how many can you answer in 60 seconds?
Main activity - Continue to practise making the same amount of money in different ways. Go on Education City and have a go at the activity.
Then have a go at the Day 4 worksheet. Try making the amounts of money listed in three different ways.
E.g- 52p = 50p + 2p or 20p + 20p + 10p + 1p + 1p
Challenge- Day 4 worksheet- Try to workout the change you would need.
Science
Draw a table in your book to investigate which objects float and sink. Fill in a sink or bowl with water and test out some some household objects, drop them in the water and see which sink and which float.
Record your observations in your table and try and draw some conclusions. Does it matter what material it is made from? Does the size or shape matter?
Documents to support home learning - Wednesday 25th March
Home Learning Tasks for Wednesday 25th March
Reading - Log onto reading eggs or reading express and complete a lesson or task.
Spellings - Practise this weeks words, which all end 'ey'
Have a look at https://www.spellzone.com/word_lists/games-4720.htm
Mrs Coates group
ie words - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=esc6yoAU5yU
Have a listen to the above. Can you read the words?
English
Today watch the whole Bubbles clip.
https://www.literacyshed.com/bubbles.html
You may need to watch it a few times. Now retell the story to an adult. What happened first, second etc. Have you got all of the events in the correct order? You can sequence the pictures which are attached at the top of the page.- you could print these out and stick them in your book. Don't worry if you can't, just try to remember the key events.
Think about sequencing words which we could use e.g. first, then, next, after that, finally etc.
Maths
Warm up - doubles to 10 - if you can, try the other levels too.
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
a worksheet at the top of the page on doubles.
Maths- Continue to practise making different amounts of money in different ways. Practise this activity on Purple Mash.
Use the Day 3 worksheets attached, to practise adding coins to make an amount of money. Try and work out how much more is needed. Put the number in your head and count on to find out how much more is needed.
Art - Sketching
Have a go at sketching a realistic bee. https://youtu.be/Ho4aUHY6fss
This video can give you step-by-step instructions.
Documents to support learning on Tuesday 24th March
Home Learning tasks for Tuesday 24th March
Reading
Log into Reading eggs/ Reading express and have a go at the two set activities for this week. If you've completed these, then have a go at a reading eggs lesson (if you've not already completed them all). If you have completed them all then have a go a reading express lesson.
Spelling
Have a go at your spelling words for this week. List attached at the top in documents. Write these words out in your best handwriting in your book. Can you read all of the words? Do you know what all of the words mean?
English
Today we are going to watch the first 20 seconds of the clip and discuss. ( Bubbles clip)
https://www.literacyshed.com/bubbles.html
Where is the girl? What is she doing? What do you think might happen next?
Come up with some adjectives, WOW words and phrases to describe the beach, the girl and the bubbles.
You could also use the kids thesaurus link
In your book, write some lists of words to describe the beach, the girl and the bubbles.
Maths
Below are a range of maths activities. Some children might just do the warm up task, there is no need to complete all of the tasks.
Warm up - quick recall of your number bonds to 10 e.g. 6 and ? = 10. What do I have to add to 1 to make 10?
www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button - some great games on here.
Sheet attached at the top to practise these.
Main Activity
Following on from yesterdays lesson, we are going to be adding coins of different values. Get some coins and have a go at adding a variety of different coins e.g. 20p + 5p + 2p + 1p.
Once you've practised this, have a go at the worksheets - link at the top of the page.
Challenge - Can you add notes as well as coins? E.g. £5 + £1 + 20p + 2p + 1p. Children will need to be shown how to write this e.g. £6.23. Provide children with different notes and coins to add up.
RE
We are studying the religion of Islam. Look at the powerpoint at the top of the page about the Qur'an. Then in your book, write your own set of rules which you think people should follow in order to make the world a better place. You could illustrate this too.
Documents to support maths home learning on Monday 23rd March
Monday 23rd March 2020 – Home Learning Tasks
P.E- Joe Wicks/The Body Coach will be doing P.E lessons on youtube on 9am every morning. Please use the link below to access it.
https://www.thebodycoach.com/blog/pe-with-joe-1254.html
Reading- There have been some spelling and reading assignments set on Reading Eggspress. Once you have completed these, choose a book from the Reading Eggspress library.
Maths-
Find some coins in purses and wallets. Sort the coins out into 1p, 2p, 5p, 10p, 50p, £1 and £2 coins.
Task 1: Practise counting the 2p coins in 2s- 2,4,6,8,10
Practise counting the 5p coins in 5s- 5,10, 15,20, 25, 30
Practise counting the 10p coins in 10s- 10, 20, 30, 40, 50
Task 2: Practise counting coins online
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/money/coins-game
https://www.ictgames.com/mobilePage/coinCalculator/index.html
Task 3: Click on the attachment of the fruit shop. Can you pay for the fruit using the coins? Record these in your home learning journal. Example- 50p melon = 20p + 20p + 10p
Challenge: Use the attached powerpoint to solve some money problems
English –
Today, listen to the following beach sounds clip.
www.literacyshed.com/bubbles.html
(clip at the bottom of the page)
Ask the children to close their eyes and imagine, where are they? What can they hear?. Focus on vocabulary – for example- what are the waves doing? Crashing, rolling, creeping up the sand, curling, twirling etc. The seagulls – what are they doing? Squawking, calling, screeching, Is there anything that might be there that you can’t hear? e.g. feel the sand between our toes, the sun in the sky – what would it be doing? Shining, beating down, beaming, warming, gleaming etc.
In books children to have a go at writing some descriptive sentences.
Topic- Go on a materials hunt around your house. What objects are made from wood, metal, plastic, fabric, glass etc? Create a table in your home learning book to record your findings.
You can also go on Purple Mash and do the ‘to do’ set online. This task is labelling objects and saying what material they are made from.
The Wind in the Willows book can be found online.
Please find a link to the ebook on Getepic.co.uk
https://www.getepic.com/app/read/16913
You can also watch the film on youtube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nVBbpb2mMM
As the Wind in the Willows musical has had to stop, they have kindly filmed it and put it online to watch for free. Find the link below.
https://www.willowsmusical.com/
You could also listen to The Wind in the Willows on audible for free. Might be quite nice to listen to a chapter each night as a bedtime story.
https://www.audible.co.uk/pd/The-Wind-in-the-Willows-Audiobook/B004EVJWUU
Documents to download in order to complete the work set out below
Work for children who are self-isolating at home
Many of the resources below have been taken from twinkl.co.uk and if you register with them you are able to access free materials during this period.
English
We have been reading ‘Wind in the Willows’. We are going to write a diary entry in role as Toad when he has been put into jail. We are going to use lots of adjectives to describe Toad’s feelings. We are also ensuring we use punctuation marks accurately and check for any spelling errors. This is a longer piece of writing so try to write for about 20 minutes.
We have set you some assignments on Reading Eggspress. Log in using your password at the front of your green diary. We have set two comprehension lessons and two spelling lessons for you to try. Please also continue to read your reading books (and any other books you have at home) and practise your spellings daily. We have also attached some reading comprehensions that we will be completing this week in class.
Later on this week, we are going to compare ‘Wind in the Willows’ to ‘Fantastic Mr Fox’ (we read this earlier this year). We are trying to identify what is similar about the stories and what is different. We will then write down some of these points.
E.g- Both stories are set in a woodland. Discuss the main characters and the plot of both stories. What disaster happens? How is it resolved?
Maths
Try naming 3D shapes and identifying the properties e.g. number of faces, edges etc.
Then, try comparing two 3D shapes. You could try to pick out what is the same/different about the two shapes e.g. the same number of faces.
We are also continuing with fractions. So, identifying halves, quarters and thirds. We are just moving onto identifying fractions of amounts. Attached are some resources.
We have also set some assignments on Education City. You can find your login details in your green reading diary.
R.E
It is multi-cultural week this week so we have a few visitors in. It would be useful to research Islamic prayer rituals using the presentation above. You could also have a go at designing your own prayer mat.
PE
We are doing some yoga – a useful link is
www.youtube.com/user/CosmicKidsYoga
Art
We are also making Mother’s Day cards in class. Can you cut out tulip petals, fold them in half and stick them together to make a 3D design?
Computing
Try writing your own version of the Wind in the Willows and illustrating it on 2Create a Picture on Purple Mash (their login is in their green Reading diary). Our Computing work this term is all about creating our own images and editing them.
I hope this is useful
3D Sculpture
Take a look at some of our amazing houses from The Great Fire of London.
World Book Day
We all enjoyed coming in dressed as book characters! We loved sharing our favourite books with each other.
A visit from The Fire Service
We were really lucky today to get a visit from Bamber Bridge Fire Service. They taught us some important fire safety rules and we acted out how to escape from a fire quickly and safely. We have been told to check our smoke alarms at home and if we need a smoke alarm, they will happily come and fit one for us!
Making 3D models of houses from The Great Fire of London
We have really enjoyed creating 3D models of Tudor style houses. It was quite tricky covering the boxes in white paper but we got the hang of it eventually! We really enjoyed adding all the pattern and detail to the houses. We used our sketches of Tudor houses to help us. Hopefully we will finish them tomorrow!
Designing vehicles
Today we have been gathering some research on the ipads and designing our own vehicles. We have been thinking carefully about what our car needs to be able to do and what it should look like. We have planned a net of our vehicle and we are excited to make it soon.
Sketching
We have been using different pencils to sketch houses from the time of 'The Great Fire of London'.
Fantastic Mr Fox
Our class novel is 'Fantastic Mr Fox'. We have enjoyed reading the story, making predictions and inferring how the different characters may be feeling. We have come up with lots of WOW words to describe Mr Fox and have created our own 'WANTED' posters.
Multiplication
We are all now becoming very confident with our multiplication skills. This week we have been solving word problems and writing our own equations to represent different arrays.
Hinduism
We have been looking at the 'puja tray' this week. We have asked lots of questions about what the objects are, what they are used for and what they represent.
The Great Fire of London
As part of our History work this half term, we have been learning key facts about 'The Great Fire of London'. We have found about when the fire took place and why it lasted so long. During our art lessons we have been using our painting and collage skills to create our own pictures.
Colour Mixing
In class we have been experimenting mixing primary colours of paint to create different secondary colours. We have used our colour mixing skills to create a background scene for our 'Great Fire of London' picture.
Well done Amber!
Well done to Amber for coming third in her backstroke swimming competition! It sounds like it was a tough race. All of Y2 are very proud of you.
Colour Mixing
We have had lots of fun today mixing different primary colours and experimenting with lighter and darker shades.
Properties of 2D shapes
Today we have had fun creating 2D shapes using straws and plasticine. We discussed the properties of the shapes and had fun measuring the lengths of the sides.
Christmas Crafts
We have enjoyed making Christmas cards this week and some Christmas decorations. We created some lovely Christmas hats for our elves at home. It was hard work but worth all the effort in the end. Well done everyone!
Our Christmas Party
Year two have had a great time at our Christmas Party. We enjoyed our party food played lots of fun Christmas party games! We also had a special visit from Father Christmas!
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The Landlord's Cat
Year Two have all really enjoyed learning the songs, actions, dances and lines ready for our Christmas play. The children performed brilliantly and we are very proud of them all. Well done Year Two!
Honour's emergency phone call
We've carried out lots of work during Life Skills week about keeping ourselves safe both online and in everyday life. Unfortunately, Honour's mum had an accident at home (thankfully, she's ok now) and Honour remembered how to phone for an ambulance. Honour appeared on BBC North West Tonight and BBC radio. She also received an award for her bravery. Well done Honour!
Lego City
We were very lucky to have a visit from Steven the lego man. He showed us how to use different components including bulbs, batteries and wires to make our lego buildings light up! We created a huge class city.
Eating a balanced meal
We worked in groups to create a balanced meal, we discussed good sources of carbohydrates, fats, proteins and vitamins. Everyone using playdoh to create a variety of foods. We then practised our cutting skills using knives and forks.
Looking after pets
As part of our work during Life Skills Week we had a visit from the Blue Cross who explained all about how to care for pets. They talked to us all about a range of different pets and the things they would need in order to live happily.
Gymnastics
In our PE this half term we are developing our travelling and jumping skills. We have been exploring different ways we can travel using hands and feet. We have developed some simple sequences.
Science Investigation
We have been investigating if there is a link between a person's height and the length of their foot. We all made a prediction and then had fun measuring our heights and foot lengths. Ask us what our conclusion was!
Design Technology - Dips and Dippers
This week we have been sampling different types of dips and dippers and describing the taste and texture using good adjectives. We have designed and then made our own dips and dippers. We have developed our chopping skills and enjoyed tasting new flavours.
Syllables
We have been reading different words and then investigating how many syllables each word has. We've then sorted them into groups.
Dance
This half term we have been working with Sarah, a dance coach from South Ribble Sports Partnership. We have been following different dance routines and then creating our own with a partner. We came up with some fantastic routines.
Music
This half term we have been learning some new songs and then playing some simple melodies on the glockenspiels. We've all really enjoyed this.
Reading and Writing Instructions
We have been reading and following different sets of instructions and identifying the key features. We really enjoyed following instructions to create a witch. Have a look at us in action!
Science
This term we are researching and finding out about humans and animals. We started the term by carrying out a range of investigations and making predictions. We really enjoyed testing our senses- especially the tasting station!
Maths in Year 2
We have been busy developing our counting skills. We have been doing a range of activities such as finding one more and one less than different two digit numbers, recapping our number bonds to ten and twenty and partitioning numbers in different ways.
Martin Mere
Linked to our Science work on habitats and food chains, we all visited Martin Mere Wetlands Centre. We had great fun hunting for minibeasts in the wooded area and finding out how useful they are to the ecosystem. We also enjoyed pond dipping and identifying the invertebrates we found. We spent the afternoon playing on the park, spotting different birds and having fun in the 'Wild Walk' area.
Minibeast Poetry Performance
It was the turn of Y2 to write and perform a series of poems for the rest of the school and our parents. We decided that the theme of our assembly would be minibeasts. We wrote kennings, poems with alliteration and poems with rhyming couplets. We also included one of our favourite songs, 'What a Minibeast You Are'. Thank you to everyone who came to watch; the children performed brilliantly!
Make Music Day
It was 'Make Music Day' last week and Brody kindly brought in his ukulele and treated us to a few musical performances throughout the day. You sounded fantastic, good luck with your grade one!
Dance from the Heart
We have had lots of fun this term learning the 'Dance from the Heart' routine. This year's focus was 'Space'. Here are some pictures of us in action!
Making Puppets
Y2 have been designing and making puppets this term. We had lots of fun deciding which animals to make and researching different types of puppets. Have a look at some of our designs and our sewing skills.
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Science Week
This week has been Science Week! The week started off well with a Mad Science Assembly. They then came to work with us in Y2. We investigated different mixtures and we all made some slime! Later in the week, we visited the planetarium and looked at different constellations. We took part in many investigations; we made our own planes using a range of materials and tested them. We also looked at the effect that mento fizzy sweets have when added to coke. We have also been investigating the conditions that cress needs to grow well. We have some predictions and we are waiting to see the results.
P.E
In P.E, we have been working on our throwing and jumping. We have linked it to our maths work by measuring our throws and jumps in metres. We finished the session with a relay race!
Science
As part of our science work, Y2 have been outside to collect flowers. We brought them back to class to sketch them and label the parts of the plant.
Maths Treasure Hunt
Y2 have been making the most of the nice weather and solving maths clues outside as part of a treasure hunt!
Position and Direction
During our maths and computing work, we have been playing a game and using Bee bots to practise our positional language. We have used language such as: quarter turn, half turn and clockwise and anti clockwise to give instructions.
Measuring
We have been practising reading different scales and making predictions as part of our science work.
Mindfulness Club
We took advantage of the weather and made some daisy chains on the field. We found it to be very therapeutic!
Hothersall Lodge Trip
As part of our outdoors curriculum and to enhance our team work skills, we all visited Hothersall Lodge and took part in some outdoor pursuit activities. We developed our team work skills by working together on an orienteering task and built resilience by climbing up some tricky walls and navigating through dark caves and tunnels. We enjoyed a nature walk and heard some stories linked to local legends. At the end of the day we were all tired but very happy with what we had achieved during the day.
Our visit to the Mosque
We were very lucky to be able to go and visit a local mosque, in order to find out more about Islam, especially routines and rituals. We spent a morning carrying out a range of different activities such as: ritual washing, Arabic writing, visiting the prayer hall and speaking to different people in the mosque about their faith and beliefs. We asked lots of interesting questions and all found out something new.
Making Easter cards
Everyone has worked hard to create an Easter card with a pop-up chick inside! All the children have worked so hard this half term. Thank you all for your support at home. There are no spellings or maths facts for the first week back. Enjoy the holidays and remember to do lots of reading!
Maths Easter Egg Hunt
We've had a great time today using our maths skills to uncover clues on our Easter Egg hunt.
Creative Arts Assembly
The children really enjoyed performing at our Creative Arts 'Show and Tell' on Thursday morning. We enjoyed singing, dancing and sharing our artwork.
PSHE
In PSHE we having learning about how we can be good friends. We made posters with lots of different ideas.
History
In History we have been learning about the different equipment the Victorians used and how they washed their clothes. We had a go at washing clothes and cleaning rugs outside using a Victorian washboard, dolly and carpet beater.
Art
This week in Art we have been printing flowers with our tiles that we made. We did some observational drawings of flowers, engraved our tiles and then printed them using special paint.
Mindfulness
This week in Mindfulness Club we have been making dream catchers. We had a relaxing time and hope we have a good nights sleep.
Travelling by Tuba
Today we have had a visit from the music group, Travelling by Tuba. They have taken us on a musical tour around the world, introducing us to a range of unusual instruments such as the alpine horn and the sousaphone. We enjoyed listening to Stuart on the piano and Chris, on the tuba, playing a range of different pieces for us. It's always good to listen to live music!
Science role play
This term we have been having fun in the science role play area!
The Owl and the Pussy Cat
This week, the children have been reciting the poem off by heart. They came up with some actions to help them remember the poem and used lots of expression!
Science
This week, we have been investigating how materials change if they are stretched, squashed or pulled. Some materials changed shape but some returned back to their original shape. Have a look at some of our investigations!
Engineering Club
Last term, some children took part in an engineering club. As part of this club, they made marshmallow structures, rocket cars and made their own parachute to stop an egg from cracking!
Islamic Prayer Mats
As part of our R.E work, we have been looking at Islam and designing our own prayer mats. We learnt about prayer rituals and this week we have been naming different parts of the mosque.
Fantastic Mr Fox display
We have published our Fantastic Mr Fox diary entries and wanted posters and they are now up on display in the infant corridor.
The Great Fire of London Pictures
During art we have been exploring colour mixing and hot and cold colours. We have used these skills to create our own Great Fire of London scene.
The Owl and the Pussy Cat
This week we have starting to look at a classical poem; we have looked up 'new' words and explored the use of rhyme in the poem. Today we have written our own setting descriptions of 'Bong Tree Island'. We are starting to learn the poem off by heart.
Reading Club
On Fridays, some children have really enjoyed coming to Reading Club and sharing books with Y6 pupils and their peers.
Snowy days!
This week we've had a couple of snowy days and had fun playing outside.
Engineering Club
This week, we had a go at making catapults out of elastic bands and lolly sticks. We had a competition to see who could fire their pom pom the furthest.
Music
In music, we have been using the glockenspiels to play some simple melodies and accompaniments to a song called 'Hey you!'. We have also been moving to the pulse and trying to clap and copy different rhythms.
Animations
We have been learning how to create animations using Scratch Junior. We designed our very own 'knock knock joke' and learnt how to code our characters to respond at the correct times.
Engineering Club
On Monday, we started our engineering club. We investigated which materials would make a strong boat and tested them to see how many pennies they could hold.
Classifying Animals
In science this week, we played a classifying animals game. This helped us to remember the characteristics of mammals, reptiles, amphibians etc.
Colour Mixing
As part of our painting work, this week we have been learning about primary and secondary colours. We have been mixing paints to create different shades of green, orange and purple. We are going to further develop these skills next week by looking at 'hot' and 'cold' colours.
London Past and Present
We have been looking at how London has changed since 'The Great Fire of London'. We have compared London past and present before starting our work. Have a look at what we completed.
Cinderella
This morning we were all treated to a fantastic performance of the pantomime Cinderella. We thoroughly enjoyed it and thought the actors were brilliant. Here are some photographs of the show.
Welcome back!
Welcome back to school! Everyone has been working really hard this week. We've started our new topic 'The Great Fire of London' and have been busy applying our addition and subtraction skills to word problems! Have a look at some of our tricky problems.
Next week, we are going to start multiplication in maths and our class novel 'Fantastic Mr Fox'.
Homework, spellings and maths facts are all in book bags tonight.
Y2 clubs
Engineering club
After school on Monday nights from the 14th January to 25th February, 3.15pm- 4.15pm
French club
Tuesday lunchtimes
Book club
On Friday lunchtimes, the children in the book club can bring in their own book from home to share with others
12 days of Christmas Reading Challenge
As an optional task over the holidays, the children are welcome to try to read 12 books or comics over the break. There will be a sheet in their bag to record their reading and a special certificate on completion. Happy reading!
Christmas Cards
Soon you will be receiving one of our Christmas cards. We have been developing our fine motor skills by using the quilling technique. It was a challenge but they have all turned out beautifully.
Winter Art
We have looked at how trees have changed over Winter and created some of our designs using printing and collage techniques. Some of these are displayed around school.
Christmas Party
To celebrate the end of a successful term, we all had fun at our Christmas party playing musical bumps, corners, pass the parcel and we even had a visit from Santa!
The Christmas Story
We have been retelling the Christmas Story by sequencing events, writing our own versions and acting out key parts.
History of flight
During history lessons, we have been finding out about the first early flight inventions. We have been sequencing on timelines and finding out about inventors. As part of their homework this term, some children have made rockets and even a hot air balloon. Have a look at some of their creations!
Tinsel and Tea towels
All of Y2 thoroughly enjoyed taking part in this year's nativity play. There was some great singing, dancing and acting and they helped to tell the Christmas story in a lighthearted way. Here are some photos of our nativity. Thank you for coming to see our performance and for all of your kind donations to Rainbow House.
Technology Afternoon
One of the highlights of the week was visiting all of the stations in the hall. The children enjoyed programming robots, developing their control using remote control cars, as well as dancing on dance mats and using the egg scopes.
Creating Pictograms
We created our own pictograms on paper and on ipads to show the spread of eye colour in class. We then used the data to answer questions.
Lego Workshop
As part of Technology Week, year two took part in a Lego workshop. Their task was to build a Lego City and light it up. The children had a great time creating a variety of different buildings, as well as roads and parks.
Australia
This week we have been looking at the continent of Australia. We have been using the ipads to research different native animals and have been creating our own aboriginal artwork.
Portraits
During our art lessons, we have been creating portraits in the style of different artists. Have a look at our Picasso portraits and our Paul Klee creations.
Writing instructions
As part of our work on instructions, we have been reading and following written instructions to make a hand print witch. We have been looking at bossy verbs to help us write our instructions.
Bob 'The Man on the Moon' story
During our English lessons, we have been reading about Bob, the man who lives on Earth but works on the moon. We have been learning to make our sentences exciting by using good quality adjectives and conjunctions. Here are some examples of our work.
Making Twenty
This week, during our maths lessons, we have been investigating different ways of making twenty and creating addition and subtraction families of facts. Here are some photographs of our work.
Martin Mere
On Friday 22nd June both year 2 classes went on a trip to Martin Mere Wetland Centre in Ormskirk. The Children had a fantastic day exploring the centre, in the morning we were able to take part in workshops focusing on animal habitats. We all had fun pond dipping and looking for minibeasts. During the afternoon we walked around the 'Wild Walk'and visited the 'Harrier Hide'. We also had a great time spotting different animals made from Lego.
Dance from the Heart
On Wednesday 13th June we joined the rest of the school on the Key Stage 2 playground to take part in the Dance from the Heart roadshow with the coaches from South Ribble Sports Development. We even had a visit from the Mayor and Mayoress of South Ribble. We had been practicing hard and were able to dance very well for our visitors. Once the dance was finished we were treated to some circus skills which were fantastic!
Victorian Wash Day
In class we have been learning all about the Victorians and Queen Victoria. We have been comparing life then to now. We had a go at a Victorian Wash Day, we all thought it was VERY hard work but enjoyed trying out the washboard and dolly!
Victorian Dance Workshop
Sharn from South Ribble Sports Partnership came in to work with all of year two. We learnt two Victorian themed dances. First of all we worked on a Polka, it was tricky moving around the circle with our partner but we mastered it by the end of the lesson. We then learnt a dance to the song 'Consider Yourself' from the musical Oliver. We had a great time.
Creative Arts Week - Chameleon
We enjoyed listening and then working with a woodwind quintet called Chameleon. We all learnt the names of different woodwind instruments. We then created our own group compositions.
Research
We have been busy using the ipads, books, leaflets and magazines to find out facts about different nocturnal animals. We then used these facts to help us write a report.
Hothersall Lodge
Year two all really enjoyed their visit to Hothersall Lodge. During the day we did a range of activities, we did rock climbing, den building and team challenges. We all learnt lots of new skills.
Autumn Walk
We have been walking round the school grounds looking for different signs of Autumn.
Maths - Partitioning
In our maths lessons we have been looking at how you can partition numbers in a variety of different ways. Here are some examples of our work.
Instructions
In our English work we have been reading and following instructions this week, ready to write our own next week. Here are some photographs of us following instructions to make a handprint witch.
Fire Safety Talk
The children had a visit from three firefighters from Bamber Bridge fire station. The firefighters talked the children through what they should do if there was a fire at home. We also acted out some scenarios and took part in a question and answer session. The children came up with some super questions for the firefighters! 
New Technologies Week
During new technologies week year two had a great time developing their control and programming skills. The highlight of the week was a visit from Stephen the Lego man. The children created their own Lego house before joining together to make a Lego city using lights, roads and even swimming pools! 
A Midwife Crisis
Year two participated in this years nativity 'A Midwife Crisis'. The story involved a very busy midwife who was desperate to get the Bethlehem Palace to help with the delivery of a very important king. However, her journey did not go smoothly. All of the children sang, danced and performed brilliantly. Here are some photos of us.
