Otters

This week we have been very busy. We have challenged ourselves to complete lots of quizzes. We have tried very hard with completing a maths quiz and a reading quiz. (Farrah)

Also, we have made some lovely Mother’s Day cards using tissue paper to make pretty flowers. (Liam)

On Thursday, some Mad Scientists came to our school and did some really exciting experiments. We learnt how gravity works. What would happen to Tim Peake if he didn’t wear his spacesuit in space. We watched how a marshmallow (Tim Peake) got bigger when air was taken away from it. (Dylan)

In addition, we found out how medicines and cleaning products should be kept away from little children and that we should not touch these. We found out that these can make our skin or body poorly. (Scott)

Asa has achieved gold learner for his enthusiasm in writing.

We have also been learning how to recognise an odd and even number, (Luke)

In maths this week we practised our times tables and doing some multiplication sums.  Then we used these strategies to help us work out some word problems.  We also did word problems that needed to use subtraction, addition and division.

In English we wrote a story map of Mr Big, the lonely gorilla.  We then changed some of the story and added our own  ideas. We wrote our own story maps, and as a class have changed lots of different parts of the story to make a new story.  The new story is about Zog the alien who lives in the sandy dunes of Mars.  Today we have been practising writing dialogue, it is quite difficult to learn and remember which bits need to be inside the inverted commas.

For Science we have put some cress seeds in different places to see what they need to grow.  We have put the seeds without light, water or soil.  One was in the cupboard with soil and some have been put on the windowsill with water or with soil. We are waiting to see which grows the best.

In PE we are putting together our own routines to make a class dance.

On Monday we learned in Guided Reading, all about oceans. (Lola) In English we read a new story called Mr Big. We now have a story map and actions to help us remember the story.  We had to write about Mr Big and write a character description.  Today we tried to innovate the story and think about other places Mr Big would go on his journey.

Ralphie wrote “ First, he crawled and he crawled and he crawled through a dark, gloomy cave.”

On Tuesday, we celebrated Pancake Day. We talked and discussed good hygiene and how to add healthy fillings to pancakes. We were allowed one treat on our pancake too.  Olivia added bananas, strawberries and grapes.  Lennon added bananas, strawberries and chocolate spread.  Charlie-Roy added bananas, strawberries, golden syrup and some grapes.

We have also celebrated Maths Day, where we took part in maths activities all morning. We practised rotation and co-ordinates.(Dylan)

On Thursday it was World Book Day.  Everyone brought in a favourite book. We shared our books with the other Year 2 Class. We painted a picture of our favourite character and wrote a book review.  We took part in a quiz where we had to guess the story.(Lola, Ralphie, Olivia)

In topic lessons, we finished our Van Gogh style paintings by adding black pieces of paper to make silhouettes.  Come and have a look at these in the Year 2 corridor. Our teachers were very impressed with our work.  (Elsie, Olivia)

We have also found out how astronauts live in space.  We watched videos to show how they eat, drink, clean their teeth, wash their hair and go to the toilet. (Hope M)

This week we have been learning how to count on in tens using an empty number line.  Some of us have been bridging 10s and 100s, which is very tricky to do!

In art we have made our own aliens out of clay.  We have added detail using pipe cleaners, feathers, cocktail sticks.  Emilia said we made different designs, such as spiky teeth and hairy heads.

For English we used a robot sheet to make sentences, but we had to add adjectives, verbs and adverbs to make the sentences more interesting.  We also had to draw a picture from our imagination, while listening to a descriptive piece of writing.  We were very impressed to see that they were all similar in detail.

In PSHE this week we practised our calm breathing again.  We then tried a new class challenge, where we had to roll the ball across the circle to each other, without talking.  This is harder than it sounds!

In PE we have been practising our routines again and as a special treat we got to do Just Dance

This week in maths we have been learning how to find fractions of shapes and numbers.  We learned about ½, ¼, and 1/3s of shapes.  We used this information to help us find fractions of numbers.

In English we have been learning how to write a persuasive piece of writing.  We started out by reading about Aliens making the best pets.  We learned that they are loyal, affectionate and active.  We then wrote a class text giving three different reasons why aliens make good pets.  We stated that they are kind, helpful and are outstanding cooks!

We used this text to do our own boxing up persuading you why you should have different animals as pets.  Some of us chose dogs, lizards, turtles, unicorns or hamsters.  We had to try to persuade you why one of these would make the best pet.

In PE we are making up our own routine to show our different balance skills.  Some of us managed to do a head stand!  In PSHE we have been practising our calm breathing and also working together as a team, being collaborative. Harvey suggested that we made the challenge more complicated by adding a timer to it.  Can your child tell you what they had to do?

In phonics we have been learning about silent letters in some of our words.  How many can you think of?