Otters

We have been learning about 2D shapes this week and have been very creative by turning some of them into firework pictures using black paper and pastels.  Some shapes have straight sides and others have curved sides. We also looked at the shapes to see where their lines of symmetry are and then used paper shapes to find fractions of the shapes.

Earlier in the week we were curious learners discovering lots of facts about Guy Fawkes.  We found out that he wanted to blow up the Houses of Parliament because some people did not like the King, King James I. We celebrate the event on the 5^th of November which is when the plot failed in 1605.

We have also been practising our retelling of How To Wash A Woolly Mammoth and were very creative in the actions we used to remind us about the order of the instructions.

This week we have tested our bodies with exercise activities to see what happens to our bodies.  We found out that running faster makes us sweat, breathe quicker and makes us thirsty. (Amber and Riley) We also learnt that some items are dangerous and some are safer. We talked about how dangerous things need to go on a top shelf so that we cannot touch or spray them.  These include: calpol, bleach, deodorant, tablets, medical spray and razors.

In English we have written our own version of Little Red Riding Hood.  We changed the characters, setting and who was being visited.  We have written some amazing stories.

Today we had the Garlic Puppet Theatre visit to tell the story of The Three Billy Goats Gruff.  “It was funny,” said Isaac, “ It was cool,” said Amelia, “ I found out that the goats sounded different because they wore different kinds of bells on them.” Esme

In maths we have been learning division.  We have practised sharing by 2, 5, 10.

In music we listened to a song and hummed or clapped the beat back. (Amelia)

In Science we learnt how germs get everywhere from sneezes, hands, coughs, raw meat.  If left unwashed they can weigh the same as Earth after 2 days. (Fin)  To stop this we should wash our hands with soap and water to get rid of the  germs before eating and after going outside/ to the toilet. (Ben C)

Kara-May enjoyed making the wolf face in challenge time because it was fun. The children had to draw round templates and collage the wolf face before sticking on his nose and ears.  Beware of Otters class full of wolves!

Albie – “ I enjoyed writing a letter to Grandma, pretending to be the Wolf.” The children all had a go at writing a letter in the writing area during challenge time.

We have started to plan our own version of Little Red Riding Hood.  We have changed the main character, setting, what is in the basket, who is poorly and who scares the wolf away. (Harry)  The children used a planning box and then a story S plan to plan their stories.

Charlie enjoyed making spoon puppets.  Later on in the week, we used them to act out the story of Red Riding Hood. Some of us were Grandma, Red Riding Hood and The Wolf.

In PE we did gymnastics.  We learnt how to make different shapes with our body, different balances and balancing at different levels. ( Amber)

We have had a very busy week and have learnt many ways to add during our maths lessons.  We started using numicon to help us partition numbers and by the end of the week we were starting to add using number lines. (Albie and Lucie)

In English we listened to the story of Little Red Riding Hood.  We have written descriptions of her and the wolf. (Esme)  In art we then sketched wolf pictures using either wax crayons, pastels, charcoal or sketching pencils.  (Harry and Mehdi).  In science we learnt which foods we need to eat for a healthy diet.  We drew these and have put them on our display board.

In geography learnt about manmade and physical features and identified which was which in Little Red Riding Hood’s journey to Granny’s house.

Welcome to everyone who has joined Otters Class this term.  We are all looking forward to the exciting new challenges and learning experiences that Year 2 brings.

This week we have been ordering numbers. We then had to find one number above and below and then then next five numbers from a given two digit number.  Some of us were able to do this for 100s numbers!

In English we have started looking at Traditional Tales.  On Monday we went round the school looking different clues to lots of traditional tales and had to guess which ones they belonged to.  We found some porridge and a spoon – what story could that be from?  We have read lots of different tales and told our favourite ones to our friends.  We have been describing some of the main characters and thinking about the different settings.

In art we have been very busy making the scenery for our corridor display – see if you can spot the different traditional ales we have depicted.