Seaside!!

This half term our topic is all about 'The Seaside'. We will be looking at seaside resorts in our country and how they have changed over time and also comparing them to other seaside resorts in other countries....

Do you recognise this seaside resort?

I'll give you a clue... we are going there on our trip!!!

But do you recognise it here??

This is a fairly simple seaside game but it might be fun to explore at home... click HERE

There are also some fun seaside links HERE

This website has lots of seaside things to explore too... Click HERE

'Tour De France' Afternoon

Today in school we had a special assembly all about the Tour De France and we were excited about the fact starts in our city on Saturday!!! We then had a themed afternoon in class, we tasted lots of French food, designed out own jerseys and bikes and we did an experiment to see if we could make an effective helmet to protect your head while cycling, using hard boiled eggs as a head! Did you manage to stop the egg from cracking???

Here are some pictures....

Let me know all about what you get up to for the Tour De France this's weekend!!! 

'The Ugly Sharkling'

This week in our literacy we have been watching the story of 'The Ugly Sharkling' by Maia Walczak and discussing the characters int he story and thinking about if we had an animal as a best friend, like Phil and Harry, which animal would we have and why?

You can watch the story here....

 

Next week we are going to be writing a playscript using the characters from the story too!!

Enjoy!!

A Fun Maths Morning

Yesterday we had a fun Maths morning in Year 2. We could choose which of the fun Maths activities we wanted to do.

We enjoyed the Tangram's - we had fit the shapes into to outline to make a picture but we were not allowed to overlap the shapes or leave any blank spaces.

We made large symmetrical pictures - Using a large shape outline we made smaller shapes to put inside it but we had to make sure we made 2! One for each side of the picture, to make it symmetrical. Some people made a specific picture and others made a symmetrical design.

We programmed Beebot - We worked in pairs to instruct each other and program Beebot accurately so he stopped at a specific place on the grid, where we wanted him to.

We learnt about tessellating shapes - We tried to make a design using a shape repeatedly to make a pattern but had to make sure there was no gaps.

Have a look at our photos.

Which activity did you enjoy the most Year 2?

Nocturnal Art Using Pastels

As part of our night time topic this half term we have been creating some nocturnal artwork using pastels and black sugar paper. Your techniques and detail is fantastic and we created some wonderful art work! 

                                 

                                 

                                 

Investigating 100

We have another new challenge in our classroom called 'Investigating 100'. It is an open investigation where we an experiment and explore different ways of making 100 with a range of mathematical equipment. What different ways can you make 100 at home? Add your comments to let us know! 

                                   

Leeds United Football Coach

Today we had the first session of our Leeds United football coach training, we all really enjoyed it and were learning all about the skill of dribbling. I was really proud of how quickly you all got on with the tasks and how dedicated and sensible you all were! Here we are in action...