Music - Using the Pentatonic Scale
Class 2 have been writing and performing their own music, using the pentatonic scale.
Art - Creating Papyrus Paper
A very messy afternoon. We have used strips of parcel paper with glue to create papyrus like paper ready for our Egyptian art next week.
D&T - Using Tinkercad
In D&T, after designing a sustainable product concept to fit a brief, the children in Class Three had to use CAD to create a 3D model using the programme, Tinkercad. They closely followed their designs and remembered to consider the client’s desires from the original brief.
Investigating our sense of smell
Investigating our sense of smell! Class 1 had 6 mystery items to identify. Most were able to sniff out the chocolate, some were more tricky!
Lego Challenge
In Wraparound today we were set the challenge of moving a ping pong ball from one table to another using only Lego. Our contraption had to be at least 60cm long and we weren’t allowed to touch the ball once it had been placed on the Lego. Well done to both teams who managed to complete the task…
Moving bee bot left and right
Over the past two weeks we have been looking at giving robots different commands. We previously looked at forwards and backwards before moving onto left and right this week. We carefully followed instructions and predicted which symbol our bee bot would land on.
Year 2 Maths
Year 2 are making the link between repeated addition and multiplication facts
English - Tim Peake Factfiles
In English we are creating factfiles about the astronaut Tim Peake. Today we used websites and non-fiction texts to research information about him.
Cupcakes!
Cupcakes! Today we turned our hands to some baking and made some delicious cupcakes.
English - The Trojan Horse
In English, Class Three started learning about the legend of The Trojan Horse. We developed our fluency when reading the text, using model, echo, paired and choral reading. Following this, Class Three explored the vocabulary in the text and learned new words in context. This lesson involved…
Lego Challenge
Lego challenge. We were given the challenge to build a Lego city, however we soon realised that 1 hour wasn’t long enough for this difficult task! So instead, we built some houses!
Investigating our sense of taste
In Science today we investigated our sense of taste. We tried sweet, salty, bitter and sour foods. Some interesting reactions to tasting lemon!
