We took part in our first gymnastics PE session with the coach. We looked at the correct form and posture needed to create a safe and controlled forward, pencil, tuck and backwards roll. We had a great time and can’t wait for next week to learn new skills.
In our theme of ‘Zero To Hero’ we have been looking at Thomas Eddison who created the lightbulb and how we use this invention daily. We then looked at how we can make lightbulbs and other equipment work using electricity with mains power and battery power. We looked at different batteries and thought about what toys we had at home that needed batteries to work.
If you are ever stuck on how to add 3 digits together just ask one of us! We are amazing and found that we could use our 10’s frames to place each number. We then realised that once we had made them the other number was easy to see. We are experts now and were able to answer some mastery questions.
As part of R.E. we have been learning about Moses and how important he is within the Jewish religion. We looked at the early years of Moses and designed a slider to show Moses floating along the river in his basket. We then read the story of the Burning Bush and how God instructed him to go and release the Israelites. After that, we looked at how Passover is celebrated and we designed our our Sedar plate then thought about all the ways we are thankful and added tham to our Menorah candles.
In 2 Blue this week we have been looking at what Media stars and people working in the media industry work with. We looked at some of the equipment and decided that they have a lot of buttons to remember. We then experimented with our very own podcast station and we interviwed our friend using questions that we had created. We each took a turn asking and answering the questions and obviously experimenting with the different sound buttons on the pod cast machine! At the end of the session we decided that we wanted to generate some questions to use to interview Mrs Moody. We came up with some corkers that we can’t wait to hear the answers to!
In English this week we have been looking at finding information about the text we are reading. We have found a skill that helps us dig deeper into what we predict the book could be about. The children were introduced to the front cover of Tad by Benji Davies and before we even opened the book we decided to dig into our minds to think of ideas the book could be about and what vocabulary we may come across. We worked in teams and created a ‘Mind Map’ of our ideas and connections. We were then able to read the story undertand the vocabulary and sequence with greter depth.
This week we have been looking at differnt skills we can use to improve our English work. We looked at a set of instructions and at first were a little baffled by all the information we could see. However, when we looked at each part of the instructions we realised that we could sort them into key areas E.G. Title, equipment, method etc. This helped us greatly when we had to write instructions on how to build our own ‘ME’ robot.
In our learning means the world theme ‘Internation Media Station’ we have been looking at the ways in which tv and radio companies capture our attention. We looked at the art work used and the jingles that keep us singing. We then worked as a group to come up with our own jingle to introduce a new breakfast cereal. The children were amazing both at designing their cereal box and coming up with a catchy jingle. I am still singing along with ‘panda Pops’!
Year 2 had the pleasure of working with Mr Bryant and his company Meia Partnership to look at how digital technology is used in the media world. This was part of our theme of Inter-Nation Media Station. We looked at different microphones and cameras. We watched how the company made an advert and then we watched one of our friends travel to different places using Green Screen technology. It was so much fun!
The children in 2 Blue have had a great start to the year. We have made messages with counters and flags and looked at various ways of communicating. We have worked on working out the tens and ones in any given number and what it looks like. We have settled in to our new routines and even though there is a little bit more to do, we know we are going to smash Year 2!
