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7 Red explored and investigated colour mixing by adding white. Creating fantastic sea and sky pictures – How many different shades of blue can you see?
This week in school we have been talking about children’s mental health. We discussed how it is just as important to have a healthy mind as it is to have a healthy body. We also thought about who we should talk to if we are worried, scared, cross or upset and how it is okay to have these feelings but so important to talk to someone about it. We discussed ways to help us keep calm, relaxed and happy. We used these strategies in class:
We gave each other compliments!
Here are some of our comments:
We are kind.
We give good cuddles.
We share with our friends.
We listen to our friends.
We make people laugh and smile.
We play with friends.
We look after everyone.
We drew using the Youtube tutorials, did some Cosmic Kids Yoga and read the story ‘The Dot’ discussing resilience and how we should not give up!
This week in our Maths we have been matching numerals to its picture form then trying our best to write the number word. This has been very tricky, especially the writing of the word in its number form but we didn’t give up. We then used our great communication and language skills to explain to our partner what picture we were looking at. Our partner had to listen very carefully and draw what we had said, sound easy? Well we did it back to back so we really had to concentrate on our partners words and directions. It was geat fun!
Year 2’s Four Season Project continued this week with a focus on winter. We were given the statement ‘All plants die in the winter’ to prove or disprove. We went on a winter walk to collect photographic evidence to support out findings.
In Art we created our own pictures of the Northern Lights by applying and developing our art skills. Look how beautiful they have turned out to be.
In 1 Blue we looked at Inukshuk stone figures. Which means ‘human being’. They were used by the Inuit in the North as directional markers. It is in the shape of a person and signifies safety, hope and friendship. We used stones, pebbles and then lego to build our own Inukshuk.
We took part in a design and technology lesson and used our theme of ‘Come Fly With Me- Arctic’ as inspiration. We decided to create an Arctic scene and then create a slider to show the sun rising and setting. We carefully snipped two slits in our card then inserted our sliding piece. We then created our scene and made our sun rise and set. We had lots of fun learning this new skill.
This week we have been learning about what the Inuit people eat and how their clothes are made. We looked at the materials they use in their every day life and created our own Inuit collage using the material that we thought was best suited for that weather.
Our Zero to Hero theme in Year 2 introduced us to the artist Christy Brown.
We learned about how Christy found it difficult to use and control movements in his arms and hands due to his cerebral palsy, therefore he had to find an alternative way to produce his art. We talked about how inspirational this was as he never gave up on his dreams to be an artist, showed resilience and like a true Pathfinder he ‘Found A Way’.Â
Like Christy Brown, we tried using our feet to create some art. This proved quite difficult and we started to gain an understanding of how Christy may have felt, as well as the determination he needed to become the brilliant artist he was.
In our theme ‘Come Fly With Me Asia’ we have travelled to India. We looked at some artefacts and placed a Bindi on our foreheads. We have been trying out some Bollywood dancing and found out about the ceremony of Rakhi. The children then made some Rakhi bracelets and we have started to make Indian flags 🇮🇳. We also investigated some of the spices used in traditional Indian foods. The children used their senses to look at, smell and taste them. We were so impressed that most children wanted to try them!
