Future stars of the Media!

18th October 2024L Chisholm

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!

Year 2 using their mind (map!)

18th October 2024L Chisholm

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.

Toby Henderson Trust

13th October 2024assistanthead teacher

Calling all South Tyneside families

Would you like the opportunity to have a chance to meet multiple different services ‘in person’ and in one place?

If so, then come along to The Toby Henderson Trust (TTHT) at the Autism Hub multi-agency drop in event:

When: Tuesday 22nd October 2024

Where: Autism Hub, Gordon St, South Shields.

Time: 10am – 12pm
Please see attached poster!

Download (PDF, 241KB)

Year 2 using great skills in English!

13th October 2024L Chisholm

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.

Year 2 are jingling!

13th October 2024L Chisholm

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’!

Visit From Reverand Ian

3rd October 2024K Richardson

Yesterday Hebburn Lakes had a visit from Reverand Ian who is from St John’s church. He talked to the children about powerful animals and then moved on to talk about parts of our body that are powerful. He then discussed how our tongue is so powerful because of what we say and the impact it can have. The children had lots of ideas about the words we could use. Some of the suggestions were: beautiful, gorgeous, I love you and stay positive.

We are Media Superstars

20th September 2024L Chisholm

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!

2 Blue and the great start.

15th September 2024L Chisholm

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!