This week, Year 2 received a very important letter from The Dog’s Trust. It was asking us to help them find out how to look after a new dog that had arrived. We needed to find out how to keep him happy and healthy.
We investigated ways that we could find information and noticed that we had to use a special type of book, non – fiction.
We then found out lots of facts about dogs and how we look after them. Today we wrote our own non- fiction text that we can sent to The Dog’s Trust to help them look after their new dog.
We took part in a workshop by Professor Brainwave who worked with us to do lots of problem solving with shapes.
Year 2 have also been focusing on measuring length and weight.
We have learned how to use meters (m) and centimeters (cm) to measure length. We used tape measures to measure how tall we are and check who was the tallest and smallest!
Then we used scales to measure out the correct weights of dog food. We had to measure them using grams (g) and kilograms (kg). We had lots of opportunities do use our problem solving skills to make sure there would be enough dog food to last all week. Lastly we then compared the weights of different dogs, spotting which was the heaviest and which was the lightest.
This week Year 2 went on an exciting trip to Aston Hall. We went as part of our learning about ‘The Great Fire of London’. Aston Hall was built at around the same time as The Great Fire of London, this meant we could find out about how people lived in the 17th century.
We found out lots about how the fire started and how everybody had to work together to put the fire out. We were able to walk around the cold rooms in Aston Hall to see what the kitchens, bedrooms and great halls would have looked like back in 1666. We had to use our imagination to find out what would have happened when the fire started in Pudding Lane and how it spread all the way through London.
Some children got to dress up as Thomas Farriner, Samuel Peyps and King Charles II, as well as their maids. We acted out parts of what would have happened during the fire. We thought about how the fire started in the kitchen, what Samuel Peyps would have seen and how people had to work together to put the fire out as there wasn’t any fire men like we have today!
Even though we had to walk a very long way, we had lots of fun!
This week in Year 2, we have been reading ‘The Day the Crayons Quit’ by Oliver Jeffers.
Year 2 have been thinking about imperative verbs and using them in command sentences. We received a letter from a very angry Blue Crayon who was just too tired and wanted to be put back in the box. We have been writing our own command sentences pretending we are a very unhappy crayon and demanding change!
We hope that none of the other items in out class are angry!
The children in Year Two were learning about people who help us and how they can help us.
They looked at different pictures and used them to help prompt sentences about how different people help us as part of their job. The children discussed the different jobs and asked some good questions.
This week we have been learning about poetry. We have been reading a range of classic and contemporary poems. We chose our favourite poem and performed it to the rest of the class. Some children decided to perform ‘Peter Peter Pumpkin Eater’ If you see us, ask us what our favourite poem is! On Friday we wrote our own poems about what makes us feel happy.
The children in year two were asked to identify safe places to play. They was then asked to identify unsafe places to play in their local area and explain why they would be at risk playing in these areas.
We have had a very busy week in Year 2 learning all about how to make a kite!
We have been investigating what properties a really good kite needs to have to help it fly. We thought it needed to be light so that it could fly easily, strong so that it didn’t break on a windy day and flexible so that it could move beautifully in the wind. Then we thought about what materials we could use that included these properties. We decided that we would make the sail out of paper, the line out of string and the spars out of lolly pop sticks. The tail could be made out of wool and the handle could be made out of strong wood.
Let’s hope we have some windy days to test out our kite!
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