Wednesday, 4 June 2014

Poetry Open Day

Year 2 have been practicing some Limericks by Edward Lear in preparation for the Poetry Open Day in July.

We will be hoping to learn some of these poems and recite these by heart before performing them in front of a large audience.

Join in the fun and read the limericks out too!

There was an Old Man with a beard,
Who said 'It is just as I feared!
Two Owls and a Hen,
Four Larks and a Wren,
Have all built their nests in my beard!'


There was an Old Man on a hill,
Who seldom, if ever, stood still;
He ran up and down,
In his Grandmother's gown,
Which adorned that Old Man on a hill.


There was an Old Man in a tree,
Who was horribly bored by a Bee;
When they said, 'Does it buzz?'
He replied, 'Yes, it does!'
'It's a regular brute of a Bee!'


There was a Young Lady whose chin,
Resembled the point of a pin;
So she had it made sharp,
And purchased a harp,
And played several tunes with her chin.


There was a Young Lady whose nose,
Was so long that it reached to her toes;
So she hired an Old Lady,
Whose conduct was steady,
To carry that wonderful nose.

Friday, 23 May 2014

Don't be horrid Henry!

We have had so much fun reading Horrid Henry books over the last couple of weeks.  The children have thoroughly enjoyed using descriptive language to describe what Horrid Henry looks like and explain why he is so horrid.  It was lovely seeing Year 2 engaged in creating their own Horrid Henry story using drama.  We made some fantastic stories up including: Horrid Henry's Camping Adventure, Horrid Henry and the Stinkbomb Snowball, Horrid Henry and the Haunted Treehouse, and Horrid Henry's Pizza Sleepover.

After their role-plays, we wrote our own Horrid Henry stories and I was extremely impressed with their story writng.  Well done Year 2




Friday, 16 May 2014

Yoga Bugs!

After a hard day learning, we decided to do some yoga.

We found it very relaxing.

Nocturnal Animals

Hello,
We've been learning about nocturnal animals.  Do you know what nocturnal animals are?
Why do these animals come out at night?

Year 2 have all the answers and can tell you some interesting facts about these creatures that come out at night.  We've written some fabulous reports for our Year 2 SATs and we've also made some nocturnal animals out of clay.

Do you know what these animals are?




Friday, 4 April 2014

Easter Egg Rolling Competition

Happy Easter
Year Two have had a lovely last week of term with many exciting activities. We all thoroughly enjoyed our Art Day on Wednesday. Many budding artists.
We finished off the day with decorating hard boiled eggs and having a competition to see whose egg could roll the furthest down the slope. Well done Baylie!
 
 

Tuesday, 25 March 2014

Lifecycle of a Frog Dance

Year 2s 'Life Cycle of a Frog' Dance

Children performed to a classical piece of music and started off by huddling together like frogspawn. When the music changed, children gradually broke away from their spawn and independently moved around the room. The children demonstrated moves to resemble tadpoles growing and eventually becoming frogs. To complete their dance, on the final music change, the children hopped back to their original groups. A beautiful performance Year 2!                                                   Mrs Lockwood
 




Tuesday, 21 January 2014

Will temperature affect how our bean seeds will grow?

Year Two know that plants need light and water to grow well. We have planned an investigation into how temperature affects growth. Our class prediction is, 'We predict the seeds by the heater will grow best because flowers grow in the Spring and Summer time.'
Week Two has seen that the seeds by the heater and window sill have germinated and we can see their roots

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