Fantastic science

Do you know what a force is?  Year 2 have been learning about forces this week in science. 

We have been investigating how pushes and pulls work.  We found out that if you push a car softly, it would go slowly and only travel a short distance compared to pushing a car with more force.

We have also investigated how far cars would travel on different surfaces. We put the cars on a ramp with wood, sandpaper and carpet and then measured the distance that the car travelled.  It was important to keep the test fair by keeping the car and the height of the ramp the same in the investigation. 

Can you predict what surface was best to make the car travel furthest? I'm not going to tell you the answer! You will have to investigate this yourself - you can ask a child in Year 2 to help you!

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.

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

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?

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!

 

 

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