Place Value crazy...

This week in Class Two we have been revising place value and partitioning Two- Digit and Three- Digit numbers in different ways, using the Base Ten equipment.

 

Sandridge time machine....

This week, Class Two learnt about the secret time machine at Sandridge. They formulated 'Who', 'what', 'where' 'when', 'why' and 'how' questions to try to learn more about Lowry's life, childhood and his paintings. 

I wonder who may pay us a visit in the Sandridge time machine next. If you could choose to meet someone else from the past, who would it be? 

Since the start of this term, we have learnt lots about Lowry's artistic style. For instance, his use of colour. Lowry only used 5 key colours in his paintings (I will let the children tell you what those are!) which he mixed to create dark dull colours and shades. He also drew very simple 'matchstick' figures, made up from very simple shapes and hardly any detail. After attempting to draw matchstick figures just like Lowry using charcoal, pen and pencil and mixing colours just like Lowry, the children combined these two skills to create a 'matchstick' Katie Morag! Please enjoy looking at some examples of them in our very own 'Lowry gallery' below...

 

 

 

 

Fantastic Mr Fox- Class Two's Creative Collage...

Over the past few weeks Class Two were given the challenge to create a piece of art related to a Roald Dahl book of our choice to take to church with us as part of our Harvest Festival celebrations. We decided to read 'Fantastic Mr Fox' which we thoroughly enjoyed sharing as a class. After coming across an unfamiliar word, 'collage' during our spelling focus on the 'ge' sound, we decided to create our own class collage. Poor Mr. Fox was chopped up into pieces! However, once we put each piece back together our class collage was complete and we think he looks fantastic. We really hope you agree...

Starting Science!

Welcome to Class Two!

What a super, first week back we have had in Class Two. Thank you Class Two for being absolute superstars all week, you have tried so hard and have already settled in and learnt so much! Also, a big thank you to Class Two parents for being so friendly and supportive this week. I look forward to meeting you all properly next Tuesday for our 'meet the parents' slot at 9:00.

Have a lovely, restful weekend ready for lots of learning on Monday Class Two.

Please remember your READING BOOKS AND RECORDS and your PE KIT (if it is not already in school.)

Please enjoy laughing at our class photos! (I may have to have a word with the photographer...)

Ps: A big well done to all of our team members who received a certificate this week. Who will it be next week?

Year 2 have gone Computing crazy!

Year 2 had a bit of an iPad crazy week this week.


Firstly, we used the iPads as part of our maths lesson alongside the Bee bots. We were looking at position, direction and movement in maths. We used the programmable Bee bots to follow instructions and then navigate to a given shape in the classroom. We then used the iPads and played on the Bee bot app. This uses instructional and navigation skills to get the bees to a flower.


On Thursday afternoon in Computing, we then used the iPads as part of our 'evaluating creative devices' unit. We are comparing real life painting, using 'Finger Paint' app on the iPads and the 'Paint' app on the laptops. We discovered that the 'Finger Paint' app was easy to use but it had many areas which could be improved. Once our evaluation and comparison is complete, Year 2 will share their findings!