Year 2

This week in school, we have been exploring the end of our story and began by attempting to predict the end of the story.   We did some role-play about the wedding and re-enacted the final scene with the troll Queen being turned into stone.   We went on to write questions for the troll queen and then interviewed her to ask her about her thoughts and feelings on the fairness of the ending.   We then wrote a letter of complaint on her behalf, complaining about how unfair it was that she did not get a happy ending. In maths, we have continued our work on fractions and learnt about 1/3 of shapes, numbers and objects.   We have then learnt about identifying the different fractions, comparing them and then looking at the relationship between ½ and 2/4. In topic this week, we have made paper bridges and explored the properties of the paper and how we could make it stronger.   This was fun and the children were expert bridge builders.   During our history topic this week, we have learnt

We built castles with towers and labelled the 3D shapes that we used.    We went on to build 3D shapes using marshmallows and cocktail sticks!  

Weekly news 8 th February 2019 This week at school, we have been doing some more drama around our story and re-enacted the princesses climb up the mountain.   We went on to write a diary about how the princess felt during her climb thinking carefully about our adjectives and CFFS.   The children enjoyed bringing in their ‘precious items’ and talking about them to the class group.   They went on to write a description of their item, edit their work and then write it up in their neatest handwriting using a pen! In maths this week, we have been re-capping 3D shape knowledge and their properties.   We had lots of fun using marshmallows and cocktail sticks to build a 3D shape.   The children have now begun to learn about fractions and we have started with ½ and ¼.   We have looked at half of numbers, shapes, length and quantities. During our topic work, we have learnt about tunneling animals, finding information and recording this in a chart.   We also used charcoal and white pai

We started off the week by writing a setting description about the castle books that we made last week. The children described the inside, who lived there and the defensive features. Later in the week we had a class debate about the Princess’s dilemma. The White Bear had told her not to listen to her Mother’s advice and she promised that she wouldn’t. We made a ‘conscience alley’ which is a drama technique where the children make two lines and someone walks down the middle in role as the princess. As they walked through the alley children on either side gave reasons why she should listen to Mum or why she should listen to the Bear. We concluded that you should always listen to your Mum because ‘Mum’s know best’. In Maths this week we have been learning about 2D and 3D shapes. We learnt the names, number of sides, vertices, edges and faces. At the end of the week we looked at finding symmetry in shapes. In Topic, we revised food chains by looking at what polar bears ear. We focuss