We have had a busy week in Year 2! In maths we have been learning all about place value. In our grammar lessons we have been recapping nouns. The children were challenged to find proper nouns hidden amongst common nouns. Year 2 shared their non-chronological reports about their experiences of last year with the Year 1s. In art we visited
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The current Year 2’s enjoyed hearing all about the Year 3’s experiences of the previous year. They had a lovely chat and shared their work.
We have been making numbers to 20 in different ways, including reckenrecks, deans and counters. We have practiced writing our numbers to 20 and counting up and down the numberline.
In year 1 we refreshed our memories and mixed primary colours together to make secondary colours.
On Tuesday 1st July we visited Warwick Castle as part of our new history topic Magnificent Monarchs. We enjoyed watching various shows such as the The Mighty Trebuchet, The falconers Quest and The Wars of the Roses LIVE! We also spent some time looking in different parts of the castle such as the Conqueror’s Fortress, Kingmaker and The Great Hall
As part of our new history topic, ‘Magnificent Monarchs’, we learned lots of new words and their definitions, such as monarch, reign and sovereign. We looked kings and queens and worked together to put them in chronological order to make a timeline, then compared different rulers to see who had the most power. We also found out lots of facts
This week, we started our new science project, Uses of Materials. We carried out a mini investigation to see if we could bend, stretch, twist or squash objects made from materials such as plastic, modelling clay, metal and sponge. We found that the most malleable material was modelling clay because it could be bent, stretched, twisted and squashed easily. However,
We have finished our beach huts! It took a lot of time, hard work, patience and resilience, but we succeeded. The children have learnt how to saw, make different joints, measure, cut, paint, glue and they have developed their teamwork skills. We are very proud of what we have achieved!
This week, we have been learning to tell the time. We have learnt o’clock, half past, quarter past, quarter to, and telling the time past and to the hour.