Year 2

After designing and making our rafts today we got to test them. We tested how well they floated on their own, how they floated with weights, how well it moved and it’s overall appearance! We added the scores together and are going to put the results into a graph next week.  

Year 2 have been applying their knowledge of properties this afternoon to make rafts with sails. We had such a fun time and can’t wait to test them out! 

In 2M today we learnt all about the dictionary. We now know how to order words alphabetically and also what to do it we are ordering three words with the same letter at the start. We used the dictionary to find some definitions too.

This term we have been learning how to play hockey. This has included perfecting the skills of – – tackling – dribbling – defending – team work – hand eye co ordination – ball control We have really enjoyed our PE lessons and have competed in matches between our classes in year 2.     &nbs

Look at what we are getting up to this term in our classes.   Autumn Topic Web

In our geography lessons, we’ve been learning about maps, using atlases, countries in the UK, major seas and continents. We’ve used this knowledge in ICT lessons for the last two weeks where we have used Tizzy’s Tools to draw maps of the UK and the world. Our mouse skills are improving as well

In year two, we have been learning about properties of materials. We explored what happens when we apply different actions to paper. We twisted, rolled, scrunched and folded to make castle walls that were strong enough to withstand three balls being fired at them. We enjoyed working together and tes

Try turning it into a real investigation- does the size of the tin foil boat affect the speed?

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This morning we have held our own awards ceremony. The categories were – best hairstyle most likely to become prime minister most likely to be a pop star most smiley most likely to become a footballer most likely to be a children’s to presenter The children voted and we all had great fun finding out