2D Shapes and their Properties
This week in maths we have used the play dough to make different 2D shapes. We are super confident with their names and we were able to discuss some of their properties. We focused on using words such as ‘curved and straight’. The children could recall how many sides and corners the shapes had and…
Designing a house
We explored different construction materials and discussed which we could use to create a house. We spoke about the properties of the materials and considered their suitability. After this, we drew a plan of our house design. We are looking forward to building our houses next week!
Animal Textures,
Our new topic this term is ‘Amazing Animals’. We have been looking at different animals this week and talking about their names, what they look like, where they live and if we could have them as a pet or not.
We enjoyed talking about the animals that we have at home and animals that we have seen…
Happy Spring
Happy Spring! We hope you enjoyed your cards. We have loved learning about the Season and looking forward to seeing more signs.
We used printing to decorate a rabbit on the front of our card and wrote our names.
Funky fingers!
Our year two funky fingers learned how to finger knit! With patience and skill we made some colourful bangles!
Playing the glockenspiels
We enjoyed playing the glockenspiels for the first time this week! We played along to nursery rhymes, first of all matching the rhythm, and then tapping to the beat!
Minibeasts!
We have done lots of learning about minibeasts this week. Identifying different minibeasts we find in the garden and their habitats. The children have been using fine motor skills to catch the minibeasts with tweezers. We have completed observational drawings, minibeast tracing and building…
Observational Drawings of Flowers
This week we have been learning all about plants. The children have shown an interest in drawing different flowers and we looked at the different shapes and parts of a plant. Some children were able to name different parts of the plant as they were drawing it. We looked closely at what colours we…
Funky Fingers
Today in funky fingers our year 2 children got creative peg boards! They created some amazing patterns! They also made some very impressive structures with the construction straws!
Pre - Writing Shapes
This week we have been tracing around different shapes. We have then practised forming the shapes independently. Our pencil grips have improved so much since September and our control with a pencil is always improving.
Great work Ducklings
Writing Our Names!
We are beginning to write our names in nursery as we are now able to recognise them. We used our name cards to copy letters from our name.
Super writing!
Funky fingers!
Our year 2s got chatty making their chatter box’s today! They made them very colourful and shared some very kind and positive comments to each other!