Investigating Sound

30th September 2019

In our IPC lesson today we explored how we could make different sounds with a variety of objects.  We discovered the pitch of a sound can be changed as well as the volume.  When we put a lot of water in a glass and tapped it with a spoon it made a lower sound than when we only put a little water in.  The further we stretched an elastic band, the higher the sound and the more beads we shook in a tin, the louder the sound.

Today we learned a noun can be a person, place or thing

30th September 2019

Week Beginning 30th September

Maths

• Use fact families for addition and subtraction to 20
• Write fact families using bar models
• For this bar model we could write number facts such as: 20=5+15, 5+15=20, 20-5=15, 20-15=5
• Recognise number sentences
• Make number bonds to 20 using counters and tens frames
• Use inverse operations to check calculations

English

• Genre this week is songs and repetitive poems
• Study the poem: 'If I had Wings' by Pie Corbett and write our own version but changing it to 'If I had Fins'
• Use expanded noun phrases to describe and specify eg. the blue butterfly
• Use commas to separate items in a list
• Identify nouns and adjectives in sentences
• Homophone of the week: 'not' and 'knot'

IPC

• Use a selection of everyday materials and objects to make sounds
• Explore 'pitch' and learn the difference between 'pitch' and 'volume'
• Investigate light thinking about sources of light and those things which reflect light
• Investigate a selection of different materials to help decide which material would be the best to make accessories so we can be seen in the dark

Events this week:

• Thursday 3rd October: Prep School Harvest Festival, 8.45 am.  You are all warmly invited to join us for this event

Events on the horizon:

• Monday 7th October: Year 1 and Year 2 Trip to The Life Centre Newcastle, all day.  If you would like to offer your services to come and help out on this trip please let Miss Hall Know.  Names will then be drawn out of a hat
• Friday 11th October: Phonics Parents Workshop.  3.30pm-4.30pm in Year 2 classroom

Year 2 School Council Members

27 September 2019

In our Form Time this week we had the difficult job of selecting two people from our class to be members of School Council.  We talked together about what being on the School Council meant and all thought about if this was something we would like to do.  It was wonderful that lots of us were keen to take on this role and we decided the fairest way to choose would be to draw names out of our hat.  We are pleased to announce that Martha and Molly will be our representatives for this term.

Spelling Challenge

27 September 2019

Our spelling challenge this week is 'Pyramid Writing'.  You might even be able to do 'Pyramid Spellings' using the 'Magazine Words' technique we looked at last week.

Lunch Award

27 September 2019

Lots of children in Year 2 this week were awarded a lunch ticket for showing good table manners in the dining room.  There was great excitement in class when the lucky ticket was picked out of the bowl this morning.  Well done to Sidney who was the lucky winner this week.  He chose Lyla to join him at the 'Top Table' for lunch today.

Counting in 3s

27 September 2019

We had lots of fun in Maths today when we were busy counting in 3s.  We made special bracelets to help us.  We carefully threaded beads onto the elastic in colour groups of 3.  If we ever need help remembering the counting in 3s pattern we'll be able to pop on our bracelet!

Star of the Week

27 September 2019

Congratulations to Darcey who is our Star of the Week this week.

IPC Exhibition

27 September 2019

We all enjoyed our IPC Exhibition and sharing with everyone what we have been learning.  

Maths is fun in Year 2

26 September 2019

What better way to be amazing mathematicians than to sing and dance.  We love our 'bean song' to help us count in multiples of 1s, 2s, 5s and 10s.

Year 2 Form Captain and Vice Captain

26 September 2019

Our Form Captain this term is Harriet and our Vice Captain is Oscar.

Thank You Oscar

24 September 2019

We need to say a very big 'Thank you' to Oscar who arrived at school on Monday morning clutching something very special.  Having read on our blog that we were going to be enjoying the story of 'Hansel and Gretel' this week, Oscar spent time at the weekend creating a wonderful story 'tub' for us to use when reading the story.  This really brought the story to life and he even had a lollipop on the top for us all, just like the 'house of sweets'.  Thank you, Oscar.

Pearl of Africa Children's Choir

24 September 2019

What an amazing start we had to our Tuesday morning when we welcomed the Pearl of Africa Children's Choir to assembly.  We were all spell bound by their singing and dancing.

Scientists at work

23 September 2019

In our IPC lesson today we became real 'scientists' and carried out an investigation.  We learnt all about sound waves and how sound travels.  We began by experimenting with the outdoor telephones and discovered we could hear our friends speaking at the other end of the phone as the sound waves travelled along the tube.  We then set to work and made our own 'telephones' using cups and string.  We used these to talk to our friends and discussed how the sound waves travelled along the string.  We also questioned whether the sound quality changed depending on the length of the string?

Week Beginning 23rd September

What will we be learning this week?

English

• Traditional Tales - Hansel and Gretel
• Writing lists of our favourite sweets using commas to separate items in a list
• Recap on using 'and' to join words and join clauses
• Writing character descriptions
• Spelling pattern: /r/ spelt 'wr' at beginning of words eg. wrong, write, wrap etc
• Homophone of the week: 'right' and 'write'.  Can you write sentences using these words?

Maths

• Ordering numbers and objects from smallest to greatest and greatest to smallest
• Counting in 2s, 5s, 10s and 3s
• Learning the 10 times table

IPC

• Conducting simple investigations
• Exploring sound waves
• Making plastic cup telephones and investigating if the length of the string will impact the quality of the sound
• Exploring ways of making sounds with different objects

Special events this week

• Friday 27th at drop off: IPC exhibition: all are welcome to attend
• Saturday 28th: Open Morning

Congratulations Molly

20th September

We are all very proud of Molly who has passed her LAMDA Speech and Drama exam with Distinction.  This is a great achievement Molly, well done.

Spelling challenge

20th September

Our challenge this week for learning our spellings is 'magazine words'.  Miss Hall would love to display the words you create on our English board in the classroom.

Star of the Week

20th September

Congratulations to Oscar who was crowned our Star of the Week this week.

Sporting Superstars

19 September 

We made the most of the great weather today and headed outside for our PE lesson.  We were busy working on our throwing and catching skills and our fitness levels.  It was hard work running and jumping in the sunshine but it was also great fun!