Class 2
26.04.24 Week in Review
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John Kane - Read Author Event
This week, we tuned into one of Read Bookshop's author events. This time around it featured the Irish author, John Kane, who read and discussed his latest book 'What is Black and White?'. The class absolutely loved listening to the book and joining in with John in his drawing workshop too. It made us all laugh and smile and I know the kids will be keeping an eye out for his books in future.
The Mousehole Cat
In our formal English lessons the class have been getting to know the story of 'The Mousehole Cat' and have started to produce their very own storyboards of the story from the point of view of the character Tom. This story has given the class a great window into the past and an understanding of what coastal areas may have been like in the past - minus the Storm Cat of course!
Campervans
In keeping with our seaside topic, the class have designed camper vans to take them on trips to the seaside. Today, they have started the construction of their models and given them a coat of paint... so apologies for any paint covered uniform!
Seasides in the Past
Previously, class two started learning about what people did at the seaside in the past. To build on this understanding, we delved into the reasons why seaside trips became a tradition and how technological advances like the train-lines led to more people getting away for holidays.
Making digital music
Our computing topic at the moment is making music using technology and the class loved making rhythms on chrome music labs here .
19.04.24 A week in review
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Good afternoon everyone,
Here in class two, we have had a brilliant week and a highlight of it has to be starting the story 'The Mousehole Cat'. The class started by looking at one of the first illustrations of the book and this features a view out Mousehole, Cornwall. The children came up with as many words as possible using that image and the words were a mixture of nouns and adjectives. From this, the class started writing a description of the image but they had to try to start each of their sentences with a different letter of the alphabet! Their descriptions were brilliant and very imaginative.
In PE, the class were fantastic when Thongsbridge Tennis Club coach, Matt, came into school to lead our tennis lessons. The group built on their prior learning to return balls using racquets with accuracy and appropriate power.
History this week, consisted of reviewing old photos of seaside holidays and looking at what has changed and what has stayed the same. The class noticed that some things like paddling and playing with buckets and spades are timeless whilst wearing old fashioned swimming costumes and playing giant dominoes is less common.
Have a good weekend everyone.
Thanks,
Mr. H.
12.04.24 A week in review
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Good afternoon everyone,
Welcome back to the school website. I hope you all had a good Easter and it has been lovely to catch up with everyone after some time off.
Our topic in school has moved on from the Great Fire of London and has become Seasides. This unit is a history topic that compares old holidays with new and picks out some of the similarities and differences. We will explore some of the traditions around holidays and why people started visiting the seaside in the first place. We will explore an element of geography throughout the half term, as we explore different holiday destinations and where people travel from to get to the seaside.
Starting off with English, the class have enjoyed a very varied week. It began by writing recounts of some of the activities they have been up to whilst not at school and then we looked at a collection of seaside poems by Jill Bennett. The class loved the poems so much, that they had a go at creating their very own. Some were rhyming, some were descriptive and some were funny. Some of the class even performed their poems in front of everyone and read with some great expression.
During our maths lessons, the class have been working hard on their fraction knowledge. They have been halving, quartering, finding three quarters and thirds of amounts!
Have a great weekend everyone!
Mr. H.
22.3.24 Week in Review
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Happy Easter!
I hope everyone has a great Easter Break!
We have had lots of fun in class two this week with everyone heading out to do a whole class outdoor learning session in the warm spring sunshine.
The class have produced some utterly amazing Great Fire of London diaries, recounting their own fictional experiences based on their learning of the topic in history.
During our math lessons, Miss Chadwick has led the class in using different strategies to multiply, divide, subtract and add in a variety of math games.
Thanks everyone,
Mr. H.
15.3.24 Week in Review
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What an exciting week we have had being scientists!
On Monday and Wednesday afternoon, we joined together with Year One and Reception to take part in different experiments. These ranged from exploding volcanoes with Mrs Parker and Mrs McLoughlin to making sand timers with me. We had so much fun learning why the different changes took place! We have even started using our new skills to complete experiments at home!
