Class 2
14.10.22 Week in Review
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We are getting towards the end of our explorers topic now and we are finding out about the latter stages of Shackleton's 1914 Antarctic expedition. This week the class has been writing to-do lists for the crew to get on with and writing letters to Ernest Shackleton from the perspective of his family.
We have had the watercolour paints out again this week and tried to emulate the amazing work of explorer artist David McEown. He specialises in painting the vulnerable wilderness areas of earth and the class had their own go. The result were great!
During outdoor learning, we read a lovely book called Little Gooses Autumn this week and found out about lots of ways different animals spend Autumn time preparing for the colder winter weather. Geese are very impressive as they migrate south to warmer countries and then find their way back to exactly the same place when they come back in the spring.
We tried hiding acorns and then finding them again like squirrels do and made some conker squirrel feeders using palm drills.
07.10.22 Week in Review
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Hi all,
I hope everyone is doing okay as I know there is a bug going around!
This week, we had the brilliant pleasure of having author Sophy Henn tuning in to give the class a fascinating insight into life as an author. The children loved her enthusiasm and her knowledge of animals, habitats and dinosaurs! Thanks Sophy!
In maths this week, we have been measuring and weighing. Here are a few snaps from one lesson on capacity. The class loved reading how many milliliters of liquid they had so feel free to practice this skill more at home!
30.09.22 Week in Review
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Well, there goes September!
It has flown by and I must report that the class are becoming great role models in Key Stage One!
This week, we have found out that Shackleton encountered some trouble in Antarctica and enjoyed doing some drama to act out some of the tasks the crew had to do to move through the Weddell Sea! The class also wrote amazing diary entries from the perspective of Shackleton himself!
During maths, the class had a go at making fact families and explored how numbers can create common patterns. Keep practising those number bonds!
Today, we joined the NFU Harvest Live 2022 online lesson and came away with lots of new knowledge about farming and harvesting and enjoyed learning about what part of plants different foods come from! Thank you to the NFU for another super Harvest event!
In our outdoor learning afternoon this week, we read a lovely story about a lady who really wants to bake an apple cake. We are so lucky at Netherthong as we have our own apples growing on the trees. We used some of the windfall apples to make interesting feeders for the birds. There were some that looked like aliens and some were like kebabs! The birds are very lucky as the apples taste delicious!
23.9.22 Week in Review
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Good afternoon everyone,
Another brilliant week has come to a close here in class two and I must pass on how well the group are settling into year two. Well done everyone!
We have become number bonds experts during maths this week and can recall handy number facts quickly and accurately!
In English, the class have worked hard on describing Shackleton's famous boat - The Endurance!
You should see the Moana dance that we are working on during dance lessons! It is going to be amazing when we bring it all together. Today, the class wowed me with their football skills. The passing on show was superb and they were excellent at passing under pressure too! Very impressive!
Outdoor Learning was all about apples this week. The blossom that we saw in Spring has grown into beautiful red apples which are ripe and ready for harvesting. We collected the windfall apples from the grass and found lots of interesting things to do with them in our wild area. We made apple cakes, animal habitats, rolled them down the slope and made apple prints and bird feeders. At snack time we tried the fresh apples that we picked from the tree. They were delicious! It was extra special for class 2 as they actually planted the apple tree when they were in Reception class.
16.09.22 A Week In Review
admin on: Class 2
Good afternoon everyone,
This week here in class two, we have been getting stuck into our explorers topic! Ernest Shackleton has been a figure that we are learning about and his 1914 Antarctic expedition. The class have put their wordsmith skills to the test and created adverts for people to join them on an Antarctic adventure. I must say, the weather didn't sound too appealing!
During maths this week, the class have been using money. They have added money together to find totals and used coins to create amounts.
What a great morning we had back in the wild area this week. The sun was shining and we spotted lots of unusually coloured ladybirds and rescued some enormous caterpillars! We noticed that some leaves are beginning to change colour and fall from the trees and enjoyed getting creative with blackberries and acorns in our mud kitchen.
