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What the most fabulous week I have had with all of you! Thank you so much for all of your hard work, I think you need to give a big thank you to everyone at home for helping you out! It is half term next week so we will not be posting any blogs but please do keep letting us know what you are doing!
Have a marvelous half term, a good rest but most importantly, stay safe!
Miss H xx
Fun activities
Art
Literacy
Maths
Remote Learning Friday 22nd May 2020
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Top of the morning to you, my lovelies! IT IS FRIDAY!
I can’t believe that a week has flown by already! It has been a pleasure to take over the year two blog this week, I hope you have enjoyed it as much as I have! I thought I would leave you with a few quotes from my new favourite book which was given to me by a very special person …
Who joined in the World Record breaking art lesson yesterday? I know I did and loved it!
Here are the drawings that Isabel, Mrs Barker, my Mum, Grandma and me all drew!
Isabel
Mrs Barker
My Mum, Grandma and me
If you missed it, here is the link to the lesson so you can catch up!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSUN5vR4QZY
Here's the suggested timetable for today:
E.R.I.C. - Everybody Reading in Class for 20mins (remember to record your reading in your reading record)
Active time - Joe Wicks is showing guiding a PE lesson at 9am (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAxW1XT0iEJo0TYlRfn6rYQ)
Don’t forget GoNoodle:
Maths/Literacy - do this in batches of 20 mins each, build in breaks.
Break – If you have a pet, try taking a funny picture of it and we could make a funny pet wall on the blog to make people smile?
Creative Friday
Maths;
Lo: Solve a maths investigation
- 59 + 14 =
- 83 - 37 =
- 4 + 93 + 6 =
- 56 ÷ 4 =
- Write Twenty-one in digits.
- Partition 916 into 100s, 10s and 1s.
Here is your puzzle for the day:
Literacy;
You have really been enjoying researching your sea creature for our non-chronological report! Today is going to be your chance to write your non-chronological report up! You need to remember the following:
You can add in images if you feel it would add to your report. I can’t wait to see what they all look like here is the start of Jackson’s …
Creative Friday;
I’m not normally with you for creative Friday so I am very excited! I thought as something a little different, we would do some more photography. Here are three activities for you to get your teeth into. Choose one or all, it is up to you!
Activity one
Take a walk around your house and garden if you can, use a tablet, smartphone or digital camera to take photos from a Bird’s Eye View (from above the object), and Worm’s Eye View (from the bottom of the object, looking up) and by zooming in on just one part of your subject. Here are my examples that I took:
Bird's Eye View
Worm's Eye View
Don’t forget to focus the camera by touching the screen where the object is. After the walk, choose the best photos for each angle, and delete the others.
You might want to edit your photos for the best effect by cropping them. If you are using a tablet or smart phone, you should be able to do this by tapping on the photo and pressing edit or a little image of a pencil. You could ask a grown up to help you with this.
Activity two
Forced perspective is a technique that creates an optical illusion go make an object appear further away, closer, larger or smaller than it actually is. It is used primarily in photography.
These are made by having an object close to the camera lens to make it look bigger and something further away to make it look smaller. There is no editing involved.
Here is one I attempted when I visited the Tower of Pisa last Easter …
What do you think? Now, think of a creative scene with an object or second (or third) person and set up your photograph.
If you don’t have access to a digital camera, you could draw what your idea would have been. Good luck and happy snapping!
Activity three
I would like you to have a go at recreating a famous painting through photography.
Firstly, you need to choose a famous painting that you would like to recreate. Here are some examples of paintings you may choose …
Girl with a Pearl Earring – Johannes Vermeer
Mona Lisa – Leonardo Da Vinci
American Gothic – Grant Wood
The Persistence of Memory – Salvador Dalí
The Artists Garden at Giverny - Claude Monet
The Son of Man – Réne Magritte
Irises – Vincent Van Gough
Then, spend some time trying to create the relevant props you need. You might be able to use things from around your house (as long as you have your grown- ups permission!) or you might want to make them out of paper. Next, take a photo of your recreated painting using either a digital camera or a smartphone. Here are some examples of recreated paintings that I found on Google …
Here is a recipe that never fails for us, a lemon cake which is one of my favourites! We got the recipe from my Auntie and you can make it as a traybake, as a round double layer cake or as buns …
Simple Lemon Traybake
225g baking spread
225g caster sugar
275g self-raising flour
4 eggs
2 tsp baking powder
4tbsp milk
Lemon essence (or a flavour of your choosing)
- Cream together the butter and sugar
- Sieve in the flour and mix
- Add the eggs, one at a time and mix until smooth
- Add the baking powder and milk
- This is the point to add the flavouring
- Place in a baking tin you have chosen
- Bake for 20-25 minutes
You can then add any toppings you like, this is my Auntie’s favourite topping which you add after it has come out of the oven …
100g sugar
Juice of 1 or 2 lemons
- Mix sugar and lemon juice
- Pour over the cake and leave to cool
Here is a little something from me to say thank you and we miss you!
Keep the emails and pictures coming! I will use any work and images that have come in up to dinnertime today for the Friday gallery!
Miss H x
Remote Learning Thursday 21st May 2020
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Good morning to everyone!
What a beautiful day we had yesterday with the weather, I do hope it continues today! My partner, James, was getting a little fed up and lonely at our house on his own so bought the Old Trafford football ground to build. We thought it would take him a couple of weeks but it only took him a couple of days, so as an early birthday present, I decided to get him some second-hand Lego from Ebay. He has now constructed Tower Bridge, he even had to construct the little red bus and yellow taxi! It took him four days in total, he would have finished it sooner but decided to spread the experience of building it out! Here are the masterpieces …
What have you been constructing at home? Let me know!
As part of a PE challenge set by Amelia, I had to do each yoga pose for 25 seconds. Why don’t you have a try with and let you know how you got on?
Here's the suggested timetable for today:
E.R.I.C. - Everybody Reading in Class for 20mins (remember to record your reading in your reading record)
Active time - Joe Wicks is showing guiding a PE lesson at 9am (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAxW1XT0iEJo0TYlRfn6rYQ)
Don’t forget GoNoodle:
Science
PSHE
Break – If you have a pet, try taking a funny picture of it and we could make a funny pet wall on the blog to make people smile?
PE
Computing
Science
I thought for today, because it is nearly half-term, we could have a bit of a different science lesson. Here are 44 engineering and science challenges from the engineers at Dyson and I thought that you could choose some, which appeal to you, to do today! Are you going to choose the underwater volcano? Or will it be the boat powered by a chemical reaction? Let us know which you choose. How exciting this is going to be!
PSHE
Have you written on our Padlet yet? It is looking amazing! Please do keep adding to it as it is making me and everyone else smile! Already written on it? Please add more as you will always make someone smile!
Here is what it looks like so far …
PE
Thank you to those of you who have already sent me challenges! I would like you to keep sending them in! Here is a reminder of what to do …
I would like you to create some activities for me to do at home. Use everything that we have learned so far. This includes dance, gymnastics, netball, cricket, games, orienteering and anything else that you have been up to! I promise that I will do each activity that is given to me across the week and send evidence of me taking part! Have fun and good luck (I don’t know if that is for you or me?!) …
Computing
On Purplemash, we are going to carry on looking at coding and consolidating your knowledge of coding! I have set three 2Dos for you to complete on PurpleMash. There are videos at the start of each challenge which explains each task. If you click the hint button, it will show you how to code each object. Any problem, just let me know. Good luck!
Snail Race
Guard the Castle
Superheroes
If it is as sunny today, please do make sure you are being safe and of course, enjoying yourself! Keep in touch!
Miss H
Fancy some World Record breaking art?
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Isabel, in our class, pointed this out to me and I had to pass it along ...
Like many of us, you may have been enjoying Rob Biddulph’s brilliant Draw with Rob draw along videos, which have amassed a huge online following and now been watched over 2 million times on YouTube.
On May 21st, Rob is going to attempt to break the Guinness World Record for the World’s Biggest Art Lesson.
Rob will be live on YouTube at 4.00pm (BST) but in order for the attempt to meet Guinness World Records’ criteria we need participants – young and old – to register for the free lesson at www.artworldrecords.
The attempt will also help to raise money for those most impacted by COVID-19. Participants can donate what they can and companies have also begun to pledge financial support. These donations will go towards high impact charities to counter the impact of COVID-19, including stopping the disease’s spread, providing immediate relief to those most impacted and preventing future pandemics.
#ArtWorldRecords #
Miss H
Remote Learning Wednesday 20th May 2020
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Good morning to you my little cherubs !
It has been a while since I updated you on my painting so I thought I would share it with you today! I haven’t had chance to add much more to my masterpiece, but it is coming along nicely. I am planning to add a lot more and may even finish it over Spring Bank! After I have finished it, we are going to have it mounted onto some wood like a proper canvas, so the moment of truth, what do you think?
This is what it is hopefully going to look like when I have finished …
Check out the break for a funny idea I had …
Here is the suggested timetable for today:
E.R.I.C. - Everybody Reading in Class for 20 mins (remember to record your reading in your planners)
Active time - Joe Wicks guided PE lesson at 9am
(https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAxW1XT0iEJo0TYlRfn6rYQ)
Don’t forget GoNoodle:
Maths/Literacy - do this in batches of 20 mins each, build in breaks.
Break – If you have a pet, try taking a funny picture of it and we could make a funny pet wall on the blog to make people smile?
RE
Maths;
Lo: Solve a maths investigation
- 47 + 66 =
- 94 - 30 =
- 53 + 8 + 2 =
- 45 ÷ 5 =
- Write ninty-eight in digits.
- Partition 431 into 100s, 10s and 1s.
Here is your puzzle for the day:
Literacy;
It was lovely to see your acrostic poems yesterday! Over the next two days, we are going to create a non-chronological report about a sea creature. We write non-chronological reports to give people information on a particular subject. A non-chronological report is non-fiction.
Today, I would like you to research your favourite sea creature! Will you choose the mighty blue whale or the humble sea snake? The colourful blue tang or cheeky dolphin? The choice it yours! Find out and make notes about the animal you have chosen, we want to give people information about these wonderful creatures.
Here are some questions that you could discuss in your report:
- What does it look like?
- What is the habitat like?
- What is their diet?
- What are their predators/prey?
- Can you think of a fun fact that you can add?
Here is a structure you could use for your report:
Tomorrow, we will write up our report, good luck!
RE;
What are special times for Christians and Muslims?
What might you do differently at special times or for celebrations? Think of birthdays and other celebrations, do you go to a special place or do things that you don’t normally do?
Christians and Muslims both have special times during the year when they might have special worship or prayers. Can you name any festivals you have heard about/celebrated? What symbols are associated with these different festivals?
Christians celebrate a festival called Harvest. Click here to find out more:
http://request.org.uk/restart/2014/09/08/harvest/
Do you know how Muslims prepare for Eid Ul Fitr? Special prayers are said during Ramadan including opening and closing fast and a special night of prayer in the last week of Ramadan.
Here is a PowerPoint about this festival, which is happening at the moment.
The Traweeh is a special prayer during Ramadan when Muslims remember the giving of the Qu’ran to Prophet Mohammed.
Discuss these festivals with people at home. You could create a poster for each festival, explaining what it is about using pictures and only a few words?
Thank you all for a fabulous week so far and remember to keep in touch!
Miss H