Class 2
27.01.23 Week in review
admin on: Class 2
Good afternoon,
We have a great week year two. The class have been performing brilliantly!
We are currently enjoying Harry Potter and Philosopher's Stone as our class reader and I must say that now Harry has arrived at Hogwarts, things are getting interesting!
In maths, the class have been working hard on fractions! We started the week working with loads of apparatus to share equally and as the week has progressed we have tried representing amounts visually and pictorially. To top things off, the class also enjoyed learning some shortcuts using tens and ones to half and quarter.
This week, the class have learned about the regional variations in Scotland and observed the human and physical features of the Highlands, Islands, Central Belt and Southern Uplands. They have also used Mairi Hedderwick's Katie Morag stories as inspiration for their own creative writing. We have planned out our stories using planners and storyboards and are ready to write them up with added detail next week.
Thanks all, have a good weekend!
Mr. H.
20.01.23 Week in review
admin on: Class 2
Good afternoon all,
We have been writing fact files about Katie Morag in English this week, The class have been trying to include different sentence types and various conjunctions. They are looking good so far!
In maths, we have worked on clever ways of adding and subtracting with the aim of making the process simpler with less chances for errors.
We have loved PE this week despite the icy weather. The class continued to impress during rubgy and showed amazing skills in hockey!
During geography, we named and labeled the countries, seas and capital cities of the British Isles. The class were brilliant at using the atlas to reference their work.
Thanks everyone, have a good weekend!
Mr. H.
13.01.23 Week in review
admin on: Class 2
Good afternoon everyone,
What a lovely week we have had here in class two!
The kick the blog off, we have enjoyed more from the Katie Morag treasury book and loved listening to Katie Morag and Tiresome Ted. The class did a super job writing a diary entry from the point of view of Katie (who was extremely grumpy)!
During maths, year two have been exploring 3D shapes and have been brilliant shape detectives, identifying vertices, edges and faces!
Yesterday, we grabbed lots of computers and loaded up purple mash for a computing music hybrid lesson! We used the 2sequence software to create our very own electronic music. We reviewed some of the music that the class created and I must say that there are some budding music producers in the pipeline. We discussed tempo, volume and beats during a very active and noisy lesson!
Never eat shredded wheat! Never eat salt water! Never eat soggy waffles! Naughty elephants squirt water! These are just a few of the mnemonics that the class had for remembering the four main compass directions during geography. We had world maps out and were looking at different oceans and continents locations in comparison to one another.
In our outdoor learning session, Bluebells did a great job recreating the Isle of Struay where Katie Morag lives. They looked carefully at the map and thought about geographical features such as beaches, harbours, hills and forests then worked in in teams to build their own islands. They also started to add some man made features such as the lighthouse and cottages.
06.01.23 Happy New Year!
admin on: Class 2
Good afternoon everyone,
I hope this blog update finds you all well in 2023!
Here in class two, we have started our new topic on 'Scotland' and so far we have looked at the geographical location of Scotland whilst brushing up on the locations of the seven continents and five oceans of the world.
During our English lessons, the class recounted their breaks and enjoyed listening to a classic Katie Morag story - Katie delivers the mail. The class was brilliant at sequencing the story after I jumbled it up and even summarised the tale in their own words! Very impressive!
This week, our maths learning has revolved around presenting data in tally charts and block graphs. This has been a multi-day project and the end product of creating a block graph looks great!
During art, we discovered the Scottish sculptor Andy Scott, famous for the creation of the Kelpies in Falkirk, along with his other 80 international projects. The class was amazed by the scale of the sculptures as well as the attention to detail. They could not believe how small I was in front of them in a photo!
Lastly, we had a fantastic PE lesson today, learning new rugby skills and the class blew me away with their brilliant throwing and catching skills which they had to adapt to work with our rugby balls! A great lesson!
I hope you all have brilliant weekends and I will see you all next week!
Thanks,
Mr. H.
9.12.22 Week in Review
admin on: Class 2
Good afternoon everyone!
Wow! What a week we have had! It has been a busy one!
To start with, Year 2 delivered their Christmas performance this week after putting in lots of effort learning lines and practicing songs! I think you'll agree that they were all fantastic and got a class merit today in assembly!
Also, we had a special treat yesterday as the Hey Diddles called in to give EYFS and KS1 a show! They were great fun and had all the kids and grown-ups joining in with loads of songs! Great fun all round!
Thanks all and have a good weekend!
Mr. H.
