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We looked at some pictures created by Piet Mondrian and noticed that he uses lines and blocks of colour.
We used 2Paint to create our own versions of Mondrian’s art.
Year 2 have been learning about the importance of Palm Sunday and what it means to Christians.
We read a story about Palm Sunday then re-enacted Jesus arriving into Jerusalem on the back of a donkey. We had a very excited crowd waving palm leaves to welcome Jesus.
We also wrote the key words and phrases on a palm leaf template.
Today, Year 2 enjoyed their parent workshop as part of British Science Week.
We were investigating how to make a strong bridge out of a piece of paper.
We made a prediction then tested our theories with the help of our extra adults. We discovered that folding the paper into a channel shape allowed us to put lots of weight on the bridge before it collapsed.
We repeated the investigation with tin foil and predicted which material would be stronger.
Finally, we did a whole class investigation with a large sheet of paper to see if that would hold the same weight as a small piece. We found out that it could only hold 3 coins before collapsing! Enes said he thought it was because we’d made the bridge too wide!
Lots of great science and engineering ideas were explored.
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- Practising our score!
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- Writing our notes!
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- Performing our music!
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- Practising our music!
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- Composing our music!
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- Our musical note on a stave!
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- Working together!
First of all Year 2 worked in groups to compose some music.
Next, they recorded the musical notes onto a stave and practised playing their tunes.
Finally, they performed their music to the rest of the class.
Well done Year 2 – you made some amazing music!!
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- Discussing what personal information means!
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- Making learning fun by finding key words about personal information on the wordsearch!
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- We got help from our friends!
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- We enjoyed learning about being safe online!
We talk about online safety in Year 2 during our computing lessons, assemblies and PSHCE lessons. The children can discuss how to keep safe and who they should tell if they are unsure. As part of Project Evolve, the children thought about who owns the information that is stored on the internet and how long that information stays on the internet.
The children were very knowledgeable about what information they should share and what information is personal and shouldn’t be shared. They could also say why it should not be shared. We completed the session with an interactive word search to find all of the key words relating to personal information.
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- Making predictions!
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- Writing about our investigation.
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- Testing the strength of our materials.
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- Testing if our materials are waterproof.
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- Discussing our findings!
After looking at different uses for materials last week some children were discussing which materials were best for outdoor seating. we decided to use this conversation to create an investigation. Children thought about their prior learning of material properties and uses to make a prediction about which material would be best suited to make an outdoor bench.
Children drew a scientific diagram of there equipment before testing four different materials for strength by adding weight and pressure to each one. They then poured water over each material to see what happened when the material got wet. We then tested the strength of each material again.
Children then wrote about their findings. Some children discovered that metal was the best material whilst others though plastic was a good alternative.
There were lots of discussions about all of the materials. A great afternoon for our scientists in Year 2!
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- Yes/no questions about animals.
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- Creating our own questions.
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- Thinking of questions for a binary tree.
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- Working down the binary tree with new questions.
None of us knew what a binary tree was at the start of our lesson so we were excited to learn.
Next, we started by thinking of yes/no questions to ask about a selection of animals.
Then, we kept answering the questions to create new groups and sort the animals.
Finally, we thought of our own yes/no questions to input on our IPADS.
Year 2 have been taking inspiration from the artist, Alexander Calder, to create some incredible sculptures.
Firstly, children created circles and hoops with coloured paper.
Then, they worked in small groups to attach their circles together.
After that, the attached circles were put together with wire.
Children then attached spheres to the wire to complete their group’s sculpture.
Finally, 3 groups’ sculptures were attached to another piece of wire to create one huge sculpture.
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- Reading the facts!
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- Finding the key facts!
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- Sharing our ideas!
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- Learning about Florence Nightingale!
Year 2 have been using videos and book extracts to find out about Florence Nightingale.
The children really enjoyed finding out about the important changes Florence made to health care and why she is such a famous nurse. This was linked to our learning recent learning about hygiene.
Children were able to find the key facts and share their ideas.