The children in year are really impressing us with the scientific skills they are developing this year. About light, they can say what a light source is, name a number of different light sources and address common misconceptions about light sources. For instance, they can explain that a mirror is not a light source but is merely a good reflector of light. They loved applying their knowledge of reflection to designing a school back pack, with all of them remembering to include retroreflective material within their design.
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All our little ‘Hubbles’ looked amazing in their Pudsey Bear outfits today , fundraising for ‘Children in Need’.
We made some marshmallow top hats for Pudsey.
Recipe – Marshmallow Top Hats
Ingredients
marshmallows
chocolate
smarties
Method
- melt chocolate (make sure an adult helps you with this)
- dip bottom of marshmallow in chocolate and place in bun case (small cake cases fit better)
- with a spoon, drizzle a little melted chocolate on top of marshmallow
- place coloured smarties on top
Enjoy with a delicious mug of hot chocolate……..with mini marshmallows on top of course…….and whipped cream……….and a flake!!
Mmmmmm yum yum!!
Some more FS2 children enjoyed mud painting during our Forest School session this week.
First we carefully made our paint brushes with the sticks and leaves that had been collected…
Next, we carefully scooped and mixed our mud… adding water and powder paint to make beautiful colours…
After that, we got to work on our amazing creations!
We all shared the colours we had made.
Look at our masterpieces!
Aren’t they just wonderful?
This week we have had an amazing time exploring and investigating in our outdoor water area.
First we used the hose to fill our containers…we turned some of the water red, we even added some bubbles too!
Next, we used different containers to collect and move the water…some held lots of water but others only held a little…
…we scooped, hooked and even painted with our water!
After that, we worked together to fill the gully with water… we paddled in it too, it was great fun!
Then finally, we scrapped away the leaves so the water could go down the drain.
We love working together with our friends, sharing and team work gets the job done 😊
During PE this week we found out about how water changes … first we felt the water, it felt soft and squishy..
…then we felt the ice, it was very cold! It was slippery too and we even gave it a smell…it made our noses cold!
We talked about how Jack Frost makes water freeze and how the beautiful sunshine makes it melt.
Then, we all moved around in different ways and then we practised ‘freezing’.
After that, we took it in turns to be Jack Frost, when he touches you you must stop and freeze! It was good fun and we were all so good at following instructions.
Next, we took turns to be the sunshine – if you had been frozen, once the sunshine touches you, you melted and could move again.
We were very clever at stopping, starting, changing direction and freezing.
Finally, we practised jogging, jumping, skipping and hopping too, we are very good at moving around outside carefully.
Year 2 have been learning about the importance of hygiene in Science. We read the story ‘Dirty Bertie’ and then we gave Bertie some tips on how to improve his hygiene.
Then we started our own experiment. We put our handprint on a piece of bread and sealed it in a bag. Then we washed our hands and put our handprint on another piece of bead. We are going to observe our bread over time and record what happens to each piece of bread.
We can’t wait to see what happens to the bread!
This week in science we looked at animals and whether they live in hot or cold climates. We also discussed that different species of foxes live in both climates. We looked at why the Arctic fox was white so it can camouflage in the snow to sneak up on its prey or hide from predators. We acted this out and had a lot of fun!
In F1 we talked about Guy Fawkes and why we celebrate Bonfire Night. We also tried some traditional bonfire night food. We made our own sparklers, where we dipped our chocolate fingers in warm water to melt the chocolate and then covered them in sprinkles. We talked about how the chocolate melted. We did some fabulous blow paint firework pictures, which are now on display in our classroom. We also made some tasty treats in our mud kitchen food stall. Click on the link below to see our photos.
F1 had lots of fun helping to pick our carrots that we have been growing in our vegetable patch!
We had a very busy day learning all about Guy Fawkes and the reason we celebrate ‘Bonfire Night’.
- we displayed excellent teamwork skills collecting sticks and leaves to make our bonfire
- used a range of painting techniques to create bonfire and firework art
- wrote some important safety instructions for staying safe on ‘Bonfire Night’
- enjoyed making and eating edible sparklers and hot dogs whilst listening to our themed story ‘Sparks in the Sky’
- finished off our day all snuggled up watching a spectacular firework display
