D&T in the Autumn Term in Year 2

By Miss P STATHERS17th December 2022

This term, Year 2 have been looking at food in Design and Technology. Their brief was to create a healthy snack in the shape of a rocket.

Investigate 

First of all, they investigated where food comes from. The realised that healthy food usually comes from a plant or an animal. They  then sorted foods in to two groups.

Focussed Practical Task

The children practised the skills they would need. This involved slicing, grating, scooping and  cutting.

Design

The children then designed their own Rocket Pitta.

Make

The children used their new skills of slicing, scooping, grating and cutting to make their rocket pitta pizzas.

Evaluate

The children evaluated their snacks based on their appearance, taste and similarity to their design.

freestanding structures

By Sophie Dale16th December 2022

                   Investigate

What is a freestanding structure? First Year 1 looked at a variety of freestanding structures. We discovered that is is a product that can stand by itself without attaching to anything else. We looked at products inside the classroom that were freestanding and then went to investigate the playground equipment outside.

Focused Practical task

In our next lesson we shared the design brief with the children. We then focused on the skills we would need to make our own freestanding structures (toy playground equipment). We practiced measuring, cutting, shaping and joining. 

 

Design and Make

The children then carefully designed their freestanding structure and labelled the materials they would be using. Then it was finally time to make it! Here are some of the results…

   

Evaluate

 Finally the children evaluated their product. They thought about what went well and what they would change next time. A lot of children changed their mind about the material they used. Well done Year 1!

Carol Service

By Mrs K SMITH15th December 2022

To finish the Autumn Term, Year 2 have taken part in a Christmas service.

We have spent time over the term learning carols to sing. We have appraised and listened to the music, tune and words. We have talked about how calming some carols are such as Away in a Manger and how soft these songs are. The music is slow and gentle and it made us feel relaxed.

We practised these songs before we performed to an audience.

As part of our Christmas Service we also re-told the story of Mary and Joseph and their journey to Bethlehem for Jesus’ birth.

We each told a piece of the story to recount how Gabriel had appeared to Mary before Their Journey to Bethlehem and how the Shepherds and Wise Men followed a star to find a stable with Jesus.

We were very excited as we had a special visitor to watch our performance. The Vicar from St Nicholas Church came to watch us and led us in prayer to remember Jesus.

Celebrating Christmas in Year 1.

By Mrs R STAMP13th December 2022

Throughout December the children have identified what senses they use to recognise the signs which tell us that Christmas is coming.

‘I know it’s Christmas when we put our tree up and the elf comes and does cheeky stuff.’,

‘I can see lights and decorations everywhere.’

‘We open our calendars to countdown to Christmas day and eat a chocolate everyday.’

‘I know Christmas is going to be soon when it feels cold and it’s frosty and slippery outside. I need to wear my coat, hat and gloves everyday.’

The children also celebrated with a delicious Christmas dinner and Christmas party.

‘I love eating yummy turkey and sausages with my Christmas dinner.’

‘I can’t wait to hear my cracker go bang and put my party hat on.’

‘I like the smell of hot chocolate when it’s cold outside’

‘My favourite songs are Christmas songs, I like to sing along to them and dance.’

Finally, the children learnt about why Christians celebrate Christmas, performing a traditional nativity.

Year 1- Art in the local area inspired by David Hockney

By Sophie Dale10th December 2022

 

In Year 1, the children developed a wide range of art and design techniques using colour, pattern, texture, line and shape. First they explored different lines and patterns such as curves and zigzags.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In the next lesson we made observational drawings of buildings in the local area. We chose to focus on The Deep and the Humber Bridge as the children were familiar with these buildings.

Next we introduced the artist David Hockney to inspire the children to create their own piece of art in his style.

 

Here are some of the final pieces. To create this the children used the skills they have previously learnt and a combination of pencils and chalk pastels. 

 

White Ribbon Day

By Sophie Dale7th December 2022

On Monday, Year One were introduced to the meaning behind White Ribbon Day.

Special visitors came from the police and fire services to remind the children of the importance of having kind hands, kind feet and to speak to a trusted person if they are ever worried.

The children then signed a White Ribbon Promise which we have displayed proudly on our classroom doors.

 

Alexander Calder sculpture

By Mrs K SMITH6th December 2022

This week Year 2 have completed their final art piece based on the work of Alexander Calder.

We looked at sculptures that Alexander Calder has produced and how some of these are are hanging pieces which can move in the wind. We talked about how a sculpture is a 3D piece of art and how we could create something similar.

We started by exploring different materials to make 3D shapes. We used paper, card and straws to create our shapes and worked together to join some of these shapes together to make a simple structure.

Year 2 discussed the shapes they had practised which could be incorporated into the final piece of art work. they also discussed materials and thought wire would work well with the paper and card to create a hanging 3D sculpture which would move, inspired by those Alexander Calder produced.

In groups, Year 2 produced shapes using paper and card in primary colours to hang on their sculpture. They also used craft wire to create the hanging effect of all the pieces on the structure ensuring there was patterns incorporated similar to the ones they identified in Alexander Calder’s paintings.

Year 2 are very proud of their finished sculpture.

 

Learning songs for our nativity!

By Sophie Dale5th December 2022

Year 1 have really enjoyed rehearsing songs for their nativity this half term. They have worked really hard to learn each new song and the corresponding actions. Some of the children were confident enough to sing solo! It was a joy to see the songs they have worked so hard on being performed in front of an audience for parents and carers.

Creating secondary colours

By Mrs K SMITH27th November 2022

This week in art, Year 2 have been looking at the colours Alexander Calder uses in his paintings.

We noticed he likes bright colours such as blue, yellow and red. We got to talk about these and found out they were called primary colours.

Year 2 talked about how these primary colours could be mixed to make a different colour. We discovered these new colours are called secondary colours.

We mixed our primary colours to see what secondary colours we could create.

Blue + Yellow = Green

Red + Blue = Purple 

Yellow + Red = Orange

 

Ball skills

By Mrs K SMITH24th November 2022

This week in Year 2 we have been looking at ball skills using our feet.

We have looked at how we pass the all accurately and with control to get it to where we want it.  We know how to use the inside of our foot and the amount of force we need to use based on the distance we want the ball to travel.

We practised our skills with a partner before we played a game of ‘Mud Monsters‘.

We had to pass our ball to our partners and move around the hall whilst dribbling using control. If our ball touched a cone then we became stuck and couldn’t move.

It was a fun game to play and helped us think about our passing skills.