Getting ready for Christmas

We are getting very excited about our party tomorrow. Mrs.Wade is busy helping the children make their hats. Not long now.............

Electricity

This term in science we have been finding out about electricity. We know that some electrical appliances work by battery and others are mains operated. 

Can you think of 3 battery and 3 mains operated appliances?

Today the children were set a challenge and they very excited about it. They were given a battery, bulb and wires and set the challenge "Can you make the bulb light up?" The children were given no instructions. Here is what happened.......

After only a few minutes they were able to make an electrical circuit to light the bulb. It was good fun!

Following instructions

Last Friday during ICT we had a fantastic time playing Christmas computer games that Year 6 had created. The Year 6 Digital Leaders came and showed us how to play their games. The children thought the games were very good.

Thank you.

RNLI

Last week a visitor came in from the RNLI, Royal National Lifeboat Institution. The lady told us all about how the charity works and how they save peoples lives. We had the chance to look at what the workers wear. Miss Hatton was very lucky and got the chance to try the full wet suit on. (Please don't laugh!). If you get chance, take a look at the RNLI's website http://rnli.org/Pages/default.aspx.

E-Safety

Over the past few weeks we have been finding out how to keep safe on the internet. We designed posters and also created our own avatar of ourself. 

Here is our Top Tips to help you keep safe on the internet.

Search Engines

On Friday each class went to the Computer Suite to research our topic. We learnt about search engines and found out how to use Google to find out information. 

Fire Safety

The Fireman came in today to talk to us about 'Fire Safety'. The children found it very interesting and also had fun asking and answering questions. We found out that we need to make sure we have a 'Fire Plan' at home so we know what to do if there is a fire. What is your Fire Plan at home? What do you have to do if you hear the fire alarm go off?

Check that your fire alarms are working at home by pressing the button in the middle. If you don't have a fire alarm you can get in contact with your local fire station and they will come and fit a fire alarm for you. Keep safe.

All at Sea Part 2

As you can see Year 2 have been very busy doing lots of Maths work. We are also carrying on with the  topic 'All at Sea", where we have been finding out about Grace Darling who is a famous person for the past. 

Grace Darling was a very brave girl who saved 9 lives during a very stormy night. She lived in a lighthouse with her family. Follow the link below to watch a fantastic clip about The story of Grace Darling.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningzone/clips/true-stories-grace-darling/13413.html

Our Patchwork Squares

2GS have finally finished our sewing! We are really proud of our efforts and they look lovely in our classroom. We'll done children - not even one pricked finger!!

Mrs Smith's Numeracy group

We have been using Numicon to find the patterns of one more and one less.

We also used a staircase to help us with subtracting 1.

Measuring Madness

Mrs Ritchie's Maths Group have been learning how to measure using rulers and balances. Great fun and loads of learning!

What a busy term!

Well Year 2 have had a very busy term learning all about the sea! We have finished the term off with making some patchwork patterns. We learnt how to sew a run stitch and also found out about the artist Kaffe Fassett who makes patchwork. Here are some of his designs:

We designed our own designs based on Kaffe Fassett work......

We also made our own patch works.....

Have a great half term and see you back in school on Tuesday 5th November.

2JH's Island Adventure Assembly

Thank you to all the parents that came and watched the assembly today. The children did so well and really enjoyed themselves. Mrs Barrot and Miss Hatton are very proud of them. Thank you for your support.

I hope Big Bad Blackbeard doesn't come back to 2JH and get the three little pirates!

Patchwork patterns.

After looking at different patchwork patterns 2SR used 2d shapes to design new patterns.