Our first day in Year 2. We thought about our school motto 'Be Brave, Be Kind, Belong'.
We received some special messages from our class mascot 'Twit Twoo'.
We read each message carefully and had to decide if it would make Twit Twoo happy or sad.
We enjoyed using the iPads to create a fact file about ourselves using the book creator app.
We had fun using the camera tool to take a selfie.
We learnt how to add text and change the colour, size and font of our writing.
Did you know that Class 2 would rather take a swim in jelly than in jam?
Class 2's top colour is blue and their favourite ice cream is bubblegum flavour. Yum Yum!
We have been learning to represent 2 digit numbers using base 10.
We have learnt how many tens and how many ones there are in a 2 digit number.
We have used base 10, place value counters, double sided counters and numicon to represent 2 digit numbers in different ways.
How many different ways can you represent a 2 digit number? Which image do you prefer best?
We have learnt how to draw a picture to represent a 2 digit number.
Here are some of the ways we have learnt to represent 2 digit numbers. Can you think of any other ways we could represent a 2 digit number?
Look at all the different ways we can draw pictures to represent 2 digit numbers. Super work Class 2!
Exploring shape and pattern during our Golden Time session.
Enjoying some well earned Golden Time after a very busy second week in Year 2.
We have been learning to be bucket fillers in Class 2. Have you filled someone's bucket today?
We have been learning all about the famous landmarks in London.
We used the iPads to help us draw pictures of the different famous landmarks in London.
We used an artists pencil to sketch our chosen landmark.
How many famous landmarks in London can you name?
We really enjoyed watching some clips from the Paddington movie to help us with our writing. The bath scene was our favourite part.
There was lots of laughter watching this scene which led to some great writing. Well done Class 2!
We enjoyed using the iPads during our maths lesson to order numbers.
We ordered numbers from smallest to largest and largest to smallest.
We looked at the tens digit first to help us order our numbers. We then looked at the ones digit if two numbers had the same number of tens.
Class 2 have written some brilliant found posters for Paddington bear. They used some great adjectives to describe Paddington.
Look at these super pictures of the different landmarks in London. Do you recognise them?
We have created our own class map of London and have added our drawings of the different landmarks to our display.
We have been learning lots of interesting facts about our capital city, London.
We carefully cut out different facts about London and matched them up. Did you know that the Crown Jewels are kept in the Tower of London?
We have been learning to the use the compass to navigate around the different landmarks in London.
We used the words North, East, South and West to write directions to visit the different landmarks.
In maths we have been learning to partition 2 digit numbers into different combinations of tens and ones.
We used base ten to help us find different combinations of tens and ones for each 2 digit number.
We were great at spotting patterns in our number sentences as we recorded the different add ups on our whiteboards.
We have been learning to recall all of the add ups which make 10.
We have learnt how to record all of the add ups for 10 in a systematic way. We can represent them using the bar model.
We can also represent the add ups which make ten by using the part, part, whole model.
We have been learning to create a map of London using the book creator app on the iPads.
We used the draw tool to add the River Thames and a compass to our map.
We added photographs and labels of the different landmarks in London to our map.
We have been 'mini teachers' helping our friends to add photographs of the different landmarks to their maps of London.
We thought of a title, a question to engage the reader and wrote a statement explaining our map.
We added our maps to our classroom display. Don't they look great!
We enjoyed sharing our class book 'Paddington at the Carnival'.
We learnt how to read with prosody and thought about our audience when reading passages from the book. Super reading Class 2.
We enjoyed using pastels to create a sunset background for our London Silhouette.
We thought carefully about the different colours we might see in a sunset.
We blended the different shades of red, orange and yellow together to create our sunset.
Next we carefully blended different shades of blue to create the river for our London Silhouette.
We are looking forward to seeing what our final piece of artwork looks like.
We carefully drew and cut out different London landmarks to create our silhouette.
Thank you very much for all the lovely donations of food and drink that came into school for our Harvest Breakfast.
We enjoyed tasting all of the delicious fruits, pastries and cereals during our Harvest Breakfast celebration.
Our breakfast was very tasty!
After our Harvest Breakfast we thought about all the things that we are thankful for.
We have been using our class book 'Paddington at the Carnival' to help us answer retrieval questions.
Today we completed our silhouette of London.
We used different shades of blue tissue paper to add texture to our river.
We carefully stuck our landmarks along our river thinking about their position along the River Thames.
We enjoyed looking at our silhouettes of London with our friends.
Don't our London silhouettes look great!
We have been learning to complete a 'wonder, observe and infer' form this week based on evidence taken from the Great Fire of London.
We have been learning to add two 2 digit numbers together.
We used base ten to help us add two numbers together.
We also drew pictures to help us add two numbers together.
We are getting quite good at adding two numbers together.
Here are our London Silhouettes displayed in our classroom.
Here are some more pictures of our super artwork.
This week we have begun making our own Tudor House. First we needed to cover our cereal box in white paper.
Next we began to add some detail to our Tudor House. Did you know that Tudor Houses were made from wattle and daub?
Not all Tudor houses had windows in 1666. The panes of glass were very small.
We have been sorting different sentences about the Great Fire of London into 4 groups.
We sorted the different sentences into statements, questions, commands and exclamation sentences.
We have learnt that an exclamation sentence needs to begin with a 'What' or 'How', contain a verb and end in an exclamation mark.
Thank you Class 2 for all the wonderful donations you kindly sent in for Children in Need.
We enjoyed taking it in turns to fill up our Pudsey and Blush with all our spare pennies.
Look at all the pennies Class 2 kindly donated towards Children in Need.
Thank you Class 2 for all the wonderful projects you have sent in this term. They look amazing!
We have found out so many interesting facts about the Great Fire of London in 1666.
This week we have been using base 10 to help us subtract two 2 digit numbers.
We then learnt how to draw a picture to help us subtract two 2 digit numbers before writing it using column subtraction.
This week we have begun learning our lines for our Christmas play.
We are looking forward to sharing the Nativity story with you soon.
This week we have made a start on our Christmas crafts.
We have made some decorations for our Christmas tree.
We enjoyed using different strips of fabric to create an advent wreath.
We had a great time at Bodmin Fire Station.
We found out lots of interesting facts about the fire engines that we have today.
We looked at the water tank that is stored at the back of the fire engine.
We found out about all the equipment that is kept on the fire engine.
We set fire to a replica of our Tudor houses that we made out of recyclable materials.
London's burning, London's burning, fetch the engine, fetch the engine, fire fire, fire fire, pour on water, pour on water.
Look at the flames. They spread very quickly across our model Tudor houses.
We enjoyed taking a look inside the fire engine.
We had fun testing out the hose. The water spray was very powerful.
This week we have been learning to recognise different coins and notes.
We sorted the coins and notes in different ways. We thought about the colour, size and value of the different coins and notes.
We worked in pairs to sort the coins and notes into different groups.
We enjoyed watching our Christmas movie 'Santa Paws 2' this afternoon.
We enjoyed some tasty popcorn and a drink whilst watching our Christmas movie.
Our Christmas display.
We enjoyed making and decorating our own paper hat for our Christmas lunch.
We enjoyed our tasty Christmas dinner.
Look at the fantastic Tudor houses the children made this term.
