As part of our Geography unit this half term, the children have been learning about the Continents of the World. Last week, the children learnt that there are 7 Continents and began to locate them in Atlases, on globes and on Google Earth too! The children have learnt a fantastic song to help them remember …
This morning, we have been looking at measuring using centimetres and metres. We discussed that there are 100cm in 1m. The class partnered up to measure different objects in our classroom using a 30cm ruler. If objects were slightly bigger than the ruler, we used our finger as a marker and measured the other part …
In Year 2, we have been learning to recognise and tell the time (o’clock, half past, quarter past and quarter to). The children have used clocks to show different times, played board games to read different times and have played bingo where they have had to draw different times on a clock. Year 2 are …
This morning in Maths, we started our session by using our knowledge of classifying angles to estimate the size of various angles. Then, we had a go at using protractors to accurately measure angles, which our buddies drew for us…ON THE TABLES! I know, we were pretty shocked by this too!
Before half term, Herons planted a variety of different seeds including; spinach, pea and spring onion. We have cared for these plants by giving them plenty of water and sun. We have now had the opportunity to plant them outside as they needed more space to grow.
In English, Herons have been looking at the key features of non-chronological texts. We spent time looking at a variety of different books to identify key features such as: headings, facts, paragraphs, questions etc. The children enjoyed learning new information about different animals and insects. We finished off our lesson by watching a short clip …
Herons have taken part in the Penny Investigation. They had to see how many drops of water they could get on a penny. Once, they did this they tried again to see if they could beat their score. We discussed how doing smaller drops each time would mean we would do more drops. The children …
We have been working on our place value knowledge and how to represent two digit numbers in a variety of ways. We used part whole models, ten frames, tens and ones and a written form. Take a look at our work.
This week, Puffins have been engaging with The Great Science Share for Schools – a campaign that aims to inspire children to ask, investigate and share scientific questions that are important to them. This afternoon, they took part in the ‘penny drop experiment’. Initially, they were challenged to see how many drops of water they …
Skylarks predicted how many drops of water they thought would fit on a penny. Their guesses were between 7 and 9 drops. They then carried out an experiment using a pipette to put drops of water onto a penny. They were quite surprised by their results! would fit on a penny and