Class 2

Today in maths the children were learning about the <>= symbols. They worked in pairs, using the base 10 to compare numbers. 

In art today we were experimenting with tints and shades. We then added white to blue to see if we could make ‘Wedgwood Blue’. 

Today our Year 2 children are independently planning the story ‘Dear Zoo’. Tomorrow they will retell the story and add in their own animals. 

Our Year 2 children had great fun getting creative in phonics today. They were practising spelling works with the silent k before the n such as knee and knock.

Class 2 are annoying another popular story read by one of our Year 2 children. 

In maths today we have been looking at the numbers 11 - 15. We worked in pairs and partitioned  numbers into tens and ones using the part whole model. 

Today the children are working in pairs to work out how many different ways they make ten using concrete resources. 

In art this half term we are going to be learning g about the life and work of Josiah Wedgwood. Today we looked at some of his pottery and sketched features of our favourite pieces. 

Today one of Year 2 children read the story to the Class. She chose the Gruffalo by Julia Donaldson. 

In English today we looked at different zoo animals in groups. We had to think about how our animal moved? What it looked like and how it sounded? As a class we had to decide which animal we thought it was. 

In maths today we were practicing counting within 10. We learnt that the last number you say is how many you have altogether. Year 1 had an outdoor maths challenge whereby they had to work in pairs and count the number of different objects .