Class 2

Two of our Class 2 children ready for the Dance and Drama Club Show. They were both absolutely fantastic in the performance and proved how talented our Key Stage 1 pupils are. Well done! 

In English we have been basing our writing on the story ‘The Great Dragon Rescue’ by M P Robertson. Today we have been writing independently retelling the story.

In PE today we got the parachute and played a game about pirates in the sunshine.

Class 2 had a fantastic day on our outdoor learning day. We had a maths themed day where we looked at height and length, mass, capacity and position and direction. It was lovely to welcome our friends from Richard Crosse and have the opportunity to learn and play with them. 
 

In maths Year 1 have been learning about fractions, looking at halves and quarters. Today we used the part whole model to help us work out a quarter of a quantity. 
 

In English Class 2 are basing their writing on the book ‘The Great Dragon Rescue’ by M P Robertson. Today they have been writing descriptions of the witch in the story. Year 1 have been using simple adjectives and Year 2 have been adding expanded noun phrases. It is lovely to see our Year 1…

This week in English we have been writing non chronological reports about penguins. Today Year 2 worked in pairs to peer assess each other’s work. They then chose a section of their work to edit and improve, adding sentence openers and generalisers to make their writing even better! 

In art this half term we have been looking at painting. We have experimented with different brush strokes, we have mixed primary colours to make secondary colours, we have added white to make tints and black to make shades. We have also looked at the art work of William Turner. Today we combined…

In art today we have been using a variety of different brushes to experiment with different strokes. 
 

In English we are going to be writing fact files and non chronological reports about penguins. Today we combined our IT and English lesson into one and used the chrome books as well as other sources to research information about penguins.

In music today we used the percussion instruments to compos a graphic notation for one of the stories we have covered this year ‘Katie in London’. 
 

In maths today Year 1 have been sorting and matching their wellies into pairs. We then practiced counting up in twos. We also used and hands and fingers to help us count up in fives and tens. We worked out that we had 150 fingers altogether!