Re-enacting Diwali Stories - Year 2

This first half of the Autumn Term in Year 2 we have been leaning about Hinduism. We have read the story of Rama and Sita and understand the Hindu belief that light conquers darkness and good conquers evil. 

This belief is why lights are lit at Diwali festivals and celebrations. 

This week we acted out the story of Rama and Sita as well as some other variations of it. Take a look below!

 

Maths - Double trouble in Year 2!

This week Year 2 have been exploring the 2 times table. We know that this times table doubles numbers. 

On Monday, we created some doubling butterfly art. We made sure that there were the same amount of spots on either wing in order to make sure the number had been doubled.

What can you try doubling at home?

Have a look at what we created below!

The Premises Personnel team turn detective!

The Premise Personnel Team spent some time on Monday afternoon checking the lost property for names in the hope of reuniting some items with their owners.

We found names in a few items which made a good start, and even found a Parisian beret that had been lost by a teacher- can you guess which teacher it belongs to?!

The Premises Personnel Team would like to remind you of the following:

Please label all uniform items and anything you are bringing into school with a name, ideally first and second name or even just first name and class.

Try not to leave items such as coats and water bottles on the playground; if you do, they will go into the Daily Trug which you can check through later in the day - it's kept outside by the Gazebo. At the end of the day anything left will then go into the official Lost Property basket.

Let's work together to keep our playground and school premises tody and organised!

 

Year 5 Maple Class - Music

Last week in Music, Maple class (Year 5) were practising their syncopated rhythms, and musical questions and answers.  

 

Year 3 Music - Sounds and Symbols

 Reading the dots...

In Year 3 we have been looking at using different symbols to tell us when to play different instruments.  

So far we have been focussing on hand percussion instruments - but today we took out next steps to reading note pitches.

We started by learning where C D E are on a musical stave - and used colour coding as well. When we got the hang of it - Mr Griffiths took the colour coding away!

Health and Hygiene in Year 2

Caution! Do not read this blog while eating!

Today we looked at our bread investigation to see the result. We looked at the three pieces of bread; one was touched by dirty hands, another clean hands and the third wasn’t touched at all so that it could act as the control. 

We saw that the bread that was touched with dirty hands turned mouldy, the bread touched with clean hands also had a tiny bit of mould and the bread touched with gloves remained clean. We learnt that the bread has turned mouldy because it was exposed to germs. 

Germs will grow in dirty and wet places, which is why the dirty hands and clean hands changed the bread. This is why it is important to clean our hands and dry them properly so germs do not spread.

   

 

Year 2 sculptors!

Throughout this first half of the Autumn Term, Year 2 have been learning about the human form. We have sketched the human body, sketched character faces from our core text, The Tunnel and finally used our new skills to sculpt the characters from the story. Take a look at some of our masterpieces below!