Class of 2029 (Y2)

As part of our ‘Major Glad, Major Dizzy’ work in English, the children designed their own peg doll character and then made it using a range of materials.

As a year group we started our time learning by creating a horizontal number line from 0-12 and transferring this to a circular number line to represent a clock face. The children then used their 5 times table knowledge to add the minutes to the clock. We recapped over their Year 1 learning of…

As part of their work on mechanisms Y2 investigated axles. 

The children explored applying the forces of squashing, bending, twisting and stretching to a range of materials and they recorded their results in a table.

The children in Lego and k’nex club are becoming more creative each week.  We’ve had so many different designs and the children have been working brilliantly together.  Today some of the children chose to make marble runs using the Lego baseboards.  

The children explored a series of movements, using their breath along side. They were encouraged to think about how the movements made them feel. They ended with a calm rainforest relaxation period.

Children created their own collagraph block using a range of materials. They then used this block to make their own repeat printed patterns.

The children created a printed leaf surface for use in the next lesson. They then used a range of fruit and vegetables to make a symmetrical design from prints.

Year 2 enjoyed their first session of Mindful Movement with James from Active Sefton. It was very calm and relaxing.

The children made prints using a natural object. They experimented to create a repeating pattern.

The children used a range of equipment to practise controlling during a shooting action.

The children used a range of different maps and Google Earth to find some London landmarks.