Year 2 - 2008

During DT Themed Week Year 2 made Joseph's Coat.

~ We read the story of Joseph.

~ Jacob gave Joseph a multicoloured coat.

~ We designed a coat on the computer using the symmetry tool and flood fill tool to colour it in.

~ We also made repeating patterns on the computer.

~ We read a book about colours and wrote a colour poem.

~ We made a graph of our favorite unusual colours.

~ We tried on some coats and looked at the shape and the designs.

~ We designed a coat that we could make to fit our model Joseph.

~ Then we practiced sewing on Binka, some of us found it tricky!

~ We painted our design on card and though of ways to join it.

~ We then used fabric pens to copy the design onto fabric.

~ We sewed the pieces together, some of us needed a bit of help.

~ We then evaluated our coats to decide which bits were easy and which were difficult.

During Year 2s topic on The Great Fire of London, the children asked Samuel Pepys lots of questions about what it was like during the Great Fire.

This is Helena's account of Samuel Pepys' Story

Year 2 have been learning about how to be healthy.  We investigated the effect exercise has on our bodies.

We listened to and counted our heart beats before and after exercise

We measured our chests before and after breathing		we measured our strength on the weighscales

We have learned a lot about how to be healthy and strong.

Year 2 have been working together in I.C.T.  they have been learning to control a floor turtle by inputting instructions.

Year 2 have been working hard in P.E.  We have been balancing on large and small body parts and stretching and extending whole holding a strong balance.

We enjoyed using the apparatus and have developed our skills in P.E.

Year 2 - 2007

Year 2 have been measuring in Maths this week.  We learned how to measure using a metre stick, tape measures and trundle wheel.

We estimated first and then measured.  Then we filled in a table and compared the results.

We are going to make a graph of our heights.

Year 2 are studying Plants and Animals in the Local Environment.  We are so lucky to have our field to help us with this topic.

We looked for mini beasts behind tress, under logs, in the twigs, among the flowers.

Our compost heap had lots of worms for us to collect.  We took our mini beasts back to class to study them.

We worked so hard we needed a rest in the Willow Tunnel.

We made a tally chart and graphs to show what we had found.  We drew pictures and labelled them.  We used the computer to draw minibeasts.

Look at all the Plants AND Animals on our field!!