Summer 2024
Click on the link below to see the curriculum outline for this term.
As always Mrs C keeps forgetting to take photographs of us working! But we have been working hard.
We've been looking at using dictionaries to find the meaning of words and thesauruses to find synonyms and antonyms and we are enjoying finding new words and learning what they mean. We are using them in our writing too.
In English we have been writing setting and character descriptions. We have been using similes and metaphors to make them really interesting. We will be writing diary entries too.
We love reading in Class 2 and as well as having guided reading lessons we also love having independent reading time. We get to choose books we love and spend time enjoying them together.
In science we were exploring our gravity and carried out investigations into the effects of gravity. We had 4 challenges to carry out
Challenge 1
One of us sat on a chair and a friend put a finger on our forehead. We then tried to stand up.
Challenge 2
We stood with our backs against a wall and tried to pick up a pen that was in front of us. We kept falling over!
Challenge 3
We stood against a wall with our head, shoulders and one foot touching the wall. We then tried to lift up our other foot.
Challenge 4
We bent down and held our toes. We then tried to jump forward. It was impossible without letting go of our toes!
We realised that it was impossible to do these challenges due to our centre of gravity. We had lots of fun trying though!
We did some wonderful Picasso art with Miss Molloy. We learned about his 'Blue Period' and created our own pieces in this style. Here are a few pictures of them.
In Design and Technology we made pouches. We had to cut out templates and use these to cut our material to size. We then joined the fabric using a running stitch and decorated our pouches using stitches or glue. We are very proud of our pouches and Mrs C was so impressed with our perseverance and resilience when we made them.
We've been learning all about settlements in geography this half term. We imagined we were early settlers and had to work together to think about what the priorities would be if we were finding a settlement. We used our discussion skills to justify how we prioritised things like a source of water, flat land, protection from the weather, building materials and fertile soil.
We then looked on maps to see if we could find clues about past settlements.
Were they by a river?
Were they near building materials such as forests or quarries?
Were they protected by hills (we looked for close together contour lines to find the hills)?
We started off summer 2 with some research about barn owls (we are going to be looking at the story The Owl who was Afraid of the Dark). We worked together to find out specific information and then grouped it together in a plan. This will help us write non-chronological reports about owls.
We went on an amazing school trip to Redpoint and The Buzz. We did climbing in the morning and many of us faced our fears and climbed higher than we thought we could. We all had an amazing time. In the afternoon we got to go in The Buzz where we could bounce around! It was such a fun trip!
