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Arts Week Day 3, by Mrs Fletcher
Date: 26th May 2021 @ 1:49pm
Another wonderful day of Art in Year 2.
This morning the children's morning task was to draw a heart and write words in and around it to depict what thoughts it eveoked in them. We then went on to look at some Covid window art by looking at a window of Hope in Rochester. We used this as a stimulus and created a page of hearts ready to put onto acetate sheets to make our own window. The children traced round their shapes using permanent markers and then added colour and some patterns. They are now on display on our classroom windows. Whilst this was going on we made a start with our rainbow weaving and sewing birds of hope.
This afternoon the children have used pixel art in computing, have done French and then some more art with a visiting teacher.
Arts Week Day 2, by Mrs Fletcher
Date: 25th May 2021 @ 7:21pm
Today started with an activity they asked to do as their morning starter. As the children came in Sing, the song we started to learn yesterday was playing. The children got out their art books and began to use symbols to show what they could hear and feel,using a technique from ealier in the year when they had Mrs May for Art.
Work then continued making clay pots, completing weaving boards and finishing work based on Claire Baxter's Rainbow of Hope. Whilst all of this was giing on the children used fabric pens to decorate their arts week t shirts.
After play we watched an online art lesson to learn how to use dip pens and ink to draw. We used the ink and pens to have a go at creating different types of lines and shapes. Next we looked at the book The Boy the Mole the Fox and the Horse by Charlie Mackesy. As we looked at the pictures we discussed the techniques he had used. We then looked at his work Hope in readiness to create our own Hope pictures in his style.
We finished the morning by singing Sing and listening to the story A Child's Garden - a story of hope by Michael Foreman.
After luch some of us began to draw what we thought a covid germ might look like whilst groups of children worked with Mrs Richards to use pastels and ink to create their own Hope pieces in the style of Charlie Mackesy.
Our last activity was to begin filling in our covid booklets to put in our time capsule.
We spent some time makung a list of everything we have done so far this week. We were amazed by how much we have done and the new skills we are learning.
Arts Week Tuesday, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 25th May 2021 @ 6:26pm
Today we have been preparing for our printing day on Thursday and using acrylic paint to create a rainbow themed canvas. Here are a few photos. We will post our final creations later in the week.
Art week, by Mrs Hothersall
Date: 25th May 2021 @ 4:37pm
We are reading the book, 'When the World Made a Rainbow.' From this book we are doing all of our art work. We are making and creating rainbows. Take a little sneak peek so far.....
Arts week day 2, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 25th May 2021 @ 3:24pm
Today we have been painting rainbows but we had to mix some colours using red, yellow and blue.Then we had to paint our rainbows in shades, making them darker or lighter.This afternoon we designed our windows of hope - they look amazingly!
A big thank you to Robin who came in today to help us make our windmills for our planter at the front of school. We loved drilling , hammering and sawing.
Rainbow trees, by Mr Pearson
Date: 25th May 2021 @ 10:36am
We have been using pointillism style to draw our rainbows.
Royal Mail Hero stamp design competition, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 24th May 2021 @ 9:41pm
All competition entries ready to post off.
Can you see who the hero is?
P.E., by Mrs Catterall
Date: 24th May 2021 @ 9:10pm
Although it’s Arts week the children still wanted their P.E. Lesson. Who can blame them -starting the day with physical exercise -perfect.
hop, skip and jump
balancing a bean bag on your head
throwing a bean bag into buckets.
skipping ropes.
Class compliment, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 24th May 2021 @ 9:04pm
We had a lovely afternoon despite the rain. We played games inside, built Lego models and some children opted for making fairy cakes and chocolate cornflake cakes which they shared with everyone at the end of the day. Well done Elephants, fingers crossed we can earn some more stars and have an outdoor afternoon before the end of the year. Keep shining brightly and I know we will.
Arts Week Day 1, by Mrs Fletcher
Date: 24th May 2021 @ 7:24pm
It has been a wonderful opening day to Ats Week. The children started by creating a stamp for The Royal Mail Covid Hero competition. There are some amazing entries. Next job was to design a template using the word HOPE to put on the front of their Arts Week T shirts tomorrow. Work also began on the sky background for our rainbow weaving.
This afternoon we looked at a piece of art called Rainbow of Hope by the artist Claire Baxter and the children then worked hard to work in her style to create their own Rainbows of Hope.
To tie in with our theme hope and the Big Ask we have started to learn the song written by Garry Barlow for the Queen's Diamond Jubiilee, Sing. Look out for a video performance later in the week.
Keep your eye on Twitter tomorrow for action shots as they happen.
Arts week , day 1, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 24th May 2021 @ 4:21pm
A great start to Arts week, we designed our own pattern to print onto our T-shirts, they look brilliant!This afternoon we used clay to make a rainbow, harder than we thought! We are going to let them dry out and then mix the colours to paint them .
First day of Arts Week 2021, by Mr Pearson
Date: 24th May 2021 @ 11:52am
First task in Arts Week, design and paint the T- shirt
Swimming, by Mr Pearson
Date: 23rd May 2021 @ 3:07pm
Meerkats don't forget your swimming kit tomorrow morning, try to get into school for 8.30.
Compliment fun., by Mrs Pratten
Date: 21st May 2021 @ 4:20pm
Despite the rain the Pandas had an amazing afternoon scooting around the playground and track. We had a drink and some treats (thanks Emma??) and a little bit of Tom and Jerry.
Exploring materials, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 21st May 2021 @ 4:14pm
Yesterday we enjoyed being scientists again, exploring and sorting materials. We worked in teams to sort the materials into 2 groups.After a few goes we set up one and all the groups visited and had to guess how we had sorted them. Some of them were tricky!!
Another new instrument, by Mr Pearson
Date: 21st May 2021 @ 3:02pm
Summer Week Five, by Mr Kennedy
Date: 18th May 2021 @ 8:20am
Week 5 Summer term
Maths: in maths this week we were using protractors to measure accurate angles. Earlier in the week, we were learning what statistics are and working on our reasoning.
English: In English, we did our big write on our story gorilla and then practised some SPaG (Spelling, Punctuation and grammar) and our comprehension skills.
History: In history, we have been studying the English civil war when Oliver Cromwell was alive and his impact on the war and how some of the events were much local than we first thought! Like The Battle of Preston which took place in the now known, Walton-Le-Dale.
PE: In PE this week we were learning how to improve our accuracy in Tennis and rallies.
Drama: In drama this week we tried to make a piece based on the Victorian ages.
Art: In art, we were starting to start the process of making our own mindfulness robots.
Computing: In computing, we were finishing off our coding game code monkey.
Oliver
Emilio
The Penguins
Swimming, by Mr Pearson
Date: 16th May 2021 @ 1:59pm
The Meerkat tribe are going swimming on Monday 17th May.
Please come to school in your swimming costume and your school uniform over it.
Please arrive at school for 8.30 a.m. so we can register and then be ready to leave.
Remember if you need to wear goggles and you haven't brought a letter into school this year or last year, please provide a letter/note signed by your parents giving permission.
I hope you are all excited.
Being scientists!, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 13th May 2021 @ 3:31pm
We had a great afternoon testing different materials to see which would make the best roof for the 3 little pigs house. We used pipettes to add water to see if it was waterproof or absorbed and tried to rip it to test the strength. We tried to make it fair and it was fun!!!
So far this week..., by Mrs Pratten
Date: 12th May 2021 @ 5:07pm
So far this week we have enjoyed, in PE, practicing our under throwing skills with different challenges. Today we enjoyed a story telling session online all about a skunk who wanted to get to the moon.
In Maths we have been busy making doubles and equal groups.
Summer Week Four, by Mr Kennedy
Date: 11th May 2021 @ 7:41am
Summer Term Week 4
Drama: This week in drama, we platen are pieces from last week with constructive criticism by classmates.
Art: This week in art we have been designing our own mindfulness
Plants, plants, plants, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 10th May 2021 @ 7:41pm
Today we continued our learning about plants. We found out about different seeds and how they are dispersed. We finished the lesson by going into the hall to work in teams to complete a few matching challenges.
Can you match the tree shape to the photo of the tree and the leaf?
Can you complete the loop game matching parts of a flower to their function?
Can you sort the seeds into the forms of dispersal?
Can you match the leaf photos to the names of the trees they are from?
We were all focused on our learning and spotted by Mrs Woolley who gave us a class compliment.
Well done Elephants. :)
Class assembly, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 9th May 2021 @ 10:21am
Hi
Here is the link to our class assembly - hope you enjoy it!
Apologies if you hear stage directions we were an alien short!
Exciting learning!, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 7th May 2021 @ 4:23pm
This week we have been learning about equal groups and arrays in maths. In history we have started looking at bridges.We worked with a partner to find our favourite. This morning we performed our assembly to Year 2, we were amazing!
Video link to follow ?
