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12 October 2022

What's my rule?

We have been creating groups and using our developing vocabulary to explain how the groups have been created.  We also played odd one out and explained why the shape didn't belong in that group.

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10 October 2022

Roseberry Cake Shop

We have enjoyed playing in our new Cake Shop Role Play Area.  We have been choosing different cakes to buy by describing how they look, finding the prices on the price lists and having a go at paying with the correct coins.  The shop assistants have also been writing down orders that the customers…

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7 October 2022

Blitz!

This week the children have been creating Blitz pictures. A combination of oil pastels and silhouettes with black paper gave a great effect!

 

 

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7 October 2022

Model Anderson Shelters

 


The children have enjoyed making plans for their model Anderson shelters. They have shown great resilience and teamwork as the constructed them from a variety of materials. What a great job! Thank you to those who brought some materials in to help them.

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7 October 2022

Getting creative!

This morning, the children got creative and worked collaboratively to create their own earthquake proof buildings. They were given a variety of materials, such as paper, cardboard, plastic, string and sellotape and asked to create a building, which they felt could withstand an 'earthquake'. The…

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7 October 2022

Beautiful work!

This week, the children have been learning about tsunamis and how it affects people's lives. They watched video footage of tsunamis happening and researched information to find out: what causes them and the damages tsunamis cause. The children produced some beautiful work in their topic books -…

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7 October 2022

Lights, camera, action!

During REAL Time this half term, Year 2 have been developing further confidence and honing their performance skills through adopting drama techniques.  We have been focussing on using facial expressions and body movements to express our emotions which has enabled us to think specifically about…

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7 October 2022

Earthquake proof buildings

Today, we had lots of fun getting creative and making our own earthquake proof buildings. We used a variety of materials, such as paper, cardboard and sellotape to create a building which could withstand an earthquake.

Our type of building was selected at random. In our groups we either had a…

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7 October 2022

Woodland Warriors

 

We have enjoyed our final week of being 'Woodland Warriors' for REALtime. We toasted marshmallows and drank a lovely hot chocolate. Afterwards, we had a rest in the hammock. It was so much fun and we are super excited to see which activity we will do for the next 4…

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7 October 2022

PE with Toby

During our PE session today we practised throwing and catching different sized balls.  We got into our coloured teams, made a circle and threw the ball to each other.  We found it easier to catch the larger balls.

After that game we played a throwing game.  We got back into our teams and had to…

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7 October 2022

Hand print biscuits!

This week we made our hand print biscuits! We looked at everyones hands to see whose were the biggest and whose were the smallest, next we decorated our hand prints with lots of yummy icing and different toppings. Then we ate these for snack! 

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7 October 2022

All about plants!

 

We have been busy this week and have been learning about plants. To start, we dissected a flower so we could see each individual part. We then tested our knowledge and labelled a picture. Afterwards, we planted a collection of bulbs in our outdoor area. We are so excited to watch them…

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