Class 2 Blog

Class 2 Blog

  • 21
    Oct

    Science - Making butter

    Posted by Mr N Kavanagh
    We have been looking at rationing during the war and how people used to make their own bread, grow their own vegetables and make their own butter. We poured thick cream into glass jars, ensured the lids were on really tight and then shook for all our might. We can't wait to sieve off the buttermilk and spread our butter on toast.
  • 18
    Oct

    New Class Text - The B.F.G

    Posted by Mr N Kavanagh
    Captured by a giant! The BFG is no ordinary bone-crunching giant. He is far too nice and jumbly. It's lucky for Sophie that he is. Had she been carried off in the middle of the night by the Bloodbottler, the Fleshlumpeater, the Bonecruncher, or any of the other giants-rather than the BFG-she would have soon become breakfast.
  • 11
    Oct

    History - Life in the trenches

    Posted by Mr N Kavanagh
    As part of our World War I theme, we looked at how soldiers spent all of the time in trenches. We looked at the vital role that trenches played. We then created a trench maze that our soldiers had to manoeuvre their way through.
  • 07
    Oct

    DT - WWI horses.

    Posted by Mr N Kavanagh
    We have been looking at how important horses were for soldiers during WWI. We drew our horses and created a trench-like background for them. Building on our previous knowledge of moving pictures, we created a pivot in the legs using split pins enabling our horses to create a sense of movement.
  • 02
    Oct

    New Class Text - Danny, Champion of the World

    Posted by Mr N Kavanagh
    Danny’s life seems perfect: his home is a gypsy caravan, he’s the youngest car mechanic around, and his best friend is his dad, who never runs out of wonderful stories to tell. And when Danny discovers his father’s secret, he’s off on the adventure of a lifetime.
  • 01
    Oct

    PSHE - Being Me In My World

    Posted by Mr N Kavanagh
    We have been learning the importance of listening to other people. We then talked about how rewards and consequences work in our school and at home. We suggested our own ideas to make school a fair place to be.
  • 24
    Sep

    Science - Recycling Materials

    Posted by Mr N Kavanagh
    Following on from our tour of the school to list all the different materials we could identify, we have now been looking at recycling. Who does it? How do we do it? Why is it important? We grouped lots of household items and had to place them in the correct recycle bins around the classroom.
  • 23
    Sep

    DT - Mechanisms

    Posted by Mr N Kavanagh
    We have been looking at moving pictures in traditional fairy tales. We discussed how we thought they moved and then created our own pictures using a slider and then a lever. We used lots of technical language as we tried to make our characters pivot.
  • 20
    Sep

    History - WW1

    Posted by Mr N Kavanagh
    We have been using the iPads to answer our research questions from earlier in the term. We have also been looking at how and when the war started. We are consolidating the use of the words era, chronology and timeline.
  • 18
    Sep

    Computing - IT in school.

    Posted by Mr N Kavanagh
    We looked at the most common uses of information technology that we use in school. Year 2 then had to identify examples of IT and explain the purpose of them and why they were used in school..