Class 2
Year 2
Teachers: Mrs Burrow and Miss Canty
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ARTS WEEK
July 2021
Sports day
July 2021
School trip to Looe
We had lots of fun exploring Hannafore beach. We collected shells, looked at different creatures in the rockpools and picked up litter.
July 2021
Art
In art we made collage rainbow fish.
July 2021
Literacy
In literacy we have been learning about information texts. We researched different dinosaurs and then chose some of our favourite facts to write a fact file.
Dance-a-thon
June 2021
Art
In art, we used lines and printing to create a tile of a lighthouse.
Class 2 Newsletter
May 2021
Science
This half term, we have been learning about plants and growth. We have learnt about hydroponics-growing seeds and plants in water without soil.
Some Year 2 children reading one of their Read, Write, Inc books beautifully. We hope that you enjoy listening to them. The play that they are reading is The Bump A Lump.
May 2021
Numeracy
This week we have been learning about measurement. We used cubes to measure different objects around the classroom and compared the lengths using mathematical vocabulary( shorter than, longer than, shortest, longest, tallest, taller than).
April 2021
Literacy
Over the past few weeks, we have been learning about recounts. First, we learnt a new text called Maisie's Dragon. Next, we created a class version of the text. Then finally, we wrote our own recount.
March 2021
Art
This week we have been busy making our own clay tiles. First, we rolled and cut the clay to make the tile. Then we used tools to create a symmetrical pattern.
March 2021
To welcome back everyone in class 2 we created a class display. We used colouring pencils to design different patterns for the letters and a template to draw ourselves.
March 2021
World Book Day
Today we celebrated World Book Day by dressing up and creating some pictures of our favourite book characters using potatoes.
March 2021
Art
This week we made some sea creatures by mixing together salt, flour and water to create salt dough.
February 2021
Literacy- Limericks
This week we have been learning about Edward Lear and listening to some of his limericks. We then had a go at writing our own limericks.
February 2021
PSHE- Friendship
In PSHE we created friendship flowers to show how we can be a good friend and what qualities a good friend possesses.
February 2021
Literacy -The Owl and the Pussycat
This term we learnt the traditional poem 'The Owl and the Pussycat.' To help us recite the poem we created actions and a map (using pictures) for each verse. We then had a go at writing our own versions.
February 2021
Safer Internet Day
Today we learnt how to stay safe on the internet and created some posters to show different things you can do to stay safe online.
February 2021
Art
Class 2 created some drawings of Cornish landscapes during their Home Learning.
January 2021
January 2021
Art
Class 2 created these beautiful pictures for our entrance display about Winter.
December 2020
Christmas Jumper Day
Here are Class 2 on Christmas Jumper Day.
December 2020
Art
Class 2 had a lovely time making their bonfire collages. They learnt some collage skills and then applied them to create these pictures.
November 2020
Science
In our science lessons this term we have been studying materials and their properties. We have investigated absorbency and waterproofing.
November 2020
Numeracy
Over the past few weeks, we have been learning to identify, compare and recognise different coins and notes.
November 2020
Remembrance
On 11th November Class 2 visited the war memorial in Menheniot to lay a poppy posy from the school, in memory of all those who died in the war.
November 2020
As part of our Science, we have been looking at the best structures for making a bridge. Here we are testing some of the ideas out.
October 2020
We have been working on place value, addition and subtraction this half term. Our challenge here was to change the numbers and signs around to show our understanding of inverse operation. We all did really well and after we had worked with apparatus and then visually, we recorded the sums in our books.
September 2020
Class 2 participated in the Harvest Trail around St Lalluwy's Church. They had great fun spotting the Harvest displays. They combined the trail with a walk around the village as part of their mapping topic in Geography. When they returned to school, the children drew a map of their route and finally they added a key.
