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Jun 11
Changing Me
This term in Jigsaw we will be focussing on the Changing Me unit and looking at how we as people change as we grow up. This week in particular we have used retrieval practice to think about what we learnt in Science about the life cycles. We remembered that a living thing has different stages …
Jun 10
Tinga Tinga Tales
This week in Year 2 we have been working hard to write our own Tinga Tinga tales. We began the unit by all learning a myth called ‘Why Elephant has a Trunk’. We looked at the story to identify its features and practised using some of them, such as dialogue and expanded noun phrases. Then …
May 26
Music
Each week we work hard in our music lessons with Mrs Goodwin. We enjoy learning lots of new songs and using the instruments. We have worked particularly hard on our use of vocabulary and are good at using the words tempo, pitch and dynamics. We use retrieval practice to recall the definition of these words …
May 26
Food Chains
This week in Year Two we have been Scientists again! We have been studying food chains and asking questions about them, for example: what would happen if the plant in the food chain doesn’t get its energy from the sun? We began the unit by doing a quick retrieval practice quiz to recall our prior learning …
May 19
Coding
This term in Computing we are learning about coding. We started our learning by finding out what coding is and using symbols to give instructions. Once we were confident with that we moved on to reading and creating our own codes using a range of programs on Purple Mash. We have learnt lots of …
May 19
Mindful Monday
This term in Year 2 we have been studying an artist called Edgar Degas. In particular, we have been thinking this term about the human figure and how this artist draws and paints the human figure whilst they are moving. We learnt he was one of the few artists of his time that would photograph …
May 12
Learning Behaviours
This week in Year 2 we have been thinking about what makes a good learner. We decided that a good learner Listens to the adults in school and their friends Shows good concentration and makes sure they don’t distract others Tries their best all the time Asks for help when they need it Works together …
May 12
Minibeast Safari
This term in Year 2 we have been learning about animals and their habitats. For this unit we began learning about habitats by going on a ‘What’s that Pokemon?’ hunt! This involved using the iPads with QR codes to find a Pokémon and rehome it to its correct habitat. This we were very excited to …
May 05
Purple Up Day
On Tuesday 3rd May we celebrated Purple Up day. Purple Up day recognises some of the military’s most unsung heroes – their children. We thought about who the military children were in our school, and even remembered some children from our classes that had moved on to new homes and schools. We learnt that the …
May 05
Jigsaw – Friends and Conflict
This week in Jigsaw Year 2 have been learning to identify some of the things that can cause conflict in their relationships and how to use positive problem-solving techniques to resolve these conflicts. We began this lesson with a game called Switch, which we all found particularly fun! We sat in a circle and had …