Year 2CC: Blog items
Date: 17th Jan 2020 @ 9:49am
We acted out the story of the Great Race. We were all given an animal mask when we came into school.
We got into small groups and acted out what the animals were doing and saying to each other while the race was taking place.
We then performed to the rest of the class!
Date: 17th Jan 2020 @ 9:47am
In our new story this term - 'The Great Race' - there was lots of vocabulary that we hadn't heard of before! To help us understand and remember these new words we acted out the vocabulary and had lots of fun!
We learned new words like ...
Wallowing
Coiled
Bounded
Soared
Gazed
Journeyed
Prowled
Date: 17th Jan 2020 @ 9:10am
On our first day back at school, we came in and Mrs English was putting hats on our heads and we didn't know why! We then each got given a different animal.
I was a rabbit - Zuzanna
I was a tiger - Annabelle
I was a dog - Corey
I was a goat - Talitha
I was a rat - Daniel
We looked at the front cover of our new story for this term. It was called 'The Great Race'. We predicted what the story would be about.
Then ... the fun part. We went outside and had our very own great race!! Even the teachers took part.
It was fabulous - Rahman
I won the race! - Keyina
I came second - Daniel
I came third - Miss Calvert
We then came back into class and read the rest of the Great Race story. It talks about how the animals were selected for each year of the calendar.
Date: 17th Jan 2020 @ 9:04am
For our end of topic experience, we put on an art exhibition for our grown ups.
We used card and a template to make a Tudor house in the style of houses during the Great Fire of London.
Then we used oil pastels to create the night sky.
We printed using polystyrene to make the River Thames and also to make the fire.
Our display looks fabulous - come and have a look at it in the Key Stage One shared area!
Vlad and the Great Fire of London
Date: 17th Jan 2020 @ 8:57am
We made our own puppets for the story of Vlad and the Great Fire of London.
Mine was called Daisy - Faith
Mine was called Monkey Cat - Aaron
Mine was called Rapunsey - Tiwan
Mine was called Stella - Harrison
Mine was called Snowflake - Maisy
Mine was called Lifer - Lacey
Mine was called Rosie - Kendra
We performed the story of Vlad and the Great Fire of London with our puppets.
Have you read the story? If not, ask one of the children from 2CC to tell you what happens. It's a brilliant story based on something that really happened!
Date: 13th Nov 2019 @ 9:29am
Yesterday we thought about what it would be like to be in London when the great fire was happening.
We acted out how we thought people would be responding during the time of the fire.
Talitha - I was feeling sad because six people died.
Tiwan - I was feeling upset because people were homeless.
Noah - I was sad because the city was burning down.
Aaron - we were running to get buckets of water to try and stop the fire.
Lacey - we got some gunpowder to try and make a firebreak!
Rahman - we made a firebreak to try and stop the fire from spreading.
Annabelle - a firebreak is a gap between the houses to try and stop the fire.
Daniel - we were rowing a boat because we needed to get out of London
Millie - we pulled down houses using a firehook.
Payton - a fire hook is a big pole that was used to pull down houses.
Date: 11th Nov 2019 @ 8:16pm
This week we are learning all about Samuel Pepys and why he is an important person to remember when we are thinking about the Great Fire of London.
We are going to write our own diary entries, imagining that we were there. We will need to think about what we could see, smell, touch, taste and hear and also describe how we would be feeling. To do this we are going to be doing some role play!
Here are some examples of a diary entry we have written so far ...
Wake up! Wake up! Dad shook me awake in my bed. He had some terrifying news! London is on fire and 300 houses have already burned down. We raced out of the house into the street because the fire was spreading to our house.
One dark night my mum woke me up in my bed. She said that London is on fire and we need to leave our house! We raced to the bakery so the baker could explain what happened. The baker explained that he had started the fire. My mum was crying because she was so worried!
What a fabulous start to our diary writing! I cannot wait to read some more!
Keep up the hard work everybody
Date: 11th Nov 2019 @ 8:08pm
This week in our English lessons we have been learning how to write a glossary using Great Fire of London terminology.
Do you know what a fire hook is and what it was used for during the Great Fire of London? Or what a monument is and why it was built? If not then be sure to visit our classroom to read all about it!
Date: 18th Jun 2019 @ 4:54pm
Today we had a wonderful science morning with Mrs Ranyard (Y6) who was very impressed with our scientific knowledge and understanding of how plants grow. We spent some time outside observing lots of the different plants, flowers and trees that grow in our playground. We had lots of fun observing and sketching leaves and flowers as well as naming and measuring the plants we found. WE ARE SUPER SCENTISTS!
Click on the images and video below to see what we got up to!
Date: 3rd Jun 2019 @ 6:33pm
Spelling in Year 2
Children have five spellings to learn for each week of this half term. Please take time each week to help your child learn their spellings. The impact of learning their spellings can be seen in their reading and writing throughout the curriculum and is so important.
Children will still be tested each Monday on the spellings listed for that week by writing them in dictated sentences.
We appreciate your help with their learning.
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Week 1 Tested on 10th June |
lorries jellies replies parties copies |
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Week 2 Tested on 17th June |
careful playful hopeful hopeless careless |
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Week 3 Tested on 24th June |
station nation fiction fraction direction |
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Week 4 Tested on 1st July |
copying copied worried funniest messiest |
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Week 5 Tested on 8th July |
happiness kindness silliness enjoyment movement |
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Week 6 Tested on 15th July |
metal pedal capital hospital magical |
Date: 23rd Apr 2019 @ 8:21am
Welcome back to school!
Keep working hard on these spellings every week. Tests will be on Monday.
All your hard work at home really makes a big difference!
Date: 12th Feb 2019 @ 4:39pm
Children in Year 2 have been celebrating Chinese New Year with some really fun activities.
Date: 8th Jan 2019 @ 12:58pm
Remember to look after your Spring 1 spelling lists that came home yesterday.
Spelling tests will be every Monday with prizes for those getting 100%.
Remember....practice makes progress!
Date: 11th Dec 2018 @ 1:58pm
The boys were chosen by our Elf Sensi to decorte the tree. They worked really hard and it looks great!
Date: 26th Nov 2018 @ 2:17pm
We had so much fun last week electing our new school council representative. The children made campaign posters, made speeches and answered questions from the voters. We enjoyed taking part and were so proud of our new representative.
Date: 25th Nov 2018 @ 9:53pm
Spelling in Year 2
As part of our school improvement goals to improve spelling at Ravensbury we will be using a new spelling programme called No Nonsense Spelling.
Spelling lists will be sent home at the beginning of each half term. Please practice the five spellings for each week with your child at home using a range of strategies.
Children will still be tested each Monday on the spellings listed for that week.
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Week 3 Tested on 19th November |
night knight there their they’re |
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Week 4 Tested on 26th November |
some come friend school house |
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Week 5 Tested on 3rd December |
here there where our hour |
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Week 6 Tested on 10th December |
kind mind behind child climb |
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Week 7 Tested on 17th December |
Christmas children most only both |
Why Can't we Just Eat Chocolate?
Date: 14th Nov 2018 @ 4:21pm
We asked 'Why Can't we Just Eat Chocolate?' to help the children in Year 2 learn about taking care of their bodies.
We launhced our topic with chocolate tasting and learning where chocolate came from.
The children learned about what to eat and comapred the sugar in popular foods. They experimented with exercise and learned about the impact on our bodies. They even made their own fitness videos!
The children learned about keeping themselves rested and clean as part of a healthy lifestyle. We went back in time to learn how Florence Nightingale changed hospitals.
Date: 14th Nov 2018 @ 3:01pm
We baked bread to launch our Great Fire of London topic.
We asked 'What Happened in Pudding Lane?' and the children learned that a fire in a bakery started the Great Fire of London.
Date: 26th Apr 2018 @ 1:42pm
In Year 2 we used our scientific enquiry skills to predict what would happen when we used food coloring in milk to make dancing fireworks. We investigated the impact of the amount of washing up liquid to really get things moving.
Date: 15th Mar 2018 @ 9:51am
In Year 2 we used our scientific enquiry skills to predict what would happen when we used food coloring in milk to make dancing fireworks. We investigated the impact of the amount of washing up liquid to really get things moving.
The children wrote a hypothesis and then wrote and drew the outcome of their investigation.
Date: 15th Mar 2018 @ 9:49am
Today we have been really lucky as we met Naomi Otbega, who is a triple jumper for team GB. First we went to a special assembly where she told us all about competing in different countries. Some of us even got to hold her European Bronze medal!
Naomi told us that in order for her to be so successful she has to train extremely hard, but its just as important to believe in yourself and never give up.
Later we went outside where Naomi taught us the long jump technique. We practiced hop,step and jump. We competed in two teams (Rabbits vs Kangaroos) and the winners were…IT WAS A DRAW!
Naomi really inspired us to dream big and now lots of us want to be in team GB too!
Date: 15th Mar 2018 @ 9:48am
Today we completed our independent writing. Miss Dooley was so pleased with how hard we have tried. We had to write diary entries pretending that we were a child caught up in The Great Fire of London.
Here are some pictures of our fantastic writing!
Miss Dooley is very proud.
Date: 15th Mar 2018 @ 9:46am
On Monday, we started our new English topic. We read a diary that belonged to somebody who was writing on Sunday 2nd September 1666. We know that this is the day that The Great Fire of London started. We used this diary to help us perform some drama. We acted in role as children during the Great Fire. We pretended to be asleep and listened to noises of fire. We coughed because we decided there would be lots of smoke. We then discussed how we would have felt.
“I felt worried because the fire might come to my street” Lourdes.
“I felt upset because I didn’t want to leave my warm, safe bed.” Logan
“I felt curious, I wanted to know how the fire started”. Emma
“I felt nervous because the fire could burn down my house”. Beatriz
We used this drama to begin to write diaries of our own using our experiences.
Look out for our next blog where we will share our finished Great Fire of London diaries.
Date: 15th Mar 2018 @ 9:45am
This week in our maths lessons we have been learning about doubles and halves. We have continued our work from Year 1, but now we are in Year 2, we can use our mental strategies. This means we can recall our double and halves facts fluently.
To help improve our fluency we have been playing and online game.
Our best score so far is 23…..can anyone beat this by practicing at home?
Here is the link to play the game: https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
Good luck!!!!!
The Great Fire of London – Launch day
Date: 15th Mar 2018 @ 9:33am
Today we started our new topic. Our topic is called ‘Could The Great Fire of London happen in Clayton’. To get us excited about the topic we pretended to be Thomas Farriner the baker from Pudding Lane. We made bread and it took a long time! To make the bread we used; flour, yeast, sugar, salt water and butter. We had to leave our dough to prove and rise. We all made a bread roll each to take home.
We have made Great Fire of London pictures using strips of tissue paper and we are going to use these for our front covers.
We learned some important facts about The Great Fire of London:
Yinka – “The fire started on a Sunday”
Alexander – “The Great Fire of London happened 351 years ago in 1666”
Asa – “The people of London used leather buckets filled with water from the river Thames to try and put the fire out.”
Ruby – “Their is a famous statue to remember the people who died”.
Vian – “Samuel Pepys wrote a diary about The Great Fire of London”.
We played a quiz to test our knowledge. We have only been learning about The Great Fire of London for one day but we still did really well!
