It has been another busy, fun filled time in Year 2!
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We all love reading and we have really enjoyed the book Flat Stanley! We wrote a character description about him and then we all brought in our favourite book characters and wrote a character description about them.
In Maths we continued to learn about multiplication and division. We also enjoyed learning about fractions of a shape and of a number, and all about 2D and 3D shapes.
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In Science we have been finding out about and describing the basic needs of animals, including humans, for survival (water, food and air) and describing the importance for humans of exercise, eating the right amounts of different types of food, and hygiene. We took part in a bread/germ experiment and egg/teeth experiment. These helped us to learn about the importance of washing our hands and looking after our teeth.
During our History lessons we have been learning about a nurse called Florence Nightingale, the Lady with the Lamp. Florence Nightingale lived in the Victorian era when the Queen was Queen Victoria. In our first lesson we looked at Victorian objects and compared them to modern day objects. Some of the objects were the chamber pot, iron, washboard, carbolic soap and kettle. In 1853, when the Crimean War broke out, Sir Sidney Herbert asked Florence Nightingale to lead a team of 38 nurses in Scutari to care for the soldiers who were injured. We found out that Florence wanted to go but she had to persuade her mum and dad first. As part of our DT learning we made beds and used the blanket stitch to make covers for hospital beds for the soldiers. We also learnt about another famous nurse, Mary Seacole. Mary Seacole also worked as a nurse during the Crimean War. She nursed sick soldiers so kindly that they called her 'Mother Seacole'. Using our science knowledge and what the nurses had taught us, we completed our learning this half term by opening our own teddy bear hospital!
Our Art has been linked to Computing this half term. We have learnt about Georges Seurat who is famous for Pointillism which is a type of painting that makes a picture using lots of colourful dots. We have learnt about Piet Mondrian who became famous for creating art on a white background with straight lines and blocks of primary colours (blue, red and yellow). We have also learnt about Pablo Picasso who is famous for using a style of art called Cubism, which uses lots of shapes to create pictures and we have learnt about Claude Monet who is famous for his style of art called Impressionism.
Mrs Wilkinson and Mrs Williamson taught us about Internet Safety Day. In Music we learnt the song, ‘Be Safe‘. At our school we have a Staying Safe Online agreement. It is in all of our classrooms. We must ask if we are allowed to go on the internet, we must keep our personal details safe, we must be kind and if we see anything that makes us have the ‘uh oh’ feeling, we must tell an adult.
We have had lots of special events this half term. This years Science Day was renamed ‘Burlingtons Biscuit Bonanza’. Year 2 took part in an investigation to find out if filled biscuits or plain biscuits are best for dunking. We found out that plain biscuits are best! Thank you to the parents who were able to join us at the start of Science Day to take part in an engineering challenge - could we build a newspaper bridge? We were amazed by the incredible bridges that were built!
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We took part in an Oral Health Assembly which supported our Science learning and we also took part in a workshop with Earthsong to learn about Chinese New Year. The Y2 choir were very excited to perform at The Rose Theatre in Kingston.
We are excited about next half term which begins with our annual Book Week! Thank you for all your support. We hope you all have a lovely week off!