Y2DA Problem solving: Consolidate teamwork
Testing Flexibility
Year 2 Attenborough have been predicting what materials could be flexible or rigid in their Science lesson. We stretched, twisted, squashed, and squeezed different objects to explore their properties.
Dorothy Hyman
Continuing their History of Barnsley block, Year 2 DA have been learning about the life and achievements of Barnsley born British athlete Dorothy Hyman. We have explored the key moments from her career and sequenced them to develop our chronological knowledge. We have...
Skills practice- Georgia O’Keeffe
Year 2DA have built upon last week's lesson on juxtaposition and applied this new technique to an outline sketch of Oriental Poppies. This skills practice will develop our colour choices ready for our final piece. [gallery type="rectangular"...
Outdoor collaboration
In our Year 2 outdoor area, Y2DA have been developing their skills in teamwork and learning the importance of cooperation, kindness and respect.
Autumn vocabulary walk
Y2DA had a wonderful morning exploring nature and collecting vocabulary for our Autumn acrostic poem. We can identify nouns and adjectives when collecting our ideas.
Tens and ones
Y2DA have been playing a partner game of show me! We can represent 2-digit numbers using dienes.
Story maps
Year 2 have created some wonderful story maps of their class text, The Owl Who was Afraid of the Dark. We included key chapters and vocabulary from our reading and the shared with our sequences with our peers. [gallery type="rectangular"...
Consolidate dodging y2DA
Jobs in Barnsley past and present
In Year 2 Attenborough, we can compare the jobs pf past and present and understand why some jobs no longer exist. We have been learning all about how children were able to work in coal mines, factories and on farms in the past and how terrible the conditions were...
Testing materials
Year 2 Attenborough understand why certain properties are important for objects to be useful. This week we tested materials to see if they were waterproof and suitable for Mrs Lavender's new coat!
The Owl who was afraid of the dark
In Year 2, we are so excited to have almost finished our first chapter book of the year. Will Plop finally become a night bird? We've only 3 more pages to wait to find out!
Apply dodging in teams
Team Building :
Cooperation and communication...
History of Barnsley Landmarks
Year 2 Attenborough have been learning about Barnsley landmarks past and present. We recognised the oldest building in Barnsley and worked together to discuss what is the same or different from the past.
Y2 DA -Dodging
Team building …
Introducing trust:
Properties of materials
Y2 Attenborough have got stuck into describing the properties of objects while on a hunt around our classroom. We know that some objects and be made of more than one material and therefore can have more than one property. We were particular interested in transparent,...