Why are some words special? Buddhism.
We discussed the Tripitaka and why this is such an important text for Buddhists. We learnt this means 'three baskets' as this is how the original Tripitaka was stored. We then listened to a story from 'The Way...
Why are some words special? Islam.
We discussed the Qur'an and why this is a special book for Muslims. We then listened to the stories 'The Prophet and the Ants' and 'The Crying Camel'. We discussed the key messages from these stories and then acted the stories out. We asked our peers to guess which...
Team building – lesson 4
We are learning to further develop our cooperation and communication skills to help us complete team challenges. We worked in small groups to complete a range of different challenges. We had to communicate clearly and provide team support when needed. [gallery...
Numbers Representing Length.
We used our knowledge of numbers to 100 to represent length. We used multi link cubes to measure the length of objects around the classroom. We then estimated the length of the markers on the mysterious lines that appeared around our classroom.
Team Building
Today our team building skills focussed on building trust and developing communication. Working with a partner we used blindfolds and guided our partner around the room using simple commands, whilst being careful not to touch the traps. [gallery type="rectangular"...
Year 2 Lesson 5 Consolidate dodging
Frog and Toad
This week in P4C we revisited the story of 'Frog and Toad'. We listened carefully to the story and thought about how the characters were feeling and how this resulted in their actions. We then put the characters in the 'hot seat' and asked them interview style...
Barnsley
We explored what jobs were like in the past in Barnsley and compared them to the present. We matched the pictures and spoke about how the job roles had changed over 100 years!
Dodging L3
We worked with partners to apply our dodging skills to attack and defence strategies. We explored attacking to beat an opponent.
Team Building L2
We worked in small teams to complete the 'cross the swamp' challenge. We communicated well as a team to make sure we all got across without touching the floor outside of the hoop.
Route explorers Lesson 3
We have explored algorithms in computing. We programmed the characters to follow a complete route around a track.
Published Piece – Character description
We worked really hard on our first published piece. We used adjectives to describe the character Duck from our story Pumpkin Soup.
Why are some words special? Judaism
We listened to the story of The Life of Moses. We discussed why it is an important story for Jewish people. We then sequenced the main events from the story and used actions to help us retell the story.
Dodging: lesson 4 apply dodging in teams y2 BC
concrete resources…
This week we have been using concrete resources to recognise that objects can be counted efficiently using groups of 10.
Team building lesson 3
We are learning that it is important to trust our partners if we are to be successful. We had to guide our blindfolded partners around a track using clear communication. We even had to help them avoid the booby traps around the track! [gallery type="rectangular"...
Dragons and Giants
This week in P4C we shared a story called 'Dragons and Giants'. We listened carefully before discussing what the 'Big Ideas' in the story were. We are looking forward to exploring our questions linked to the story next week. [gallery type="rectangular"...
Problem solving
We have learnt about adding and subtracting multiples of 10. We applied that knowledge to solving problems!