Well done guys!

Dear Year 2 (soon to be Year 3) :-)

Miss. Lomax and I hope that you are well and are enjoying your Summer holidays.

We wanted to let you know that you all did an AMAZING job making, advertising and selling the products in your cafes. We made a profit of £17.60 which is great, especially for your first effort. We are very proud of you. 

Hope that you enjoy the rest of your holidays. See you very soon :-)

Mrs. Anning and Miss. Lomax

Skipathon

On Tuesday Year 2 took part in 'Skipathon' to raise money for our house charities. They had so much fun. 

Some of the children got more than 500 skips in 10 minutes. Wowie! 

Don't forget to bring your sponsor form and money in on Monday 8th July 2013 if you haven't already done so! 

Have a super weekend in the sun :-)

Role play and getting busy!

There are so many different activities to do during getting busy, like construction, role play, creative writing and maths challenges.

A visit from Dr.Lomax

Our new topic this term is HEALTHY LIVING. Yesterday Year 2 were visited by Dr.Lomax. They asked her lots of questions to find out more about keeping healthy, fitness and medicine.

Year 2 learnt lots of super facts. Can you tell an adult at home what super facts you learnt?

Our afternoon with Telstra

Year 2 had an amazing afternoon with Telstra today.

They showed them their amazing persuasive adverts all about Australia and then Telstra chose the winners from each class. Year 2 shared all their super learning with them too. Telstra were very impressed ...they said Year 2 knew more about Australia than they did :-)

They asked Telstra lots of questions to find out more about Australia. Can you tell an adult at home what you learnt from Telstra today?

Bubble maths!

We had a wonderful workshop all about problem solving and shape today with Bubble Maths.

What did you learn? What was your favourite part?

Music in 2L

Take a look at our rhythm performances. What do you think? How could they be improved?

Can you write clear instructions to explain how to get to Granton Primary School?

Thank you Lambeth CLC!

What an amazing trip we have had to Lambeth City Learning Centre. We have been designing our own computer games using purple mash!

I can't wait to make our own fairy tale games at school!

Don't forget, you can keep making your own games using 2diy at home- just log into purple mash!

What plants and animals are in your local environment?

Today we started a new topic in Science 'Plants and Animals in the Local Environment'.

We sorted images into two columns 'plants' and 'animals' and created definitions for each of these words using examples.

Can you answer the following questions:-
What does the word plant mean?
The word plant means...

What does the word 'animal' mean?
The word animal means...

What are the similarities and differences between plants and animals?
The similarities are...
The differences are...

We started our new topic Night time today!

This morning Year 2 started their new topic Night time. We all went into the main hall and we worked in groups to use our senses in order to identify the sounds made by different animals and to feel what objects were hidden in the secret boxes.

Can you tell an adult at home what the word nocturnal means?

2L's house project!

Wow! Im so impressed with your creativity! We use so many different materials for our projects! Great work!

Second try

What do you think now Daniel?

How can we stay safe on the internet?

Today is internet safety day! Do you know how to stay safe on the internet?

Here are year 2's TOP TIPS!
1) Never go on sites by yourself that you don't know are safe.
2) If you see or hear something you are not happy with, tell an adult straight away.
3) Always ask an adult before you go online, and tell them what you plan to do.
4) Never share personal information online, and share pictures carefully.
5) Don't write your name or address online.
6) Treat people online exactly as you would treat them in real life!
7) Don't click on pop ups.

Toby's video diaries

Take a look! Have you met your success criteria?

What different materials do you know?

Our Science topic this term is all about 'Materials'. So far we have recognised the differences between objects and materials and we have also discussed the differences between natural and man-made materials.

What different materials do you know?
Which of these materials are natural and which of these materials are man- made?

Problem solving

We worked on our problem solving today in numeracy. Look at traingles solving theirs. Their question was: There are 5 paper plates and 15 counters in a cross. Can you..... Use all 15 counters. Put a different number on each plate. Make each line add up to 10.

What do you think of their problem solving skills?

What did you learn yesterday and today at STARSNAPPERS?

All the children at Woodmansterne have taken part in a photography workshop called STARSNAPPERS this week. Year 2 learnt how to take self portraits using a remote control, 'Hollywood' shots and even had the chance to dress up in a fancy hat...including the teachers and teaching assistants :-)

What photography words have you learnt and what do they mean?

London's burning!

We burned down our very own 1666 street today. What did we do to stay safe during the fire? What did you see and smell? How would you feel if your house was burning down?

Our second try at movie maker!

Here is Red group's second attempt at movie maker! Has the performance improved?

Great Fire of London workshop

We had a fantastic workshop by the Rainbow Theatre today, all about the Plague of 1665 and the Great Fire of London.

We all learnt so much about our new topic. What did you learn today?

My favourite part of the performance was when the people of London made rows to pass along the water, to put out the fire. What was your favourite part?

Here is our performance:
Part 1


Part 2


Part 3

Our first try at movie maker!

2L's red group had a go at making their very own movie, to help them retell 'Toby and the Great Fire of London'.

What do you think of the movie?

What do you like about it? What could we do better next time?

The Great Fire of London day

Don't forget on Monday 21st January 2013, is our role play day on our new topic THE GREAT FIRE OF LONDON. So make sure you come into school in your costume. There are some ideas in the image.

We look forward to seeing your amazing costumes on Monday. Have a super weekend, wrap up warm and be careful when out in the snow :-)

How well do you know 'Toby and The Great Fire of London'?

This week in Literacy we have been retelling the story of 'Toby and The Great Fire of London', using 'Talk for Writing'.

Can you practise retelling the story to an adult this weekend?

Look at our class video to remind you of the words and actions:-

http://youtu.be/lRILR82sgbk

Welcome back!

Welcome back year 2. We have had a great first day experimenting with the school's new iPads! We can't wait to show you what we've learnt.

See you in the morning.