This term in Year 2 we have been practising our bat and ball skills. Last week and this week we have been learning how to hold a cricket bat correctly and practising how to roll and hit a ball accurately.
We have all shown excellent perseverance in our PE lessons when learning and developing these new skills! Well done Year 2s!
This week is National Storytelling week. It takes place every year and is a celebration of the power of sharing stories. We love sharing stories in Rabbits class. Today we listened to storyteller Wendy Shearer tell us the story of a grumpy gecko and she told us some top tips on how to become a storyteller.
We made our own story cubes. Once we had made them, we rolled them to see what picture they landed on. Then we had to tell a story based on that picture. We all have such brilliant imaginations so our stories were very interesting and very funny too!
We shared our stories in small groups and some of us were brave enough to tell our story to the whole class!
In Art this week we have been learning how to weave!
Our first job was to join two pieces of paper together without using glue, we soon realised if we folded the paper it would stay joined together. We folded our pieces of paper to make caterpillars!
Our next job was to start weaving. We had to make our own paper looms and be very careful where and how far we were cutting our paper. Then we wove pieces of paper in and out of our looms. We had to take our time and be very careful to go in and out of all the holes in our looms. We all tried really hard and managed to do it!
In Rabbits we are thinking about ‘Who is Jewish and how do they live?’. Over the past few weeks we have been learning about what is important to Jewish people. Today we have been learning about Mezuzahs. We learnt that a mezuzah is a small box that is placed on the door frame of Jewish homes. Inside the box is a scroll with special words from the Torah. Jewish people touch the mezuzah every time they pass the door to remind them that God is always with them.
We thought about special words that we would like to remember everyday. We had some lovely ideas, such as ‘Be a good friend all the time’, ‘Be positive’ and ‘Never Give up’. We have displayed them on our classroom door so we can see them every time we come in and out of class.
In Computing this term we will be looking at robots and how we make them move. Today we learnt about commands and what outcome a command has on a device. We had lots of fun trying to make our robots move in the direction we wanted them to!
Today we had a visit from Supersonic Sue the Scientist. She showed us some exciting Science experiments and she even set fire to Miss Whit!
She is running a Science club from Friday 20th January. If you would like to take part please follow the link on the clubs letter you will receive soon.
We have had a lovely first week back in Rabbit class. I think we were all ready for the weekend though!
I hope you all received your paper copy of our topic overview for this term earlier this week. You can also find an electronic copy of our overview in the Rabbits class page on the website. As per the letter attached to the overview, I have attached the knowledge organisers for our subjects for the Spring term. The knowledge organisers will tell you what the children will be learning and some key vocabulary they will encounter this term. I hope you find these helpful, please let me know if there is anything you would like to discuss.
Geography – Spring – Amazing Africa
Science -Spring – Y1 Materials
Science – Spring – Materials Y2
History – Spring – Charles Darwin
RE – Spring – Who is Jewish and how do they live D
Computing – Spring – Programming
Computing – Spring – Privacy & Security
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