Thursday, 13 December 2007

Paddingon Art Competition

Well Done Amina and Rina!
Amina and Rina attended the prize giving ceremony at Paddington for the competition they entered a few months ago. Amina got first prize for her pastel landscape drawing and Rina came second using the same materials. Amina's card can now be bought in the Paddington Art shop so she really is an artist!









Amina proudly shows her framed, winning design.
Rina holds high her Runners Up certificate.

Wonderful Work

Wonderful Work!

Please feel free to have a peep around the door of our classroom and have a look at the wonderful work board. Work is changed about once every 2 weeks and all kinds of wonderful work is used, from Art to Maths.

Thursday, 6 December 2007


Look at our Burglar Alarms!









Science in Literacy

We have been making circuits in Science whilst learning about Electricity. In Literacy today we use our knowledge about circuits and switches to make a burglar alarm! First we built a lego house and then added our buzzer circuit. You can see pictures of our finished burglar alarms below:

Next week we will write an EXPLANATION text explaining how our burglar alarms work. We will also add diagrams and flowcharts to make our explanations even clearer. We will draw a circuit diagram like the one above with labels. Instead of a light bulb we used a buzzer to make the burglar jump!





























Friday, 30 November 2007

Explanation Texts - Literacy Learning







In Literacy next week we will be looking at Explanation texts and flowcharts.



Look at the explanation text and flowchart above and ask your child to spot the features of explanation texts. These are listed below:


Can you find: introduction, heading, technical words, diagrams, photographs, labels and captions.



Thursday, 8 November 2007


Well Done Amina!!!! Amina has won the Paddington Waterside Art Competition, and will have her wintery image produced into a Christmas card. All th children entered the competition but Amina was the lucky winner. She used pastels and chalk to create her winter waterside scene.
Maths on the Internet:
We are currently learning about data in Numeracy and there are lots of wonderful websites that your child can use to practice things such as Bar Graphs, Tables and Carroll diagrams.
Click on these links below to have a look...
http://http://tlfe.org.uk/interactive/ - lots of different interactive activities on here for you to try.

You should also be practising your mental maths, especially odd and even numbers, more and less than and bonds to 20.

Wednesday, 10 October 2007

Literacy



We have just finished a topic on instructional writing. Children should now be familiar with the features of instructions. Ask your child to spot the features in these instructions below. You can even try out the tasty recipe afterwards!






Turkey Rollups
Turkey rollups are great for on-the-run snacks or a light lunch.
Serves: 6
You Will Need

2 (8-oz.) pkgs. nonfat cream cheese, softened
3 whole green onions, finely chopped
1-oz. pkg. dry nonfat ranch salad dressing mix
6 low-fat flour tortillas or soft lahvosh
1/2 lb. low-fat turkey breast, roast beef, chicken or ham slices
6 whole iceberg lettuce leaves


Directions:
1. First combine cream cheese, green onions and ranch mix; blend ingredients until mixed.
2. Next divide cream cheese mixture among tortillas, spreading an even layer on each tortilla.
3. Then place a lettuce leaf on each tortilla and top with 3 or 4 slices turkey breast.
4. Roll tortilla tightly in plastic wrap and refrigerate up to 2 days.




Tips: Buyers beware! For real savings, make the switch to nonfat cream cheese.

Features to look for:


You will need section, Bullet points or numbered steps, Title, Time words, Tip, Picture


Poetry

From this week to the end of half term we shall be looking closely at Poetry. Encourage you child to read poems with ryhthm, expression and actions.



Half Term : Please try to take your child to Church Street Library over half term.
There is a Mary Seacole day on the 23rd from 2.30-3.30pm.
If you can't make that then you can always help them to choose and read a poetry
book from the library instead.

Thursday, 27 September 2007

Welcome Back - Reminders

Welcome back everyone!!
Thanks for coming to the Parents meeting last Thursday, it was great to see you all there.

Don't forget that in Year 2 we have homework 3 times a week:
Monday and Wednesday the children will take home Maths homework
On Friday they will take home Literacy, to be written neatly into their Yellow books.

PE is on a Tuesday afternoon and Games is Wednesday. Please don't forget your kits.

Spelling tests are done on a Friday afternoon so ensure taht children have learned their spellings during the week.

Any questions please come and see me, Miss Roebuck or Miss Cordina after school.

Tuesday, 21 August 2007

Welcome back!

Welcome back to school after your summer holidays!