Den Day!

On Monday it was Den Day! 

Year 5 and Year 2 joined together to create a fantastic Den in the Key Stage 1 yard!
We first had a discussion about working as a team and communicating our ideas with each other before collecting the materials we needed to create our fabulous Den! Miss Henry and Miss Howe couldn't believe how great and original our ideas were! We had great fun doing this and hope we get to make an even better Den in the future!

Father's Day

We spent our afternoon making Father's Day cards for all of you special Year 2 parents! We hope you like them and that you all have a lovely Father's Day weekend!

Key Stage 1 Parent Workshop

We loved our Parent Workshop last week! Year 1 and 2 made medals to present to George Stephenson, winner of the Rain Hill Trials! Miss Howe and Mrs Richardson were so impressed by our final creations! Thank-you so much to all of the parents and carers involved in our special afternoon!

Here's a closer look at some of our medals!

In year 2, we know that we are all winners!

Year 2 White Mere's Got Talent Auditions

We have loved auditioning for White Mere's Got Talent! Year 2 were very confident when performing to their peers and really got their audience involved, they had everyone up on their feet, dancing, singing, and joining in! Even Miss Howe! Well done to all of the children who took part! We can't wait to see the finals next week!

Year 2- Arts Week

Last week was our whole school 'Arts Week'. In year 2, we spent our afternoons learning about India and their cultural celebration 'Dawali' (or 'The Festival of Lights'). We created lots of fantastic art work inspired by India, including paper lanterns, Rangoli patterns, Henna hand designs, and tea-light holders! We enjoyed being crafty! Here are some of our beautiful creations!

 

Discussion Texts

In literacy we have been focusing on non-fiction writing. We have been thinking carefully about the issue of 'School Uniforms- good or bad?' we considered both sides of the argument and even debated the issues! We then wrote our discussion texts, making sure we included all of the main features including subtitles and bullet points! In the conclusion, we shared our own opinions! I was pleased to find that most Year 2s, having weighed up the advantages and disadvantages, believe that school uniform is a good idea!

Here is Chloe's fantastic final write up!

Year 2 Problem Solving

We have been loving using the laptops in our class this year, especially for Mathletics! Last week we used the computers to help us with our problem solving skills, something we have been focusing on in Maths! We used our calculation skills to think of all the different possibilities we could use to make £1 using only silver coins, to buy 'The doggy in the window'! We are becoming much more confident in our computing skills!

Topic- Railways

This week Year 1 and 2 joined together to enjoy a fun filled maths lesson all about Railways! We paired up with the Year 1 children to answer some questions based on a Railway theme, using the four operations- addition, subtraction, multiplication and division!

We answered a range of questions including 1 and 2 step problems, such as a train ticket costs £2. A passenger bought 5. how much did they pay altogether?

Literacy- Stories about fantasy worlds

This week Year 2 have continued their work on stories about fantasy worlds. We have been planning our settings and characters in preparation for writing our own stories last week! We have used our knowledge of settings and characters usually found in this genre, our story will be based on 'The Dream Giver'.

The work we've completed so far is looking fantastic, Miss Howe can't wait to read our finished stories next week :)!