Land Ahoy
Memorable Learning Experience
Year 2 started our new topic with our memorable learning experience. We created pirate ships out of junk modelling and then tested to see if they could float.
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Creating our boats
Locating seas and oceans around the UK
Geography
We looked at the different seas and oceans surrounding the UK. We identified the countries Captain James Cook visited and whether they were hot or cold in relation to the equator.
Testing which materials float and sink
Science
We investigated different materials to see if they would float or sink. We thought about how different weights and textures affected it. It took 36 pieces of lego to sink our toy boat.
Sketching boats
How much cargo will sink the ship?
Printing Pirate flags
Lighthouse circuits
Science
Following our learning about Grace Darling, we successfully made a circuit that we could use in a lighthouse.
The Pirate Cruncher Story Box
English
All our learning this topic was inspired through our texts – ‘Salty Dogs’ and ‘The Pirate Cruncher’.
History
We looked and researched information on famous sea explorers such as – Marco Polo, Christopher Columbus and Henry Hudson. We found out what they discovered and when. We created a timeline of historical sea explorers right up to modern day. We found out about Grace Darling and her heroic rescue as well as looking at the evil pirate Blackbeard.
Towers, Tunnels and Turrets
Memorable Learning Experience
Year 2 started our new topic with our memorable learning experience. We went on a trip to Stafford Castle where we learnt all about how weapons and castles have changed over time. We made lavender bags and minted our own coins.
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Art
We took part in a chalk festival where we looked at a variety of chalk techniques such as hatching, cross-hatching, side stroke, feathering to name a few. We then created our own chalk pictures inspired by the title of our topic.
History
We looked at ‘Castles through the ages’ and how they have changed. We thought about what it would be like to live there and these different types of castles inspired our DT work.
Computing
In computing, we used Lego We-do to create our own robots and programme them. We thought about how these could be used to explore different tunnels.
Science
We investigated how many sugar cubes we could use to build a tower and how tall we could make it. We thought about the different structures and how we could make them sturdier buy making the base of the tower larger. For our homework, we also made towers and explored the best materials to knock them down.
History
We learnt about the significant event – ‘The Great Escape’. We know that the prisoners called their tunnels, Tom, Dick and Harry to keep them secret and that only 3 people made it back home.
DT
Following our History learning about different castles, we planned how we could make our own structures. We looked at different joining techniques to make our castles strong and evaluated if these we effective.
RE
We learnt about the Jewish festival of Hanukkah and the miracle of the lamp. We created our own Hanukkiah (menorah) and discussed how this is symbolic to Jews.
Hanukkiah (menorah)
English
We we ‘immersed’ into our narrative Rapnuzel with the story box and ‘defined the space’ of Rapunzel’s tower which inspired our writing.
English
Our text ‘Dragon Machine’ prompted and unexpected arrival on the school play ground. Miss Moore and Mrs Ellerton told us all about their experience which inspired our writing.
Muck, Mess and Mixtures
Memorable Learning Experience
Year 2 started our new topic with a messy afternoon (with the help of Mrs Rose from Reception). We made sandcastle villages, shaving foam artwork, painted with mud and sticks, raced to fill our cups with cornflour, sorted through lots of coloured spaghetti and explored what happens when we mix cabbage water with vinegar and bicarbonate and soda. YUK!
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Our ENGAGE afternoon.
Ask us what happened to the colours of our different mixtures.
Sorting spaghetti
In DT we have looked at freezing and melting. We melted chocolate and marshmallows and observed how they changed in appearance.
In English, we have read George’s marvellous medicine. We have loved role playing as Grandma and George and visiting story world.
Role play
We have made our own potions to help us with instructions.
Geography
We have looked at food around the world
Geography
We sorted food to see if it was grown abroad or in the UK.
Art
We looked at famous artists that use food for their media
Art
We made our own landscapes out of pictures of food.
Maths
We discovered why measuring accurately is so important in recipes by purposefully making the gravy too thick.
Art
We have created collages of food using a range of media.
Memorable Learning Experience
Click the link below to look at all the different knowledge that we will focus on during this block and scroll through our slides to see our learning.
Memorable Learning Experience
Click the link below to look at all the different knowledge that we will focus on during this block and scroll through our slides to see our learning.
Memorable Learning Experience
Click the link below to look at all the different knowledge that we will focus on during this block and scroll through our slides to see our learning.
