Author: Mrs Freeman

E-Safety and Art

Year 2 have been learning about safety both on and off line.

First, we watched a cartoon, specifically produced for young children, from the Thinkuknow website. The aim of the Lee & Kim: Animal Magic cartoon  is to teach 5-7 year olds about personal information and the importance of keeping this secure both online and off. The cartoon follows the adventures of two children, Lee and Kim, who are playing an online game where they interact and play with different people using animal avatars. The online safety messages from the cartoon and storybook are reinforced by SID, a superhero in the cartoon who helps Lee and Kim navigate the online game safely.

Image result for thinkuknow lee and kim Ask your child about the characters in the cartoon.

https://www.thinkuknow.co.uk

Key issues covered

  • what personal information is and the importance of keeping personal information private
  • being polite and courteous online
  • how to identify adults you can trust
  • where to go for help

Following this, the children logged on (safely) and got to work with some computer art. The aim was to paint a picture of their own ‘Wild Thing’ that will form part of a non-chronological report being written in class.

 2 Paint a Picture is a great painting program for young children. Using the various brushes within it, the class were able to experiment with different effects and artistic techniques.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

18 October 2019

This week’s homework is Practice Makes Perfect.

I can answer mathematical questions.

In class, the children have been finding 10 more and 10 less than a given 2 digit number.

68  10 more

58   given number

48  10 less

We have focused on the importance of the tens digit and, using a 100 square, have explored what happens to the numbers in the columns.

Note that the tens digit changes whilst the ones stays the same.

The children have some activities to complete in their homework books.

Please return homework by Thursday 23rd October.

18 October 2019

Next week, we will be looking at words which have an -il or     -al ending. These are much less frequent than the -le ending.

  • metal
  • pedal
  • capital
  • hospital
  • animal
  • pencil
  • nostril
  • fossil

The children will be tested on these words on Thursday 24th October 2019.

Following each weekly spelling test, the children are asked to spell random  words that have already been learnt. Often, we find that lots of spellings are correct for a test but soon forgotten.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Diwali

Every Wednesday afternoon, Year 2 are taught RE by Mrs Bharath. Recently, the children have been learning about the religious festival – Diwali. 

What is Diwali?

Diwali a five-day festival of lights, celebrates a number of themes, including joy, forgiveness, knowledge, the goddess of wealth, Lakshmi, and the legend of Rama and Sita. Put simply, the festival represents the triumph of good over evil.

Image result for diwali 2019

Hindus, Sikhs and Jains both in India and across the world take part by decorating houses and public spaces with thousands of lights, candles and colourful designs. As well as the bright colours and glittering lights, there’s music, dancing, delicious food and a cresting wave of community feeling.

Today, the children made Diva lights.  Working hard to create the shape, the class then decorated their light with all things sparkly.

We are constructing.

Last week, Years 1 and 2 joined forces to begin their work on constructing boats. The children chose from a range of materials and were able to use these appropriately.

The children were supportive to one another offering help if needed.

My boat is not very secure. I’m going to add more tape.

How can I make the mast more stable?

I wonder if this material is waterproof?

The finished products were amazing!

11 October 2019

Next week, we will be learning about the –el phoneme at the end of a word.

This spelling is much less common than last week’s –le.

camel

tunnel

wheel

travel

towel

angel

hotel

label

The children will be tested on these words on Friday 18th October 2019.

04 October 2019

This week’s homework is a Talk Time.

‘Does my behaviour affect other people?’

We would like the children to discuss their own different behaviours and the effect these can have on others around them. 

Young children often look to adults to articulate what is right and wrong.

Any discussion of why any behaviour is right or wrong,  could include a simple statement about the effect it has on someone else. Ask your child to imagine themselves in the other person’s position and prompt empathetic thoughts with phrases such as “How do you feel when your friend won’t share the toy you want to play with?” or “When you don’t let Mia have a chance on the slide, she feels sad.”

Talk Time homework should be an opportunity for a child to engage in a conversation with other people at home (or electronically eg Face-time, Skype), where each person can contribute. This means children should be able to return to school to share a range of views and ideas with their classmates.

Homework will be discussed in class on Thursday 10 October.