World Book Day
Today, we did a book-based scavenger hunt. The children were given certain things to find in books such as a frog, a tree or a happy ending. It was really good fun and showed us how fantastic and varied books are. We discovered that many of the things to find could be found in both fact and fiction books!
Blurb writing
We’re busy writing a blurb for our favourite books at the moment. Here’s Cleopatra and Pippi Longstocking designing theirs:
And Captain Underpants getting some feedback from Burglar Bill about hers:
I love the artwork on Rayhaan’s alternative ‘Warhorse’ blurb:
World Book Day
In English today, we’re writing an alternative blurb for our favourite books. To practise our promotional language, we are currently ‘speed-dating’ to sell our books to others.
Here are some pics:
Creative homework review
This afternoon, we spent some time reflecting on last week’s creative homework. We had a chance to look at everyone else’s before voting for our favourite (with a focus on effort and originality).
The standard was high across the class. In particular, we loved Henry’s, Ethan’s, Laurielynn’s, Gloria’s and Jennifer’s.
Homework is a really important part of school life and can lead to some very rich learning. We can’t wait to see next week’s!
Yoga
As part of the health aspect to our Big Topic, Life, we tried out some yoga, stretching our muscles and relaxing.
Recycled planters
Today, as part of our Life topic, we have been planting some vegetables! We used plastic bottles to make some planters for class. Watch this space for more plant news!
Fun in the snow!
We had a fantastic time playing in the snow! Some of the children worked together as a team to build Frosty the snowman, although he seems to have disappeared…
Homework review
We used the discussions you had at home for homework to create some short scenes demonstrating the difference between co-operative and uncooperative choices.
Drama day!
Yesterday, we spent the whole day focusing on drama. Francis, from a company called ‘Ignite Lights’, came into school and delivered a whole day of drama that was linked to our class novel: ‘The Thornthwaite Inheritance’.
We started the day by looking at stereotypes and how they are often used in writing/theatre. We discussed how stereotypes also affect our day-to-day lives and made some freeze-frames based on some stereotypical characters.
Next, we donned some outfits and became story detectives. First, finding the stories that contained our characters. Then, proposing an alternative plot before devising a short play.
Last, we studied the poem ‘Caged Bird’ by Maya Angelou. The poem reminded us of a character from our class novel. We created soundscapes and imagescapes to show our understanding of the key emotions in the poem. Brandon amazed us with his understanding of key themes, showing a real maturity in his answers. (Well done, Brandon!)
We had a great day exploring our class novel through drama and would like to thank Miss Valentine for organising the visit.
It was particularly fun to dress up. Can you guess whose hair got covered in black and white paint?
You could really help at home by discussing stereotypes with your child. You could discuss questions such as…
- which stereotypes are prevalent in society?
- is stereotyping always a negative?
- what can we do as individuals to combat stereotyping in society?
I work co-operatively to help a group.
As part of our SEAL learning, Year 2 had some great suggestions for how to work co-operatively to help a group so we put it to the test.
There was some great teamwork, where all the group were included, listening and using motivation to solve the group challenge.
