This half term in PE we have been working on a dance unit inspired by The Three Little Pigs. We have learned the dance in three sections - the straw house; the stick house and the brick house. I wonder if you can see the sections as you watch our video?
The children worked hard to dance in in a synchronised way and use different levels.
We think the final performance is fantastic! (Apologies for the finger over the camera lens at one point!)

This term we are drawing inspiration from the artist, Alma Thomas. We have experimented with overlapping shapes and this week, used contrasting colours and layering to create some really effective artwork.
​We hope you like our compositions as much as Mrs Ellis does!

Today we celebrated World Book Day at school. The children came to school in costume or something cosy that they would like to read in, like their pyjamas.
We had a lovely time, talking about our favourite books and drawing their front covers.
At the end of the day, Year 2 enjoyed Year 6 coming to read stories to them which they had written themselves.
What a super day!

​In Computing this half term, Year 2 have been learning to program using “Scratch Junior”. We have learnt how to program sprites and to change them too. Last lesson we learnt to change the backgrounds to match the sprites and to program each sprite with its own set of instructions. We worked very carefully to make sure that the commands for each sprite matched the instructions we had been given.

​Finally, we experimented with creating our own background and sprites, each following their own set of instructions. We have really enjoyed being creative with our program designs and are proud of the results.

Year 2 have been reading the story, "Mr Wolf's Pancakes, and using it to inspire our writing.
Today, we acted out a conversation between Mr Wolf and Little Red Riding Hood. The children's acting was brilliant and really made us laugh with their great voice choices.

Next, the children wrote the conversations into speech bubbles. They were asked to write different sentence types - statements, questions, exclamations and commands - including the correct punctuation and were also challenged to include a conjunction!
I'm sure you'll agree that they've produced some fantastic examples.

As part of this term's topic, Year 2 have been learning about Mary Seacole.
​The children have worked hard and have been really interested in finding out all about her and her life. They have presented their work in different ways and are very proud of their efforts.

To find out more about Mary Seacole and her work in the Crimean War, you might like to watch these three videos. The children certainly enjoyed them.
The life of Mary Seacole - BBC Teach 

Our Maths unit at the moment has a focus on multiplication.

The children have been learning all about grouping and repeated addition and using skip-counting to solve problems in different contexts. We used this opportunity to develop their understanding of money and how multiplication relates to having a number of the same coin type.

The children really enjoyed working together, using 2, 5 and 10 pence pieces and writing multiplication calculations to find out how much money they had picked up. 

Year 2 have been working on a new art unit for the last few weeks. This is a printing unit, based on the work of Irish artist, Orla Kiely. Orla Kiely finds inspiration for her prints in nature and the children in Year 2 have been doing the same.
Today, we experimented with making our own block prints. We think they are very effective and hope that you do too!

We are so proud of all our star performers in FS2 and KS1 who put on an amazing performance for Christmas last week.
Every child played their role to the best of their ability and their singing, dancing and acting was just amazing!
Well done children, we are so very proud of you.

Year 2 have had a very exciting morning today!
When we got to school, we found that two elves had come to pay us a visit. Their names are Pip and Pop and they are going to be staying with us until Christmas...we'd better be on our best behaviour!

Then we went on an elf hunt in the woodlands! We each found an elf and they have stayed with us in class all day. We will be writing about elves over the next few weeks. We are very excited to be taking them home tonight.