Thursday 2nd March was World Book Day. The children looked amazing in their costumes! It was great to see that so much effort had been taken to help the children celebrate our library theme: The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe. Well done everybody!

Year 2 worked hard to plan and carry out an investigation. We wanted to find the best material to make a raincoat. We tested various materials and found plastic to be the most waterproof.

The children in 2H produced some lovely art work in spring 1. They drew shells and created a background of the sea and sky. They also drew a boat in charcoal onto their sea. Great job!

In our PSHE lesson this week we discussed what makes somebody a good friend and how we can be a good friend to others. 

As this week is Anti-Bullying week‘, we thought about what bullying looks like and what we should do if we see somebody being unkind to somebody else or if a person is unkind to us. 

In preparation for our KS1 anti-bullying picket, we enjoyed making our own posters. We showed lots of enthusiasm this afternoon when using these in our own picket although we may now have some sore throats! 

Lots of us also came to school wearing odd socks for Anti-Bullying week.

We thoroughly enjoyed our art project today and what beautiful work we produced! 

After reading the story ‘The Spider Weaver‘, we were inspired to create our own ‘wondrous web’ just like the one that the characters saw in the story. 

We began by experimenting with different techniques using the oil pastels including: hatching, cross hatching, drawing zig-zag and dashed lines. This then helped us when it came to creating our own webs. To help us, we looked at some photos of spider webs and imitated the designs. 

We then used the water colour paints to add a wash to the background. We used green as in the story, the web that the characters found was in a banana tree. 

We then added some more details to our webs using the oil pastels before adding sequins. To finish, we used the running stitch to add some texture to our designs.  

Our webs are all unique just like the webs that spiders create and how amazing they look! 

In Maths, we are thinking about numbers to 100. As well as reading and writing 2-digit numbers in numerals and words, we have been thinking about the value of each digit. We know that 2-digit numbers are made up of some tens and some ones.

We have been resourceful, just like Helpful Hen, and have used the practical equipment to help us partition different numbers into tens and ones.