Author: Tara Oughton

Last week we did den building – the children were so resourcefull and supportive of each other and had a fantastic time!

Great Fire 1666: a Minecraft experience

The children have really been enjoying learning about the Fire of London, here is a link they were excited about in class. We have also been singing the song and they may enjoy singing it at home https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/school-radio/primary-school-songs-londons-burning/zvmyscw

Happy Friday Year 2! 

This week we have been excited to share our class pledge which is linked to cycles. We are planning to grow sunflower seeds in recycled pots. If anyone is able to bring in any plastic bottles or something recycled which we could grow the seeds in that would be wonderful.

Thank you to all of you who came to our Stay and… this week. It was lovely to see so many of you and share the maths games that we have been enjoying in class.

If you were unable to make it, these are a selection of the dice games that we looked at to support number bonds, strategy and reasoning. 

• https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
• https://ictgames.com/mobilePage/fruityFractions/index.html
• Snakes and Ladders, Ludo etc. can play with 1 dice or 2 to challenge
• Ship, Captain, Treasure, Crew (see below)
• Place value (See below)

We started the week with a trip to the pond to see what we could catch and whether we would find our very own Bog Baby after reading this book in class.

There was much excitement over identifying what had been caught – tadpoles, worms and water boatman were some of the things identified. Some were even lucky enough to see a frog! We used this pond dipping experience to inform our writing of a set of instructions and also wrote a recount too.

 

In maths, we have continued to look at fractions, particularly finding a part of a set. You might want to have a look at this game at home https://ictgames.com/mobilePage/fruityFractions/index.html

Have a lovely weekend everyone.

We would really like you and your child to take part in WWF Earth Hour which is happening on Saturday 28th March. https://www.earthhour.org/ This is where people and famous landmarks across the world will be turning off all their lights and electrical appliances. This will be happening at 8.30pm UK time but you can do it at a time that suits you. This will show your support for strategies that will help to solve the problem of global warming. People will be lighting candles to read a book, having a candle-lit dinner, stargazing, or simply switching off their lights and TVs for an hour. We would like you to do the same, if possible, and be as creative as you can.

We had a lovely time celebrating World Book Day this week, sharing stories in class and looking at all of the amazing potatoes that the children brought in. You can see some of them below.

Screen time is the amount of time spent using a device with a screen such as a smartphone, computer, television, or video game console. Digital devices provide many great opportunities for the whole family, including activities for learning and creativity, as well as entertainment and enjoyment but too much screen time can have negative effects for both adults and children and managing screen time can be a source of conflict and stress.  Below you will see a short guide about screen time along with lots of helpful links and ideas about how to manage and monitor screen time.  

To see more information and links about online safety please do visit our online safety website pages at:  http://www.damers.dorset.sch.uk/parents/online-safety/ 

If you have any questions or concerns or would like any further support in relation to online safety please do speak to your class teacher or email the school office.