Today Miss Melton took P2 outdoors to collect natural materials which they used to make their own names.

They needed to think about whether the letters had straight or curved lines and which materials to use to make these lines. Thin twigs could be bent to make curved lines.

Some children made pictures from materials, once they had finished making their name.

Can you guess which creature has been made?

Find out which materials are waterproof:

http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/gamesactivities/materialproperties.html

Drag a material into the tester and switch on the “water”.

If you have been counting in 2s in class, you might like this:

http://www.snappymaths.com/multiplication/countin2s/interactive/countin2sorder.htm 

or this :http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/mathgames/earlymath/BalloonPopSkip.htm

or this one:

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/ordering-and-sequencing/caterpillar-ordering

( select sequencing, then even numbers or counting in 2s)

In this game select steps of 2:

http://www.ictgames.com/mobilePage/whackAMole/index.html

Some games on blog need flash player to be enabled in order to play.

Have fun!!

We used the materials from the pod for our play today. We thought about the properties of materials as we made shelters and vehicles.

Some children have been practicing counting in 2s. Our learning intention is to learn to count quickly and accurately and so, we learned to skip count. We learned that when you count in 2s, numbers end in 0, 2, 4, 6, 8 and 10. These numbers are called even numbers.

Playing these games will help you practise  counting in 2s and identify even numbers:

http://www.hbschool.com/activity/connect_the_dots/

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/learning-to-count/coconut-odd-or-even

A group of children are learning to count backwards and may enjoy this game which will help their learning:

http://www.softschools.com/counting/games/counting_backwards_from_20/

This afternoon we spent time at a number of “materials” stations.

Some children sorted materials from the tuff tray into different categories.

Some children enjoyed a bingo game in which they identified waterproof materials.

It was fun finding out facts about materials from the set of library books we received in class today.

Some children selected a variety of materials to make a model or picture of their choosing.

A group of children made pictures using wood, nails, loom bands and wool.

Each week we have the opportunity to share with the class what we have learned that week.

Look what we learned last week.

Today we put into practice our learning about the properties of materials. Miss Melton asked us to make a waterproof shelter. We went in search of sticks, but as it was so cold we made our shelters indoors.

It was great fun and we enjoyed working in teams.

Happy New Year to everyone!

This term we will be learning all about different materials, identifying them and experimenting with each one to find out what properties they might have.

Today with Miss Melton we tried to find out which materials were absorbent.

This is a fun game to play.http://www.crickweb.co.uk/ks1science.html Try Activity 2 to name materials.