Easter: Baking
Today, P2/3 made mini egg crispy cakes. We then made our own Easter baskets to put them in.
Fab work P2/3!
P2/3 – Easter
Monthly Archives: March 2024
P2/3 – Space
Space: Mini Fruit Solar System
Today, P2/3 made a solar system out of fruit. They used a raisin (Mercury), a blueberry (Venus), a grape (Earth), a raspberry (Mars), grapefruit (Jupiter), an orange (Saturn), a tangerine (Uranus) and a plum (Neptune).
The children worked in their groups to figure out the order of the fruits comparing them in size to the planets.
After that, we added the fruit to a skewer to make our very own mini fruit solar system. The children loved trying the fruits as we were making our solar systems, the oranges seemed to be the favourite!
Amazing work P2/3!
P2/3 – VoiceBox Competition
VoiceBox Competition
Remember to practise your joke for the joke-telling competition!
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P2/3 – Easter
Easter
As P2/3 were joined by the P4s yesterday we also took part in some fun Easter activities. We spoke about why we celebrate Easter and then took part in puzzles, making tissue paper Easter eggs, and animating our own Easter drawings!
Fab work P2/3/4!
P2/3 – Numeracy
Numeracy: Fractions
Yesterday, the P4s joined us to help with our numeracy rotations. We were learning to match a fraction of a shape to the correct fraction and find 1/2 and 1/4 of a number. As a challenge, some of us were finding 1/5s and 1/10s of a number.
At the end of the lesson, P2/3 showed P4 some of the body percussion we had been learning to the song ‘Happy’! The children loved this!
Fab work P2/3 and thank you to P4 for helping us!
P2/3 – Den Building
Den Building
Unfortunately, due to the weather, P2/3 could not litter pick on Thursday. Instead, they joined up with Mrs Eccleston and P6/7 who showed them how to build dens. They all had an amazing time!
P2/3 – Space
Space: Day and Night
This week P2/3 were learning about how the Sun and the Earth move in space to give us day and night. The children also learned about Tim Peake and made their own 3D alien shape.
Great work P2/3!
P2/3 & P5/6 – Science
Science: Gummy Bears
Firstly the pupils enjoyed learning about solids, liquids, and gasses where they made a human solid, human liquid, and human gas.
In a solid, particles are tightly packed.
In a liquid, particles are less tightly packed and free to move past each other.
In a gas, particles are spread out and move randomly.
Experiment time:
P5/6 created hypotheses of what might happen when we placed a solid (gummy bear) into a liquid (water) and left it overnight.
P2/3 led the learning by showing P5/6 what to do.
We left the cups containing our solid and liquids overnight to investigate today. When we returned the gummy bears has gotten bigger. We learned that this was due to a process called osmosis where water molecules travel from an area of high concentration of water to an area of low concentration of water.
Finally, we discussed how we could use this knowledge to remove the water from the gummy bear. Some hypotheses we have put to the test are:
- placing the gummy bear in a saturated salt solution
- placing the gummy bear in a saturated sugar solution
- placing the gummy bear in just salt
- placing the gummy bear in just sugar
Why don’t you ask your child about the final outcome?
P2/3 – The Worry Tiger
The Worry Tiger
This week, P2/3 have been reading The Worry Tiger. We completed a visualisation task and made our own worry dolls.
Traditionally, worry dolls originated in Guatemala and were gifted to children who needed a friend to talk to whenever they were nervous or sad. Before bed, they would tell their dolls their worries, place the doll under their pillow, and go to sleep — by the morning, all their worries would fade away!
P2/3 – Expressive Arts
Expressive Arts: Orchestra
P2/3 have been learning about the different families in an orchestra. This week we were learning about the String Family.
Great work P2/3!
