Numeracy

‘We have been counting in tens and we play Buzz.’- Caleb

‘We have been learning about numbers up to 100.’- Harry

‘I was counting up in tens and fives and I made 41 with Numicon.’- Aaron

‘We were figuring out the missing numbers on the 100 square and writing the answers down on the whiteboard.’- Ibrahim

 

Literacy

‘We were playing noughts and crosses. We had to take turns and read the ie words.’- Magnus and Archie

‘ I was reading my book called City Cat.’- Cameron

Growth Mindset

This week we have been focusing on the power of mistakes!

We read ‘Beautiful Oops’ by Barney Saltzberg and created our own artwork from our ‘Oops’ mistakes!

‘I did a rip in the paper and then I made it green to make a crocodile.’- Myles

‘I folder the top of the paper and made it a penguin.’- Matthew

‘If we make mistakes we learn from them and then we know what to do the next time.’- Eva

 

Woodland

‘I was pretending to be a scary spy.’- Willow

‘We were praying because we are Romans.’- Ben

‘I’m being a king in my tree throne.’- Miller

 

Science Week

For Science week we did an investigation about floating and sinking!

‘We were making ships with tinfoil and I was writing down the names of the ships, the predictions and how much 1p coins the ships could hold before it sank.’- Josh

 

‘Ours only took 1 coin and then it sank. It was quite hard to make but we covered up the holes and built sides so the water didn’t get through.’- Mia

‘Ours could hold 121 coins before it sank.’- Ethan

 

Play

‘We were making a McDonald’s because we wanted to eat food! We made it for everybody else too.’- Oliver

‘You can get ice cream. It was £20.’- Rory

 

 

 

It has been another brilliant week in P2b full of fun, laughter and learning!

This week we have continued to focus on our Wellbeing and have learned lots more about Growth Mindset!

We explored being stuck in The Dip and thought of strategies to keep going and try our best with tricky work.

‘When you get unconcentrated and distracted you are in The Dip.’- Cameron

‘To get out of The Dip you can take a break to do something you like and try again. You should never give up even if you feel like it.’ -Zack

We have been practising meditation every afternoon, focusing on our breathing and concentration. Each morning we can try some yoga challenge cards too!

‘Meditation is great fun because it was calm.’ -Rory

We have also been practising mindfulness and choosing activities which make us feel relaxed and happy. On Monday we went outside for some fresh air and could choose between the activity trail, drawing, reading or chalk art!

‘I drew Crookfur Primary School! It made me feel happy.’ – Harry

 

We have some new plants to look after in class too! This week it was Caleb and Sofia’s turn to water them. We are going to be learning about plants and planting some exciting things in the next few weeks!

‘We have Aloe Vera plants they are good for sunburn. They are like hand gel inside.’ – Miller

‘I need to water them once a week. You spray the leafs.’ -Caleb

 

Woodland

This week in Woodland we had broomsticks, balancing and some army bases!
Lots of people challenged themselves to make clocks from hula hoops and natural materials.

‘I was riding on a Firebolt like Harry Potter!’- Zack

   

Numeracy

We have started to explore number to 100 this week!

 

‘We have learned to make number flowers. You look at the number in the middle and then the one at the top is 10 less and the bottom is 10 more.’ -Rory

We have also been revising time through games and speedy skills!

 

Literacy

On Thursday it was World Book Day! We have started reading a new class novel- Esio Trot!

We watched an Author’s Live event to find out how to become an Author or Illustrator and shared out favourite  books with our friends.

‘We took our favourite books in to read and made a book review.’-Harry

‘ I was making a bookmark. Mine was a cat.’- Amelia

We have revised our alternate diagraph sounds again this week. We had an ee/ea hunt around the classroom to find pictures and spell the words!

In writing we have been focusing on punctuation, sounding out words and checking our writing makes sense.

‘We were playing a spelling game and you had to drag the sounds into the slug slime.’- Josh

Play

‘I was making a cat out of clay because I really like cats. I liked when I had to warm the clay up.’ – Willow