Egg rolling winners
1A, 1,2B and 2C had a egg-cellent time rolling our eggs today. It was rather wet, but we didn’t care! We hope you have a lovely Easter holiday. From Mrs Latham, Miss Lowry and Miss Young.
Here are the winners who rolled their eggs the furthest.
1,2B egg rolling competition
It was wet, eggy and exciting! We all had fun and cheered each other as we rolled.
FOSP Easter competition
Miss Hague came to our assembly and awarded the prizes to the Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 winners of the Easter competition. Well done to everyone who entered.
Science – John McAdam
In science this half term we have been working scientifically. We have investigated, observed, predicted, tested and collected data. We have also learned about the scientist and civil engineer, John McAdam, who invented a new process ‘macadamisation’ – tarmac!
We looked at his road building process. 1,2B re-created his process of using different sizes of stones compressed together.
Science – working scientifically
John McAdams has been our scientist of focus this half term in KS1. McAdams made the first macadamised road. The road he invented was smooth, durable and had good drainage. We did our own experiments to investigate which road surface was best for cars.
For the first experiment, we pushed a toy car down a ramp to measure how far it would travel. We did a comparative test where we kept everything the same but changed one thing. We kept the car the same, the ramp, the ramp height and the person pushing the car. We tested the car on 3 surfaces; concrete, laminate and carpet. We found that the concrete was the best surface because it was smooth and the car travelled the furthest. The carpet was the worst surface because it was rough and soft. The car did not travel very far on the carpet.
We also tested different road surfaces for drainage. The road surfaces were large stones, small pebbles, sand and flour. We tested 4 road surfaces without water to see how easily the car could travel across. We then poured water onto each surface to see which road had the best drainage. In both tests, the road surface made of small pebbles was the best because the it was the least bumpy and has the best drainage due to the small gaps between the pebbles.
One child wrote ‘The worst road surface was flour because it was bumpy. When we poured water on it was sticky and the car didn’t move.’
We have really enjoyed our Science topic this half term
Living and Learning: being the same, being different
We have been talking about how we are the same and how we are different. It can be about how we look, what we like and how we feel. It’s important to celebrate our similarities and differences.
Help at home by discussing similarties and differences.
Design and Technology
Over the last week in design and technology we have been developing our food preperation skills by making overnight oats.
We have followed hygiene instructions to make sure the children have tied their hair back and washed their hands.
The children followed the recepie ensuring they weighed out the correct amount of ingredients. They were able to cut the fruit using the bridge method they had been shown.
Everyone enjoyed having a taste of the oats!
Maths – shapes
Our focus in Y2 Maths this week has been shapes. We have been looking 2D and 3D shapes. We know the names of lots of 2D shapes, how to count sides and how to count the vertices. We have also explored 3D shapes, how to count edges, faces and vertices. We even came up with a method, so that we wouldn’t loose track of the faces we had already counted!
Today in 2C we looked at vertical symmetry and how to spot it in 2D shapes. We used paper shapes and folded them to see if they had vertical lines of symmetry. We also used mirrors to check the symmetry of shapes in our books and plastic 2D shapes.
Topic – computing
Over this half term, KS1 have been learning to use the program Scratch Jr. We have been learning to create and debug algorithms, create sequences using commands and use this to put together a quiz.
We know how to choose Sprites (characters) and backgrounds.
We know how to get our Sprites to speak and how to change what they say.
We also know how to get our Sprites to move and how to sequence our commands correctly.
This week we finished our quizzes. Have have had so much fun using Scratch Jr and learning how it works!
Help at home by downloading Scratch Jr or another coding app or program – ScratchJr – Home
Living and Learning: strong emotions
In our Living and Learning sessions we have been talking about our feelings, and in particular, strong emotions. We all have felt angry, sad and happy at some point. We identified emotions on other people’s faces and talked about how emotions can feel overwhelming but will pass over time.
Help at home by identifying and discussing different emotions that you might be feeling.