This week is Science Week!

Mrs Wood set the children a challenge in homework this week....

She wanted to see who could find out what friction was before we started our science this week!

Harry came up with a beautiful definition of friction.....

He said it was.....

A force that slows down motion!

Well done to Harry who was the first person to offer his homework!

The children had to test different types of surfaces to see which would make the most friction and slow a car down that went down a slope.

First they had to predict which surface they thought would make the most friction.

Secondly they had to make the investigation fair.

Thirdly they had to collect the results.

I won't tell you the results because I don't want to spoil it for the rest of the groups!

Finished Chinese New Year crafts

These are the finished creations from our Friday activities! Come and see them in the classroom!

Haven't we been busy!

Preparations for Chinese New Year in Year 2

On Friday afternoon, the children were preparing for Chinese New Year.

They were given the challenge of finding out
1. What year it is at the moment.
2. What year it is going to be.
3. When Chinese New Year starts.
4. How it is celebrated.

The children could then choose a craft that either provides a new year decoration or is one of the ways Chinese people celebrate.

Chinese dragons were decorated and will be turned into puppets.

Kites were made and the children searched for either Chinese writing to copy onto the kite or a picture of the animal this year represents.

Two children created lanterns. They had the hard job of cutting out sections of red card so they could be covered in tissue paper for the light to shine through.

Children decorated cards that would be given during the celebration of the new year.

The last activity was creating an animal puppet. Harley was decorating his puppet using tissue paper.

If you wish to read how the first New Year was named an animal, copy and paste the link below. There are lots of Chinese New Year activities the children can do too.

http://www.activityvillage.co.uk/the_story_of_the_chinese_zodiac.htm

I will attach this link onto the web pages section of the blog. It's on the right hand side!

The Mayor came to visit us!

On Thursday 7th February, the Mayor came to the school as part of her tour of Lincoln schools.

Before we had the assembly, we thought of some questions our school council members could ask.

This is a picture of the Mayor who came to see us.

Councillor Karen Lee is the 806th mayor!

Homework Menu 8/2/13

Here is the homework for this week, a little early!

• Record some subtraction sums in order to find the difference
• (Yellow Table only) record some division sums using steps of 2,5, or 10 
• Research what friction is (ready for our investigation is next week)
• Pretend you have been on holiday - write a postcard to someone in your family 
• Match pictures of baby animals with their parents 
• Compare a baby picture of you 6/7 years ago and yourselves now. Describe how you have changed. 

Remember, you don't have to do anything from this list, you can make up your own!

Safer Internet Day

Today is our Safer Internet Day at school.

We watched a clip about Hector using the Internet. Did he know how to use it properly?

The children were thinking about sending instant messages on the Internet and how dangerous it can actually be.

They were discussing how sending information like names, address, age or school is wrong.

We also learnt that asking people to be friends who we don't know is not safe.



You can go on Hector's world website too. There is a safety button that a grown up can put on from the website that can be pressed if anything makes the children feel scared or unhappy.

Please let us know if you use this excellent resource. The website address for Hector's world is
http://www.thinkuknow.co.uk/5_7/hectorsworld/

Enjoy looking and stay safe!

Year 2 Physical Literacy Programme

We have started a physical literacy program where we do some exercises in the studio for 15 minutes every day. These exercises are going to help improve our core muscles and therefore improve our handwriting! Can you believe it!


This first exercise is called the bridge.

The second exercise is called the balloon.

The third exercise is called bunny jumps.

The fourth is called the superman!

The last one is called the cat.

Before we started this programme, the children did a handwriting assessment. They also had to copy one sentence in their neatest handwriting as many times as they could in 3 minutes.

We will repeat these assessments at the end of the programme and hopefully we are going to see an improvement!