A European Puzzle

Can you solve the puzzle?

Warning: Its pretty hard so just do your best!

Your child will need some help with this puzzle. Play the Countries with outlines an capital with hints.

Christmas Rose Production

Our KS1 Production

We will be performing our Christmas Production on Tuesday and Wednesday afternoons this week. The performance will be in the school hall. Please arrive in time to find a seat ready for a 2pm start. We are inviting Year 1 parents to come on Tuesday afternoon and Year 2 parents on Wednesday afternoon.

Where is Father Christmas?

On Christmas Eve you can track Father Christmas on his journey around the world. NORAD (America's Military) can use their radar and satelittes to track Father Christmas and you can watch him live. Click here to find out more.

Writing to Father Christmas

Dear Father Christmas, This year I have been a really good boy/girl ......

There is still time to write a letter to Father Christmas but he is really busy so you will have to send it quick. If you need Father Christmas' address then look at this Royal Mail website for detail. He promises to write back to you, if you send your letters by next Friday. Click here

Year 2's Autumn Art inspired by Andy Goldsworthy on PhotoPeach

TUTPUP

Tutpup is a great way to learn spellings and your times tables. To find out more click here .

Reading at home

 Are you looking for a new book to read? Have you run out of space on your bookcase?

Have a look at this wonderful website with lots and lots of free e-books to read at home. Click on the books with a yellow 'e' and you can read or listen to the e-book and try to answer the questions when you finish. Have fun reading.

Oxford Owl Reading







At the start/end of some books (like the Biff and Chip books) there is guidance on how to help your child read and questions you could ask to check their understanding. There is also more advice on reading at home (http://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/Question/Index/5 ) and ideas for reading books (http://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/BookList )



Grown up advice

You will start to notice this logo on the blog and it is for your grown-up. The logo is there for when we want to give advice and help to your grown-up with the activity or link on the page.

Samuel Pepys

There is lots of information about Samuel Pepys on the BBC School website. Click on the link here Samuel Pepys .

Fire of London

Try out this cool Fire of London game. It will teach you some new facts about our new topic.

Click on the picture or visit www.fireoflondon.org.ukhttp://www.fireoflondon.org.uk/

A Child Like You

 Tomorrow a page will be sent home from the book ‘Children Just Like Me’ that we have been looking at in class as part of our A Child Like Me project.

            Next week we will be making our own page based on the format of this book. Please can you talk to your family about who is in your family, food, toys, clothes and home so you are ready to create your own page in class next week. We hope to produce a class book similar to ‘Children Just Like Me’.

            If you want to bring in pictures or photos from home to use as part of your page, that would be most welcome.

We look forward to finding out all about you.

Mr Prosser & Ms Vargo

Meet the teacher

There will be a chance to meet with Mr Prosser and Ms Vargo to discuss what will be happening in Year 2. The meeting will be on Wednesday 12th September at 3pm in the Year 2 classrooms. It is a chance for you find out what we will be learning about this year, class routines, Maths/RWI groups and a chance to ask questions.

A CHILD LIKE ME

This term our topic will be 'A Child Like Me'. We will be learning about our bodies and our lives. We will be looking at what is the same and what is different about us all. We will be learning about the lives of other children from around the wordl and we will be talking about what makes each one of us special.

This topic is based around a book by UNICEF called Children Just Like Me, which looks at the lives of children in different countries around the world. Each child tells the reader about their family, where they live, what they eat, what they like etc.

Welcome back

Welcome To Year 2

This Blog has been set up for the children in Class 2P & 2V to share what they have been learning in class. Mr Prosser and Ms Vargo will be adding links to websites that you can look at home with your parents.

When you are using this blog and other websites please remember to use the SMART rules for staying safe on the internet. If you have any questions then talk to your class teacher. 

Variation

Have a go at this game about Variation from BBC Schools website. Can you work out who stole the cheese? If you do, can you tell Mr Prosser.

We are learning about variation in our Science lessons and here are some fun websites to learn more.

National Geographic for Kids
http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/
You could try out the Animal Jam

Bristol Zoo

http://www.bristolzoo.org.uk/

Learning with Dogs

Fancy making some Doggy Music? Click here to try out this cool program from the Dogs Trust

We are using this website in school to help us learn about Sound and Music in ICT lessons. We are learning how to make, record and listen to music.  If you explore the rest of the website you can learn how to look after a dog, use co-ordinates, give directions and play other fun games. Enjoy

Stoke Lodge Trip

We had a great time at Stoke Lodge on Tuesday.
In the morning we made our healthy pack lunch. We have been learning about healthy eating in topic so we knew how to make a healthy sandwich.

Next we had our picnic by a big tree at Stoke Lodge. After that we tried out Olympic sports like hurdling, high jump and relay races. Then it was time to come home becasue we could see a big dark cloud heading for us. We managed to make it back to school just as it started to rain, it was great timing.

Its not all about the winning!

There are lots of amazing stories from the Olympics and there are not all about winning. Derek Redmond has a great athlete had worked really to get to the Olympics. Derek got a lot of help from his coach, family and firends to prepare for the Olympics. He started running in the 400m final when he got an serious injury. He was determined to finish so he got up and kept on going. He couldn't do it by himself so his dad helped him across the line. He didn't win gold but everyone around the world watched his race and saw his bravery.

Healthy Eating

We are learning about what is in our food and why we need to eat.  Can you help your child keep a record of what they have eaten over one day. They will be coming home with a worksheet to fill in over the weekend and bring back to school next week for our topic lessons.


If you would like some ideas for some yummy meals, the BBC Goodfood website have great recipes for kids. Why not try some of these recipes out and let me Mr Prosser know how they tasted.

Maybe you have your own favourite recipe? Write it down and bring it in to school to share with the class.

Healthy Recipes

Camp Meeting Thursday

Mrs Cowley and I are getting very excited about our trip to Kilve Court in July. There is a chance to find out more about where we are going and what we will be doing at a meeting afterschool on Thursday. The meeting will be in the Cedar Block straight afterschool this Thursday 26th April. It can be a little bit scary being away from home but it is an amazing holiday that everyone will love.

Hopefully see you there.

This is the website of where we are going Kilve Court

Olympics

Here are some videos to find out more about the Olympics

Have a look at the Olympic Stadium

Are you a record breaker?

Are you a record breaker?

We have been measuring parts of our body. We have been comparing our foot and hand sizes and our hands.

How tall is the Worlds Tallest Person?

The tallest man living is Sultan Kösen who measured 251 cm (8 ft 3 in) in Ankara, Turkey. Find out more here

 Maths Challenge - How much taller is Sultan Kösen than you?
  Hint : 251cm - (your height) =?
  Mr Prosser is 70cm shorter than Sultan!

Who has the largest feet in the world?

The biggest feet belong to Brahim Takioullah (from Morrocco) whose left foot measures 38.1 cm (1 ft 3 in) and right foot measures 37.5 cm (1 ft 2.76 in).

If you want to find other World Records then go to the Guinness World Record website

Fit for the Olympics

This term we are going to be learning all about the London Olympics.

We are going to be learning about our bodies and how we can keep fit and healthy. We are going to find what athletes have to do to get ready for the Olympics and we will be ready for the Olympics by the end of term!

What do you know about the Olympics?

Where was the last Olympics games (held in 2008)?

How many Olympic sports can you name?

Islands

This week we have been learning about islands. Here are some of the islands we have found. Can you find any more?

View Islands in a larger map


Lucy told us about Easter Island. There are really old stone faces all over the island, no body knows how they were made, this video tells you more.

Shrove Tuesday

Happy Pancake Day!!

Here is a simple pancake you could try (Make sure you get an adult to help).

100g  plain flour
250ml milk
1 egg
pinch of salt
1 teaspoon of oil

1. Sieve the flour and salt in to a mixing bowl.
2. Crack open the egg and in the bowl.
3. Slowly pour in the milk and stir the mixture.
4. Pour the mixture in to jug and place in the fridge for 30 mins.
5. Heat up a frying pan with the oil and then carefully pour in the mixture (ask an adult for help with this).
6. Try to flip your pancake to cook both sides or use a spatula to turn the pancake.
7. Serve up your pancake with your favourite topping.

My favourite topping is banana and chocolate spread. What is yours?

When we heat the pancake mixture (a liquid) it turns in to a pancake (solid). Is this a reversible change or a permanent change?

Enjoy!



Islands

Next term we are going to be learning about Islands

What would you like to learn about Islands?
 Here are some of the things we would like to learn about.



Katie Morag stories and Scottish islands.






Who was Grace Darling and why was she famous?

What is like to live on an island?

Electricity

Today we learnt how to make a circuit using a battery, wires and a light bulb. 

Find out more on the BBC Schools website.

Learning about length

Going Shopping

Click on the picture to play a money game we've used in class.

We've been learning how to add coins together to make an amount up to £1 and to give change from 50p. Mr Prosser's group should be working between level 2 and 4.

Hectors World

 How do Hector and his friends stay safe on the internet? Click here to watch their videos

http://www.hectorsworld.com/

ICT Data Handling

Would you like to know how many people in our class have blue eyes, brown hair and were born in January? We can tell you after creating our own database about our class. Here is a graph we made using our database.

How many people like the colour blue? 

 How many more people like blue pink than orange?

Could you write your own question using the graph? Add your questions in the comment box and we can use them next week in our ICT lesson.

Gong Xi Fa Cai (Happy New Year)

Gong Xi Fa Cai
Happy Chinese New Year
It is now the year of the Dragon, if you are born in the year of the Dragon you are said to be very wealthy
 Learn more here.
You could celebrate by making your own Chinese Lanterns.

Lanterns from iChild website

Olypmics London 2012

The Olympics are coming to London this summer. We have been learning about the Wenlock and Mandeville, the Olympic Mascots.
You can find out more at the London 2012 website and watch some videos about their adventures.

There are lots of awesome games to play and you can create your own Olympic Mascot.
You could find out more about the Olympic sports.  In which sport would you like to win a Gold medal? I would like to run the 100 metres against Usain Bolt.

Welcome to the new Year 2 blog

We are having a fresh start with a brand new blog that the children will now be contributing to.
Keep checking back to find out more.