Childrens Activities and Work
Artist
We have enjoyed being Artists this term.
We have drawn our self-portrait using pencils. We focussed on observing the detail of our facial features, thinking about proportion, shape, line, texture and shading.
We also linked our artwork to our enquiry, How can I live a healthy lifestyle? We drew observational drawings of fruit. We started by drawing an outline and adding detail by looking for shapes, curved and straight lines and shading. We also explored colouring mixing from the 3 primary colours and how this makes 3 secondary colours. We then used the primary and secondary colours to print wallpaper for our display in the corridor. During this enquiry, we have been inspired by Guiseppe Arcimbaldo’s artwork and have created some ourselves, by collage of cutting and sticking fruit and vegetables
Here are a selection of our drawings.
Author Writer
We have loved being Writers this term.
We have been focussing on sentences and what we need to make a good sentence. We have been using Colourful Semantics as a visual approach to support the children with their grammar and sentence structure by assigning different colours to different parts of the sentence. The children have been brilliant at making noun phrases and have come up with some very creative adjectives to use within their writing.
We have rewritten our own versions of Three Little Pigs, The Very Hungry Caterpillar and written instructions on how to make your own fruit kebab.
Scientist
Throughout our enquiry, How can I live a healthy lifestyle? We have explored lots of different way to keep healthy. We have looked at the basics needs of survival, how exercise can keep our heart and body healthy and how a balanced diet is great for us. As a challenge at the end, we baked fruit scones as a healthy snack. The fruit scone was part of a balance diet. I wonder, can you follow the recipe and make them at home?
Engineer
As part of our enquiry, What could my classroom be made of? we designed a reading den using what we had learnt about materials and their properties when we were being Scientists. We then worked together in pairs to create a 3D model of our designs. We used joining techniques that we had practised, such as fold, slot, flange and tab. We had such fun and are very proud of our models!
Year 2 Team
| Teachers | Teaching Assistants |
| Mrs N Heyworth | Mrs J Huxtable |
| Mrs S Penlington | Mrs L Mortimore |
| Mrs C Walters | Miss S Davies |
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