Black History Week at Harton Primary

27th October 2023C Whitehead

Around the world Black History is celebrated during Black History Month. This is a time set aside each year to celebrate the achievements of black men and women in the past and today.

We know that all people should be treated equally but sadly, this isn’t always the case, and many groups of people around the world still suffer as a result of discrimination. Thankfully, there are some amazing people who have done incredible things to fight for equality. Over the past few weeks, each year group has been learning about a different inspirational person.

Today we all joined together in assembly to share who we have been learning about.

 

Take a look below at what each year group has been learning!

 

Year 2 – Let’s make a wrap!

20th October 2023H Langley

As part of our DT topic, Year 2 were asked to create a healthy option to be added to the lunch menu. We had to make sure we included the different food groups from ‘The Eat Well Plate’ and followed our design to safely and hygienically prepare a simple dish without heat.

Asda community Champions came in to help us make our wraps and make sure we followed our design briefs.

Personal hygiene

11th October 2023H Langley

In Science, Year 2 have been learning about the importance of personal hygiene. We discussed different things we do to stay clean and what might happen if we don’t keep ourselves clean. We had lots of fun completing a variety of investigations to help our understanding.

Investigation 1 – The importance of looking after our teeth.

We used egg shells (as our teeth) and placed them into different drinks (cola, diet cola, water and fresh orange). We are going to observe how the egg shells change over the next week and see which drink has damaged the eggs the most.

Investigation 2 – The importance of washing our hands before eating or making food.

Using three slices of bread, we first put a slice into a bag without touching, we then had one child, with clean hands, place a slice into another bag and finally, all of the children passed the bread around before it went into the bag. We will observe the changes made to the bread.

Investigation 3 – The spreading of germs.

One child was given some glitter in their hands then they shook hands with other children. All children shook hands with each other and placed them around the room (e.g. touched the table or the handle). We were able to observe how fast the glitter (germs) were able to spread around the room.

Number Bonds – Year 2

11th October 2023H Langley

In Year 2 we have been finding number bonds. We used ten frames and worked systematically to find all the number bonds to 10. Then we were challenged to use this knowledge to find number bonds to 20.

E-Safety Information – Among Us

4th October 2023L Forster

Among Us: fairly safe, or pretty sus? 👩‍🚀🚀 This scenario of spaceship crew members cooperating to complete tasks and uncover murderous alien imposters has garnered a sizeable and committed following with younger gamers 🎮

Though Among Us is presented in a (mainly) sanitised visual style, any children’s game which essentially foregrounds the concepts of deceit, betrayal and killing is always likely to cause some concerns. This week’s #WakeUpWednesday guide gets among it with Among Us.

Created in 2018 by a small indie studio that (at the time) had only four employees, Among Us has become one of the gaming world’s biggest breakout hits of recent years. In 2020, for example, it was the world’s most-downloaded mobile game. Its simplicity helped Among Us to resonate with younger players in particular: the game’s second largest audience slice is the 13–18 age bracket.

While the 7+ age rating, emphasis on teamwork and cartoonish, colourful graphics all suit a young fan-base, however, the game does carry more serious risks than betrayal by a team-mate or an untimely on-screen demise – with in-game purchases and possible contact from strangers on our #WakeUpWednesday guide’s list of hazards that trusted adults should bear in mind.

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Benefits of IT

2nd October 2023L Forster

The children in Year 2 have been looking at IT (Information Technology – computers or things that work with computers) in our everyday lives.

  • Scanner finding the items and telling the item finder.

  • Item finder searching for the prices of each item and adding them together to make the receipt.

This week they were looking at barcode readers in supermarkets. In a role-playing activity, one child took items with barcodes to a table with 2 people on it – who took the role of a scanner and till. The scanner had to find the correct item to the bar code, and then tell the item finder which items there were scanning. The item finder had to then find the price of each item and add them to make a receipt.

At the end of the lesson, the children found that adding up without IT was slower and could make easy mistakes.

Year 2 Continents & Oceans

29th September 2023E Jones

This half term Year 2 are learning all about the continents and oceans. We have used maps, atlases and globes to identify them and to find features, including the Equator and the North and South Poles. The children enjoyed singing songs to help remember both the names and the order of them in size.

We love to keep fit!

29th September 2023Emma Adams

Year 2 are loving their PE lessons this half term! We are lucky to have coaching from Tom, our gymnastics expert! We have been star gymnasts – practising forward rolls, back supports and bridges. We are starting to put these into a routine.

Taste Testing in Year 2

29th September 2023H Langley

Year 2 have been asked to create a new healthy wrap that could be added to the school lunch menu. Our wrap must include foods from different food groups to help children have a balanced diet. Before we design our own wrap we tested different food combinations to see which one we liked best.

Comparing numbers in Year 2

21st September 2023H Langley

In maths, we have been comparing numbers. We made two amounts using Base 10 then looked at the tens and ones (and even hundreds!) to decide if the number was greater than, less than or equal to the second number.