STEM Week in Year 2 – Day 1

5th June 2023H Langley

This week is STEM week and we taking part in the Lego League Superpowered Challenge. Today we found out where we get our energy and thought about how we use it. We learned about energy journeys from the source, to storage, then distribution and finally energy consumption. There are lots of careers that work with energy such as a wind energy engineer or an electrician. Our challenges today were to work as a team to build a wind turbine and an energy storage model using our Lego. It was very important to follow the instructions carefully and support our team mates.

Year 2 – Robot algorithms

26th May 2023Rachel Wright

This half term, we have been learning about robot algorithms. First, we found out it is important to give clear and precise instructions to our robots so they complete the task we would like them to do. We thought carefully about the order of instructions and what would happen if we changed the sequence. Then we designed and created our own mats and designed algorithms for our robots and then tested them. We also looked at different algorithms and ‘debugged’ them, which means we fixed any errors. We learnt so much and had great fun too!

 

Reader of the Month- May

26th May 2023P Mullea

May has been a really busy month in school but the children have still found time to impress staff with their excellent reading.

This month we were on the look out for children who have a great attitude to reading and make an extra effort with their home reading.

A special mention to Lucas in Year 1 who not only has a great attitude to reading he helps his little sister too by teaching her how to read!

Well done to Sienna in Year 4 who reading extra books at home as well as her home readers!

Lastly to Jack in Year 6 who reads so regularly at home he has become a word millionaire!

Describing movement in Year 2

26th May 2023H Langley

This week in maths we have been learning about position and direction. One of our tasks was to give our partners instructions such as forwards, backwards, left and right and they had to follow these to move from one position to another. We know that it is important to identify which way a person or object is facing as this will change the direction they go. We had lots of fun learning outside of the classroom.

Well done Year 2!

19th May 2023H Langley

Year 2 have worked extremely hard this week completing their Secret Agent Tests. They all tried very hard and have made us all very proud. To celebrate their success, we had a fantastic afternoon playing outside and enjoying an ice pop with juice.

The Tranquil Treehouse in Year 2

18th May 2023Rachel Wright

Our friend Nadia from The Tranquil Treehouse came to visit us today and she taught us about self-regulation to help us to calm down if we get angry feelings. We thought about a time we felt angry, how that made us feel and what we did. We talked about fizzy feelings and how to release them without us hurting ourselves, others or things around us with actions or words. Nadia showed us how to perform lion breath to help us if we have angry feelings.

Year 2 Geography – Aerial photographs.

17th May 2023Rachel Wright

In geography, we are learning all about the seaside. Today we looked at aerial photographs, which are photographs taken from the air, and worked together to idenify human and physical features that we could find along our South Shields coastline. We did a super job and found physical features such as cliffs, bays, rock pools and sand dunes. We also found human features including the fair, the pier, a caravan park and lighthouses!

Year 2 science – Microhabitats

11th May 2023Rachel Wright

In Year Two, our current science topic is living things and their habitats. This week we have been learning about microhabitats which are small, specialised habitats such as a clump of grass, under a rock or leaf litter. We went outside to identify and investigate microhabitats including the different organisms that live in them. We were very careful and made sure we put any organisms back where we found them and put rocks back so we didn’t change the conditions in the microhabitat.

Reader of the Month- April

5th May 2023P Mullea

Congratulations to our Reader’s of the Month for April.

The theme for this month was being responsible.  The staff looked carefully at the children who take good care of our books, library spaces and return their books regularly; taking responsbility for their own progress in reading.

A special mention goes to Sapphire and Harry from Y5 for making 2 years of progress on their STAR reading assessment this month.

An extra special mention to Jude in Y5 who has made PHENOMENAL progress of 4 years in his reading age. He now has a reading age of 15 years 6 months! WOW

We hope the children enjoy their new books. Keep up the hard work.