This week, we found out about the continent South America. The biggest country in South America is Brazil. We celebrated the Rio Carnival by designing and decorating amazing masks! We listened to the sounds of the carnival so we could pretend we were there.
Finally, we got to eat our delicious soup!
This morning in Y2S, we made soup!
We worked together as a team to chop, cut, mix, stir and peel a range of vegetables to make our soup.
We then wrote instructions on how to make our soup in case the school kitchen would like to make it for all of the other children.
We can’t wait to try the soup this afternoon ( photos to follow of us trying it).
Chop, chop, chop
chop!
Watch my fingers!!
Chopping the carrots
Cut the leek
Cut the leek
Chop the potatoes
Make sure the lid is on!
Turn on the slow cooker
juice
adjust
jukebox
jungle
injury
ace
face
ice
slice
voice
In Y2S, we love Story Yoga!
Check out our moves!
Year 2 have been learning all about the seven continents and five oceans of the world. We have studied Europe, Asia, Australia and North America so far. The children have had loads of fun investigating countries within these continents. They have produced excellent writing as well as fantastic art work.
Toffee loved enjoying a traditional English afternoon tea.
When we investigated Asia, we made Chinese dragons.
The tea and biscuits were very popular.
These structures were the best for making earthquake-proof buildings.
We decorated teapots to represent England and we carefully coloured in Spanish flags.
This weeks spellings:
job
jog
joy
join
joke
banjo
major
jug
jump
junk
This year in Year 2 homework will be on a weekly basis.
Maths homework will be handed out on a Friday and to be returned the following Thursday.
English homework to be handed out on a Monday and to be returned Friday.
If your child needs any extra support, the children can attend Homework club on a Thursday lunchtime.
The success of Canny Friday continues as our School Council led project has received national recognition. The project, which involved the collection of 1213 cans for the South Tyneside Food Bank, has received a ‘highly commended’ rating in the national Speaker’s School Council Awards 2017. Well done to all of our School Council members who worked so hard to make such a difference to our local community.
Year 2 are learning all about the history of coal mining in the north east of England. We have been very fortunate to receive a visit from Bill Elliott (from Beamish, not the dancer) who taught us all about what life was like for a miner. We also had a brilliant trip to Beamish. All of the children donned their hard hats to explore the mine as well as visiting the school and the town.
Year 2 had to clean the clothes….
…. beat the rugs to get rid of dust…
…. carry the suitable equipment for down the mine….
…. including a pick….
…. and a shovel….
….then tried out a tin bath.
The children would have been excellent pupils in in the 1900s too!
They mastered the games!
They even had time for hopscotch.
The children enjoyed their well-earned bait.
All smiles on the bus.
Mmmmm, sweets!
The children enjoyed riding on the bus…
…. and were all smiles…
…. because they had enjoyed Beamish so much!
Thank you, Beamish!
