Today we finished decorating our fabulous vehicles. Then we tested them in different places to find how fast we could get them going!
Later, we worked together to create and then play board games.
Today was Number Day at RAPS! We had great fun with mathematical problems. We also got to meet some other great teachers. With Miss Bullard the children explored making patterns with triangles, with Miss Hayzelden they used cubes to help them count and worked what happened when they added double or 4 times the number of cubes. Then with Mr Brun-Cialis the children used their methodical thinking to work out the problem of the chicken, fox and corn. While finally they solved a dice challenge in Team Amin-McCurry
For each of the activities, we had to show our creativity, collaboration, and resilience.
What a great start to STEAM week. In year 2, we followed directions to build a vehicle. Thank you to all the adults who came in to help! We will continue to decorate our vehicles before testing them out on different surfaces later this week.
We also investigated microbes with 'Glo-Germ.' We had great fun using special equipment to locate the germs on our hands and around the classrooms. We will all be washing our hands much more thoroughly now we have seen what is on them!
Last week, we recapped the value of diversity! We know humans can look, talk, think and act in different ways and that our differences make us unique and special. Regardless of our appearance, beliefs, preferences, religion, financial situation, background etc, we are all important and should be celebrated. All living things have rights and we all have the responsibility to protect those rights, especially by protecting others’ bodies and feelings. After playing some games to show our differences and to generate conversations about diversity, we worked hard to create a class piece of art showing our personal responses to our learning! Take a look just outside our classroom doors at our lovely artwork!
Please find attached the next set of spellings! There will be no spelling test during STEAM week however, so please note children's spelling test will be the following Friday (last day of term) and date on printed sheet is wrong!
Last week, Year 2 class explored what to do in an emergency and how to speak to emergency responders if needed. We clarified what makes an ‘emergency’ and recapped the types of emergency responders (police, firefighters, paramedics, coastguard etc.), before exploring what dialling 999 actually means. We practised how to stay calm and ask for help and what important information to share, such as our name, where we might be, and what has happened. We also talked about what we could do if we were in an emergency but unable to call 999 – e.g. being lost. To build our confidence, we roleplayed dialling 999 and having a conversation with a responder in an emergency. Our challenge now is to learn our key personal information if there ever was an emergency.
Monday mornings start with some mindfulness activities in year 2.
Please find attached next week's set of spellings! Don't forget, you can always hand in your spelling sheets for house points and our spelling test is every Friday morning!
STEAM Week at Ramsgate Arts – Week Beginning 2nd February
Our annual Road Safety Workshop! We learnt about what to look out for when we are on the roads, who are safe adults are, top tips for staying safe when crossing or waiting to cross and even different types of crossings! Why not ask us as we really are turning into road safety experts!
Inspired by Lola, we tried some new foods. We tried: tomatoes, black olives, red Leicester cheese, cantaloupe melon and limes. We orally planned sentences to describe the flavours and textures. We enjoyed being resilient and trying some new things.
Ask what we enjoyed!