The Gates Primary SchoolYear 2- Owls: Blog items
Date: 11th Mar 2020 @ 8:36am
Today we started a new writing topic all about acrostic poems. Miss Whalley even told us that we’re going to be entering a competition and some of our poems might be published in a book! First, we needed to know that an acrostic poem is, so we looked at some examples and then tried to write our own in groups, based on fireworks. We then presented our poems to the class.
Date: 11th Mar 2020 @ 8:35am
Well done for reading 4 times this week and winning a book. Enjoy!
Date: 11th Mar 2020 @ 8:33am
Here is this week’s star of the week who gets to wear the gold jumper. Well done!!
Date: 11th Mar 2020 @ 8:33am
This morning we had even more children show off their achievements outside of school!
We had children who took part in martial arts, summer reading competitions and even iron man kids! Well done to our talented children!
Date: 11th Mar 2020 @ 8:31am
In Big Question this morning, we looked at what we like to do outside of school. Some children brought in certificates and medals and explained how they achieved them. We have a performer, a martial arts expert, a tree climber and a Russian speaker! What a talented class we are!
Date: 11th Mar 2020 @ 8:29am
We have had even more homework brought in by Owls this week. Well done everybody!
Date: 11th Mar 2020 @ 8:28am
We have been using our drawing skills to create our self portraits on the computer. It was really tricky but we didn’t give up!
Bar modelling for number bonds
Date: 11th Mar 2020 @ 8:27am
Today we looked at number bonds to 10 and 20. We used a bar model to help us.
Date: 11th Mar 2020 @ 8:26am
In Science, we have been looking at the life cycle of different animals. This week we looked at amphibians and how they grow. We used plasticine to create models of each stage and then created our life cycle with our partners.
Date: 11th Mar 2020 @ 8:24am
Dexter, Billy and Fidget had a great this morning when Owl class read their books to them.
Date: 11th Mar 2020 @ 8:23am
Here is this week’s star! Well done for impeccable manners and always working hard!
Date: 11th Mar 2020 @ 8:22am
This morning we looked at how adjectives described nouns. We then matched adjectives with nouns in a sorting game.
Date: 11th Mar 2020 @ 8:21am
We have been working hard at home already this half term. We have been drawing ourselves as babies and creating our family trees.
Date: 11th Mar 2020 @ 8:21am
We have been using the instruments to create different rhythms to hip hop songs. We used wooden instruments, bells and metal instruments.
Date: 11th Mar 2020 @ 8:20am
Here is Owls’ first star of the week! He gets to wear the gold jumper all week so other children can follow his excellent behaviour!
Date: 11th Mar 2020 @ 8:19am
Here is this week’s Reading Challenge Winner – well done and enjoy your book!
Date: 11th Mar 2020 @ 8:18am
We have been learning about the life cycle of a reptile today. We talked about what we already know about reptiles and learnt other features of them. We knew lots of information! Then we created a life cycle of a crocodile.
Date: 11th Mar 2020 @ 8:17am
Today we went outside for our maths learning. We were consolidating our knowledge on representing numbers to 100 – children had to find objects that represented 10 and 1 and use them as part of addition. Because we were so good at that, we moved on to using the greater than, less than and equal to symbols to compare numbers. What a great lesson!
Date: 11th Mar 2020 @ 8:16am
We have been learning about animals and their babies this week. We had to create a poster that shows the adult and the baby. We present our work to the rest of the class. We learnt the correct names for different animals. Did you know that a female cat is called a queen?
Date: 11th Mar 2020 @ 8:14am
Today we finished our letters to the crayons to try and persuade them to come back. We read our letters to the Kingfisher class who were very impressed with our writing! Great news – the crayons decided to forgive us and come back to class!!
Date: 10th Mar 2020 @ 4:00pm
Here is the first Reading Challenge winner of the year. Well done and enjoy the book you won!
Date: 10th Mar 2020 @ 3:59pm
We have been practising balancing this week in PE. We had to use different body parts and amounts of body parts to balance with.
Date: 10th Mar 2020 @ 3:58pm
As part of our writing unit, today we tried to persuade the crayons to come back. We thought of different sentence starters and persuasive vocabulary and pleaded directly with the crayons.
