Year 2 Week 1 Learning

 Year 2 Week 1 Learning

Welcome back to the Summer Term! We have had another fantastic week in Year 2, take a look below to see what we have been up to.

Literacy

In preparation for our new text this half term, we have been looking at a familiar story - Jack and the beanstalk. We read a passage, keeping our eyes out for the nouns and adjectives. We then wrote our own expanded noun phrases about the characters. finally we sequenced the story in chronological order. We are looking forward to finding out our new story early next week!

Parents and carers: Ask me about the clues we have been given about our new story and if I can remember the title.

Maths

In Maths, we have been looking at shapes. This week we have been re-capping our knowledge of 2D shapes and beginning to look at 3D shapes. We have been learning the names of2D shapes and have begun to think about their properties. We have also learnt about 'lines of symmetry'. Outside, we have began working on our 3D shape knowledge, going on shape hunts in our outdoor area!

Parents: Ask me what a vertical line of symmetry is.

Upcoming vocabulary: vertices, faces, edges, cube, cuboid, triangle based pyramid, square based pyramid, sphere, cone, cylinder.

History

We have started our new 'transport' topic in History where we will be looking at changes over time. We quickly discovered that lots of means of transport use wheels! We then worked in pairs to create our own wheels, showing fantastic reciprocity!

University of Broadford

This week has been a very exciting week as we started our Broadford University courses on Friday afternoon. We attended the first session of our chosen courses, working collaboratively with children all the way up to Year 6. We were all very positive upon our return to Year 2 about all of the things we will learn in our new courses from making cushions, learning different styles of dance, fun fitness and even baking!

Parents: Ask me all about the first week of my University of Broadford course!

University of Broadford Graduation Dates

Broadford University Graduation Dates

Dear Parents and Carers,

Your are invited to join us to celebrate your child’s graduation!

At Broadford, we believe that it is important for the children to make choices about their learning and to take pleasure in learning something new. Broadford University is just one of the ways we support the children in achieving this.

The children have been working incredibly hard over the last 10 weeks and it is now time for them to showcase their skills, gifts and talents in a graduation ceremony.

All Graduations start at 2:15pm in the school hall and finish by 3:00pm.

Below are the dates for each graduation...

Tuesday 2nd April

Sock Cat and I'm a pupil, Get me out of here!

Thursday 4th April 

Furious Fitness and Cromebook Crew

Friday 5th April 

Unjunk your food

Monday 8th April

Creative Cards, Astonishing Art and Fashionistas  

Thursday 11th April

Broadford Glee, Stomp, and Broadford Band

Friday 12th April

Comfy Cushions 

We look forward to seeing as many family and friend at the graduation as possible! 

Drama - Broadford University

Drama - Broadford University 

Drama at Broadford University started today! Please see below for all the details:

Broadford Bake Off

Broadford Bake Off

Week one of Broadford Bake Off has finally arrived!!! Please see below for all the details.

Amazing Architects

Our structures have come along nicely in Amazing Architects this week. When we first opened the boxes we were astounded at the sheer amount of pieces and just how tiny they were! But, we did not let this put us off; we made a plan! First, we sorted all of the pieces so they were easy to find when required. Then, we slowly followed the instructions to begin building the Big Ben and Berlin city.

 

Although it took great care and patience, we have made good progress and we are on our way to completing some of the Architecture series.

 

 

We rotated on the Architecture series to avoid over crowding. During this rotation the children worked on their personal building skills, it is definitely developing week by week as the creative juice flows!

 

Jack and Levan made their own fair ground Ferris wheel whilst Gavin worked on his cage creation!

Crazy Cross Stitch

Here is the breakdown for Crazy Cross Stitch classes at University of Broadford.

We are looking forward to learning a new skill, designing patterns and getting creative!

Comfy Cushion Club

Comfy Cushion Club

What a fantastic start to the University of Broadford! We began by looking at lots of example of cushions to give us ideas and help inspire us. We then began to draw some of our ideas and play around with different designs- and already this years Cushion Club have shown themselves to be a creative bunch!

Below is an overview of the course. Look out for photos and updates on the blog as we go through the weeks.!

 

Astonishing Acrylic Painting

What a fantastic start to the University of Broadford! The children in Astonishing Acrylic Painting were able to get straight into it by testing the different techniques and styles when using Acrylic paint. Next week we will look in more detail at the artist Joan Miro. 

Amazing Architects!

We had a fabulous first session in our Amazing Architects course on Friday. The children, varying from Years 2-6, came bouncing into Cherry class with huge smiles, eager to get building!

 

We spoke about what an architect does and the skills this career choice would require. We then had a go at using different construction materials to build objects. Lastly, we challenged ourselves by seeing who could build the tallest tower in five minutes. It was great fun and we can't wait to get started on the Lego Architecture series.

See below our course overview which the children received on Friday. This gives an outline of what the Amazing Architects course is and what we will be doing over the coming weeks...

University of Broadford - Broadford Boutique

In preparation for the finale, the girls have used the skills taught over previous weeks to apply nail varnish on their partners nails and to practice getting the techniques right for their favourite hairstyles.

University of Broadford- Broadford Boutique

This week, the girls were set the challenge of creating a French plait. Plenty of resilience was needed for this! Have a look at the results, I think the girls did a great job!

University of Broadford- Broadford Boutique

This week at Broadford Boutique, the girls learnt the skill of creating a flip tail. After watching a demonstration, the girls quickly set to work. I'm sure you'll agree that the results were great. This style was certainly mastered and the added accessory of a decorative split pin and glitter hairspray certainly sent the girls off looking dazzling.

University of Broadford- Broadford Boutique

Each week in Broadford Boutique, the girls have been learning to create and manage simple trendy hairstyles which are perfect to do for a day at school. Last week, the girls learnt how to style hair into a doughnut with a twist - using a sock. After watching a video tutorial, the girls each made their own doughnuts using a sock (brand new sock provided!) Step by step instructions were then modelled on how to create a doughnut and then everyone got to have a go for themselves. I'm sure you'll agree that the girls did a fantastic job and best of all an inexpensive way to create trendy hairstyle. In the next session the girls will be learning how to style their hair into flip tails.