No Pens Day Wednesday is a national day where we focus on speaking and understanding skills (it means no pens and no writing ALL DAY!)​.

In Maths we first of all recapped 2D shapes, then we went into the outside area to collect natural resources before making different shapes with what we had collected.

After that, we played a game that required us to listen very carefully to the properties of a 2D shape before running to find the correct one.

Investigation question:
Which mini beasts would we see outside in Autumn?

We started off by identifying different mini beasts, then we predicted what we might see in our outdoor area. We thought carefully about what we might include in our habitat before making them.

Today we have thought about what a poppy symbolises and why it is important. We wrote poems and made poppy’s to mark the occasion. Here is a picture of the finished product!

This week we have been working on our Art project. We read the story of The Spider Weaver and imitated the spider and the weavers by making our own webs. We have used lots of different skills such as mark making, observational drawing, printing, sewing, painting, colour mixing.

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Our Reading Robin went home with Jacob last week, today he shared his favourite story and has even set the class a challenge for when they get to take it home!

Cameron has been busy this week baking with the Math Bear, he bought the ingredients, measured them and waited patiently for the cookies to cook!

Here is our Year 2 performance of ‘The River’ by Valerie Bloom.

In History this week we have been busy looking at buildings in Leeds, some from roughly 200 years ago and some from the modern day. We identified features and some similarities and differences before ordering them chronologically.