This week in English we have been working in groups to create a story plan. We used our plans to write our stories making sure we used lots of descriptive words and that it was exciting to read.

In Maths this week we have been looking at time and the relationship between seconds, minutes and hours, making sure we know the number of minutes in an hour and the numbers of hours in a day. We have been looking at set times such as o'clock, half past, quarter past and quarter to.

On Tuesday we had our Caterpillar class assembly, we sang the 12 days of Christmas. We were super!

In English this week Caterpillars have been super busy writing recounts of recent events, making sure we use past tense and time connectives.

In Maths we have been looking at multiplication showing that multiplication of two numbers can be done in either order.

e.g. 3x7=21
      7x3=21

We have been using cubes and arrays of dots to help us solve the multiplication problems.

In Topic we have been experimenting with butter, chocolate and popcorn looking at how they can change into different forms. We have also been looking at different materials and describing their properties such as being bendy or stretchy.

In English this week caterpillars have been reading Elmer and David Mckee books; talking about the important parts of the stories and writing our own book reviews.

In Maths we have been finding fractions (1/2,1/4,1/3).We used a collection of objects such as apples, tomatoes, cubes and strips of paper to help us solve fraction problems.

e.g. 1/4 of 16= 4

In Topic we have been making fiery sky pictures using water colour paints and creating black building silhouettes to represent houses at night in the great fire of London. We have also been hunting around the classroom for objects made from different materials such as glass, plastic,wood and metal.

We've been working super hard in English this week discussing how different people have different points of view and writing diary extracts from a person involved in the great fire of London.

In Maths we have been solving problems by recognising the inverse relationship between addition and subtraction.

8+7=15

7+8=15

15-8=7

15-7=8

We have also been using number squares to help us add and subtract 2 digit numbers.

This week in Topic we are continuing to look at the great fire of London.We have been making Fire colour wheels using red and yellow paint, thinking about what colours you can see in fire. We have also been looking at a timeline of the great fire of London.

This week in English we have been looking at nouns, adjectives, verbs and adverbs. We have also been writing our very own poems about fireworks using vocabulary like popping, roaring and spectacular. 

In Maths we have also been looking at place value and rounding to the nearest 10.We used the rounding rhyme to help us.

1,2,3,4

Round DOWN to the ten before

5,6,7,8,9

Round UP to the next ten on the number line.

Our new Topic is The great Fire of London! 

We have been exploring facts and watching videos of London before and after the fire.We also got to make our own firework pictures using wax crayons and water colours.

In English this week we have been demonstrating how to add commas to a list. We have also been making leaflets about Nelson and life at sea, making sure we add subheadings such as HMS Victory, food and drink, punishment and children at sea.

In maths we have been looking at units of measure and choosing the appropriate measuring tool, such as rulers, scales and measuring jugs to estimate capacity, length and weight.

Week 5 Already!

In maths this week Caterpillars have been interpreting and constructing block graphs. We each got to vote for our favorite super hero; first using unifix and voting boxes then by completing a class tally chart. From this we got to see who the most popular superhero was (cat woman) and able to create a block graph of our results.

In English we have been writing our own stories about the life on HMS Victory. We have been looking at what sort of jobs there would have been and what we thought life would have been like on board ship.

In Topic we have continued to look at Lord Nelson, comparing the medicines sailors had to modern day medicine. We have also been plotting Nelsons journey on a world map and making our medal designs using clay.

It has been another busy week in Caterpillar class!

In English we have been very busy writing our own versions of Little Red Riding Hood, by creating a new character for the story. We have looked at character traits and adjectives of the existing characters to help us come up with our new fantastic versions.

In maths this week we have been looking at place value and finding different ways to partition numbers. We have used equipment to help us with number sentences and have been looking at where numbers go on a number line.

We have also have an interesting week continuing to look at Lord Nelson.We have looked at different food groups and the benefits of eating the right amount from each food group and how many sailors suffered from illnesses due to the lack of balanced diets. we tried out different exercises sailors could do on board ship to keep healthy while monitoring our body and heart rate.

Welcome to Year 2 Caterpillar Class!

In Maths Caterpillars have been working very hard looking at number bonds and place value; we used tens and unit sheets, numicon, bead strings and number cards to help us add and subtract. 

In English we have been reading Little Red Riding Hood,re-telling it using time connectives and working together to act out the story.

Our topic for this term is Lord Nelson, we have been looking at a time line of his life,drawing portraits of him and talking about his diet.

It has been a busy week in Caterpillar class.

We have been super stars in Caterpillar Class this week!

On Tuesday we had a very exciting day meeting our Year 2 Teachers and classes! Some of us will be staying in Caterpillar Class with Miss Smith, and some of us will be moving to Dragonflies with Mrs Heaffey, and Centipedes with Mrs Barker. We are really looking forward to Year 2 now!

In English, we read a story about a girl called Sophie who wrote a letter to her Dad as he was working on ships far away. After reading the story, we wrote a letter back to Sophie from Dad. We had to think about what Dad had been up to and what we could put in our letter. 

We also practiced our tricky words, making sure we could spell them correctly and then testing each other on them. 

In Maths, we had some quizzes to do to test our maths knowledge. We all tried our hardest and did the best we can!

In Topic, we looked at what was suitable to take on holiday to the seaside. We looked at how to stay safe on the beach and in the sea, and how to protect ourselves from the sun. 

We also looked at how the beach had changed over the years, for example, what was new, the different shops along the seafront and how differently people dressed for the beach. 

We have been super busy this week in Caterpillar class! 

In English, we have been looking at market stalls and what they sell. We then had to write about our own market stall, persuading people to come and buy things from our stall! We had lots of great ideas, selling flowers, books, jewellery and pets!

In Maths, we have been adding two numbers together, breaking up the smaller number to help us. We also looked at adding 3 numbers together using our number bonds to 10 and 20 to help us. 

In Topic, we have been looking at Great Yarmouth Sea Front, and looking at all the different businesses there. We then designed and wrote our own postcard, pretending we were on holiday there. 

We also learnt about our different senses; taste, touch, smell, sight and hearing. We then used our sense of smell to try and guess what different food was. It was hard!

We also used our sense of taste to try the different foods we could smell!

In English this week, we have been reading a book all about a lighthouse keeper and how his lunch kept being eaten by seagulls. To make sure the seagulls stopped eating his lunch, they put mustard in his sandwiches! Through the week, we made a list of all the yummy food we would take on a picnic, and thought up disgusting food ideas of our own! 

At the end of the week, we wrote our own version of the story, changing the characters and food in the story. 

In Maths, we have been comparing numbers, looking at how they are different, which is more or less, and odd and even. We then used a blank number line and had to try to fill it in, using what we know about number lines. 

At the end of the week, we looked at the position of objects and movement, including half and quarter turns. 

In Topic, we have been super busy looking at who works at sea. We talked about the different jobs and why they are important. We also looked at a lighthouse keeper again, and what his job is. 

We then made our own lighthouses!

We also tried English and American mustard!

Most of us didn't like the English mustard! 

But we liked the American one!