Year 2D Puppets, mental maths, iPads.

This week in 2D we have looked at the story of Little Red Riding Hood and told the story using puppets. The children then went on to write their own versions of the story with a different setting. 

The setting we chose was Hong Kong and the children had fantastic ideas so instead of walking through the forest Red Riding Hood was walking through the city and using the mtr. Instead of taking cake and fruit for Granny she took ice cream, pizza and chicken. instead of living in a cottage Grandma lived in an apartment and even in an underwater house with a submarine to travel with!

We have been using 100 squares and number lines to add and subtract 1's and 10's. Work has been done in maths books and on whiteboards. On Friday we used iPads to do maths quizzes to revise what we had studied this week.

The Magical Kingdom News

We have had a very busy and exciting first week back. We have continued looking at Traditional Tales with a focus on Jack and the Beanstalk. The children were very excited to watch a special news program with Reporter Howard and Reporter Batiste from The Magical Kingdom News. The children learnt that Jack had been caught by the police for stealing and telling lies. The children were then given the task to take on the role of the giant for a very special interview. The children were given time to think about how the giant felt when Jack took his harp and hen, what he was going to do now, what he thought Jacks punishment should be and how he was going to keep his castle safe ( the children used their history knowledge of castles to answer this question.) the children loved this task and made videos of themselves as the giant for The Magical Kindom News. Here's some photos of the children preparing their answers...

2E Lovely Landscape Labelling

Class 2E did some work this week identifying landscape features. As a whole class we discussed what a landscape was and the differences between human and physical, or natural, features. The children then worked in small groups to label photos of different landscapes with features such as: forest, mountain, beach, building, house, river, cliffs, etc

As ever, I was very impressed with the children's team-working skills and also with their desire to challenge themselves and label more and more photos. There was a lot of discussion and some disagreements about what labels to put where.

Ask your child to tell you the difference between human features and physical features, or at least tell you some examples of each.