Visit to the Science Lab

Today we visited the Science lab to test what happens when different materials are heated. We made predictions and observed the changes.

Can you remember the different items we put in the glass beakers?

Can you remember what happened to them when they were heated? Can you use the words ‘melt’, ‘boil’ and ‘burn’ to describe what happened?

Can you remember the names of any of the equipment we used?

Time

We have been learning all about analogue and digital clocks today.

I have set the challenge to comment with a time problem for your friends to solve.

Here is an example,

A school finishes at 3.15pm (quarter past 3). If the school day lasts 7 hours, what time does the school day start?

Here is a wonderful game to play at home,

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/Search.aspx?q=stop%20the%20clock

This week we are learning about time. The boys really enjoyed playing a ‘stop the clock’ game today.

The boys can challenge themselves at home by accessing the three different levels using the link above. Please comment to let us know how they get on. Thank you.

 

Adverbs

An adverb is a word that modifies a verb, adjective, or other adverb. An adverb describes actions, and it describes other descriptive words.

 

Mime the Adverb Game

 

Mime the adverb is a simple and fun game to practice adverbs with your family at home.

 

Select an adverb from the list below and mime the action while your family members guess the adverb.

You can award points to each player  or teams for each word correctly guessed. Set a time limit to make the game more challenging.

Have fun!

Right Angles

Right angle puzzle questions

 

Today we created ‘right angle gobblers’ to identify right angles. Can you comment with the answers to these two investigative questions?

 

  1. How many times in twelve hours do the hands of a clock form a right angle?

 

  1. How can you place two sticks to make one right angle? Now make two right angles using the two sticks. Can you make three right angles? Four right angles? (You could email photos to your teacher to show these solutions).

 

Good luck!

Makaton

Thank you so much to Mrs Catherall that came to teach 2P some Makaton this morning. The boys have a sheet in their book bags that will help them remember some of the signs. They might like to show you over the weekend.

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year and welcome back! I hope you all had a lovely holiday.

This week we have started to investigate multiplication and have looked at different arrays. I have challenged the boys to look for arrays in everyday life and to talk about what sum they could represent.

Here are 2 examples

 

We also tested which plastic bags were the strongest and weakest. Can you remember which bag won?