We are learning how friction and gradient can alter the speed / distance of a travelling vehicle.
The boys will enjoy the following links,
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/ages/8_9/friction_fs.shtml
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/ages/6_7/forces_movement_fs.shtml
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/digger/7_9entry/7.shtml
Please comment to let us know how you got on.
Have fun exploring!
Opening in January 2019 for its 9th year, 500 Words is one of the most successful story-writing competitions for children in the world and is open to every 5 – 13 year old in the UK. Today, Year 2 watched the Radio 2 BBC 500 Word live lesson. Please click on the link below to access this,
https://www.bbc.com/teach/live-lessons/500-words-2019-live-lesson/z6ydscw
The lesson introduced the 500 Words competition to the boys and they started to plan ideas for a story. We have sent the planning sheet home today. Please do encourage your son to write their story at home and submit their entry online. There are some great prizes and the story may even be published!
Please use the link below to find out more and to submit the story online. If you decide to take part please do email a copy to us so we may share it on our class blogs. There will be no Story Spelling Challenge homework this week to allow the boys time to write their 500 word story. The story should be as creative and imaginative as possible.
Below is the link for the BBC Radio 2 website,
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00rfvk1
The closing date for competition entries is 8th March 2019 (7pm).
Can you plan, conduct and evaluate a biscuit dunking experiment to investigate which is the best biscuit for dunking?
Don’t forget to conduct a fair test.
We would love to see photos of your investigations.
Shape Riddle 1
* I am a flat shape.
* I have four sides and four right angles.
* My sides are the same length.
What am I?
Shape Riddle 2
* I am a flat shape.
* I have five sides.
* I have five angles.
What am I?
Shape Riddle 3
* I am a solid shape.
* I have no flat faces.
* I have no edges.
What am I?
Shape Riddle 4
* I am a flat shape.
* I have eight sides and eight angles.
* All my sides are the same length.
What am I?
Shape Riddle 5
* I am a flat shape.
* I have three sides and three angles.
* Two of my sides are the same length.
What am I?
Shape Riddle 6
* I am a flat shape.
* I have two sides.
* One of my sides is a straight line.
What am I?
Shape Riddle 7
* I am a solid shape.
* I have two faces.
* My faces are different shapes.
What am I?
Shape Riddle 8
* I am a flat shape.
* I have seven sides and seven angles.
* My sides are different lengths.
What am I?
Can you have a friend that you don’t really like?
Don’t forget to have a look at the ‘Been There Done It’ blog. It can be found with all the other school blogs on the website.
I will look forward to reading your comments!
THUNKS Unusual questions to make you think. There are NO right or wrong answers to these questions – simply YOUR answers. You do, however, need to think about your answers and be able to justify them – in other words, don ’ t say the first thing that comes into your head, AND, be prepared to fully explain your answers when you give them. Listen to the answers given by others and treat them seriously – even if they sound odd, they may all be valid if they can be justified.
If elephants ruled the world, what changes would you see?
Yesterday, Year 2 had an interesting Facetime conversation with a farmer called Rob. This is a scheme run by LEAF (Linking Environment and Farming) to help children understand the importance of farming in the UK. This also fits in with out topic about ‘The World’ where we discuss different environmental issues as well as ‘food miles’.
The boys got to ask Rob different questions about his job and the farm he works on. We will have several more conversations with Rob over the course of the year as he will be able to talk about seasonal changes in the farm, milk production and how he uses renewable energy.
Please do have a look at the website for his farm