This week, in 2W, the boys have had an extremely exciting week! English lessons have focused on writing in different genres. To start the week, the boys wrote their own poems based on the book ‘Creepy Crawly Calypso’. The latter part of the week saw the boys write informal letters to a fictional character from our class text.
During Science lessons, the boys took great pleasure in investigating how forces can alter things. They identified different push and pull forces and discussed what friction is. Maths saw the boys completing problem solving activities based on length. They had great fun measuring different items in the classroom and then completing word problems and a mind challenge!
For our Geography lessons, the boys have continued to use atlases to locate different islands. They then created a fact file on Jamaica and filled out a Venn diagram to compare the UK with Jamaica. The boys’ knowledge of the different continents, countries and climates is extremely impressive! We have continued our work on inventors during History lessons, this week the boys looked at who Thomas Edison was and learnt about his inventions.
We were also very fortunate to have a visit from an author! Clare Luther talked to the boys about her stories and what inspires her to write books. The boys were enthralled by her stories and many decided that they too would like to be an author!
To mark World Book Day, the boys dressed up as their favourite characters and shared their favourites books. As you can see below, they looked fantastic!
The boys also took on the challenge of making minibeasts out of clay, whilst still in full costume! We discussed what minibeasts are and then made our own models. They applied their understanding of key techniques such as scoring to join pieces together. The end results were superb!
Well done to all the boys for their wonderful entries to the Poetry Competition, as always we were tremendously proud of the boys and their hard work and commitment to the task.