The Ugly Sharkling - Maia Walczak

This week in literacy we have been looking at another of Maia Walczak's stories and this time it was 'The Ugly Sharkling'. We were looking at the different roles of the characters in the story and how they made us feel. We were also thinking about the moral of the story. Another activity we had to do was to decide, if we could have any animal as a best friend what would we choose and where would we go?

You can watch the story here...

Seaside!!!

This half term our topic is all about 'The Seaside'. We will be looking at seaside resorts in our country and how they have changed over time and also comparing them to other seaside resorts in other countries....

Do you recognise this seaside resort?

I'll give you a clue... we are going there on our trip!!!

But do you recognise it here??





This is a fairly simple seaside game but it might be fun to explore at home... click HERE


There are also some fun seaside links HERE


This website has lots of seaside things to explore too... Click HERE

Night Time

Our topic for this half term is all about night time, looking at nocturnal animals, the night sky and also looking at different jobs that mean some people have to work through the night.

This week we have been mainly focusing on nocturnal animals and have done lots of fun activities to support our learning.

If you click on the picture below it take you to the website with lots of interesting facts about different nocturnal animals....

 

Here are some of the things we have been doing in class!

 

 

Leeds Rhino's Rugby Day

Yesterday we had a fun filled session with a coach from Leeds Rhino's where we were practising our ball skills and developing basic rugby skills. It was a lot of fun and we even had a visit from a certain special animal!

 

Easter in Year 2 and Pysanky

This week we are doing lots of activities to celebrate Easter and in particular are looking at Easter celebrations in different cultures to ours. We are looking at the art of Pysanky, a Ukraine tradition:

'Pysanky is a traditional craft in Ukraine and Poland. The method is similar to batik - patterns are drawn on the egg with wax, which then protects the covered areas from the dye that is applied. By repeating this process with different colours of dye, a multi-coloured pattern is built up. Finally, the wax is removed to reveal the colours that were covered up at each stage.'

 

Here are a few of our designs:

 

We are also making Easter Palm Crosses.... using sugar paper strips!

 

Here is the video for how to make one!!

 

 

World Book Day - Roger Hargreaves

Last week to celebrate World Book Day we enjoyed looking at the author Roger Hargreaves and in particular focused on one of his stories... 'Mr Nobody'.

 

Here is the Mr Men and Little Miss website you can explore, we looked at in class!

Click HERE

 

 

 

The Black Hat - Maia Walczak

This week sees the last week we will spend looking at the author Maia Walczak and we are looking at her story 'The Black Hat. We are doing some drama to act out the story using our black hats in school. We are also having a debate about whether animals should be kept in cages like the boy does in the story.

We even have a pretend cage set up in our classroom so we can imagine what it might feel like...!

 

Here is the story 

 

The Black Hat from Natalie Blass on Vimeo.