English
This week we have been
looking at Greta Thunberg and how she is a World Changer. We researched Greta’s life and then put the
key moments on a time line. At the end
of the week we put the research we had gathered into a fact file.
Maths
In maths this week we have
been problem solving! We started by working in pairs and being ‘number
detectives’. Here are some of the questions we discussed:
We then used our maths facts
and knowledge of maths strategies to solve problems. Here are some examples:
On Friday we recapped our
learning about symmetry, and working out if a shape has one line of symmetry or
not. Here are some questions we considered:
This week we practised
printing using Styrofoam. We used a biro
to score a pattern on a Styrofoam tile and then applied a thin layer of paint
using a roller. We used a clean roller
to apply pressure and then carefully lifted the tile up to reveal our
print. We continued printing,
experimenting with the amount of paint we put on the tile and the amount of
pressure we pushed down with.
This week we learnt about the
scientist Mikhail Tsvet. We used coffee
filter paper to carry out the process Tsvet invented – chromatography.
The Year 2 Teachers
