In maths this week were are partitioning numbers into tens and units and using the greater than and less than symbols to compare numbers.

Can you fill in the missing space with the correct symbol < or >?

22 _____ 45 

35 _____ 12

78_____ 84

Here we are having a go at some problems in class

Big Write session!

Each Thursday, the children take home their 'Big Talk' homework slip and then on Friday morning after playtime, we all have a go at some independent writing called 'Big Write'. The 'Big Write' is about the talk homework the children took home the previous day.

'Big Write' is a relaxed calm and enjoyable writing session, we light out battery powered tealights, listen to relaxing classical music, have our candle on the IWB and our 'Big Write' smell fills the classroom, to get us all in the mood for writing! Here is a look into our session this week...

Our super displays!!

We now have our personal target display up and running, we have four groups in class; Rhinos, Tigers, Lions and Crocodiles, and each of us has our target and face on our animal we are grouped in! A target jungle!!

We also have our fantastic bakery desription on display now, I am so proud of the vocabulary and description the children have managed to write, it looks fabulous!

Counting in 2's, 5's and 10's (and more!)

This week in maths we are counting in 2's 5's and 10's and discussing place value. We have been practising a range of techniques to remember our number patterns, from using counters and cubes, number squares, to using 10p 5p and 2p coins.
Here are a few of us doing a fantastic job! There are some games to play at home below....

 

Use this number square to splat the patterns while counting in 2's 5's and 10's...you could even try 3's and 4's if you wanted to stretch yourself... 100's Square Splat

 

Have a go at the dino' place value game, how many tens and units in the number?

... Dino Place Value 

 

Count in 2's.... Spooky 2's

 

Count in 5's.... Spooky 5's

 

Count in 10's... Spooky 10's

Fantastic Fire of London Art!

Over the next two weeks we are having a go at a range of artwork to express our ideas about the fire of London...this week we are using paints to make portraits of the scene, and pastels to blend and achieve a 'fire' effect and adding a silhouette of London with black sugar paper. Next we will be trying textiles, batik and marbling. Here we are in action...look out for photo's of the finished pieces!

Super detail, fantastic wooden timbres!

Great fire effect!

Could almost be real!

Using pastels and sugar paper to create the scene...

Miss Coomber is a fab artist too!!!

Super blending technique!

Just a little at a time....

Complete the Fire of London sketch!

Look at all that concentration...

Carefully sketches....

What colour do I need for the effect?

Super sketchers.....

Fire is coming along nicely!

Hmmmmm what else can I add?

Year 2 is definitely brimming with budding artists!!!

Super painters!

And sketchers!

Look at this for a fab sketch!

Choosing the correct colours carefully.....

Coming along nicely!!

Fabulous!