Weave, weave, weave that paper!

Keishi's Medal

Wow - Keishi won a medal in karate. We are all very proud!

 

George

Yesterday we went to see George's Marvellous Medicine at the theatre and we LOVED it! It was so funny and magical...

 

Homework 28th May

This way, that way

This week, we have been giving directions to each other. Building on what we learnt in Year 1 (forwards, backwards, sideways), we have learnt to use words, such as: left, right, clockwise, anti-clockwise, quarter turn, half turn...

Can you give directions from your bathroom to the kitchen? Think carefully...

 

SNACK TOMORROW

Hi,

We are so excited about seeing George's Marvellous Medicine at the theatre tomorrow. Please refer to the note in communication books regarding snacks. Children are allowed a sandwich and a bottle of water. Unfortunately we are not allowed to take anything else in with us due to potential mess. However, we will be back to school in time for lunch!

Any questions, please get in touch...

Homework 21st May 2013

English Homework:

This week we would like you to write a Setting description for the picture below. We

would like you to focus on what we have been learning in class:

Interesting adjectives

 

Different openers

Connectives

Correct punctuation

Ensuring it makes sense

To help you write your setting description, we would like you to think of your senses

whilst describing the picture.

 

Some more from Science week....

Today we learnt how friction slows objects down and what happens when mentos and diet pepsi are mixed!!!

Homework

For homework this week please do the Maths questions below. For Literacy, please write a letter character description of Fantastic Mr. Fox. Remember to include as many adjectives as possible.

In one part of the book, it describes Badger's face as a 'long black pointed furry face'

Can you describe Mr. Fox also using four adjectives?!


Extension: If you'd like additional homework, please complete another Science experiment from www.sciencekids.co.nz

Thank you!

Oranges - float or sink?

We found out that a whole orange floats, half an orange floats. However, when you peel the skin off the the orange sinks.

Why is this?

Unexpected outcome: When Miss Widdison cross-cut the skin on a piece of orange it floated but flipped over!

Maths time!

1. Annabel has 6 roses, 4 tulips and 3 daffodils.  How many does she have altogether?
2. Umair has 9 toy tucks in each box. He has 2 boxes. How many trucks does he have altogether?
3. Write the answer. 4 + 3 + 7 + 2 =
4. Write the missing number 45 + .... =  55
5. Write the answer 19 + 32 =
6. 29 is between .... and .....
7. 28 children went on a school trip. 14 ate apples and the rest ate a banana each. How many children ate bananas?
8. Half of 20?
9. Half of 16?
10. Name 5 numberbonds to 10.
11. Write a property of a pyramid.
12. In a purse there are four coins: 10p, 10p, 20p and 2p. How much is there altogether?
13. From the same purse, a 20p coin is dropped. How much does the purse contain now?
 

Slippy Shoes

Which shoes were slippiest? Why do you think this was? Tomorrow we will write our conclusion!

Do ants prefer sugar, honey, mint leaves or cheese?

Parents: Ask your amazing scientist what they found out!

 

 

 

Clay Manipulation

We manipulated clay into foxes and hedgehogs!

 

Dressing up for Science week...

To clear up any confusion.

Monday 13th June - Children come dressed as scientists, in full costume with accessories. This is the only day they need to dress up and they can come to school in their costume and leave it on throughout the day.

IF your child would like to, they may leave their white coat only to put on at other times during the week when we carry-out experiments.

If you have any questions regarding this, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Have a fabulous weekend!

Mad Science

We really enjoyed the displays by mad science...we learnt about chemical reactions and forces!

 

Maths questions...

1. Write the number between 21 and 22.
2. Write the number that comes after 17.
3. Write the sum of 6 and 14.
4. At the shop, all the boxes of ice-cream cost the same. Sam buys two boxes. He pays 40p. How much does one box cost?
5. How may right angles does a square have?
6. In a chart: 6 children like red, 4 like blue, 7 like green and 8 like yellow. How many children were in the chart?
7. 10p, 10p, 10p, 10p, 10p, 10p. How much?
8. 3,1,4,2,6 Use these numbers to make the number sentences correct
       7+ .... = 10         10 - .... = 4
9. Write the answers:
         5 + 10 =
       15 + 10 =
       25 + 10 =
10. Name a shape that has 5 corners.
11. Add more fives until the total is 30.    5 + 5 + 5 +
12.   ...... x 10 = 60
13. There are 5 apples in each pack. Mrs Kathy buys 3 packs of apples. How many apples does she buy?
14. Write the correct sign in the space.

       57  ...    26 = 83
       41  ... 17 =  24
       49       49 = 0
15. The bust left for school at 6am. It took 1 hour and 30 minutes to arrive. What time did it arrive?
 

Let the force be with you...

In Science our current topic is Forces, click here to flick through a lovely presentation that explains forces.

Homework 7th May

It's science week next week! So our homework is linked to investigating...

 

Also, on Monday 13th May the school will be dressing up as scientists, what will you wear?!

 

Exciting Trip

Year 2 ‘Amazing Authors’ Trip

Monday 27th^th  May 2013

Dear Parents and Caregivers,

This term Year 2’s topic celebrates ‘Amazing Authors’ and Roald Dahl’s classic children’s stories continue to be a firm favourite with the students. They have enjoyed reading Fantastic Mr. Fox, The Twits and The Enormous Crocodile. We are now delighted to have the opportunity to see a stage production of ‘Georges Marvelous Medicine’ at Centrepoint Theatre, DUCTAC, Mall of the Emirates on Monday 27th  (classes 2A-2E).

The performance begins at 8.45am therefore the children will leave school at 8.00am and return at approximately 11.00am. The total cost of the trip will be 115 Dhs which includes bus transfers to and from the show.  Each child will also be allowed to bring a snack to eat during the interval, however please note: only cold sandwiches and water will be permitted in the theatre.  This should be packed in a disposable bag.  Children should also wear their full school uniform.

 

For your child to take part in this trip, please sign the permission slip below and return with full payment by Monday 13^th May.  Please place all monies in a clearly marked envelope.  If you have any further questions I will be happy to assist you.

Character descriptions

This week we are learning even more adjectives to describe characters. Click here to read a list of adjectives.
Do you know what they mean? If not, can you investigate the meaning?
Can you put them into a sentence?

Sizzling!

As you can all feel, the temperature is rising! PLEASE remember your water bottles and sun hats, it is extremely important to look after your body.

Spellings wc 5th May

Taken from Fantastic Mr. Fox

Set 1:

very
much
take
small
foxes
three
know
them
from
now

Set 2:

whereupon
jeered
pretending
impossible
flashlight
excitement
desperately
direction
underneath
cautiously
 

Mr. Fox

We are currently reading Fantastic Mr. Fox and became so interested in foxes that we decided to research information and facts about foxes. When researching we learnt about nocturnal animals.

Find out more about nocturnal animals by clicking here