We designed our own Italian pizzas as part of our Come Dine with Me topic. We decided what ingredients we wanted to add, and which herbs we wanted to try. We carefully chopped the ingredients, put them onto the bread with the tomato and sprinkle on the herbs. next we cooked them and last of all we gobbled them up! “Oooo! They taste delectable” said Aisha as she took a big bite!
We have been learning about Italy as part of our Come dine with Me topic. We have learnt about the flag of Italy, the money they use called euros and what the farmers in Italy grow. We used our creativity and persistence power to do some weaving to make Italian flag place mats ready for our end of topic picnic. Juwayriyyah
I liked finding out information about Italy because they grow lots of food. I had fun using my curiosity power to find things out.
By Khalil 2S
I liked finding out what food and flags they have in different countries. I liked Italy because I love the food they have.
By Alys 2S
I liked learning about China because it is the 4th largest country. I liked making the role play restaurant too.
By Lincoln 2S
Our new topic got off to an exciting start this week as children entered class to 4 tables filled with books, information and tasty food from around the world. Children were asked to use their curiosity power to explore books, find out about the flags and taste delicious food from China, Italy, Jamaic and India. Children then used their sharing power to explain to others what they had learnt.
Children in Year 2 were given the choice about which 2 countries they wished to learn about this half term and after a nail biting vote they decided…..Italy and China.
2s worked really hard to design and make their 3D model of Pudding Lane. We designed and made our houses, adding lots of detail to make them look like they were from the past. We created a bakers shop to show where the fire started and made all the houses close together just like in London in 1666. We added flames, boats and people escaping the fire. Tell us what you think of our model.
Children were challenged to locate London on a UK map and give a grid reference and then find Birmingham on a UK map. Can you see them?
Challenge: Can you give a grid reference? Can you describe where they are using the vocabulary north, south east and west?
Look at the map of London. What can you see? Can you give grid references for us to find places?
Our science topic is about materials. Our first challenge was to name and sort different everyday materials that you might find at home or at school. We thought about what they felt like and why and how they are used.
What materials can you name? What are they used for and why?
This half term our topic is called ‘Fire Fire!’ and we have been learning about the Greatr Fire of London. We put together clues at the start of our topic to be independent learners and find out for ourselves when and where the fire started.
Look at our fantastic display. What can you explain about the fire? 
In our topic ‘Inside Out’ we have been learning all about our bodies and this week we learnt about our brains. We found out that our brain send messages all around our body to tell us how to move, speak, listen and what we can see.
We had a look at some visual illusions and talked about what our brain told us we could see.
What can you see in each picture? You will need your magnet eyes and your curiosity power! Not everyone will see the same thing…….
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In Literacy we have been reading stories by Allan Ahlberg. We loved reading his ‘Funnybones’ stories about three Skeletons that live in a dark, dark house so much that we wrote our own stories about some of the adventures the skeletons might have. Here are some of our story starts, please tell us what you think……
In a dark, dark street there were some scary skeletons. They lived in a nice, calm house one day they went upstairs. When they went they felt shocked because there were spiders everywhere so they decided to go downstairs however there was a knock at the door. Mean people that were colossal as houses were there and they said “you mean people let me in” but the skeletons said “no” and……..
Written by Aisha
In a dark, dark street in a dark, dark park three skeletons went to play. They threw a bone for the dog but he smashed in to a huge pile of bones! They tried to fix the dog and when they finished playing they wanted to make a big rocket. They climbed into the rocket and went to a magical planet to see what it looked like. They said WOW! When they got there they felt shocked but they called for help and………
Written by Lincoln
In a dark, dark castle there were three scary skeletons. When they went for a walk they found a colossal dragon and they sprinted off. The massive dragon breathed fire however the three skeletons dropped to get away from the dragon and sprinted off home.
Written by Michael
In the dark, dark castle lived three milky, twisty skeletons they lived in a gloomy, massive castle. They were very frightened and scared but the castle was filthy and dark. They met a crazy ghost that was as huge as an elephant and they never went to the castle again!
Written by Guvandeep
The skeletons went outside and ran but they crashed into a forest then they saw a ghost. A huge ghost, who was crazy and he was spinning around and the skeletons got dizzy. They wondered which way to get out of the scary, dark forest so they looked on the map and they……
Written by Tia
In a dark dark home on a dark street three skeletons lived. They were white and hard and sharp. They were dreaming about space and dark, hard planets, shiny stars and cold water. They landed on a planet called Pluto. They found …
Written by Albert
It was a dark and stormy forest. The skeletons thought the forest was scary. Then they saw a nice kind dragon. They took the dragon to the park. They played on the swings. Finally they went home.
Written by Juwayriyyah
One day they went to space. They saw a bright moon and a zooming rocket. They felt excited because they went round and round on the fast rocket. Next they landed. They felt scared because they landed really fast.
Written by Hasnain