Today we were Persevering Parrots with some new vocabulary as part of our Geography case study for our expedition – How will what I do today impact the world tomorrow?
The children used dictionaries and iPads to find the definition of their words and then came up with the characteristics, examples and non examples.
We then took it in turns to present our knowledge about our new word to the rest of the class – everyone did a fantastic job! Well done Class Five.
Mrs Parsons xx
Class Five spent their reading lesson this morning exploring The Big Book of the Blue. We looked at lots of other non-fiction texts and picked out the main features – we talked about features like contents pages, the index and subheadings.
Notice for all students in Year 2
Students in Year 2 have an amazing opportunity to become a Digital Leader within our XP schools.
This is a fantastic opportunity for children to develop their own individual skills when it comes to the latest technology. Children who are successful will get the opportunity to visit XP East and potentially the Apple Store to have further training on how to use technology including iPads, MacBooks and some of the other great technology that is used throughout schools. Our Digital Leaders will then become the experts who can then pass on their knowledge to our staff and students.
Below is a link to the Digital Leaders website where you can find out further information.
Applications will need to be sent to Mrs Parsons by Thursday 3rd February explaining why you would make a fantastic Digital Leader. This can be done in a format of your choice including a letter, slides or even a video showcasing your IT skills.
I can’t wait to see your applications!
This morning we have been reading a non chronological report all about polar bears and text coding the important features – we have been looking for subheadings, ambitious vocabulary and question marks.
We have been grappling with classification keys as part of our science case study. We have been hard working and resilient – we even managed to write some of our own!
We have been researching a range of different under the sea creatures this morning. We were we working collaboratively to create some anchor charts to help us with our non-chronological reports.
After an immersion week full of clues we found out our guiding question is ‘How will what I do today impact the World tomorrow” We began our learning by completing a knowledge dump of all the things we already know about sea creatures, recycling and anything else we think might be liked to our expedition. We also thought of some questions we would like to try and find out during our expedition.
We have been getting crafty today building our classroom environment. We are pretty proud of it – what do you think?
As part of our immersion week we have been using the iPads to research some of the different materials that are being left in our oceans.
This afternoon class five had their first afternoon working with our brand new iPads. We learned how to take photos, view them and delete the ones we don’t want. We went on a scavenger hunt around our school and took photographs of the things we were searching for. We also all screen mirrored our iPads to the tv to share our photographs and our silly selfies!
Amazing work class five – I can’t wait for our expert visitor tomorrow to learn even more iPad photography skills.
