Class Two

In Willow class we are super hero proof readers. Our purple pen edits our fantastic writing. Who will we choose to be today?

In our science lesson we are investigating pull, push and twist forces. Looking into how different actions have different results.

We have been learning about shadows in science. We have worked in groups to carry out a scientific enquiry to investigate how the distance of a light source affects the size of a shadow. We have discovered that the further away the light source is,the smaller the shadow is.

In science we have been learning about how we can change the size of shadows. We carried out an investigation to explore how the length of shadows changes over the day.

We had a fabulous day out at the Think Tank. Year 3 explored the past,the present and the future, even programming a robot! 
I think one our favourite areas was outside, with some of us getting quite wet!

In science we have been learning about light. We have discovered that our eyes are not light sources so without light we wouldn’t be able to see. We tested this by covering our eyes with a black hat. We couldn’t see a thing!
We then looked at reflective surfaces. We came to the conclusion…

We have had great fun planting sunflower seeds. We have been learning about what plants need to stay healthy as part of our science topic, so we are going use what we have learnt to look after our sunflowers and hopefully watch them grow. I wonder whose will grow the tallest?

In English we have been learning about how our world is changing through reading the book ‘Window’ by Jeannie Baker. This made us consider changes that are happening to the environment in our local area. We have discovered that since 2020, 1000 houses have been built in Tamworth and many…

In maths, we have been learning about mass. We have used scales to measure objects from around the classroom. Some year 2 children even became balancing scales themselves to see whose bag was the heaviest. 
 

We also had a debate about which is heavier1kg of feathers or 1kg of bricks?
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In our French lesson today we went on an animal hunt to find and copy the names of the animals in French. Back in our classroom we practised saying the names with our partners.

Class 2 visited Birmingham museum. While we were there we learnt about the history of the city of Birmingham. We also had great fun taking part in a Roman workshop where we learnt how to be a Roman soldier. It was fascinating to explore some real artefacts and look at replica uniform and…

In RE we have been learning about Hindu beliefs about the journey of life. We learnt that the game of snakes and ladders links to the Hindu idea of moksha. It was designed to teach Hindu children about the right way to live. Snakes represented bad karma and the ladders represented good…