Today we have been learning about verbs. We learnt that a verb is a doing word. We talked about adding ing to a verb can you remember the rules? We watched a fireworks video and chose effective verbs to describe how the fireworks moved. Can you remember some of the…

Not three in a line! Above are some 3×3 grids with some of the ways 3 counters can be arranged in a row. I’d like to know what is the most amount of counters you could place in a 3×3 grid WITHOUT getting 3 in a row!   And then……

Provides a hook for learning Teaches programming skills, problem solving, logic and reasoning and more   http://youtu.be/A2US-gqEgIs  

As part of our ‘a night at the museum’ topic, the children have been working as Egyptian jewellery makers to design and craft their own necklaces and bracelets. All inspired by the ancient Egyptian artefact that was uncovered on our archaeological dig. Here’s the skilled artisans at work. Have you…

Add up to 20! Using any whole numbers as many times as you like make each line of the rectangle add up to 20.  Can you find more than one way to do this?

Hi Y2 I’ve decided to visit Brazil next, and visit the rainforest  One of my friends back home sent me this soundtrack that was recorded in there, it sounds as if it will be really exciting.  The only thing is I’m not sure what it might be like and I’m feeling…

Optical illusions – ambiguous images.  This form of optical illusion exploits the brain by showing an image with multiple perceptions. Unfortunately the brain can usually only see one form at a time. For instance below, if you can spot the duck then you won’t be noticing the rabbit, but if…

Double click to add a post-it note about this weeks favourite lesson.

We have finished our emotional week by recording our recounts! We made sure we had used emotion words and verbs to help describe the little girls actions to make it real we pretended to be the little girl and used ‘I’ in our sentences. We recorded our voices over the…