Year 2: 2023-2024 (Autumn Term)
Merry Christmas from all year 1 and year 2! @FallaParkSchool @Miss_Carr_Falla @Miss__McVeigh pic.twitter.com/IKfogQGneS
— Mrs Barter (@MrsBarter_Falla) December 22, 2023
Creating an Angel of the North sculpture using clay. @MrsMcMillanFP @FallaParkSchool @Miss_Carr_Falla pic.twitter.com/CQepPdUc3Q
— Mrs Barter (@MrsBarter_Falla) December 21, 2023
Year 2 enjoying their school Christmas lunch! @FallaParkSchool @Miss_Carr_Falla pic.twitter.com/C1DSmWDb3e
— Mrs Barter (@MrsBarter_Falla) December 21, 2023
A fun filled morning at the Pantomime! @FallaParkSchool @Miss_Carr_Falla pic.twitter.com/DKhafKV8RC
— Mrs Barter (@MrsBarter_Falla) December 21, 2023
Today we have explored using clay in our art lesson. @FallaParkSchool @Miss_Carr_Falla @MrsMcMillanFP pic.twitter.com/3ryWFQVdXA
— Mrs Barter (@MrsBarter_Falla) December 14, 2023
Year 2 have been looking at the Angel of the North and recording observations in their sketch books @FallaParkSchool @Miss_Carr_Falla @MrsMcMillanFP pic.twitter.com/KsyTUc8cN3
— Mrs Barter (@MrsBarter_Falla) December 14, 2023
Christmas party time in Year 2 … with a very special visitor! Lots of fun was had by all! 🎅 🎄 🎉 🎁 @MrsBarter_Falla @Miss_Carr_Falla @FallaParkSchool pic.twitter.com/DA9nroI4XH
— Donna Doyle (@MissDoyle_Falla) December 13, 2023
We have explored using different materials to create different lines@Miss_Carr_Falla @FallaParkSchool @MrsMcMillanFP pic.twitter.com/0r6aVwyBcc
— Mrs Barter (@MrsBarter_Falla) December 7, 2023
Today, year 2 have explored the question ‘What is architecture?’ and explored different architecture around the world. We then began to look at architecture closer to home. @FallaParkSchool @Miss_Carr_Falla @MrsMcMillanFP pic.twitter.com/wc8Aova1Ch
— Mrs Barter (@MrsBarter_Falla) December 7, 2023
I’m glad that year 2 have read ‘How to Wash a Woolly Mammoth’! They knew exactly what to do to get the woolly mammoth clean! 🛁 🦣 @Miss_Carr_Falla @FallaParkSchool pic.twitter.com/gOI1e9U5Ce
— Mrs Barter (@MrsBarter_Falla) December 6, 2023
Our Woolly mammoth went missing! We searched everywhere to find him and finally found him in the mud! He is filthy- how will we ever get him clean? @FallaParkSchool @Miss_Carr_Falla pic.twitter.com/fxhxFrPCve
— Mrs Barter (@MrsBarter_Falla) December 6, 2023
This week we have been adding single digit numbers mentally by using our bonds to and within 10 to support us. We used ten frames and part whole models to help us see the maths @Miss_Carr_Falla @FallaParkSchool pic.twitter.com/8q1lisUT0o
— Donna Doyle (@MissDoyle_Falla) November 29, 2023
Today we began our DT topic by looking at books that had moving parts. We thought about the purpose for the books (to entertain) and then considered how the mechanism worked. We took the books apart to see if the moving part was a lever or slider @Miss_Carr_Falla @FallaParkSchool pic.twitter.com/A0K5rmOKXU
— Donna Doyle (@MissDoyle_Falla) November 27, 2023
Today we began to think about how solids, liquids and gases are different. We used cubes to model how they move and then represented this as a picture before sorting pictures of solids, liquids and gases into groups. @Mrs_Crellin @Miss_Carr_Falla @FallaParkSchool pic.twitter.com/8JOU8XhmHk
— Donna Doyle (@MissDoyle_Falla) November 20, 2023
We have been exploring expression during our dance lesson today by creating movements, with control and coordination, that represent our favourite sweets in ‘Mr Candy’s Sweet Factory’ @Miss_Carr_Falla @FallaParkSchool @MrSmith_falla pic.twitter.com/3er5k8Y3Se
— Donna Doyle (@MissDoyle_Falla) November 14, 2023
Today we learnt about the reasons we have Remembrance Day and wrote our own poems about ‘Poppies’ and ‘Heroes’ using excellent vocabulary such as sacrifice, respect and protect. @Miss_Carr_Falla @FallaParkSchool @Mrs_ARowan pic.twitter.com/lnnIKtrH25
— Donna Doyle (@MissDoyle_Falla) November 13, 2023
We launched Anti-Bullying week with Odd Socks Day. We listened to the song ‘Make a Noise’ by CBBC star Andy and his odd socks band and talked about the key messages for us. @Mrs_ARowan @Miss_Carr_Falla @FallaParkSchool pic.twitter.com/C80iqf9phc
— Donna Doyle (@MissDoyle_Falla) November 13, 2023
Year 2 enjoyed reading with their year 6 reading buddies this afternoon. @MrSmith_falla @Miss_Carr_Falla @FallaParkSchool pic.twitter.com/40TDFj1xLc
— Mrs Barter (@MrsBarter_Falla) November 10, 2023
Year 2 fieldwork today involved a tour of Gateshead looking for the physical and human features and using maps to locate them @MrsYoungfp @Miss_Carr_Falla @FallaParkSchool @MrsBarter_Falla pic.twitter.com/1U64VoyoT0
— Donna Doyle (@MissDoyle_Falla) November 8, 2023
Thank you to all the year 2 parents and carers for attending our open morning. @FallaParkSchool @Miss_Carr_Falla @MissDoyle_Falla pic.twitter.com/RTvDmuHmKg
— Mrs Barter (@MrsBarter_Falla) November 8, 2023
This week we used a light meter to investigate the transparency of different materials. We then tried to rank the materials from most to least transparent thinking about the readings on our meter @Miss_Carr_Falla @FallaParkSchool @Mrs_Crellin pic.twitter.com/FbjxQeK5YE
— Donna Doyle (@MissDoyle_Falla) October 24, 2023
Today we applied our learning in science to a real life situation by investigating how much liquid a nappy would absorb. We followed instructions, used measuring cylinders correctly and ensured the test was fair by repeating it🧪🧫 @Miss_Carr_Falla @Mrs_Crellin @FallaParkSchool pic.twitter.com/5iZXOPZDBs
— Donna Doyle (@MissDoyle_Falla) October 16, 2023
Year 2 enjoyed their karate taster session today…information coming home tonight if your child would like to join a karate club @MrSmith_falla @Miss_Carr_Falla @FallaParkSchool pic.twitter.com/5WEdSwc5dP
— Donna Doyle (@MissDoyle_Falla) October 9, 2023
Year 2 have been writing about the adventures of our Everywhere Bear 🐻 @FallaParkSchool @Miss_Carr_Falla pic.twitter.com/1T9JkDTmKy
— Mrs Barter (@MrsBarter_Falla) October 6, 2023
In year 2, we created the perfect friend! @FallaParkSchool @Miss_Carr_Falla @Mrs_ARowan pic.twitter.com/IhNQcWKVll
— Mrs Barter (@MrsBarter_Falla) October 5, 2023
How can we find out about Gateshead?
— Mrs Barter (@MrsBarter_Falla) October 5, 2023
Year 2 have been using maps and photographs to find out what is in locality. @FallaParkSchool @MrsYoungfp pic.twitter.com/txOclHTkFM
Year 2 have their very own ‘Everywhere Bear’.
— Mrs Barter (@MrsBarter_Falla) September 29, 2023
He has been on lots of adventures around school this week! @FallaParkSchool @Miss_Carr_Falla pic.twitter.com/Yo7KK90arn
A snapshot of our learning journey so far in year 2 English @FallaParkSchool @Miss_Carr_Falla pic.twitter.com/cl2LZIv2fr
— Mrs Barter (@MrsBarter_Falla) September 28, 2023
Our author in year 2 is #juliadonaldson
— Mrs Barter (@MrsBarter_Falla) September 28, 2023
We are enjoying lots of her stories during our share a story and English lessons. @FallaParkSchool @Miss_Carr_Falla pic.twitter.com/NIORhwhCo2
In maths we have been estimating, with increasing accuracy, and then counting by grouping into tens. Our counting was quicker and more efficient when we grouped 🧮 @FallaParkSchool @Miss_Carr_Falla pic.twitter.com/vBJFNgT8a7
— Donna Doyle (@MissDoyle_Falla) September 26, 2023
We launched our ‘Vocabulary Jars’ in school today! @FallaParkSchool @Miss_Carr_Falla pic.twitter.com/lspBYh1VFR
— Mrs Barter (@MrsBarter_Falla) September 22, 2023
In geography this week, year 2 have asked questions they would like to answer about our locality of Gateshead@FallaParkSchool @MrsYoungfp @Miss_Carr_Falla pic.twitter.com/T3YgnAj3gn
— Mrs Barter (@MrsBarter_Falla) September 22, 2023
Year 2 have enjoyed starting our geography topic. We have explored where we live in the world using globes and atlases. @FallaParkSchool @Miss_Carr_Falla @MrsYoungfp pic.twitter.com/RIvvYCeUyh
— Mrs Barter (@MrsBarter_Falla) September 15, 2023
In our first PE lesson of Year 2, the word of the afternoon was ‘agility’. We thought about how we could move our bodies more quickly and easily when playing small team games and considered the consequences of not being agile! @MrSmith_falla @Miss_Carr_Falla @FallaParkSchool pic.twitter.com/7YFmQHz2sk
— Donna Doyle (@MissDoyle_Falla) September 12, 2023
Today we activated our prior knowledge about materials, differentiating between the object and the materials used to make it. We used ‘Explorify’ to zoom in on a material and reasoned about what the object could be. @Mrs_Crellin @Miss_Carr_Falla @FallaParkSchool pic.twitter.com/FbAu3xoLyA
— Donna Doyle (@MissDoyle_Falla) September 11, 2023
