Safer Internet Day 2019 - 1S

As part of our celebration of Safer Internet Day we decided to try and draw "The Internet." It soon became clear that "The Internet" meant different things to different people. Some of us thought we could use it to watch TV. Others thought we could use it to play games with our friends. A few suggested we could use it to send photographs or emails to people. We all knew it was something that we could use to communicate with each other. We also reminded ourselves of the rules about asking adults for permission and help when going on-line.  We just couldn't work out exactly what it was, so we decided to have a go at building our own.

First of all we made our own device such as a tablet, a phone, a games console, even washing machines and light bulbs. It's amazing what you can turn a paper cup into !

We spoke into our devices but soon realised there was no reply. We were all on our own and couldn't communicate with one another. A few of us decided to join all the devices on our own table together with string ( network cables)  and then we found we could talk to all the other devices on our table.

That was fine until we thought there might be interesting conversations going on at other tables. So, to find out what was going on around the whole room we connected all the devices on all the tables together with our string so that we could all communicate together.

Before long we had built our very own internet and had discovered that the internet is basically a lot of devices joined together by cables so that they can all speak to one another.

This also makes a lot of noise !!!

Next we're off to investigate the "magic" of Wi-Fi !

Special Project for Green Council

Green Council had a special visitor today, Jenny from Sustrans.  She has chosen 3 of her favourite schools to help her with a project finding out how children travel to school.  The Green Council and teachers will be recording the data every day for four weeks for her.

Here she is explaining the project to Green Council.

We are looking forward to seeing the results, which she will come and explain to us.

1S are Building Surveyors !!

Little Pig 1 was so excited when he received the pictures of the houses 1S built that he wrote back asking for a bit more information to help him and his brother choose which house would keep them safe. He wanted to know the materials each house was made of and why the properties of those materials would help keep him safe and dry.

We discovered that building surveyors help people by writing reports for houses advising what materials they are made of, if they are safe and how they could be improved. So, armed with our safety jackets and clipboards, we made notes as we investigated each of the houses Little Pig 1 was interested in to help us decide which house would be most suitable. After this we chose the house we thought would keep the pigs safe and wrote to them explaining why.

Measuring in Year 2

In Year 2 this week we have been practicing our measuring. Yesterday for No Pens Day Wednesday, we measured using uniform objects (that means that the objects have to be the same size, like multilink cubes or scissors). Today, we practiced measuring in centimetres because we are learning to be accurate. We will need the accuracy for building and D&T later in the half term.

Here are some pictures of us practicing our accurate ruler skills practically.




(More photos of 2F are coming but our camera ran out of battery!)

Thank you for being superstars and trying so hard at measuring, Year 2! Sometimes it can be a bit tricky to remember how to use a ruler properly every time! Keep practicing at home if you can, and remember to use those special words longer than and shorter than.

2D's super science!

This term in science, we are learning about uses of everyday materials. We've already done some work on the properties of different materials, and we spent some time exploring how fabric could be used and what it feels and looks like.

This week, however, we started looking at how some things made of solid materials can be changed by twisting, bending, squashing and stretching. We did an investigation into paper with magnifying glasses to see what we could find.

Here are some pictures of us seeing what we could do with paper.

We are working towards choosing materials to use for building by using what we know about different materials and their properties.

Next week, we will be thinking about the different uses of paper and how the changes that we make can improve it, or make it worse. If you are in Year 2, have a think about the different ways that we can make paper stronger!

Y2H Maths Investigation

This morning in Year 2 we had a great time completing a maths investigation. Children worked in pairs to create a large triangle using 9 smaller triangles. Each side of the triangle that touched had to make a total 10. Children showed fantastic knowledge as well as teamwork and perseverance. Well done bunnies!