Foundation - Year 2
From the land of the little people...
As I write this we are heading into week 3, term 3! Sometimes we wish time away for different reasons but sometimes we look up from what we are doing and try to think where has time gone! I know you are all the same, wanting more quality time with family and friends, or just time to be by yourself. In Maths for the first three weeks of term we are studying TIME. We have learnt about how long it feels when time is passing concentrating mainly on 1 minutes, 5 minutes and 10 minutes. We have definitely learnt that sometimes 1 minute feels short and sometimes very long depending on what we are doing. It has given the children a deeper understanding about the passing of time and a realistic measure for forwards thinking. We are also looking at the days, weeks, months, seasons, o’clock, half past and quarter past and to.
Science has been about posting something precious in a box through snail mail and sending the box through a serious of test…sharp, squash, drop and shake.
For HASS each child has chosen one of the countries mentioned in the story and has formed 3 inquiry questions using good question starters, found a variety of images suitable for their study, included a map of the world showing the country’s position…all using Book Creator. It has caused so many excellent conversations and sparked lots more branches of possible inquiry.
