We have had another fun but busy week in 2OA.
In our art lesson we looked at the designer and artist William Morris. He is famous for using nature and all things natural to inspire his designs.
Each boy drafted a design using examples of his work to inspire them and then copied this 9 times onto a grid! They had to ensure that each grid was the same as a repeating pattern was key to his work. The boys did a great job. They will be going up in the library on display soon!
Ask your son to describe their design. Did they find it easy or a challenge to repeat their pattern?
History saw us looking at Queen Victoria. We explored facts a bout this famous queen. What can your son remember?
We also compared her to Queen Elizabeth I. What did they have in common? How were they different?
Geography saw us explore further about rainforests. We looked at the water cycle as rain is key to the rainforests flourishing and surviving.
Can your son describe each stage of the cycle?
English was descriptive writing about the rainforest. The boys did some amazing writing which compliments the art work beautifully.
What can you hear, see, feel, touch and taste in a rainforest?
Science had the boys investigating changing materials. They explored which materials they could; squeeze, bend, pull and twist.
Next week we are booked into the science labs to carry out some experiments!
In PSHE we worked as teams. We had to collaborate in order to work together. The task was to work collectively to complete covering a parrot in tissue paper. We did a great job and worked well together.
This week in maths we have been exploring length.
How many mm’s in a cm? How many cm’s in a metre?
We explored what unit we would use to measure different things.
What would we use to measure the length of the classroom? Would we use the same unit to measure a pencil?
We used our knowledge to solve word problems involving length. This was a bit trickier but we got there in the end!
Can you solve the problem? Can you set some more word problems of your own to be solved by Mum or Dad?
How you have a great weekend boys.