Class 2 – What have we been doing? (03.2010)
Published: 29 April 2010 at 10:10. Posted in: Class 2
term Leopards Class have been learning all about The Great Fire of London. We started our topic by asking lots of questions about the Great Fire and then spent the next few weeks collecting as much information to answer the questions as we could, noting it down as we went. We used books, videos, paintings and even the internet to find this much needed information. In doing this we learnt about the importance of eye witnesses like the diarist Samuel Pepys and the many artists who captured images of the fire raging. We have almost finished turning this information into our very own non-fiction books.
The art work that has been produced by Leopards this term has been gorgeous. Using the Great Fire as inspiration the children have created a large scale display, layered paintings, collages, watercolour impressions as their information book covers and pencil sketches. Currently, we are just putting the finishing touches onto the fire engine we have individually designed and made this term.
The children have also become scientists this term coming up with and carrying out experiments to find out more about forces. They have worked fantastically as a team and we had a lot of fun seeing how far we could make water travel, almost as much fun as Mr Shawley who joined in soaking us with the pressure hose!
Next term we are hoping for great weather (fingers crossed) as our topic will be ‘In the Garden’. This should give us the opportunity to spend lots of time outside, whether it be over at the allotments or down at the Spinney.