Monday, 20 June 2011

All About Habitats

What is an envirnonment? What is a habitat? Why do animals, plants and all living things live in different areas?

In Science, we will find out...

1. Garden Explorer -
Look at the day and night creatures in the garden.
2. Human & Animal Habitats -
Different things live in different places.
3. Nature Explorers -
Look at the grassland, pondland and woodland links. Which will you see at Wandsworth Common? 

Tuesday, 14 June 2011

All About Numbers

We are always learning our Times Tables and doing different sums for adding, subtracting, multiplication and division. Look here for the topics and games that we have used in lessons.

1. 4x Tables Target Game - and all other tables too!
2. Doubling Numbers - using partitioning.


Challenge Yourself!
1. Saving Squad - double, halve and round money at the restaurant.

Wednesday, 8 June 2011

All About Insects

Summer 2 topics in ICT and Science will be about different insects and animal habitats.

ICT
  • We will use webquests to search a topic following the instructions.
  • We will work in teams to make a presentation about our insect.
  • We will choose our presentation tool - PPoint or Google Sites?
1. Perfectly Penguins - Lsn 1 Webquest Introduction
    Do sections 1, 2 and 3 with your team.
2. Penguins Are Cool - Lsn 1 Webquest
    Is it better than the Perfectly Penguins webquest?
3. Fairy Penguins - Lsn 1 Website
    A webpage by children from Australia.
 4.  Google Sites: Lsn 2
    A test webpage about Fairy Penguins.

 
5. Butterfly Video - Lsn 2 Is this a good way to present information?


6. Butterfly Webpage - Lsn 2 Is this webpage a better way to present?
7. Butterfly PPoint - Lsn 2 Or is this the best way to present information?

Are you ready for an Animal Webquest?
  • Work in groups
  • Choose an animal
  • Decide how you will present your learning.

All About Shapes

It's the last part of the Summer Term. We are revising lots of shapes we know but adding new ideas too!

Right now we are working with shapes.
1. 2D shapes - Do you know their properties?
2. Right angles - in 2D shapes. You need a FLASH player for this game.
3. 3D shapes - A BRILLIANT site to help you learn shape properties!
4. 3D shapes from nets - nrich Maths video
5. Symmetry - see if you can make your own patterns and reflections. Use the coloured polygons.

Can you remember how to share out fractions?
1. Kids & Cookies - choose your friends, cookies and eat them!

Friday, 6 May 2011

All About Famous People


In History, we are learning about English Explorers (and one famous American explorer!)
  • Who are they?
  • Why are they famous?
  • What can we learn from them for our future?

1. Sir Francis Drake Video
    A pirate or the queen's hero? Watch the video.
2. Captain Robert Scott
    Who was he? What was his goal? Did he achieve it? Look at the pictures.
    Scott's Last Expedition
    In 2012, there will be an exhibition at The British Museum.
3. Neil Armstrong
    With Buzz Aldrin, they were the first people to land on the moon.

Monday, 2 May 2011

All About Animals


Animals are fantastic - all of them - great and small! That's why we are learning about them this half term in English, ICT and in part of our Science lessons.





English and ICT
  • We will hear a story of a chameleon who struggles to change colour.
  • We will write our story about an animal who solves his/her similar problem.
  • We will write and make an informational poster about an animal of our own choice.
    This website has 20 different facts to read - sorry there are no pictures.
2. Meller's Chameleon
    Where it is found and how it is different to other chameleons. National Geographic.
3. Chameleons
    Lots of good facts and an easy read.
4. National Geographic Kids - Chameleon video
    Watch the baby hatch and get food on it's own.


For more animals, National Geographic Kids and The London Zoo have good pages to read. 
Click the links below.

5. All About Animals - A FANTASTIC website for Yr 2 readers! From Northumberland Learning. Click the bird to go back to the start.
6. National Geographic Kids 1 - lots of mammals to click on!
7. National Geographic Kids - type the animal name in the Search Bar.
8. The London Zoo - click on the Meet the Mammals or other Meet the titles.