Maths outdoors and the Great Fire of London fact hunt

Welcome Back Year 2! We have had a busy few days this week, we've been making the most of the winter sunshine and getting outside!

In maths this week we have been learning to divide. First we practised by drawing circles then sharing the amount equally between the circles. The we went to the playground and used hoops and divided ourselves between the hoops.

Doing maths practically is a great way to help learn new skills.

In English we have started learning about the Great Fire of London. On Tuesday we went on a fact hunt to see what we could find out about the fire. We looked around school for different facts and pieces of information.

What can you remember about the Great Fire?

British Sign Language

Our Language of the Month is British Sign Language (BSL). We were really lucky to have visitor Elisa Murtagh, a BSL student from the University of Central Lancashire, come to teach us some signs. She told us the story of The Three Little Pigs. We learnt the signs for ‘pig’, ‘blow’ ‘hair’ and ‘chin’. See if you can guess which sign is which!

 We also learnt a bit about the deaf community, many of which use BSL in order to communicate. At John Bramston we understand that there are lots of different languages used within our school, our local community and across the country.

Article 23 Children who have any kind of disability should have special care and support, so that they can lead full and independent lives.

Article 30 Children have a right to learn and use the language and customs of their families, whether these are shared by the majority of people in the country or not.

Jam dance session Year One

This week Year One children enjoyed a dance session run by the Jam Dance Company. Children love the opportunity to learn a new dance and show off their dance skills including flossing!

Year One trip to The Museum of Childhood Bethnal Green

Last week Year One visited the Museum of Childhood in Bethnal Green. They looked and compared toys from the past and toys from today. It was a very busy day but they learnt lots.

Scooting in year 1

Today we had a go on the scooters as part of the Bike/Scoot to school week. We loved riding and practicing emergency stops and riding around the playground. 

Tennis coaching in Year One

Today we had a coach in to teach us some new tennis skills.

UKA Football Club

Today was our end of term tournament . The children have had a fantastic term of football coaching with UKA coach Jack & today they ended with a tournament . There was brilliant sportsmanship , teamwork & football from both the boys & the girls !Well done to our children for winning their well deserved medals :)