Building with Solid Shapes

We explored the properties of 3D shapes.

This was the problem.

Look what fun we had problem solving.

Shape Problems

This was our problem.

This is the fun we had solving it.

Great reasoning!

Super team work!

Marvellous modelling!

Perfect use of patterns and relationships.

Fantastic predictions.

Working really hard to find all possibilities.

In our groups, we had to decide on a plan to work systematically. No one was allowed to just watch, we had to each take a role. We worked cooperatively to create patterns and to check that they followed the rules given. If we made a mistake in the pattern we simply discussed it then moved the shapes around. The most successful groups were those who talked about the problem and how to solve it. Great work Year Two!

Computing Challenge

We used '2 Simple Modelling Toolkit' to explore shape and pattern. We had fun rotating shapes and changing their colour to create our patterns. After completing our patterns we described them to our Maths Talk Partners.

Let's Talk Maths!

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Check out our problem solving. We had to work systematically, look for patterns and relationships, draw models and use logical reasoning to find all the possibilities to solve our shape problems.

This was the problem we had to solve. Miss Whiteley asked us to find all the ways to make a house for 6 then 7 people. We worked with a partner to find solutions. It was such good fun. We definitely did 'talk maths'! Can you remember any of the patterns we noticed?

Keeping Healthy

Today we designed posters to show different ways of keeping fit and healthy. We worked with our Talk Partners to create our fantastic designs.

Sports Week

Fencing was such good fun. What do you think of our moves?

The Climbing Wall was tricky, but we all had a go. Look how high A H got! 

We hadn't heard of Boccia before, but we had brilliant fun playing it. It was trickier than it looks!

Materials

In science we have been learning about a range of materials and their properties. This week we worked in groups to build houses for the three little pigs. We made houses from plastic bricks, wooden bricks, paper, cardboard and plastic bags. Before we carried out our investigation we had to predict which of the houses would stay standing after the wolf had 'huffed and puffed'. Our wolf was actually a carefully disguised hair dryer. We found that the house built of plastic bricks was the strongest because the wolf could not blow it down. Can you remember what happened to our paper houses? Look at our fantastic houses! Well done Year Two.