Tag: topic based learning

28 MAY

Workshop fun in 2WB 🔥🔥🔥

As part of our London topic, we had a workshop yesterday to enjoy interactive learning activities about the Great Fire of London. The children did freeze frames, bucket relays and re-enacted various parts of the historical events.   It was a fabulous opportunity to apply and embed the learning we have done in class.   […]

12 MAY

Eye witness interviews are big news in 2WB 👀

As part of our topic learning about The Great Fire of London, the children used their interviewing techniques to make a news report video. After carefully thinking about suitable witnesses and questions to ask, they worked as a team to record each other as roving reporters. Here are a couple of examples: Children’s news reporting […]

26 FEB

1/2P and 1S: Food Tasting for DT

In our DT lesson this week, the children explored and evaluated a range of vegetables in preparation for soup making. We tried a variety of raw and cooked vegetables, letting our senses help us with our evaluations. Using cocktail sticks to handle each item of food, we considered the smells, textures and flavours. We rated […]

25 FEB

Testing and tasting in 2WB 🥕🍠

In our DT lesson today, we explored and evaluated a range of vegetables in preparation for soup making. We tried new things and let our senses guide us. Using cocktail sticks to handle the food items, we described what they smell like, feel like and gently put them on our tongue to see what flavour […]

26 JAN

KS1 ask “Where does our food come from?” 🍽

In our DT lesson today, we thought about food that is healthy, like fruit and vegetables. We agreed some food could be healthy, but unhealthy when you eat too much of it (bread and cheese). Some healthy foods are mixed with unhealthy foods, like fish and chips, or burgers with salad. It was certainly food […]

07 JAN

2WB go musical on zoom 🥁

We were lucky to be able to keep our music lessons while home learning. We started with repeating chants, using different voices. Can you tell which is the sad chant and which is excited? We began to learn a new song with actions We finished with some rhythm work We just had time to share […]

06 JAN

2WB launch our new science topic in style (at home) 🧪👩‍🔬🧑🏻‍🔬

Today we looked at items of equipment for an experiment. We put them in a list. We made a prediction about using the equipment. Next, we watched or participated in 3 different experiments: Fizzing Potions Milk Swirls Rainbow Skittles We even made our own videos… Finally, we drew and wrote about our observations… We really […]

29 NOV

2WB re-telling Tinga Tanga tales electronically 💻

We used story maps to help us retell ‘How Giraffe became so tall’ Using Chromebooks, we made an electronic version of our story. Children were working between home and school to complete the full 15 parts to their Tinga Tanga tale. Amelia’s E-book: https://www.purplemash.com/?~c3c9MjU4NTc1MyZzZz05YTUwYjE1YjYyNTM0ZmQ5NGIxM2RhZTFmYzQ2NjAxMg== Carter’s E-book: https://www.purplemash.com/?~c3c9MjU5NjMzNiZzZz03ZGVjZmRmMzIyYzkyYTU0NGE3MTgxMDAyMjI5NGYwMg== Darcie’s E-book: https://www.purplemash.com/?~c3c9MjU4NTc3MyZzZz02YTUwOTBlNmIxYjdhMGNhMjBmZGM3YzczOTM5NzgzNQ== Grace’s E-book: https://www.purplemash.com/?~c3c9MjU4NTc3NyZzZz03NjMyYjVhYjRjNDI3NjE2M2FjZjNmOWE0MWQwMzViOA== Khalifa’s E-book: […]

12 NOV

2WB became intrepid explorers 🧭

We had our class visit on Wednesday, exploring a local interest site and investigating the local physical and man-made features in the land. Adults wore masks and we took our sanitisers along (in our coat pockets). We avoided touching any gates, etc. unnecessarily, to keep ourselves safe. We were lucky with the weather and had […]