You may have noticed a pumpkin patch taking over the Year 2 Hummingbird Class! We have been studying them closely for our observational art lesson. We have been working on keeping our drawings to a large scale and focusing in on different parts of the pumpkin, such as the inside. We have been learning how to draw using chalk pastel colours, carefully blending colours with in the direction of the lines, or using the flat side to create a thick line or the pointy end to create a thin, defined line. We have also been remembering that with observational work, you stick to what you can actually see in front of you and not work from imagination or add extra parts in that you cannot see!

Come take a look at the fantastic art we have created on display in our classroom and take a peek at some photos below.

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We have a new member of the class! Mr Skully, the school skeleton, has been helping Year 2 out with our topic this term – our bodies, our bones and our organs! We actually assembled Mr Skully ourselves, whilst learning which bone attaches to which part of the body. We were amazed at the length of the femur bone (the largest bone in our body) and the stirrup bone in the ear (the smallest bone in our body).
We have been trying to remember all the scientific names of our bones and most of us even can tell you how many bones there are in an adults body! (206).
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Hummingbird class have been busy with our topic work ‘Our beautiful Ocean’ and this week we have been learning about the life of a jelly fish. Did you know that a jelly fish has no brain, no heart and no blood? We studied different types of jelly fish and wrote up all the information we learnt about them in to our ‘Ocean Fact Files’. We watched how a jelly fish catches its prey and eats it!
We noticed how this linked with the other ocean animals we have been learning about, such as the sea turtle, whose favourite snack is jelly fish! And also our work on clown fish, whose body is covered in mucus so they cannot feel the jelly fishes sting.
After, we created our own jelly fish using paper Mache, coloured tissue paper, and bubble wrap for the tentacles! Come see them bobbing around our classroom!

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Year 2 combined their Drama, Literacy and Design Technology lessons to put together a spectacular show of Punch and Judy. Punch and Judy is a traditional British, popular puppet show featuring the characters of Mr. Punch and his wife, Judy. The performance consists of a sequence of short scenes, each depicting an interaction between two characters, most typically the anarchic Punch and one other character. It is often associated with traditional English seaside culture

The Children loved watching a Punch and Judy Show, then re-creating the puppets using their own designs. They thought carefully about the characters and the plot, making their own scripts and then acting them out to their friends.  Read on to see some photo of the children at work.

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Our Hummingbird class has been learning about light and dark during our topic work.

We started off by exploring what is a natural source of light and what is a ‘man-made’ source of light. We brought our learning outside to draw around our own shadows and investigate how our shadows seem to ‘move’ even though we are standing in the same spot, at different times during the day!

Read on to find out more about our shadow show, firework poetry and science work. There are lots of photos of us busy exploring!

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