In Year 2 we have been learning about healthy eating and the Eatwell Plate. Mrs Barnes brought some nutritious ingredients to make a wholesome soup and bread roll.

On Thursday we explored the 4 seasons by Giuseppe Arcimboldi. We then sketched some fruits and vegetables using different grades of pencils.
After pupils used watercolors to paint fruits and vegetables.

In our class we have been finding out about the Magna Carta and also The 1272 Congleton Charter.
We were very lucky to be able to borrow the town’s display screens with mountains of history about our locality.
The children explored the Magna Carta by dramatising the story of Magnus Carter the Mole. They learnt about how the people petitioned King John to agree to the rights outlined in the Magna Carta.
After this we learnt about Henry de Lacy a Manor House owner in Congleton who granted people the rights to grow their own crops, trade and have more freedom.
we have also compared a map of Congleton in 1898 with now by sticking on colour coded spots.

This week we have started to film our own animations using ‘stop/ start ‘ animation’ .
we started by making magic drawings then moved on to making our own moving characters inspired by Morph, Wallace and Gromit. Our team working skills were excellent during this activity .
We had such a lot of fun – look at our photos !

This is Mr. Liew signing off. I would like to say a massive thank you to the whole of Marlfields for being the most welcoming and incredible place to work at.

I’d like to first say thank you to all the members of staff that I’ve worked with, I couldn’t have asked for a better team of people. I’ll be forever grateful to you all helping me with anything that I needed whether it was advice or just a general chitchat.

Thank you for the gifts that I’ve received. The messages in the card have made my day and I wasn’t expecting the extra gift inside it. I’m sure my girlfriend will be making great use out of that.

Thank you to Mrs Isherwood for giving me the opportunity to work at Marlfields.

Lastly, a massive thank you to the children. You’ve all been amazing to teach. Everyday has been a joy to be with you all.

I’m going to miss you all, this won’t be last you hear or see from me!!!

See you soon.

P.S. sorry Mrs Radcliffe for using the blog for the week.

Across this week, the children have explored becoming scientists to celebrate British Science Week. All of the research we conducted was based on the topic of ‘growth’.

Day 1- The children were in for a big shock when they came into school this morning, as they discovered there had been a crash landing. ALIENS HAD CRASHED ONTO THE SCHOOL GROUNDS!!!

The aliens tried their best to communicate to us through a letter but we couldn’t understand it, so we used our problem solving skills to decipher the letter. After deciphering the letter, we found out the aliens were called Zap and Zog. They told us that they felt worried that nobody would like them coming to Earth and they were scared that everything was bigger than them. After hearing this, we decided to create presentations for Zap and Zop to tell them about what they can do, visit and eat whilst they’re on Earth. We then went out to investigate the crash landing and noticed that a spider had become humongous. One of the children said:

‘Maybe a radiation leak from the spaceship made the spider grow bigger’.

We later learned about making patterns with representations of 2D shape and created crop circles from those patterns.

Day 2- Today we experienced science outdoors. We went on a nature walk to the allotment and the forest. We used ‘leaf identification dials’ to find and identify what types of trees we have on the school grounds. The children really enjoyed comparing the different types of leaves. We discovered that we have Oak, Beech and Holly on the school grounds.

Back inside the classroom, we created ‘Astro Gardens’ using grid work to plot our fruit and vegetables. Then, we wrote questions about our garden for our partners to answer. After that, we made ‘Astro Gardens’ with plasticine.

Day 3- ‘THAT’S ONE SMALL STEP FOR MAN, ONE GIANT LEAP FOR MANKIND’

On Wednesday, we were lucky to have the chance to experience a planetarium in the school hall. We learned about the growth of the universe that we live in; our past adventures into space (The Apollo 11 Moon Landing), current astronauts living in the International Space Station (ISS) and our potential future endeavours to the moon.

Following from the visit to the planetarium, the children made their very own constellations and learned that a constellation is a group of stars in the night sky that make up a picture or pattern.

Day 4- Continuing our week on growth, the children investigated which materials are best for greenhouses to grow plants in. The children were placed in groups and were provided with different resources to build their greenhouses. To link with our year 2 topic of inventors, we took inspiration from Tim Smit’s Eden Project based in Cornwall. The children researched and produced a fact file on the Eden Project. The Eden Project is the largest indoor rainforest in the world that houses thousands of plant species such as fruiting banana plants, coffee, rubber, giant bamboo, olive and grape vines.

Day 5- This morning, we had a whole school assembly to celebrate, discuss and share our scientific journey. What a busy week!!!

I have been very proud of Year 2 for all of their hard work. By becoming scientists, they have learned to be resilient learners to find solutions, thinkers outside of the box and great supporters of each others processing.

Mr. Liew and year 2 would also like to say a huge thank you to both Mrs Isherwood and Mrs Daley for organising such an exciting Science week.

Today we explored disposable nappies. We tested their absorbency. We then designed our own nappies thinking about using Towelling fabric so they would be sustainable.

Today Year 2 worked with our visitor creating movement around the theme of ‘Explorers’ . They made lots of interesting shapes and movements.