Townfield Primary School: Gallery
1C PSHE Our families are different
Date: 9th Apr 2024 @ 8:07am
In this session, we read 2 books; by Leslea Newman – Mommy, Mama and Me and Daddy, Papa and me. We discussed how the 2 families are different.
We then discussed with a partner, who is in my family. We shared the names of people who are in their family and then drew a picture containing this information.
We then partnered up to look at and compare the two families. How are they different? How many different ways can you count? We discovered that we are also all the same in some ways.
Using a photograph ourselves, we had to place ourselves into a circle containing a label; My family enjoys eating pizza. My family likes burgers. We then discussed the possibility of liking both/neither. What would we do then?
We set up a Venn diagram using the circles by overlapping them. This meant that if we liked both, we placed ourselves into the middle section, if we liked neither we placed our photo on the outside of the Venn.
Throughout, we discussed that these are things that some families have in common and it os ok to have similarities as well as differences.
Date: 9th Apr 2024 @ 7:49am
In Maths, we have been studying 2D and 3D shapes. We have been exploring these shapes within the environment, pictures, and by using shapes. We have been learning to names and properties of each shape, playing games to identify each shape by their properties, and even had a go at drawing them ourselves.
We used our teacher's phones to play a game of 'Shape Shop'. This was so much fun! We had to call up the shop (RING RING, RING RING)
"Hello, this is the shape shop, how may I help you?".
We had to ask for a shape; "Hi, do you have any squares in stock today?"
"Oooh, a square? Can you help me by describing what a square looks like please?"
"It has 4 corners and 4 sides"
"I have two shapes with those properties, can you tell me more?"
"Yes, all of the sides are the same size"
"Perfect! Yes I have lots of squares"
"OK, Thank you, see you soon"
Date: 9th Apr 2024 @ 7:20am
We have been studying the work of a famous history artist called Rita Greer who painted her impression of what it was like during the Great Fire of London. We studied her work and researched facts about her and then created an artist appreciation page using a variety of media.
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In our next lesson we, we experimented with charcoal and pencils to explore the different effects we could make using a variety of pressures, tones, shades, lines, and even smudging. We then used these skills to create an observational drawing of a Tudor house using charcoal.
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In Lesson 3, we used our previous observation drawing to create a Tudor house using strips of black paper. This was more of a challenge than we thought it would be. We had to measure, cut and stick the strips using our knowledge of the different types of lines; straight, angled, thick, thin and spacing etc.
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2MJ Science Winner ‘Time’ competition
Date: 28th Mar 2024 @ 12:11pm
The winner of the British Science 'Time' competition in Y2 was Layton. Well done to all the other entries also.
Layton decided to look at Space and time and created a fantastic poster to explain how each planet travels in space and the length of time taken on each planet.
Well done Layton. Enjoy your Easter Egg!
Year 2 Fieldwork : Urban and Rural Locations
Date: 27th Mar 2024 @ 5:39pm
Today, year 2 completed their Geography unit by spending the day working geographically in two contrasting locations on the Wirral Peninsula. Firstly, we visited Oxton village and recorded the human and physical features that we could see, made a tally chart of these and played eye spy! We had some very amused passers-by! We then continued on to our second location of Thurstaston coast. Here we repeated the earlier tasks, including some sketching and a ranger led walk. We had a fantastic day and I'm sure we will all sleep well tonight - I think it's safe to say that we have some brilliant geographers amongst us in Year 2. Well done everyone.
Date: 27th Mar 2024 @ 2:15pm
Nursery have been making Easter Crispy Cakes with Mrs Hancox and Miss Walker. They were very excited to get stuck in and get tasting!
Date: 26th Mar 2024 @ 2:02pm
The children have been using their ICT skills to draw their favourite farm animals using a simple app. We love the creativity!
Date: 21st Mar 2024 @ 9:28am
Creating a branching database with concrete materials before we do the same with computers.
Date: 21st Mar 2024 @ 9:22am
One week on and our pottery is dry enough to paint 🎨😃
Date: 21st Mar 2024 @ 9:19am
Today is the day we finally get our fingers in the clay 🤗.
Date: 21st Mar 2024 @ 7:19am
Researching both modern and classic pottery for own project.
Date: 21st Mar 2024 @ 7:15am
The fabulous costumes on show in our class for World Book Day
Date: 20th Mar 2024 @ 9:39pm
We have been finding out materials everyday objects are made from, their names, their uses and their properties. We tested some materials to see if they were absorbent, flexible, bouncy, bendy, brittle etc.
Date: 20th Mar 2024 @ 9:38pm
In DT, we have been researching and evaluating fruits, and designing and making our own fruit smoothies. We got to blend them, taste them and evaluate our chosen methods. First we learned how to safely cut, peel and chop a variety of fruits using a bridge hold and a claw grip. We then tasted the fruits to see which fruits we wanted to include in our smoothies and then designed them. We then used our design to prepare, make and drink our smoothies.
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1C Computing - programming a bot
Date: 20th Mar 2024 @ 9:33pm
In computing, we have been learning what the buttons on a floor bart, what each button is called and what the functions are. Once we became familiar with the functions, we programmed the bot to move using a 2 step command. Once we mastered this, we used more complex commands invloving more steps.
We also used these skills to meve a Beebot on our Ipads.
Date: 20th Mar 2024 @ 8:38pm
In RE, we have been studying Christianity. We explored belonging and making promises. We listened to a story from the bible that Christians believe in called Noah and the Ark. We learned that God made a promise to Noah and Noah made one back. We learned that some promises are easier to keep than others and created our own class puzzle of promises that we would like make and to try our best to keep them. The bible says that God always keeps his promises and Christians believe this to be true
We then studied how Christians welcome new babies through a Christening. We watched a short video of a baby being christened by a vicar. We learned who the people present at a christening are; Parents, God parents and a vicar. Once we had learned all about this, we role-played our own christenings.
1C Geography Signs of Spring Feb 2024
Date: 20th Mar 2024 @ 8:25pm
As part of our United Kingdom and the Weather topic, we went outside to look for signs of Spring. We looked for subtle changes that were beginning to take place. We spotted, budding branches, we heard birds singing, some insects were scurrying thriugh the soil, plants were beginning to shoot and we discussed how the sun has begun to rise earlier and set later .
Date: 20th Mar 2024 @ 4:04pm
Date: 20th Mar 2024 @ 3:58pm
In music we have started to look at Viking’s songs. We have been practicing singing in time as a whole class.
Date: 20th Mar 2024 @ 3:56pm
In computing we are looking at branching databases. We first looked at simple yes and no questions, then further looked into using these questions to create a branching database with dinosaurs. We worked together in groups, to figure out how our questions and dinosaur pictures could be used to create a branching database. In another lesson, we used an online software called ‘j2data’ to create new branching databases.
Date: 20th Mar 2024 @ 3:53pm
In art we have been looking at Greek vases created by Monica Young. Following our artist Monica Young for inspiration, we have been designing and making our own Greek pots. We used clay to make our pots and then we blended acrylic paints together to create an earthy orange colour to paint our pots with.
Date: 18th Mar 2024 @ 5:20pm
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