Miss Hargraves and Mrs Moran are so proud of the Moles.They have had a super busy time in Year 2!   They continued with their theme about Jack and the Beanstalk and have been focussing on some non-fiction learning about Castles. They  have applied their learning about castles in many different subjects;

Reading and Writing: Facts about castles and making castles leaflets

Science: Materials- properties and suitability for building castles

Geography: Castles in the capital cities of the UK

History: Naming the parts of a castle and understanding their purposes in history

DT: Exploring folds and joins of materials to make model castles

Computing: Using search engines to research about castles and using PowerPoint to create a presentatin of our findings.

In other curriculum areas we have been learning to:

PE: Gymnastics- travelling, balances, jumps and rolls

Maths: Solve subtraction and addition using a range of methods

Music: Sorting instruments according to their section of the orchestra and composing our own Jack and the Beanstalk themed music