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Home / Our Classes / Hedgehog

Hedgehog

Welcome to Hedgehog Class

Welcome to Hedgehog Class.  We are Year 2 children (6-7 years).  There are 12 children in our class and our teacher is Mrs Robson.  We are taught in a ‘pod’ with  Rabbit Class (Year 1) so we also work with Miss Smith and Mrs Thompson.

We are in our final year  in Key Stage 1 and are looking forward to the challenges ahead. We usually have the Year 2 SATs during the month of May.

Find out about our curriculum and long term plans in the Our Curriculum section of our website.

Autumn Term 2

This half term, we have moved towards a more formal approach to learning.  We have studied three different texts in English linked to our Recovery Curriculum: The Lion and the Mouse, Ruby’s Worry and After the Fall.  We have continued to develop our phonics and maths skills, and we even took the Phonics Screening test in November that was originally planned for June!  In PE lessons, we have been improving our aim and throwing skills to score maximum points during target-based games.  We have grown in confidence and LOVED all of the Christmas activities, including our party!

More photographs from our Christmas party:

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We have enjoyed completing mathematics and English challenges on afternoons through our continuous provision!

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Autumn Term 1

This half term we have been settling back into school and recapping on what we covered when we were last here and when working from home across lockdown.  We have spent a lot of time completing challenges through our different areas of continuous provision and developing or social and emotional wellbeing through a Recovery Curriculum approach.  We have loved being back in school and seeing our friends!











See below for academic year 2019-20

Summer 2019-20

School Closure due to COVID-19 pandemic

Due to  Further to the guidance issued by Central Government all schools across England are closed.  With the fantastic support of our parents, our children have been able to consolidate their learning by completing activities sent home and set online.

Throughout the weeks Year 2 have been sharing their work with us via email and zoom onferences.

May 2020

Victoria in Europe Day (VE Day)

Geography

Locate and name the seven continents and five oceans of the world

Maths

We were very resourceful finding resources to help with our calculating.

 

Physical Activity

We began our day with Joe Wickes

 

Design and Technology – cooking and nutrition

Making good use of maths skiils through measuring,  English skills, speaking and listening and following instructions, science   to make a delicious Apple Cake

We followed the recipe from our reading comprehension to make traditional lemonade

Science

We recycled empty pop bottles to make a wormery.

 

April 2020

One of our children have been observing a birds nest and were excited to see the hatchlings emerging from their eggs.

For Geography we create our own coral reef.

 

Growing carrot greens which can be a very nutritious addition to cooking.

The nation continues for  another 3 week lock down but we are continuing to keep ourselves busy with lots of new  activities for us to complete which will take us up to 7th May.

 

Leaf Hunting collecting and itentifying the leaves around us

Spring Term

April 2020

Our Year 2s have kept themselves busy over the Spring term whilst school has remained closed.

 

Bird Feeder

 

March 2020

castles homework grid

Here are some of the photographs our children have sent in.

Keep up the hard work and stay safe.

 

 

In our zoom meeting we set a challenge of a treasure hunt – to find a yellow flower, a tree you couldn’t reach around, a deer, a green leaf and a mushroom.  We found three of them.

 

 

 

 

 

Using our knowledge of castles to build a castle during school closure.      Keep fit and active every morning at 9 with the Body Coach  Joe Wicks.

 

Spring 2 2020

This half term our topic is castles.  We found out who built the first castles and why they built them.

In science we  began   exploring materials and investigate what the most suitable material could be for making a castle.  In design and technology we designed and built drawbridges

 

Did you know? No two snowflakes are the same. We challenged each other to create a symmetrical snowflake that would take the longest time to fall to the ground.

 

We began to make our Easter Gardens. We planted peas, cress and baby carrots. Hopefully they are growing well at home

 

We have been learning about the importance of recycling to help our environment. We became Recycle Super Heroes

Spring 1  2020

This term our enquiry we will be exploring the United Kingdom and what it is like.   Through science we will be learning more about animals and their classification.

During our enquiry curriculum we have been very busy exploring our country. We have found and identified our country within atlases and on a globe. We have identified the four countries that make up to UK and the seas that surround the UK. We have explored the four different flags and how these flags make up the Union Jack. During our sessions we have also started to explore different British artist. We have been learning about Richard Long and Antony Gormley. We have created our own work in the style of these artists.

We have completed our Winter science session whilst we had the snow at the end of this half term.

Take a look at the fun we had at Northumberland Zoo this half term too. Although it was snowing and cold  we did not let it spoil our fun!

Maths will be focusing on money this term and in English we will be starting off our English theme with the Enormous Crocodile.

P.E.  will be gymnastics and dance so we need to remember our indoor P.E. kits

Autumn 2  2019

This term our history and geography theme is Explorers.

This December we took part in the  Gymnastic Festival.

 

We used our mapping skills to explore the school grounds.

 

 

Seasons – Autumn in Moorside

 

 

We made musical instruments to test our senses

 

Autumn 1  2019

Welcome to Year two.  We hope you have had a  fantastic summer and are ready for a busy year ahead with lots of exciting things to discover.

We have begun our school year with a very exciting trip to Shildon Locomotive Museum for the start of our Transport topic.

In science we will be learning all about our body and how it works.

We need to remember our outdoor P.E. clothes and  bring our wellies for some outdoor learning in the woods. We will also have an additional P.E. session on a Tuesday so will need our kit then.

 

 

Chemistry Stay and Play

We had fun watching the chemical reaction happen when making elephant toothpaste.

We watched it ooze out of a small spherical container and then predicted what would happen if we used a tall, narrow cylinder.

 

We took 5g of crystals

Added 1L of water…

And the crystals grew…

AND grew!

 

We learned lots about the history of trains at the Locomotive Museum. We took our questions and managed to find answers to all of them.

We found out about steam trains and how they were driven. We found out about the job of the driver and the firemen.

 

10 more 10 less

 

Welcome to Hedgehog class

 

See below for academic year 2018-19

Summer 2 2019

 

We enjoyed a whole school visit to Wallington Hall

 

This term we have been learning about  the continent Africa.

Sunset over the Savannah

A Maasai inspired necklace

We can name and locate the continents and oceans of the world.

 

 

Summer term  1 2019

This is an important term for us as we prepare to sit our SATs so our homework will have a maths or reading focus.

In topic, we be investigating which toys children played with in the past.

We will  be studying plants in science and exploring the landscape around us.

We are all very excited to go swimming in P.E. so don’t forget your swim kit on a Friday.

 

We looked in our school garden to see which wild plants we could find.

we recorded our observations in a tally chart.

 

 

 

Spring term 2 2019

We are continuing with our topic Fire Fire and finding out more about 1666.  In science we are looking at how properties of materials change can change.

World book day

 

 

Spring Term  1 2019

This term our topic is Fire Fire. We have  about  learning about the Great Fire of London

 In science we have been investigating materials. We tested a selection of materials and chose the most suitable to make a badge to reflect car lights in dim light.

We studied the artist Matisse.  We explored  ‘drawing with scissors’ to create our own pictures of the Great Fire of London.

 

Autumn 2 2018

Welcome back.  This half term our topic is the Four Nations where we will be learning all about the United Kingdom. In science we will begin to  find out more about the four seasons.  Homework this term will include these themes. Hedgehog Homework

Our P.E. will continue on a Wednesday and Thursday.  We will be playing ball games and learn dances from around the United kingdom such as Irish dancing so both outdoor and indoor P.E. will be needed.  Sometimes our learning takes us outdoors so wellingtons will be needed.

We became puppeteers, designing and making our own puppets from around the United Kingdom

 

RAF Centenary

 

 

 

We will be continuing to develop our drumming skills in enrichment.

Autumn 1  2018

Welcome back, we hope you have had a lovely Summer.

This term our topic is all about our local area where we will be finding out all about our school, Moorside and Consett.  Click on the link for our homework chart –  homework aut 1

In science we will be learning about the Body Parts.  During Enrichment we will be learning to play the drums.

P.E. will be on a Wednesday and Thursday.  This will include outdoor invasion games and gymnastics so kit is needed for both indoor and outdoor activities.

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  • Bumblebees (2 year old provision)
  • Caterpillar
  • Butterfly
  • Rabbit
  • Hedgehog
  • Owl
  • Squirrel
  • Fox
  • Badger
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