YR 2 – Mrs Mulroy – Mam Tor
Muck, Mess and Mixtures
We’re warning you; this is going to get messy!
This half term, we’ll have a messy time investigating mixtures, from paint and toothpaste to jelly and shaving foam. We’ll use our science skills to explore everyday materials, investigate soap products and understand why mixtures freeze and melt.
We’ll taste a wide variety of foods, learn about healthy eating and follow recipes to make some yummy treats! Our artwork will also rely on our mixing skills. We’ll use marbling inks to make unusual patterns, create food landscapes inspired by Carl Warner, model clay into exciting shapes and use a variety of materials to make mixed media collages.
| ILP focus | Art & design |
| English | Our writing will involve lots of scrummy words to describe messy mixtures. |
| Art & design | Printing, food landscapes, mixed media pictures and collages, colour mixing, using clay |
| Computing | Create, organise, store, manipulate and retrieve digital content. |
| D&T | Food tasting, origins of food, healthy meals, following recipes |
| PSHE | Safety around medicines and household products |
| Science | Everyday materials |
Help your child prepare for their project
Muck and mixtures can be messy and magical! Why not make a variety of fun recipes to reveal how mixtures can come together and change? Trifle, gooey cookies and bread would all be good to try. You could also invent a new soft drink. Mix, shake and stir a range of fruit juices, cordials and sparkling water together and taste each one. Pick the best and give it a groovy name. Alternatively, try making different bubble mixtures to see which make the biggest bubbles!
Help Sheets
Websites to support reading at home. EYFS & KS1
1. Reading with your child.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QVfbYvPaAM
2. Tips for supporting reading.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UG-FOstzjAY
3. Helping your child to read.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5YrPbDQWK8&t=63s
Phonics Club Phonics Club is open to all children in Year 1 and 2 and their parent or carer on Tuesdays until 4.00pm.
Announcements
We take safeguarding very seriously at Hady Primary School. If you are concerned that a child is suffering or is at risk of significant harm please contact Call Derbyshire on tel: 01629 533190 immediately.
Changes are afoot in our EYFS unit! We are excited to announce that from September, we will have a separate nursery alongside two smaller Reception classes. We have had so much interest in nursery places this year that we have not been able to accommodate everyone’s wishes for extra hours or morning vs afternoon sessions. This has resulted in disappointment for some families and in other families being unable to attend our nursery as planned. A designated nursery class from September will allow us to offer a mix of full and part time places, up to about 12 full time and 28 part time.
What's On
17/02/2020 - HALF TERM
24/02/2020 - INSET DAY
05/03/2020 - World Book Day - our theme this year is 'Heroes and Villains'
06/03/2020 - World Maths Day - Open Afternoon - parents invited to join us from 2pm
11/03/2020 - Hady's Got Talent - evening performance
24/03/2020 - Parent/teacher meetings
25/03/2020 - Parent/teacher meetings - 3:30 to 5:30
31/03/2020 - Lower juniors (Y3 and Y4) Spring Production - 2pm
01/04/2020 - Lower juniors (Y3 and Y4) Spring Production - 2pm
03/04/2020 - Easter Egg Competition
06/04/2020 - EASTER HOLIDAYS
20/04/2020 - FIRST DAY OF SUMMER TERM
