What a fantastic few weeks we’ve had in 2nd class! Everyday the girls have been so well behaved and really engaging in their learning. September was settling in month and now we’re almost through October and the girls are used to their new routine and enjoying all the fun activities we are participating in.

There are so many things we could include but here are just a few snippets of the work your girls are undertaking in 2nd class, so far this year. In Maths the girls did a lot of hands-on activities. Here we can see the girls making and creating 2D shapes on geoboards and using cocktail sticks and marshmallows. In groups they described the properties of their shapes. However, the marshmallows disappeared at the end of the activity!!!!!

We also went on a ‘Right angles’ hunt around the school. The children made their own right angle by folding a circle into quarters. They used this to find angles that were greater than, less than or exactly a right angle.

In Art the girls were very creative in making their own jigsaws. We had fun sharing and making each others’. We are designing and making some Halloween costumes currently and we’ll share some images when we’re done!

In Science, we have been learning about Autumn and seasonal changes. The girls used some tree keys to find out the names of the trees in our school grounds. They picked out their favourite tree which they drew. They will repeat this activity in Winter, Spring and Summer to see how their tree changes through the seasons. We paid particular attention to the Maple tree which 2nd planted last year. We will focus on this over the year.

In History the girls were learning about Halloween and all the old traditions. Ask the girls about the items that were found in the Barmbrack long ago and what they meant. Or what was mumming? And did people carve in Ireland long ago? Thank you the the mams, dads and grandparents who contributed to our History class through voice recordings, video recordings, pictures and photographs on Seesaw. It really added to our class. We also had to find out who would get the ring in the barmbrack and had a little taste…

We had a guest speaker in our school telling the children all about Climate change. They had fun doing a information hunt and can bring a lot of what they learned home with them to help our planet for future generations.

In Maths recently, the girls have been learning about sequencing and time. Well done on the use of language and ordering stories and images in stories. To finish, the girls sequenced a recipe, and made some beautiful Rice Krispie buns for themselves and the staff. Thanks for the snack girls.

I think the girls deserve a break after a very busy but fun start to the year. We are looking forward to the Talent Show on Friday.

Take care,

Mrs. Power