Y2 06.05.20

Date: 6th May 2020 @ 8:36am

Buenas Dias Swallows

What a beautiful Wednesday morning we have woken up to. How are you all today? We all have hayfever and so we have been suffering a little bit recently with sneezes and sore eyes. Nerver mind! Yesterday, we had a lovely suprise. We went out for a walk and visited a pond that we haven't been to for a while and guess what we saw in the water? Thousands and thousands of tadploes! They were so cute. William and Thomas spent ages looking at them swimming and deciding where in the pond they liked to live. Thomas found lots underneath all the pond weed so he decided that tadpoles must like dark places, just like our woodice did in our last Science investigation. William was wondering how exactly they turn into frogs. so today, we are going to explore the life cycle of a frog together. Maybe you would like to learn about this also? Next time you are at a pond, ask your adult if you can have a look for any tadploes. They are great to watch. I found it very calming. Remember never to go near water without an adult and always ask them if you can take a look. 

https://primaryleap.co.uk/activity/life-cycle-of-a-frog

Our lessons today continue with the Oak Academy. I hope you are enjoying these lessons, we are. There is also an interesting Science lesson there about night and day. 

https://www.thenational.academy/online-classroom/year-2/#schedule

We are going to bake this afternoon to get ready for our VE day pic nic. The boys helped me to put the bunting up yesterday on the trees at the bottom of our drive, the village is looking red, white and blue already. I saw a handy tip on the internet earlier. If you have any old Aldi shoping bags, they have the Union Jack flag on so you could cut that out and use it to decorate your home or garden. Please ask a grown up first before you start chopping up bags, especially as you need to be very careful when using scissors. I have uploaded a Union Jack flag for you to print out as well as a KS1 reading comprehension based on VE day that you may like to do at some point over the next few days. 

Please keep your art work coming in for our sharing window. Thank you to my lovely Swallows who have already dropped work off, the window is looking gorgeous. If you can't get to school, you could post it to us. 

A message from Mrs Powell

What did the world look like on VE day? What were people eating? Over the past few months, you might have had to eat something different because shopping is a little more complicated. What food did people eat on VE day? Lots of you have been growing your own fruits and vegetables; I’m growing tomatoes, herbs and strawberries and waiting to see if my peppers will grow! During the war, food was rationed so people grew as much food as they could. Another one of my Gran’s favourite foods was liver and she would make me and my brothers and sisters eat it all the time because she said it was good for us! We really didn’t like that but I like the ideas of some of these war time food; my Gran Peggy would have loved the liver casserole!

Here's some of the popular foods eaten during World War II and the sort of dishes that featured in VE Day celebrations. Do you fancy trying any of them?

· Dripping sandwiches with beef fat

· Lord Woolton pie (cauliflower, potatoes, parsnips, oats)

· Pork faggots with onion gravy and mash

· Homity pie (potato, onion and cheese)

· Corned beef hash

· Liver casserole

· Eggless fruit cake. Why do you think it was eggless?

Have a fabulous day Swallows. Please always use your manners and be kind to your grown ups. They are doing a great job! I am doing a quiz with Mr A on line tonight....wish me luck!

I continue to be proud to be your teacher every day that we are not together, I am very lucky to have you and your gorgeous families. 

Love from Mrs Rice and Mrs Elson

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