Year 2 Week 7

Wow!
What a busy time we have had this week in Year 2.

We dressed up as characters from some of our favourite books, looked at how books light up our life, were entertained by a book week performance, explored life through the eyes of those who lived 150 years ago on our excursion to Vaucluse House and enjoyed having our parents visit our classrooms to look at our Numeracy block!

Enjoy some photos below and the comment on one or more of the following questions.
1. What character did you come dressed as for the book week parade and why? 
2. Name a book character that would you compare yourself to and explain why? 
3. Explain one interesting fact you learnt about life in the past from your visit to Vaucluse House. 
4. What olden days game did you enjoy playing at Vaucluse House the most and why? 

Week 5

This week we have continued to do some great learning and investigating. We investigated the mass of various shopping items using units and equal arm balances and continued to investigate the properties of materials by doing a science experiment about 'force' using playdough. We have also begun to enjoy some of your speeches about games that used to be played in the past.

Comment on the following:
- What playground games are played today that were also played in the past? 

- Explain the materials found on playgrounds today and name some of their properties. 

- What do you understand about force? 

- What did you learn this week about measuring the mass of objects? 

Week 4

WOW! What a week of learning and fun we have had Year 2. This week we had the NED show, worked hard on hefting and measuring the mass of objects, had a visit from Mini Vinnies, a Mary Mackillop Mass and we even managed to squeeze in an apple car procedure and a science experiment about the properties of materials.

Enjoy the photos and comment below on one or more of the following:

1. What did you enjoy about the NED show? What lessons did you learn? 
2. What have you learnt about measuring the mass of objects this week? 
3. Share one fact about Mary Mackillop that you now know.
4. Explain what you enjoyed about the apple car procedure. 
5. Share what you enjoyed/learnt through the properties of materials experiment. 

Making Blue Goo/Gak/Slime

This week we made blue goo. It was interesting to see how something can change when it is mixed with different elements.

It was fun to make the slime, predict what would happen and experiment with the different elements used.

Most of us found that the slime we made needed to be mixed really quickly and quite a lot before it begun to harden to the point that we could pick it up. Some groups added extra starch to theirs and their slime hardened faster.

Comment on what you enjoyed about this experiment and any new learnings.