Week beginning - Monday 9th January 2022
Year 2 were very excited for hockey on Monday. On Monday we focused on dribbling. We recapped what we had learnt in Year 1 and discussed how we can use what we already know to support us in furthering our learning and development in hockey. The children began by dribbling in an open space, focusing on where they were looking, how they were holding the hockey stick and considering the speed in which they were travelling. I then set up 5 stations for the children to carousel around; the stations varied in trickiness. We began designing the front covers for our new topic books this week. We learnt the technique of tracing. The children chose a dinosaur picture each and traced it, using tracing paper. They then transferred their picture onto paper. We learnt that we need to press really hard when tracing. Next week we are going to add colour, either by using pastels or water colour paints. Over the last week we have learnt a vast amount of information about Mary Anning, w...