Second Class 2016-2017
Trees
We have been learning all about trees in Second Class! We can see a Sycamore Tree from our classroom window and we went outside one sunny day to look at and learn from this beautiful tree. We felt the bark and made some bark rubbings. We collected leaves and made some leaf rubbings, too! And, we sketched our Sycamore Tree!
We have been learning all about trees in Second Class! We can see a Sycamore Tree from our classroom window and we went outside one sunny day to look at and learn from this beautiful tree. We felt the bark and made some bark rubbings. We collected leaves and made some leaf rubbings, too! And, we sketched our Sycamore Tree!
Sycamore Tree
by John D Sheridan
Sycamore Tree, sycamore tree,
How did you grow so tall?
Up into the blue sky,
Beside the garden wall;
Right up to the nursery window,
As big as a tree can be -
It must have taken you years and years,
Sycamore, sycamore tree.
Sycamore tree, sycamore tree,
How did you grow so tall?
I know you weren't always big,
That once you were ever so small;
Scarce up to the scullery window,
And now you're as big as can be -
It must have taken you years and years,
Sycamore, sycamore tree.
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Gustav Klimt (1862 - 1918)
We learnt about the Austrian artist/painter, Gustav Klimt. We looked at one of his most famous pieces of art, created over 100 years ago! It was called 'The Tree of Life' and was painted in 1905. We enjoyed talking about his painting and we loved the swirling branches of his tree - branches that twisted, twirled, turned and spiralled and we created our own Tree of Life! We drew and cut out shapes - the shape of the tree trunk and the spirals of the branches - which we then rubbed onto paper using our colours.
We learnt about the Austrian artist/painter, Gustav Klimt. We looked at one of his most famous pieces of art, created over 100 years ago! It was called 'The Tree of Life' and was painted in 1905. We enjoyed talking about his painting and we loved the swirling branches of his tree - branches that twisted, twirled, turned and spiralled and we created our own Tree of Life! We drew and cut out shapes - the shape of the tree trunk and the spirals of the branches - which we then rubbed onto paper using our colours.
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Busy at Maths!
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A Delightful Dessert!
We have been learning all about procedural writing! We followed a recipe and made a delightful dessert!
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Happy Halloween!
We learnt all about the Irish festival of Halloween! We loved eating the barmbrack and telling the future using coins, water, a ring, and an old rag placed on saucers! We created 'Funky Witch Feet' art and sang an old Halloween song:
Halloween is coming and the goose is getting fat.
Please put a penny in the old man's hat.
If you haven't got a penny, a ha'penny will do.
If you haven't got a ha'penny, God Bless you.
We dressed up in our Halloween costumes and enjoyed a Halloween disco, too!
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Christmas is coming ...
Christmas is coming and in 2nd Class we have been working like Santa's elves and making some toys! We made a toy known as Jacob’s Ladder. The Jacob's Ladder is one of the most ancient and famous of folk toys. It is an old folk toy made from blocks of wood held together by strings or ribbons.
We worked together in groups and painted our blocks of wood in the seasonal colours of red and green. After the paint dried, we arranged the colours in a pattern and held 8 blocks together with Christmas themed ribbons. This wooden toy does some very weird things! When the ladder is held at one end, blocks appear to cascade down the ribbons. However, this is a visual illusion which is the result of one block after another flipping over! The blocks appear to change position when they do not! We had great fun playing with our new toys!
The name Jacob's Ladder comes from the bible, where Jacob had a vision of a ladder leading from earth to heaven. The toy is also known as magic tablets, Chinese blocks and klick-klack toy. These toys have shown up all over the world. Legend has it that one was found in King Tut's tomb, which means these fascinating toys were played with in Egypt before 1352 B.C., when the young king died (at about 18 years old). It's amazing to think that this humble folk toy would have been included among Tutankhamen's most significant effects, along with brilliant jewellery, amulets, masks of pure gold, prized objects, a solid gold coffin, statues, furniture, and even a full-sized chariot!
We worked together in groups and painted our blocks of wood in the seasonal colours of red and green. After the paint dried, we arranged the colours in a pattern and held 8 blocks together with Christmas themed ribbons. This wooden toy does some very weird things! When the ladder is held at one end, blocks appear to cascade down the ribbons. However, this is a visual illusion which is the result of one block after another flipping over! The blocks appear to change position when they do not! We had great fun playing with our new toys!
The name Jacob's Ladder comes from the bible, where Jacob had a vision of a ladder leading from earth to heaven. The toy is also known as magic tablets, Chinese blocks and klick-klack toy. These toys have shown up all over the world. Legend has it that one was found in King Tut's tomb, which means these fascinating toys were played with in Egypt before 1352 B.C., when the young king died (at about 18 years old). It's amazing to think that this humble folk toy would have been included among Tutankhamen's most significant effects, along with brilliant jewellery, amulets, masks of pure gold, prized objects, a solid gold coffin, statues, furniture, and even a full-sized chariot!
Santa came to ... 2nd Class!
