Once Upon a Time Home Projects

Year 2 have once again impressed us with their fantastic efforts in making their Once Upon a Time projects. To launch our new topic, we wanted to engage year 2 into the wonderful world of traditional tales...As you can see, they've created a range of art / DT projects using different mediums from a wide range of stories. These projects are now part of our interactive display board which will develop even further as we meet different characters through both traditional and twisted tales...

Jolly Roger Flags

Year 2 have been designing their own Jolly Roger flags. They looked at the different symbols surrounding the images and then made their own very intimidating flags.
The children drew their designs and then traced and transferred the designs onto polystyrene tiles, These tiles were then covered in inks and printed onto large, whole class flags. They had a great time!

 

Investigating materials inspired by Charles Macintosh

😁 Year 2 have had a great time investigating which materials would be the most waterproof and cosy for Teddy to make a coat out of. The children went outside to experiment with different materials. Groups of children held the different materials tightly over teddy and then poured 1000ml of water the materials. The children then had to observe whether Teddy was dry or drenched (Word Of The Week).

Paper towel......

Drenched.... poor Teddy!

Sponge.... well it seemed O.K. until Miss Fortner showed the children a piece of sponge soaked over night..

Sponge soaked over night .....drenched!

How about a foil coat ?

Ooohhh! Dry !

A nylon coat?

Well why not .... Teddy stayed very dry and doesn't she look adorable!

Not too sure about the foil coat! It was waterproof but ... it ripped very easily.

And apparently not very warm ...hmmmm really needed some sleeves as well!

Cardboard was doing really well...until we soaked it overnight....it went a bit floppy and soggy!

Conclusion Teddy really loved the idea of a nylon coat. Waterproof, comfortable and warm.  😁