As part of Year 2's current topic 'The World and Me' we have been looking at the story Around the World in 80 Days. So far in our story, Phileas Fogg has left his home, travelled across Europe and today has arrived in India.
In Literacy we are practising writing setting descriptions, so in our Literacy lesson today, we took a trip though the Magic Mirror to India to experience what it is like. We saw some beautiful temples, some interesting animals, and heard some fantastic sounds.
We were even lucky enough to have a visitor in school who taught us about the 'Tabla' drums, giving us the chance to practise our own Indian style music.
The children all came up with some fantastic descriptive sentences, engaging all of the senses; such as "the food spices were as hot as the blazing sun"; "the shimmering dew on the jungle leaves" and "the soft, crunchy sand fell through his fingers". Well done Year 2!
