This week, our learning focused on engineering, technology and oracy skills. We began by exploring what engineering is, using sentence stems to understand that engineers plan, design, test and improve ideas while thinking about the user. We finished the lesson with a Kahoot quiz to check our understanding. Next, we Read more
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This week we have been taking part in Random Acts of Kindness. We collected donations for Bleakholt Animal Sanctuary, made pictures for our friends, created a Word Art on the computer for our friends and we completed a Kindness tree to show how many time we have been kind this Read more
We took part in collective worship led by the Digital Leaders about Safer Internet Day. This year’s theme was “Smart Tech, Safe Choices – Exploring the Safe and Responsible Use of AI.” In class, we then completed a lesson to learn more about artificial intelligence (AI). Together, we discussed which Read more
We took part in National Storytelling week and listened to a story called ‘I am Nefertiti’. We looked at how we could use our bodies to make music to bring the story to life. Afterwards, we completed a poem about ourselves: Additionally, we have been enjoying stories by sharing Read more
We’re proud to receive the Computing Quality Mark! Awarded by the National Centre for Computing Education, recognising our great computing education across the school.
This week, Year 2 took part in a Place2Be assembly all about self-efficacy – understanding that our words and actions matter and that we can make a difference. We talked about how it’s normal to feel unsure at times, especially when things are challenging, and how believing in ourselves and Read more
In our new History topic, we have been learning about Christopher Columbus. Today, we focused on the new foods and items he encountered when he travelled to North America. During the lesson, we ‘discovered’ some of these ourselves by using our five senses. For smell and taste, we were blindfolded Read more
Attention grabber The lesson began with a Fetch and Find activity, where pupils collected objects from the table. We discussed how the objects were the same and how they differed, focusing on the materials used to make them. For example three photo frames, one made from wood, one from metal Read more
This half term we have been learning about staying healthy and how to look after our bodies. In Design and Technology we learnt about the different food groups then create a healthy wrap. We also had a visit from our school nurse who explained how to keep our bodies Read more