English
Shared reading morning
This morning Year 4 and Year 1 Oaks had a shared reading morning. The children shared Christmas stories and reading books. They took turns to read to each other and discussed the story. Year 1 Oaks said that they really enjoyed themselves!
English
Firework poetry
This week we have written our own firework poems. We began the week in the immersive room watching a firework display and gathering vocabulary, we then looked at good examples of firework poetry highlighting the key features. We then wrote a poem in groups focussing on onomatopoeia before writing a Read more
English
Interview a teacher
As part of our English work, we are working on creating a balanced argument. To get different people’s view points, we created an interview to interview a different members of staff. Mrs Shepherd came and gave us an interesting view point.
British Values
The Blitz – Immersive Room
During our English lessons, we have been writing newspaper reports about air raids in London. We focused our reports on The Blitz bombings on London and spent a morning immersing ourselves in 1940s London. We came up with some thoughtful questions and gained lots of understanding of the events we Read more
English
First week back
We have had a busy, fun first week back. We have been using adverbs to describe different verbs, improving boring sentences, completing a science experiment and using different equipment to represent a number. The children have all really settled in well to Year 2 and have been working really hard Read more
English
We are going on a bear hunt
This week in Bluebells we have been doing lots of activities and learning about the story ‘We are going on a bear hunt’. We have all enjoyed the story and had lots of different challenges to do. Our challenge today was really tricky! Barnaby bear had left us a letter. Read more
Design and Technology
Fun with boxes!
We have had lots of deliveries to school which means lots of boxes and Buttercups have put them to good use! We have used the boxes and materials to make dens and have written messages all over them.
English
Well done Year 2
Wow, what a fantastic week! The children have worked sooooooooo hard but all their hard work has paid off & they have done so well on their SATs. They should be very proud 😎 As promised we finished the week with a fun Friday.
Computing
Magnificent muscles!
In English we have been writing explanation text about muscles and we have been researching lots of information about them. Finding out about what they are made from, what types of muscles there are and how they work! We have learnt lots of interesting facts!