We have started our new art topic this week- Map it out. For our first lesson we have been investigating maps as a stimulus for drawing. We looked at a range of different maps and discussed which ones look old or new, real or imaginary, useful or art. We talked Read more…
On Wednesday, we had a really exciting Easter Fun afternoon. We used natural materials to decorate Easter cards, we went on an Easter egg hunt on Kayden’s garden, we spotted the Easter bunny, we drank hot chocolate and ate Easter treats left by the bunny, watched an Easter Film and Read more…
We have been working together to create a chair for Baby bear. We needed to work together to make a chair that would not only be comfortable but would be strong as well. Once we finished the chairs, we tested how many books we could put onto them before they Read more…
We have been exploring strengths in different structures. We used card to make cylinders, triangular prisms and cuboids. We tested the structures by putting one book at a time onto each structure before it collapsed. We found that the cylinders were the strongest because they don’t have corners. This experiment Read more…
We had lots of fun dressing up for World book day and the children all looked fantastic. In English we have been writing a recipe to become an inspirational person like: Mother Teresa, Ru Paul, Malala Yousafzai, Harriet Tubman and Rosa Parks. We had some excellent ideas for our writing. Read more…
Year 2, 5 and 6 had a fantastic day today with a focus on Islamic art. We were extremely lucky to have Razwan Ul-Haq, who is an artist, visit us. We started the day in the hall, where Razwan, shared some of his fantastic artwork with us and we discussed Read more…
This week Year 2 revised their knowledge of sentence types and suffixes through outdoor active lessons. We played Formula 1 Suffixes, speeding through an obstacle course to retrieve a route word to take back to our groups, before deciding which suffixes it connect with and working together to spell the Read more…
This year for Safer internet day the theme is ‘Want to talk about it? Making space for conversations about life online’. We started the day with an assembly delivered by the digital leaders who shared the importance of staying safe online. They encouraged children to talk about what they do Read more…
This week, Year 2 learnt about First Aid as part of our SCARF Learning For Life lessons. We first discussed what first aid is and why it is important. We then labelled a body outline with injuries that a First Aider may help with. We then looked specifically at Asthma Read more…
Today, the whole school celebrated NSPCC Number day by coming to school dressed as numbers and bringing a donation for the NSPCC. We also took part in numerous maths games and activities throughout the day including board games, colourings and numerous active games that also helped us to practise addition, Read more…