What a fantastic year we’ve had! THANK YOU so much to my wonderful class for a year full of brilliant learning and memories I won’t forget. It has been an absolute pleasure. Here are some of my favourite memories of our time together.
Good luck in Y3, you’re going to be amazing!
Miss Young x 🙂
We all had a wonderful time at our beach party today. Thank you so much to Mr Whippy for making our day and providing us all with an ice cream and ice lollies!
What a fantastic week we have had in school. The sun has been shining, the temperatures have been warm, but we’ve not let the heat stop us from lots of learning and having fun!
We have learnt all about keeping our body and mind healthy in lots of sessions this week. Take a look at what we’ve been up to!
Skipping with Year 3/4
Classroom yoga and mindfulness activities
Sun safety
Vaccinations and germs
Learning about how our body works with D:side
Keeping our teeth clean
Flex dance
Help at home: by talking to your child at about how to keep our bodies and minds healthy and talk about the importance of this. Find time to do physical exercise and mindfulness activities where possible and spend time outside!
We had a fantastic time at the school disco on Friday. We danced and sang to some of our favourite music and played lots of games. Thank you to everyone for coming and as always, thank you for the support of FOSP for the end of disco treats.
WE HAD LOTS OF FUN!
This week, 2C have been busy building chairs this week for baby bear to sit on. We had a practice last week using paper however we realised this material was not strong enough. This week we used cardboard. This was a much stronger material.
We used card, masking tape and paper straws to build our chairs.
Over the past 3 weeks, KS1 have each had some caterpillar friends in their classrooms. The caterpillars soon tripled in size., before going into their cocoon for a week or so.
Yesterday morning, we came into school to find lots of beautiful butterflies had hatched.
We had a lovely time releasing them into our flower garden in the afternoon.
Help at home by talking to children about the importance of wildlife and how we can protect it.
KS1 have had a wonderful day today visiting Temple Newsam Farm!
We started off the day with a fun 15 minutes on the playground before having a snack and visiting the animals on the farm.
We then did a workshop about the Three Little Pigs. We went to visit ‘Katie’ the pig in her pen. She had recently given birth to lots of little piglets. They were very sweet! We learnt that despite their stereotype, pigs are one of the cleanest farmyard animals. They make nests to live in, so we decided to make some structures, much like the houses in the Three Little Pigs. We made these out of sticks and putty!
We saw some more lambs, guinea pigs and chicks before having lunch and getting back on the coach.
WE HAVE HAD AN AWESOME DAY!!
Thank you to all adults at home, we wouldn’t be able to do these trips without your support. A HUGE thank you to all of our volunteers. We wouldn’t be able to go on these trips without you.
This half term, KS1 are taking part in some Design and Technology.
First, we looked at the design process.
PLAN – MAKE – EVALUATE
This week, we have been looking at what makes a stable structure.
A stable structure is strong, has as flat base and is free-standing.
We moulded playdough into different 3D shapes and made predictions about which would be the most stable and why.
In our classes, we placed each structure on a flat surface (a whiteboard) and tipped it. We measured how high we could lift the board until the structure started to roll off.
In 1A and 1/2B, the pyramid was the most stable. In 2C, the cuboid won!
After this, we made some structures using paper and masking tape. We balanced books on each structure to see which was the strongest and most stable.
The cylinder was the strongest because it does not have any corners or weak points. This meant the weight of the books was distributed more equally.
What a fantastic first few days back at school we’ve had in 2C.
On Tuesday, we completed our last cooking lesson in Year 2. This time around, on the menu was fruity flapjack bars.
We peeled, chopped and mixed the ingredients before baking for 30 minutes. It was great to see all of the children try the food they prepared. Most of the children enjoyed the fruit bars!
‘I loved it. It was awesome!’ – MG
‘ I didn’t like it so much because I didn’t like the ingredients mixed together.’ – TS
Take a look at what we got up to, and our delicious finished product!
What a fantastic half term of learning we’ve had in 2C!
It’s been a jam-packed 5 weeks due to bank holidays, but what a pleasure it has been. A huge well done to all of the children for producing some fantastic pieces of work.
A highlight has definitely been History, where the children have been extremely engaged with our learning about Nelson Mandela and Leonora Cohen.
Here are a few photographs to sum up the half term. Lots of sunshine and outdoor learning!
