Elmete Elderberries
Some Year 2 children visited the Elmete Elderberries at St Phillip’s Church today. It was lovely to see the older and younger generations of our village making connections and enjoying each other’s company. The highlight for the children was being serenaded out by the brass band. Thank you for having us, Elmete Elderberries!
Golden Stars
Well done to our two most recent Golden Stars!
Maths – capacity
We took advantage of the mini heatwave this week and took our maths lessons outside. We filled three containers to different levels (full, half full, less than half full), found out how many scoops/cups it took to fill different containers, looked closely at the measurements on different containers and talked about how taller containers don’t always hold the most.
Help at home by looking at the capacity of juice, sauce, shampoo or water bottles. Talk about how many litres or millilitres containers hold. Use a spoon, scoop or cup to find out how much bowls, jugs, bottles or the sink holds. Bath-time can be learning time, too!
Living and Learning – healthy mind (strong emotions)
We’ve been talking about emotions and feelings this week. Children were good at identifying fair/unfair, right/wrong and kind/unkind in various scenarios.
We also used a book, Have You Filled Your Bucket Today?, to help us visualise how we can think about the emotions of ourselves and others and how we deal with them. We need to understand and be able to accept our emotions before we’re ready to learn.
Y2 maths methods
Some Y2 parents have been asking about different methods we use in maths. There are some examples below. Please ask if you would like any further explanation.
PE and swimming
We’ll be increasingly using the outdoor spaces for our PE lessons. With this in mind, it would be helpful if children have tracksuit bottoms and suitable footwear for these occasions. Sturdy, well-fastened school shoes (not boots) are perfectly suitable providing they are flat and fit well to enable running, jumping and climbing. Otherwise a pair of trainers or well-fitting black pumps could be sent in with PE kit.
PE days for Summer term 1 (although these can be subject to change):
- 1K (Miss Parling) – Wednesday
- 1,2V (Mrs Latham) – Friday
- 2KL (Miss Lowry/Mrs Wilkins) – Wednesday
Swimming days
- 1K (Miss Parling) – Thursday
- 1,2V (Mrs Latham) – Monday
- 2KL (Miss Lowry/Mrs Wilkins) – Friday
Dance for Daniel!
We danced for a whole hour on Thursday in support of one of our pupils, Daniel, who has recently undergone an organ transplant. He will spend several months in hospital recovering and we thought it would be nice to show our support. The sun shone and it was a great way to end Spring term – with everyone smiling and feeling happy! If anyone has any sponsor money or donations, please send them into school after the Easter holidays.
An egg-cellent end to Spring term
Year 1 and 2 enjoyed some Easter-themed fun to round off Spring term. We made chocolate nests to raise money for our school charity, The Donkey Sanctuary. There was also great fun at our egg rolling competition and some fantastic hats in our Easter bonnet parade. Thank you for all your support for these events. We couldn’t do it without you. Happy holidays!
Poetry Recital
Homework a couple of weeks ago was to learn a poem to recite in front of the class. Lots of children were able to do this. It is a great way to strengthen memory skills and to learn how to pronounce words clearly and fluently.
Are you beautiful?
Our Talk Time homework (linked to our Living and Learning theme) produced some super discussions about what is beautiful.
‘I think elephants are beautiful.’
‘Beautiful is not just about how you look. You can be beautiful if you are nice, clever or generous.’
‘Beautiful means different things to different people.’
‘Nature is beautiful, like wild animals and pets, and particularly snails shells.’