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Miss Stainton’s class have been busy using their maths skills in topic lessons so far this week. We have recorded the average temperatures and amount of rainfall from a variety of countries so that we can compare it to the weather in Mexico. The information has helped us to answer a wide range of questions – this is where our maths knowledge came in handy! We will then be using this information to plot line graphs.
In English Year 2 are looking at the text ‘The Singing Mermaid’. So far they have learned the story using signifiers and created story maps. They acted out the story on our stage in the theater! There was some fabulous acting!
Year 2 have been focusing on number in Maths. Miss Stathers’ class been learning about the place value in a number and how they can represent this is different ways.
They have used Numicon to understand the difference between tens and ones. Super work!
As a ‘Wow Day’ to launch our new topic, ‘What can you show the world?’ KS1 came to school showing their hidden talents. We had lots of different talents ranging from dancing to baseball!
In the morning we spent time learning new talents with Mr Seymour, Miss Farrah, Miss Stockton and Miss Stathers. 
Then in the afternoon we held our own show. It was brilliant fun!
We had a fantastic time celebrating the end of our ‘Rainforests’ topic with an exciting trip to Tropical World near Leeds. The children were SO excited to come face to face with many of the animals we have been learning about over the past few months! It was also a fantastic chance to experience the rainforest climate and really imagine what it would be like to walk through a tropical rainforest. The children couldn’t believe it when morpho butterflies flew past them – some even landed on them! We were also very excited to see snakes, piranhas, dart frogs, and much much more! A brilliant day was had by all!
We all had a fantastic time at our fundraising event in 3/4 on Thursday after school!
The children have spent lots of time learning about deforestation and felt passionately about hosting a fundraising event so that we could donate money to charities and also adopt an orangutan! There were lots of stalls around our pod and an art gallery in the hall showcased some fantastic rainforest artwork created by the children. Lots of people attended the event and had fun buying cakes and buns (created using fairtrade ingredients!), having their face painted, buying tombola tickets, and throwing wet sponges at some of the teachers!
Thank you so much to everyone who came and donated money which helped us raise a grand total of £325!!! Wow!
Year 2 have made their own nature reserves to attract wildlife to our outdoor area. They include soil, a cup of water, a rock and a log.
We can’t wait to see what we find!
As part of the Hull City of Culture programme of events, Christopher Pickering Primary School will be hosting an event with Ganton Special School and Bridgeview Whitehouse Sullivan Centre. The event will be held in Pickering Park showcasing the children’s art work and giving the children an opportunity to take part in some land Art.
Local Artist, Michele Davy has spent two days in school preparing art work for the event. Key Stage 1 have focused on Woodland Animals; drawing them and then creating them out of clay.
Don’t they look wonderful?
We hope to see you there on Thursday 29th and Friday 30th June!
Year 2 are completing the unit ‘We are Researchers’ in Computing this term. As our topic is, ‘What would you find in the deep dark wood?’, we have been researching woodland animals and creating PowerPoint presentations on them. We will post them online when we have finished!
As part of Hull City of Culture, Northern Ballet visited Year 2 for the morning. The workshop focused on colour. The children had to paint the room their favourite colour through their dance moves. They then thought about how colours make you feel and moved around the room to express this!
We had a brilliant time!