Year 2 have been investigating the question; Who would you see in the deep, dark wood? They have been on a QR hunt looking for different animals that live in a wood. We found out lots of facts about woodland animals!
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KS1 Deep, Dark Wood Wow Day
Our new topic is ‘What would you find in the deep, dark wood?’
To introduce the topic the children came to school dressed as a character you might find in a wood. Do you recognise which story these characters are from?
The children explored traditional tales set in a wood. This involved learning the signifiers and acting out the story.
We then went on a nature hunt to see what we could find in a wood. The children collected natural materials to take back to their classrooms.
The children then use their materials to create a nature collage. 
After our collage we went for a picnic on our new enchanted wood. We had a wonderful time!
Rainforest Fact Files
Miss Stainton’s class really enjoyed immersing themselves in their rainforest themed pod this afternoon as they worked hard to carry out independent research on their topic. They were given some key questions to investigate and worked in pairs to research these using the iPads whilst also exploring what could be found in the pod! Some children even got into character by dressing up as rainforest explorers! Super work year 3.
Year 3/4 were really surprised when they walked into their pod after the Easter holidays to find it had been transformed into a tropical rainforest!
They spent the day hunting for QR codes to scan which revealed interesting facts about the rainforest. The children showed excellent team work as they worked together to complete their booklets. We are really excited to find out more about the rainforests over the next term!
Just before the Easter holidays, years 3 and 4 visited the Hull Heritage Learning Museum and took part in a variety of WW2 activities as a fabulous finish to their topic. The day included opportunities for the children to take part in evacuee role play, fact finding and exploration of real WW2 artefacts plus exploring the rations and looking at what food they would have had to survive on during this time period. The children had a fantastic time and it was excellent to see them share all of their knowledge with the staff who worked there. They have all worked so hard this term learning about all things WW2 and they really deserved this exciting school trip to top off an excellent spring term! Well done years 3/4!![IMG_5674[1]](https://cdn.realsmart.co.uk/4cb0baa657de3331d3114cffd0357cc3/uploads/2017/04/IMG_56741-225x300.jpg)
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Key Stage 1 Polar Explorer Exhibition
This term Key Stage 1 have been investigating the question; What is a Polar Explorer? First we investigated where Antarctica is and what it is like there. We looked at what Polar Explorers might do and what they might find in Antarctica.
Once we understood about what Antarctica is like today, we looked at what Antarctica was like in the past. We also learnt about Hull’s Antarctic heroes; WIlliam Colbeck and Alfred Cheetham.
To showcase our work we decided to put on our own exhibition. Our exhibition including a series of collections.
Our first collection was named ‘Antarctica’ and featured art work, poems and postcards from all of Key Stage 1.
Collection 2 focussed on Captain Scott and was created by Miss Stockton’s class.
Collection 3 was created by Year 1 and included a series of letters and sketches of William Colbeck.
Collection 4 was created by Miss Stathers’ class and featured a range of fact files, diary entries and sketches of Alfred Cheetham.
The children in Key Stage 1 were the official tour guides for our exhibition. They taught the rest of the school all about Antarctica and the different explorers from the past.
After school we opened our exhibition to the parents. They had a wonderful time celebrating the work we had done this term!
Year 3/4 loved performing their WW2 themed production to the rest of the school and parents and visitors. They were proud to showcase some of their work and performed classic WW2 songs accompanied by some dancing! All the children looked fantastic in their evacuee outfits and they have thoroughly enjoyed learning about this interesting topic!
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Hula Hoop fun in Foundation!
WW2 Fraction problem solving!
As an end of unit quiz, Miss Stainton’s maths class were sent on a fraction problem solving hunt within their pod. This involved the children answering a variety of fraction related questions which all had a WW2 theme! Great work Y3!
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