Glockenspiel

By Mrs K SMITH28th October 2022

Year 2 have spent this half term working hard to learn notes on the glockenspiel.

We began the term by understanding how to look after instruments as well as how we play them.

Year 2 discussed how a glockenspiel is a percussion instrument and how each key makes a different sound.

Year 2 are able to play several notes on the glockenspiel including the C, D, E, F and G. We used the notes we know to make simple tunes and had the opportunity of performing these each other.

When we were confident with the notes we composed our own piece of music which we again had the opportunity to perform to each other.

NSPCC PANTS

By Miss P STATHERS21st October 2022

Year 2 have been learning about the NSPCC Pants rules in PSHE this week. We loved learning the Pantosaurus song and the we designed our own pants!

 

Learning to play the glockenspiels!

By Miss P STATHERS20th October 2022

 During the autumn term the children in Year 1 have been learning to play the glockenspiel.

In this unit we focused on exploring and developing playing skills as well as introducing         the language of music.

We initially introduced the notes E and D and the children identified where these were on the instrument and then took turns to play them in time with the music.

Throughout the term we progressed to learning notes C, D, E, F and used these whilst playing the glockenspiels to a range of music.

 

 

Locating the equator

By Miss P STATHERS13th October 2022

In Year 2 this term we having been learning about the world’s seven continents and five oceans. This week we learned about the equator. We located the equator on the globe and on different maps.Image

We then learned about the Northern and Southern Hemisphere. Phoebe told us, “We live in the Northern Hemisphere.”

We found some countries that lie on the equator and discussed what the weather is like there.

World Mental Health Day

By Miss P STATHERS13th October 2022

To celebrate World Mental Health Day, the children came to school dressed in yellow. In Year 2, we discussed how we have different feelings throughout the day. We thought about times when we had felt different emotions. In groups we then matched different emotions to different situations. Image

During story time we read Ruby’s Worry and discussed how we deal with our worries.

Technology around us!

By Sophie Dale11th October 2022

Year 1 have been thoroughly enjoying our computing unit. They have been exploring the different components of a computer and learning what technology is! Here is some more of what we have been up to…

Lesson 1: Technology in our classroom.

This lesson we focused on what the word ‘technology’ actually means. We discovered it is anything made by people to help us. The children then looked at an array of photographs of things found in and outside of the classroom and sorted it into groups of technology or not. After that, the children then talked about how each item helps us.

Lesson 2: Using Technology 

During the next lesson the children were excited to get to know the main parts of a laptop computer. They enjoyed learning how to turn on and log in to a computer. By the end of the lesson the children could identify a screen, keyboard and mouse/trackpad.

Lesson 3: Developing mouse skills

Now the children understood the main components of a computer, they developed their mouse skills. We looked at all different mice and how some look different but perform the same function such as the trackpad. At first we found it a bit tricky to use the mouse but when we got used to it we created some lovely pictures.

KS1 Stay and Read

By Sophie Dale7th October 2022

Key Stage One were very excited to welcome our parents, grandparents and carers into school this week. We impressed them with our Phonics skills in a Speed Sound session and then we read a book to them.

To end the session we shared a book for pleasure with them from our class libraries.

It was lots of fun! We love to read in KS1!

 

 

Rewards and Consequences

By Sophie Dale7th October 2022

In our second lesson on rewards and consequences, Year 2 discussed how our actions sometimes lead to consequences. The children looked at different actions and thought of an appropriate consequence for each action.

 

We then discussed our consequences to see if we felt they were fair.

 

Symbols and artefacts at our local church!

By Sophie Dale6th October 2022

In Year 1 we had the opportunity to go visit our local church St Nicholas. We discovered what happens in a church, what is means to belong to a church and what different symbols and artefacts mean to Christians. 

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Rewards and Consequences

By Sophie Dale30th September 2022

Year 2 have been  thinking about rewards and consequences in PSHE this week. We talked about positive behaviours and how it feels to be rewarded. Then we sorted behaviours into positive and negative.