In Design and Technology this term Year 2 are learning about food technology. First, they investigated different sandwiches. They tasted lots of different combinations to decide which was their favourite.
Then they learned about to be safe when handling food. Their focussed practical task was to learn how to slice, peel and grate.
The next day, they designed and made their own sandwich for a Royal afternoon tea party.
They had lots of fun eating their creations during the afternoon!
Year 1 have loved listening to, appraising, and performing the song ‘Hey you!’ by Joanna Mangona. We have been especially good at finding the pulse of this song, remembering it is like a heartbeat. Here is our final performance using BSL for our actions.
Year 2 have been taking inspiration from the artist, Alexander Calder, to create some incredible sculptures.
Firstly, children created circles and hoops with coloured paper.
Then, they worked in small groups to attach their circles together.
After that, the attached circles were put together with wire.
Children then attached spheres to the wire to complete their group’s sculpture.
Finally, 3 groups’ sculptures were attached to another piece of wire to create one huge sculpture.
Year 2 have been learning about vehicles in D&T this term. First they investigated the topic by looking at the similarities and differences between different vehicles. They also learned about famous engineers who had invented vehicles. Then they had a focussed practical task were they made a vehicle with wheels.
Then, they designed and made their own moon buggy. We had some very successful designs.
Finally, they evaluated each moon buggy.
KS1 have been loving our Spanish assemblies. We have been looking at how to pronounce the names of different animals. We noticed that some animal names are similar to the English language but some are very different. For example Un Elaphante looks and sounds similar to our name and pronunciation for Elephant. However, Una Oveja is the name for a sheep which is very different. At the end of our sessions, we love the quiz where we listen to the name of a Spanish animal and tell our partners what animal we think we heard. We can’t wait to develop our language skills.
Our first step of making our story was to first investigate what a slider and a lever is. We used our classroom environment to help us to distinguish the difference between the two. We then had a close look at books using sliders and levers and discussed how it made the story more interesting and fun to read!
It was then time to design our own stories based on our topic of ‘The Poles’. The children designed two different backgrounds and two different characters/objects to be their sliders and levers. They then chose their favourite. When it came to making their stories the children were excellent and looking at their design they chose.
Here are some of the final outcomes!
We then evaluated our stories and discussed what we liked and what we would change if we were to make it again in order to improve our end product.
Year 2 have been using videos and book extracts to find out about Florence Nightingale.
The children really enjoyed finding out about the important changes Florence made to health care and why she is such a famous nurse. This was linked to our learning recent learning about hygiene.
Children were able to find the key facts and share their ideas.
Year 2 have been discussing the importance of Christmas for Christians.
We focussed on the messages that the angels delivered to Mary and the shepherds.
We imagined we were an angel and designed a poster to tell the shepherds all about the birth of Jesus and why it was so important.
The children asked a lot of questions and thought about their own beliefs and shared their understanding of other people’s beliefs.
Today, our Year 2 children performed their Christmas readings and carols at St Nicholas Church.
The children sang and spoke beautifully and enjoyed performing in front of our audience.
A huge thank you to The Reverend Paul Copley and congratulations to all of our brilliant Year 2 children. What a wonderful performance!
Year 1 were so grown up today in our discussion all about white ribbon day. We wanted to make a difference so we thought we could spread happiness by being kind to each other.
Watch the video’s below to see us spread positivity and some of our discussions about why we do white ribbon day!
Molly and Harry spreading kindness.
William and Lottie spreading kindness.
Millie explaining her understanding of white ribbon day.
Nickolas explaining his understanding of white ribbon day.