Our trip to the Deep!

By Sophie Dale24th November 2021

What a fantastic trip Year 1 had to the Deep!

                                                     

There were so many exciting animals to look at! Linking with our science topic of ‘animals including humans’ it was a great opportunity to discuss and describe their different body parts and adaptations that help them suit their environment.

   

As we explored further we came across ‘The Kingdom of ice’ zone which immersed the children into Antarctica. We felt a huge ice wall and we discussed how this might be what an iceberg might feel like. We even got to see some penguins!

One of our favourite parts of the trip was our workshop! We played lots of fun games which helped build on our knowledge of the 7 continents and animals that live in the poles! The children have not stopped talking about all the things we saw!

 

Year 2 are comparing Hull and Florida in Geography!

By Mandy Graves23rd November 2021

Our Year 2 Geographers have been working very hard today. We started by discussing the features of Hull and Florida. We looked at photos and watched videos.

Next, we sorted some photos. We had to decide where we thought the photo and been taken. This generated lots of discussions and our team work was fantastic.

Finally, we described the weather and one physical feature from each place.

Well done Year 2!

Anti- Bullying Week

By Miss P STATHERS19th November 2021

Year 2 have been celebrating anti-bullying week this week. They started the week by wearing odd socks for odd socks day. Then they looked at the key message ‘One Kind Word’. Finally they made their anti-bullying pledges.

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Y2 are Pattern Seekers

By Miss P STATHERS19th November 2021

In Year 2 this week, they are exploring the big idea ‘Do colourful drinks have more sugar?’

They made a prediction of many sugar cubes each drink contains. Then they counted the amount of sugar in each drink.

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Finally, they made their conclusions.

 

Y2 are Observing Over Time

By Miss P STATHERS11th November 2021

Year 2 have been learning about hygiene in Science. They have investigating what will happen to bread when touched with clean and dirty hands. They made a prediction and then carried out their investigation.

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They are going to record their results each week for the next 3 weeks.

They can’t wait to see what happens.

 

How are faith members different and why do they celebrate important life events?

By Sophie Dale10th November 2021

This week in Religious Education we compared two faiths in order to find out their similarities and differences. We chose Christianity and Sikhism.

We discussed different symbolic items from the different faiths and their importance.

The cross

The Khanda

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The children found it really interesting that different religions believe in different things but they noticed that both Christians and Sikhs believe in a God.

The children were then introduced to the 5 K’s which are articles of clothing that Sikhs wear out of respect for their God.

Kanga– A wooden comb to keep their hair in place.

Kirpan– A tiny sword worn by Sikhs.

Kachera- Shorts worn as underwear.

Kara- A steel bangle that reminds Sikhs to behave well.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The final K is Kesh where Sikhs keep their hair uncut to show obedience to God.

We then explored the question ‘Why do religious people celebrate important life events?’ We looked at the Sikhs celebration of taking Amrit which is a baptism into their religion. Here are some of our answers:

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Looking at Earth from Space in Year 2!

By Mandy Graves9th November 2021

We have been looking at aerial photos of the physical features of Earth in Year 2 today. We found mountains, rivers, lakes, cities, deserts and islands. We used Digimaps for Schools to zoom in and out of various parts of the world and look at aerial views. Finally, we matched aerial photos to photos taken from Earth to compare the features.

Autumn Walk!

By Sophie Dale7th November 2021

What a fantastic afternoon we had looking at signs of Autumn. Our first of four trips to the park allowing us to identify and explore the different seasons and their unique characteristics. We know that each season lasts around 3 months with Autumn starting in September and finishing at the end of November. 

To start our walk we used our Autumn checklist and explored the area looking for items such as conkers, leaves and pine cones. Here are some of the items we found:

 

 

 

 

 

 

During our time at the park. We were brilliant scientists and thought about some interesting questions such as ‘Do trees with bigger leaves lose their leaves first in Autumn?’ and we also did comparative tests such as ‘Which trees have the biggest leaves?’.

One of our favourite activities of the trip was doing an observational sketch of a tree. On our next visit for our Winter trip we will sketch the tree again allowing us to observe the changes overtime.

 

deserts

By Mrs K SMITH7th November 2021

As geographers this week, year 1 have been discovering facts about deserts.

Lots of year 1 thought that a desert had sand and it was always somewhere hot.

Did you know Antarctica is the worlds largest desert?

We found out that Antarctica is the coldest, windiest and driest place on earth.

We looked at the Sahara desert  and compared it to Antarctica.

Year 1 completed a Venn diagram to identify the features of a hot desert and a cold desert. We found out that lots of things are the same in both deserts.

We had lots of discussion about what the deserts are like.

Phoebe thinks that neither of the deserts are nice as one is too hot and one is too cold.

Captain robert falcon scott

By Mrs K SMITH7th November 2021

Year 1 have continued our topic on Antarctica this week in our history lesson.

We have looked at lots of pictures from Captain Scott‘s expedition to Antarctica. We found out that Captain Scott was a significant person

We had a game of I spy to see what we could see. We saw big, warm coats and big sleighs.

We discovered that Captain Scott reached the South Pole on 17th January 1912 but he was not the first one to get there. A man called Roald Amundsen and his team had beaten him by only 34 days.

Year 1 were surprised to find out that Captain Scott needed lots of equipment to help him get to the South Pole. We got to look at snow shoes, ice picks and binoculars that are the same as Captain Scott would have used.

Isaac thought the shoes were a bit funny and that now we might use skis to get across Antarctica.