Year 1 are learning how to become historians – we have looked at what ‘history’ is and even got to see a VERY old photograph of Mrs Yardley to help us to begin to understand chronology!
We have been using sources of evidence to identify things that are from the past and things that are from the present – we looked at photographs and paintings and had fantastic discussions with our classmates about why and how we categorised the sources we looked at.
Year 2 are studying the story ‘The Way Back Home’ by Oliver Jeffers. So far, they have learned signifiers for the story and created their own story maps. Today, they acted out the story and performed to rest of the class. There were some brilliant performances!
Year 2 are studying ‘The Starry Night’ by Vincent Van Gough in Art. They have also used the painting as a stimulus for the Star Poetry unit this week. They have worked together on their own lines for a poem and used them to create Star Poems. Brilliant job Y2!
To launch our new topic, ‘Where do astronauts go?’, Y2 have had a fantastic Wow Day. They became astronauts for the day; creating their own astronaut fact file. Then they designed their own rockets.
For sports relief this year we covered 3 elements to help us get our ‘game on.’ We learnt about the heart and the affects of exercise on the heart. We put our hearts to work during our active mile. We also looked at the body and learnt about how to be healthy. Each class designed and made a healthy meal or snack. We also spoke about our soul, and how we can be calm and happy, for this we did some yoga and a guided meditation.
Please click on the link below to see pictures of the day in each year group. It was a lovely fun day for all year groups and we really did learn a lot in aid of Sports Relief and raised money.
In Year 2, we have been using our artistic flair to draw portraits of some of the most memorable monarchs over the centuries.
We found Queen Elizabeth I fascinating as we loved her lavish dresses and found lots of differences between her and Queen Elizabeth II.
We used pencils as our media and observed and drew her face, patterns on her dress by adding dots and lines and have begun to explore the use of lines of different thickness to create texture and tone.
Here are some maths sheets to do at home with your child. These topics have already been covered in class since September and would make good practise.
Work through them at your own pace and bring any completed sheets to your teacher. Don’t worry if you can’t do them, only do what you can.
Have fun with them!
This week we are looking at how different fruit and vegetables grow.
We drew some seeds and predicted which will turn into a seedling first.
Then we planted some seeds, covered them with soil, watered them and placed them near a window.
We all had a fabulous time celebrating World Book Day last Thursday. World Book Day’s mission this year was to ‘Share a Million Stories’. Therefore we came to school dressed as our favourite book characters to share stories that we love. Have a look at our fantastic costumes below. Can you spot any familiar characters?
In the afternoon, we split into house teams to have a ‘Share a Story’ session. The teachers shared a story with their house first.
Then, the children shared stories with someone from a different year group! We had a fabulous time sharing our stories!
Bailey loves to read at home and reads every night to his little brother Jaidon – well done Bailey! Reading superstar!
My favourite books are The Snail and the Whale and The Gruffalo. I also love Oliver’s Vegetables. My favourite part in the story is where he finds all of the vegetables and eats them for dinner then he realises that he likes them!
