As part of our geography unit, we have been looking at the weather and climate of Kenya and comparing it to the UK. The children looked at a range of photos and made inferences about the weather before studying temperature, rainfall and sunshine charts. They then created a weather report based on their findings. There are a few photos below!
The children have been working incredibly hard during our maths lessons on multiplication and division. Do encourage your child to practise his/her 2x, 10x, 5x and 3x tables throughout the week. Fluency in this area is ...
In gymnastics this week, the children have been practising a range of rolls. They consolidated their knowledge of a teddy bear roll, forward roll and backward roll. The children showed great resilience at the more challenging rolls and were really supportive of each other. There are some photos below! In PSHE, we considered how to break a goal down into manageable steps. Using the example of memorising a poem, the children created ‘ladders to success’, identifying the small steps needed to achieve the final goal.
The children enjoyed being back in the library on ...
Happy new year! It was so lovely to welcome the children back yesterday. I hope you all had happy and restful Christmas breaks. This term our geography project focuses on Kenya, enabling the children to learn about a non-European country and to compare it to the UK. In PSHE, we have started discussing our dreams and goals. Our first PE lesson today focused on gymnastics. The children have been perfecting their jumps both on the floor and off equipment (photos below). We will be starting our new literacy unit next week, where the ...
We have had such a busy end to the term. We thoroughly enjoyed our walk to St Mary’s Church on Monday and the children sang beautifully. It was lovely to see so many of you at the Christmas concerts on Tuesday. Again, the children impressed with their enthusiastic singing! The last week or so of term was given over to ‘DT Week’ and Year 2 built on their sewing skills from year 1, increasing their knowledge of stitches resulting in the production of some fantastic hand puppets (photos below). They showed fantastic determination and resilience ...
Today, we were fortunate to have a visit from ‘History off the page’ who ran a ‘Florence Nightingale’ workshop for the children, bringing that time in history to life through practical activities and role play. This was the culmination of our autumn 2 project about Florence Nightingale and Mary Seacole, which saw the children explore both remarkable women using primary and secondary sources, compare nursing in the 1850s and today and begin to make judgements as to how ‘significant’ they were using the 5 Rs (remembered, revealed, remarked, resonated and resulted in change).
During our ‘History off the page’ day, ...
