We have been creating moving dragons to celebrate Chinese New Year!
We created our own dragon masks and moving dragons! We used the, to create a dragon dance. We have really enjoyed learning more about Chinese New Year!
Anglo-Saxon baking
Today we have been learning about the diet of the Anglo-Saxons. We learnt that they hunted for and grew their own food. We also learnt that sugar cane had not yet reached Europe, so they used honey and dried fruit to sweeten their food. We made honey shortbread - it was delicious!
Good Foundations
In RE we were learning about having solid foundations in our life. We thought carefully about the good and bad foundations that we can choose to have. We made connections with these to the Gospel Story of the ‘Foolish Builders’. We understood which things made the best foundations and that would…
Money, money, money …
In maths Year 2 have been using the resources to help them count money in pence. They have used their prior knowledge of counting in twos, fives and tens to help them.
Baking pineapple cakes and banana bread!
Today we have been learning around the story of Handa’s Surprise. We have baked our own banana bread and pineapple cakes! There was lots of super teamwork, sharing and lots of opportunities to develop our fine motor skills. Well done class one!
London
Today one of our children brought in a scrapbook that he had created over the weekend following a trip to London. He and his family visited all of the landmarks that we have learnt about in our story ‘Katie in London’. It was so lovely to see our learning being brought to life!
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Artists of the future
In Class 4 we have started our art graffiti topic. This week we have designed and cut out our tag. Then we experiment with the effects that could be achieved with the spray paint- I think that they look amazing!!!!
Tens and Ones
In maths today we have been partitioning teen numbers into tens and ones. We used the the part whole model and the base 10 to support our understanding.
Sketching - Exploring Drawing Techniques
In art today we have been exploring drawing techniques by discussing and experimenting with different patterns and marks.
Katie in London Drama
In English today we looked at the main plot points in our story Katie in London and acted out the parts in groups. Tomorrow we are going to use our role play ideas and the language we used to help us write the whole story.
Visit from Reverend Neale
Today we enjoyed talking to Reverend Neale. We asked him lots of questions about his role in the church and about his day-to-day roles. Thank you for taking the time to visit us!
Our expedition to cold places!
We packed a bag full of things to keep us warm on our adventures to the Arctic and Antarctica. We created moving penguins from the Antarctic and painted polar bears from the Arctic.
