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We had such a great day at Stanwick Lakes. We were plant detectives and pond dippers for the day. […]

In year one we have been placing numbers onto number lines using benchmark numbers. We have been working out the multiples of 10 either side of a given number. In […] […]

In line with our geography topic on China we have been learning about a Chinese installation artist/sculptor named Yin Xiuzhen. Our unit is called ‘Where is in your suitcase?’ It […] […]

We have been reading Julia Donaldson’s poem version of The Magic Paintbrush. This fits in with our geography topic on China, as it is based on a traditional Chinese folk […] […]

We have been learning about the four countries in the UK. We have looked at traditional foods from these places and put them onto a map. We ended our unit […] […]

We have really loved this book and showcasing our acting and singing talents. […]

We have been looking at healthy eating (as year 2 have been in science). We looked at the different food groups and the ‘Eatwell Plate’. We then evaluated some different […] […]

In Year 2, as part of our “Animals Including Humans” topic, we’ve been learning all about how to stay healthy through healthy eating, exercise, and good hygiene. We started by […] […]

We will be looking at different types of materials and their properties. We will investigate why some materials are more suitable than others for different purposes. […]

Our learning question this half term is: How does praying throughout the day, help a Muslim in their everyday life. […]

We are going to learn about three queens; Elizabeth I, Victoria and Elizabeth II. There were some significant changes to the world that changed life for everyone during each of […] […]

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We had our class trip to Mill Green Water Mill Museum which linked with our history topic about The Great Fire of London. We enjoyed many activities including, identifying and […] […]

We talked about boundaries and hazards. We made story sticks to represent our first session of forest school with Ranger Skull. […]

We will learn about how and where the fire started and why it spread so quickly. We looked at a picture that was revealed square by square and discussed what […] […]

We will be learning about the creation story. We will also learn how to appreciate all of the natural beauty in our world. […]

We became ‘sense detectives’ today and had to solve a mystery using our senses. We had to identify a minty smell, hear a squeak, feel something soft and furry, measure […] […]

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We have learned about the journey of a letter. From when it is written by the sender right up until it has been read by the receiver. We have written […] […]

We have loved this book and have written our own instructions on how to wash a variety of different animals. […]

We have been experimenting with axles and wheels. We have looked at two main types of axles – fixed and rotating. Here are some of our practice models. We then […] […]

We have been reading this book in our English lessons. Here is some of our lovely writing. We have looked at writing instructions, creating similes and retelling the story in […] […]

We had to investigate which material would be best suited for making an umbrella. We tested four different materials: plastic, paper, felt and foil. We predicted that foil and plastic […] […]

We will be looking at toys from the Victorian era up to toys today. We will be investigating how and why toys have changed over time. […]

We will be looking at work from Claude Monet, Vincent Van Gogh and Jean Metzinger. We looked at some work by the impressionist artist, Claude Monet. We used finger painting […] […]

Our Local Area We looked at some of the different types of maps people use. We then saw an aerial photograph of our school and made a sketch map of […] […]

What gifts might Christians have given Jesus if he was born in their town? We have been talking about giving gifts and we thought about the gifts that The Three […] […]

Our Learning Question this half term is – ‘What do Christians believe God is like?’ We are looking at some of the parables that Jesus told. […]

We are looking at animals around the world and how we can create art with them. We are going to do observational drawings, create animal patterns, make a totem-pole and […] […]

We are learning about animals including humans. We are looking at the different groups of animals and their diets. We are grouping animals based on similarities and differences. We are […] […]

We thought about how we could have a happy class. We wrote our rules on leaves and displayed them on our ‘Pear Tree’. […]

We are learning about three significant nurses that changed the way nurses and hospitals worked for the better. We are learning about Florence Nightingale, Mary Seacole and Edith Cavell. We […] […]

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We have started reading this book in English and are really enjoying it. We have already produced some lovley pieces of work. […]

We have been discussing groups which we belong to. We talked about how we feel included in these groups. We wrote about a place or group where we felt we […] […]

We have been learning about the different coins we use. We used Cuisenaire rods to help show the value of each coin. […]

Year 2 explored the school grounds and found different habitats as part of our learning about Living Things and their Habitats. We found a woodland, grassland and hedgerow habitats. We […] […]

In Design and Technology we have been looking at different vegetables that we could use to make a healthy salad. We tasted some existing products and evaluated these. We then […] […]

We are learning about what plants need to grow. We planted our sunflower seeds and wanted to test what they needed. We planted our seeds in soil and put them […] […]

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We are learning about China this half term. We can use an atlas to locate major cities and rivers. We are looking at bordering countries, seas and oceans. We are […] […]

We were lucky to have 15 minutes without rain to find the eggs that Mrs Baker had hidden around the field. When we got back into class the heavens opened […] […]

We have been learning about the United Kingdom and its four countries. […]

We played a ‘Yes/No’ game where we had to guess which material we had on our back by asking questions about its properties. We tested different materials to see whether […] […]

We talked about how we would welcome King Charles III if he came to our town. We also thought about what the people of Jeruselum might have said when Jesus […] […]

We have been looking at the wonderful things in nature. We went on a treasure hunt and looked closely at the things we saw. We then watched a clip from […] […]

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To start the Autumn term we are looking at Traditional Tales. We are reading The Story Blanket first, but will move onto some more familiar tales. Watch this space! We […] […]

In our history topic this half term we are learning about The Great Fire of London in 1666. We will find out when, where and how the fire started and […] […]

We are going to be learning about significant people in history. We will learn about Ibn Battuta, one of the earliest recorded explorers; Bessie Coleman, the first African-American woman and […] […]

We are going to learn about the Holy Sabbath day for Jewish people and why it is important to them. We will look at the sequence of events from sundown […] […]

We will learn about how a plant or tree grows from a tiny seed and what is needed in order for it to remain healthy. We will look at flowers […] […]

In our English lessons we were reading Knuffle Bunny by Mo Willems. We really enjoyed this book and it inspired us to write our own version about our own favourite […] […]

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