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 […] […]
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 […] […]
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 […] […]
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 […] […]
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 […] […]