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Today Jean Banwell, an archeologist  from the Cleveland Ironstone Mining Museum, visited the class. She talked about how people survived throughout different periods in the Stoneage. The children then pretended to be archeologists and were presented with the remains of a Woolly Mammoth, Moufflon,…

I am so lucky to have such a respectful and accepting class. The discussions we had with the visiting PCSOs and the discussions during class have been mature, thoughtful and respectful. I was so proud of everyone today weather they wore odd socks, matching socks or no socks - they all celebrated…

This week, we are celebrating our differences! Every day, each class will think about what makes us special and how we should respect and value the fact that everyone is different. We will think about different abilities, different families and different needs, understanding that we are all equal…

After thinking about what we can see in the night sky, we made some star shaped biscuits. We followed a recipe and measured ingredients. We made the icing blue so it looked like the night sky and decorated them with popping candy, sprinkles and sweets. We liked feeling the popping candy on our…

We are loving our new topic all about night and day, and we have done some really fun activities, but there is always time for a fairy tale. The children have loved reading stories lately, especially The Three Billy Goats Gruff.

This interest was stemmed from rolling a toy car from one…

Towers, Tunnels and Turrets!

Greetings, from the Year 2 Castle.  Step back in time through the thick curtain walls to find out about our learning and admire the beautiful work we have created. So far in our topic, the children have experienced virtual tours of different castles from around the…

We have had another wonderful week of learning. We started the week off with a theatre company coming in and we watched 'Jack and the beanstalk', the children thoroughly enjoyed the singing, dancing and acting. In topic this week, the children have used the laptops to research facts about the…

This week has seen another wonderful week of learning.

In English we have read the story ‘The blind man and the hunter’ from the book Tales of Wisdom and Wonder The children used their imagination and put themselves in the place of the blind man. In order to do this the children, put…

This week we have celebrated and remembered all the people who sacrificed themselves to make out world a safer place to live in. We had fun making our poppies and colouring in mindful pictures.

The children have worked really hard in English, using question marks in their writing. The love…

We have been exploring shapes during our Maths sessions.  We really enjoyed searching for Triangles all around the classroom and managed to find lots of different types.  We even found one in the Construction Area and even one in a dinosaur book.

We made our own triangles using lollysticks…

I have been blown away by the quality of the bug hotels that the children made this week. I think you will all agree how amazing and professional they look. Also, I’d like to pass on a huge thank you to all the grown-ups at home for sending in all the required resources. 
 

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The children have been learning about lots of different mini beasts that live in our habitat and from this, they designed their own bug hotel. They worked collaboratively to bring in all of their own materials and to construct their creations during an afternoon. They look absolutely fabulous,…