Roman Towns
This week, after learning all about Pompeii and the destruction caused by Mount Vesuvius, we thought about what life would’ve been like in a Roman town. We learned about their lifestyle, interesting foods they ate and their hobbies before writing a fact file to present our information.
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Sketching the people of Pompeii!
This week we've been working on our sketching skills. After learning all about Pompeii and the destruction caused by Mount Vesuvius, we learned about the bodies that were left behind. We looked closely at the different body shapes, where they might have been found, what they could have been…
Lightning War!
This week we have been finding out about how the Germans attacked our cities, ports and factories. The children created these beautiful fact pages all about The Blitz.
Leaf Printing
What a busy afternoon. We started off by going on a leaf hunt. We found some beautiful leaves with lots of different patterns. We could remember the name of the trees and could identify whether they were deciduous or evergreen. When back in the classroom, we placed the leaf onto a piece…
A Woodland Habitat
Nests and Dens
Yesterday, we matched animals to their woodland homes. Mrs Rowan brought in something very special for us to look at. We had the opportunity to hold a real-life birds’ nest. We noticed the difference between each nest and described what the bird may look like. Comparing…
Boogie Bounce!
We had a GREAT time during REAL time this afternoon. We were bouncing away on our Boogie Bounce trampolines. Lots of new skills were learned!
Volcanoes!
This week in Topic, the children have had lots of fun constructing model volcanoes!
After creating a plan, the children worked collaboratively to construct a model of a volcano using Mod Roc. Once it was completed, they used a range of paint colours to create an accurate image of what a…
Volcano creations
This week, we have had lots of fun using mod roc and painting our volcano models. We worked together, using teamwork and communication skills, to cover our structures with mod roc. Once finished, we evaluated our volcano models. We thought about what we were pleased with, how we could improve our…
REALtime!
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REALtime has been fantastic this week. Mr Murton showed us how to make our very own games when outdoors. We used bits of willow and other objects we could find to make our game. We made an obstacle course, noughts and crosses, hook-a-circle, and… |
Year 2 have been busy bees!
What busy bees we have been this week! The children have impressed me with their sheer enthusiasm for learning. We have been using base ten to help us explore place value in maths. The children have been able to represent tens and ones using concrete resources as well as use part whole models…
Our First Welly Wednesday in Reception
What a wonderful afternoon we had exploring our beautiful school grounds ssearching for signs of Autumn.
Making apple crumble
We have had a great start to nursery, the children have settled in well and enjoyed exploring their new surroundings. Yesterday we joined with reception for welly Wednesday, we found lots of apples growing around our school grounds. We collected these and turned this into a delicious apple crumble…