Olympic Torch Day

Torches, buddies and trips!

What a fantastic week we have had, we are all so lucky to have seen two real Olympic torches, one from 1948 and a 2012 torch! We enjoyed making our own torches and parading with them. We know lots of facts and are keen to learn more about the Olympics in our topic next term.

Next week we are going to meet our buddies and will be getting ready to spend the week in the upper school after half term.

We are really looking forward to our school trip!

Term 4

We thoroughly enjoyed our topic on the Native Americans. We have been making tepees, headdresses and dream catchers.

We have made the most of our school grounds and have been tracking animal footprints and building tepees in Forest School.

2H really enjoyed welcoming parents to our assembly where we shared all that we know about the Native Americans.

Term 5

Welcome back to Mrs O’Gara it’s great to have you back.

Thank you to parents who were able to attend the SATs meeting. An information sheet was given out following this meeting. Please see your class teachers if you have any questions.

We will continue to go to Forest School every other Wednesday. (Dates are displayed on the classroom window). Please ensure that your child brings appropriate clothing.

Looking ahead

Year 2 will be visiting the SS Great Britain on June 13^th. More details to follow.

Term 3

We have had a lovely start to Term 3 and all the children have been working hard.

In Literacy we have been looking at traditional stories and the children have particularly enjoyed learning about the three little pigs, Jack and the beanstalk and Rapunzel. For the next two weeks we will be focusing on pirate stories and the children will be creating their own pirate character, setting and adventure! We will also be designing our own pirate flags.

In Maths this term we have continued our work on money and have also introduced the children to multiplication. Lots of the children have been beginning to work on their times tables at home, which is helping them. We have also looked at block graphs and pictograms and have focused on interpreting data from the graphs we have drawn. In the coming weeks we will be learning about hundreds, tens and units, rounding to the nearest 10 and addition and subtraction.

Forest school continues to excite and thrill us all. We have had a fabulous time making ‘blobsters’ and bird feeders and making a camp fire to roast marshmallows around. The children are now beginning to explore their own ideas for activities in Forest school and we have seen some very impressive dens and bug houses and hotels!

The Great Fire of London

The Great Fire of London

What a busy start we have had to Term 2!

We have started learning about the Great Fire of London in History and are already experts on where and how the fire started and why it spread so quickly. We have looked at eye witness accounts of the great fire and imagined we were there ourselves. We have produced some fantastic artwork both in pastel and on the computer.

In Numeracy this term we have looked at shape and measure, telling the time and subtraction.

We are very lucky to be one of the year groups participating in Forest School. The children have loved making art using nature, building dens and of course playing ‘One, two, three where are you?’

In the coming weeks we will begin to think about the Christmas Nativity. In Literacy we will write instructions to do with Christmas and in Numeracy we will be looking at doubling and halving.