This week it has been so beautiful to have clear, expansive, blue skies, light shining down and not a breath of wind. A beginning of Spring filled with hope, after a very dark, wet winter. All Year groups are still learning about bird identification, playing games to help embed that knowledge but no
In DT, Year Two have designed and made a healthy sandwich. To begin the children compared a cheese salad sandwich and a chocolate spread sandwich. They identified the ingredients and sorted them onto the Eat Well Plate. The boys and girls quickly realised that the cheese salad sandwich was a healt
The children in Year 2 enjoyed a visit from Mel who works in the STEM team at Northumbria University. She began the workshop by asking the children to think about how they could look after the environment. She talked about fossil fuels and how they are found underground. The children were then
Last week, Brother Khadim, from Newcastle Central Mosque, visited Year Two. He spoke to the children about Islam and what it is like to be a Muslim. Brother Khadim explained to the boys and girls how Muslims live their lives, including praying five times a day. Before prayer, Muslims perform Wudu
The snow and ice certainly played its part in slowing down our planned work for the yard but could not stop it! With hard work, determination and reliance, Bill finally completed his work creating our newest play area. With the small apparatus removed, a large soft surface area has been developed
This week we have been learning about birds of prey, their characteristics compared to our familiar garden birds and how and what they hunt. With this in mind once out in the Forest school the children tried their hand at making prey homes that were camouflaged from the sky so no hovering kestrels c
This half term, the children in Year 2 have enjoyed their gymnastics lessons in PE, building an awareness of how their bodies move. They have been learning how to show control by stretching moving and being still. They used strength to demonstrate a range of balances such as an arch and a dish.�
As part of our All About the Birds topic, the children have been looking at the structures of different nests. They’ve watched videos of the nest building in action and looked at some real birds nests in class. They then took this information and applied it to their own nest building. Before the chi
In Geography, Year Two have been learning all about life in rural Uganda and have compared this to their life here in the UK. To begin, the children learned what rural and urban areas are. They sorted pictures to explain that a rural area is the countryside, whereas an urban area is a town or city.
The children have embarked on a term filled with bird focused activities, inspired by the RSPB Big School Birdwatch that we take part in every year. We have been learning how to identify birds, comparing similarities and differences in class, then using games outside to hone their observation skills
