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Year 2 enjoyed reading the book The Dot by Peter H Reynolds
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We were inspired to produce some fantastic art work like the character in the story.
We learnt a lot about colour mixing whilst we were experimenting! What an exciting afternoon!
It was lovely to get to know all of our new nursery children by visiting them at home with their families. They each enjoyed receiving their new book as a welcome gift. What an exciting year we are going to have with them all! Continue Reading
Today we enjoyed working in small groups to produce a presentation all about a piece of natural geography in London, the River Thames. We thought about how the river began at a source near the Cotswolds and ended in the North Sea. We also learnt about the famous bridges it passes under, such as London… Continue Reading
Year 2 have enjoyed having pen pals from Belsay school throughout this school year through The Linking Project. sadly we have not been able to meet up with our pen pals this year but we have kept in touch throughout the year by writing letters, exchanging postcards, sending pictures and even writing acrostic poems about… Continue Reading
Year 2 have enjoyed reading, writing and reciting poems this week. We have enjoyed reading different types of poems and performing them with actions. We chose our favourite poem to write and perform. We also made finger puppets to use to illustrate and perform our poems. Continue Reading
This term, Nursery have enjoyed taking part in a Circus Stories Programme. They have listened to and joined in with some fabulous stories read by Megan from Seven Stories and they have been taught some new and exciting circus skills such as plate spinning, flower sticks and juggling by Paul from Circus Central. We have… Continue Reading
Last Term, our Nursery children enjoyed looking at Traditional Tale Stories. We talked about the different characters and how each story has a beginning, middle and end. We did lots of exciting activities linked to each story including making up our own characters, choosing our own ending to the story and tasting yummy gingerbread men. … Continue Reading
Last week we were excited to try the different fruits featured in ‘Handa’s Surprise!’ We tried: avocado, orange, pineapple, passionfruit, bananas mangos and guava juice! Continue Reading
It has been delightful to welcome Megan from Seven Stories back into school. We had enjoyed stories from Megan via Zoom before and immediately after lockdown – but having her back in school has made the sessions even more exciting. Thank you Megan and Seven Stories for this fabulous opportunity. Continue Reading
Angellina has always been a fantastic creative writer and she now has recognition for her hard work! She submitted her poem titled ‘My Sassy Sloth’ to Young Writers and it was selected for publication in the Peculiar Pets anthology. Here is Angellina’s poem and her certificate of merit. Very well done Angellina! Continue Reading
