Blog by Tag: KS1

Today we had lots of fun during our first Forest School session. We used sticks to create our very own pictures frames. We used string to attach the sticks together and worked hard to tie the string and make knots. Once completed we took pictures using our frames. We can’t wait for next weeks…

Our Garage Band superstars produced some fantastic music including in a dance style, acoustic and even music from other cultures.

Today we have been looking at the number of sides a 2D shape has. We worked hard to investigate what 3, 2D shapes we could create using only 15 lolly sticks. 

We have been doing Gymnastics this half term on a Friday with Miss Cawley. We have used our body to make shapes such as a pike, tuck, straddle. Today we have begun to practise different jumps. We really enjoy our PE lessons!

To end our Science topic - Animals including Humans. We have carried out an investigation answering the question ‘What animals live in our School grounds?’ We made a prediction using our scientific knowledge of animal groups and then used our IPads to take photographs of the wildlife that we found…

Today we identified the features of a letter with the help of Letter Larry. We used talk for writing to help us recall the key features.

In History we are continuing with our topic ‘The great change makers’, today we have focused on Josiah Wedgewood we have looked at what his famous Jasperware, which is his blue and white pottery. We used our i pads to record all the changes he help make to the country. 

Today we used freeze framing to re enact  key elements of the story. We then created a bank of questions to ask Plop and used this to complete our hot seating. 

Year two showed our school values today by working together in teams to create and build a den. They showed super team work, determination, communication skills and friendship by supporting and encouraging eachother.

Today we used base ten to help us in subtracting across the ten. We used the base ten to help us with our understanding of exchanging. 

Today in computing we used a paint programme on purple mash to create our own hedgehog, linked to our non chronological report in writing. The children worked extremely hard and paid great attention to detail. What super stars

This week in Art we have begun our new Art topic - Exploring Watercolour. We have used the watercolours to try out a variety of techniques and to experiment with colour mixing.