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This week we have taken some time to think of our own well being and the importance of finding calm and stillness in in a busy day. We compared what can happen in our minds with a muddy jar. When we first put a spoonful of soil on the water, it was murky, dark, hard to see through and there were…

In maths today, Class 1 have been thinking about representing numbers to 5 in different ways. We put on our coats and found a safe place on our outside area to enjoy our maths activity.

Everyone took it in turns to roll a dice, identify the number rolled by subitising the dots on the dice and…

In music we have been listening to the Dr Who soundtrack and making our own scores.

In our music mindfulness session after lunch today, Class 1 used scarves to perform a lovely movement activity to Vivaldi’s winter piece from his Four Seasons suite. All the children really enjoyed using the scarves and following the actions with both their bodies and and their scarves. 
 

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Our new History topic is The Romans. Today we completed a scavenger hunt around the classroom to gather facts about what the Roman soldiers used to wear and how it to helped to protect them.

Class 1 have kick started the term learning all about Space! Their knowledge has been amazing to hear and their excitement and enthusiasm has been wonderful!

We have delved into lots of non-fiction texts about Space and we now know all 8 planets and a little bit about each one of them. We…

We’ve started our new P.E unit here in class 2 and the children are already having lots of fun getting stuck in! 
 

This week, we start our new Romans topic and during our English lessons we are studying ‘Myths and Legends.’ Today we have read and reordered the first myth ‘Oedipus and the Sphinx’. We then used our best expression and intonation to tell the story to a partner. 
 

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We have had our first Greenpower session with Dr Allen this week. We have discussed what will be involved during this project and we have completed a risk assessment to try and avoid risks. Year 6 pupils have been building the cars chassis and seats. Year 5s have been creating their initial…

What a fabulous way to end a wonderful term!

Have the most magical Christmas class 2 and we’ll see you all in the new year.

This year in class 2 the children wrote a very special letter to Santa explaining why they should be in his good list this year.

Santa sent a reply with our class elf Elvis and it’s safe to say ALL of our wonderful children are going to be treated to a few gifts under the Christmas tree this…

We have really enjoyed making our fairground rides and they look great.