Shared ‘The jigsaw charter’ with the children to reinforce how we work together.
Calm me
At the beginning of every jigsaw lesson we help our minds calm down so that we are ready to learn.
Children sat in a circle and asked them in pairs to tell each other anything they have been told about what they were like as a baby, and how they are different now compared with when they were a baby or toddler. Then we passed jigsaw Jo round the circle and asked each child to complete one of these sentence stems, taking each one in turn: ‘when I was a baby I could…; ‘ Now I am a 6/7 years old I can…; ‘When I am grown up I will be able to…;
Read the story ‘ Titch’ discussed how Titch felt about being the youngest and smallest. What happened to his tiny seed? So what happens to all living things that start out tiny?
On Tuesday, Year 2 went on an adventure to Warwick Castle as part of our topic about Castles.
As soon as we got there, we were overwhelmed with how tall the castle was. There were tall, winding towers and strong, stone walls surrounding the grounds. We had such a fun time exploring all of the different parts of the castle and the children were very well behaved.
While we were there, we explore the 500 steps to the top of the tower where we could see over the whole of Warwick. We also saw a massive trebuchet fling a rock over the castle walls, an amazing archer demonstrate his fantastic aim and we even saw a very clever eagle show off it’s flying skills.
Shared ‘The jigsaw charter’ with the children to reinforce how we work together.
Calm me
At the beginning of every jigsaw lesson we help our minds calm down so that we are ready to learn.
Carrying on from last week children had to stand and arrange themselves in a row from the tallest to the shortest. What does this show us? We all grow at different rates. Explained that in the next lesson we are going to look at some other important differences in the way we grow.
We did circle time and shared more baby pictures and talked about how much we have changed since being a baby to now.
Last week, Year 2 performed a fantastic class assembly. We had been learning all about Islam in R.E and we have learned lots about Ramadan and the festival of Eid – Ul -Fitr.
The children dressed up and told a story about a boy called Ibrahim, who was fasting for the first time. They told the story about how he had learned from his readings of the Qu’ran and was thankful for what he had.
The children were confident and comfortable on stage and delivered a fantastic assembly! Well done Year 2!
On Thursday, year 5 had a visit from the nurse with important information. They learnt all about the dangers of alcohol, smoking and drugs and joined in a discussion about how to avoid peer pressure and stay safe. It was a very informative session and the children had lots of questions for the nurse.
Year 1 really enjoyed sports day! We took part in a range of activities such as archery, football, netball and rounders. We also took part in an assault course which we all loved! We all received gold medals because we are all winners!
Another fabulous week of Forest School activities 🙂
We were a little disappointed because it was too windy for us to have a fire this week. But we made up for it with lots of den building and bug hunting.
This week I led an assembly with the theme of perseverance. It made me think about how we all need to persevere with things and how it makes us feel when we achieve something that has been a challenge.
Many of the characteristics of effective learning reflect this. This week I have been very proud of the way the children keep on trying, even when something is difficult or when a challenge arises. They are becoming more able to plan ideas and adapt these when needed.
Building a tall tower that won’t fall over. It took many attempts but the boys showed great determination and achieved their goal.
The girls here all had different objectives but they persevered even when their buildings fell down. They looked at each other for ideas and supported each other to keep on trying.
In design and technology this week, we were looking at making Dia de Muertos as part of our ‘Hola Mexico’ topic. We had to draw our designs onto felt and cut out two identical felt skulls. We then had to join both sides together with blanket-stitch or over-stitch. Then it was stuffed with kapok.
The skulls were decorated with sequins to replicate the Dia de Muertos
Last week, Year 2 performed a fantastic class assembly. We had been learning all about Islam in R.E and we have learned lots about Ramadan and the festival of Eid – Ul -Fitr.
The children dressed up and told a story about a boy called Ibrahim, who was fasting for the first time. They told the story about how he had learned from his readings of the Qu’ran and was thankful for what he had.
The children were confident and comfortable on stage and delivered a fantastic assembly! Well done Year 2!
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