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04

Apr

Rainforest Ranger Day

Posted by Mrs L Trotman

What a fantastic day. Paul the "Rainforest Ranger" was so informative and has really boosted our knowledge and understanding of the life in these habitats. Artifacts, animals, videos and a wealth of information and hands on experience...fabulous!
04

Apr

Rainforest artifacts

Posted by Mrs L Trotman

So much to explore, question and explain in Paul's box of Rainforest treasures. The children imparted knowledge we researched what we didn't know and used our scetching skills to record some of the many unusual items... an armadillo handbag, a Caimens head, a crocodile wallet and many bowls made from seed cases and nut shell.
24

Mar

Downs Syndrome awareness

Posted by Mrs L Trotman

The day started with a fantastic assembly led by Mrs Howsers peer to peer group of year 6 children. They showed interviews with members of the school they had recorded at play times. It was fun to see ourselves and our friends on the big screen talking about what made them happy and what characteristics we look for in a friend. The message was that we are all individual with special identities that make us unique which that others respect and look for in us. All classes took part in 21 challenges in 21 minutes; plank, squats, hola hooping and sit ups to name a few. Class 2 got stuck in as ever and certainly deserved the cakes at the sale later on!
24

Mar

Exploring characterisation

Posted by Mrs L Trotman

Miss Blyth and Class 2 had a lot of fun getting into characters in drama this week.
19

Mar

Topic launch

Posted by Mrs L Trotman

There was much excitement in Class 2 yesterday morning as the children discovered a jungle had sprung up in the classroom! Our new theme is Rainforests and comes form the whole school theme linked to the Nick Butterworth story"wonderful Earth. The children spent the day getting fully immersed in all things "jungly".
19

Mar

Rainforest ready

Posted by Mrs L Trotman

The sessions yesterday were used to get us "Rainforest ready". We researched on the Internet a variety of frogs which live there and then made our own versions for our Jungle area but, watch out if you take a peek. The vibrant colours are a warning of danger however, even the camouflaged varieties can be poisonous!
19

Mar

Pretty parrot!

Posted by Mrs L Trotman

The next inhabitants of our Rainforest were beautiful and individual macaws - made from hand prints. The children are so proud of their involvement in the creation of this area of the classroom and they have been making suggestions for improvements and bringing in extra bits and bobs from home. Well done Class 2 I am so pleased to see your dedication to our theme and your individual levels of involvement. Thank you.
19

Mar

Traditional Tales

Posted by Mrs L Trotman

In our English session today the children were given pictorial clues to a traditional tale/ fairy story. They had to work out the story, sequence the pictures, decide how to retell the story and create a story map. Fantastic work with Goldilocks and the Three Bears Ewan, Evie-Mai and Harley - super drama used to share your retell to the class. The children went straight to "I stand out" on our learning ladder for such an inspirational re-enactment.
07

Mar

World book day - Anthony Browne

Posted by Mrs L Trotman

The children started the day with hopping onto the lap tops to research our illustrator. They tracked down the answers to a range of questions finding out that he has written and illustrated 50 books! He grew up in a pub where he loved to tell customers stories and he played rugby at scrum half. We discussed and looked for his motif and themes such as bananas, gorillas and chimpanzees in a plethora of his books. Then in the afternoon session the children applied Anthony's skill of taking something perfectly ordinary and giving it a twist to make the audience look again or look harder. We were able to inject a sense of humor into our self portraits.
05

Mar

Authors

Posted by Mrs L Trotman

Lots of hard work has gone into our Traction Man stories this week and the children are very proud of their efforts. There has been lots of imitation and innovation going on with the children demonstrating the process of clearly sequencing their ideas.