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6 March 2020

World Book Day

Year 2 loved our Harry Potter themed World Book Day. We were engrossed in watching parts of the film before getting our tickets for the Hogwarts Express. We then enjoyed designing our own fictional character. After lunch in the Great Hall, we enjoyed some close up magic from Dan. We couldn’t…

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6 March 2020

World Book Day 2020

Year 6 have had a great World Book Day 2020! Everyone got in to the swing of things dressing up, making butter beer and designing Marauders Maps #enjoy

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5 March 2020

Figure Sculptures

Year 2 completed their art work with by becoming sculptors. They worked in the style of Keith Haring to design their own figure out of plasticine. 

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3 March 2020

Runway Visitor Park

What an amazing trip to Runway Visitor Park at Manchester airport So much to see and do!

We loved watching the planes take off and land, especially the double decker plane,( A380) and getting to see Concorde. A hlghlight of the day was becoming a pilot and a flight engineer to imagine what it…

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26 February 2020

Keith Haring Art

Year 2 have enjoyed learning about the work of the artist and sculptor Keith Haring. They have explored examples of his work and produced some of their own figure drawings in his style. 

 

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24 February 2020

Outdoor Learning

What a great way to end the half term with an outdoor learning session! We had to imagine we were a space tourist, from Bob the Man on the Moon, and make a shelter to spend the night on the moon. We had to work as a team to design and build our shelter! We #enjoyed being outdoors and #embraced the…

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13 February 2020

Drawing figures

Today Year 2 worked on their drawing skills. Firstly we had a go at drawing humans. We then looked at the importance of 'structure' in art and watched some videos to help us draw figures, using shading to create different tones.

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11 February 2020

Safer Internet Day 2020

In Year 2 we focused on what our identify is i.e the things that make you...YOU. We learnt that what you online forms part of your identity too. We thought about what the things we enjoy most, offline and online, and the types of things suitable to share online. We know it is important to keep…

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5 February 2020

English - The Man on the Moon

In English we are reading the Man on the Moon. Today we were working on comprehension and had to find and underline the answers to help us answer True and False questions. 

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28 January 2020

Year 2 - Australia Day

Year 2 enjoyed learning more about Australia this afternoon. Linked to our Geography work, we located Australia on the map and reminded ourselves of the oceans surrounding it. We then looked at its landscape, climate and located some cities. We learnt about the recent bushfires and the role of the…

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26 January 2020

Planetarium

Year 2 loved a journey into space as they visited the Planetarium. We stepped inside and were taken on a journey around the Solar System and learnt lots of facts about the different planets. We also joined Neil Armstrong on his mission to be the first man on the moon.

 

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15 January 2020

Healthy Minds UK

Year 2 enjoyed their second Healthy Minds UK session. We started with a game where we had to work together to pass the hoop round the circle and then had to spot the differences in the pictures by talking to each other. We talked about asking people "How are you?" as it is good for your mental…

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