Friday 11th April
What an EGGciting week it has been!
The children in Wales class have had an incredibly busy half-term but have worked their socks off. We finished the half-term learning more about the true meaning of Easter, making Easter crafts and taking part in the much anticipated annual event of the Easter egg decorating competition. It was very hard for Miss Woolard and Mrs Ward to judge as they were all so 'eggcellent'.
Have a wonderful Easter Wales class!
Friday 4th April
STEMmaville Enrichment week
What a FANTASTIC enrichment week we have had using our curiousity, creativity, problem-solving and thinking skills. We've been learning about the vast range of careers that use our science, technology, engineering and mathematical skills. We've had a very busy week full of exciting workshops, team challenges and totally new experiences. Across the week we have enjoyed a morning of forest school with Mr Elliott, learnt about and made our very own solar system models, experienced life in space inside a planetarium, applied our science skills when making lava lamps and put our teamwork skills to the test with an egg drop challenge. See below photographs of all the amazing activities we've been doing this week.
A visit from the Planetarium from Kielder Observatory and coding afternoon
Forest School with Mr Elliott
Friday 28th March
Geography- Newcastle Landmarks
The children in Wales class always look forward to Geography and learning about new countries and comparing and contrasting them. Ask us to name the seven continents and we will burst out in song. This week, we have been learning how to use a key to create a simple map. After learning about the key physical and human features of Newcastle, we worked in groups firstly to recognise the landmarks from aerial photographs and then Miss Woolard set us a challenge to draw a giant map of Newcastle city centre using a key and simple symbols to represent each feature. We are all very proud of our city and we can't wait for our fieldtrip next half-term to see these landmarks in person.
Friday 21st March
English-Kassim and the Greedy Dragon
Over the last few weeks, we have been learning our model story map of Kassim and the Greedy Dragon to identify features of a warning tale. We've thoroughly enjoyed learning all the techniques we can use to build suspense in our writing and we've certainly been frightening our teachers when they've been reading our setting descriptions. We are so proud of our stories that we have been sharing them with our peers at the end of each lesson. Our parents also enjoyed reading them during parents evening. We hope we didn't scare you too much!
Friday 14th March
Oracy-ABC Debate 'Would rather live in Newcastle or Hawaii?'
Friday 14th February
Author Visit- Adam Bushnell
Friday 7th February
Design and Technology- Making Healthy Wraps
Over the last few weeks, we have been learning about a balanced diet using the healthy eating plate and have even been tasting some new foods. This week, the children have really enjoyed making their chosen designs following on from the design brief they received last week. We discussed the importance of food hygiene and food preparation before we can construct our healthy wraps. The children learnt the safe methods of cutting food using both the 'bridge' and 'claw' hold and applied these skills to chop some of the foods.
Wales class particularly loved the moment they got to taste their finished wraps and nearly all gave them the thumbs up. Next week, we are going to evaluate our designs and self-assess our new skills.
Friday 31st January
Over the last half-term, we have really enjoyed inviting some of our parents into school to tell us all about their careers and find out what is involved in these job roles. We didn't even know all these jobs existed but now we have so many questions and have begun to think about all the exciting careers we could go into when we are older. This week we were very excited to find out about the many jobs Jonny has done including working in Disney World Florida and onboard the Disney cruise ship. All of Year 2 were in awe at a magic tricky Jonny performed for us. Jonny told us about how he had changed careers a few times in his adulthood and used his skills in a range of roles.
Friday 24th January
It was rather loud at times in Wales class this afternoon as we were working in teams to compose our own short pieces of music inspire by the piece 'A Short Ride in a Fast Machine' by John Adams an American composer. We experimented with the timbre of the different instruments to decide which ones would be best suited to the movement of a fast vehicle. Mrs Hamilton was really impressed with our teamwork and each group composed some very exciting pieces.