This week, the children have been busy practising their culinary skills in Room 17. The children planned and made a delicious healthy mealthat included ingredients from several food groups. They made a delicious ‘healthy’ soup that included the main food groups; beans, parsnips, cabbage, tomatoes, carrots, onions and potatoes.
we had mixed opinions about the finished product but I was so impressed that every single child had a taste!

This week has been a rather big week in school this week. We had our Nowruz celebration on Wednesday morning and it was a roaring success! Over 100 parents and children attended the celebration and joined in with eating, dancing and celebrations to bring in the spring season. To all of those who attended and dressed up we wanted tosay a big thank you.

In writing, the children have finally finished their fact file hot write on Healthy Eating . Next week, we are hooking with the Further Adventures of the Owl and the Pussycat written by Julia Donaldson and we will be writing a setting description story about a fantasy island.

In art this week we have started our relief collage. This is inspired by artist Rob Ryan. Today we have started our owl & the pusdy cat relief collage, creating waves & the boat. We will continue with these next week.

In maths, we have come to the end to the of the mass and capacity topic and will be moving to our fractions unit of work . This is the perfect time to get out the pizza cutter at home and practice with thechildren using the language of equal, halves & quarters

This week has been an amazing week in Year 2 as we have had our colour run on Thursday for our Holi celebration! The children that participated not only had lots of fun but also came back to class substantially more colourful than when they left! It was wonderful to see so many children participating in this yearly tradition of our school. Then as an extra treat we enjoyed an Indian dance session kindly arranged by Mrs Cosgrove.

We have now had our winners announced for the writing competition from World Book Day and those are Eliana, Elnaz and Ezzy. Well done to those children! They will now have their stories made into published stories for their book corners.

In writing, the children have begun to innovate from the main text and create their own fact files on staying fit and healthy. Soon they will write their hot write next week on healthy eating and diet linking in to their science and PSHE.

In maths, the children began their unit on Mass and Capacity by weighing items on scales and differentiating between grams and kilograms.

What a great week we have had in 2C which involved pancake races on Tuesday & on Thursday the whole school celebrated World Book Day. 2C were taught by Malifecent for the day! It was fantastic to see so many children dressed up as traditional tale characters! Classes were set a writing competition. Pupils had to write a ‘Twisted Tale’. We had some fantastic stories in 2C! Winners will be announced in next Thursday’s flourishing learners celebration with winners getting their stories made into a real book for their class reading areas!

It has been an exciting first week back. The children had the opportunity to meet some owls! The morning started with an introductory session where the children saw a barn owl. Smaller sessions took place during the day where the children were able to ask questions and had the chance to hold some of the owls. It was an informative and fun day!

Wow! It has been an amazing term with lots of activity, hard work and enthusiasm from the children. In the previous week, they entered a space dome (in the school hall) and were enthralled by the images of space, the moon, the sun and the various planets. In writing, the pupils wrote about an explorer and described the setting. They also created an information guide on how to become an explorer. Books were read about two astronauts that the pupils were exploring in history: Neil Armstrong and Mae Jemison. The children also brought in their projects from home. They worked diligently to design and create a space buggy. The final week ended with an Explorer Day Exhibition where the children showcased their work and families were invited in to see their wonderful writing, artwork and space buggies. Well done! So proud of all of you!