We had a fantastic day at Durham cathedral on Tuesday. We went on the bus and then walked up to the Cathedral. We met out tour guides then walked around the Cathedral in two groups. The children answered questions about Saint Cuthbert and our guide was very impressed with their knowledge. We enjoyed a lovely packed lunch in the Cloisters then continued our learning with some observational drawing on the afternoon. The children’s behaviour was outstanding and this was commented on several times by various members of the public! This always makes us feel very proud of our children. A super day, well done Year 2 children!
Litter Survey
The children in Class 5 went outside to look for litter in our school grounds. We talked about where the bin were placed and checked if they were being used. The children were all pleased to find that there was not very much litter in our school grounds. We did notice that a lot of litter we found had blown in from outside school, and went on to design posters asking people to pick up their litter.
Paul Klee an abstract artist
We have been learning about the artist Paul Klee who said a line was a dot that went for a walk. The children looked at his paintings then created their own abstract pieces of work. The class display is lovely.
International Week in Class 6
In Year 2 we have been learning about Brazil and Class 6 have created a video of our own Brazilian Carnival.
Fairtrade Coffee Afternoon
On Thursday 16th March we celebrated Fairtrade day in school. Class 5 enjoyed taking part in a carousel of activities about fairtrade foods and Brazil (the country we had been learning about over this week). Most children’s favourite part was making their own fairtrade banana and strawberry milkshakes with Mr Raine! It was fantastic to see so many parents coming into the classroom, joining in the activities and supporting our Fairtrade coffee and cake fundraiser!
Literacy – robot soup
The children in Year 2 enjoyed making their own robot soup. They added lots of ingredients which robots would find tasty! None of the children thought that people would like robot soup much, and that the nuts and bolts might hurt our teeth! Once we had made robot soup the children wrote instructions so that any robots who loved our soup would be able to make some for themselves.
PE Lesson
A quick look at some of the activities in our PE carousel. Confident, happy children working together linking ideas. Well done Class 6!
Year 2 – Battle of Hastings
In year 2 we have been learning about the ‘Battle of Hastings’ this week, we re-enacted the battle and had so much fun.
Practical Maths
A fun morning carousel of activities including measuring, weighing, capacity, beebots, money, mathletics, shape and number work! A great response from the children who said lots of positive things about the morning. One child said he enjoyed learning how to measure using centimetres. Another said she had learned how to weigh using grams and she wasn’t sure before. Well done children!
Durham Cathedral Trip
Year 2 had a wonderful day at Durham Cathedral. The bus arrived on time and the journey through to Durham was exciting for the children. A short walk up the hill and we were at the Cathedral. Harry was our tour guide and he knew lots of facts about St Cuthbert. Some of the children got to dress up as monks or milk maids. The story of St Cuthbert came to life through the stories told by Harry then we finally got to visit Cuthbert’s shrine. Tilly and Kieran lit a candle and we did a little prayer. Everyone was ready for dinner so we went to the cloisters after our tour and enjoyed lunch with Class 5. We did some observational drawing then looked at the lego Cathedral. It was amazing! Everyone enjoyed their day.
