One of our favourite things this week has been learning about electricity...
Don't put electrical things anywhere near water. Jennifer
Don't turn on a light with wet hands. Vedant
Don't overload a plug socket. Olivia
When you go out of the house, switch your electrical things off. Grace
Electricity comes from coal. Adi
In Learning through Play, we have started to build some electrical circuits and toys that we bought with our money from FORIS. We are working well in teams and one group managed to build a circuit to fly a helicopter!
In dance, we have been practising for May Day. We are doing well with dancing round the Maypole and this week we started to learn our country dance too.
In games, we are developing our football skills. We had to dribble the ball with control, look for the goal and shoot accurately. We made it more challenging by putting a goalkeeper in the goal!
In English, we have been reading the story "The Sweetest Song." First, we had to give our opinion about the characters. Lily chose Little Daughter and said she was wise and naughty because she shouldn't have gone out of the gate, but she was clever to trick the wolf. Next, we wrote a letter, either to Papa or Little Daughter. Harry wrote to Little Daughter telling her what she should have done.
Home Learning this week has been set by Mrs O. We've been asked to create a colourful poster for Redbourn in Bloom, on the theme of gardens. These need to come in to school on Tuesday.
This week the Star Award is for being proud of someone else's achievements. We chose Max to receive it as he always says well done to others. Well done Max.
Enjoy the Bank Holiday weekend everyone.
Friday 29 April 2016
Friday 22 April 2016
Our Trip to Waddesdon
On Thursday, the whole of Year Two went on a trip to Waddesdon Manor. We went on a double decker bus and it took us an hour to get there. When we arrived, we walked down the crickly, crackly drive to the terrific, royal looking house!
We spent some time inside the house where it was like a museum. We looked at sculptures in the house. They were made from different materials like purple volcanic rock, bronze, gold, silver and metal. Outside, we learnt about some Greek Myths and had to find the sculpture of Flora; the goddess of Spring. We knew when we had found the right sculpture because she had spring flowers over her.
After lunch, we used some clay to make a pot and we are looking forward to developing our clay skills at school. Last, but not least, we went on the adventure playground. There was a really big slide and we went down forward and backwards! We also enjoyed spinning round the fireman's pole. Mrs Byrne was pleased to see all the risks we were taking.
"We saw sculptures made out of bottles." Lottie
"Hercules was brave and the horses that he had to defeat were scary, but in the sculpture they looked nice." Amy
"I twisted round the pole - it was fun!" Riley
"It was the best trip ever!" Harry
Maple Class have had a very successful week - Ruan's Easter Garden was highly commended and Harry's won the prize! Well done.
Jennifer and Eleanor found out their stories had got through to the 2nd round of the Radio 2 500 Words competition! The first round had 123,400 stories and now they're one of 4,500 stories. Well done, girls :) and fingers crossed you get to the final 50, but you should be very proud of yourselves.
We also found out that our May Queen and King this year are Lily and Edward. Well done both of you...
Our Home Learning this week is to research The Queen and Royal Family - record your work in your own way.
This week's Star Award is going to Amy C for always being fair. Well done, Amy.
Night is going home with Riley this week for showing a really good attitude towards all of his learning. He's worked independently and was able to tell us loads about Hercules when we were on our trip. Well done, Riley. Have fun with Night.
We spent some time inside the house where it was like a museum. We looked at sculptures in the house. They were made from different materials like purple volcanic rock, bronze, gold, silver and metal. Outside, we learnt about some Greek Myths and had to find the sculpture of Flora; the goddess of Spring. We knew when we had found the right sculpture because she had spring flowers over her.
After lunch, we used some clay to make a pot and we are looking forward to developing our clay skills at school. Last, but not least, we went on the adventure playground. There was a really big slide and we went down forward and backwards! We also enjoyed spinning round the fireman's pole. Mrs Byrne was pleased to see all the risks we were taking.
"We saw sculptures made out of bottles." Lottie
"Hercules was brave and the horses that he had to defeat were scary, but in the sculpture they looked nice." Amy
"I twisted round the pole - it was fun!" Riley
"It was the best trip ever!" Harry
Maple Class have had a very successful week - Ruan's Easter Garden was highly commended and Harry's won the prize! Well done.
Jennifer and Eleanor found out their stories had got through to the 2nd round of the Radio 2 500 Words competition! The first round had 123,400 stories and now they're one of 4,500 stories. Well done, girls :) and fingers crossed you get to the final 50, but you should be very proud of yourselves.
We also found out that our May Queen and King this year are Lily and Edward. Well done both of you...
Our Home Learning this week is to research The Queen and Royal Family - record your work in your own way.
This week's Star Award is going to Amy C for always being fair. Well done, Amy.
Night is going home with Riley this week for showing a really good attitude towards all of his learning. He's worked independently and was able to tell us loads about Hercules when we were on our trip. Well done, Riley. Have fun with Night.
Friday 1 April 2016
Mrs Byrne's Birthday
We've had a fun last week of term.
On Wednesday, it was Mrs Byrne's birthday! We've been keeping lots of secrets from her - fun, rainbow bunting, birthday cards, a rainbow picture we all helped to create and learning words to a special song. We enjoyed her birthday assembly. Thank you Mrs Byrne for the delicious birthday cake.
In Topic, we brought all of our learning together by completing some Thinkers' Keys. These are questions and phrases that make us think creatively about our learning.
I did a space alphabet. Edward
I designed a new rocket which was purple. Grace
I made a mouse trap using 10 lolly sticks, 10 rubber bands, 2 straws and 1 carrier bag - Lily
I thought of 10 animals I'd probably never see. Vedant
We had RE day. We did some Indian Dancing and learnt about the festival of Holi. In the afternoon, we decorated a simnel cake and finished our learning about Easter.
I enjoyed making the simnel cake. I found out there are 11 balls for Jesus' disciples because Judas wasn't really Jesus' friend. Jennifer
I went in the Star Book for doing some really good Bollywood dancing. Riley
We watched some video clips about Easter. I found out that there were 2 other people on crosses near Jesus - Matilda
We've enjoyed sharing our home learning about how to look after our teeth.
We're looking forward to the FORIS Easter Challenge. Our other home learning is to read and spell some words we're bringing home.
Our Star Award this week goes to Holly for stopping and thinking before she makes a choice. Well done, Holly.
We are back at school on TUESDAY 19th April. Have a wonderful 2 weeks off school!
On Wednesday, it was Mrs Byrne's birthday! We've been keeping lots of secrets from her - fun, rainbow bunting, birthday cards, a rainbow picture we all helped to create and learning words to a special song. We enjoyed her birthday assembly. Thank you Mrs Byrne for the delicious birthday cake.
In Topic, we brought all of our learning together by completing some Thinkers' Keys. These are questions and phrases that make us think creatively about our learning.
I did a space alphabet. Edward
I designed a new rocket which was purple. Grace
I made a mouse trap using 10 lolly sticks, 10 rubber bands, 2 straws and 1 carrier bag - Lily
I thought of 10 animals I'd probably never see. Vedant
We had RE day. We did some Indian Dancing and learnt about the festival of Holi. In the afternoon, we decorated a simnel cake and finished our learning about Easter.
I enjoyed making the simnel cake. I found out there are 11 balls for Jesus' disciples because Judas wasn't really Jesus' friend. Jennifer
I went in the Star Book for doing some really good Bollywood dancing. Riley
We watched some video clips about Easter. I found out that there were 2 other people on crosses near Jesus - Matilda
We've enjoyed sharing our home learning about how to look after our teeth.
We're looking forward to the FORIS Easter Challenge. Our other home learning is to read and spell some words we're bringing home.
Our Star Award this week goes to Holly for stopping and thinking before she makes a choice. Well done, Holly.
We are back at school on TUESDAY 19th April. Have a wonderful 2 weeks off school!
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