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.