The Tiggers have continued to launch themselves into our superheroes topic and using them in their learning. They enjoyed writing superhero riddles for their friends and teachers and had their very own superhero mini me that they have then taken to explore the garden and classroom. They have used their adventures to write about and practise using their phonic knowledge. The children have had great fun making and designing their superhero masks, finding their way out of laser traps and designing and building traps on the workbench.

The children have been practising their number bonds to ten and using their knowledge to problem solve. They have also focused on ordering numbers and looking closely at their position.

We have continued to learn sounds and have now finished ‘ou’ and ‘oy’.

In Art, the children made a thumb pot using their fine motor skills for building. The children decorated it by making marks and watched as it dried and then painted it. The children used paper shapes to make superheroes pictures.

In PE, the children have been exploring the moon, crouching down low to explore the surface, and experimenting with different ways to move. They have been finding alien eggs and carefully balancing them while avoiding the other children on the moon. The children used the eggs to move around their bodies in different ways. Then they left them on the moon and returned to earth in their rockets.

In Music, the children composed music as a group and played instruments to represent parts of a superhero film.

In RE, we have been looking at Pentecost, hearing the story of what happened. We have been discussing how the disciples might feel about what happened then relating this to a time we might have been scared. The children took part in the crowning of Mary with flowers and a procession around the school. The children sang As I Kneel Before ~You – Ave Maria. The children, as usual, sat beautifully and paid full attention. They also drew some great flowers to decorate their spiritual reflection book around Mary.

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Outdoor Learning

Children were very excited to be using new bug pots and magnifying glasses at outdoor learning this week. They identified some new flowers and found 2 ladybirds. We were extremely lucky to have lovely weather so we were able to have a picnic lunch too.

Other News

In Maths, we have been practising our counting in twos, fives and tens. We have started multiplication of numbers within 10. We use the blocks and Numicon to help us count.

In Writing, we have been looking at some unfamiliar words and discussing their meaning in the story The Pirates of Scurvy Sands. We talked about words such as frolic, grub, peckish and elope then added them to our word wall to help us remember them. We wrote sentences and tried to use these new words to make them exciting!

In Topic, we have looked at the continents in more detail and talked about where they are on the map and which continent the UK is in. We also looked at the five oceans and found out some fun facts about each one. We have loved singing the continent and ocean song!

In Science, we looked at parts of a plant. We used microscopes to look closely at flowers from the garden and see them up close. We even did a science experiment where we planted cress seeds. One plate of seeds has water and is growing on the windowsill, one has no water on the windowsill, one is in the fridge and one is in the cupboard. It will be exciting to see which ones grow and why!

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This is the Fig Class news written by Fig Class.

We decided that this time we, the children, are the people who should tell you what we have enjoyed and spent our time exploring in Fig Class.  We are budding scientists that are exploring how buds and plants grow. We have planted our own running beans and have drawn and labelled plants in our science books. I wonder whose runner bean will run up the wall fastest and be taller than any year two? Some of us are going to be making elephant’s toothpaste in science club. We love science club but Mrs Lavety says, “the elephant cannot stay in the class during playtimes!” We started with a spider man on our topic wall but now we want to fill our wall with true heroes. We want heroes who are kind, confident, helpful, courageous and determined. This week we learned about the explorer Shackleton who saved the lives of 27 men on his expedition to the South Pole. We have admired Mary Seacole who overcame the prejudice of many people to build the British Hotel hospital and saved the lives of both Russian and British Soldiers during the Crimean War.

In our writing, we have written our own stories of heroes in school based on the book Shine by Sarah Asuquo. It is an emotional story that tells us that we are all special, “unique in our own way” to quote Maymunah.  Now Matilda, whom we are reading about, is a true hero because she helps her classmates to defeat the terrible Mrs Trunchbull. She is a headteacher who thunders with terror and anger Celestine thought. We think Matilda is very smart and wise. We are enjoying the story and singing the songs. No ‘chokey’ for us!

We have had fun inside and out, perfecting our forward rolls in PE and flying on our brooms playing Quidditch. In Maths, we have been consolidating all our skills and giving each other secret spy directions to locate hidden numbers on a huge snakes and ladders board. The sun shone as we celebrated the month of Our Lady in May with flowers and we created our own Paschal Easter candles to show the light of the risen Christ. Our talents have shone like Matilda’s and with your guidance as we have also completed half of our year 2 SAT’s. Please remember us for the next two exams.

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