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Another fun filled and busy week, in Moonbeam class. This week we have enjoyed Science looking at weather again, predicting what it will be like and what a great week of weather we have had for this. In English we have been working hard on our fairy tale topic, exploring different stories,…

The children have been working hard to earn golden tickets this week. 

We have started reading the book Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, linked to our English unit on chocolate. 

"We tasted chocolate." - Maryam

"We have been learning about where chocolate comes from." - Sophia

"The…

This week we have embraced the cold weather and have been learning all about penguins and their habitats. On Monday morning a suitcase was found in our classroom. The contents were somewhat different from normal as it contained snowballs, a small can of sardines and a small picnic blanket. We had…

This term the children are going to work with Bloom's Taxonomy, thinking about habitats. Bloom's Taxonomy helps us to work towards higher order thinking. One of the ways that this is done, is by using the idea of a ladder you can climb up.

The first 'rungs' on the ladder are: remembering,…

The end of week 2 already! This week we have completed lots of different challenges and activities and have worked hard in all subjects.

In English we have looked at new tales, making new questions from the point of view of the characters, performing the stories and retelling the stories.…

This week has been a very Science focused week. We have had a go at being ‘Junior Palaeontologists’ using ‘Dig It Out’ kits. We also had the opportunity to look at, feel, smell and touch real fossils that Mrs Hanigan brought in for us. As well as these activities we created flow charts into how…

“This week we have been learning more about Florence Nightingale. We have been pretending we were soldiers writing a letter” – Oscar

“We were learning our 5x tables. 3x5=15” – Indy

“We have been learning the /I/ sound.” – Sophia

“Find has the /I/ sound in it.” – Nevaeh

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This week Mrs White has been teaching the class lots of new skills. In maths they have covered capacity; measuring out liquids to see which containers hold the most, finding half full, full and empty.  The class have enjoyed the practical skills pouring the liquids from one container to…

Wow. What a week we have had here in Moonbeam class. Mrs Dorota and I couldn’t wait to see the children again on Monday and we have all had a wonderful time, sharing our Christmas adventures and stories and the children have been so excited to see their friends again.

Our week started off…

Monday

On Monday, we did a Maths and English arithmetic test because we needed to make our brains remember everything we did before we broke up for half term.

Tuesday

On Tuesday, we did singing in the hall with Mr Bamber and then after that we did facts about war horse. In maths we…

Welcome back everyone and a happy new year! 

This half term in year 2 we are learning about Florence Nightingale.

"She was helping the soldiers." - Sophia

"She was a nurse." - Aiesha

"She was the lady with the lamp." - Oscar

"At night she held a lamp and checked on the…

It has been lovely having Sunshine class back at school this week, all of the teachers have missed their smiley faces. Everybody has enjoyed being back with their friends and sharing their Christmas experiences.

This week we have been reading the story of The Three little Pigs and acting out…