Month: October 2020

In PE we continued with our Athletics block. The weather was lovely so we went to the MUGA.

Kit – We were throwing beanbags into hoops to improve our accuracy and underarm throw technique.

Bilal – We were running and having fun! We ran up to touch the fence and ran back as fast as we could. It was so cool.

 

Drama – we played ‘The otter and the heron’ 🦦🦩game. Miss Cohen also told the story of the Awongalema tree 🌳 and we acted it out, giving pupils in Class 2 the role of the different animals in the story. It’s a beautiful story – all about appreciating nature and not taking too much from Earth’s natural resources (without considering the consequences and planning for recovery/repopulating with living things etc).

Subhan – It was fun! I liked being the otter and the heron. It was great and awesome.

Maths –

We have been partitioning 4 digit numbers. We have also been learning how to use symbols like =, > and < to compare numbers and quantities.

Some of us were working on the number before and the number after! We were also looking at ordering events on a timetable and ordering the days of the week.

Literacy

Khadija – I made a potion! We put in all of the h words.

On Tuesday and Wednesday, we worked on creating spooky Halloween stories using prompt cards and keywords. The story mountains we made using notes, and then the final stories that were created were so imaginative! I was very impressed by the creativity in the room!

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IDL – We were learning about the tradition of Dias de los muertos in Mexico. We watched the Disney movie ‘Coco’ which featured many of the aspects of this event that we had discussed in class this week; papel de picado (paper bunting), skeleton skulls, candles, marigold flowers, decorated altars etc.

We made our own skeleton masks with floral hats – they looked really effective!💐🌸🌼

Halloween; PREPARE TO BE SCARED!! 💀🎃👻

We rated our week;📊

Ross: 10/10

Kit: 5/10

Khadija:  10/10

Kayden: 7/10

Kareem: 10/10

Ivo: Yes to 10/10

Bilal: 10/10

Subhan: 10/10

 

Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend, and see you again on Monday!

Miss Cohen 🥰

Hi all,

Here is a summary of what we hope to cover during Term 2 in Class 2…lots of interesting content and, as always, we will look to do this in the most creative and motivating ways possible.

Miss Cohen 🙂 💜

To celebrate the season of Autumn we made beautiful Autumnal wreaths.🍄🍁🍂

Subhan – First we went outside and collected leaves. they were nice colours like red, orange and yellow. Then, we stuck them on our wreaths with glue and added glitter!

Bilal – I put berries on mine too and it looked really nice.🍇🍒

We started Athletics in Gym this week. 🥇🥈🥉

Ross – We did lots of things. My favourites were the javelin and the shot putt. We had to hold them in a certain way before throwing them.

Subhan – We also practised running and jumping over the hurdles and we did a bean bag throw.

We matched our Spelling words to their accompanying definitions and synonyms (words that have similar meanings). Not cinnamon, as Ross was giggling about hehe! 😉

Ross – In Paths, we spoke about different ways that we can make up with our friends after we’ve had a falling out or disagreement.
Here are some of our thoughts when we Stop ✋ 🛑, Think and Make a Plan 🚦;

Hector – We started our new topic; Rituals, Ceremonies and Traditions.

During Term 2, we will be focusing our Topic/IDL work on a historical theme. We played Hangman to reveal what our context for learning would be this Term – we will be learning about Rituals, Ceremonies and Traditions around the World.

We started our IDL work this week by looking at images of different rituals, ceremonies and traditions globally, and by commenting on what we could see and what we wondered…

I see a baby. I think the baby is sleeping – Kareem

I wonder why are they playing with the baby’s feet? – Ivo

I see a man hiding – Bilal, I wonder why he is hiding? – Ivo

I see a pirate – Ivo, I see a man – Khadija

He is looking rather shifty – Hector

I think he is a Dad – Kareem

I think he is about 60 years old – Kayden

I wonder if he’s a wanted criminal? – Subhan

I wonder if he’s trying to hide between people’s legs and if he’s under attack? – Ross

I wonder if he’s trying to annoy people by hiding in their armpits? – Hector

I see a man – Ivo

I think he is praying – Khadija

I wonder if he’s tired – Kareem

I see a sunset – Miss Cohen

I think it’s the river Ganges – Hector

I wonder if he’s praying? Maybe he is scattering ashes/fire? – Bilal/Subhan

I wonder if it’s a Summer or Winter solstice? Could it be a solar eclipse? – Ross

I see ladders – Ivo, They look about 40ft tall – Kayden

I see  a shadowed figure and lots of smoke – Bilal

I think someone is climbing – Kareem

Could they be setting of fireworks or launching rockets? – Miss Cohen

Maybe there was an explosion underground after hundreds of years? – Subhan

I wonder if that is an old launchpad that has been blown up? – Ross

I see lots of trees – Khadija

I think it’s a fire, BBQ, and a bonfire! – Ivo

I see a nearly naked man, it looks like he is wearing only underwear!

He looks a bit dirty/muddy

He is balancing on a beam and looks like he is cutting the end with a saw – Ross

I wonder if he’s retrieving an arrow? – Ross

I wonder why he hasn’t got any safety equipment on and how high he is from the ground? – Hector

I wonder what’s below? – Miss Cohen

It looks muddy and slippery – Kayden

I see men carrying a heavy ball. It looks heavy – Subhan

I wonder if this is a trial that the teenagers have to go through to prove themselves as a worthy adult? – Ross

I wonder if they’re playing football? – Bilal

I see lots of surfers. Maybe they are all teaming? – Bilal

I see water – Kareem, I think they are swimming – Ivo

I wonder if they’re near the seaside?

I wonder why lots of the surfers are sinking and have fallen off their boards? – Hector

I wonder if they are one big family and they are reuniting? – Ross

I wonder where are they going and where have they come from? – Subhan

I see bodies on a roadside – Kayden

I wonder if the people involved are related? – Bilal, Are they safe? – Ross

I wonder if they’re in the mountains in Asia? – Miss Cohen

I wonder if they’re praying? – Hector

I wonder if they could be homeless? – Bilal

I wonder if they’re trying to sleep? – Subhan, Are they alive? – Kayden, Are they hiding from someone? – Hector

 

In Maths, we were working on Time.

Ivo – I was doing matching. It was half past and o’clock times. I like telling the time.

Ross – We used a stop watch and put a minute on the timer! Then we did different things, like how many jumps can you do in a minute over a hurdle, or how many times you can pass the basketball around the Class 2 circle.

Bilal – We played different instruments (samba drums, bells, tambourims, shakers, glockenspiels). I played the bells and followed a rhythm.🥁🎼

Kit – We went outside for drama and outdoor learning. 🎭We played I-spy 🔍👁and moved like different things in nature. Then we went on a scavenger hunt.

Khadija – I found a tiny yellow leaf and a tiny twig.🍁

Subhan – We had a campfire and had hot chocolate. Miss Cohen read us a story about how stories began.🔥🍫

We celebrated Kareem’s belated birthday in class on Friday! 🥳💜🥰

Have a lovely weekend everyone!

Miss Cohen 💜😊

Outdoor Learning Fortnight highlights

Today we evaluated what our best bits were from OLF, whilst looking at photographs documenting our fun times! Here are the results;

Week 1:

• I loved being around the campfire – Bilal
• Being in the muddy puddle in Maxwell Park – Kit
• I liked knot-tying a lot – Subhan and Ivo
• Being on the tyre swing and Miss Cohen and Duncan pushing us all really high – Ross

Week 2:

• Having a picnic in the park and then have s’mores around the campfire – Khadija
• Making the tents, “and calling them home” – Ross, Subhan, Kit and Bilal.
• Making pancakes around the campfire – Bilal and Ivo
• Smelling the spices before sensory painting – Khadija

Here are some lovely snaps from today’s adventures…💜

Have a well-deserved, restful October holiday!

Love to all,

Miss  Cohen 🥰

Today, we discussed natural happenings in the world that occurred, particularly during the Autumnal season. 🍁🍂🦊🦔🐿

We talked about starling murmurations and how, collectively, the birds travel. We discussed how no one bird leads the rest, and how together they create an extraordinary beauty to behold! Check out the site below if you’d like to learn more about the starlings’ migration Southwards, and their behaviour;

https://www.rspb.org.uk/birds-and-wildlife/wildlife-guides/bird-a-z/starling/starling-murmurations/

Afterwards, we looked at different traditions and cultured around the world which celebrate nature and natural elements.

We decided to use the nature around us to inspire us to connect and be at one (sensorically) with the elements. We collected berries and leaves and flowers, as well as mixing natural spices. We combined them to create Art. The results were just beautiful! Class 2 loved using a range of senses for this task.

Celebrating our Eco-genius Miss Brook’s birthday! 🥳💚

The Art that followed…

Exploring patterns and Symmetry today during Maths;

Making pancakes on the campfire was great fun!

A happy day for Class 2! ☺️🥰

We began Week 2 of Outdoor Learning Fortnight with some music outside in the school gardens. We played the tambourin to the tune, “Play the tambourin like this”, the bells to “I like to play the bell” and the samba drums to “Have another one, 2, 3”. We then changed the lyrics to suit our weekend news and how we were feeling on Monday morning. The class were really good at keeping a rhythm and playing in small music combos. 🥁🎼🦻🏽👁

We then wrote our Spelling words, some using the ff sound and others with the silent k pattern, on paper and Ninja-sprayed them to life using the coloured paint! 👨🏿‍🎤👩🏼‍🎤🧑🏼‍🎤

Round 2 of Shelter and den building and I was super impressed by the group’s efforts. We discussed how important it was that shelters were water-resistant, spacious (if someone perhaps was claustrophobic; Kayden’s idea), cosy and warm, and easy to assemble and then take down.⛺️🪒

We couldn’t resist an impromptu game of Limbo when the bungee cables were so inviting…

and then a well-earned game of Hide and Seek to end off the afternoon.

On Tuesday, we took the bikes out to see what everyone’s capabilities were before our trip on Thurs afternoon. 🚴🏼‍♂️🚴🏼‍♀️🛴

We played Game of 1️⃣5️⃣and Knoughts and Crosses outside in pairs during Maths time.
 

We went to the Eco Garden this morning to do some Drama outdoors. We transformed common objects (like the apple) using our imagination. It became a teleporting device, a future-telling crystal ball, a football, a nuclear bomb and an arching, flowering tree. We also worked together to create freeze frames of a particular scene, and then brought them to life and performed them to an audience.

What amazing actors we have in Class 2…all about the DRAMA and action and never a dull moment haha!🎬🎟🎫

Excited to keep you posted with our next Outdoor Learning adventures!

Miss Cohen 💚☺️

On Wednesday, Class 2 went to the Sensory Garden to build shelters and dens using lots of different equipment; mallets, long sticks, ropes, bungee cords, waterproof tarpaulins, netting etc.

Next week, we will progress and try to assemble bigger shelters and potentially some tents!

Move over Bear Grylls 🐻

In the morning, we went for a foraging hunt to search for different types of leaves so that we could match them using the online Tree ID activity on Woodlands Trust’s website.

We went to our Eco Garden to do some meditation and yoga in the sunshine. It was so peaceful and relaxing. We were able to do sun salutations when the sun peeked it’s head out! 🌞☀️🧘🏾🧘🏾‍♀️🧘🏿‍♂️

On Friday afternoon, we had a campfire outside. We made s’mores, toasted delicious bananas with flakes on the inside on the campfire grill, and boiled water for hot choc in the stove above. Everyone had a turn of trying to light the fire using a steel and flint tool, and we discussed our highlights of the first week Outdoors,

After the campfire, Kayden started us off with some post-fire entertainment. We had a dance off and it was pretty funny! Mr McCormack’s auld knees just couldn’t hack it! Haha! 🤣😘

Hope everyone is having a lovely Sunday and enjoying the unexpected sunny afternoon!

Miss Cohen 💜🤩

 

 

We had a lovely day on Thursday. We were experimenting with the wood work tools and practiced sanding a wooden surface, hammering nails into the wood, using a hand drill to insert screws and also sawing. 🪒🪓

We went to Maxwell Park for our first trip of Term 1 – it was SUCH a wonderful experience! When there, we played in the playground, we went pond dipping and classified what living things we could find, we practiced orienteering and directing our partners using positional language, we “hammocked” and chilled and then picnicked.

Roll on tomorrow’s outdoor learning adventures!

Miss Cohen 💜