Our science topic is the human body and we have set up a doctor’s surgery to play in. We are learning about the major organs inside the body, what they do and how to keep healthy. These are some of the questions p2 had about what that they want to find out.

How can your skin feel hot and cold?

Are bones like teeth?

Where does food go?

Here are some of the things we already know-

I know what happens when you choke.

The smallest bone is in your ear.

A baby has more bones than an adult.

We learned the rhymes uff and oss while listening to the story ‘How to kickstart a dragon’. We wrote sentences about Ross!

In art we painted sea turtles that we drew using black oil pastels. It was good to experiment with colours.

In music we are learning about rhythm and musical notation. We worked in groups to create a short rhythm and played it on wooden sticks.

It was very exciting to welcome everyone back this week and play together in the sunshine!

We revised the sounds sh, ch and th at the beginning and end of words. The children found many words throughout the week and also spotted them in their reading books.

We wrote stories about a little bike. Our writing pieces are getting longer and more descriptive as we plan and think about structuring sentences.

In maths we looked at the 20p and 50p coins and how to use the fewest number of coins to make any amount. We looked at 10s and units in two digit numbers and at how grouping in tens makes collections easier to count.

We enjoyed a Skipper assembly and thought about how change is important in life and, if something is difficult today it may be good tomorrow. We watched how the seasons change and this keeps the world turning. Over the next few weeks we will learn strategies for coping with changes.

In art we used sponges to paint a sky background then used templates to cut out birds to make birds in cherry trees pictures.

We’ve had a lovely sunny week back.  We’ve been revising the ‘oa’ sound this week. On Monday we made plasticine boats and then tested to see whether they would float. Only three boats floated and we looked at what they had in common – thin walls, sides to hold air in and water out, no holes and a large surface area or a big bottom! We then tried again on Tuesday when many more boats floated.

Also for the ‘oa’ sound we’re writing a three part story about a goat with a new coat. We’re making up the story together. First the goat is walking through the forest in his new coat. Then he meets a pheasant with a twisted ankle! We’ll finish the final instalment next week. Today we made plasticine coats for goats, using tools to help us.

In our writing this week we’re also looking again at the ‘th’ sound and making sure we put full stops in the correct places. We’re also continuing our rhyming words.

For the next part of our RSPB Wild Challenge we’ve started planting and composting. We’ve been saving our fruit peels and collecting the vegetable peels for the kitchen to feed to the worms in our compost bins. For our planting, first we are germinating seeds in the classroom in our makeshift green houses. We’re hoping the shoots will start sprouting soon. Next week we will start planting seeds in our school garden.

In numeracy this block we’ve moved on to money – looking at the different coins and adding them up. We’ve set up a book shop in the classroom to practise addition and subtraction through paying for things and getting the correct change.

Some of the highlights from the P2s this week have been:

‘Making the goat’s coat.’

‘Testing the boats and putting the seeds in the greenhouses.’

’Feeding the worms.’

‘All the stories.’

We’ve had a lovely day celebrating Mrs Wilson’s retirement. This morning we watched the assembly and loved the singing, story and some famous faces!

This afternoon we had a special ice cream treat from followed by an egg hunt and some Easter crafts.

The last couple of weeks Mrs Ryalls has been teaching us the signs to an Easter song, we hope you enjoy it!

Have a lovely Easter and we look forward to seeing you back on 19th April.

Wishing you all a Happy Easter! We hope you have a great holiday with your family.

We have been busy this week rounding up the term. Here is our door to say ‘Happy Retirement’ to Mrs Wilson. We know how special the Kingsland daffodils are to her.

We reviewed our goal set in January and it was great to hear that some goals have been achieved, some are ongoing and others have switched to a new goal. We also thought about our highlight of the term.

One of our activities was to work together to design a home for the Easter Bunny using mini marshmallows and cocktail sticks. Tents with campfires was the favourite design!

Today we watched the assembly celebrating Mrs Wilson’s career and wishing her a happy retirement. Thank you Mrs Wilson for looking after us and being a great head teacher! We had a class activity time which included surprise ice cream! Thank you!

We’ve had great fun in P2/1 learning the signs for our daily routine with Mrs Ryalls.

We’ve had another busy week in P2/1. We’re spending a lot of time thinking about how to work together, share and take turns and have been playing games practising these skills . We’re also continuing to think about how we’re similar and unique – this week in circle time realising how much we all have in common.

We had fun reflecting on the week at the end of today and looking at some of our photos. Here are some of the children’s highlights:

‘Making wiggly worms’ Isla

‘Playing Snakes and Ladders’ Amber

‘Playing games’ Noah

‘Making new friends’ Eva B

‘Making the alphabet’ Daniel

‘Building with the cuisenaire rods’  Finlay B

‘Making snails’ Leah

‘Playing games in PE’ Charlotte

This  week p2 listened to the story ‘The Spell Shell’ and learned the rhymes im and ab. We explored the dictionary and learned that it is in alphabetical order and can show us the spelling and meaning of words. We loved looking for words with a partner!
In maths we are counting coins and looking at numbers two more or less than numbers to 100. This can be challenging crossing a 10! We wrote a recount of a visit to the big tree at Grandpas’s farm, and a description of an Easter animal, a rabbit or a chick. We shared a great deal of knowledge about pets too. Our handwriting practice is capital letters. We made some Spring art. First, we mixed shades and tones of green paint to create a stained glass effect background, then we stuck on a 3D daffodil flower. Final photos will follow next week.

The highlight of our busy week was starting the next part of our Wild Challenge and finding out all about worms and setting up our wormery. On Wednesday afternoon we learned some interesting worm facts – like worms have five hearts and are covered in tiny hairs – and then looked at some worms through our magnifying glasses to identify the different parts of their body. We then went outside on a worm hunt, using warm water, stamping on the ground to encourage them up and looking under logs and stones. We found lots of worms in our outdoor classroom! We had a chat about being respectful to the worms, handling them as little as possible and returning them to where we found them.

In literacy this week we’ve been looking at the rhyme patterns -un (bun, fun, run) and it (sit, fit, admit). We also did a great job of our recount writing about our afternoon looking for worms. We’ve also revised the ee and or sounds, thinking of words with these sounds and making our own plasticine donkeys. The children did a great job of listening and following instructions and we were all very impressed with the finished result!

In numeracy we’re continuing with our subtraction and numbers to 100, looking a lot this week at the language of numeracy and words like less than, count back and the difference between numbers.

We’re continuing our signing with Mrs Ryalls and are learning to sign along to an Easter song – check back again next week to see how we’re doing! 

Firstly, here are the answers to last weeks’ riddles.

What goes up and down but never moves? Stairs

I am tall when I am young but short when I am old. What am I? A pencil

You can only put this type of coat on when it is wet. A coat of paint

The beautiful sunshine this week got us talking about shadows. Drew explained why shadows were long so we drew around him and wondered if his shadow would change over time. We spoke about how the Earth moves around the Sun as the day goes on. When he stood in the same place later on we noticed that his shadow was in a different place.
Here are our unique fingerprints made into a wish. These are the things we wished for.

We had a busy week writing about how we made paintbrushes in the playground, counting coins to make different amounts and describing the properties of materials that make them suitable for different items, such as, brittle, flexible and absorbent.