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Welcome to class 2H at Allerton CE Primary School in Leeds. Here, under the careful guidance of Miss Hanley, we will blog to the Big Wide World.

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Science – Everyday Materials

This week, the children have been exploring everyday materials in science. They participated in an experiment to see which materials bent, stretched, squashed or twisted. They showed great collaboration and oracy skills. The children also enjoyed some outdoor learning which was also linked to science. They gathered some outdoor materials e.g.stones, sticks, soil and leaves and used them to create a potion. Luckily they didn’t have to taste it!

Arts Fortnight – week 2

This week was an exciting one for the pupils. They were finishing their planning and writing their stories ready to present to their families. They also practised their dance with Mrs Fox and finished creating models of two new islands which had human and physical features with Mrs Housam. They also developed their culinary skills with Mrs Elliot in the cafe. Extra help was also provided by support staff including Mrs Howard, Mrs Sanchez, Ms Munoz Del Valle, Miss Wahid (trainee) and Miss Flint. The children showcased their work and they should be extremely proud of everything they have achieved. They also had a special treat in the morning of entering a space dome which linked to this term’s Lunar Landing topic. A fantastic eventful day for class 2H!

Art Fortnight – Week One

This week was the start of class 2H’s Art Fortnight! The children have been busy rehearsing their dance moves, creating actions for a story, practising their culinary skills in the cafe and participating in junk modelling in the art studio. They have worked hard this week and are excited to showcase their work on the Friday afternoon of 30th January.

Strike A Pose!

This term, class 2H have been focusing on digital photography. They have started to use terms such as landscape and portrait. They have begun to take close up photographs, selfies and action photographs with a tablet and they had fun doing so. The pictures below were taken by the pupils. Great photography 2H!

Happy New Year!

2026 is here and the children have got straight back into the school routine. This week, the children were using their collaboration skills to design and make bridges (revisiting their knowledge of bridges in both their Leeds and Kolkata topics).

There are certainly some budding carpenters and architects in the class!

Christmas Nativity

This week has been particularly busy. The children rehearsed on Monday and performed their nativity on Tuesday and Wednesday of this week. They learnt all their lines and their singing and acting was brilliant! I was so impressed and proud of all of them. On Thursday, the children went to Leeds Playhouse to see Stick Man and thoroughly enjoyed it. They made a card for Mrs Stott to say thank you for their theatre trip. On Friday, the children participated in some gardening. I think they might need a rest over the weekend!

Christmas Countdown

Each class is participating in Advent activities over the next few weeks. One of the activities is to open an online Advent calendar which reveals a story for the children to listen to. The children have been enjoying watching and listening to them daily. All classes are also contributing to an Advent wall display in the main school hall. The pictures have been added each day. 2H have contributed by creating an image that represents inn keepers (picture below) saying there is no room to Mary and Joseph on their arrival in Bethlehem. Great acting skills 2H and brilliant expressions!

Outdoor Fun

This week, the children went outside to continue learning about plants. They explored whether materials in the playground were dead or had never been alive and sorted them into two piles. The children worked with the organiser of ‘Grow to Schools’ and observed whether any of the vegetables that had been planted had grown. It was a chilly day but the children worked really well together. They showed great collaboration skills.