This week was Science Week. The children had a fingerprint task to do at home. Several children brought the results of their investigation to school and presented in front of the class. Those children received a small gift for being brave enough to present their findings. All the children had an opportunity to create fingerprints and examine the different patterns while at school. Great science work! We ended the week making Mother’s Day cards as well as participating in Red Nose Day fun! Fantastic hairstyles alongside great jokes made the day entertaining. Thank you for all the generous donations to a worthy cause.

On Wednesday 8th March, lots of children participated in the colour run and raised generous amounts of money. Year 2 children ran with their adults or a friend. A huge thank you to all those who participated.

For Science Week this year we set the challenge of collecting and comparing finger prints to see if you can identify an patterns.

Thursday 2nd March was World Book Day. The children looked amazing in their costumes! It was great to see that so much effort had been taken to help the children celebrate our library theme: The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe. Well done everybody!

In the Christian calendar, this is the day of feasting before Ash Wednesday. It’s a day when people enjoy rich, fatty foods and sweet treats, such as pancakes, in preparation for Lent.

As you can see Y2 thoroughly enjoyed the feast this morning!

Year 2 worked hard to plan and carry out an investigation. We wanted to find the best material to make a raincoat. We tested various materials and found plastic to be the most waterproof.

The children in 2H produced some lovely art work in spring 1. They drew shells and created a background of the sea and sky. They also drew a boat in charcoal onto their sea. Great job!

In our PSHE lesson this week we discussed what makes somebody a good friend and how we can be a good friend to others. 

As this week is Anti-Bullying week‘, we thought about what bullying looks like and what we should do if we see somebody being unkind to somebody else or if a person is unkind to us. 

In preparation for our KS1 anti-bullying picket, we enjoyed making our own posters. We showed lots of enthusiasm this afternoon when using these in our own picket although we may now have some sore throats! 

Lots of us also came to school wearing odd socks for Anti-Bullying week.

We thoroughly enjoyed our art project today and what beautiful work we produced! 

After reading the story ‘The Spider Weaver‘, we were inspired to create our own ‘wondrous web’ just like the one that the characters saw in the story. 

We began by experimenting with different techniques using the oil pastels including: hatching, cross hatching, drawing zig-zag and dashed lines. This then helped us when it came to creating our own webs. To help us, we looked at some photos of spider webs and imitated the designs. 

We then used the water colour paints to add a wash to the background. We used green as in the story, the web that the characters found was in a banana tree. 

We then added some more details to our webs using the oil pastels before adding sequins. To finish, we used the running stitch to add some texture to our designs.  

Our webs are all unique just like the webs that spiders create and how amazing they look!