We took a trip to Coombe Abbey to support our topic of Wriggle and Crawl. We saw so many different creatures within 3 different habitats. First we began with a minibeast hunt under the shaded woodland (here we found a well camouflaged toad!!). Then, we went to the large pond area to look for aquatic creatures. Finally we took a
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We had so much fun on our trip to Coombe Abbey hunting for minibeasts in three different habitats: woodland, pond and wildflower meadow. The sun shone all day and we learned so much!
Over the last few weeks in English, we have been building up to writing our own story about George and the Dragon. The sentence types we have tried to include are similes, alliteration, dialogue, noticing, feelings and many more! Here we are working VERY hard independently and a few examples of our plans.
2C thoroughly enjoyed looking for minibeasts around the school grounds. The collected, identified and marked on an aerial view of the school grounds, where they found the creatures.
The children had to plan, design and build a fortress to protect the Three Little Pigs should they become attacked again by the Big Bad Wolf! Their fortress had a high curtain wall, a moat, drawbridge, lookout tower, dungeon and keep. They then worked in teams to produce their individual part and then it was assembled at the end to
To finish off our Tower, Tunnels and Turrets topic, we are all coming together, in each year 2 class, for a special project. The three little pigs are having some wolf problems and need a more secure place to live. We have to build a castle type structure for the pigs, using all our knowledge of castles. The class has
In year 2 we have been looking at different towers and were tasked with creating a special tower for Rapunzel. In the past, we looked at how tall we could build a tower but this time we needed to build one which included a roof/balcony area. Using Kapla, we created these!
Our younger children have thoroughly enjoyed their PE lessons in the hall where they have been learning to improve their balancing skills and fitness levels.