Beech Class have had a wonderful week getting to know their new classroom and sharing their learning. We have all been very impressed with their maturity, enthusiasm and motivation to be fantastic learners. We can’t wait to share Year 2 with you! What superstars you all are!

Yesterday afternoon, Hazel Class enjoyed learning about the illustrator Quentin Blake. The children loved exploring his different illustrations and were inspired to create their own!

Beech Class have been very enthusiastic learners again this week, impressing us all with their interest in exploring ideas further. Our History investigation into Florence Nightingale and her life has really captured their attention as has the work of Quentin Blake who we are learning about in Art this term. Keep up the hard work Beech Class!

Beech class have had a super Science lesson this week learning all about germs! We dipped our hands in glitter to represent the germs then touched our friends and different surfaces to see how they can be spread. We then made predictions about which method of hand washing would be the best. We discovered that warm water with soap was the most effective closely followed by cold water with soap. It helped us to learn why washing our hands effectively is so important

Today Hazel Class enjoyed their Music lesson experimenting with following a tune on the glockenspiels. I was very impressed by their rhythm and ability to keep in time with the song! Well done Hazel Class!

Today in Art, Hazel Class explored how to shade using different media. We experimented with sketching pencils, oil pastels, crayons and colouring pencils to see which was best for creating shade. Next week we will apply this new skill to creating our own still life artwork.