What a busy term we have had in Year 2!

We started this term with our topic Splish Splash Splosh, and was very excited by our visit from Captain Rocky Cliff. He taught us what life was like as a pirate and how to be one! We had a great day dressing up, playing games, and finding treasure.

                 

 

We also did some investigations into what materials would be best to use on a pirate ship. We got together and made some pirate ships and had great fun testing them on the water.











Our next topic was 'Be the Best', and we particularly enjoyed writing about superheros and making special superhero potions.










A big congratulations to our Year 2 Dance Challenge team as well. They worked extremely hard and it paid off, winning first place!

Spring Term in Year 1

What a busy term we have had in Year 1.


Our first topic was 'Out of this World!'.  This began with a spaceship landing in our kitchen garden.  We found out about the planets and the history of space travel.  We also had fun describing how we would look after an alien who might have landed in our school. An exciting part of our topic was going to the Winchester Science Centre.  We watched a film in the planetarium and explored the different activities.

We have also enjoyed a visit from the Hampshire Fire Service.  We learnt about how to be safe and what to do if there is a fire.  We became fire-fighters, driving the fire-engine and even putting out fires.  

This week as part of Sports Relief Week we have taken part in sports activities every day.  We have enjoyed some different sports including Zumba, going through an obstacle course and running a mile.  

Settling into Early Years

Early years children have settled in amazingly well to life at Alderwood Infant School. They have been exploring phonics and maths as well as developing their social skills and working on their motor skills. They have made lots of new friends and they are growing in confidence every day!

 The children had a chance to make their own pieces of poppy art work for Remembrance Day which we have proudly displayed in our class windows.

Now we are hard at work practising for our Nativity Play which involves lots of singing and actions and even a few lines for some children to say. We have been practising using our big, loud voices on the stage. We hope we will see you all for our performances soon!

Year 2 2017

In a Land of Magic

In the Autumn term we have been learning about fairy tales and Kings and Queens.

We had great fun on our trip to Windsor Castle where we learnt about the features of castles and how they have changed over the years.

We also enjoyed finding out about gargoyles and even got to make our own ones out of clay.

In the classroom we looked closely at different fairy tales and wrote our own mixed up versions. We also learnt about the Hampshire Ridgeback Dragon and then used our imagination to create our own dragon and write a report on it.

Year 1 2017

Dinosaurs

In the Autumn term we had fun learning about dinosaurs. 

We made amazing dinosaurs at home using different 3D shapes and in school we named and used 2D shapes to make dinosaur collages.

In the classroom we looked closely at different fossils and we particularly liked the enormous ammonite we found.  Later we used clay to make our own fossils and practised our sketching skills when drawing the fossils.

Thank You FOBS!

FOBS (Friends of Belle Vue School) have given us some money for new golden time toys so Year 2 tested them out for everybody. The toys included new train sets, a police station and new things to go with our fire station. How lucky we are!

We explained to the children that the money we raise from events like the Christmas Fair and Summer Fair help to pay for these brilliant treats. We are very pleased with the new toys and games and can't wait for Golden Time!

Thank you FOBS! 

Hockey Finals!

What a great end to our tournament! Although we had a brand new team, everyone gelled extremely well and communicated beautifully which meant we won one of our matches 6-0 (against Guillemont.) This was an amazing result because most of our team was made up of year three and four (most schools had year sixes playing!) Unfortunately, we lost our first match to Frogmore 3-0 but narrowly lost our final match 2-1 against Mayhill. Miss Cooke was extremely proud of everyone. Their behaviour and sportsmanship was impeccable which is something Newport prides itself on. Well done once again to:
Luke Goddard, Harrison Mullen, Byron Keeler, Nathan Jones, Caitlin Cook, Ella Bento and Holly Young.

Miss Cooke