Go! Rhino visit Friday 15th March

 

This year at Belle Vue we are taking part in the Go! Rhinos project in partnership with Marwell Zoo.

On Friday we all enjoyed a visit from Francesca Smith who is the Marwell Outreach Officer and works closely with the endangered species at the zoo.

The children found out lots of interesting information about the animals and how we can help them.

We learnt that some rhinos have 2 horns and some only have 1.

Francesca told us how big the rhinos are, and how they would not fit into one of the Early Years quiet rooms!

 

 

 We looked at lots of animal artefacts including: skins, eggs and a skull and we had to match them to the correct animal.

We also learnt lots about the rainforest. We all pretended to be tall trees under the camouflage net, while Francesca sprayed us with water to teach us about the climate!

 



Here is our rhino which we will be painting during art week 2013!

 

Thank you for all of your design entries Miss Harris has over 100 to look at! As you can imagine making one decision was tough so we have decided to use a mixture of ideas from lots of children.

 

The design will be bright, colourful and fun using rainbow colours and every child will turn a fingerprint into their face.

 

Each class will be within a circle of colour based on the idea by David Fernando in Hazel class.

 

You can see the final design in the library alongside the rhino.

 

 

The visit has created a real buzz about the project and we can't wait to get started! Don't forget to check out the website for more details about the trail in Southampton during the summer holidays:   Click here to go to the GoRhino website.

 

 

Rushmoor in Bloom

Owen Durrett and Bob Anderson with John and Melody from Gardening Club.

Last year the children in the Early Years created a 'Bug Olympics' for the Rushmoor in Bloom Competition.  They were delighted to receive 3rd prize which was a selection of plants for the Early Years playground.  Last Tuesday Owen Durrett and Bob Anderson from Rushmoor Rotary Club came to help Gardening Club plant our new plants.

Cool Castle Creations!

Year 2 have started 2013 in a very royal way! Our topic this half term is 'In a Land of Magic' and we have jumped straight in, having a week all about castles and who lives in them!


In Maths, we have been exploring shape. We thought about which 3D shapes would be used to create a castle. We have also decorated castles with repeating shape patterns.



On Thursday we all went outside to enjoy making our very own castle from cardboard boxes. We made sure that the castle had arrow slits, battlements and towers. How do you think we did?

We also created our own family crests to display around our castle.








To finish our day we thought more about who lived in castles. We learnt about kings and queens from History, such as Henry VIII and William the Conqueror.


On Friday we all made a big effort and came in dressed up as characters that could be in a fairytale castle. We worked in groups to plan a story and then acted it out, ensuring that everyone lived happily ever after!

We have had a wonderful week as you can see! Why not try making a castle of your own at home?

Fire! Fire! Fire!

Year 1 had lots of fun hopping on board the fire engine which came to our school as part of our topic Fire! Fire! Fire!

The fire fighters talked to us about keeping safe at home. We learnt the ryhme   

'Get out. Stay Out. Call 999'

 to help us remember what to do if there is a fire.

 

 

 We practised using the hose which was great fun. Luckily we had a good aim and all stayed dry!

Year 2 so far

Can you believe it's December already?  It seems like only yesterday you were starting out as Year 2 children in Chestnut, Birch and Hazel and now you've been in Year 2 for a whole term.  So much has happened - can you remember everything you've learnt? 
 

Splish! Splash! Splosh!

Be the Best You Can Be

 



 



Talan Skeels-Piggins spoke to us about his accident and what he had done to overcome his barriers and be able to take part in sport again.  This led to our Dream Books, which we are now filling with lots of interesting work.  We are now thinking about our plans for the future and what we would like to be when we grow up.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Geography Day and Book Day

 

 

Year 2 visited France, India and Italy finding out about the different customs of these countries as well as trying delicious croissants, poppadoms and pizza. We also came into school dressed as our favourite character from a book which is why Mog is serving pizza!
 

Book Week 

 

We read the "Flat Stanley" books and found out how he became flat in the first place and the exciting adventures he had afterwards.  Can you imagine being put in an envelope and posted when you want to visit a different place?   Did you take your Flat Stanley anywhere exciting after he arrived through the post? 

 

Let's Celebrate!

 

INTECH

 
Wow!  What a fantastic time we all had.  First there was the trip to the planetarium - it was out of this world!  Lying back in those big, comfy seats watching the earth, sun and moon was just amazing.  And then when the roof "opened" and we saw the night sky - it was breath taking. 
 







 
 

 "Hey Ewe"

 
That curious sheep, Calvin, he was right to stay awake because something exciting did happen - the baby Jesus was born.  Our Christmas play was brilliant and we had so much fun singing and dancing.  
 

 

Colours of the World

This half term our topic has been ‘Colours of the World’. Our class bears have invited their friend Elmer the Patchwork elephant to help us learn about colour.

 

 

Each week we have learnt about a different colour and what happens when we mix colours. We have experimented to mix colours and make different tones.

We had lots of fun going on a colour walk to explore different colours in the natural environment.

 

 

 

 

 

We have also been learning about why colour and light are important parts of celebrations all over the world.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Knock Knock Who's There?

In Year 1 this half term we have enjoyed finding out about different houses and homes. This week we had lots of fun making homes out of different materials. 

We used paper, cardboard, tin foil, leaves, plastic, material and we also put up 2 tents. We thought about which of these homes would keep us warm, dry and safe. 

In our art lessons we worked carefully to make houses from clay.  We used different tools to make the patterns of our bricks and roof tiles.  Then we painted and varnished them.