Pirate Day!

Everyone in year 2 had a fantastic time becoming pirates for the day to round up our 'Splish Splash Splosh' topic.

We went on an exciting treasure hunt around the school grounds, made our own treasure maps for others to follow and searched for missing items in a scavenger hunt.

At the end of the day we received our pirate passports.

See the gallery section of the website for more photos.

Birdworld come to visit

 Year 2 were lucky enough to have Birdworld visit us this half term.

They bought along 6 different animals including a parrot, an owl and a snake.

We learnt lots of fascinating facts about how they are suited to their environment and where they originate from.

We particularly liked the brightly coloured parrot and were inspired to write stories with the parrot as the main character.

Out of this world!

 

Something very exciting happened last Wednesday, we had a message from out of space to let us know that a spaceship had crash landed in our playground. We went outside and discovered debris from the spaceship scattered around our school.

After investigating all of the evidence we discovered aliens!

We thought of questions to ask the alien.
 

 

 

On Monday we visited Winchester Science Centre. During the day there were lots of things to explore and find out. We enjoyed testing our fitness on the running track and using the thermal camera to see which parts of the body gave off the most heat.

 

 

 

In the afternoon we found out lots more about space when we visited the planetarium which took us on an exciting journey to all the planets.

 



 

Day for Change

Today we have been raising money for Day for Change.

Our challenge was to collect enough change to cover the map of the United Kingdom on the school playground.  The school council took charge, ably assisted by children from Early Years, and used the coins to cover the map.  Thank you everyone for your generosity.  As soon as we have counted all the money we will let you know how much we have raised.  This may take a while!!

Everybody worked together to lay out all the coins - it was great fun!

Then we had to pick them all up again - well done everyone!

We all had filthy hands by the end but it was all for a good cause!

All the change we have collected will go directly to UNICEF's children’s emergency fund to save and protect children affected by emergencies around the world.
By donating your change today you have helped to keep even more children safe from danger around the world.

Here is what the money raised will go towards .....

• £8 can supply high-energy food for a malnourished child for one week
• £26 can pay for a winter kit for a child, including a hat, scarf, gloves, thermal wear, winter boots, underwear and a baby quilt.
• £100 can provide support for three children who have suffered the distress of war.

Once again, thank you very much for your generosity.  By collecting all our change then hopefully we can change our world for the better on 'Day for Change'.

Saving Pirate Purplebeard...

Year 2 recieved a letter in a bottle from Pirate Purplebeard. He said he needed help URGENTLY!















The Pirate Cruncher had damaged his ship and he needed help to rebuild a better ship that could float and was ready for battle.


The children worked in teams to create a boat using a range of materials. They had to think about which materials would float and how to ensure the boat remained balanced in the stormy seas.







Once the boats were completed the children tested and evaluated their design.

Fire! Fire! Fire!

In Year 1 we have been learning about The Great Fire of London. We found out how it started and where it started. Also we learnt more about important people at that time, including Samuel Pepys and we were inspired to write our own diaries.

 Then we had lots of fun when the fire service came to visit. They taught us how to stay safe and we practised putting fires out with the hose!

 

 

 

 

In our art lessons we practised joining clay to make beautiful owl sculptures.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Early Years Around the World

Our class bears have gone exploring!  Each class has planned their bear's trip around the world choosing the countries they would like to explore.
As a special treat this year the bears were invited up to the International Space Station by Tim Peake.  They all learned that there is no gravity in space and soon managed to move around the space station as expertly as the astronauts.

Dewi bear from Cherry Class with astronaut Tim Peake.

Dexter in Ash Class playing the drum using call and response like they do in South Africa.

Enjoying a delicious snack in the French Cafe - croissant anyone?

Grace was looking for the United Kingdom on the globe.

Rebecca labelling the places she wanted to visit on a world map.

Tyler is very proud of the Eiffel Tower he has built.



Henry James Bear is currently in the Arctic looking for Polar Bears and wishing he had packed some warm clothes!



Jennifer, Harry, Engelberdt and Charlie are having a great time experimenting with the melting ice, salt and food colouring.
When we added the salt they could hear the ice cracking and watched it melt.  As we added the food colouring it trickled down the holes left in the melting ice block and created 'Rainbow Ice'.

Henry James Bear is at the check-in desk ready to fly to his next destination.  Where will the bears go next?  Follow their adventures on DBPrimary.