We went to the zoo, zoo, zoo!

This half term Year 2 are having lots of fun learning about animals and their habitats.
As part of our topic 'On Safari', we went to explore Marwell Zoo! We saw lots of different animals and also got to take part in a workshop; Fur, feathers and scales, where we got to touch some real life animals!

Our day at Hillier Gardens

This half term Year 1 have been learning all about plants and flowers and what they need to grow so on Tuesday we took a trip to Hillier Gardens near Romsey.  Everyone came to school in their wellingtons and raincoats prepared for the bad weather but luckily it only rained for a couple of minutes - thank goodness.

Jackie, Carla and Dawn took us around the gardens and played lots of exciting games with us. 

We pretended to be tiny seeds growing into beautiful flowers to attract bees and detectives finding petals and leaves to match the colours on our palettes.  We also played the seed survival game talking about the different things that sometimes stop seeds from growing.

 

Everyone had a great time.

Our trip to Bocketts Farm Park!

Last week year R went on an adventure to Bocketts farm.

Being a working farm, there were lots of baby animals to see including lambs, kids, piglets and a calf.

Here is a Ewe feeding her day old lamb, we found out that baby animals need milk for nutrition just like we did as a baby!

We cheered for our favourite pig during an exciting pig race and even had a tour on a tractor trailer ride!

We saw Gertie the goat being milked and we even got to handle some small animals.



Art Week

On the last week of term we had lots of fun making pictures and models during our art week. Our theme was the Olympics.

 We looked at the Olympic rings and designed our own clay tiles based on these. We created posters to promote the Olympics.

We worked with an artist to produce colour block pictures using stencils.

Super Sandwiches!

Last week Year 2 were busy writing detailed sets of instructions. One of our tasks was to design a sandwich for a famous person. We tried to be healthy and creative. Some children mixed some very interesting flavours together, such as strawberry and cheese!! As we were cutting the sanwiches we thought about whether we were cutting into halves or quarters.

Once Upon A Time

This half term we have been learning about traditional tales in Early Years.  We have explored the stories The Gingerbread Man, Goldilocks and the Three Bears, The Elves and the Shoemaker and Hansel and Gretel.  We have had lots of fun learning about these stories, playing in exciting activities based on these stories and acting the stories out.

In literacy we wrote a letter from Goldilocks to the three bears saying how sorry she was for breaking baby bears' chair and eating their porridge.

In numeracy we have learnt about money and having the correct change to buy shoes at our shoe shop.

We have made and decorated gingerbread men, tasted porridge and designed our own shoe.

On Friday we have our traditional fairytale ball.  We are very excited!  What will you be dressing up as?

Sponsored bounce

Year 2 had great fun on the bouncy castle today, during our sponsored bounce.
All of the money will go towards making our school even better, so please make sure you bring in your sponsorship money as soon as possible!