This blog post will act as a learning forum for pupils and parents providing a single point of contact for questions or queries about the work children have been set through the school website. This is an important year and I would encourage pupils to try and ensure that (unless Read more…
We have been discussing the importance of hand washing and carried out an experiment to demonstrate this. The pepper represents the germs. Wash your hands and stay safe!
Today we had a special assembly with ladies from the charity NSPCC, they brought along with them Buddy the mascot who is a speech bubble. The ladies spoke to us about hitting, hurting children’s feelings, not being looked after properly and bullying. “Buddy says these things Read more…
We had a wonderful day in Year 2 celebrating World Book Day! We designed book covers, wrote character descriptions and made our own bookmarks. Our theme was to dress up as a character from our selection of Bookflix books. Well done for all your super efforts!
Year 1 have absolutely loved learning all about Traditional Tales in English and we celebrated this by performing our class assembly based on Goldilocks. Everyone learnt their lines, spoke clearly and amazed everyone with the most amazing performance. Year 1 also performed their Fairy Tale dance they had been learning Read more…
The children worked very hard designing and making their sculptures. They used a variety of the skills that we practiced to create their sculptures. I am very proud of their final pieces. Well done Year 2!
In our English lessons we have been learning about non chronological reports and developing our own. The children carried out independent research to gather facts about their chosen subject. The children used their computing skills to copy and paste a photo of their chosen animal which could be included in Read more…
Thank you to the digital leaders who came and delivered a session in Year 2, developing awareness on how to stay safe online. The children were able to sort information into groups, discussing whether they would need permission from an adult or not. The digital leaders has super knowledge and Read more…
Today, seven boys from Year 2 took part in the Manchester United Class of ’20 Community Cup tournament. The tournament was held at The Cliff, the iconic training ground of many of Manchester United’s most influential players. Rashford, Lingard, McTominay, Williams and Greenwood are some of the most recent graduates Read more…
This week we have been discussing: What is Bravery? What can get in the way of being brave? How does being brave make you feel? I’TS BRAVE TO ASK FOR HELP Bravery comes in all shapes and sizes and is different for everyone. Bravery can be about sharing worries and Read more…
Today we have been learning to copy and paste images onto a word document from google images. The children also typed a fact about their chosen animal and made the subheading bold.
This term in art we are learning about the work of Pippa Hill, this week we have been practicing our techniques; rolling, pulling, carving, creating holes and joining the clay. We will be designing and making our own sculptures.
Reception and Key Stage One were amazed this morning by Adrian Bowden who demonstrated some exciting experiments and talked about properties of materials. They tested to see what would be the most waterproof material, discovered what material would make the softest cushion and mixed liquids to create enormous bubbles.
We have had a busy week so far, yesterday morning we were getting ready for our party, making party hats, decorating place mats and then had lots of fun at our Christmas party. Today we had a special visitor … Father Christmas! The children were very lucky and all received Read more…
We have been developing our understanding of healthy eating and having a balanced diet. We have also been learning about hygiene and the importance of hand washing. To end this topic, the children have designed and made a pizza, taking into consideration their new knowledge.
This week we performed our production, ‘The Midwife Crisis’ for our parents, grandparents and other family members. We are very proud of our talented pupils who have worked hard to make the play a huge success. Thank you for your continued support.
In Year 2 we have been getting ready for Christmas, whilst developing our understanding of writing instructions. We have made Christmas decorations to make our classroom tree look beautiful, follow our instructions below if you would also like to make Christmas decorations for your tree.
On Monday, we have some very special visitors in our whole school assembly. Three veterans, Stuart, James and Chris, from the Heywood Veteran’s Society came to visit the children to say thank you for their contributions to the Remembrance parade on Sunday 10th November. There was also special thanks to Read more…
In Year 2, we have been learning about the eatwell plate and a variety of different foods. We looked at the children’s dinners and plotted them on the eatwell plate. The children then analysed their dinner, explaining where improvements could be made and identifying if they had a balanced meal. Read more…
We have been learning about ‘The Great Fire of London’ which happened in 1666. We designed and made collage houses in the style of Piet Mondrian.
On Sunday in Heywood town centre, our head boy, head girl and deputy head boy proudly represented our school at the Heywood Remembrance service. It was once again an honour to lay a wreath to pay our respects.
October is Black History Month in the UK and it has been celebrated nationwide for nearly 40 years. This month was founded to recognise the contributions that all black people have made to this country over many generations.
In our English lessons we have been doing work around the film ‘Song of the Sea’. The children have been working hard to develop alliteration and interesting vocabulary into their sentences. We had a magical chest in our classroom, just like the one in the film. Using our senses we Read more…
Today we completed an experiment to discover the importance of hygiene. We made our own ‘germs’ using glitter and hand sanitizer. Three children had ‘germs’ on their hand and after 5 minutes the ‘germs’ had spread onto everybody else. We demonstrated how ‘germs’ spread when we sneeze and how they Read more…
This term we have all been practising methods to increase our self awareness and self confidence through breathing and movement, yoga techniques, peer massage and relaxation. Emotionally unwinding allows us to stay healthy and alert.
In Year 2 the children have enjoyed playing the glockenspiels, focusing on following the music to ensure they hit the right note. They impressed me with their concentration.
In Year 2 we have been doing work around the book ‘The Snail and the Whale’. After reading the beginning of the story, the children used their imaginations to create their own ending. They developed some wonderful stories! For our experience day we made slime which resembled the snail’s trail. Read more…
In Year 2 we have had a wonderful start to the year. As you can see in the pictures below, we have been busy reading, practicing yoga, gymnastics, maths, science and history. What has been your favourite thing about coming back to school?
Well done to all the children for their hard work, to celebrate we had an end of year party. We had a lovely afternoon dancing, playing games and having lots of fun!
We have been learning about Georgia O’Keeffe, who is an artist that paints flowers. We drew and painted our own flowers following her style of art. The children carefully mixed their colours using black and white, to create different tones.