Key Stage 1

What a busy term Year 2 have had! In English we have been writing setting descriptions based on the story ‘The Story Machine’. We have created comic strips based on the story of ‘Mungo and the Spider from Space’. We then used our imaginations to create a new adventure for Mungo.

We had so much fun celebrating maths day with lots of fun maths activities, we started off by playing snakes and ladders, then creating our own board games - this was very popular! Children had to solve number problems to find the correct key to open the padlocks. We were great at using our estimation skills to estimate how many gems were in the jar. There were many more maths activities and we are sure the children would love to tell you all about them.

    
Our science learning this term has been about Living Things and their Habitats. We have been looking at micro-habitats and are good at explaining the difference between a habitat and a micro-habitat. We made bug hotels and had to think carefully about the different layers, using our science knowledge about mini beasts. We were extremely excited when the caterpillar kits arrived at school and it has been amazing using our observational skills to watch the life cycle of the butterfly. They are now at the chrysalis stage, and we cannot wait to see the butterflies.

In DT, we have been learning about seaside snacks and designed a savoury and sweet snack for a picnic. We made our products and evaluated them. To celebrate the end of term we had a picnic on the field eating the yummy picnic food we made in our DT lesson.
We are extremely proud of how hard all the children have been working and they are all superstars!

Year 1 had a fantastic time on the beach at Littlehampton, after studying the seaside in their History lessons. They walked along the promenade, played on the beach and of course - ate delicious ice creams. 

Year 1 and Reception took part in a fascinating, fun and interactive Primary School Planetarium Show which took them on a journey through space, earlier this week.

They learnt amazing facts about our solar system and beyond, including taking a flying visit to and learning information about our incredible neighbouring planets. Is it possible to live on them? And what makes Planet Earth so special that life thrives here?

An absolutely fantastic experience for all!

Wow what a half term it has been for Year One!

In English, we read about all the amazing buildings that Iggy Peck built which led nicely into looking at famous London Landmarks. At the end of the topic, the children deigned and wrote their own leaflets giving lots of interesting information about them.

To complete our Science topic of materials. We went on a material hunt around the school, identifying what materials different objects are made of and why.

Year 1 have really enjoyed learning about past and present transport. As part of enriching our learning, we even went on a bus and underground trip. We loved looking at the tracks and all the different underground lines.

In Design Technology (DT), we have been looking at the design of playground equipment and have even made models of slides.

Last week, we were very excited to invite parents into school to share a book with us. We were very excited to see so many grown ups and loved showing them our classrooms and of course reading a book!

Year 2 have been studying The Great Fire of London in English and History. To end this fantastic unit, every child participated in a workshop where they travelled back in time to 1666 and explored the events surrounding the Great Fire of London. The children discovered what caused the fire, why it spread so quickly and how it impacted Londoners’ lives before reimagining the construction of a new, safer London.

Year one were very excited to travel on a bus and a tube, enriching their current History topic of transport. They loved looking at the underground map and finding all the London landmarks that they have learnt about in English; it was great fun!