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Year 2 - Growth Charts

Sun 05 Mar 2017

F1 - A Huge Thank You for Our Super New Bikes!

Sun 05 Mar 2017

F1 - A Huge Thank You for Our Super New Bikes!

I just want to say a huge thank you to anyone that has sponsored foundation for any events this year or bought raffle tickets. Because of you we have purchased two shiny new bikes. They are amazing and one child can ride around our track with two of their friends on the back. Although they love the thought of transporting their friends, they soon realise that this can be hard work and requires stamina, so they soon swop over! So if you are one of these lovely and generous people, you might be responsible for part of a peddle, the spoke in a wheel or the grip on the handle bar! But you are all responsible for the smiles and laughter as they whizz around the circuit having engaging conversations with their friends and I’m sure you’ll agree that this is priceless! So thank you from all of us!

Tree-mendous Tuesday was all about the pancakes as it landed on Shrove Tuesday. We took our frying pans, we had three in total, and our friends knew they were small, medium and large in size. We also had pancakes (only play dough ones which was a relief as they landed on the floor lots of times!) and we had races. Some children decided to run as fast as they could and the pancake never left the frying pan but others flipped them and ran which is a very tricky skill- as we soon realised by the amount landing in the mud! Who cares? It was lots of fun!

Next we walked into the woods negotiating low branches and fallen logs and stopping to look at buds and catkins along the way. Spring is definitely arriving. It was extremely muddy, so we held hands and side stepped on the edge of the muddy puddle, just like little crabs. We successfully walked around the swampy puddle, although Miss Frisby could tell by their faces that they would have much rather waded through the middle with mud up to their knees!

The afternoon children even met a horse that a lovely lady was riding through the woods and we all said hello. Chocolate pancakes were devoured with relish and there were a few chocolatey faces but full tummies afterwards! What a lovely Pancake Day we had!

F2 - Porridge and Pancakes - Mmm…

Sun 05 Mar 2017

F2 - Porridge and Pancakes - Mmm…

With Goldilocks and the Three Bears as our story this week, we had to make porridge. We made three big batches. The Giraffes’` batch was a bit thick and sticky, the Zebras' batch was very runny but our third batch was just right and we all got to sample it - yummy! It was so delicious we learnt how to write instructions on How to Make Porridge. Why don’t you ask us for the instructions and try it at home and see if you can get it just right, too!

Porridge was not the only food we have been tasting! On Shrove Tuesday we loved trying the delicious pancakes. We also learnt about Lent - Miss Hopkinson is giving up chocolate for Lent and Oliver L says he is giving up crisps - good luck with your Lent challenge!

In number time we have continued our work on sharing - 1 for you and 1 for me! We are getting very good at being able to share. Why not ask us to share things out at home? Let us know how you get on. We had a very exciting time in Caterpillar Music when we brought book characters to life! “All the world's a stage, And all the men and women merely players;…”

We put our imaginations to the test and acted out lots of different scenes using props and instruments, and music to inspire us!

We’re Going On a Treasure Hunt...We’re Not Scared…

Our Wednesday Walkabout turned into a fabulous treasure hunt - even the rain could not stop us from having a fun learning time!

We marched into the wood singing Rain, rain go away as we searched for treasure - and what precious treasure we found - signs of new life wherever we looked! We tackled every obstacle valiantly, whether it was logs blocking our path, water or mud - we showed true LDCS resilience!

On Wednesday, Oliver B asked if we could play netball. We watched Year 5 in their PE lesson and decided we would have a go. We started by passing a ball around a circle of friends and then we sneaked onto the MUGA when it was empty. We had a go at shooting into the net. Miss Hopkinson was amazed at how high we could throw. There is no end to our talents…!