OPAL Play - The Kindness Cafe!
Today we open our latest OPAL zone, The Kindness Cafe! Children made all sorts of delicious-dirt treats, including worm cakes, mud pies and of course squelchy soil salad!
OPAL - Music and Karaoke
In the next step of our OPAL journey we have introduced music and karaoke. As part of our school vision of nurturing children's dreams, pursing passions and interests and our school value of self-belief, we have created two stage areas with music and karaoke machines.
Today children (and even…
OPAL Den Building
As part of our OPAL Play journey, school has invested heavily in den building materials. This week KS2 children were given the opportunity to try out the equipment, working in teams to try and build a standing den in just 10 mins!
OPAL Play Trial
Today we had an ‘OPAL Play lunchtime’, meaning that children from all year groups could use both playgrounds and the school grounds. This will be the norm after half term and it was great to have a trial run, all children had a fantastic lunch and behaviour was exceptional. Here are a few…
Visit to the Science and Industy Museum Manchester
We had a wonderful day at the Science and Industry Museum.
Visit to Living Waters
Year 2 visited Living Waters Foodbank to donate some Christmas chocolate.
Habitats
In Science this week we have been investigating different habitats in the school grounds. Have a read of what we learned on our class blog: https://gillibrandblogs.net/holly2018/2018/11/28/habitats/
Nativity Invites
Year 2 have written their invites for the local community. They will be delivered next week!
Year 2 Gymnastics
Year 2 have been using the new gymnastics equipment to showcase their travels, balances and jumps.
Great Fire of London Houses
Year 2 have been making houses in the style of the Tudor houses that were destroyed during The Great Fire of London.
Have a look at their amazing work!
Making Remembrance Art
We have been creating Remembrance art using bottle lids to stamp the poppies. We created the landscapes using pencil crayon. Some of our art will be displayed at The Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-Day Saints and some will be displayed in our…
The Pea and the Princess
This week in Year 2 we have started a new book called ‘The Pea and the Princess’, a twist on the traditional tale ‘The Princess and the Pea’. We started by making predictions on what we think will happen in the story by looking at objects from the book; a crown, a pea pod, a pea and a…