Today we have had the most amazing day at Rochdale Fireground Museum! We loved getting the bus there.. The staff were brilliant and we revisited the Great Fire of London unit from our history curriculum.. We became fire fighters for the day! The children behaved excellently and were all proud Read more…
We have had the most amazing morning at Neeli Mosque in Rochdale. We travelled on the bus… Once we arrived at the mosque the extremely helpful volunteers gave us a tour and explained everything we needed to know about mosques. The children are loving their RE lessons, learning all about Read more…
To support our RE curriculum, Year 2 had the pleasure of visiting the church in our local area today. The children were very sensible on the walk down and it was a lovely day to get out of the classroom! We enjoyed sitting in the sun and listening to the Read more…
Year 2 have thoroughly enjoyed our sculpture unit in Art this term. We researched the artist Pippa Hill and paid close attention to the technique she uses. After we designed our animal sculptures we practised carving, moulding, twisting and rolling the clay.. We loved making all different things, we ever Read more…
Today we have all loved celebrating King Charles 111, Year 2 created some King and Queen rules.. We are learning about clay sculptures in our art lessons at the moment so today we made crowns using techniques based on the artist Pippa Hill.. After our delicious picnic lunch made my Read more…
This term Year 2 have been learning all about significant nurses form the past and how nursing has changed over the years. On Wednesday we had the pleasure of Mica coming in and answering all our questions about nursing. She gave us lots of interesting facts and we are now Read more…
In Science we have been learning about animals including humans, what they need to survive and how to live a healthy lifestyle. We understood the importance of personal hygiene by carrying out an experiment. The glitter on our hands represented germs and we were amazed with how quickly the glitter Read more…
This week we have been learning all about how important it is to look after your mental health. We read some books that encouraged us to talk about our feelings. ‘Glad Monster, Sad Monster’ even had a mask we could use.. We created worry monsters… After lots of discussion we Read more…
Over the last few weeks Year 2 have been learning all about algorithms, giving clear instructions and making predictions. We have been using the beebots to help us with our understanding. Today we designed and created our own map. We worked in partners to come up with a theme and Read more…
Yesterday we had the pleasure of meeting baby Dottie. In science we are learning how animals including humans survive. We asked mum Mollie lots of questions to find out the difference between what babies want and what they need. We found out how much milk she needs and how she Read more…
Year 2 have loved learning all about Chinese New Year today, we found out which Chinese zodiac animal our birth year is and looked at how people prepare for and celebrate it. We read a wonderful story and produced some excellent writing.. Created Chinese lanterns and dragon masks.. Tried some Read more…
Year 2 enjoyed their Christmas party on Monday. We enjoyed party games and party food.. On Thursday we had a lovely Christmas assembly where the choir sung and a few children read out their Christmas letter or poem. Finally on Friday we enjoyed our special Christmas lunch! Merry Christmas everyone!
Over the last few weeks KS1 have worked extremely hard with their Christmas performance. The children did amazing to learn all the songs, memorise their lines and be confident enough to perform on stage in front of such a big audience! The narrators Poppy and Riley told the story wonderfully. Read more…
Our current science unit is materials and over the last few weeks we have been exploring all different materials figuring out their properties and purposes. This week we got into teams and designed a packaging that would keep an egg safe! We came up with team names and decided on Read more…
We have had a wonderful day in Year 2! The children were lucky enough to either have a parent, sibling or a special Year 6 helper come in and help them with their end of unit activity. The children did an amazing job identifying foods from different food groups, they Read more…