Y2 - Oak
Welcome to Oak Class.
The Class Teachers are
Mrs McGuinness and Mrs Fernandez
Autumn 1 Learning Quest - Magnificent Beasts
We have been reading the BFG. Today we have been following instructions to make our very own dream jar. Do you like them?
In ICT we have been learning to become programmers. We used the beebots to practice programming a series of instructions.
Oak Class 2021 - 2022 Year 2/3
Summer 2 Learning Quest - The Golden Ticket
Summer 1 Learning Quest - Invaders and Raiders
Spring 2 Learning Quest - The Miracle Is You
All of our butterflies have now emerged! We gave them fruit and sugar water to feed on, now we have to wait a few more days until we can release them.
Links to Articles: 28, 29
Links to Christian Values: Hope, Respect, Trust
Look at our amazing artwork! The final part of the design was to paint the magical door in bright colours!
Links to Articles: 28, 29, 31
Links to Christian Values: Hope, Respect
Wow! The butterflies have started to emerge from their cocoons!
Links to Articles: 3, 28, 29, 31
Links to Christian Values: Hope, Respect, Trust
The Chrysalides were finally ready to be transferred into the net. We had to be super quiet so we didn't disturb them during this part of their life cycle.
Links to Articles: 3, 28, 29, 31
Links to Christian Values: Hope, Respect, Trust
Wow look at our amazing art work! Today, we made our design come to life. We used a sharp tool to etch in the lines and patterns in our design.
Links to Articles: 28, 29, 31
Links to Christian Values: Hope, Trust, Respect
Our Year 2's have started the topic of Money in Maths. We have been using notes and coins to create a given amount in different ways.
Links to Articles: 28, 29
Links to Christian Values: Hope, Koinonia, Respect
We loved learning about the Easter Story in Church with Sam this week. We all wrote a prayer that will be displayed on a paper chain at the front of the church. We also learnt an Easter song!
Links to Articles: 3, 13, 14, 28, 29, 31
Links to Articles: Hope, Trust, Forgiveness, Koinonia, Respect
We were so intrigued at the next stage of the butterfly life cycle. The caterpillars began to climb towards the top of the cup and hang in a 'J' shape. Here we discovered that they shed their exoskeleton one last time before they become Chrysalides.
Links to Articles: 3, 28, 29, 31
Links to Christian Values: Hope, Trust, Forgiveness
Year 3's have started the topic of Light in Science. We created a dark den with hidden objects, we couldn't see what they were because there was no light source. We discovered that dark is the absence of light.
Links to Articles: 3, 28, 29
Links to Christian Values: Hope, Trust, Respect
Our caterpillars have arrived! We can't wait to watch them on their metamorphosis journey!
Links to Articles: 3, 28, 29
Links to Christian Values: Hope, Trust, Respect
World Book Day
WOW Starter - Trip To The Cinema
As our new topic is based on the new Disney film, Encanto. We went to the local cinema to watch it! We had the best time!
Links to Articles: 3, 31
Links to Christian Values: Respect, Hope, Trust, Koinonia
Spring 1 Learning Quest - It's A Magnificent World
Year 3 Science
This week in Science, we were investigating how well magnets work at a distance. We used a range of investigations to come to a conclusion.
Links to Articles: 28, 29
Links to Christian Values: Hope, Respect, Koinonia
Year 2 P.E.
In our P.E. lessons, we have been perfecting our balances, rolls and jumps!
Links to Articles: 28, 31
Links to Christian Values: Respect, Hope, Koinonia
Year 2 Science - Habitat hunt!
We went on a hunt to look for habitats around our school! We found lots of insects and bugs.
Links to articles: 1,2,3,28,29
Links to Christian Values: Koinonia and Trust
Our Community
We had people visit our school who have jobs within the local community. They spoke about what their job role is and what their impact is on the people around them.
Links to Christian Values: Hope, Respect, Trust, Koinonia
Links to Articles: 3, 6, 12, 13, 14, 17, 28, 29
Collective Worship at St. Augustine's Church
This week we went for collective worship at the Church. Sam taught us the meaning of epiphany and we learned a song about the Three Wise Men. Reverend Jim spoke about gifts from God, meaning all of our talents and skills. We wrote about what our gifts from God are.
Links to Christian Values: Hope, Respect, Trust, Koinonia, Friendship
Links to Articles: 3, 12, 13, 14, 28, 29, 31
Year 3 R.E.
We have been learning about Sikhism in our R.E. lessons. This week we looked at the story of Guru Nanak and discussed how this has impacted Sikh's lives today. We listened to a few stories and found that there was a common message throughout them all, we are all equal!
Links to Christian Values: Hope, Respect, Koinonia
Links to Articles: 14, 28, 29
Year 2 P.E.
In our P.E. lessons, we have been focusing on the word 'linking'. We have been exploring how we can link our body parts through the apparatus. We paired up to watch each other's sequences and celebrated what we did well and what we could do to improve next time.
Links to Christian Values: Respect, Hope, Koinonia
Links to Articles, 28, 29, 31
Autumn 2 Learning Quest - Materials Rock!
Year 2 and 3 Christmas Carols
R.E. - The Father, The Son and The Holy Spirit
In Religious Education this week, Year 3 learnt about how the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit are represented. First, we looked at a kenning poem describing them, then we designed our own representations inspired by the words in the poem.
Links to Christian Values: Respect, Hope, Koinonia, Trust
Links to Articles: 13, 14, 28, 29
Year 3 - P.E.
To continue our P.E. learning journey, we used the apparatus to develop our symmetry motifs. We worked together to find different ways of travelling to and from the equipment and also experiment with how we can create interesting, symmetrical and asymmetrical movements.
Links to Articles: 13, 28, 29, 31
Links to Christian Values: Hope, Respect, Trust, Koinonia
Anti-Bullying Week - One Kind Word
For Anti-Bullying week, using the theme of 'One Kind Word', we drew a picture of our partner and then wrote 'One Kind Word' about them.
Links to Articles: 13, 31
Links to Christian Values: Friendship, Hope, Koinonia, Trust
Collective Worship at St. Augustine's
Gymnastics - Symmetry
In P.E., we were exploring what symmetry meant. We worked in pairs to create symmetrical sequences using different body parts. Our stretch and challenge was to perform balances in our sequence too.
Links to Articles: 13, 28, 29, 31
Links to Christian Values: Friendship, Koinonia, Respect
Rock Observations
