Today was our first lesson learning about Around the World. We found out we have a special book that helps us locate the countries and oceans of the world, it is called an Atlas.We used the atlases to find the 7 continents and 5 oceans and labelled them on a map of the world.
To help us remember the seven continents we made up our own fun mnemonic:
Never
Sing
Anything
Annoying
Ever
Again
Amy!
Welcome back! I hope you have all enjoyed the holidays and thank you so much for all of your kind gifts.
Our topic this term is Around the World. We will by going on a whistle-stop tour of the seven continents of the world, and visiting a country on each continent to explore their features, people and landmarks. We will learn where the seven continents are on a map and undertake a variety of fun activities to help us learn more about each one. We will also be linking Art and DT to this wonderful topic, please see topic web for more information.
Our literacy work this term will focus on the exciting world of traditional tales, giving the children the challenge of creating their own traditional tale. We will continue to focus on our phonics and spelling to improve both our reading and our writing. Phonics Play is a great website which has free games and activities you may find useful.. www.phonicsplay.co.uk. Please see topic web for further information about what we shall be covering in English throughout the Spring Term.
In maths we will continue to develop our understanding of number, addition and subtraction. I would really appreciate any help and support you could give to your child in their understanding of money, time and multiplication (x2, x5 and x10).
Thank you!
Mrs Franchi and Mrs Kiely
We wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
From Year 2, Mrs Franchi and Mrs Kiely 🙂
Year 1 and Year 2 had a great time at their party on Tuesday afternoon. The children enjoyed playing lots of games and we even had special visitor’s who came to see us.
Thank you to the parents for providing the party plates and for making the children all look glamorous!
Enjoy the holidays 🙂
Mrs Franchi and Mrs Spencer
Year 2 have thoroughly enjoyed making Reindeer Dust for our enterprise activity.
Thank you to all who bought one, or two from our Christmas Fayre last Thursday, we sold lots and lots!
We still have a few left if anyone would like to buy one for £1, they are adorable and make great Christmas gifts!
It was a cold and windy start but we soon warmed up! We started our journey outside of St Mary’s Heritage. Richard explained how the police man had walked down the street where we were standing and spotted the fire for the first time.
We continued our journey along the Quayside crossing from Gateshead to Newcastle, just like the people of 1854. We acted out different scenes as if we had all gone back in time!!
We finished off our day by exploring St Mary’s Heritage and changing the lyrics of London’s Burning to Gateshead’s Burning and The Quayside’s Burning, then performed them to an audience.
Wow! What an afternoon Year 2 have had! Richard Stevenson (That History Bloke) came to Year 2 to teach us all about the Victorian times. We studied old photographs and artefacts, which helped us to understand what the time was like when the Great Fire of Gateshead and Newcastle started.
We ended the afternoon with a fantastic drama session, where we acted as workers that spotted the fire! We can’t wait to visit the Quayside on Friday to learn more about the Great Fire of Gateshead and Newcastle.
Today we found out why we celebrate Bonfire Night and created some yummy chocolate sparklers. We enjoyed making them that much, we wrote recipes so other children could make and eat them too!
