Year 2
What an amazing start into year 2.
This is what the children brought into their new class on day 1. We looked at the difference between verbs and adjectives, things we want to do in our class or things we want our class to be.
The Children in years 2 and 5 had a wonderful day, sharing and developing story ideas as part of the Literacy Trusts national initiative to get us all writing. The buzz in the room was really exciting as children off different ages sparked ideas off each other and...
Colour mixing workshop
During the second week of June Year 2 were fortunate enough to take part in a Helen Foundation supported art workshop facilitated by Daisi. This art workshop was with Cara Roxanne and gave Children in Year 2 the opportunity to explore paint. Children mixed a range of...
We are hockey players.
The children had a wonderful morning developing their hockey skills at Newton Abbot College. This was a great event and gave the children a brilliant opportunity to display their success and ability to show how well they are meeting the school's core offer of being...
Another great Time to Think Science trip toDecoy!
Year 2 had a very well timed trip to Decoy park today to answer the question 'What Trees grow in Decoy Park?' As part of their science learning, Year 2 went to the park to collect samples of leaves from various points to bring back to school to group and classify. It...
What a great start to the year.
Thank you to everyone who has made the first few weeks of Year 2 such a success. The Phonics and Reading support you are giving your children is great. Making sure those books are in school every day and read at home every night is really making a difference, so well...
Well, what a year that was!
We started our process of reflecting on our year together today and realised we had done so much! The children were able to remember things I'd forgotten and we shared some lovely memories. The list of learning events and experiences that the the children came up with...
Our ongoing journey with vocabulary development.
Ever since being involved in the Babcock Vocabulary project back in 2017, developing vocabulary has been at the heart of our journey. We recognized that developing word consciousness, seeing an unknown new word as an opportunity for discovery rather than something to...
“WOW! Were we in space?”
The children across years 1-6 had an amazing experience today. We were delighted to be able to welcome Simon from Space Odyssey back to the school after a prolonged absence. A huge thank you to all of you who supported the Space Dome with your donations. These are...
It is so good to get parents back in!
The timetable for coming into Time to Think to support your child in book choosing has been really well received and has been a huge success. We are still not at the point where we can get everyone in in one go, but this is such a welcome step in the right direction!...