Nearly There!

This week was one big roller coaster ride of fun! We finished making our cards and calendars, we had our school Christmas dinner and we had our special party packed lunch followed by our Christmas party. The highlight of our Christmas party was without a doubt the visit by Santa.
Ms Gower and I hope that everyone has a fantastic holiday and we would both like to say a massive thankyou for our lovely presents. We have both had lots of fun teaching Y2 (and Wellington and Antointe) this year and look forward to seeing everyone bright eyed and bushy tailed in January.
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

Christmas is coming....!

Our big event this year was our Christmas performance, Babushka. The children were fantastic and I was proud of every single one of them - WELL DONE Y2! There are lots of photographs of the performance on the noticeboard outside Y6 but just to put you in the mood I've included one here of our 3 camels (those fantastic suits were worth the hard work it took to actually get the children into them!!!!) Again, thank you parents for all your support with costumes and the learning of lines, it was very appreciated!
The children had a much earned toy afternoon on Friday - there are some pictures here of them enjoying their games. We also had another treat on Friday. Mrs Farr - Jack in Y5's mum - had kindly sent in some beautiful bears from her collection for YR to look at as part of their 'Teddies' topic. We were lucky enough to have 'first look' though! Pictured are some Y2 children with the bears.
Don't forget - next week we have Christmas dinner on Tuesday and KS1 Christmas party on Thursday, Ms Gower and I are very much looking forward to joining in with some party games! On Friday children can, again, bring in a toy of their choice.

Y2 have spent time really getting to grips - in a very 'hands on' way with our Sound topic!
After learning all about the ear on Monday - which bits of it do what - we then started using them in a very big way.
On Wednesday morning our KS2 recorder teacher, Mr Hill, came in with his saxophone, clarinet and recorders. He borrowed a guitar, a trumpet and a tambourine and everyone explored how these instruments make sound. We finished the lesson by all having a 'go' on the recorder.
On Wednesday afernoon Jessie Prewett's mum, Helen, came in with her flute. She played some tunes and showed the children how blowing into a flute is like blowing across the top of a milk bottle. The the children went off in groups with Helen to all try making the flute make music.
Then.... this morning Scott, Chloe's dad, came in with his collection of drums. He showed the children the different drums made different sounds. The children then got up in groups to make some drum sequences - WOW! Our school cooks couldn't believe their ears working behind the shutters in the kitchen!
Many thanks to all our volunteers for making this a very special, interactive two days for the children.
Thanks as well, parents, for the help given to the children to learn their lines. A last push over the weekend and we'll be there!
Talking of performances - our evening performance on Wednesday starts at 6.00pm. We would like the children back in school by 5.30 so we can get them changed. Help doing this would be gratefully received!

Making Music

Y2 have spent time really getting to grips - in a very 'hands on' way with our Sound topic!
After learning all about the ear on Monday - which bits of it do what - we then started using them in a very big way.
On Wednesday morning our KS2 recorder teacher, Mr Hill, came in with his saxophone, clarinet and recorders. He borrowed a guitar, a trumpet and a tambourine and everyone explored how these instruments make sound. We finished the lesson by all having a 'go' on the recorder.
On Wednesday afernoon Jessie Prewett's mum, Helen, came in with her flute. She played some tunes and showed the children how blowing into a flute is like blowing across the top of a milk bottle. The the children went off in groups with Helen to all try making the flute make music.
Then.... this morning Scott, Chloe's dad, came in with his collection of drums. He showed the children the different drums made different sounds. The children then got up in groups to make some drum sequences - WOW! Our school cooks couldn't believe their ears working behind the shutters in the kitchen!
Many thanks to all our volunteers for making this a very special, interactive two days for the children.
Thanks as well, parents, for the help given to the children to learn their lines. A last push over the weekend and we'll be there!
Talking of performances - our evening performance on Wednesday starts at 6.00pm. We would like the children back in school by 5.30 so we can get them changed. Help doing this would be gratefully received!

baubles and glitter

After a hard week of Ms Gower and I nagging the children to remember the standards ow work we expect from them everyone let their hair down on Friday and had a day of making Christmas decorations. The picture says it all! By 3.15 we all looked like glitterballs - including the teacher! (I got some very funny looks indeed at a service station on the M5 on the way to visit my family!) If you haven't already been to see it take a look at the whole school's work in the main hall. As Y2 would say - it's lush!

Talking of Christmas a big plea and reminder - we need the children to learn their lines fir the play. Many thanks for all the effort so far. From tomorrow onwards we'll be rehearsing 'scriptless'!

Making - then showing - masks

As promised here are the pictures of Y2 making their masks then showing them in our class assembly today. We couldn't decide whether the class looked better with the masks on or off! We hope you enjoy looking at them.

Making and Painting!

Firstly - apologies for the upside down picture last week - I am getting to grips with our new camera! Talking of pictures, this week's photos are on the camera in school and I am on my PPA day at home right now! I'll put the pics on tomorrow.

We have had lots of fun this week painting and making. We finished our unit of literacy all about instructions by making a mask on Friday. The children are evaluating their work today with Ms Gower as the concluding piece of this Big Write.
We also had lots of fun on Thursday afternoon mixing up primary colours to make colour wheels. We also started thinking about our Christmas production, Babushka. Parents - if your child has a speaking part PLEASE spend time with them helping them to learn lines, this would help us tremendously. I hope the costume requirements are clear. If not please catch me any day except today and Wednesday this week.