Last week two fire officers came in to raise the children’s awareness to the dangers of fire. The children were fully engaged with enthusiasm, learning what they need to do if they found themselves in a fire. Using visual prompts the children thought about the dangers they may come into contact with and what they…
Classes 1 and 2 had a fabulous time visiting Exeter Cathedral. They followed a star from place to place inside the Cathedral, finding characters from the Nativity along the way and learnt all about the Christmas story. They also made Christmas decorations which were magically shrunk and hardened in the oven! A lovely day was…
Classes 1 and 2 had their Kenton counterparts visit so that they could perform their own versions of Cinderella or Little Red Riding Hood to each other. The 4 classes took turns to perform what they’d been working on. Class 2 children had re-written their own play-script and version of Cinderella and acted this out…
Class 2 are finding out what plants need to grow. As part of this the children in Class 2 have planted lettuce seeds in containers. They will water them and measure their growth over a period of time. We are also growing seeds in the classroom to find out what growing conditions are the best…
Class 1 and Class 2 have exhibited some of their art work at the Kenn Art Show which took place in the Kenn Centre this weekend. Class 1 showed their Blossom paintings in the style of the Impressionists whilst Class 2 exhibited their mono prints of sea creatures. I’m sure you will agree that we…
The children in Class 2 had an amazing time at the National Marine Aquarium in Plymouth, learning lots of new exciting facts. We went on the Magical Seas interactive tour of the aquarium, which was delivered by one of their expert teaching staff, Andy, who held the childrens attention for 2 hours, enabling them to fully engage and appreciate each…
On Friday Class 2 were really excited to learn another Shakespeare Play. Before the session began Phoebe (Yr1) told us that she really loves Shakespeare, this was the fourth one that the Year 1’s have done, and the 2nd that the Year 2’s have done. Emma’s daddy kindly, with the children’s help, retold King Lear….
Class 2 have worked hard as a team to build up a class Undersea painting- To create the effective ocean colour washes for the background for our display they developed an understanding of how to create shades of a colour. The children then decided which sea creatures they wanted in their Under the Sea world….
Class 2 engaged with all of their learning during Behaviour and Safety week with interest and enthusiasm! We started the week finding out about safety in the home, with a particular focus on electricity, using resources on the Internet to extend our understanding. During our First Aid workshop the children really enjoyed learning how to put people…
Class 2 had a fantastic morning with healthy physical exercise developing strength, balance, flexibility and coordination. Class 2 children said “It helped us a lot with our self-confidence. Some of us were really nervous when we first arrived, but all of us had a go and surprised ourselves at how well we did. Some of…