Welcome to Koala's Class!

Hello and welcome to the Koala's class page. Miss James is the class teacher with support from Mrs Thompson the teaching assistant. We are really excited for this year as we have lots of fun things planned! 

PE

Our P.E day is Thursday and our swimming day is Wednesday. Please send and leave PE kits in school and we will return them to be washed at the end of the half term.

Reading Books

Please send book bags into school every day to be checked. On Tuesdays and Fridays staff will change the children's books for them.

Homework

Homework is sent home on Fridays. This is a list of spellings and a piece of Maths, both linked to learning in the week. Please return all homework by the following Friday. We have a spelling test each Friday so please support your children to learn there spellings each week.

Week Commencing 15.04.24

This week we have started a new topic 'Where in the world would you like to explore?'. We will be looking at the life of Robert Falcon Scott and his amazing expedition to the South Pole! We have been reading a book called The Great Explorer and thinking about what we would take on an expedition to a cold place using verbs and adverbs. In Science we are learning about living and non-living things and in Art our focus is portraiture. In Maths we have been using grams and kilograms to compare mass. 

Our Stars of the Week are:

Emily and Charlie for their fantastic perseverance in writing. 

Well done! 

Week Commencing 18.03.24

This week we are have been writing about the wonderful visit we had last week from Alistair of Hawkeye Falconry. Alistair brought in several birds of prey, including owls and a falcon for us to meet and even fly! We wrote a recount of his visit and a thank you letter. In RE we have been learning about the Easter story and we visited St Wilfrid's church on Monday for an Easter Experience. Chicks have arrived in school to celebrate the beginning of spring and we have enjoyed visiting and holding them. In Maths we finished division and multiplication and began a new topic of measurement.

Ours Stars of the Week are:

Isaac and Jenson for their high expectations in Maths.

Well done! 

Week Commencing 15.03.24

This week we have continued to read The Owl and the Pussycat. We have been writing about their journey using capital letters for months of the year. We also wrote a wedding invitation for the Owl and the Pussycat's wedding using vocabulary from the book. We were very lucky to have a visit from Alistair today who has a collection of birds of prey he looks after. We got to hold and fly owls and a falcon! In DT we tested different types of boats to see how quickly they moved through water. In Maths we have been dividing and multiplying by 10, 5 and 2. 

Ours Stars of the Week are:

Sophie and Pippa for their super independence. 

Well done! 

Week Commencing 04.03.24

This week we have been learning about what Mother's Day is and thinking about why our mums, or other special people, are important to us. We wrote a word bank and used this to create a poem to celebrate our special people. We have also started to read The Owl and the Pussycat and have made predictions about where the characters might be going on their boat. We celebrated World Book Day on Thursday and enjoyed coming to school in costumes inspired by our favourite book characters. In Science we have learnt the important of hygiene and washing our hands thoroughly. We conducted experiments using flour, glitter and oil and washed our hands using different methods. In Maths we have explored the relationship between division and multiplication. 

Our Stars of the Week are:

Alex and Noah for their curiosity in our learning. 

Well done! 

Week Commencing 26.02.24

This week we have continued to read There was a Wee Lassie who Swallowed a Midgie and we have been exploring unusual meals using adjectives and conjunctions. Every day we have been practising for our Class Assembly on Friday which we are very excited to share with you! In Geography we have deepened our knowledge of the Isle of Coll through online research and in swimming we have explored swimming on our backs and putting our heads under the water. In Maths we have learnt what the division symbol means and how to use it. 

Our Stars of the Week are:

Max and Ellis for showing respect each day. 

Well done! 

Week Commencing 19.02.24

This week we have read a new book called There was a Wee Lassie who swallowed a Midgie, based on There was an Old Woman who swallowed a Fly. This version of the story has a Scottish twist and uses Scottish animals we have learnt about such as puffins, trouts and Scottie dogs. We have revisited rhyme and have learnt to use alliteration. In Geography we have compared the human and physical features of the Isle of Coll. We have learnt the importance of being active in Science through recording our heart rates after different activities. In Maths we have begun to learn about multiplication. 

Our Stars of the Week are:

Florence and Edwin for their super team working skills. 

Well done 

Week Commencing 05.02.24

This week we have been reading On the Ning Nang Nong by Spike Milligan, which is a really funny poem exploring rhyme and onomatopoeias. In Geography we created a map of Calverton using our knowledge of the local area and the bus journey we took last week. In Art we have started to make our final collage artworks of the Isle of Coll, tearing and cutting materials to create layers. In Maths we have been exploring two part problem solving with money. 

Our Stars of the Week are:

Indiana and Harvey for their amazing concentration in class. 

Well done! 

Week Commencing 29.01.24

This week we enjoyed going on our bus trip around Calverton to explore our local area further. We planned our route and have been making sketch maps of Calverton adding in key features and amenities. In English we wrote fact files about beavers and a booklet detailing everything we have learnt about Scotland's wonderful habitats and animals. In Maths we have continued to explore money, creating amounts in different ways. 

Our Stars of the Week are:

Megan and Joshua for their amazing communication skills. 

Well done! 

Week Commencing 22.01.24

This week we started reading a brilliant non-fiction book called An Amazing Animal Atlas Scotland, which covers all of the different habitats in Scotland and the animals that live there. We have really enjoyed learning about orcas, basking sharks and red squirrels! We have been using our white boards to record facts as we read together as a class and have used these in our writing. In Maths we have been exploring money by recognising coins and notes and making totals. We have used our map making skills in Geography to make a sketch map of our classroom. 

Ours Stars of the Week are:

Daniella and Hunter for their fantastic creativity skills. 

Well done! 

Week Commencing 08.01.24

We have enjoyed our first full week back in school this week and are getting back into our routines and learning. In English we are continuing to read Katie Morag Delivers the Mail and have used our prediction skills to imagine what could happen to Katie Morag as she tries to deliver her mail across the Isle of Struay. In Maths we have been identifying vertical lines of symmetry in 2D shapes. We have been learning more about our local area and the key features of Calverton in Geography. 

Our Stars of the Week are:

Noah N for being ready to learn with his writing.

Bobbie for being ready to learn in Maths with shape. 

Well done! 

Week Commencing 11.12.23

This week we really enjoyed performing our Nativity play Super Star for our families! Thank you for coming to watch and support us! We worked very hard on remembering our lines and projecting our voices as well as singing the songs and actions. We have been reading The Jolly Christmas Postman this week and writing festive letters to characters from traditional tales. In DT we created a moving mechanism using a cardboard tube, string and tape. We have a kindness advent calendar in class and each day we have been undertaking different acts of kindness for our classmates and teachers! 

Our Stars of the Week are:

Dexter and Sophie for both keeping themselves and their classmates safe in school. 

Well done! 

Week Commencing 4.12.23

This week we have been focusing on learning our lines and songs for the Nativity play, we are very excited to show it to you next week! Thank you for supporting your child to learn their lines at home, please continue to do this. The pantomime came to school on Monday and we watched Sleeping Beauty, which was very funny! On Wednesday we went to St Wilfrid's church and enjoyed the Christingle service. In English we have written recounts of the Christingle and the pantomime. 

Stars of the Week:

Charlie for persevering with column method in Maths.

Lacey Mai for persevering with her independent writing. 

Well done! 

Week Commencing 27.11.23

This week we have started to learn our parts for our Nativity, Superstar! We are learning the songs in our Music lessons as well as each afternoon. In English we wrote our letters to Father Christmas and posted them at our local post box. We conducted an experiment in Science to see if we could make ice-cream for Father Christmas' party! We were able to taste the ice-cream afterwards and it was delicious. In Maths we are continuing to practise column method, addition and subtraction. 

Our Stars of the Week are:

Jenson and Harvey both for their careful and creative crocodile paintings.

Well done! 

Week Commencing 20.11.23

This week we enjoyed visiting St Wilfrid's Church on Monday for the Christmas experience, where we learnt about different aspects of the Christmas story and why they are special to Christians. For our Golden Writing we wrote a recount of Goldilocks and the Three Crocodiles using ambitious adjectives, conjunctions and speech marks. We have begun to learn our Nativity songs in our Music lesson and we have been using our observational skills in Art to draw a crocodile's head! In Maths we are using the column method to cross ten in addition and subtraction. 

Our Stars of the Week are:

Hunter for improving his reading.

Edwin for his perseverance with the column method.

Well done! 

Week Commencing 13.11.23

This week we have continued to read Goldilocks and the Three Crocodiles. We have been learning about crocodiles and have written a fact file this week using new vocabulary. In Science we have been learning about whether we can change different objects' shapes by stretching, bending and squashing. On Tuesday we enjoyed learning CPR training so we know how to help people if they are feeling unwell. In Maths we have been learning the column method for addition and subtraction, not crossing ten. 

Ours Stars of the Week are:

Chester for his super knowledge on crocodiles.

Pippa for trying hard to work with more independence. 

Well done! 

Week Commencing 06.11.23

We have had a great first week back of our new half term. We are exploring Traditional Tales over the next few weeks and have started with Goldilocks and the Three Crocodiles, a twist on the classic story! We have been making inferences about the story and using onomatopoeias to describe the sounds of the sea. We have learnt about Remembrance Day and have made poppies to honor the lives lost during the First World War. In PE we are starting a dance unit looking at water and in DT we will be examining moving mechanisms. In Maths we have been adding and subtracting 10. 

Our Stars of the Week are:

Harper for her super attitude and wonderful hard work. 

Cooper for trying hard to listen to his teachers and make the right choices.  

Well done! 

Week Commencing 23.10.23

This week we have continued to read The Tin Forest and we have written our own alternative version of the story together as a class using time words, conjunctions and adjectives. In Science we tested if we could make paper waterproof by using tin foil, cling film, wax crayons and candle wax. We made a prediction and tested our theories using our team working skills. In PSHE we have been learning about the difference between bullying and teasing and in Maths we have been adding and subtracting across ten. 

Our Stars of the Week are:

Edward for his independence.

Harley for his curiosity in all our lessons. 

Well done! 

Week Commencing 9.10.23

This week we have started reading a new book called The Tin Forest and we have been imagining what kind of place a tin forest would be to live in. We have been using ambitious adjectives and conjunctions to describe this setting. We really enjoyed our Harvest Festival performance on Tuesday, thank you all for coming and supporting us!   In our Great Fire of London topic we thought about what the animals of London might have witnessed during the fire and used historical sources to write about their experiences. In Maths we have been adding and subtracting by making ten. 

Our Stars of the Week are:

Ellis for persevering with his neat handwriting.

Daniella for showing her teachers she is ready to learn. 

Well done  

Week Commencing 02.10.23

This week we have been preparing for our Harvest Celebration at the church next week. We have been learning why Harvest is a special time for Christians and we have been writing a Harvest poem as a class to read in church. We have also been learning songs and a prayer as well as making autumnal art work! We are excited to share it with you next week. In Maths we have been learning fact families to 20. 

Our Stars of the Week are:

Isaac for his independent writing.

Emily for her concentration and independence.

Well done 

Week Commencing 25.09.23

This week we have been reading Vlad and the Great Fire of London, in which a flea tells the story of the fire from his perspective! The children have enjoyed writing questions for Vlad and putting him in the hot seat. We will write a recount of the book from Vlad's perspective. In History we have sequenced the 5 days of the Great Fire and learnt key facts from each day. We were also very lucky to have Partake Theatre Company come in and we got to act out the Great Fire using costumes and props! In Science learnt about friction by testing the best material for a fire fighter's boot! In Maths we have been comparing objects and numbers as well as counting in 2s, 5s and 10s. 

Our Stars of the Week are:

Megan for her curiosity in all of our learning. 

Max for his fantastic concentration. 

Well done! 

Week Commencing 18.09.23

This week we have continued to read The Great Fire of London book and we have been writing a letter to the King to ask him to help stop the fire from spreading! We have been using the past and continuous tense. In Science we did another exciting experiment to see if we could make our leaky buckets water tight, to help us put out the fire! We tested different materials to see how waterproof or absorbent they are. In Maths we have been estimating numbers on a number line. 

Our Stars of the Week are:

Noah B for trying his best in all his lessons. 

Indiana for being a super role model. 

Well done 

Week Commencing 11.09.23

This week we have started reading our new book The Great Fire of London and learning all about what happened in 1666. We have also been learning about the city of London in general and its famous landmarks, using adjectives to describe. In History we have compared our life to life in the 1700s in areas such as food, clothing and transport. In Science we have continued to learn about materials and their properties. We have continued to develop our knowledge of partitioning in Maths. 

Our Stars of the Week are:

Florence for being a super role model.

Joshua for continuing his History learning at home! 

Well done 

Week Commencing 5.09.23

We have enjoyed our first week in Year 2 and have started lots of brilliant learning! In English we have been exploring our emotions in a book called In My Heart, using adjectives and similes to describe. Our new Topic is The Great Fire of London and this week we began to explore what life was like in the 1700s in London and use our observational skills to make inferences and ask questions. In Art we are researching Sir Christoper Wren and the architecture he designed. In Maths we have been partitioning numbers into tens and ones. 

SATs information for Year 2 parents

Here is some information for parents of children in year 2 about the upcoming SATs. 

Cricket 

Today we were lucky to have a cricketer from Trent Bridge who taught us some cricket skills. We learnt throwing, catching and throwing skills. Who hit the wicket? Who aimed and threw accurately?

Shakespeare Workshop

We we’re lucky to have a visit from the Shakespeare Trust who did some drama and story telling workshops with the children. What fabulous acting skills!

Easter bonnet parade

Thank you for supporting your children to make an Easter bonnet. The children all looked amazing and really enjoyed taking part in our parade. We hope you enjoy your Easter treat from school. 

The Pea and the Princess

This week, for our English learning, we are reading The Pea and the Princess by Mini Grey. We have learnt lots of new words such as nestled, grand, nagging, raged and allotment. Can you use the words in your own sentence? 

Superhero Capes

For our design and technology learning, we have been busy designing a cape for a superhero. We have begun making our designs. Today we cut out a cape shape using felt. This was tricky to neatly cut out the correct shape but we worked carefully and did a fabulous job! Please check back later in the week to find out how we got on with our decorations. 

Decorating our capes

Today we have been busy using our creative skills to decorate our capes.

Float by Daniel Miyares

This week, we are reading a wordless book called Float. Can you tell your grown up what the story is about? We have all been busy making a paper boat then testing it to see if it floats on water. 

Blooming Flowers

Today for our science learning, we have been observing what happens to the petals of paper flowers when you put them in water. We used our super observations skills to record what we noticed. 

The story of Robin Hood

What fun we had creating the story of Robin Hood and his band of merry men in our drama workshop. Look at our super acting skills…

Traditional Tales

For our English learning we are enjoying reading Traditional Tales. We have been comparing Traditional Tales to find similarities and differences, we have been reading a variety of Traditional Tales from around the world and then have been writing our own Traditional Tales. Take a look at some our our amazing writing…

World Book Day 

Thank you for proving your children with fabulous world book day characters. We think they look fabulous. We enjoyed guessing which book they were from. 

Wheelchair Basketball

We have been lucky to have a sports teacher in school today, helping us learn some wheel chair basket ball skills. We learnt how to step into and out of the wheelchair safely, how to move around safely through the spaces and then how to stop and change direction. What fun we had!

Creative Koalas

We have been busy learning how to blow paint through a straw. We had lots of fun whilst learning a new art skill. Do you like the effects we have created?

Visit from Santa

We were lucky to have a visit from Santa today. He had time away from his busy schedule in the North Pole to come to see us and to bring us a gift. We sang We Wish you a Merry Christmas to Santa and asked about his elves and reindeer. 

Dear Santa,

This week, for our English learning, we have been finding out about the features of a letter. We have then written a letter to Santa. Miss Revy is highly impressed by the quality of our writing. Who has used a question sentence? Who has used commas to separate a list of nouns? Who has used cursive letter formation? Santa will be astounded by the quality of our work. 

Christingle

We have enjoyed joining Sam at St Wilfred’s church to learn about the Christian celebration of Christingle. What do the orange, red ribbon and sweets symbolise? The candle represent Christian’s belief that Jesus is the light of the world. Who is the light of your world?  

Busy Bakers

We found a medieval recipe for bread. Today the koalas have been busy baking their medieval sweet bread. What new words have you learnt? Can you tell your grown up what knead and prove mean? 

Children In Need

Thank you for your donations for Children In Need. The children looked fabulous in their spotty outfits. 

Marvellous Musicians

Look at our lovely creative learners busy singing and learning how to use percussion instruments!

Harvest Festival

We are looking forward to sharing our harvest festival with you in church next week. We are busy learning some super songs, a poem to share with you. This week, we have been making some detailed autumn art to bring to church. Here is a look at all the brilliant koala learners concentrating on their art work. 

Thank you for everything ma’am

This week, we have been remembering Queen Elizabeth II. We drew portraits of Queen Elizabeth II on stamp templates. We hope you are impressed by our careful art work. 

The Colour Monster

This week, we have enjoyed reading The Colour Monster by Anna Llenas. We have enjoyed talking about how the colour monster feels in the story. This afternoon the children made feelings pots. What an amazing team we are! Look at our great feelings adjectives. How are you feeling today? Do your feelings change through the day? 

Wheelchair basket ball

We we’re lucky to have a visit from some wheel chair basket ball teachers today. We practised moving and turning in a chair then played some fun games using these skills. 

Kaori Kurihara

We are enjoying researching the work of a Japanese artist called Kaori Kurihara. We have learnt that she is a ceramicist and that she gets her inspiration from pieces of fruit. Here is the research we have done in our sketch books. 

Thank you for our cakes

it was ever so kind of one of our families to share some cakes with our class. What a thoughtful gesture. They were delicious. 

Jubilee Picnic

We enjoyed our picnic in the garden to celebrate the Queen’s Jubilee.

Happy Platinum Jubilee your majesty

Do you like the bunting we have designed to decorate our school hall for our celebration of Queen Elizabeth II platinum jubilee? We look super in our jubilee outfits. 

History detectives

We were given a mystery Victorian object and had to ask questions to find out what it was. 
 

Can you explain to your grown up what it is?

William Morris

We have been researching the life and work of William Morris. Why is he a famous artist? What did he enjoy designing. We have created sketches based on his work. What fabulous artists we are!

Super Printers

Here are the foam tiles we have made in the style of William Morris. We etched our design into a tile then used printing ink to print our design onto paper. They are very detailed and carefully planned and executed. 

Watercolour animals 

We have used water colour to paint animals ready to add to our printed backgrounds. We are going to cut them out and then see if we can add split pins and sliders to make them move around our pictures. 

Finished Product

Here is our finished piece of work with our printed background and moving animals. 

Winnie The Pooh 

For our guided reading, we are enjoying reading Winnie The Pooh by Alan Alexander Milne. We have read chapter one, where Winnie gets his name. Who or what is he named after? We are busy making predictions about what Winnie The Pooh might plan to collect some honey from the top of a towering oak tree. 

Easter Bonnet Parade

Thank you to all our families for helping us to make our wonderful Easter bonnets. We all looked amazing and our designs were creative, unique and inventive. Well done Maddison for your winning design. We would like to wish you all a wonderful break. Enjoy your family time and we look forward to seeing you soon and hearing about all your adventures. 

African basket weaving

For our design work, we have looked at some African baskets and found out what they are made from, how they are made and what they are used for. We compared the baskets to Nottingham lace.

We have been busy weaving our own African baskets using wool.

Look at our amazing baskets! 

Art week

We are busy being creative this week. We have been finding out about an artist called Lubaina Hamid. What amazing facts do you know about her? We used our sketch books to gather ideas based on Lubaina’s work, such as the patterns and colours she uses in her work. Inspired by Lubaina’s work, are going to paint a portrait on a piece of furniture. We look forward to sharing our finished work with you. 

Patching’s Art Centre

What a fabulous morning we have had at Patching’s Art Centre. We looked at the art work of Tinga Tunga. He is famous for painting African animals. We produced amazing pieces of art in the style of Tinga Tinga. How creative we are!

African Drumming

We have enjoyed taking part in an African drumming session. What fabulous musicians we are!

Red Nose Day

We look wonderful in our red or super hero outfits. 

World book week

Thank you for providing the children with their fabulous world book day outfits. What a wonderful day we have had!

Super Storytellers

We have been busy acting out and retelling the story of the gingerbread man. What fabulous actors we are!

World Book Day website

This is a wonderful website full of amazing resources for you to share with your child. 
 

Busy bakers

This week, for our English learning, we have been reading instructions. We followed a recipe for how to make an apple muffin. We made our muffins today and they taste delicious. 

William Shakespeare

We have enjoyed reading and performing A Midsummer Nights Dream. Look at our amazing acting skills. 

Cricket

We enjoyed learning new cricket skills in PE this morning. We learnt to throw with accuracy, hold a cricket bat correctly and hit a cricket ball with a bat. How many wickets did you score?

Lots: The Diversity of Life on Earth

We are thoroughly enjoying reading a book about our diverse planet. What new words have you learnt? What do they mean?

Extinct

species

diversity

microbe

fungi

Book Covers

We have been busy designing new front covers for the books to show the diversity of life on our amazing planet. 

Champion Gymnasts!

This half term, we are being champion gymnasts. We have been learning to present, jump, roll and balance. Who deserves an Olympic meldal?

Fantastic Mr Fox

For our guided reading, we have begun reading Fantastic Mr Fox by Ronald Dahl. We have read chapters 1 and 2, where we were introduced to the setting and main characters. We read an extract from chapter 2 about the setting then drew a map, to show what we know about the wood and the farms from the book. What amazing illustrators we are! 

In my magic box there is….

For our English learning this week, we are reading a poem by Kit Wright called The Magic Box. We have made a magic box and filled it with objects we find interesting. We then thought of adjectives, similes and metaphors to describe the objects. We used our ideas to write our own poems. What amazing imagination we have!

Visit from Santa

Santa sent us a message today to say he was proud of how hard we are working. He used his Christmas magic to send some gifts to school. How lucky we all are!

Christmas jumper day

We all looked very festive in our Christmas outfits. Thank you for your donations to Save the Children.

Christmas Decorations

We have made some beautiful decorations and hung them on our tree at school. We will bring our decorations home next week. 

The Snowman

Next week, for our English learning, we are going to be reading The Snowman. We will be describing the setting and characters using adjectives, similes and metaphors. I shall add photographs of the children’s amazing writing as the week progresses, so, watch this space…

Pantomime: Aladdin 

We have enjoyed watching a pantomime at school today. We watched the story of Aladdin. Can you tell your grown up what the story was about? Who were the main characters? Where was the story set? What was the funniest part of the story? 

Nativity

This week, for our English learning, we have been reading and writing the Nativity story. We used adjectives, similes and metaphors to describe the characters and setting. We thought about our choice of punctuation and tried to correctly use full stops, commas, question marks, exclamation marks and brackets. We have done a brilliant job! 

Letter to Santa

This week, for our English learning, we have enjoyed learning how to write a letter. We used the skills we learnt to write a letter to Santa. What are you hoping Santa will bring for you? What are you going to leave out for Santa and his reindeers on Christmas Eve?

Children in Need

We all looked amazing in our Children in Need outfits. Thank you for all your donations. 

One Kind Word

This week is anti bullying week. The theme this year is one kind word. We thought about what bullying is and how it can make a person feel.
 

We learnt the phrase:

one kind word can change someone’s day.

We decided what kindness looks like. We thought of the words: share, enjoy, include, understand, join, respect, play, together, help, welcome, friends, feeling.

Have you been kind today?

Amazing artists

We have been putting our creative skills to good use. We have used chalk to create a fire background and then used black paper to cut out building silhouettes. Do you like our Great Fire of London pictures? 

Remembrance Sunday

14th November 2021

Thank you to Nevaeh for bringing her collection of army artefacts to share we us. We found this very interesting and it certainly helped us with our learning about Remembrance Day. 

Brakenhurst

What a fabulous day we had outdoors. We took part in some problem solving games and did an outdoor treasure hunt. 

Diwali

We have been learning about the Hindu celebration of Diwali. We read the story of Rama and Sita then found out how Hindus celebrate. Diva pots are placed on window sills to light up the house, celebrating new beginnings and Rama and Sita returning safely to their home. We made salt dough and used it to make diva pots. Do you like our designs?

Bonfire Night

For our History learning, we have been finding out about the Gunpowder Plot, when Guido Fawkes and Robert Catesby plotted to blow up King James I and the Houses of Parliment. Was the plot successful? Who found out about the plan? What did King James think?

We made breadstick sparklers as a treat for our good learning this week. 

Paddington

This half term, we are reading A Bear Called Paddington by Michael Bond. We have read chapter one, where Mr and Mrs Brown meet Paddington.

Where did Paddington get his name?
What is Paddington’s favourite food?

what happened when Paddington slipped on a patch of strawberry jam?

Does Paddington like to drink tea?

We can’t wait to read on and find out what happens next. We will keep you informed. 

Do you like our book cover designs?

Do you like our Paddington art?

Home Learning

Well done to all the children who have been busy over half term completing their homework challenges. Look at all this amazing work. 

Busy Bakers

This week, we have been helping Thomas Farriner in his bakery. We read instructions for how to bake a loaf of bread, followed the instructions to bake some bread then wrote our own instructions. What delicious, well risen bread we made!

PE: Explorers on an Expedition

This half term, for PE, we are learning how to use a range of controlled movements on the theme of exploring. We have been packing binoculars, telescopes, wellington boots and food into our bags then travelling on planes, boats, jet skis and buses. We had to make our actions big and clear and move like a champion dancer. 

The Great Fire of London

We have begun our first topic of the year: The Great Fire of London. 

We have learnt lots of fascinating facts so far. Can you tell your grown up when and where the fire happened. 
 

As part of our learning we had a visit from the fire service. We found out how the modern  fire service helps us in many ways today. Was there a fire service in 1666? How was the fire put out in 1666? How has fire fighting changed since 1666? What dangers might start a fire? How do we help to prevent a fire? 

Dear diary…

This week, we have been reading the diary of Samuel Pepys. We have enjoyed pretending to be at the fire and writing our own diaries using personal pronouns, time phrases and lots of adjectives for description. What a brilliant job we have done! 
 

Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King

As part of Black History Month, we have learnt about Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King. We thought about inclusion, fairness and treating others with respect. What have you done this week to shows others respect, fairness and kindness?

Fire Service

We have enjoyed meeting some fire fighters. We learnt about dangers and how to keep safe. We enjoyed looking at a fire engine and all the equipment. We had a turn at sitting in the fire engine. Who would like to be a fire fighter when they grow up?

Historical Narrative 

We have enjoyed writing a historical story about The Great Fire of London. We used amazing adjectives, similes and metaphors to describe the fire, timber framed houses and cobbled streets. We hope you enjoy reading our amazing writing. 

 In my Heart, a book of feelings 

We have enjoyed reading a book about feelings. In the story, a girl describes her feelings using adjectives, similes and metaphors. We have been busy thinking of synonyms for feelings adjectives. For example happy: excited, delighted, joyful, ecstatic, over the moon, gleeful or calm: relaxed, chilled, serene, sedate. 
 

How are you feeling today? why? Do our feelings stay the same all the time? 

Fabulous Fruit Salad

We have been finding out what our body needs to stay healthy. We explored the types of foods our body needs and the amounts of each, looking at the eatwell plate. For our English learning, we made and ate a fruit salad then wrote a recipe with ingredients, equipment, instructions. Our instructions had to include time phrases to sequence the instructions and imperative verbs to clearly explain what to do. What fruit did you put in your fruit salad? How did it taste? 

History: Chronology

This week, for our History learning, we have answered the question: when did the great fire of London happen? We looked at chronology and made a time line, using key phrases such as before, long ago, past, present and future. We also added key dates such as the date the fire started: Sunday 2nd September 1666. 
 

What super historians we are! 

Geography: Where did the Great Fire of London happen?

This week, for our geography learning, we have answered the question: where did the fire happen? 
 

We looked at a map of the United Kingdom and named, located and labelled the 4 countries of the UK, their capitals, Nottingham, Calverton and the 4 compass points.

Design and Technology

Do you like our fox and star sliding mechanisms? We had to design a background (the brambles in the woodland) then draw a fox that we placed on a handle. We cut a slit in our backgrounds so our foxes could walk through the brambles. 
 

I think you will be impressed with our designs. 

Life Education

We were very lucky to meet Harold the giraffe. He visited our classroom to help us learn about keeping our bodies fit and healthy.

Did you know our heart pumps 35 million times per year? 

What fabulous facts did you learn? What does your body need to stay healthy? How many bones do you have? Which is your smallest bone? 

Stars of the Week

Congratulations to both our stars this week: Rhys and Thea.

They have both had an amazing week of learning and both are well deserved.

Rhys, you are a delight to have in our koala class. You are so gentle, kind and caring. This week, you have done some amazing writing. You remembered finger spaces, capital letters and full stops. All your letter shapes were neat and clear. 
 

Thea, you have had a busy and very productive week. It is great to see how determined you all with all learning tasks and how well you persevere when faced with a challenge. This week, your instructions for how to make a salt dough hedgehog were a very high standard. You used a variety of time words and imperative verbs. Very impressive!

British Wildlife

Our new topic this half term is British wildlife. We begun our topic by making a list of all the things we already know about British wildlife and then made a list of all the new information wanted to discover. We came up with some amazing ideas. 
 

Tallulah thinks oak, beech and holly trees grow in woods.

Jude wanted to discover if deer live in British woodlands.

Aydn thinks hedgehogs are nocturnal. 
 

This week, as part of our science learning, we are finding out what a habitat is. We are then going to delve deeper into a British woodland habitat and try to find out all the species of plants, trees and animals the live in a woodland habitat. 
 

We look forward to sharing some photos with you as our learning progresses. Watch this space....

The Hodgeheg

As part of our topic, we are reading The Hodgeheg by Dick King Smith. We have read the first four chapters. In guided reading, we have been working hard on making inferences. This means we had to think about how the main character, Victor Maximilian St George (Max), was feeling at various points in the story by ‘reading between the lines.’

Poor Max has had a bump to the head. He can’t work out how to get across the busy, suburban road safely. What will happen next? Can you make a prediction? Will Max persevere? 

Instruction Writing.

These are our picture maps, ready for our golden writing.

What time words and imperative verbs have you used?

Happy Birthday

Happy 6th Birthday to Harley and Happy 7th Birthday to Declan. Enjoy your celebrations. 

Stars of the week

Congratulations to Alfie and Tallulah, our two shining stars. 

Tallulah, you are so kind, considerate and caring. You have loved reading The Tale of Peter Rabbit and your golden writing was outstanding. We have a future author in the making. You make us so proud!

Alfie, you are a delight to teach. You make us proud every day. This week, your Tale of Peter Rabbit was amazing! Your handwriting was neat and joined and the vocabulary you used was excellent. 
 

Well done to both our stars! 

Easter Bonnet Parade

Thank you to our koala families for taking part in our Easter bonnet competition. The designs are creative, unique and very detailed. All you hard work is very much appreciated. 

Beatrix Potter

This week, for our English learning, we are finding about about the famous author: Helen Beatrix Potter. She was a Victorian children’s author and illustrator who was born in 1866. She grew up in London but moved to Hill Top Farm in the Lake District. Find out more about this famous author using the web link below. Where did she get her ideas for her stories from? What is your favourite Beatrix Potter story? How many pets did she have? 

We will share our work as the week progresses. Watch this space! 

Happy 6th Birthday, Harley!

We hope you enjoyed your celebration with your family. Thank you for sharing birthday sweets with your koala friends. 

Stars of the Week

This week we have chosen:

Ella and Olivia. 
 

Ella, you are one of the most kind, caring and nurturing people we have met. You are a super role model, who always does the right thing. You work hard, persevere and produce work of a very high standard every day. This week, your Easter story was excellent- full of amazing adjectives and well punctuated. 
 

Olivia, just like Ella, you are delightful, kind and considerate. Again, you are a role model who lots of your koala friends admire. I enjoyed reading your Easter story. Your handwriting is beautiful, cursive and joined. We are so proud of you.

Super sewers

This week, for our design and technology learning, we are learning how to sew. We are using binca and wool to make a running stitch. This is our first practise. We shall let you know how we get on. We will need to persevere, concentrate and be a team player to produce some good results. 

Stars of the week

This week, after much deliberation and another fabulous week of learning by all our koala team, we are pleased to tell you our two stars are Sophia and Ronny.

Sophia, we are so proud of how settled, grown up and sensible you are. You take delight in all you learning and enjoy being presented with tricky challenges. You have had your ‘head down’ and been focused all week. This has meant you have produced some top quality work. What a Manor Park role model you are!

Ronny, you have returned to school after the lockdown with a fabulous attitude to your learning. You have been concentrating and taking pride in working independently. You are focused and, as a result, producing longer pieces of writing. What an independent year two learner you are! 
 

Well done to both stars this week. 

The Great Koala Bake Off

We have been busy baking cup cakes. We are going to decorate them to look like the colour monster. We look forward to showing you our finished cakes but mostly to eating them. Our classroom smells like a bakery. What a fabulous baking team we are! 

Decorating our Colour Monster Cupcakes 

We have made butter cream, added food colouring and used various decorations to make our colour monsters. 

William Shakespeare

We enjoyed celebrating Shakespeare week by zooming with Miss Maddison to act out A Midsummer Nights Dream. We are amazing actors and actresses. 

Welcome back!

It is our absolute pleasure to welcome all our koala families back to school. We have missed you so much and are delighted to see you once again. The children have settled in very well. We are so proud of you all. 

Happy Mother’s Day

We have made beautiful cards to say thank you to our grown up for looking after us and loving us. Enjoy your time on Sunday. 

Happy Birthday!

Many happy returns to Lucy who turned 7 today. Enjoy your celebrations with your family. 

Stars of the week 

It is delightful to announce our first two koala stars of the week: Ellis and Tallulah.

All of the koalas have have a brilliant first week back to school so it made our job of choosing just two people rather tricky.

In the end, we chose Ellis for persevering with some tricky maths work on fractions, where he had to find a half and a quarter of shapes and objects. Also, he has been his usual happy, cheery and positive self all week. He has cheered up some of his friends who were a bit upset at the start of the week. What a kind boy you are! 
 

We also chose Tallulah for remembering all our Manor Park values all week. Her writing, in particular, stood out. She has used amazing adjectives, similes and metaphors to describe the Colour Monster. What an amazing author she is! 

You’ve Got A Friend

Look at our lovely little learners singing and signing You’ve Got a Friend. 

The colour Monster by Anna Llenas

We are enjoying reading The Colour Monster by Anna Llenas. Please enjoy listening to the story using the link below:

Colour Monster Pom Poms

We have been busy making monster Pom poms. Here they are in progress. Look at our super concentrating. We look forward to showing you our finished product. 

Home Learning

Week Beginning 4th January 2021

We can see that you have already been busy with your learning at home. Look at the amazing work below. Which Manor Park values can you see being demonstrated here? High expectations, concentration and being ready to learn are all clearly seen. 

We just received our reply from Santa. Have you got yours yet? 

Super heroes

In January, we will begin a new topic: super heroes. We will find out what a super hero is and learn about some real life super heroes from the past and from today. We will find out about Florence Nightingale and all the work she did that shaped hospitals, care and the NHS. We will find out about super heroes of today such as fire fighters, doctors and nurses. We will think about who in our family is a superhero and why. 

Christmas Party

We enjoyed our Christmas party games. We played four corners, musical statues, pass the koala and sleeping lions. 

A big congratulations to our two stars this week, Aydn and Amelia-Lily.

It was a pleasure to hand out both certificates. Both children were surprised they had earnt star if the week but also very proud and grateful.

Aydn, we hope you know what a kind boy you are. We see your kind, caring personality shine through every day at school. Your friends appreciate this too. We also love greeting you in the mornings because it cheers us up to see you Cheshire Cat grin! Well done for persevering with some tricky Maths this week where you had to add totals using pounds and pence.

Amelia-Lily, we have enjoyed getting to know you over the past few months. You always smile and do well with all your learning tasks. It’s good to have such a positive outlook and I hope you keep this as you grow older. Well done for writing an amazing Edgar the dragon story this week. What beautiful handwriting you have!

Edgar the Dragon 

This week in English, we have watched a short Christmas film about a dragon called Edgar. We found this very amusing and felt a bit sorry for Edgar. We are now planning and writing our own Edgar Christmas stories. 

Presents from Santa

We were very excited this afternoon as we had a virtual call from Santa. Santa said he was busy exercising his reindeers and wrapping presents. He told us to look outside our classroom door as he’d left a surprise. Guess what it was?...

...He had left a sack of presents. Here we all are with our presents. 

Koalas are super scientists

We have made a brilliant start to our science day. We asked the following questions:

What does a scientist do?

What’s cool about being a scientist?

We initially thought scientists wore goggles, lab coats and mixed potions. We found out the actually scientists have many roles including engineering, biology, biochemistry, physics and health care. 
 

Would you like to be a scientist when you are an adult? Why? 

What does ice look like?

We asked the question, what does ice look like? We answered the question by using our observation skills to look at ice cubes. This is what we observed:

I can see air bubbles (Jude).

It is beginning to melt (Henry).

There is a line down the centre (Kyran).

It feels wet and slippery like a worm (Charlie). 
The ice is transparent (Alfie). 

Our big question

After observing the ice, we thought of new questions we would like to investigate. As a class, we chose the following question as our main investigation:

On which material will the ice melt the fastest? Will it be on paper, metal or plastic? 
 

We look forward to sharing our results and conclusions. 

Our Hypothesis

We hypothesise that the ice cube will melt the fastest on the paper because the paper isn’t as strong as the plastic or metal. We think the ice will melt more quickly on the paper then seep through. 

Stars of the week

This week, Miss Revy and Mrs Brooks have chosen all the koalas for their brilliant Nativity performance. We were pleased with how they worked together as a team to make their scenes. They spoke clearly and confidently and sang and signed the songs well. Some children, who were worried about speaking out or are normally shy, surprised themselves by just how well they did. I hope you all enjoy watching the show just as much as we enjoyed performing it. We all had a Santa’s little helper ginger biscuit as a treat for doing so well. 

Money

This week, we have looked at the value of coins and notes and we’ve then been making totals using pounds and pence. Here are the koalas concentrating on their money work. Well done if you got a wristband today for concentrating, persevering and being ready to learn.  

Shining Cricket Stars

It was our last cricket session this week. I’m sure Freddie Flintoff would be impressed with our throwing, catching and batting skills and how accurate we were. Thank you to our cricket teacher. We had fun whilst we were learning lots of new skills. 
Can you tell your grown up how many different types of throw we learnt? When we throw over arm, how do we aim accurately? Where do our finger and eyes point? As we step forwards, where do our feet point? Which part of the stunt do we aim for? 

Our Manor Park stars this week are Alexus-Rose and Nancy.

Alexus-Rose, it is our pleasure to know and teach you. You are considerate and always willing to lend a helping hand to your koala friends, You have displayed high expectations in all your learning this week. We are especially pleased with your Maths work, where you challenged yourself to tackle some gold tasks involving making totals with coins and notes. 
 

Nancy, your family should be so proud of what a kind girl you are. You put others before yourself and look after all your koala friends. You have displayed our concentration value this week, when writing your letter to Santa. Beautiful, cursive letter formation, correct use of punctuation and your spelling really impressed me and Mrs Brooks. 

It is the month of advent and we have begun preparing for Christmas. We have made Christmas cards, baubles for our tree and have written letters to Santa. Watch this space and we’ll keep you updated on all the lovely seasonal things we are doing. Your child will bring all the amazing things they have made home at the end of term. 

Look at our lovely learners concentrating on their letters to Santa. We are impressed with the quality of writing and I’m sure Santa will be too. 

Letter update: Your letters were posted on Friday 4th December so keep a look out for your reply. We’d love to see your replies when you get one. 

Make a wish...

We have been decorating baubles to hang on our Christmas tree. As we hung them up, we each made a wish. What is your wish for 2021? How will you achieve your hopes and dreams? 

Calendars

We are busy being creative this afternoon. We have begun doing a piece of art to make into a calendar. The finished pieces are nowhere near ready but here is a little look at the start of the process. We hope you like the finished product when you receive it. 

Nativity Story

In English this week we have been busy reading and re writing the Nativity story. Can you tell your grown up why this is a special story for Christians? What happened on the very first Christmas? Here are some of our story maps and nativity stories. Again, more great writing by all the koalas. So many great writing features seen such as neat letter formation, commas, full stops and exclamation marks. It was a pleasure to teach these lessons. 

Pantomime and Christmas Jumpers

The children all looked fabulous today in their Christmas outfits and they enjoyed watching Cinderella and having a milkshake and Christmas cookie. A lovely treat to finish a busy week. 

Christmas Dinner

Today we enjoyed our Christmas school dinner. We have a tree in our classroom and listened to Christmas music. What a delicious lunch we had!

Stars of the week

This week, we are saying a huge congratulations to Sophia and Ella. They are our two shining stars. 
 

Sophia, you have worked so hard to improve your writing. I can see fingers spaces, capital letters and full stops. Your letter formation is neat and clear. You have used high level adjectives, similes and metaphors to describe a castle. Your poem was outstanding! Also, you are delightful to be around and to teach. You are so kind, caring and helpful. You are a very valued member of our Koala team- thank you!

Ella- what can I say? You are such an asset to our class. You are so thoughtful, considerate and kind to all our Manor Park friends. You are a perfect role model and always, always follow our golden rules. You tackle all your work with enthusiasm and a smile, even when you find you are being challenged. It is our pleasure to know and teach you. 
 

Well done both girls. 

It is so quiet in our classroom. You could hear a pin drop! Busy doing our golden writing. This week, we are writing poems that describe castles. I’ll add some of the finished pieces later today. 

Marvellous Maths

The year 2 children have begun finding out about money, how to recognise coins, make totals and give change. We made a brilliant start this morning and I have attached some photos of the children’s work for you to see. 

Virtual Nativity

We are already busy practising for our Christmas Natvity. We will film our Nativity and put it online on Monday 7th December. I hope you are looking forward to watching our performance.

Quick Cricket

Today, we practised our batting skills. Look how accurate we are! Can you tell your grown up how to hold a cricket bat? How many hands do we hold the bat with? Where does each hand go? Which side of the bat touches the ball? How should you stand?

Well done to Alfie, Olivia and Declan for earning their handwriting pen for their correctly formed, cursive and joined script. 

Stars of the Week

Can you guess who our 2 stars are this week? I’ll give you some clues! Both our stars have done an amazing job of their golden writing. They have both made huge improvements to their writing. They have sounded out, formed their letters correctly and used amazing adjectives, similes and metaphors. Is this you? 
I’ll let you know on Friday. 

Super Stars

Did you guess correctly? Yes it’s Kyran and Lucy Louise for their golden writing. Equally brilliant and great improvements seen by both. 
 

Kyran, you are so kind, warm hearted and such a delightful boy. We love teaching you. Keep up your super efforts.

Lucy Louise, I am so pleased to have you in our class. You always make good learning choices and are a role model for all. What a gem you are! 
 

Well done to both children. We are so proud of you. 

Dick King Smith

Next week, we are starting a new author focus. We will read books by Dick King Smith. Our first book will be The Sheep Pig. Have a look at the front cover. Can you predict what the story might be about? Who are the main characters? 
 

Have a look at the website below. What can you find out about the author? What other books has Dick King Smith written? Where did he get his ideas for his stories? 

The Small Knight

This week, in English, we watched a short animation about a knight who found a map that would lead him to a golden sword. We have each written a story about the knights adventures using adjectives, similes and metaphors. The children enjoyed sharing their completed stories with each other. I hope you enjoy listening to our stories. 

Cricket

Some more photos from our cricket lesson. More great bowling and throwing skills demonstrated by all the children. What a multi talented class we have!

The Hen Who Wouldn’t Give Up

We have written book reviews of The Hen Who Wouldn’t Give up by Jill Tomlinson. Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why?

I like this book because Hilda made me laugh. She laid an egg in Mrs Biddick’s slipper. What a mess she made! (Oliver).

I like Hilda the hen. She was broody. (Adyn).

I like the main character in the story. Hilda made me laugh. Do you know, if you read this story you might laugh out loud? (Olivia).

It was funny when Hilda had a ride on the fire truck. She nearly got cooked. (Ronny). 

Happy Birthday!

A big happy 6th Birthday to Charlie and Alfie. Thank you for sharing sweets and we hope you enjoy your celebrations. 

Stars of the week 

Congratulations to Ellis and Thea, our stars this week.

We have chosen Ellis as he is so delightful, kind, helpful and a credit to his parents and Manor Park. We love teaching him. Ellis was surprised we had chosen him but we’re not sure why. This is well deserved!

We have chosen Thea as she is constantly pushing and challenging herself onto next steps in all areas of learning. She is determined, perseveres and we see great results. Again, she is a credit to her family and school. 

Quick Cricket

This week in cricket we have been learning to bowl underarm. Look how skilful and accurate we are!

We had to start with a straight arm by our ear. We had to aim for the batters feet. This would then make the ball bounce to the stump so we could score a wicket and celebrate. 

Stars of the Week

A huge well done to our stars this week. Miss Revy and Mrs Brooks have chosen:

Lucy: Lucy is a credit to the koala class and her family. She is kind, helpful and always looking out for others. She loves coming to school and puts her all into all her learning. She has worked especially hard on her writing this week and produced a fantastic newspaper report about the Battle of Hastings.

Olivia: Olivia is a fantastic role model who remembers and follows our Manor Park values at all times. She is grown up, sensible and settles to her tasks quickly. I am delighted with her joined up handwriting and her news report about the Battle of Hastings was a pleasure to read.

Well done both girls!

Cricketers in the making

What a fabulous and sporty class we have!

Today we enjoyed our first of 6 sessions of cricket. We played a game of volcanoes and craters to warm up then we practised good catching skills. We all listened well, concentrated and improved our catching skills. More importantly, we had lots of fun whilst we learnt. 
 

Do you know we had to pretend to be a hoover and suck the beanbag to our chest?

We also had to be Pinocchio and throw our beanbag over our nose!

We hope you are having a wonderful half term break. We look forward to seeing you all on Tuesday. We have lots of exciting learning planned for you. 
 

We will do an additional ‘biscuit Friday’ on Tuesday for all of you who have read 3 times each week over half term (6 times altogether). 
 

Have a lovely weekend,

Miss Revy and Mrs Brooks. 

Happy Half Term Break

Just a little note to say we hope you have a restful, enjoyable and safe half term break. We look forward to seeing you all on Tuesday 3rd November for lots more exciting learning.

Take care, Miss Revy and Mrs Brooks. 

Happy Birthday

We would like to wish Theo and Jude a very happy birthday for the holidays. Enjoy your celebrations. 

Stars of the week

We would like to say a big well done to Theo and Harper for being stars of the week this week. 
 

Theo, you are an absolute delight to teach. You remember our Manor Park values at all times and set very high expectations for yourself for all your learning. You have worked so hard on improving your writing and have used finger spaces correctly all week.

Harper, we are so pleased with the efforts you have put into your reading and writing. You are an avid reader and this is evident in all the amazing ideas you have for your writing. Your imagination and vocabulary are excellent. You have used amazing adjectives, similes and metaphors to describe a castle setting. 
 

Well done to you both. 

Playtimes

We have a wonderful time at playtimes, remembering our values of kindness and respect. All the koalas are so kind and caring towards each other. We are very proud of them all. We take out sports equipment such as footballs and hoops and we have a piece of healthy fruit each day. 

Harvest Time

We have been busy thinking about Harvest time and all the things we are thankful for. These are some of the things the children said they are thankful for.

Thank you for my family (Alexus Rose).

Thank you for all our lovely food (Olivia).

Thank you for having healthy food to eat (Ronny).

Thank you for fresh fruits and vegetables (Isla).

Thank you for the sun and rain to grow food (Tallulah).

Thank you for our healthy bodies (Kyran).

Thank you for the farmers who grow our food (Harper).

Thank you for my friends (Thea).

What lovely ideas! Well done, Koalas. 

Stars of the Week

This week, our stars are:

Nancy for persevering with her handwriting and ensuring she always does her best cursive handwriting. She is also exceptionally kind and considerate. 

Alfie for always being the best he can be! He loves to be given a challenge, especially when he’s doing Maths and always ensures his work is well presented and accurate. He also smiles through all his learning. What a brilliant attitude to his learning. 
 

We are so proud of you both. 

Reading Stars

Well done all the children who have been busy reading at home. The children have begun moving along our reading stars. Certificates are given out when the children have read 25, 50, 75 and 100 times. Who will get to 25 first? We change books each Tuesday and Friday so please send in your child’s reading diary and reading book. Happy reading and thank you for your continued support. 

Concentrating Koalas

Look at all these super learners from the koala class. They have shown our Manor Park value of concentrating. It was so quiet and the children were so focused. We’re so proud of them all!

The Battle of Hastings 

In English, we have worked hard to describe a setting using adjectives, similes and metaphors. We described the battlefield, soldiers, noises and sea. We enjoyed reading our descriptions to each other. 

stars of the week 

This week, Miss Revy and Mrs Brooks have chosen:

Tallulah for being a delight to teach, always having very high expectations of herself and her learning and being kind and caring. It is a pleasure to know you, Tallulah.

Declan for excellent problem solving skills in Maths. You enjoy all aspects of maths and always challenge yourself with success. You do persevere when faced with a challenge. You are a joy to teach. 
 

Well done to you both! 

Dungeons and Dragons

We have been busy learning about dungeons and dragons. Today we have been amazing artists. We sketched a dragon, thinking carefully about shapes, sizes and colour. Do you like our creations?

WANTED!

Have you heard the terrible news?

A vicious, fire breathing dragon has been spotted swooping dangerously over Calverton.

We have created WANTED posters to help catch the pesky creature.

We used super adjective, similes and metaphors. 

Koala's children from 2019-2020

Spring 1

William Shakespeare

On Friday 24th January the children participated in a William Shakespeare Workshop. The children learnt about William Shakespeare and his play Henry 5th. They re-enacted the play using props and showed their understanding through freeze framing.

Autumn 2

Great Fire of London Workshop by Partake Theatre Company. 

On the 16th October 2019 the Partake Theatre company came to Manor Park and did a Great Fire of London Workshop. The children real enjoyed learning more about the Great Fire. The children dressed up in authentic clothing and learnt about how the people escaped the Great Fire on boats across the River Thames.