Children in Year 2 have been busy creating Autumn inspired artwork in Fun Club. They used a range of Autumn colours to create a background before cutting a black silhouette over the background.
Fun Club
Kerbcraft
Kerbcraft teaches children ages 5-7 how to be safer pedestrians by taking them onto real roads and showing them how the right decision-making and behaviour can really help them to keep safe when crossing the road.
This week the children have been choosing safe places and routes to cross the road. Rob Griffiths who coordinates the Kerbcraft scheme was really impressed by how well the children were able to recognise dangers and hazards and identify alternative crossing places.
Estimating
We have been estimating and counting a number of objects up to 100. We estimated and counted the number of wellies in the welly rack. We grouped some of our items in 2’s and 10’s to help us count accurately.
The boy who harnessed the wind
Year 2 and 3 have really ‘stepped’ in to their Mantle of the Expert commission this term where they have been commissioned to be a team of engineers and researchers. They have found inspiration from the story ‘The boy who harnessed the wind’ which follows the story of William who built a wind turbine using scrap materials to create electricity. The children have been making lists of materials that they will need to complete their engineering role and thinking of interesting questions that they would like to ask William about his invention. If you work in engineering or renewable energy sector, we would really love to hear from you.
The Rainbow Serpent
Today we read ‘The Rainbow Serpent’ which is an Aboriginal Dreamtime story. After discussing the story, we worked in groups to complete our activities. Some children decided to develop their AI skills by using Adobe to generate a illustration of the rainbow serpent; some learners listened to some didgeridoo rhythms and then looked at some images of different didgeridoos before creating their own. We also created our own dance based on the movements that the animals in the story make.
Ein Cartref / Our Home
As part of our community-based art project, we worked with Ciara and Izzy from Old School Arts to create a mural of birds flying over Knighton. Every learner in the school was involved in the project, from painting the mural to creating their own bird. This project followed our work from Refugee Week and the theme of ‘Community as a Superpower’ and that together we are strong, creative and make things happen.
This is your life!
Children in Years 2, 3, and 4 were absolutely fantastic in their recent performance of ‘This is your Life’. The performance was about the life and works or author Dr Seuss. As part of their mantle of the expert commission for this term, they had the task of writing and performing three plays based on stories written by Dr Seuss. Year 2 wrote their version of ‘The Cat in the Hat’, year 3 wrote their play about ‘The Lorax’ and year 3 pupils created their version of ‘Horton Hears a Who’. Da iawn Pawb!
Well-being
We enjoyed a fabulous end to a very busy half term. We made chocolate rice crispy cakes and we completed a range of circus activities and games. Our sunflowers have now been sent home and we can’t wait to see how tall they grow!
Garddio
In RVE, we have been talking about caring for our world and we have been busy planting sunflower seeds that we will work hard to take care of.
Should we care for everyone?
We believe that each person is valuable and unique. We drew an outline of a person are we thought of words that make people valuable and unique.
We listened to the song ‘You are a star’ and we discussed that music can sometimes cheer us up, especially if it shows that people care for us.
We created an extra verse to the song.
You’re too ugly, too trashy, too boring, too silly,
Everybody’s saying, everybody’s saying.
You’re too mean, too stupid, too fat, too rude.
Everybody’s saying, everybody’s saying.
But who do you listen to
Cause after all I’m telling you.
You’re star just the way you are.
Maesi “I always try to talk to people so that I understand why they are upset”
Josie “I will always help and listen”
Matty “If someone is angry they could play rock music”
Bluebell “if friends are arguing they need to solve their problems”
Corey “I will always take care of my friends if they are hurt”