Year 2

After reading a nonfiction book called Ice Maker, Ice Breaker in Guided Reading, a group of Year 2s were keen to follow instructions and try out an experiment. We had lots of questions to ask: Will it sink or will it float? How long will it take to melt? What does it feel like? How […]

Year 2 have enjoyed drawing and painting life size Emperor penguins and chicks in Art.  Where will we visit next?

Last week we were Scottish dancing and playing bagpipes, this week we’ve been showing our strength in the Year 2 Highland games.  Our events included the caber toss, weight over a bar, sheaf toss, log relays, balancing on logs and flip the tyre.

We’ve been tasting food from England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.  Some of us were brave enough to taste haggis and enjoyed it.   The leeks cooked in butter were delicious but our favourite was Miss Cadman’s Yorkshire puddings.  Where will we go next …

WOW – we have held another arts club – the children have been learning to draw cartoon pigs today!  Thank you to everyone running the club, students from QES, we really appreciate your time and energy.  

Our children in Year 3 and 4 have been taking part in their first team building challenge. Their task was to create the tallest tower for a toy soldier. This challenge was designed to not only explore their engineering skills but to see how well they worked and communicated in their group.  We may have eaten […]

Welcome aboard the Boeing JCM343440.  Today we are flying to Antarctica.  The weather in Antarctica at the moment is cold (-25 degrees) but sunny.  Your pilot today is Pilot Keeler.  Please sit back and enjoy the flight.  We will be staying in Antarctica for approximately six weeks. ‘Flight attendants, please prepare for take off…’

Thank you to everyone who took part in our Carol Service on Tuesday night.  We sang together and each class performed wonderful songs or carols in the beautifully lit, St Mary’s Church.  The service was interspersed with readings, read by Year 6 pupils.  It was a lovely evening together with school community.   Thank you […]

Wow look at our wonderful projects about famous people. We have some amazing projects from Van Gogh, Beatrix Potter to Elvis Presley as well as famous sports people like Jonah Lomu!  Our display shows all of our projects – well done to all of the Year 2 children who had a chance to share their […]

What a lovely display KS1 have produced for our entrance area.  In addition to the superb Nativity scene we seem to have a super sparkling candle!  Although we can’t find a quote about this in the Bible it certaihly makes the display very effective!