The Swallows in Year 2 are dribbling their way to success in PE! 🏀 Great teamwork and fantastic eye-hand coordination skills were seen today. Keep up the fantastic work!

The Swallows have been working very hard in their maths this and last week. In year 2, we have been learning how to use counters and tens frames to help support our learning in adding and subtracting one digit numbers from 2 digit numbers when bridging by 10! :) 

​The house with the most points this term was...BOUGHTON! Well done! As a reward, they enjoyed extra OPAL time and an ice lolly! Next term's reward is a winter film with biscuits AND hot chocolate. I wonder which house will demonstrate our values and claim the top spot in Autumn 2...

In response to National Poetry Day, the Merlins explored 2 poems , "Sun is Laughing" and "Sadness is Grey"; we looked at how words can be used to create a mood and paint a picture. We were so inspired that we created our own poem as a class. It explores our zones of regulation and is titled "Zones Are..."

Zones Are

Red is angry like a volcano exploding,
It looks like a boxer's glove
and feels like fire.
Anger smells like smoke,
and sounds like nails on a chalk board.
Anger tastes like burnt toast

Fizzy is yellow like lemon sherbet,
It looks like mentos in a glass of Fanta
and feels like bouncing on a trampoline.
Fizzy smells like undiluted squash,
and sounds like sizzling sausages.
Fizzy tastes like sour popping candy.

Sadness in blue like a rainy Monday morning,
It looks like a deflated balloon
and feels like a friend moving away.
Sadness smells like a wet dog,
and sounds like sirens in the night.
Sadness tastes like soap.

Happiness is green like a forest,
It looks like a trickling stream
and feels like heaven.
Happiness smells like roses
and sounds like birds singing.
Happiness tastes like chocolate.

The Year 2, did a fantastic job of completing their COJOS mission this week! Not only were they able to show real determination and perseverance but also fantastic team working skills. Well done Swallows!

In Science this week we have been learning about plant reproduction. We took a really close look at some flowers, drew detailed diagrams and labelled the parts.

Last week's trip to Canalside Community Farm Project was a big success. Not only did all the Merlins behave beautifully, but they also learned loads about where their food comes from. We were surprised to see just how far apples, oranges and bananas travel before landing on our supermarket shelves.

We also had a tour of the fields and saw how beans, fennel, pumpkins, beetroot, rainbow chard and many other vegetables grow. The Merlins had so many questions and were really enthusiastic learners (and some of us took the time to invent a new sport - Fennel Limbo!)

Most surprisingly though was snack time. The Merlins were presented with plates full of fresh, organic, raw veg all grown at the farm. I can honestly say that I have never seen so many children eating so much veg with so much joy (especially when the beetroot turned our tongues pink).  It was amazing!

Fledglings have made a wondeful start to PE this term. We have been exploring dance and movement using nursery rhymes as inspriation as part of PE. We have also been thinking about how we use equipment safely in PE and how we can work together and in teams. It has been lovely to see Fledglings grow in confidence and independence during PE lessons this term.