Living and Learning: Drugs
During our last living and learning sessions, Year 2 have been learning about drugs. Over the course of two sessions, we identified what can make people feel better if they are not feeling well. The children were able to explain that medicines come in different forms and are used in different ways. We recognised that some medicines, such as vaccinations, can help prevent illness and disease and that some people need to take medicines every day to help them to stay healthy. Finally, the children identified who helps people to stay healthy and what they do.
Observation over time
Over the past few weeks, Year 2 have been growing radish seeds in different conditions in order to find out what seeds need to be healthy. This week, we recorded our results and made conclusions about our experiment.
Prior to recording our results, the children decided that the best way to assess how healthy the plants were was to compare their height and colour.
Through careful observation and diligent measuring, the children recorded their results and then made conclusions about what a plant needs to be healthy, based on their findings.
The children discovered that the plants that received water and sunlight grew the tallest and also looked the healthiest colour. Therefore, they concluded that plants need water and sunlight in order to grow.
We have really enjoyed our science topic this half term and hope that it has encouraged the children to plant more things at home.
Remember to send us pictures of your sunflowers as they grow!
Stamp Competition
This year, Royal Mail are hosting a stamp competition in order to honour the people who have done great things since the coronavirus pandemic began.
Eight designs will be picked by a special panel including none other than Her Majesty the Queen! These winners will be seen by millions of people and there are other cool prizes up for grabs for runners up.
Thank you to everyone who got involved and submitted their creative efforts in appreciation of our COVID heroes. You should be very proud.
Check out some of the many entries below.
E-safety
We have also been learning about how to stay safe online. The children completed a sorting activity where they had to decide whether various online scenarios were safe or unsafe.
After the activity, the children wrote sentences in their books stating what they each do to stay safe online. Here are some examples of their sentences:
I stay safe online by keeping my username and password private.
I stay safe online by only speaking to people that I know.
I stay safe online by telling a trusted adult if something makes me feel upset or worried.
I stay safe online by playing games that are appropriate for my age.
Programming
This week, we have been using Bee-Bots and Blue-Bot devices to test our programming skills.
The children enjoyed completing a series of challenges where they had to put their algorithm and directional knowledge to the test.
I was really impressed with how well the children worked as a team – ensuring that every child had a fair turn to test their algorithms whilst also helping and supporting their teammates when it was needed.
If the algorithms didn’t work, we used our debugging skills to fix the problem.
After-school club availability
Our after-school clubs return from next week and we still have some places available. It is not too late if you would like to book your child on. Clubs are mainly based on your child’s class bubble at the moment.
Monday
Year 6 dodgeball (starting 24 May)
Year 2 multi-skills
Tuesday
Year 2 Wake up Shake up
Year 3 football
Wednesday
Year 4 Wake up Shake up
Thursday
Year 1 multi-skills
Friday
Year 4/5 multi-games
Please check on School Gateway or contact the office for more details.
Planting
This half term, Year 2 have been learning about plants in Science.
100 skips
This week, Year 2 took part in their Captain Tom 100 challenge by completing 100 skips in the playground. The class really enjoyed the challenge and some children even carried on skipping after they had reached 100!
All of the funds that were raised from this event have gone to our new school charity, Dogs Trust. Thank you for all your donations.
Living and Learning: Sun Safety
Year 2 have been learning about about sun safety in our living and learning session this week. We have been reading the text below daily to help us know how to reduce the risk of sun damage. 
The children used the text to create posters. We are going to to stick them on our living and learning display to help us remember how to stay safe in the sun.
Living and Learning: health and prevention
Across school, our current Living and Learning topic is all about health and prevention which forms part of the new statutory Health Education. Here are the objectives for the children to learn by the end of Year 6.
Year 1 and 2 will be focusing their learning on sun safety and sleep but as dental hygiene is also part of this learning, the children will soon be bringing home their own toothbrush and toothpaste.
Here is some information you might want to read with your child to talk about this at home.
