Last half term, as a whole school we focused on the Christian Values ‘Faith and Belief’. At the end of each half term, a child from every class is selected to be our values champion, this is because they displayed faith and belief throughout the half term.
Well done all to all the children who were awarded the values champion certificate and cross badge. Here are a few champions:
This half term we are focusing on ‘Justice and Humility’.
Today we looked at sorting living things and non living things
From this we were able to recognise living things and group them.
We finished with a game of living things to secure our knowledge. Click below to play again.
https://wordwall.net/resource/3062218/science/living-or-non-living-year-2
For our spellings this week, we will be looking at the key vocabulary linked to our new topic Urban Pioneers. The children have been asked to look up the word using a Dictionary or Google, find the definition and understand what it means and if they can find an example. Then as a cheeky challenge put the key word into a sentence.
E.G-
WORD- Graffiti
DEFINITION- a form of art where artists use stencils, spray paint and don’t use the usual paper of canvas
EXAMPLE -Banksy
EXAMPLE – There was graffiti over the walls.
only the highlighted words, thank you.
Star of the week ⭐️
The lovely Medusa / Lola Rae Williams
Lol has had a wonderful week- first she came
dressed as Medusa and took on the role beautifully. She has a positive attitude to school and was a great participant on the day trying all different types of food. She is passionate about the topic and always is enthusiastic about her learning. What a fantastic finish for Lola
Also a huge well done to Miley and Henrik for achieving their swimming certificates. Super stars 🐟 🌟
I just love the excitement while out bug hunting. Little explorers. Please click the links below to see the videos. Our new word of the day (thanks to Harvey’s amazing finding skills) was centipede.
Today we went for a walk around the school grounds to see what living things we could find.
As we start a new half term, our Christian values also change. We will be focusing on Justice and Humility.
Over the next 6 weeks, we will aim the collective worships around the two values with links to bible stories.
Collective worship this week is from Mr Hughes, where he will focuses on the word ‘Humility’. (click images to enlarge)
Please click on the power point below.
Justice and Humility collective worship
Within the worship, we focus on the bible story:
John 13: 1-17Jesus washes his disciple’s feet
We also look at
Philippians 2:3-4, Do nothing from selfishness or empty conceit, but with humility of mind regard one another as more important than yourselves; do not merely look out for your own personal interests, but also for the interests of others.
Please join us with a prayer focusing on humility:
Can I just say a huge thank you to all parents , carers and children in Long Mynd for the fantastic effort for today’s Greek Day!!
Please click link to see our video of the day: IMG_8978
What a fantastic day had by all for our fantastic finish Greek Day. We danced the morning away with the Zorba, tasted Greek food, made a Greek salad and Moussaka, pressed and made wine (grape juice). For the afternoon session, we focused on the Greek artist Douris and decorated Greek pots with a meander and Zeus prints with paint.
After the half term we will be returning to school for our fantastic finish – Greek day. This is to end the unit with a BANG! Or feast as we should say!
Following on from this, our new topic is called ‘Urban Pioneers. See curriculum map below for an insight to the unit. (Click to enlarge):
I have also attached a word map for you to talk through to start to familiarise yourself with key vocabulary:
And finally our book as the hook this half term is called ‘ Welcome to Silver Street Farm’. Each child will be encouraged to read the book as part of a whole class, group, paired or 1-1 read.
Summary:
Some animal farms are up in the hills, or down winding lanes. But Silver Street Farm is different – it’s in the middle of a city, and it’s run by kids!
Even though Meera, Gemma, and Karl live in the city, they’ve always wanted a farm of their own. And it looks as though their dream may happen sooner than they imagined when Meera discovers an abandoned railway station with grounds for grazing. Next, some eggs they thought were foul hatch into ducklings, and a couple of “poodles” bought off the Internet turn out to be lambs. There’s just one problem: how can the kids – and the community – persuade the city council not to turn the old site into a parking garage? The first in a series of fun-filled stories about Silver Street Farm, here is a tale with natural appeal for kids who love animals, aim to be green, and enjoy a do-it yourself.
I am also attaching a list of home learning ideas you are welcome to do in your spare time to help you with the unit:
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