We really enjoyed our visit from Nick Knight, a local beekeeper, who came to talk to us all about bees! We learned about the different types of bees, how they make honey and how to stay safe around bees. Did you know that beekeepers use dried teabags in their smoking bellows to keep the bees …
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Art
We have been learning about form this term in art, here are some of the final outcomes – we enjoyed using watercolour pencils to create these final outcomes and used our knowledge of colour mixing from last term too. We hope you like them.
Sharing project songs
Have a go at singing these songs at home ready for our assembly next week.
Our week 3.5.24
The children have started their new maths unit – fractions. We have been learning about equal parts and how many parts there are in one half and one quarter. You might want to have a look at this game at home https://ictgames.com/mobilePage/fruityFractions/index.html . If you have toast or pizza or something which can be cut …
Our week 26.4.24
On Tuesday we completed our Miles for Mosaic. The children were so supportive and encouraging when participating in their sponsored run this week in aid of Miles for Mosaic – a charity that plays such an important role in children’s lives. Please remember to send in any sponsorship money by next Friday (more details have …
Our week 18.04.24
It has been wonderful to welcome everyone back this week. Our new big question is ‘Is our local area bee-friendly?’ There are lots of lovely ideas in our home learning leaflet for you to explore this topic further. In geography, we thought about how to locate our school on our map and its place in …
Shire Hall
Meadow 2 had a wonderful time at Shire Hall. We found out about the Great Fire of Dorchester, how it started and also how it was put out. We enjoyed seeing the building where the fire started, it used to be a candle maker’s shop. Candles were made of tallow (animal fat), reeds or beeswax …
Our week 15.03.24
This week, we have continued to enjoy all our learning about the Great Fire of London. We looked at lots of different sources of evidence about the fire and considered what each one told us. If you’d like to explore these more, have a look at this website: https://www.fireoflondon.org.uk/browse-the-collection/. We have begun to learn about …
World Book Day
It was great to see so many fantastic costumes for our Vocabulary Parade, well done Meadow 2!
Big Plastic Count
We would like you and your child to take part in the Big Plastic Count 2024 from Monday 11th in the morning to Sunday 17th March in the evening. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0nQHO7Mw-k In 2022, nearly 250,000 people from schools, households and communities across the country made The Big Plastic Count the biggest ever investigation into UK household plastic waste. …