Meadow 2

The children have had another fun week in school. In Geography they have continued to enjoy learning about the polar regions, this week’s focus was ‘Who lives in the Polar Regions?’ The children learnt about the indigenous lives of the Innuits, and how they are able to travel and live in such a cold environment. We learnt about how igloos are built from snow that has fallen quickly and blown into a drift. We even had a go at making our own igloos from sugar cubes and marshmallows – we quickly learnt that igloo building is not easy!

In Literacy we have found out more about the characters in our class book ‘The Journey Home’ and the problems that the elephant, polar bear, panda and orangutan face in their habitats. We then created a wanted poster to try and catch the poachers or the woodcutters who are endangering the animals. 

Maths this week has seen us applying our knowledge of multiplication facts and solving word problems too. We are working hard on the recall of our times table facts and look forward to showing you how we do this in our ‘Stay and…’ soon.

We have been continuing our work on multiplication, we have now been working on the 5 x table and making arrays. You might find this website useful for practising multiplication at home.

We have also been enjoying our Literacy text,The Journey Home. We have enjoyed lots of role play linked with the story and also thinking about what the animals might hope for as the story progresses.

In music we have been listening to pieces of music and moving to the beat. We have also loved singing the Grandma Rap – ask us to sing it to you! 

In our topic work we have been continuing to look at the Polar Regions, we have been comparing the Arctic and Antarctic regions and thinking about how they are similar and different. We have also been looking at adaptations in science and researching how animals are suited to live in their habitat. Did you know that reindeer have fur on the bottom of their hooves to stop them slipping on the ice?

Today the children have shared what they know about bridges and also looked at some bridges around the world. In groups, the children enjoyed junk modelling and creating their own bridge designs!

The children had a great time drumming this week – they enjoyed creating different rhythms with their drums and also singing a celebratory fishing song, Kuku, from Africa.

We’ve loved welcoming the children into Meadow 2 and getting to know them. Here’s a few things we’ve been learning together over the last couple of weeks: We’ve been revising how to read, write and partition 2 digit numbers. Here’s a fun game to practice your knowledge and skills: https://firstlook.educationcity.com/content/Activity/index/25734

We have also enjoyed learning about Kenya and looking at Kenyan artefacts. We are excited to create our own Kenyan inspired art soon!

Meadow 1 did an amazing job picking up lots of litter from the Great Field today. We have been learning how important it is to keep our oceans healthy by recycling as much plastic as we can.

To link with our Oceans and Grace Darling learning, we welcomed a very special visitor – Miss Mansell! She taught us how to stay safe by the sea, which flags to look out for and what to do if you lose your inflatable! Want to know more? Click here: https://rnli.org/safety/beach-safety/flags-and-signs

We’ve been learning all about the continents, oceans and animal groups with these brilliant songs.

The children have spent time in class discussing and learning about how to stay safe online. The main focus of our learning has been the importance of talking to a trusted grown-up if the children come across anything they don’t like or are unsure of online. We have also touched on our SMART rules for using digital devices and the internet and the different places we can go for help. Ask your child at home about what they can remember about our discussion and for any further information or guidance about staying safe online or Safer Internet Day please visit http://www.damers.dorset.sch.uk/parents/online-safety/ or https://www.saferinternetday.org