Meadow 2

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 

We’ve loved exploring spirals in different ways, including outside with pebbles and chalk.

We loved looking at the work of artist Andy Goldsworthy and how he creates lines, spirals and other patterns using natural materials. Then we created our own art, big and small! Could you create some of your own at home?

We absolutely love puzzles in Meadow 1! The children show such brilliant collaboration, resilience and focus working on all our class puzzles together. If you have any at home to donate, please do send some in!

What materials are different objects made from? We’ve enjoyed being scientists and exploring different objects in our classroom this week. Some quotes from the children this week….

“Hair clips can’t be made from wood, or you might get splinters and hurt yourself’.

“Cuddly toys are made from fabric because they’re soft. Metal is too hard’.

“We thought this was plastic but then we realised it was wood that had been painted”.

We loved exploring how the way music is stored and played has changed over the last 70 years. The cassette tapes were particularly fascinating! We also enjoyed dancing to music from the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s, including some brilliant break dancing to ‘Grandmaster Flash’ and air guitar to ‘Hey Jude’. We would love to know what everyone’s parents, carers and grandparents listened to when they were young. Please let us know your favourite songs or artists and we’ll listen to them in class too.