Mrs Duke read her favourite childhood book to the class (Tiger who came to tea by Judith Kerr) and then they made story jars so they could retell the story to their families. They were also given a setting, character and object in small groups and had to plan and orally retell their story to the […]
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Over the last 12 weeks, Year 2 gardeners have cleared, raked, prepared, sowed, watered and tended the school garden. It takes a lot of hard work. Daily jobs need to be done and every member of our team is always ready and raring to go. If any parents would like to visit the courtyard garden […]
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In celebration of the patron saint of Ireland, we had a mass planting of potatoes today. There were 4 varieties: Charlotte, Rudolph (pink skinned) and Rocket. Our exciting variety is a blue potato! Yes a potato to match the school uniform. We are so excited about having blue mashed potatoes or chips! Watch this space […]
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We are beginning to understand what symmetry is and how to find it in shapes. We investigated by folding shapes, using mirrors and experimenting with the letters of the alphabet. They were very surprised by some of the results. Did you know if you put your mirror in the middle of a capital B it […]
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