Panda Class enjoyed their visit to Holy Trinity Church last week. We were able to identify many of the key features of this ‘Special Place’ for Christians, including the organ, pews, the pulpit, the altar and the lectern.
Year 2
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On Monday 13 Year Two children took part in the Key Stage 1 Tennis Festival at Earls Colne Recreation Ground. They had a great time and enjoyed practising their tennis skills. They represented our school brilliantly- well done!
Our Science for this half term is ‘Animals Including Humans’ we have been looking at how to stay healthy. This afternoon we conducted an investigation to find the best way of cleaning the germs from our hands. Next we shall be looking at creating a healthy lunch!
The Friends of Holy Trinity Church have organised an exhibition of art work from the children of Halstead schools. The title of the exhibition is “70 Years on the Throne” to celebrate Queen Elizabeth’s Platinum Jubilee. At Holy Trinity, the children looked at the Queen from the beginning of her […]
We had a fantastic day at Colchester Zoo. We learned lots of interesting facts about how different animals have adapted to their habitats! It was great to be able to explore the zoo and see so many different animals in a variety of habitats. We were able to get close […]
Last week Meerkats investigated microhabitats and worked scientifically. We found a range of microhabitats in school including long grass, under logs, piles of leaves and holes in trees. Working with a partner we used our scientific skills of observation to help with data collection. We found and named many types […]
Yesterday Meerkat Class explored wheels and axles. We tried different materials as axles including straws, dowelling and chenille sticks to find the best axle. We then had the problem of wheels rolling off! We decided to try blue tac, rubber bands and play dough as washers. Next we designed a […]
This week, Meerkat Class have enjoyed a trip over to Holy Trinity Church. We explored and looked for key features within church as a follow-up to our lessons in class.
On Tuesday all the children in KS1 and EYFS took part in a performing arts workshop run by Diane, the owner of the local theatre school Rascals. Thank you to the PTFA for funding this activity. Here are some photos, and a short video (when playing, click on the cog […]
Today the children in Gecko and Toucan Classes took part in a Create Carnival where they were involved in a whole range of creative activities out on the field! A fantastic time was had by all… Many thanks to the PTFA for funding the ice creams, and the materials for […]
Here are over 200 photos taken during Sports Day this morning. The weather stayed good for us and the children were amazing! We are incredibly proud of them all.
Toucan Class have made moving pictures linked to their Science and English work on animals and their habitats. They followed the design process of researching, designing, making and evaluating.
Today to mark Remembrance Day each class marked the occasion individually at 11am. In addition, for this afternoon’s whole school assembly, Miss Todd took Raven Class to the memorial in the Public Gardens and lead our daily virtual assembly from there. A wreath was laid, a minute’s silence held, and […]
Miss Todd: On Friday in assembly I had the pleasure of announcing the jaw dropping total of the fundraising from the Sponsored Walk. I am thrilled, humbled and stunned to share with you that we have raised £4825.65 with a number of families telling me they still have money to bring in. […]
In the penultimate graphics lesson for Toucan Class this term they had to import and manipulate a moveable figure in 2Paint-a-Picture, and then use their trackpad skills to colour and enhance them. It’s not an easy thing to do but the results are great. You can see the moveable figures […]
In the second of their computer art lessons this year, Toucan Class used the Impressionist option in Purple Mash’s 2Paint-A-Picture to portray the colour and movement of fire. This ties in with their study of the Great Fire of London.
As is tradition, Toucan Clas spent their first full Computing Lesson of the year painting Toucans! They’re displayed below, and for a while on the outside screen. Watch out for more computer art from the class over the coming weeks.
And then came the oceans… Following on from the making of the globes (which you can see pictures of here) Toucan Class have today painted on the water. More to follow…
On Friday, we completed our STEM Week with an exciting visit from Subject Revolution. KS1 and EYFS travelled around an amazing new world working together in practical maths challenges to help Prince Lunimo tidy up for the Queen. The children worked to pass through each maths challenge zone, undetected by the invading […]
Toucan Class spent a day designing, making and evaluating moving pictures. They had to follow a design criteria carefully to design a moving picture and then make their design. Their final products were brilliant!
Today the children were put into mixed-age groups named after scientists, and worked together on a range of STEM-related activities. During the course of the day the children learned about how to care for the chicks, created a house of cards, made pictures out of perfect squares, built towers from […]
Earlier this week Toucan Class put out a request for old newspapers – here’s why! The class carefully followed instructions in order to make a globe. They will be painting them and adding on the continents and oceans once they have dried. (A special word of thanks to all those […]
It started with Booky Breakfast – thank you to everyone who was able to join us! And then Toucan Class visited Halsead Library and WHSmith. They learnt all about what the library does and how we can use it. At WHSmith they spent their World Book Day tokens. They all […]
Year 2 have been creating animations using 2Animate in Purple Mash. These were some of their first attempts, trying to make a dot look like it was slowly growing to fill the page. I think they’re great, if a little hypnotic! There will be more animations to follow as the […]
The children in Year 2 have created these Christmassy images for you using 2Paint-A-Picture in Purple Mash.
Yesterday Toucan class were visited by Andrea from Essex Fire and Rescue Service. Andrea taught us all about how the fire brigade had changed over time and about The Great Fire Of London. She was very impressed by how much the children knew about the topic already and they enthusiastically […]
Year 2 finished off this half term’s science topic by thinking about why exercise is important. As part of this they completed 10 minutes of intensive exercise by doing some basic circuit training. They described themselves as: tired, sweaty, exhausted, dizzy, refreshed, good, hot, achy and happy when thinking about […]
This morning there was a ‘fire’ on the willow dome. Luckily, Toucan Class were available to put out the fire using what they had learnt about putting out fires in the 17th century. They passed buckets along a chain of people, working together in order to tackle the fire. Whilst […]
As has become something of a tradition, the first task set for Toucan Class was to paint a picture of a toucan using 2Paint-A-Picture and save it correctly. Here are their brilliant creations!
The children had a fantastic time at Brightlingsea until the rain came. Well done to all the children who were wonderfully sensible and well behaved throughout the day, and thank you to all the adults who went along to make the trip possible.
