Summer Term 2
Week 1
We hope you all had a wonderful half-term and enjoyed the sunshine! Just a gentle reminder that now the hot weather is finally here, please ensure your child comes to school with suncream on, a hat and a refillable water bottle.
This week we have been preparing for Sports Day, with Miss Gould, during our P.E. lessons. Today the children had to imagine the tennis ball was an egg and had to balance it on their tennis racket, while walking from one side of the playground to the other. It was a very tricky challenge, but everyone had great fun giving it ago! We all can't wait for Sports Day this term.
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The Very Busy Spider
This term our book is The Very Busy Spider you can listen to it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TfL0g-XRxnA
Lena and Ellen worked really hard to create this collage, we think it is wonderful!
Minibeast hunt
As our topic is minibeasts we went on a very sucessful minibeast hunt.
Week 2
Music
This week we finally had our first music lesson in person, with Mrs Asbury, and not virtually this year. The children enjoyed playing with a range of musical instruments (tambourines, maracas, wooden blocks and triangles) to 'Old MacDonald has a Farm'. Their singing was beautifully too and Mrs Absury loved seeing them all!
Bucklebury Farm
We had such a lovely day on the farm. Yes, it rained and yes, we were VERY soggy! Nevertheless the children LOVED getting close to the animals, learning their names and giving them their lunch. We got to go on a tractor ride too. Here we saw some really impressive deer and got to feed them as well. We were all really impressed with the childrens behaviour at the farm, they were SUPER STARS without exception!
A HUGE thank you to all the lovely parents and grandparents who came with us. Without you it would not have been possible to run the trip. You were wonderful helpers and I didn't hear a single grumble about the weather!
Week 3
Writing
We have had so much fun on Monday, finding out about earthworms, after reading 'Superworm' by Julia Donaldson. We learnt so many interesting facts:
1. Earthworms do not have eyes
2. Earthworms like to eat soil abd dead leaves
3. Earthworms are long and wiggly animals
4. Earthworms breathe through their skin - they don't have lubngs
5. Earthworms need to stay moist - they don't like the sun
Every child wrote a fact in a full sentence - very impressive!
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Sports Day
We had a wonderful Sports Day on Tuesday. The children showed wonderful sportsmanship and great team spirit. They really enjoyed the races and all children had a go at every race.
See SPORTS DAY 2021 tab for photos.
Week 4
Butterflies
Over the last few weeks we have been enjoying watching tiny caterpillars grow into bigger caterpillars, turn into cocoons and then emerge into beautiful butterflies. Today we said goodbye to them as we watched them fly away to find new homes.
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Week 5
This week we carried on with our butterflty work and did some fun outdoor learning. We looked at lots of different butterflies and discussed the patterns on their wings and how they are symetrcal (the same on each side). We then spent the morning collecting, leaves, flowers, petals grass etc in our pot and then later used this to create our own symmetrical butterfly artwork. Take a look at the pictures below.
Raspberries
We are very lucky here at St Anne's we have our very own gardening patch which provides us wit the most wonderful fruit and veg. Today we picked and ate our raspberries. They were DELICIOUS!!!!
