The board for our Summer Term expedition ‘Diverse Doncaster’ was installed in school this week. The children loved going to see their artwork and photographs on display and we loved talking about what they learnt in Year 1.
Diverse Doncaster Display
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Building our own castles
We became designers in our expedition lesson. We followed Miss Marsh’s instructions carefully to make our castles, then once they were finished we tested their strength using tennis balls.
We came to the conclusion that paper is not a suitable material for a castle and that stone is better because it is much stronger to withstand an attack from an enemy.
We are designers
Yesterday in our expedition lessons we became design technologists. We started by looking at different buildings around the world and shared our notices, praises and wonders. We then learnt about the architect James of St George who designed lots of castles in Wales.
Today we had a go at being an architect and designing our own castle wall. We decided it must have battlements, arrow slits and a small door so enemies will find it difficult to attack.
Tomorrow we are going to build and test our designs
National Fitness Day
Today in Crew we celebrated National Fitness Day by completing a Joe Wicks Active 8 workout!
Awesome Handwriting
Reuben was chosen today to receive a special magic pen for his effort and perseverance in his handwriting lessons. Great job Reuben!
KS1 reading cafe
KS1 Family Learning
Thank you to all the parents who joined us this afternoon for our first family learning session of the term. It was lovely to see so many children and parents taking part and producing some amazing Van Gogh inspired artwork.
We can’t wait for our next family learning session.
KS1 Crew
Working Hard in handwriting
In year 2 we have been working hard on getting to grips with our new handwriting lines. We have practiced the names of the four different lines and can now recall these independently. Today we practised drawing lines and circles from verbal instructions. The children were absolutely amazing at this and I can’t wait to see how much their handwriting improves as the year progresses.
KS1 Fieldwork to Lincoln Castle
KS1 were hooked into their new expedition today with an amazing trip to Lincoln Castle.
We took part in 3 different workshops including shield making, knight training and even a walk on the castle walls. We even saw 2 fierce looking dragons who live in the castle.
The children maintained great HoWLs while at the castle and as we walked through the streets on Lincoln to get back on the coach. Great work KS1! We hope you all had a great day because we certainly did!
Please watch our video to find out everything we got up to today!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCOwwC_YfoI
Monty the Manatee
We have enjoyed reading the story of Monty the Manatee during our first few days back at school. The book is about a Manatee who is about to start school but the other children are very unkind to him. We have thought lots about what kindness looks like in our crew and how if we help each other we can achieve more.
We have also used the book in our reading and writing lessons. The children worked hard yesterday to order the story and match sentences to the pictures.
The children have also been working hard on some artwork which I can’t wait to share soon!