Spring 2 ‘Come Outside’

We started Spring 2 with Book Week which was lots of fun! We loved reading ‘Albert Talbot: Master of Disguise’ and we a really enjoyed wearing our pyjamas at school during the bedtime story as well as dressing up as our favourite book characters at the end of the week!

Our topic this half term was ‘Come Outside’ and we have been exploring various themes including Spring and growth. The classes have all been learning about how to grow plants and look after them as well as different lifecycles. Everyone had the opportunity to grow their own cress (some worked better than others!) We are also having a year group competition to see who can grow the tallest sunflower. The children have been very keen to water the sunflowers regularly and watch their growth.

Our favourite book this half term was ‘Yucky Worms’ were we learnt lots of facts about worms and now have lots of budding worm experts in the year group. Luckily we were able to spot lots of worm casts when we went to Beverley Park.

We were extremely fortunate to be able to visit Beverley Park this year as we haven’t been able to go for a few years due to Covid! We went with the objective to find as many signs of Spring as possible and the children were all very excited by what they found. To name but a few, we saw…tulips, daffodils, primrose, blossom, catkins, crocuses, worm casts, birds’ nests and butterflies! Once class was even lucky enough to spot a ladybird! The last part of our Beverley Park adventure took us to the playground where the classes had the best time playing with friends on the equipment in the Spring sunshine ☺

This half term we have also been learning about Easter. We have been talking about the Easter story and celebrating in various ways including an assembly with Mr Bramwell a local Pastor and an Easter egg competition.

To celebrate the last week of the Spring term, we have loved performing our Rhyme Time songs to our parents. We hope you enjoyed our singing!

Happy Easter everyone!