Spring 2 ‘Come Outside’
We started Spring 2 with Book Week which was lots of fun! We loved learning poems related to plants and growing. We 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 during the Spring 2 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. We also explored other mini-beasts and created our own clay versions.
We were extremely fortunate to be able to visit Beverley Park this year on a dry day. 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! 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 a trip to St James Church.
