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  • Designing monsters workshop

    Published 01/05/24
    We were incredibly fortunate to be able to welcome Zak Simmonds-Hurn, one of the illustrators of the hugely popular series of comic books The Phoenix, into Year 2 to lead a workshop on how to successfully draw a monster. The children will now be task
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  • Rousseau tigers

    Published 21/04/24
    As part of our Art unit in Year 2, we have been looking at the work of the artist Henri Rousseau. As part of this work, we looked at how we can draw a tiger in his style while also designing a background of our own choice and style. The childre
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  • Volume and Capacity in Pine

    Published 15/03/24
    Today in Maths we have been learning the difference between capacity and volume. We also experimented to find the capacity of different containers. We tried to make sure we carried out a fair experiment. We used the same small container to fill our d
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  • Science in Pine

    Published 13/03/24
    We would like to share some photos of recent science work. We were investigating how different materials had been used to make things we could find around school. We thought about why that material had been used and made a note of everything we saw.
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  • Hamerton Zoo Park

    Published 05/03/24
    On the 5th of March 2024, Year 2 took a trip to Hamerton Zoo Park. We were so fortunate to be able to participate in a workshop led by the zoo’s education officer where we came up close with Monty the snake, Stevie the skunk and Nacho the ar
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  • Instructions

    Published 31/01/24
    The children across Pine and Cedar classes finished their English units last week looking at instruction writing. In class, we read the book ‘Instructions’ by Neil Gaiman – a fantasy story made up of sentences that are largely comma
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  • Pine are show ready!

    Published 13/12/23
    Thank you to all of the adults who came to watch our Christmas performance of Nativity the Musical. We hope you all enjoyed it. You should be able to watch the video soon but in the meantime, here are some pre-show photos!
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  • Decorations Day

    Published 01/12/23
    We had a fantastic time creating decorations to put up around school. Thank you to our wonderful helpers who gave up their time to come and join us. Read More

  • Pine does Pollock

    Published 01/12/23
    We have been exploring different artists recently and this week we created work inspired by Jackson Pollock. It was very messy but very fun.
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  • Shape work in Pine

    Published 01/12/23
    We have been looking at 2D and 3D shapes recently in Pine. Here are some photos of one of our shape challenges.
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  • Cedar Class Cook Books

    Published 16/11/23
    Over the past few weeks, the children have been learning about the features of non-fiction texts. Our focus has been cook books. We have looked at how to structure a recipe template to include ingredients, chef’s tools, method and hints & t
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  • Painting in Pine

    Published 11/10/23
    In Art recently we have been exploring the work of Heather Galler. We have been busy creating various pictures and paintings. This week we worked in groups to plan and create animal paintings in the style of Heather Galler.
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