Vet Visit!

We have been enjoying our Science lessons so much this term. Towards the end of the term we've been learning about the features of different animals (as well as Humans), so what better way to learn than to see what a Vet does.

A veterinary nurse from a practise nearby brought a dog (toy ...) for the children to operate on. They looked fantastic all dressed up and tackled the operation superbly!

The session finished with the children getting to feed some real guinea pigs and learn all about carnivores, herbivores and omnivores.

It was a wonderful visit and think there may now be some budding future Vets in our class!

Making Sensory Boards

In Science this half term we have been learning about our senses. To finish off this topic the children decided to make some sensory boards for the children in F1 to use. They included the senses of touch, sight and even smell into their sensory boards!

I was amazed at their skills of using a glue gun during this activity. Very little adult help was needed as the children took control and complete independence in their work. 

A week later we went into F1 to share our work with them, we hope they enjoyed exploring them as much as we did making them! 

Performance Poetry

Years 1 and 2 have worked very hard to learn some poetry by heart to perform in assembly. We think they did very well!

Environmental Art - Natural Sculptures

This term Years 1 and 2 are learning all about the artwork of British artist Andy Goldsworthy, who is famous for his environmental art. We started by looking at the way he uses natural materials in his artwork, matching colours. We used pictures of different fruits and vegetables, and then sorted these according to their colours and used them to create pictures by cutting and sticking.

Then we went for a walk in the school grounds and Sylvia's Garden to find natural objects in our local environment to match to different colours!

Next we took the cameras with us and looked for natural examples of different colours, shapes and patterns. Here are some of the photos we took of what we observed:

Cyan and Lynn spotted a circular shape around the base of this tree and lines of symmetry in the fern leaf.

Elisha, Henno and Rocco spotted a line of symmetry on this branch and liked the bright orange colour of these flowers.

Davi and Harry CD spotted the circular patterns in the tree trunk and liked looking at the reflections in the water of the pond.

Harry J and Wandile liked the texture of the tree bark and the symmetry of the feather.

Ryan and Subhan arranged these leaves in a circle and liked looking at the reflections in the water of the pond.

Rebeca and Samantha liked the bright purple/blue colour of the bluebells and the patterns made by the leaves.

Gabriell and Charlie loved the circular patterns made when stones were thrown in the pond water and liked the symmetry of the nettle leaves.

Johnny, Jonathan and Sean chose the bright colours of the orange and pink flowers,


Check back next week to see us having a go at making some natural sculptures of our own!

Hunting Minibeasts

Years 1 and 2 have had great fun learning about minibeasts, and especially enjoyed spending an afternoon in the school grounds and Sylvia's Garden hunting for minibeasts in their microhabitats!