As part of our Geography case study, 2P learnt what was meant by the phrases’ bird’s eye view’ and ‘aerial view’. We then linked this to how maps are created and why they use an aerial view. We explored our classrooms and imagined what they would look like from above. We then used different resources to create a simple map of our classroom. We did really well!
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Phil Sheppard kindly came into school to share his expertise as a local author and illustrator. He has written a children’s book all about Doncaster and he came to share how he went about creating the book. Phil shared his journey to becoming an author and answered lots of brilliant questions about his ‘Discover Doncaster’ book. Thanks, Phil!
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Year 2 had a visit from Geoff, from the XP Communications team. He brought in his drone and demonstrated how the drone was flown and how it worked. This was a hook for our Geography learning, which begins with understanding what a bird’s-eye view is and how it is used for maps. Geoff got some footage and shared how far we could see from the drone up in the sky.
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During Hook Week, 2P carried out different challenges that compared Doncaster with Mexico. We started with a music battle where we compared artists from Doncaster with Mexican artists. We then carried out a food challenge where we sampled different typical foods from each country. There were some interesting flavours, but liquorice, celery and chillis definitely received interesting reactions! Our final battle was with language, where we looked at how we can use some English words to work out the meaning of Spanish words and then we learnt some basic Spanish greetings.
Our final activity was to produce a piece of pointillism artwork, with a Mexican theme, inspired by the story and work of Frieda Kahlo. Great work 2P!
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On Friday, we were visted by our local MP, Sally Jameson! She came in as our Expert on all things Doncaster for our current expedition Diverse Doncaster. She talked about her role as an MP and what that entails. She also talked about some of her personal favourite things about living in Doncaster. It was wonderful to see them recall some of the information they had learned on Parliament Week!
The children asked her such a huge range of questions like “What’s your favourite colour?”, “Where are your favourite places to visit?” and “Do you enjoy being an MP?”.
We then encouraged the children to think about suggestions for Sally, that they could make to help make Intake better. They suggested fixing the roads, more grown up play equipment on the park and more bins so people don’t litter.
Our first week back we have been busy freeing transport from the ice, exploring ice, being creative, practising our phonics and writing and being active within our learning. We have also enjoyed our PE sessions in the hall exploring different ways we move, climbing, jumping, balancing and dancing to the music.
What a wonderful way to end the term with so much festive fun! We were delighted to welcome a very special visitor as Santa popped in to spread Christmas cheer and smiles all around. The children also enjoyed a fun and energetic assembly led by our friends from St. Aiden’s Church, where they learned new songs and listened to the Christmas story.
Our school shop was a big highlight of the day, giving children the opportunity to choose a treat in recognition of their achievements throughout the year. We then settled down to enjoy a festive movie, complete with delicious doughnuts kindly provided by Miss Carter, before coming together to sing carols around the Christmas tree.
In the afternoon, the children were surprised by a visit from the Grinch himself, who reassured everyone that he would not be stealing any presents this year!
Thank you for your continued support. We wish you all a very Merry Christmas—enjoy making special memories together, stay safe, and we look forward to welcoming everyone back in January.
Thank you for coming to our Nativity this week and making some Christmas crafts; we really enjoyed our parents coming in to school to work with us. We have had lots of fun on our Christmas party day and we even got a visit from Santa! We would like to wish all our families a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
We would like to thank all Parents, Carers and families for attending our Christmas Nativity this week. We hope it got you feeling in the spirit of the season as we get closer to the big day. All of the children have worked really hard to put on the performances for you and they have shown great courage and resilience in doing so. We are very proud of them! As promised, below are the images of your children. We wish you all a restful and peaceful Christmas holiday and a happy and successful New Year.
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