Week 3

Minchinhampton - Holy Trinity Church 17/11/10

Not sure about this...

We had an successful trip to a Church on Wednesday where we got to see all the things we had been learning about and find out about what goes on in a Church. The weather didn't allow us to be outside for long but we got to explore the church in groups which was very interesting. Rev Jane Walden talked to us and answered numerous questions and we even got to taste some of the 'special bread'.

In Dance we had grest fun pretending to be Roman soldiers and have made up the first part to a Roman dance. We will be continuing with this next week.

In French we had a go at learning colours this week as well as practising all we did last week (introducing ourselves and saying our age).

Also this week we had our first proper class council meeting. Mrs Marks now has a list of things we would like to change. This includes things like getting an electric pencil sharpener to lengthening the school day to allow chance for golden time! Needless to say this idea was only supported by a few! It was nice to have chance to talk about things we would like to change even if some of them may be impossible!

Friday saw us coming to school with wacky hair and non-uniform to support children in need. Also many of us were involved in the bring and buy sale after school which was good fun for a good cause and all organised by the children!

Pupil of the week: Well done to Joshua Reid

Class 2 Punch & Judy

Finally folks- sorry about the wait, the much anticipated- Punch & Judy show!!!

Well done to all of you- I hope you enjoy them.

Book Week

Spot the new class member!!!

Alfie's alien. Imagine bumping into that in the woods!

Class 2

Hannah Shaw at work...

This week we have had our annual 'book week'. The book fair has been and will hopefully have earned enough commission for each class to have some new books! We also had a visit from local author and illustrator Hannah Shaw who worked with each class throughout the day. In class 2 she helped us create a special character for our stories. That was the other focus of the week, writing a story to go in our 'writing journeys' and also to be published in a school book! Our writing journeys are the special books that we write in twice a year and they show our progression (writing jouurney) through school. The children get to take them home in year 6.

On Wednesday we went for an autumn walk to give us ideas for our stories. We were so lucky with the weather and the children were brilliant - we had very few complaints about the hills as we did venture down into the valley!!! The walk must have helped as the children spent all afternoon on Wednesday writing and still wanted more time!

Another aspect of the week was a competition to design a front cover for our book. Hannah Shaw is going to judge our attempts next week so watch this space!

Also this week we welcomed Mrs Sibley who will be working mainly in Class 2:)

Week 7!

What a busy week and it's only Wednesday! The children have worked really hard for their class assembly which took place this afternoon. Everyone remembered their lines and did really well. It is a big deal to stand up in front of an audience so the children should be really proud of themselves, especially those that were brave enough to stand up all by themselves (Joshua Reid, Louis Woodrow and Olivia). Louis D was also going to but he was away.
Unfortunately there are things we would have liked to show which weren't finished yet. The children will all be making Punch and Judy shows this week which will undoubtedly be very entertaining!!! We haven't yet finished our seaside dance because we have been practising our tag rugby ready for this weeks festival. However, we were glad to have an audience for our poems!
A special mention to Gabriel, Alfie, Harriet, Max, Georgia, Joshua W, Louis W, Emily, Olivia and Immy who took part in the tag rugby festival at Painswick on Tuesday. They had an exhausting day which included 5 games of rugby and some coaching. They spent the entire day outside but luckily it wasn't too cold! Out of five games they managed to win two and as the day went on they grew more confident. Each child was presented with a medal at the end of the day and they really deserved it! Thanks to Mr Robinson-McCann for accompanying the children and for Mrs Evans (Joshua W's nan) who also spent the day with us and even provided us with a rug to sit on!
The children back in school were left with fun tasks to complete and have entered a walk to school month competition where they had to design a flag to promote walking to school. They also made some super seaside pictures which were displayed in Class 3 for our assembly today. Our seaside topic will end this week when we say goodbye to Ms Spyropoulos. We thank her for all her hard work and will be sad to see her go. She will undoubtedly be called back for supply which the children were happy to hear! Next term Mrs Monk will start the Roman topic with the class!
Have a happy half term everyone :)

Last week in Class 2

8/10/10 We have had another busy week. A priority has been learning our Harvest prayers ready for our Harvest celebration on Monday 11th. The children have done well at learning their lines but need to practise saying the prayers a bit louder and in time with their group/partner. It is a big deal for them to stand in front of an audience so hopefully we will be 'alright on the afternoon!'
As part of our science work we had a couple of visitors into the classroom this week. Cassia Reid (age 2) and India Freebrey (4 months). They were both very well behaved and gave us an opportunity to ask questions about their needs and capabilities. We also had great fun looking at our baby photos. They have been added to our science display for a guessing game.
Mrs Ayling joined us for P.E on Tuesday to do some tag rugby. The Y3/4 have the festival in a couple of weeks so we needed a bit of practise! It was a fun session which gave all the children a chance to try the game. We are planning to do more next week.
Other news: We have a student, Miss Gobey (from Cirencester College) working with us on a Monday and Tuesday until Christmas.
Kim Williams is student of the week this week. Well done Kim :)

PUnch and Judy

We have been working on Punch and Judy puppet designs as part of our seaside topic. We decided that we will make some punch and judy puppets, construct a theatre, write some plays, video them, and publish them on our blog. So please watch this space. In the meantime here are some of our designs.

Last week in class 2

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