Class Two

Some of the children in Willow class sat in our outdoor reflection area for our morning worship today.

Our theme for Art week centred round marine preservation, particularly the dangers of plastic in the ocean.

We discussed how art can have a purpose and is often quite poignant.

In our sketch book we planned our piece of art and began collecting plastic recycling to add to the art.

We…

 Willow Class tested different circuits to see if it would light their bulbs.

Willow class have thoroughly enjoyed designing and creating book covers. We thought carefully about the appropriate fastenings and how we will add the details.

Sewing has become one of our favourite things.

Once we had completed our covers we evaluated the finished pieces against our…

What a night to be proud of! On an electric evening at Tamworth’s SnowDome our children took part in the Tamworth Schools swimming gala finals — competing against much larger schools and showing exactly what Mary Howard and St Andrew children are made of.

Seven of our children qualified for the…

The children had a great day today dressed up funny to help raise money for Red Nose Day.

Thank you to everyone who donated.
 

Practising our ball control in hockey for our PE lesson today.

 We have been thoroughly engrossed in this topic and demonstrated a wonderful understanding of Egyptian life. Making our fact files has been so enjoyable and we are all incredibly proud of our finished files.
 

Willow had a very creative science lesson making pan flutes.
We used 8 different lengths of straws and stuck them together. When we blew them we'd created an instrument that could achieve different pitches and we were able to explain why.

We have had an incredible lesson creating our Reflection Areas from our planning. We showed such team work and passion for our creations and then confidently presented them to our friends.

Our oracy skills and deep understanding of what spirituality means, shone through out.

We are…

In our science lesson today we were investigating how volume changes with distance.

What happens to the volume of a sound as the distance from the source increases and decreases? Let’s find out.

 Today in RE we worked in groups to design our own reflection areas. 

We considered what we could see, hear, smell, touch and taste.