Rowan Class News

World Book Day

The Year 2 pupils had lots of fun on World Book Day last week. There were some fantastic book character costumes, and everyone enjoyed writing Kenning poetry about their favourite characters. Have a look in our library area to read…

Sowing and Growing

This half term we are working on a topic called ’Sowing and Growing’. During  this topic,  we will be introducing the idea of sowing and growing our own food from seeds. In science, we will carry out investigations into what…

Mega Maths!

In Maths this week the Year 2 pupils have been learning all about Multiplication and Division. We solved multiplication problems involving chocolate bars (and maybe had a sneaky taste!), and had lots of fun playing Multiplication Bingo.     We used…

Exploring Algorithms in Y1

The Year 1 children used Purple Mash 2Go to explore repeating patterns.  Their challenge was to find the correct sequence of instructions, or algorithm, to recreate the patterns they were given and then use the power of repetition to continue that pattern right across the page.  Computers are brilliant at repeating things because they never ever get bored!

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EYFS & KS1 Farm Trip

We were blessed with lovely weather this week for our visit to Lodge Farm. We met some of the sheep and their new lambs and saw Bess the sheepdog in action, rounding up the flock!  We also saw some of the farm machinery and learned about how…

Y2 literacy

This week Y2 have been looking at the key features of information texts, such as headings, sub-headings, labels and photographs.  We have also discussed what the purpose of a glossary or an index is and how these help us to…