Merci et aurevoir!

The children all proved to be superb rhyming poets last week producing fantastic imaginative poems about dinosaurs!!!!!! (Ask them for a verse or two!)

All that remains to say is a HUGE, COLOSSAL, GINORMOUS, MASSIVE, EPIC THANK YOU!!!! 1. For the VERY generous gift - I was totally bowled over, not expecting anything, so thank you. 2. Children, for being amazing this year - being adaptable, maturing academically and socially and, particularly in confidence (lots of developing senses of humour making us all laugh!!!!!). 3. Finally to all you wonderful parents, grandparents and families for being so welcoming, friendly and supportive. I think the children have had a superb year and have done themselves (and us) proud!

Happy holidays - make sure you wave or stop for a chat if you see us (in or out of school) !

Mrs. Johnson, Mrs. Webb, Miss Kensington and Mrs. Long. :-)

Every child has the right to play and learn at school

This week, Mr Farrington showed Year 2 some videos and photos of some of the schools in India he has visited. The children also did some lovely writing after watching the drama about Surya.

So healthy we could burst!

We are so healthy we could burst!!!!!
 We launched the week by discussing what "healthy" means and the children came up with a multitude of ideas - food, drink, exercise, happiness, education.........and so on! We were lucky enough to watch the Children's rites inspired Indian show which was outstanding - as well as a powerful message, the show was a vibrant explosion of music, fun, interactive drama and cultural learning! The children felt very strongly about the message from the play and continued during the week to write poems which are truly moving!
We have explore healthy food and used potatoes grown by the class to make soup as well as making bread ready to sample as a starter to our lunch tomorrow!!! Yummy - can't wait!!!!
The children recapped learning that took place with regards to fire safety at Street wise and we carried out some drama as well as making 999 calls - I have to say, the children who made them (with Mrs. Webb as the operator) were superb - very clear and confident. We reinforced how important it was to know your full address! The children also learned about the recovery position, why, when and how you do it - ask them to try it out - again, they were very good! Some of the children even wanted to know what to do if someone wasn't breathing so we discussed it - you may or may not want to take this further at home should they wish to know more! I though it was superb that they were so keen to learn such valuable skills! Well done!
In numeracy I posed them the very mean statement "All children in Year 2 are unhealthy!" - They had to agree or disagree and decide in small groups how they could prove/disprove this - They quickly decided to explore data handling as their method. I am looking forward to their presentation of the results and reasoning tomorrow!!!! Great independent thinking, team work and making links to prior learning - some children chose to use tally  charts and then bar charts (created themselves), some even chose to use 3 circled Venn diagrams and also 4 boxed Carroll diagrams! Super!
Obviously we have also been very sporty this week as well as learning about sun safety, particularly apt at the moment - long may it last!
On that note, I told the children about a competition run by POWSA to design a sun safety poster, to be in school by next Friday - great prizes to be won!!!!!!! They can present it however they wish!

Lastly a huge thank you to Ronaldo's Nanny who came a long way to share two lovely stories with the class today - again they were entranced - I particularly enjoyed Cloudland by John Burningham!

Enjoy the sun and I can't wait to spend the last week with you all next week - what a fab (nearly) year I've had!!!! Please feel free to pop in during Monday's open afternoon should you wish to discuss reports!

Mrs. Johnson

Summer Reading challenge

Librarians from Dorset County library have challenged all the children to join in the Creepy House Summer Reading journey. Check out Dorchester County library or www.creepy-house.org.uk  for more details.

It would be great if every single child at The Prince of Wales School spent some of their summer holidays enjoying some great books. i look forward to giving out lots of badges and certificates in September!

Healthy Help Needed!

Hi there again!

As you will have seen from the blog on the home page, the week after next (commencing Monday 8th July) is Healthy Week. I just wondered, on the off chance, if there was any of you who worked in the medical or health profession that might be able to come in to Year 2 and do a short presentation about their job - the children would love to ask questions or get hands on............stethoscopes - talking about the body, CPR, Exercise, Healthy eating - we will do a lot of things in school but it's always more exciting if a visitor comes in (especially if they know them!)

If you think you could help in some way, please let me know!

Thank you!

Mrs. Johnson.

Getting lost in a book!

 

I think it's safe to say that every child in year 2 LOVES reading!!!!!!!!!!

What an enjoyable week - one child said it had gone so quickly!

Oh! And I nearly forgot that on Monday we had our trip to Street Wise where the children demonstrated how clever they were and even practiced making 999 calls! Impressive stuff - a note though - It would be a good idea to reinforce with your children the importance of saying "no" if they are asked to do something they know is dangerous or if a stranger asks them to go off with them!

We based our reading week activities around the book "Trubloff" by John Burningham. It inspired us to explore our hopes and dreams, Trubloff's big day on the stage and, indeed, our big day on the Year 2's Got Talent stage. This entailed lots of drama (which the children were excellent at), collaborative learning projects producing a diorama of a scene from the book and one working with Year1 making story boxes. We also learned some super, top secret ways of helping us to write...........we wrote Trubloff's diary. Next week we will be using this learning to help us write our own "Big Day" diaries.

A huge thank you to all the families that were able to make it in to share a book with the children - the children thoroughly enjoyed it, you made it a very special time for your child and, in some cases, some of the other children too!!!!! There are some lovely photos on display in the entrance foyer - please take a look!

You will also see all the extreme reading photos that were taken - super imaginative!!!!! Well done!!!

There was no end to our reading skills and talents as we also read 2 french stories (Thank you to the Tindalls) - Me, using my rusty french and the children listening out for familiar sounding words and inferring from the pictures - very enjoyable - they have a good ear for languages! Tres Bien!

Next week we will also be learning about time in numeracy so if you would like to practice at home that would be great!

Thanks again and happy reading!
Mrs. Johnson

CAKE SALE TODAY.....

We are having a cake sale today after school in aid of Cancer Research, please come and enjoy our homemade selection of cakes.

This is in memory of our lovely colleague Katrina Green.