This half term in art we have been learning about different methods of creating prints. We learnt about William Morris and then created our own water inspired print using quarter of a polystyrene pizza base! First we had to draw our design before colouring it in with felt tip pen. Then we sprayed the printing block with water and used it to print! We had to repeat the process 4 times to create a complete circle.
Here are some of our artworks. We are very proud of them!
For World Book Day we have watched and listened to MC Grammar, including his World Book Day rap. After listening to his Gruffalo rap, we decided we would like to rap our own Julia Donaldson book, as she is our author of the half term. We were very excited on Friday morning to discover that MC Grammar himself had seen and commented on our video!
Please use the below link to watch our rap. We worked really hard on the words and rhythm and hope you enjoy our creation!
Haughmond’s World Book Day Rap
Yesterday we were proud to welcome a film crew from the Lichfield Diocese, alongside Leaton Church, as part of our work on becoming dementia friendly as a school.
Mrs. Roberts and Mrs Gregory toured the school with Mr. Clive Rogers to create a film which will support schools and churches in making their environments as dementia friendly as possible. Clive identified some positives about our school, along with some ways we can continue to improve what we already do and provide.
This week I have added a reading lesson for homework on Reading Eggs. Please also read with a grown up at least 4 times this week and write it in your reading record as well as practising your times tables.
Also, when we were visited by Firefighter Rob this week, he challenged us to learn our full address. Please practise this over the week. We will see if we can remember our addresses next Friday.
In the summer term we wrote letters to HRH King Charles III to celebrate his Coronation. This week we were very excited to receive a thank you card from the King and Queen. We will frame the card and display it in school for everyone to see.
This week in Haughmond we have been learning about why we observe Remembrance Day. We have found out about the symbolism of the poppy and the traditions used to remember the end of World War One. We discussed how Remembrance helps us to think of those who have been involved in all wars and Josie told us stories about her Dad and shared his medals with us. Some of the rest of us also talked about our great-grandparents who we knew had been in the military. This afternoon we finished the week making poppy suncatchers and a class poppy wreath.
This week we were visited by Firefighter Rob who came to talk to us about his job and how he fights fires in 2023. He talked about the equipment that firefighters use and we compared it to the equipment used to fight the Great Fire of London. He also talked to us about how to keep our homes and ourselves safe.
Today a mysterious suitcase was delivered to school. It was a very old suitcase and we decided we needed to work out who it belongs to. We used the items in the suitcase as historical sources to find out about the past. We thought at first the suitcase might belong to a pirate or bird watcher as there was a compass and pair of binoculars but eventually decided the case belonged to a soldier from WW1 when we looked at the rest of the clues.
Homework tasks to last from now until 10th November are:
This week in our phonics lessons, Year 2 will be focusing on common exception words.
Bomere Heath CE Primary School
The Crescent,
Bomere Heath,
Shrewsbury,
SY4 3PQ
Tel: 01939 290359
Executive Headteacher: Mrs Julie Ball
Office Manager: Maria Whittaker
