[gallery ids="14682,14709,14705,14706,14704,14699,14697,14691,14692,14693,14695,14688,14687,14686,14710,14685,14684,14711,14689,14690,14703"] As part of the topic Bright Lights, Big City the children in Year 2 have been learning about landmarks in London and local landmarks in Wallington. The children have been learning about the significance of these landmarks at different points in history and how...
[gallery ids="14645,14600,14601,14602,14650,14649,14648,14647,14674,14646,14643,14642,14641,14640,14638,14637,14636,14635,14634,14633,14632,14631,14630"] We were delighted to host an event for Nursery and Reception Teachers from schools across the London Borough of Sutton. The event was organised by Nick Banham, Sutton Senior Early Years Advisor and the London South Early Years Stronger Practice Hub. We were pleased...
[gallery ids="14498,14499,14500,14501,14503,14521,14504,14522,14505,14507,14523,14509,14526,14527,14510,14511,14512,14528,14513,14514,14515,14516,14517,14518,14519,14525,14524"] Year 2 visited St Mary’s Church in Beddington Park. The children have been learning all about the Church as a Christian place of worship during their religious education lessons. They have learnt about the features and purpose of the church and its importance to...
[gallery ids="14532,14533,14540,14534,14547,14546,14545,14549,14541,14535,14542,14543,14556,14536,14537,14544,14554,14555,14557,14561,14558,14559,14560,14550"] The children in Year 2 are very excited about their topic Bright Lights, Big City. They have had the opportunity to learn about The Great Fire of London. During the Engage Stage of the topic the children became bakers, just like Thomas Farriner, who...
[gallery ids="14282,14283,14286,14287,14288,14289,14290,14291"] The Year 2 term has started with amazing musical exploration!! Our first topic is 'Beat, Band Boogie,' which is all about exploring instruments, learning the names of the instruments, how they are played, what sounds they make and which orchestral family they belong to....
[gallery ids="14145,14159,14146,14147,14148,14160,14161,14149,14150,14151,14152,14153,14154,14155,14157,14158"] The children in Year 2 are thinking about moving to junior school in September. Last week they went to visit Holy Trinity Junior School. They visited their classroom and spent some more time with their new teachers. They were also excited to meet their...
[gallery ids="14122,14123,14124,14125,14126,14127,14128,14129,14130,14131,14132,14134,14135,14136,14137,14138,14139,14140"] This term the children in Year 2 have been enjoying learning about Islam. Lots of children and adults have been sharing their own experiences, such as telling us how they celebrated Eid. Last week we were all really excited to visit Wallington Mosque. We...
[gallery ids="14014,14015,14016,14017,14019,14021,14023,14024"] The children in Year 2 were excited to visit the Nursery and read with the children. This term each Year 2 class designed and constructed their own maths game to help the children in Nursery develop their counting skills. Each week two children from...
[gallery ids="13987,13983,13984,13989,13985,13969,13996,13997,13970,13990,13992,13971,13975,13993,13976,13994,13991,13977,13995,13974,13999,13978,13979,13980,13972,13973,13981,13982,13986,13988,14001,14002"] The children in Year 2 were very excited to visit Hever Castle as the Engage part of their new topic Towers, Tunnels and Turrets. Before visiting, the children started learning about the different parts of a castle and the people who lived there in the...
[gallery ids="13881,13899,13890,13882,13892,13901,13894,13883,13902,13907,13885,13896,13886,13887,13893,13888,13903,13891,13895,13897,13906"] The children in Year 2 were delighted to set up their artifacts for their dinosaur museum. Each child created a salt dough fossil and sock puppet sockosaurus. The children made information labels about their exhibits so visitors would learn lots of new facts about...