Pumpkin Class Blog
On this page you can see updates over the term of our activities and learning.
- Date:
- 18 September
- Posted by:
- Miss Farr
Jeans for Genes Day
This week Pumpkin Class took part in Jeans for Genes Day. Everyone came dressed in their denim clothes and kindly donated money to the charity. The children had fun designing their own pair of jeans and joining in with the Jeans for Genes dance! They learnt all about the charity and some of the ways it helps children with genetic conditions. In their PSHE lesson, they talked about the similarities and differences between people and sorted human characteristics into things they have inherited from their parents and things they have learnt from their environment and experiences.
‘The charity can buy special equipment like wheelchairs to help disabled children.’
‘The money can go to doctors and scientists so they can make better medicines to help people.’
- Date:
- 14 September
- Posted by:
- Miss Farr
Place Value Fun in Pumpkin Class
This week in Maths, the children have enjoyed making numbers practically using Base Ten equipment. They challenged their friends to count their tens and ones carefully to work out their number.
‘If you split numbers into tens and ones it’s called partitioning.’
‘I could do this because I’m good at counting in tens.’
‘I made a big number with lots of tens.’
- Date:
- 11 September
- Posted by:
- Miss Farr
📚 Reading Together 📚
On Friday, Year 2 enjoyed a lovely Reading Together event, bringing our school community together to celebrate our love of books! ❤️
The children were so excited to bring in their favourite books and show them to their friends. It was wonderful to see everyone enjoying reading together and having lots of fun! 📖✨
The children said:
“I liked showing my favourite book!”
“The biscuits were yummy!”
“I liked the juice and fruit!”
“I liked reading with my grown-up!”
Our parents also shared some lovely feedback:
“It was wonderful to see the children so excited about reading.”
“A lovely way to bring families and the school community together.”
“It was lovely seeing the children showing their favourite school book.”
"A huge thank you to everyone who helped make it such a special event! 🌟
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- Date:
- 5 September
- Posted by:
- Mrs Brady
Year 2 Amazing Artists
Pumpkin Class had an exciting Hook Day where everyone dressed up as a brilliant artist! They enjoyed using charcoal to make a variety of lively and interesting marks. They explored pressure to create light and dark tones and had fun experimenting with blending techniques using their fingers and cotton buds to achieve different effects. They were inspired by wonderful stories about artists and art galleries and they developed amazing observational skills when drawing detailed pictures of toys.
