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The children have really enjoyed arts week, we have learnt all about India, Indian artwork and music. Well done to all the children this week.

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Year 2 have been learning all about percussion. We have really enjoyed playing the instruments.

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Mr Andrews taught us how to use Booklet to play interactive maths games

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Spelling - today we used the iPads to practice our spellings of the week.

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Spelling - today we used the iPads to practice our spellings of the week.

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Writing 29.04.25.                                                                  This week we have been using technology to research facts to help us write a non-chronological report.

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Writing 29.04.25.                                                                  This week we have been using technology to research facts to help us write a non-chronological report.

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Design & Technology 28.03.25.                                       We have been looking at mechanisms. Today we were exploring axels and wheels. 

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Design & Technology 28.03.25.                                       We have been looking at mechanisms. Today we were exploring axels and wheels. 

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PE 31.03.25.                                                                           Today we have been playing fitness bingo

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PE 31.03.25.                                                                           Today we have been playing fitness bingo

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Science 17.03.25.                                                                  Today we investigated what happens to different materials when we squash, bend, twist or stretch them.

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Science 17.03.25.                                                                  Today we investigated what happens to different materials when we squash, bend, twist or stretch them.

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Writing 10.03.25.                                                                   Today we have begun to plan our cultural stories. We have been considering the setting, a main character, a problem and resolution.

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Writing 10.03.25.                                                                   Today we have begun to plan our cultural stories. We have been considering the setting, a main character, a problem and resolution.

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14-2-25 Art                                                                     Today we looked at the work of Kandinsky and created valentines heart paintings in his style.  We mixed colours to get the correct shades.

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14-2-25 Art                                                                     Today we looked at the work of Kandinsky and created valentines heart paintings in his style.  We mixed colours to get the correct shades.

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Religious Education 13.02.25.                                             Comparing places of worship. The children have been learning all about special places of worship including the church, mosques and synagogues. They have great knowledge about what we might find in each special place. 

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Religious Education 13.02.25.                                             Comparing places of worship. The children have been learning all about special places of worship including the church, mosques and synagogues. They have great knowledge about what we might find in each special place. 

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Reading 13.02.25.                                                                    We have been reading the book ‘Coming To England’. This book tells the story of Floelle’s journey to England. The children have been learning about the Windrush generation and how the lives of many people were changed by coming to England. We also discussed many of the difficulties some of them faced.

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Reading 13.02.25.                                                                    We have been reading the book ‘Coming To England’. This book tells the story of Floelle’s journey to England. The children have been learning about the Windrush generation and how the lives of many people were changed by coming to England. We also discussed many of the difficulties some of them faced.

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Writing 05.02.25.                                                                    Today we used our knowledge of science (animals including humans) to plan our non-chronological reports. We were learning how to write in note form making sure we looked for key information.

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Writing 05.02.25.                                                                    Today we used our knowledge of science (animals including humans) to plan our non-chronological reports. We were learning how to write in note form making sure we looked for key information.

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Writing 04.02.25.                                                                    Today we have been exploring features of non-chronological reports. We used our books to identify headings, subheadings and captions. 

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Writing 04.02.25.                                                                    Today we have been exploring features of non-chronological reports. We used our books to identify headings, subheadings and captions. 

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This week the children have been enjoyed the text  The Quangle Wangle’s Hat. We have been looking at the vocabulary and exploring why all the different creatures wanted to live in the hat.

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This week the children have been enjoyed the text  The Quangle Wangle’s Hat. We have been looking at the vocabulary and exploring why all the different creatures wanted to live in the hat.

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What features does our local and surrounding areas have?
Today we looked at digimaps of Alvechurch, the Licky Hills and Birmingham city centre. We used a key to find out about features in each of these locations. We discussed that Birmingham has more human features than Alvechurch and the Licky Hills.

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Today we took our gymnastic poses onto the apparatus. The children were so sensible and safe. They created some great movements.

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Today the children enjoyed making their own tortilla quiche. We used cutting and whisking skills.
They looked and tasted delicious

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To perform gymnastic shapes and link them together.
The children worked in mixed groups to create a variety of gymnastic movements. We then performed them to the rest of the class.

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Can I share equally?
Today with have been investigating how we can group equally. We have looked at how we can use commutative number sentences to help us find multiple possibilities.

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What a way to start the term. We had so much fun creating our salad jam jars. It was so kind of middle school to let us use their kitchen.

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As it was no pens day today we tried to used our pencils as little as possible so in maths today we used 2D and 3D shapes to create images and repeated patterns.

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Today we were working scientifically to look at living things. We spoke about the 7 life processes that shows something is alive. We also looked at what we would find in microhabitats.

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Can we use a template to create a paper patchwork.

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Can we find edges on 3D shapes?
Today we used shapes and counted both their faces and edges.

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Year two wowed us in PE today. Not only is their fitness improving but so are their ball skills.

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Can we identify physical and human features
Today year 2 went on a local walk around the village. We found lots of human features including the pub, shops and a playground.

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Maths 19-11-24 Today we practised drawing our own 2D shapes.

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Maths 19-11-24 Today we practised drawing our own 2D shapes.

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Can I count sides and vertices on 2D shapes?

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This week we have been exploring 2d and 3d shapes. We have been sorting them into different groups according to their properties. We finished off one of our lesson by creating artwork and shape patterns.

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Can I identify what makes a sentence?
Today we looked at a range of sentences, some had words missing and some had repetitive words. We looked at how we could rewrite them so that they made sense.

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Today we have been learning how to mark make on different textured papers.

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Today we had fun using a different material to create a  halloween  picture.

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Today we consolidated our place value, addition and subtraction skills by making our very own maths games.

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WALT: plan a piece of artwork in the style of Hannah Hock

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Learning how to subtract

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Autumn term 1.  This half term we have been using this story to talk about our feelings.                         Most of the time Ravi can control his temper but, one day, he lets out the tiger within . Being a tiger is great fun at first - tigers can do ANYTHING they want! But who wants to play with a growling, roaring, noisy, wild tiger who won't share or play nicely? Ravi is about to discover something very important about expressing his feelings and making amends.

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Autumn term 1.  This half term we have been using this story to talk about our feelings.                         Most of the time Ravi can control his temper but, one day, he lets out the tiger within . Being a tiger is great fun at first - tigers can do ANYTHING they want! But who wants to play with a growling, roaring, noisy, wild tiger who won't share or play nicely? Ravi is about to discover something very important about expressing his feelings and making amends.

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15-10-24 WALT: Write sentences using a range of conjunctions to link our ideas.

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15-10-24 WALT: Write sentences using a range of conjunctions to link our ideas.

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14-10-24 WALT: Today we practised our jumping and skipping.

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14-10-24 WALT: Today we practised our jumping and skipping.

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11-10-24 WALT: In RE this week we learnt about the importance of Shabbat and how Jewish people celebrate this at home.

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11-10-24 WALT: In RE this week we learnt about the importance of Shabbat and how Jewish people celebrate this at home.

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8-10-24 WALT: Today we talked about conjunctions and how we can use them to join our ideas.

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8-10-24 WALT: Today we talked about conjunctions and how we can use them to join our ideas.

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7-10-24 WALT: Today we had a special visitor today.  Joel Fearon is an Olympic champion.  He is British sprinter and bobsledder who won a bronze medal at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics.

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7-10-24 WALT: Today we had a special visitor today.  Joel Fearon is an Olympic champion.  He is British sprinter and bobsledder who won a bronze medal at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics.

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9-11-24 WALT Ball control and dribbling skills.

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9-11-24 WALT Ball control and dribbling skills.

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* learn to tell the time.
* Count in 2’s, 5,s, 3’s and 10’s
* cooking (measuring out ingredients)
* sharing story books
* making stories up
* cutlery skills

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