Below is an update from the InOurPlace team. Do you want to know more about your child’s development, well being or behaviours? There is lots of FREE online expert advice and learning to be had within this site.
Enter the code ForEveryFamily to access the different areas
.
In 2 Blue this week we have been looking at measuring in centimetres and metres. We have measured long and short items around our classroom and in the wider school. We looked at all of the different ways in which measuring can be done, our favourite was the Trundle wheel! We know that to get an accurate measurement we must make sure we line our ruler or tape measure up nice and straight and that we start at zero.
Have you ever used any of the children’s services within South Tyneside? Now is your chance to give some feedback and hear other people’s experiences regarding these services. This is the time to let Senior Managers know how they can make improvements to provide a better experience for everyone!
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to Dojo or call.
We went on our class trip to Hartlepool Marina where we visited the HMS Trincomalee, a Royal Navy vessel which is more than 200 yrs old! We looked at different artefacts that would be used on voyages and explored the ship from the gun deck to the captains quarters. We looked around the Hartlepool navy museum and found out lots of interesting facts such as: Each sailor had a number on their hammock and when they died their number was up and they were wrapped in their hammock. They were even sewn into the hammock with the last stitch going through their nose! This was done in case any of the sneaky sailors pretended they were dead to escape the life at sea. Despite the weather being terrible the children had a great time!
Another great Book Day in Hebburn Lakes!
2 Red loved spending the week looking at fractured fairytales and created their own very imaginative versions of Cinderella.
We then ended the week with a whole range of fairytale-themed activities such as a character hunt around the school, a decorated door competition, reading in the Hansel and Gretel Hobbit Hut, performing like fairytale characters in the Magical Forest performance area, challenges of building houses of sticks and bridges of paper, and many, many more fun activities!
For our book week this year we have chosen Cinderella as our feature book. We wrote a fractured fairytale about Cinderella where we changed an important part of the story, she may have lost her purse instead of a glass slipper or she may have gone swimming instead of to the ball. The children had lots of fun coming up with their own version. We the invited our parents in to read with us which we thought was amazing. We ended book week with a day of dressing up and all things fairytale. We created bridges, castles and beanstalks in the hall, read stories in the witches cottage, performed our own stories in the performance area, went on scavenger hunts to find letters to make words and hunting down 46 different fairytale creature around the school. We have had an amazing week and can’t wait to see what next years theme is!
Year 2 were lucky enough to visit the real Royal Navy ship, HMS Trincomalee in Hartlepool Marina. They braved the weather like real pirates and boarded the 200 year old ship. On board they found out all about how ships were run and the living conditions for the crew. They then visited the various museums to learn about Terry Deary’s Horrible Histories of Pirates, Diving Deep amongst shipwrecked treasures and lots more about the life of important people and ships in history.
Have a look at all the amazing doors created for book week/ day. Well done to all the staff and children for creating an amazing show – making the school look like a living library.
See if you can recognise some of the stories!
