The Kingfishers are learning about our wonderful world. During our engage day, we ‘visited’ the desert, a rainforest and the polar region. The children learned about the conditions in the habitat and what animals may live there. Inspired by their morning, the children created some artwork of the habitats using oil pastels and Brusho paint.  

​Year 2 were lucky enough to have a session with Emily Lefavor, the author of Mighty Maurice. She read us one of her stories and answered lots of questions about being an author. 

​On Thursday, the whole of Year 2 came together to have a special banquet to celebrate the end of our topic this term. Each class performed a medieval dance, we sang our song 'Castles' and ate lots of food along our very long table! ​

As part of our Design and Technology learning this term, we designed, made and evaluated out own castle structures that included moving parts. Having explored mechanisms we could use, most added a moving flag and a working drawbridge. 

We celebrated Eid by baking some moon and star biscuits, creating a wonderful piece of artwork and writing an invitation to an Eid celebration party. 

Swan Class had a wonderful day exploring Holi Festival, also known as the Festival of Colour, a Hindu festival celebrating the victory of good over evil. 

The Kingfisher class enjoyed learning about the Holi festival and hearing the stories from our visitor. Inspired by this session, the Kingfishers created some artwork by throwing powder paint at their paper and writing some facts on their work. 

The Kingfisher class enjoyed their trip to Dunster Castle. The children walked around the grounds looking at the features of castles. Inside, the children learned about banquets and how people would have lived. 

​Year 2 went on a trip to Dunster Castle. We explored both inside and the outisde of the castle, as well as walking along the river path to see the water mill.