Our trip to the church

As part of our RE learning Mrs Gill took us on a visit to the station church. We have been talking about special places and special people. Today we talked about special places for Christians. Lots of us have been to church before for family celebrations.

The children would like to know where your special place is?

Mrs Lewis loves going to Filey with her family.

Miss Sullivan likes walking her dogs on Dartmoor when she is at home.

Weaving a web!

Today we have begun our 'big arts week' project. We are making rugs for the garden party. We cut up some old t-shirts and began weaving them in and out on our hoop. They are starting to look fantastic!

If you have any more t-shirts (adult sized is best) we would be very grateful for them. Foxes class have run out of t-shirts and haven't yet finished.

The children have had really enjoyed this, Isabel told me it looked like Gunther's shell. "We have been working really hard today" said Olivia.

A butterfly reunion?

No photos but exciting news nonetheless...

As the otters were walking back to the classroom after lunch Mason spotted a butterfly inside our corridor. It was on the window and flapping its wings "like it wanted to escape back to its habitat" (Ella). It had the same pattern as our released butterflies. Joshua thought that perhaps it was one of ours and that it had come back to say hello! We could see that we would need to help it find its way back outside so Miss Sullivan caught it using a Fruity Friday cup and a piece of card. It was very difficult to catch, we had to be careful not to trap the wings. We decided to release it near to the flower beds "so it has nectar to drink" (Joshua). It stayed very still for a long time and did not fly away but when we went outside to play later in the afternoon it was gone.

We wonder if it was one of our butterflies?

Meet Gunther...

Today was a brilliant day in Foxes class. This morning Owen found a snail, he brought it into the classroom and we were all keen to look at it. The snail needed a name. We came up with a list of names and the children voted for their favourite. Finley's name 'Gunther' was chosen as the most popular name for our tiny snail.

We later discovered this poor snail had a crushed shell. We decided we would help Gunther and design a new shell for him. We all drew a picture of what his shell could look like and then wrote about the special features. Poppy's shell had an ice cream incase he got hungry. Harrison and Michael's shells both had a flashing light to warn people where Gunther was so he didn't get stood on again. Finley protected Gunther with the same stings as a jelly fish.

We realised Gunther needed something to eat. A discussion began- what did Gunther eat?! We decided he wouldnt want sausage and chips but would rather eat grass and leaves. A group of boys went outside to collect some food. We chose a mixture incase he didnt like them, "its like going to the chinese and having a mixture".

At lunch time lots of Foxes class decided Gunther "needed some friends to look after him" (Ella). They searched the quiet area and found him 6 friends which we later named Gerta, Gertrude, Greta, Gordon, Gary and Grumpy.

Today we learnt some new words: pseudopodium and gastropod. Do you know what these mean? Ask one of Foxes class if you're stuck!

We really like to see your comments on our blog and love hearing from the children about how they have looked at it with you.

More minibeast mayhem...

Grace was very excited to tell us that because she had left her bathroom window open over night the moths had been attracted to the light. She carefully carried her moths to school on the bus. We all had the chance to touch the dead moth if we wanted to. It was very furry, we were able to move the wings and see the mouth. Lydia suggested that we put it in the magnifying glass ''to see the scales on the wings.'' We put it on our observation table, Freddie enjoyed being a scientist in the morning. He wrote all about the living moth.

Foxes and Otter's class thought back over their minibeast learning.They all thought of one word to describe something new they had learnt. A lot of the words relate to caterpillars and butterflies. Can your child tell you what they mean?

We need you...

Next week is Big Arts Week at school. To continue with our themed curriculum we are going to do lots of recycled art. This is where we need your help. We need lots of plastic bags (in as many colours as possible). We also need some old t-shirts, preferably adult sized (again in lots of colours). If you are able to donate any items we would be very grateful.

Remember the garden party on 12th July is your opportunity to come into school and look at the marvellous creations made from these items.

Thank-you.

More photos and thoughts from yesterday...

FS2 have had the ipads again today. We have been reading the comments that you have left us and exploring Mr Chapman's and Mr Fessey's class blogs. The children wanted to share more of their photos from yesterday. We created a video using the animoto app, the children added their thoughts and edited the video themselves.