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We have been enjoying the story ‘Whatever Next’ We created our own ‘Space Place’ in our classroom and ended up planning our own Space Party with rock buns and games! 

For World Book day we dressed up as a favourite character. We shared the Julia Donaldson story ‘Zog’ and worked on our movement…

Learning how to use our new Clamberstack safely! 
 

Our key text this half term is ‘Lost and Found’ by Oliver Jeffers. Pop the penguin and his friends also came to visit.

Our Spring 2 Topic focused on Africa.  We located the continent Africa using a range of maps, and then focused on the country Kenya. We learnt biomes, specifically the Savannah, the largest grassland in the world. We found out what the vegetation is like and what animals live there. We also…

Our science topic is plants this half term. We decided to use our senses to explore the different parts of a flower. We created detailed observational drawings of some common flowers. We then labelled them to create a labelled diagram. 
 

In DT we were set the challenge of creating a purse to collect shells from the beach. 
 

We learnt how to thread a needle and perform a running stitch. We first practiced on a prototype (a butterfly with ready made holes). Then we cut out templates out of felt to create our end product. 
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Science week 

During science week chose to focus on animals. We had various visits from our animal friends.

Today we had a visit from Humphrey the tortoise. We drew detailed sketches of his shell as it has lots of different colours and patterns on it. We also learnt some facts about…

Panthers Class have created fantastic gymnastic routines this half term. They have worked so had to create both paired and individual routines, focussing balancing and counter balancing. In order to do this, they had to work in sync with their partners and consider how their could move with…

In Spring 1, Jaguars looked at the artist Clarice Cliff. We evaluated some of her art work, deciding on what we really liked about her pieces. We then looked at some Ancient Egyptian artefacts. We decided on making our own clay plates using inspiration from both Clarice Cliff’s art work and…

Take a look at some of the PE we have done in Jaguars  so far this year!

We love Forest School on Thursday afternoons. During this time we have created our own Forest School games, made butterflies using smashed berries and leaves to add colour, created our own Iron Age Forts, made creative images using natural resources, we have listened to the birds and watched the…

Take a look at some of the Science we have been doing in Jaguars class. From investigating different rocks and soils to using starburst when learning about the rock cycle. We also carried out an investigation on how objects move on different surfaces when learning about push and pull forces. We…

We love our Monday afternoons in the forest. We love being out in the fresh air surrounded by nature. 
 

There is always lots of get our teeth stuck into. We build dens, create mud soup, swing from the rope swing, work collaboratively and listen to the birds