Our year two playtime was filled with bubbles and laughter today – just perfect!
#Take10ToRead
Class Five absolutely loved joining in with the #Take10ToRead challenge. They started by hearing Tom Percival share an extract from his new book (which we have already ordered to add to our classroom collection!) and show the children how to show emotions through their drawing.
We then took ten minutes to enjoy a book – what a treat!
How can we make a difference?
Class Five have yet again blown me away with their compassion and maturity towards their expedition this week.
We gave continued to engage with our core text – Let The Children March. We have thought really carefully about how the children might have felt, what they were thinking, what they could hear and see as they were preparing to march. We are then going to use our anchor chart to create some diary entries – I’m looking forward to blogging these next week already!
During our Thoughtful Thursday crew session we have thought about how we can make a difference, just like the children in our book.
I am so proud of the ideas and plans the children have began to make – our world is going to be a better place because of the differences they are already making. What do you think?
Tranquil Tuesday
Grappling with tricky vocabulary in class five
We came across some tricky vocabulary in our core text so we have worked collaboratively to match images and definitions to help us remember and understand.
Communication is key in class five
I have been so impressed with the children in class five this week. They have been communicating and collaborating fantastically whether it has been in crew or in lessons.
A Hero?
What do you think of our poem, adapted and performed by class five.
Class Five Mayoral Election 2021
Following on from our visit from Mayor Ros Jones yesterday we decided to hold our own class elections. The children wrote and shared their own pledges for the year – they made some fantastic pledges which will make our classroom an incredible place to be!
We finished off the speeches with a vote.
Big congratulations to………………….(drum roll please)………. Skyler!!
It was a very close election with Ella and Toby being voted our Deputy Mayors.
I was blown away with the thoughtful and mature pledges you all made also how you all stood up and spoke so confidently and clearly at the podium in front of the whole class – well done everyone!
Ros Jones – Expert Visit
This morning we had a visit from the Mayor of Doncaster, Ros Jones. We were very impressed with the mature and thoughtful questions the children asked such as,
Do you like your job?
Do you have an office?
What are you going to do to help homeless people?
Are there any foodbanks in Doncaster?
How did you become the mayor?
Who gave you your CBE?
Who came first in the Mayor of the world competition?
How has Covid 19 affected Doncaster?
How do you keep people safe in Doncaster?
What can we do to help?
We are looking forward to meeting some more experts next week to learn even more about champions in our community and what we can do to make a difference.
Preparing for our first expert visit
We have spent time today writing a protocol for expert visits. We talked about how we could use our habits of work and learning to help us – we are very excited to put our protocol to use tomorrow with our first expert visit.