Year two had a brilliant time this afternoon showing their resilience to complete a Daily Mile in the sunshine 🌞

Great job everyone,
Mrs Parsons xxxx

We had an amazing day at The Deep. The children conducted themselves impeccably and did our school proud. They impressed our teacher Rachel with their knowledge of the 5 oceans, continents and the impact of plastic on sea life.

Mrs Parsons xx

Our brand new Digital Leaders had a fun-filled time at XP East today as we met up with other students from across our trust. We began the day with a brilliant tour of XP and XP East before working hard to understand the role of a digital leader, why digital leaders are important and the qualities a digital leader should have.

Miss Tinker and I were blown away by the children’s efforts and collaboration but also the courage they demonstrated to share their ideas in front of a huge audience of over 120 staff and students! A great day was had by all and the children will now share their learning with the leadership team at Norton. Thank you to Mr. Portman and XP for having us for the day…we had a great time!

Well done everyone – you were fantastic.

Mrs Parsons xxx

Evie blew us away today in Class 5 – she has been busy over half term producing her very own book about sea creatures. I was so impressed with how she confidently shared her learning with the whole class – what a superstar ⭐️

Mrs Parsons xxx

Today we were Persevering Parrots with some new vocabulary as part of our Geography case study for our expedition – How will what I do today impact the world tomorrow?

The children used dictionaries and iPads to find the definition of their words and then came up with the characteristics, examples and non examples.

We then took it in turns to present our knowledge about our new word to the rest of the class – everyone did a fantastic job! Well done Class Five.

Mrs Parsons xx

Class Five spent their reading lesson this morning exploring The Big Book of the Blue. We looked at lots of other non-fiction texts and picked out the main features – we talked about features like contents pages, the index and subheadings.

Notice for all students in Year 2

Students in Year 2 have an amazing opportunity to become a Digital Leader within our XP schools.

This is a fantastic opportunity for children to develop their own individual skills when it comes to the latest technology. Children who are successful will get the opportunity to visit XP East and potentially the Apple Store to have further training on how to use technology including iPads, MacBooks and some of the other great technology that is used throughout schools. Our Digital Leaders will then become the experts who can then pass on their knowledge to our staff and students.

Below is a link to the Digital Leaders website where you can find out further information.

Applications will need to be sent to Mrs Parsons by Thursday 3rd February explaining why you would make a fantastic Digital Leader. This can be done in a format of your choice including a letter, slides or even a video showcasing your IT skills.

I can’t wait to see your applications!

We have been grappling with classification keys as part of our science case study. We have been hard working and resilient – we even managed to write some of our own!