Class 2: Gallery

Sealife Blackpool, by Miss Hughes

Date: 10th Jul 2023 @ 2:16pm

A few more photos from Class 1 and Class 2's trip to Sealife Blackpool, last week. We had a fabulous day!  Class 2 particularly loved learning about Phoenix the giant green sea turtle, who currently weighs 19 stone and is almost 5 feet long! 

Nourish & St John's Hospice: Fruit Kebabs, by Miss Hughes

Date: 10th Jul 2023 @ 2:12pm

Two weeks ago, Class 2 were invited by St John's Hospice and 'Nourish' to take part in a community picnic and activity day at Williamson Park.  Unfortunately, the event was rained off! However, representatives from the hospice very kindly brough us lots of delicious fruit for us to make fruit kebabs, just like we would have done at the event.  So, last Friday, Class 2 had a lovely afternoon making fruit kebabs and painting their pebbles with hearts, to contribute to a large art piece.  The hospice reps will be collecting our pebbles, along with a donation from school, to promote the fantastic work they do.

Class 2 Skateboarding Session, by Miss Hughes

Date: 10th Jul 2023 @ 2:09pm

Class 2 loved their skateboarding session a couple of weeks ago.  Don't we look pro?  

Mr Foster's Musical Extravaganza, by Mr Pugh

Date: 7th Jul 2023 @ 11:56am

Mr Foster and his musicians were sensational on Thursday 6th July, performing for the school and parents. The only word is Wow!

Sea life centre, by Mrs Barclay

Date: 6th Jul 2023 @ 4:07pm

Class 1 and 2 had a fabulous time at the sea life centre. We learnt all about different animals that live in the sea. We had a go at learning lots of different facts and how we can look after our environment and oceans. We then had our lunch on the promenade and looked for features of the seaside. We were very excited to see Blackpool tower and a pier!

SPORTS DAY, by Mrs Gavriluk

Date: 29th Jun 2023 @ 4:59pm

Clever Conjunctions!, by Miss Hughes

Date: 16th Jun 2023 @ 4:29pm

In Class 2 this week, Miss Watson worked with the children to help them understand what conjunctions are.  All of the children can now confidently use 'and', 'or', 'but' and 'so' in their spoken sentences and are learning to use these, as well as 'because', 'if' and 'which' in their writing.  Well done Year 1 & 2 children! 

Open Gardens - Scarecrow Visit, by Miss Hughes

Date: 16th Jun 2023 @ 4:16pm

After members of the Garden Society came in to work with us, to build scarecrows for the Open Gardens festival, we were invited to go and see our scarecrows in situ around Warton.  So, on Thursday, all four classes went for a trip around the village, visiting local residents' beautiful gardens! We were amazed by how big some of them were (we learnt the word "vast" in class!) and how much time, energy and care had gone into creating incredible spaces.  We loved spotting our scarecrows in the real world and were even honoured to name one and to see our names on a special plaque by another!  A huge well done to all of the children who behaved beautifully and represented our school wonderfully whilst out and about.  Can you spot our scarecrows in the pictures?  

Free tickets have been offered to the families of the children who took part in the making of the scarecrows, for this weekend, and other families are welcome to buy tickets to go and see the gardens too - all money raised goes to a range of superb charities.

Class 2 Geography, by Miss Hughes

Date: 9th Jun 2023 @ 4:29pm

Class 2 have worked very hard this week, learning to name the seven continents and five oceans of the world.  They have even been learning to locate them on maps, globes and in atlases!  We are learning that a continent is a large land mass, made up of many countries and an ocean is a large expanse of salt water, consisting of seas and open ocean.  We can even tell you which is the largest, coldest, deepest and the shapes and locations of some of them!  

Then we learnt facts and information about Kenya, ready to start comparing it with England, next week.  We loved diving into factfiles and reading with our partners, to find out the most interesting fact we could.  Did you know over 1 million wildebeest cross the Mara river every year, during the great wildebeest migration?  We also found out that Lake Victoria is the second largest fresh-water lake in the world! 

Athletics and Sports Day practise in Key Stage 1, by Miss Hughes

Date: 8th Jun 2023 @ 4:52pm

Class 2 had a blast doing PE in the sun this afternoon, beginning to learn some athletics skills including throwing, rolling, hopping and agility.  PE lessons are getting very warm now, so please make sure kit comes into school on PE days, as well as water bottles!  We are looking forward to Sports Day in a few weeks.

Time for take off!, by Miss Hughes

Date: 6th Jun 2023 @ 4:28pm

Class 2 kick-started their Kenya topic today, linked to our school theme of 'Journeys Big and Small', by taking a flight to Africa!  The children queued up at check-in to receive their passports, then boarded Hutton Airways with their luggage and found their seats and boarding passes.  We took off from a cloudy Manchester, landing in hot, sunny Nairobi.  We thought about what we would need to pack, and posed questions that we would like to find out the answers to throughout our topic.

Science Day!, by Miss Hughes

Date: 25th May 2023 @ 5:11pm

Science Day was a roaring success! We loved seeing your incredible projects; it is clear you worked very hard on them and the gallery looked great, this afternoon! Thank you to all parents who joined us to look at your children's books, join in with lessons and experiments together, in the afternoon, too.  

Class 2 Textiles work, by Miss Hughes

Date: 23rd May 2023 @ 4:13pm

Class 2 have been working hard for the last couple of weeks on their latest 'Kapow' DT project.  They designed a hand-puppet based on a Traditional Tale character, then learnt how to join fabrics by glueing, stitching, pinning and stapling.  They used a template to cut out the felt in the right shape, then designed and cut out the pieces needed to embellish their design.  The children worked hard at sewing, or stapling, the felt together before using a glue gun to secure their embellishments.  Don't they look great, now they are finished? We ended our unit of work by evaluating our finished products.  The children made lovely comments about each others' work and were able to say how they could improve their own.  Well done, Class 2!

Sun Safety, by Miss Hughes

Date: 22nd May 2023 @ 5:01pm

Class 1 and 2 were visited today by Charlotte, from Cancer Research North West, who came to teach us all about the importance of staying safe in the sun.  She (and Hope Bear!) told us about sensible clothing choices, staying hydrated and using high factor, 5-star suncream.  We learnt that it is important to keep re-applying cream throughout the day and to wear hats and sunglasses to protect our sensitive skin and eyes.  After Charlotte's session with us, we dressed Hope Bear for her holidays and made postcards home from her.

Scarecrow Building in Class 2, by Miss Hughes

Date: 22nd May 2023 @ 4:58pm

Last Wednesday, five local residents came to work with Class 2, to build enormous scarecrows that will be displayed in some of the Warton gardens that will be open to the public next month!  We had a fantastic time working with the team (superbly organised by Claire) who taught us all about using natural materials, and reusing man-made materials, to avoid waste and protect the environment.  We created some fantastic scarecrows - look how big they are! We worked collaboratively in teams, fastening and attaching the different materials.  We tied lots of knots! Some of us even made crow headbands, to test out whether or not the scarecrows would 'scare' us away!

Thank you to the 'Garden Gang' for coming in to give us this wonderful opportunity.  We can't wait to take a walk around the village to see them all 'in situ'.   Perhaps you will go to see them, yourselves, too?  They have very kindly gifted tickets for the children of Class 2 +1 adult to access the local gardens for free.  Any refreshments purchased while visiting will help to contribute to a number of worthwhile charities.

Science Week Kicks Off, by Mr Pugh

Date: 22nd May 2023 @ 2:56pm

Science Week has started with a visit from Charlotte who works for North West Cancer Research. EYFS and Class 2 learnt about Sun Safety. Class 3 looked at poo and looking after our gut. Class 4 discovered the link between cancer and DNA and extracted the DNA from strawberries and Bananas. We look forward to the rest of the week. 

Cricket Taster Session, by Miss Hughes

Date: 28th Apr 2023 @ 7:53am

Classes 2 and 3 were treated to a cricket taster session with an instructor from the local cricket club, Warton All Stars.  They learnt to hold and control the bat, to swing and hit a ball, as well as team work, turn taking and persevering with a new skill.  The children loved the session!  Information on joining All Stars club will be sent home shortly, for those that are interested in playing more cricket outside of school.  Well done, everyone!

Pupil Parliament, by Miss Hughes

Date: 25th Apr 2023 @ 5:00pm

Four pupils from Year 5 accompanied Miss Hughes to Lancaster and Morecambe College today, to take part in the local 'Pupil Parliament' event.  

The focus at Pupil Parliament this year is equality, diversity and combatting discrimination.  The children learnt about the nine 'Protected Characteristics' of the Equality Act 2010 and how these are attributes that are protected by law; today's focus was racial equality.  They learnt about a time in history when this wasn't always the case, and about a little girl called Ruby Bridges, who contributed to the resegregation of American schools.  The children talked about how even the smallest of people can make the biggest difference, by standing up for what is right.  They discussed the importance of tolerance, respect and fairness, as well as standing up for others and using their voices to speak out when they see injustice.  They practised debating and speaking persuasively to a large audience of around 100 other children and almost 30 adults!

The children were a credit to the school and their families and came back informed and enthused, to educate their peers, speak up and make change. They are keen to share what they learnt in an assembly, help to make a display representing the protected characteristics and get involved in inviting visiting speakers to the school to widen our perspectives and teach us about other races, ethnicities and cultures.  We are very proud of our representatives - well done!

It's a Material World, by Miss Hughes

Date: 25th Apr 2023 @ 4:51pm

Class 2 started their new topic this week, learning all about materials.  We kicked off our Science by exploring lots of different objects and discussing what they were made from.  We were able to identify a lot of common household materials and sort objects by material.  We even spotted that some objects are made of more than one material! Can you see which ones?  

Painting Plants in Class 2, by Miss Hughes

Date: 29th Mar 2023 @ 5:22pm

Class 2 have been learning about an artist called Ruth Daniels, whose art is inspired by nature and tropical rainforests.  We have looked at her artwork and created an 'artist study' page in our sketchbooks, before having a go at colour mixing, practising different brushstrokes and learning to use watercolours effectively.  We then took sections of her paintings, to each focus on one small part, developing the 'observational drawing' skills we learnt earlier in the year.  We practised them in our sketchbooks, with pencils, to focus on shape, space and colour, before recreating them to scale with paints.  We hope when we put them back together, they look like Ruth Daniels's artwork! On Friday, we will have a go at creating our very own nature-inspired paintings.

Plants in Class 2, by Miss Hughes

Date: 17th Mar 2023 @ 9:23am

Look! Our sunflowers have sprouted! We are very excited to see if the rest have germinated too. We'll transplant them into larger pots soon, but it is still too cold to plant them outside. Perhaps we could do this at home over the holidays? 

Comic Relief 2023, by Miss Hughes

Date: 17th Mar 2023 @ 9:18am

We had a lot of fun fundraising for Comic Relief this 'Red Nose Day'.  The children (and staff!) came in dressed in wacky clothing and, after lunch, we had a bubble run for fun.  Then, in assembly, we were entertained by some of the children telling jokes.  At our last count on Friday, we had raised over £100! Well done everyone, what a fantastic effort.

Fire Service visit, by Miss Hughes

Date: 8th Mar 2023 @ 2:21pm

Lancashire Fire & Rescue Service are in visiting us today, teaching Year2 about how to avoid fire risks and how to be safe around fires.

World Book Day, by Mrs Gavriluk

Date: 6th Mar 2023 @ 3:30pm

Class 3 really enjoyed writing poems and reading to Class 1!

World Book Day 2023, by Miss Hughes

Date: 3rd Mar 2023 @ 4:48pm

What a wonderful World Book Day we've had! We loved sharing books with children from other classes, dressing up as our favourite characters and performing poems that we have written or learnt by heart this week.