Art in Year 2

The Squirrels have been using lots of different techniques in art this week to creat a piece of art you might see in a rainforest home. We tie dyed napkins with natural dye and then used coffee to block print patterns. We are going to sew sequins on next week and attach them together to make a unique piece of art work.

Yesterday The Squirrels learnt a new skill! We learnt to sew! We threaded the cotton through the needle, tied a knot in the bottom and all sewed 2 sequins onto our napkins. Last night Miss Edwards glued them all together to make a quilt and it is now on display in the corridor! It looks amazing!

Today, Pupils’ Parliament held a bake sale to raise money for Children in Need. They had a brilliant afternoon selling the treats that had been kindly donated, thank you!

The Year 6 children have been given a career talk from a solicitor. Rachel Butler came in and spoke to us all about how she wanted to get into law and her journey into becoming a solicitor. The children were very interested and asked some great questions.

Some of our Year 6 pupils had the opportunity to meet a poet and writer called Kai Bailey. In the session, the children started to prepare their own poems in groups which they will later perform at the Sam Newson Centre. From this, a select few children will be chosen to perform their poems at London’s west end theatre.

Year 6’s have also been given a career talk from PSCOs Marie and Renata. They have spoken to the children about the journey they had through school to the job they do now. The children have also asked lots of interesting questions regarding the work they do now and have done previously. The advice they gave to our children was to achieve the best that they can which comes under our aim to “ASPIRE”

Year 6 have been given a career talk by Contract Freelance Fashion Designer Emma Turk. Emma spoke to the children about her journey into becoming a designer, the places she has visited through her work and even the celebrities she has designed for (Madonna, Julia Roberts and Renee Zellweger)! Emma also told the children about her designs that are seen in our local Asda! This has definitely given some of the children who are interested in this an idea of what they need to ASPIRE to do in the future.

This afternoon the Year 6 children have been given a career talk from Firefighter Will Kirkham who is a retained firefighter from Long Sutton. He came in to tell us all about his career as well as being an ambulance driver as part of his job. The children asked lots of interesting questions all about his jobs and his favourite part of the job.

During art week the children researched the different types of pots that were used in Ancient Greece – as different pots had different uses. Using their research, the children designed their own pots before creating them using air-dry clay. Once the clay pots were dry, the children practised their design patterns before painting their pots using black paint.

Well done to the children who have painted the bottom part of plastic bottles to create our Remembrance display. The display looks absolutely brilliant and so effective. Thank you all on your kind donations towards the Poppy Appeal.

Yesterday a few Year 1 parents attended a Phonics course. Their children joined them later. Together they participated in fun phonics activties. It was a most enjoyable afterfoon. A massive thank you to all who attended and participated in the activities.

This afternoon the children have been baking some palm oil free cakes and cookies ready for our Rainforest quiz and bake sale tomorrow afternoon, We hope to see as many of you there as possible! It’s going to be an excellent afternoon!

This morning the school have been visited by Pudsey. Pudsey came in to see how we are fundraising money for Children In Need on Friday.