Owl Class
Welcome to Owl Class!
We are in Year 1 & 2 and we love to learn. Our page tells you all about our learning this term, and all the exciting things we have been up to!
Our class teacher is Miss Kat Smith, and our teaching assistants are Mrs Tara Nicholson and Mrs Cat Elliott.
Mrs Emily Richards teaches in Owl Class every Monday.
Please click on this document to see our Curriculum Map and all the different subjects we will be learning this year.
We are currently following Map B.
Our Class Author
During Term 5 & 6, we will be looking at the author Kes Gray and the illustrator Jim Field. These two have collaborated on the fantastic “Oi” series of books, but have their own books that they have written or illustrated as well.
Whole Class Read
We are going to enjoy the classic Paddington books, written by Michael Bond and find out where all his film adventures actually started.
Home Learning
Pupils in Year 1 and 2 are expected to complete reading 5 times a week, and they are given Purple Home Learning books to practise age-appropriate spellings and Maths facts.
Please see the documents below for your termly home learning work. Remember to also use Numbots to practise your Maths facts!
Term 5
In Computing, we are putting our coding skills to the test. This term we are learning how to create a quiz using Scratch Jr.
Our trip to the Fleet Air Arm Museum was FANTASTIC!
We learnt a lot of different flying vehicles and how they changed over time. There was so much to see and do – and lots of things to explore! We got try on costumes, and walk through different planes and helicopters. We even walked through a Concorde!
Maths is all about height and length to start this term! We’ve put our measuring skills to the test and we’ve been measuring different objects in cm and m.
Term 4
Our D&T project this term was sewing! We practised our running stitch and made these amazing felt purses!
Our RE topic is discussing the word ‘special’ and what this means for places of worship in Christianity and Judaism.
First, we explored what ‘special’ means. We each brought in a special item and had to talk in front of the whole class about what it is and why it is special.
In Maths, we have been focussing on place value and using this knowledge to add and subtract number. We use tens and ones to represent 2-digit numbers.
The local author Abbie Asadi came to visit us as a part of our World Book Day celebrations. She shared her book “Starstruck Dreams” with us and told us where her inspiration for writing comes from. We then created our own images and poems using the book.
Our assembly theme for this term is ‘Justice’. Reverend Susie came and told us the story of “Jacob and Esau”, and how Jacob tricked his father into thinking he was his brother. We stopped the story on a cliffhanger and we can’t wait to found out whether Jacob was caught or not!
In Science, we have been learning about our senses. We all took part in a ‘Senses Investigation’ using our sense of touch. We had to try and figure out what the mystery objects were just by touching them!
Term 3
Reverend Susie has started visiting Owl Class for our class collective worship. She told us about Moses and how he freed his people from the Egyptian Pharaoh. This story links to our theme “Perseverance” as Moses didn’t give up trying to do what God wished.
Look at these animal sculptures! We took our collaging skills to the next level by creating cardboard sculptures of different animals, using paper materials to collage the body parts and then creating slots to put the pieces together. They are amazing!
Our Science this term is “Animals including Humans” and we have been learning about the structures of different animals. This includes what we have in common as humans. In this activity we had to label our “body” with internal and external body parts, discussing why we needed them and what they helped us to do.
In Maths, we have been learning about how to collect and present different types of data. Here is a pictogram showing our favourite colours.
In Computing, we are learning how to create graphs digitally to collect and present information.
Our Art this term focusses on creating animal images through collage materials. We carefully choses the shapes and patterns in different materials to create effective body parts for our animals, then chose a contrasting colour to display them on.
Term 2
We learnt the poem “The Night Before Christmas” and created our own pop-up scenes with verses from the poem. We loved combining our writing and D&T skills for this project!
Term 1
We’ve settled really well coming back this September! We are fully back into the swing of school life; learning how to work together as a class and how to persevere with our learning more independently.
Well done Owl Class!
Our story this term is “The Magic Brush”. We have learnt the story, explored it through drama and now we are learning how to write our own magical ‘wishing tale’.
In RE, we have been exploring The Creation Story in Christianity and Judaism. We’ve been discussing our wonderful world and how we can do our part to look after it.
We had a fantastic trip to Salisbury Cathedral! We went on a tour and learnt about the History of the building, and looked at the amazing stained-glass windows. We took part in a Drama workshop and learnt about how the Cathedral moved from Old Sarum to where it currently is. We also created our own stained-glass window art! It was a brilliant day!
Katie came to talk to use about Harvest Festival. We talked about all the work that farmers do during this time, and how thankful we are for our world and the wonderful food we get to eat.
