The children missed out on using clay due to the lockdown so we managed to fit it in later in the year! They experimented with play dough first, they designed either a pinch or coil pot. Finally they moved onto clay. The clay was much harder to manipulate than the play dough so some children …
We used magnifying glasses to help us observe different seeds and beans and sort them into what they are. We were able to identify pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds, runner beans, peas, sesame seeds, tomato seeds, poppy seeds, and cucumber seeds. We have also planted these seeds and beans as they are out of date, so …
Early Years have been lucky enough to be able to observe and see the hatching of eggs and then see five little ducklings get bigger. Year 2 were thrilled that they were able to come and visit us one afternoon, they were very surprised by how loud they were. Mrs Payne was a duckling handling …
For our first week in Summer term the whole school spent some time focusing on our school values of HEART; Honesty, Empathy, Aspiration, Respect, Teamwork. For one of our activities in Year 2 the children split into two teams and between them had to create a heart. It was far more challenging than they anticipated, …
We’ve had great fun for Easter with a bonnet parade walking around the school, an egg hunt to find letters and make words, and lots more fun activities. We had a virtual classmate who couldn’t be with us but didn’t miss out, and some interesting photography from one of our class too!
This year the theme for Children’s Mental Health week was ‘Express yourself’. At Greenfields we did this through our clothes, whether we were at home or at school we all dressed to express ourselves. We even had some siblings join in with us because we know how important it is to think about our mental …
We have been working so hard at home in Year 2, and have been so motivated with all subjects in the curriculum. Computing is especially hard at home but we have all been persevering and impressing all the adults at home and at school. We have been loving music and looking at the genre of …
We have been learning about the Great Fire of London, we know that there are many reasons as to why the fire spread so rapidly including the wind, the houses mainly being made from wood and also because the houses and buildings in 1666 were built so close together that the fire could easily move …
We used oil pastels to create a firework inspired pieces of art work. Our work started with practicing our fireworks in our sketchbooks with coloured pencils before we felt successful enough to move onto black paper with oil pastels. We were so proud of the progress we made within a single lesson!
In Geography we have been comparing South Oxhey to Kampong Ayer. We used the iPads to research and compare the different time zones both places are in. It helped us to understand why the World has different time zones.
