Portway Infant School
This term we have been learning how to play the ukulele with Mrs Courcoux from Hampshire Music Service and we have been working hard to improve our plucking and strumming. Today we were so excited to perform in a concert with a full audience! A huge thank you to our wonderful music teacher, Mrs Courcoux, and to our grown ups for supporting us this afternoon.
Year 2 were so excited to have a visit from Hampshire Fire and Rescue Service this week. We loved our session with Jo who talked about what to do during a fire as well as teaching us a song! We played games and some of us even got to dress up in firefighters' clothing. What a great time we had, thank you very much to Jo and the rest of Hampshire Fire and Rescue.
Our visit from The Drama Hut!
Today we had an exciting visit from The Drama Hut where the very talented actor, Kat, took us on a journey to explore the events of the Great Fire of London. We met Thomas Farriner who described what happened the night the fire started and we also met Samuel Pepys who read his diary to us. We also loved showing off our knowledge from this term's learning. What a fantastic time we had! Have a look at our photos below!
This term Year 2 have started learning to play the ukulele with the wonderful Mrs Courcoux from Hampshire Music Service. We have learnt to hold our instruments and pluck different strings. We have loved learning lots of new songs to sing alongside playing our ukuleles or clapping to different beats. We are excited for the rest of the term!
World Book Day 2023
On Thursday we dressed up as our favourite story characters for World Book Day! Our day began with sharing our amazing costumes and talking about our characters. We took part in a drama lesson based on one of our favourite stories ‘The Shark in the Dark’. Everyone particularly enjoyed the story themed lunch! What an amazing day we enjoyed!
Can you guess who we are in the photos? If you dressed up then who would you like to be?
Today we ventured out in the cold for a fantastic day using our amazing school grounds. We enjoyed using our map reading skills and our clue solving abilities as we took part in an orienteering activity. We were set different measuring challenges such as building a 20cm high chair for Goldilocks using natural resources we found outside! We were all especially excited to go on a hidden trail through the woodland to find clues from different traditional tales before creating clay faces to match one of the characters
We loved starting our week with a special Willow Pattern Day. We created our own plate based in the style of the Willow Pattern. We designed our own Pagoda and painted them using different tones of blue and white for effect. Then after lunch we followed in the steps of Koong Shee and Chang to create origami paper boats to pass messages across the river.
Have a look at our fantastic work!
Over the past couple of weeks, we have been learning to play New Age Kurling. We started by learning the correct throwing (pushing) position and have experimented with how the amount of power we put into each throw affects the distance it travels. We then developed a variety of different shots and have learnt how to use them tactically within a game. Over the past couple of weeks, we have been learning to play New Age Curling. We started by learning the correct throwing (pushing) position and have experimented with how the amount of power we put into each throw affects the distance it travels. We then developed a variety of different shots and have learnt how to use them tactically within a game.
Year 2 were extremely lucky last week as we got to take part in a Chinese New Year workshop. We were introduced to the 12 different animals of the Chinese calendar and were excited to find out that this year we are celebrating the year of the Tiger. The fun didn’t stop there though as we got to perform a traditional Chinese dance and even form our own class dragon! The Chinese believe that the longer the dragon, the more luck you will get.
Year 2 had a great time at the Children’s Concert in Southampton. After a fun coach journey, we found our seats in the Central Hall and we were very excited for what was to come! We especially liked the magician on stage who turned a can of coke into a 2 litre bottle – wow! It was wonderful to see so many new instruments as well as some we already knew and we listened carefully to each piece of music. Sometimes we even pretended to conduct the orchestra ourselves! What a fantastic morning we had!
Story Sticks
This week we listened to the story and music of Peter and the Wolf by Prokofiev. We loved learning about the different characters and their personalities. Part of our learning is to retell the story and this is why we created our story sticks. We used different fabrics and wools to represent the characters and places in the story. If you look closely at our sticks can you see the different characters and events that happen in the story?
