OSPREY
Forest School
Today we ventured out in the cold for a fantastic day using our amazing school grounds. We enjoyed using our measuring skills alongside our newly learned weaving skills to create a wolf's eye( God's Eye). We perfected our map reading skills as we went orienteering and started to learn how to use a compass ( we might need a bit more practise!) We were all especially excited to go on a hidden trail through the woodland to find clues from different traditional tales, some of them were very well hidden.



















Willow Pattern Day
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!






































Visit to the Orchestra
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?
























Christmas Assembly
Today we were lucky enough to be joined by some very talented Portway parents for our Christmas assembly in the hall. The grown ups impressed us with their musical talent and it was lovely to see so many different instruments. What a great way to come together and sing some well known Christmas carols! Thank you to our wonderful performers for joining us.


Penguin Bottles
We had such a great time designing and creating our own type of penguin. We carefully planned which penguin we wanted to make. We used paper and paste carefully to mould our penguin shape and then chose suitable materials to match our plan and decorate. We are very proud of the results. Have a look at our wonderful photos!
Penguin Day
Today was Penguin Day and what a great day we had! We were each given an egg to look after for the entire day. We created our brood pouches using a range of materials to help keep our egg safe, warm and dry. It was so lovely reading some of our favourite books to our eggs during the school day. We finished the day by practising our ‘Penguin Dance’ which was made all the more exciting because we were actually dressed up as penguins!
Roald Dahl Puppets:
Our author focus last half term was all about the amazing work of Roald Dahl. We loved listening to his stories so much that we were thrilled to be able to create our own puppet based on our favourite characters. We carefully planned our puppet before having a go at sewing our puppet together. Take a look at some of our wonderful creations…






















Cycling at Portway!
We have really enjoyed cycling so far this term as we gain confidence and control moving around the track. Have a look at our photos to see the fun!
















































Bamboo Tamboo
This term we are learning how to play bamboo tamboo with Mrs Buckley from Hampshire Music Service. We have been recreating the sounds of the Caribbean using our percussion instruments. We can’t wait to continue practising ready to perform next half term.
























