Portway Infant School
What a fabulous day we had at The Hawk Conservancy! After a short journey we started our day with sketching and discovering as much as possible about the birds. We followed this with the Wings of Africa display. We had to duck quite a lot! The Secretary Bird made us laugh as it karate kicked a rubber snake. After lunch we had more time to explore before ending our day with the Valley of the Eagles display. The vultures flew so low they almost hit our heads. We were damp but happy as we returned to school.
Today was lots of fun! We dissected owl pellets carefully using tweezers and cocktail sticks so we could find out what the owl had been eating. We were really excited to find lots of different bones and then try and match our bones with the examples to find out what each bone was.
This week we have made artwork inspired by the story ‘Wow! Said The Owl’ by Tim Hopgood. We started by creating and layering our owls face using lots of different sized circles. We then drew our owl’s bodies and decorated using different chalk and pastel patterns. Don’t they look amazing?
Today we created our very own owl press print. We had to work through a range of steps to create our art work. First we designed our owl on a whiteboard making sure it was a good size. Then we carefully copied it onto our polystyrene tile using a whiteboard pen. The tricky bit was tracing our design using a pencil making sure we didn’t push too hard. Once our tile was ready we covered it with ink and pressed it onto the paper. What a great way to start our new topic!
This week we have made artwork inspired by the story ‘The Happy Lion’ by Louise Fatio. We started by drawing the face of our lion and we used pastels to colour it in. We then got creative when making the manes by using a range of methods and materials. Have a look at our wonderful creations!
Today Year 2 had a visit from Mindful Minis. We had a great time learning how to be more aware of our bodies and breath and took part in a number of fun breathing exercises and yoga poses. Have a look at the pictures to see just how much fun we had!
Today we enjoyed creating our own jungle camp out of card. We had to think about how to make our camps look 3D using the different materials. We had a great time thinking about what to include in our camps and how to model the card to create the different effects.
We enjoyed a special day today where we were able to dress up as characters from The Lighthouse Keeper stories. We then created our very own lighthouse with a winding mechanism to save Mr Grinling from carrying everything up the winding staircase. We are very proud of our creations!
This morning we were set the challenge to design and build a bridge for the people of London to use to escape the Great Fire. We started by exploring different structures using a range of construction and thought about how this would help up plan our own bridges. We then worked as a team to create our bridge making sure it was strong, stable and secure! What a challenge it was!
This week the children listened to and retold the Easter story. We discussed the importance of the Easter story to Christians. To help us remember the story we created our very own Easter garden using natural materials we found in the school grounds. We hope you enjoy our beautiful gardens.
Last week the children were set the challenge of finding a joke to share with their class on Red Nose Day. There were lots of giggles coming out of our classrooms as the children shared the best jokes they had found. Each class voted for their favourite joke and 4 winners were selected. Our winner's jokes were then sent to Miss Allen and Mr Banks who voted for an overall Year 2 winner. Here are the winning jokes. Which one is your favourite?
The theme for Red Nose Day this year was 'The Great Outdoors' and what a great excuse to spend time outside enjoying the fresh air. Our activities today included creating art work inspired by Andy Goldsworthy, becoming shape detectives and designing and making our own mini woodland. What do you think of our fantastic creations?
