Future Wimbledon Champion at Sandridge School

The sun is shining, Wimbledon, strawberries and cream for everyone.  Throughout the summer term, we have been developing our tennis schools.  I'm pretty sure that we have a couple of Wimbledon champions in the making!

Keep it up Year 2.

Healthy sandwich!

Year 2 have been busy making some healthysandwiches.  We had lots of fun.

First, we had to wash our hands.
Then, we had to prepare the food.
Before we put the food in to make our sandwich, some children spread butter onto the two slices of bread.
Lastly, we cut our sandwich in half and gobbled it up!

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Year 2 are keeping fit!

Year 2 have come up with a way of keeping fit!

We have created a table to inspire us to get fitter.  In small groups, the children picked three exercises that they wanted to complete.  They had to count the number of times that they did the exercise (e.g. star jump, sit up, push up, high knees, squat, skipping) in thirty seconds.  We recorded the results into a table.

It was a lot harder than a lot of the children thought it would be but they are determined to get fitter and want to repeat the activity to see if they can improve on their times.

We also had a lot of FUN!

Amazon rainforest

As part of our topic on Brazil, Year 2 have been learning about the Amazon rainforest.  We were surprised how large the rainforest is and discovered why it has been referred to as the lungs of the world. 

We learnt that there are four layers of the rainforest.  I'm not going to give the answers away! You will need to ask a Year 2 child and see if they can impress you with these layers.  We worked in small groups to paint the Amazon rainforest.  In the paintings, you will see the four layers of plants.  The class were very pleased with the outcome of their paintings.  If you want to see their art, it is currently displayed on our windows.  A big thank you to Leah in Year 5 for helping the children set up.

We LOVE reading!

Year 2 have really taking to reading this term.  They have enjoyed reading to their partners and supporting each other.  I've noticed that a lot more children are reading at home to an adult (the 'Reading Ladder' is looking good!) and some children have started reading stories aloud to the whole class.   This is particularly good as this will develop your child's self esteem and confidence with reading and develop their speaking skills and ensure that they read with a lot of expression to capture their audience. Well done Year 2.

Rabbi Rafi

Year 2 invited Rabbi Rafi from St Albans Masorti Synagogue into our class to learn more about his role and responsibilties as a rabbi. 

Rafi told us a lots of interesting information about his job and we learnt so much!  Rafi was really funny and the children loved having him in our class.

We learnt that rabbi means teacher and that he teaches children and adults.  He prays three times a day and that he wears a kippah to remind him that God is always around him.

We cannot wait to meet Rabbi Rafi again and even maybe visit his synagogue.