Florence Nightingale: The lady with the lamp

We have been learning about Florence Nightingale who lived a long time ago. She went to Sutari during the Crimean war to help the injured soldiers. She was called the lady of the lamp because she would walk around with her lamp as late as 2 am to check on the soldiers. We made our own lamps after describing the differences between her lamp and the lamps we have at home. 

Capacity

Today we learnt about capacity. We measured the fluid in different sized measuring cylinders. It was really fun and we got messy!

Peter's visit to Year 2

Year 2 welcomed Peter from St Leonard's Church into our class to learn more about his role.  We learnt about what Peter's job involved and how much he enjoyed weddings, christenings and coming into schools to meet children! 

We are going to visit Peter at St. Leonard's Church on Wednesday 24th June.

Learning about Islam

Year 2 welcomed Mr Numan Khalid into our class this week to learn more about Islam.  We learnt a lot about why Muslims go to the mosque and how they pray.  Year 2 also learnt about the role of an Imam and how important the Imam is in the local community. 

Mr Khalid also explained why the Qu'ran is important and also sang a song in Arabic using his drum. It was a lovely visit to our class and the children were all engaged and asked our visitor excellent questions which he answered.  Mr Khalid has  invited Year 2 to the mosque in St. Albans - a wonderful learning experience that they could go to in Year 3.

After the lesson, we made some thank you letters to Khalid.

Animal sculptures

We've had a very creative week and used clay to make some fantastic nocturnal animals.  Although it we had a couple of messy lessons, we had plenty of fun.  All there is left to do, is to glaze our sculptures with PVA glue and water and then they will be complete.  We hope that you enjoy the photos.