Today we enjoyed learning about habitats. We now know that a habitat is where an animal or plant lives. We went on a woodland adventure around the school and found many insects. We found a spider, ant, worm and even a little frog. The frog then jumped on one of our feet! We then had to draw the habitats which we had seen and label them. We had so much fun in the sunshine!

In Geography this week, we went outside to our school field and carried out some fieldwork to investigate the question – Why are natural habitats special?

Whilst we were there, we looked for insects, animals, plants and trees. The children enjoyed seeing the different types of plants and animals that live in the woodland.

This week is Neurodiversity week. In Elder Class we watched a video that explained what it feels like to be Neurodiverse.

We found out that some famous people like Daniel Radcliffe, Billie Eilsh are neurodiverse. Daniel has Dyspraxia and Billie has Tourette's Syndrome.  We discussed how this has helped them in their careers. 

We enjoyed learning about how animals can become camouflage by changing colours. We investigated this and learnt that some animals do this to hunt and other animals do this to defend themselves. We then created our own butterflies and made them camouflage which our classroom! We loved doing this!

As part of Science week Elder class have been thinking about how and why animals camouflage in their enviroments.

We found out the difference between change and adapting was that if something changes it becomes a different form or replaces what it was before where as adapting means it changes to become more suitable for a new situation or enviroment. 

The children made butterflies and then hid them around the classroom for everyone to find.

In Year 2 we have been looking at 'Animals including humans' and during 'Science Week' this week, we looked at the theme ‘adapt and change’ by focusing on animals that can camouflage.

We now know that camouflage is where an animal has a certain colour or pattern on their fur/skin that helps them to blend into their environment. Animals use camouflage to help protect them from predators or to be able to sneak up on their prey without being seen.

A good example of camouflaging is the leaf butterfly as it resembles a dead leaf. Other colourful butterflies advertise the fact that they are poisonous or taste bad to their enemies by their vivid colours.

We then had a go at making our own butterflies and hid them around our classroom for our friends to find! 

Elm Class have been thinking about 'Too good to be true?' in relation to internet safety. We thought about the skills and knowledge we can use to stay safe online.

We then made some posters to show how to keep safe online. These included intructions like 'Stop and tell a trusted adult'.

Elder Class have been thinking about 'Too good to be true?' in relation to internet safety. We talked about how to keep ourselves safe on line and how we can protect ourselves from internet scams.

We made some posters to help us stay safe on line.

Today we celebrated World Book day. We dressed up as characters from our favourite stories and some of us brought in our favourite book. We then shared these during circle time. These included Harry Potter, Bluey, Fairy Unicorns and Dog Man. Mrs Mclean shared her favourite book which is called The Smed and The Smoos. We learnt how this book is special because it teaches you that you can be friends with anyone, regardless of they way they look or act. We have had the best day!

Fir Class have had an amazing World Book Day. We started the day with a catwalk to show off our amazing book character costumes.

We then spent some time sharing our books and discussing what we liked about them. We also enjoyed making our own bookmarks to take home.

We ended the day with a Kahoot quiz about some of our favourite book characters and enjoyed seeing all of the points and streaks in a row we could get!