Swifts and Swallows get very ARTY!

Today, Swifts and Swallows were visited by some artists who gave them an amazing opportunity to create work to be displayed in Southampton.  Artist Kev Munday, will be using our work as inspiration for a HUGE billboard set to be displayed in January.  Keep your eyes peeled for this (the billboard behind Kwikfit in Bitterne.) Children used bold colours and shapes to create their very own funky character in the style of Kev's work.  These pieces will be exhibited in 'Showcase gallery' in Southampton in February (more details to follow.) What a fantastic opportunity they all had today to showcase their talents!  Well done super Swifts and Swallows.  Take a sneak peak of their designs below...

SWIFT'S POPCORN PARTY!

Super Swifts were such busy little bees all of last half term and settled back brilliantly so I thought that they DEFINITELY deserved a treat! Each half term they have a chance as a class to earn a reward due to them being the BEST they can be through earning fuzzy balls.  When the class bucket is full, they get their treat! Their first  treat was a...popcorn party with a movie! I've never seen them so quiet :) Well done my Swifties.  Roll on the next treat...

Swifts and Swallows are 'BIRD-TASTIC!'

What an exciting start to the week Year 2 have had today! The AMEW's Falconry were invited in to teach us all about the different birds of prey found in our area and linked to our topic this half term, 'Into the Forest.'  Mandy and Paul really loved the children's questions and awarded them gold stars for their enthusiasm.  Well done super Swifts and Swallows, we are very proud!  Here are some highlights from today's visit...be prepared though as the video is very scream-ish...

SUPER SWIFTS SMASH SATS!

Swifts have worked INCREDIBLY hard this week and I am so PROUD of them ALL! They undertook their SATs papers for Reading and Maths which help contribute towards the teacher assessments at the end of the school year.  They tackled these tests head on with a calm and positive manner.  Living up to their name, they did exactly what was asked of them and carried on learning to be the best that they can! Well done SUPERSTARS!  Thank you to all those members of staff that were in involved - you were brilliant! Also, a special shout out to our fab parents that have supported us throughout our journey, couldn't have done it without all your support at home!

Well done SUPER SWIFTS!!

           

Super Swift's first day!

Wow! What a super day it's been in the Swift class today!  We explored our cool classroom and got to know what life would be like in Year 2...it is FANTASTIC! Miss Sangha took Swift selfies  for our Instagram board, they look AWESOME! As it was our SEAL day we took part in lots of fun activities.  We created our class rules, made a learning wish/dream for this half term and wrote it down to go into a 'dream jar' (it was very exciting!) Then Miss Sangha asked us what kind of teacher we wanted so we wrote our ideas down and we created a compliment for someone in our class because we are all so sweet! Here are some highlights from today...

Swift Christmas Crafts!

So as the countdown to Christmas begins, we decided to bring some Christmas fun into the Swift class and spread some Christmas cheer! We made some chocolate Christmas trees using KitKat bars (the staff were very impressed but mostly because of the scraps left to nibble on...unfortunately Mr Adams missed out!) We even decoated some felt templates using fabric pens and GLITTER!! Lets see what tomorrow brings...big thanks to Mrs Stubley and Mrs Carey for coming up with these ingenius ideas. What would Miss Sangha do without them hey? :)

Marvellous medicine making!

Wow, what a week year 2 have had! We have been looking at George's Marvellous Medicine in our Guided Reading and English sessions.  As part of a compelling learning opportunity, Swifts were given a chance to get creative this week! In English, it was all about recipes so it gave us the chance to look at all the important things needed to write one.  It tied in nicely with Anti-bullying week as we wanted to make an anti bullying medicine for a particular character from the book.  In order to use the features learnt, we were then able to make our very own marvellous medicine.  They truly were... REVOLTING and as Mrs Hayward and Mr Adams put it, GHASTLY! They very kindly came in to see what the end outcome looked like.  I think Roald Dahl would've been proud! See for yourself, if you dare...