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In Science this week, Class Three continued with their learning about life cycles and reproduction. This week, we learned about amphibians, specifically the life cycle of a frog! The children explored differences amongst the species, including that of a tree frog. We then planned a…

We have loved participating in Sports Week at Mary Howard! Class three have enjoyed different activities centred around various sports this week including: tennis, badminton, basketball and cricket! Excellent koinonia and perseverance demonstrated by all, especially during our ‘world…

Well done to Class Two! You have worked so hard throughout our time unit. We have all deepened our existing learning and eradicated common misconceptions. I am so proud of you all! 

We are thinking about summer and have set up a beach cafe role play area! We have been using our imaginations to be the chef and customers! 

In science, Class Two explored reflective surfaces through a classroom hunt! Through this discovery learning, Class Two identified which properties makes an item reflective and understood how light bounces off them into a new direction. Well Done Class Two!

In computing Year 2 revisited how to use Scratch Jr. They added a new sprite, changed the background and created a sequence of commands. Then they worked with the Reception children and showed them how to program. Great teamwork! 

Class Three began reading their new text, The Shadow Cage. The children made predictions about the text using clues from the front cover. We then used paired reading and explored the use of question sentences (our SPAG focus) as a tool to create suspense within a narrative, within several short…

Well done to Class Two for completing their spiritual art pieces ready for the competition. Each piece was beautiful and a true, personal interpretation of ‘thinking about God’.

Congratulations to our Spirited Arts winners at Mary Howard! They were very excited to post their competition entries for judging at the village post box!

We looked again at our sweetpeas to check if they were growing shoots and leaves.
In only a few days we spotted some real changes, helped along by the warm weather! 

Class Two had an amazing time on our school trip to the ThinkTank this week! Our little scientists explored the Planetarium, Our Changing Planet and Futures sections of the museum, as well as enjoying the outdoor science garden and a special light show to link to this terms science topic!
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We had an amazing day out in Birmingham visiting Thinktank. Lots of hands-on and practical activities to try! The science garden was fantastic!