Primary Students

Diwali is the Hindu festival of light and the K2 team could not resist yet another opportunity to dress up! The children in K2 participated in five different activities as they moved around the Year Group. In Mr. M's class the children were involved in observational drawings of Indian objects involved in the "Puja", in Miss. Chree's class they painted their own diyas and in Miss. Tracey's class the children had fun dressing in traditional Indian clothes and having their photograph taken. Diwali cards were made in Miss. Amy's class, while the fifth activity, in Miss. Stella's classroom, was using coloured rice to make beautiful Rangoli patterns. To finish off the morning, everyone then met in the shared area to take part in some Indian dancing in true Bollywood style - great fun and good exercise! The children and staff had a great day.

If you went down to K2 today you would have been surprised because there were some VERY BIG K2 children around. [Although some said that it was the teachers dressed in school uniforms!] The K2 children and staff were celebrating their first token day because each class had reached its target of 100 tokens - well done K2! The children took part in a range of ‘bear' activities in the morning including making jam sandwiches, decorating cookies, drawing bears, playing bear games and making masks. The highlight  was definitely the picnic in the afternoon when everyone took their bear outside to enjoy the sandwiches, cookies and juice. Everyone went home tired after a fun filled day and can now start to look forward to our next token day party. I wonder what we will be!!

We think that play is a vitally important part of the development and learning of your children. So with this in mind we turned role play into reality, when the whole year group visited a real Café. Well actually, not a real Café but the foyer of the Sports Hall that the K2 team had carefully set up as a café for the children to visit. In preparation, the children listened to the story of ‘Mrs. Wobble the Waitress' by Janet and Allan Ahlberg and watched some of the K2 teachers role-playing a visit to a café. It was then time to put these skills into action in the real setting. Each class visited for an hour and worked in small groups to make, serve, eat and pay for a healthy sandwich and a drink. It was a fantastic language opportunity and it was definitely a case of ‘learning by doing' in a purposeful and meaningful setting. All around you could see and hear the children using the language of cafes. Waiters could be heard asking "Would you like cheese, ham or egg in your sandwich?" While cashiers were busy on the telephone saying "What time would you like to book a table for Sir?" Many children enjoyed making the sandwiches or answering the telephone. But I think eating the sandwiches was by far the most popular choice! The visit really is one of the highlights of the K2 calendar and both children and staff agreed that it was great fun. Who knows it might even lead to lots of cooking and serving of food and drinks at home!