Today in D.T, we had so much fun making a mechanism for a celebration card. We used sliders and split pins to make our card.

Today in Science, we learned about recycling; what recycling is, what we can recycle and how we can recycle. We sorted the items into the different recycling bins and then made a Recycling Pledge.

What do you know about recycling?

This week we began our new computing unit to sequence simple algorithms and programs

We took part in an activity where one child pretended to be the computer and the other child was the programmer. They sat back to back, the programmer giving instructions to the computer to carry out.

Wednesday 15^th February 2023

This morning we took part in a prayer service, remembering the people and animals who have suffered and are still suffering as a result of the earthquake. We prayed for them, kept them in our hearts and thought about how grateful and thankful we are.

We drew pictures and wrote about what we are thankful for and why.

Prayer service

The children have been learning about sorrow this week. Sorrow is a feeling of deep distress and sadness caused by a loss, disappointment or other misfortune suffered by oneself or others. sorrow can be as a result of a loss of a job, loneliness, rejection and so much more.

The children had a time of reflection during our prayer service and completed the missing words in the Act of Sorrow prayer.

children also learnt that it is ok to reflect and be sorry our actions, for the things we may have said or done and that if we have faith and ask for forgiveness, God will forgive us.

Who is special to you?

In today’s prayer service, Year 2 took part in a prayer service on ‘Who is special to you’.

We talked about who is special to us, why they are special to us and how that makes us feel.

Miss Drumgoole and Miss Begum shared the special people in their lives.

Ellie “My Grandpa is in heaven”

Jenny “My mom because she loves me”

Malick “My elder brother Mustafa, because when my mom goes to an appointment, he looks after me”

Mohammed Arga “My dad because he buys me what he wants”

Dylan “My dad is special because he loves me”

Abyaan “My cousins and I have seven of them. They play with me and like to play with me”

Ibrahim “Fatima because she takes care of me”

Emmanuel “My mom because she cooks food for me and gives me strawberries”

Lillian “Everybody is special to me”

Doha “My mom, she makes good food”

Alicia “ My brother Matthew”

Luana “ My cousin Mia, because she plays with me”

Since returning to school, Year Two have been looking at money. We have been exploring the different coins and notes, using vocabulary such as pounds and pence.

We worked in pairs, buying items from the shop and using our maths calculations to find out how much change to give to the customer.

We had lots of fun exploring 3D shapes; talking about the edges and faces of a 3D shape

“It has 6 flat faces and 12 edges. It is a cube!”

“My shape has two faces face; one curved face and one flat faces. It is a cone”

“This shape has five flat faces and nine edges. It is a triangular prism!”

“A cylinder has 2 flat faces and one curved face. It has two edges”

This week, Year 2 have been planning, designing and making a bridge for Mary and Joseph to cross over to go to Bethlehem.

Today we carried out our own in-class Advent Prayer Service. We listened to “O Come, O Come Emmanuel”.

We asked ourselves how we would welcome other people into our home/school/church:

Show them around our church – Lillian

Be friends with them – Juhaina

Praise people for coming – Alicia

Help them if they are hurt – Mohammed Arga

Share with them – Bright

Make them happy Emmanuel

Play with them – Malick

Cheer them up – Ashraf

Give them faith and hope – Jannat

Ask them if they need anything – Hasham

Say hello and make food for them – Rukayya

Come Lord, come again 

Come Lord, your wounded world is yearning 
for you to come again. 
Come Lord, your weary world is crying out 
for you to lift us up 
out of our despair, our hunger, 
our thirst for something better, 
our need for the food that will last. 
Come Lord, come again, 
we need to begin again. 

Sue Allerton/CAFOD 

God of hope 

God of hope, 
we cling to you, 
for your renew the face of the earth.  

Through the gift of your Son, 
our Lord Jesus, 
we follow you on the path of dawn. 

Enlightened by your love and wisdom, 
help us to lead each other 
and all creatures 
back to your open arms. 
Amen. 

Light up our lives 

Christ, come into our world of darkness 
Light up our lives with your coming. 
Fulfil all our longings with the joy of your birth 
Strengthen our resolve to work for change in our world 
And to share the hope of your birth that each Advent brings. 
Amen. 

God asks us to be ready to welcome Jesus when he comes. we can do this by:

celebrating the song of God

Being brothers and sisters and show,in glove and care to everyone

being faith-filled and having hope

being blessed

praying