Miss Jamieson's Class: News items
Safer Internet Day in the Junior Department
Date: 5th Feb 2019 @ 7:48pm
Today the children in our school supported Safer Internet Day. The day started with an assembly by Mrs Needham who taught the KS2 department about what it means to consent to something and how we should ask permission before doing something online.
After, the digital leaders acted out some drama scenes which showed some incorrect behaviours online. The children then made suggestions about what should have happened.
All the children received their own St Vincent’s orange wristband to remind them of the messages from the day!
Each child also made a pledge about how they are going to behave online. You can see these displayed on the classroom windows.
Other activities the children completed were: a safer internet survey, an online choices quiz, drawing the internet activity and data jargon buster.
The Year 5 & 6 children had a fantastic workshop this afternoon by Ian Richardson from Intqual Pro. He taught the children about how to behave online, how to keep a safe password and just how many devices are connected to the internet including pillows and toasters!!! The session was ended with an interactive quiz and prizes. Well done to the winners and thank you to Ian Richardson and Barry Searle from Intqual Pro.
The day ended with the Digital leaders all receiving a GOLD note to thank them for all their effort and hard work over the last few weeks in preparation for today!
We hope all the children have enjoyed the day and learned lots about consent and correct behaviours when online.
Good luck to all the children in completing their ‘What would you do?’ homework.
Date: 24th Jan 2019 @ 1:47pm
Today the junior Digital Leadership Team came to the Infant department to help the infant School Councillors make posters for Safer Internet Day. They worked as teams creating their own posters on the laptops and each poster carried very important messages and advice about how to stay safe online. These posters were then printed out and displayed around the school. Safer Internet Day is on Tuesday 5th February and the children will be doing lots of different and varied activities on this day, all with important information about how to stay safe online.
Online Safety Assembly from Google
Date: 12th Dec 2018 @ 8:25pm
Today the children in the junior department had a fantastic, interactive assembly by Google. They talked about their new scheme called ‘Be Internet Legends’. This teaches the children all about how to stay safe online through five key areas:
Sharp - Think before you share
Alert - Check it’s for real
Secure - Protect your stuff
Kind - Respect each other
Brave - When in doubt, discuss
The children were reminded about how to play the game ‘Interland’ where they can visit different worlds and learn how to stay safe online.
Well done to all the children, you all joined in really well!
Mrs Needham
Key Stage Two - Discovery news, quiz and 100 years since the end of World War One
Date: 1st Nov 2018 @ 7:13pm
See this week's news!
Now see if you can answer the questions in the quiz by clicking on Discovery
Date: 2nd Jul 2018 @ 9:32am
On Friday, Year 2 visited the Eureka Science Museum. We learnt all about our interesting bodies, experimented with sounds and also how to create super hero powers with science in an exciting workshop.
Date: 24th May 2018 @ 5:21pm
Today for History Day, Year 2 have transported themselves back to Ancient Greece! We’ve made pots, heard myths and competed in the Olympics.
Date: 18th May 2018 @ 3:17pm
Year 2 have enjoyed our Royal Wedding themed day. We started the day with writing prayers for Harry and Meghan to wish them happiness in their marriage together. We then had a visit from Father John who told us about the Sacrement of Marriage. Following on from this we made crowns, flags and decorated paper plates for our Royal Wedding themed tea party. In the afternoon we all went out onto the field to have our tea party. We all brought in a packed lunch and listened to some of the juniors who played instruments. We then sang the British anthem together. We have all had a great day and can’t wait to see the wedding tomorrow!
Date: 20th Apr 2018 @ 3:59pm
This week began with a surprise in our classrooms. We found a treasure map and some clues. Later in the week we all went on a treasure hunt to explore different settings that we might visit on our imaginary island. We also had to work out what the secret message was as it led to some treasure. As you can see from the pictures, we all had great fun! We are looking forward to seeing some fabulous pirate adventure stories next week!
Date: 29th Mar 2018 @ 10:02am
To celebrate all of our hard work during our History topic 'Titanic', this week Year 2 took part in a ball! The children dressed up as people who would have been onboard the ship in different classes and were able to sample some of the delcious food that would have been served to the passengers. They were also able to take part in some ballroom dancing and lots of them enjoyed showing off their fancy footwork!
Date: 25th Mar 2018 @ 8:18pm
Year 2 was full of talent on Friday in the annual talent show. There was so much variety from playing the piano to gymnastics and singing to name a few. The children were all fantastic and thank you to everyone who took part.
Year 2 Trip to the Maritime Museum
Date: 17th Mar 2018 @ 11:12am
This week Year 2 visited the Maritime Museum in Liverpool to link with our current History topic about the Titanic. We looked around the Titanic exhibit and we were able to learn all about the ship and what happened during the disaster. We were able to dress up as different people who would have been aboard the ship and looked at the differences between the various classes. Then, we listened to the story of Polar the Titanic Bear and all got involved with telling the story of how he and his owner went on an incredible adventure onboard the impressive ship.
Date: 7th Mar 2018 @ 4:39pm
Today, we all took part in the Singathon to help raise money for the different charities that each year group had chosen. We had lots of fun singing together and we managed to sing an amazing 20 songs! We also learnt a special song, as a class and we were able to go and perform this song to our buddy class in the juniors.
Date: 9th Feb 2018 @ 5:56pm
Today, we looked at the celebration of Chinese New Year. We read a traditional tale from China and talked about this in our classes. Also we were able to make our own Chinese dragons, that we then used to perform our own dragon dances. We tasted some delicious prawn crackers and all really enjoyed reading the fortunes that were inside our cookies.
Gong Hey Fat Choy from Year 2!
Year 2 Presentation from Community Support Officer
Date: 8th Feb 2018 @ 2:43pm
Today the Year 2 children has a presentation from Lindsay King who is a Community Support Officer for Altrincham. Lindsay talked to the children about how to stay safe online. She talked about the importance of following rules and to always make sure that parents know what you are doing online. The children listened attentively and answered questions and offered information about different apps and websites they use and access. The presentation was extremely informative and the children understood the safety messages delivered by Lindsay.
Date: 7th Feb 2018 @ 12:51pm
In the Infant Department we had a very busy and informative day for Internet Safety Day. The infant children enjoyed an assembly that was presented to them by the Year 5 digital leaders. The Year 5 children delivered online safety messages to the children through role play and drama.
In class the children then made their own online safety badges,which we are sure provided a talking point at home.
Year 2 children also made their own digital footprints and took part in a class quiz.
Date: 7th Dec 2017 @ 11:18am
In Science, we have been learning all about how to keep our bodies healthy. This week we have set up an experiment all about our teeth. We have placed an egg in several liquids and we are going to leave it there and observe what happens to it over a week. The shell of the egg is like the enamel on our teeth and we are curious to find out what will happen to it when it is left in juice, coca-cola, water and milk over time.
Breaking News! Samuel Pepys' Diary stolen from Year 2!
Date: 7th Dec 2017 @ 11:05am
Year 2 received and amazing parcel from the British Library in London. They were asked to look after one of the treasured diaries written by Samuel Pepys in the 1600’s. They were also sent some samples of the traditional bread that would have baked at Pudding Lane bakery and the cheese that Mr Pepys loved so much.
Unfortunatley, the diary was taken by the notorious theif Sticky Finger Steve. The Year 2’s were given the important job of writing to Steve and persuading him to give back the diaries. Year 2 wrote some amazing persuasive letters and fortunately the diaries were returned just in time to be sent back to the British Library. Phew!
Date: 6th Oct 2017 @ 1:30pm
This week we have been looking at the story Where The Wild Things Are. We have been looking at the verbs in the story and we made our very own verb rap with actions. Later in the week we all went into the 'forest' and found clues from the Wild Things. They left rotten, yellow teeth that were as sharp as a silver sword. They also left brown, soft fur that was as fluffy as a cuddle teddy bear. We all came up with similes and tried to include adjectives too! Look at the pictures to see what else they found!
Date: 6th Oct 2017 @ 12:58pm
This week was Dyslexia Awareness Week and we all took part in No Pens Wednesday. We started the day with a verb action rap followed by conscience alley focusing on the story 'Where the Wild Things Are'. We discussed whether the forest grew in Max's room and explained our reasons why we thought that. We discussed feelings and emotions also. We then moved onto our maths lesson where we learnt about the properties of 3D shapes, made nets and played interactive maths games. In Science, we catergorised items into living, non living and never lived.
We all throughly enjoyed our day and we learnt lots without picking up a pencil or pen!
Date: 22nd Sep 2017 @ 3:59pm
This week we read the book 'Not Now Bernard' and we had lots of fun imitating the monster in the story. We all took part in a freeze frame activity where we had to show different emotions. We then got into our classes and drew our own monsters. We added colour and then came up with 2AD phrases to go with what we had drawn. It was a great team effort by all!
Date: 22nd Sep 2017 @ 3:50pm
Last week on Wednesday it was Roald Dahl Day. In Year Two we all had lots of fun creating our very own 'marvellous medicine'. We put lots of interesting ingredients into it and we all came up with our own adjectives to describe our medicine.
Date: 5th May 2017 @ 3:16pm
Ahoy me hearties! Shiver me timbers! Yo ho ho!
In Year 2 we have been imagining ourselves to be Pirates, sailing the Seven Seas. We have designed and made our own treasure maps and wrote a list of instructions. Who will find the treasure first?
Today all the Year 2 children went on a Pirate Treasure Hunt. We had to follow the picture clues of different settings we might find on a deserted island; from beautiful blue lagoons with cascading waterfalls to deep, dark jungles full of fearsome creatures to exploding, sizzling volcanoes. Each setting had a mystery letter which we put together to make the final clue. It was all a bit of a jumble and took a little time to decode. At last the secret was revealed! Can you spot the clue to the location of the treasure?
Date: 3rd Apr 2017 @ 9:52am
Year 2 Trip - Titanic Museum
Year 2 had a day out at the Liverpool Maritime Museum learning all about our current History topic - the Titanic. We looked at lots of artifacts and models from the ship and had an interactive story read to us about one boy's experience. Even Mr Nicholls had to get dressed up!
Date: 3rd Apr 2017 @ 9:45am
World Book Day 2017
Year 2 explored their favourite books and created our own comics before receiving our very own personalised book from Year 6.
Date: 3rd Apr 2017 @ 9:58am
Nature Sculptures
To top off our Art topic about art in nature, Year 2 made our own nature sculptures using natural objects collected from home. Naturally, we were very creative!
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