The Tawny Owls had a dental nurse visit today from Peninsula Dental Social Enterprise. They had a very informative session on how to look after their teeth. They were each given a book called, Open Wide and Step Inside and a toothbrushing kit. 

The Tawny Owls were delighted to receive a letter today from King Charles III. 
The pupils had sent copies of their persuasive letters to the government, to His Royal Highness when they were learning the story, The Journey Home which was about endangered animals. 
It was lovely to see the excitement on the children's faces when we had this exciting delivery and it has given great purpose to their writing. 
In the letter the King thanked the children, 'for sending him copies of the splendid messages you sent...and was immensely touched to learn that you all care deeply about protecting animals, and greatly appreciates the care with which you composed your letters'. 

The Tawny Owls looked at and discussed the similarities and differences between the houses in UK and Uganda. They then took their learning outside and created model villages. 
They then used the Chromebooks to create PowerPoint presentations that told the audience about what they had learnt throughout this Geography unit. It was great to see how confident they all were standing in front of their peers, talking about their new knowledge.

An author of a picture book called, Tank the Tooth Fairy came to visit today. Bethany Finnimore read the story which is a fantastic book that spoke about the importance of being resilient. The book looked at how to turn a possible 'weakness' into a strength which we thought was a great moral. After the children heard the story, they were invited to become an illustrator, creating a new page for the book!

In Science, we are exploring materials and how they can change. Today, the Tawny Owls looked at flexible and non flexible solids and conducted an experiment where they concluded that flexible solids could be pulled, squashed, bent and twisted.

The Tawny Owls have looked at the key parts of the Christian story, Easter. They then used watercolour to depict a part of the story of their choice. 

For our first day back of the new Spring Term; our school volunteer Simon Arnold showcased some of his musical abilities by playing a clarinet. Mr Arnold talked through the different notes as well as how to play the clarinet using a reed. 
All the children were in awe of his musical skills and it has helped start our new school term off with a musically merry note! 

Today, the Tawny Owls started creating their space books. They are looking amazing!

The pupils in the Tawny Owls class worked in groups to create space stories, composing music to relate to the different elements. 

This week, the Tawny Owls worked in groups exploring how to construct a fire. They then made explorer badges and cooked toffee apples. 

The year 1 pupils have been learning about the composition of numbers between 10 and 20. They are beginning to understand tens and ones and this has been helped by the use of games and manipulatives. 

Last week in PE, the Tawny Owls began their dance session by watching a firework display and discussed the movements they made. They then listened to the music, 'Music for the Royal Fireworks' by Handel and spoke about the dynamics. 
The class then experimented with movement using dance scarfs and streamers before putting together a sequence to the music.  

The Tawny Owls are studying the topic, Explorers and Adventurers through Forest School this half term. They had a fantastic session with Mrs Roberts, learning about Ernest Shackleton. They heard how the crew of the ship Endurance hit an iceberg whilst on an Antarctic expedition. The crew (the pupils) got stranded on Elephant Island (the environmental area) and had to build shelters and make fires to stay safe. They worked brilliantly in teams and had fun learning key facts too.

The Tawny Owls finished their Art unit, mixing colour by creating beautiful winter watercolour paintings. There were a mixture of ski slopes, northern lights and general festive cheer!

The Owlets and Tawny Owls created some amazing winter pictures this week using a variety of medium including; chalk, pastels and pencils. 

The Tawny Owls have shown fantastic learning behaviours this half term and earnt their 10 golden stars. Their treat was to make, decorate and eat their biscuits!

The Tawny Owls and Owlets had a fabulous time at the Barnfield Theatre in Exeter watching, The Elves and the Shoemaker. The runaway cookie was one of the highlights!

On Monday this week, Barn Owls completed their Science unit: Magnetism. Therefore their end unit assessment task was to create a detailed fact file all about Magnets and the facts they had learnt this term. The Barn Owls children then shared and discussed their work with the Tawny Owls children; the classroom was filled with learning focussed chatter and discussion. The Tawny Owls were so inspired by the older children, they then began to share their Science work and learning. 
It was a wonderful opportunity for all the children to practice and develop their oracy skills as well as actively listen to one another. An excellent way to conclude our Science learning this term, well done Barn Owls and thank you Tawny Owls. We hope to share more learning with you next year!

This term in Construction Club, the children have thoroughly enjoyed letting their imaginations run wild in order to build and create different creations using the construction materials. As you can see Lego has been a firm favourite. The children really enjoyed sharing their ideas, verbally discussing what they had chosen to create as well as explaining to peers and supporting adults all about the different constructed elements. Well done to all who attended. 

The Tawny Owls have been completing tasks from a kindness advent calendar. Today, they created cards for the elderly in their local community. We hope that spreads some happiness!

Animals near extinction have been wandering through the Tawny Owls classroom and it has started an interesting topic for English. The pupils will be writing letters to the government about the importance of looking after our world. 

Using manipulatives is a key way to learn various maths concepts. The year 2 have been using counters to help them understand crossing 10 when adding and subtracting. 

The Tawny Owls have been exploring colour during their Art lessons recently. The pupils used watercolour to create paintings of landscapes of hot countries. Their mixing, tinting and shading were fantastic. 

This week we had a whole school assembly led by Rev. Brooks about advent. We explored things that we have to wait for and how we prepare for big events in our lives.