Whales Class
Welcome to Whales Class. We get our name from the Bible story Jonah and the Whale. It is a story of compassion and never giving up - values which are very important to our class. We encourage, respect and love sharing ideas with each other!
We are made up of Year 2, 3 & 4 children and we enjoy our calm, cosy classroom which sparks our curiosity and thirst for knowledge! There is a large creative area with art, craft and construction resources. You could even snuggle up in our brand new teepee or on our comfy sofa - a great way to support our wellbeing and mental health.
Curriculum Planning
King Charles’ Fire of London cakes!
We found out that it was believed Thomas Farriner was baking cakes for the King when the fire started! We worked together to follow the recipe. Delicious!
Once upon a time trip – click for more photographs
Today, we enjoyed our trip at Gressenhall with Stibbard. We had to help Cinderella and Jack (from Jack and the Beanstalk) find all of the special objects from the fairytales that the Wicked Witch had hidden! The children were exceptionally behaved and had a fantastic day!
D&T engineering competition
Our winners of the Primary Engineering competition. 8 children were selected from Year 1, 2, 5 and 6 to go to the Aviation Academy in Norwich with their vehicles for a celebration event with other schools who participated.
KS1 Story Cafe
Whales class held a Reading Cafe last week where parents were invited to enjoy a story and complete fun activities based on the book ‘On the way Home’ by Jill Murphy. The children loved having the parents in their class and were excited to talk about the story. A big thank you to all the … Read more
Tennis Festival – click for more photographs
We have had a lovely morning at the Tennis Festival. We explored lots of tennis skills and worked really hard at all of the activities.
Growth Mindset
This half term, we have been learning all about the difference between a fixed and a growth mindset. We have learnt about the brain and how we can adopt a growth mindset in all aspects of our learning. This week we wanted to show this through Art and ‘sprinkled’ all things we would like to … Read more
Nature Sculptures – Art Topic Work
In our Art this half term, we have been developing a range of art techniques in the context of Nature Sculptures. We learnt about the difference between Natural and Man-made, created observational drawings of natural objects, large scale natural Land Art in the style of Andy Goldsworthy and finally created our own Mini Sculptures using … Read more
Designing and making a vehicle
We have been learning all about vehicles and how they move. We met an engineer, who answered lots of our questions and inspired us to learn even more! As we created our vehicle designs, we learnt new vocabulary such as chassis and axle. We also discussed the safety rules when using equipment. We are very … Read more
⭐️Planetarium⭐️
We were all lucky enough to visit the planetarium at Stibbard today, where children learnt about our solar system and constellations. We are sure this will inspire some fantastic space poetry as part of our book week activities. Many thanks to Stibbard for inviting us!