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
Celebrations as Julia Jarman opens our new school library
What a wonderful afternoon of excitement and anticipation as celebrated author Julia Jarman officially opened our new school library. Children, parents, staff and members of the local community gathered in the hall to hear Julia Jarman share her stories and talk about the importance of reading and school libraries. Children’s excitement was echoing through the … Read more
Discovering Easter at Norwich Cathedral
Sheep and Whales class enjoyed a trip to Norwich Cathedral to learn all about Easter. We enjoyed helping to act out the Easter story in different parts of the Cathedral. It was fascinating to see how many different types of crosses we could spot and discovered that some crosses are covered up and only uncovered … Read more
Challah Bread
We have been busy today baking Challah bread. As part of our RE topic, we have been looking at the Jewish religion and the tradition of Shabbat. We have baked the Challah bread as this is traditionally baked and shared during Shabbat. We all decided that it tasted brilliant, so great the children all wanted … Read more
Don’t worry, be happy!
Reception and Key Stage 1 have had a fantastic first day of World Book Week. Today, we explored an Anthony Browne story, ‘Silly Billy’. Poor Billy worries about everything; shoes, hats, clouds and even giant birds. Until one day his Grandma gives him a worry doll. This story inspired us to make our own worry … Read more
Whales class mono-printing workshop
Year 1 & 2 have been experimenting with a new printing technique in their art workshops with Mrs Randle. They created ‘seasons’ inspired prints, drawing foxes, leaves and hedgehogs. Year 2 have been adding another layer to their mono-prints. Using oil pastels to create more texture , pattern and colour. They are such an imaginative … Read more
Jammy halves and quarters
We had great fun exploring fractions this week, focusing on halves, quarters and thirds. Whales class thoroughly enjoyed working out different ways to make a half and quarter using bread and jam. After some fantastic thinking, problem solving and reasoning they were allowed to eat their ‘maths’ work! Yummy 👍
A tree for all seasons
This half term Whales class have linked science and art by creating birch trees through the seasons. The children have thoroughly enjoyed their weekly art workshops with Mrs Randle. They used resist techniques with salt, watercolour and oil pastels to show the changes in colour, landscape and wildlife.
Whales in the ocean
We have been exploring watercolour, brusho and collage to create our own whales, sharks and oceans. The beautiful tropical islands are now on display in class.
Shadow play
We had great fun exploring shadows on Tuesday afternoon. We made shadow puppets and then investigated using torches and different surfaces to see where we could see our puppets best. We discovered that we could make our shadows smaller or bigger depending on how close we put the torch. As it was a sunny afternoon … Read more