2W News
A Great Start
Year 2W have thrown themselves into the new school year and have already participated in so many exciting new things. Swimming lessons have been wonderful for the boys, and have proved to be refreshing on the hot days. Uniform change times are noticeably shorter than last year! I also have fewer items left unclaimed at the end of the day; towels, undies and shoes are all finding their way back to their rightful owners. As a teacher that is a very refreshing thing about swimming.
The boys have visited the Clay House to work on a ceramics project, where they especially enjoyed moulding the clay around their kneecaps; they all returned to school dirty but very pleased with themselves. This week will see a follow up visit to continue their fish models and I am sure that they will return equally as grubby from that excursion. We are all excited to see and share the results with parents and family.
Our first Unit of Inquiry has been a revelation as the boys have explored Who We Are. We have looked at Multiple Intelligences and learned about our strengths, weaknesses, likes, dislikes, similarities and differences. It has been a great way for the boys to get to know themselves and each other better and to understand how it impacts upon their learning. We are all agreed that working to Pop Music is not conducive to a calm environment whilst the classics have proved very popular especially Peter and the Wolf and The Sorcerer's Apprentice. All in all it has been a great start to another busy year at Scotch.
Alison Webster
Year 2 Teacher
