In Science, this afternoon Grasshoppers have been making the boats that they have designed. They chose the materials they wanted to use for the hull and to make the mast and sail.
The children had a range of different materials to choose from: plastic, metal, cork, cardboard, sponge, fabric, felt, foam, wood and paper.
Once made, they tested them to see if they floated, sank or tipped over. They evaluated their boats and thought about what they might change next time and if they could improve their design.

Welcome to the Summer Term!

Please have a look below at what we will be learning about in the Grasshoppers class.

Click on the link below for a clearer copy of the curriculum overview.

Splash Curriculum Overview Summer Term

Alongside the art work we have been doing in class, linked to our topic of Australia, we have been working on a large scale painting of Uluru.
The children have used a dot painting technique to create features of the picture.
They also used watercolours and the dot technique to create the birds around the painting.
Year 1 children added the finished touches on Monday.

Well Done certificates, this week, are awarded to Zac Robinson and Jack Dewhurst-Cousins.

Our Spelling Shed ‘Super Spellers’ this week are:

1st – Teddy Yarwood

2nd – Zac Robinson

3rd – Ruby Robinson

Good Morning Grasshoppers.

Attached is the plan for today’s remote learning. All the links you need are included within the plan, they are in blue and just need selecting. Please send in any photographs of completed activities to the Grasshoppers email address and I will respond

Week 7 18.2.22 Remote Learning.

I hope you all have a super day.

Stay safe.

Mrs Cains

You should have received a letter via email about our class visit from Simon from Corner Exotics, on Thursday 10th February. If you haven’t or would like a hard copy, please contact Mrs Lloyd in the school office.

Many thanks.

Welcome to the Spring term!

Happy New Year to you all, I hope you have enjoyed the Christmas break.

Please have a look at our class information page for a reminder of PE days, water bottles, reading books and other useful information.

Our topic for the Spring term is ‘Australia‘.

You can also find the curriculum overview below, on the information page.

(Click on the link below for a clearer view.)

Australia Curriculum Overview Spring term 2022

This week, the children have been given their lines to learn for our class nativity.

Please could you support your child to learn their lines. Those children with narrator parts do not need to learn their lines off by heart, but they do need to be very familiar with the words so that they can read them fluently and confidently.

Unfortunately, we will have to video our performance to be viewed online, as we did last year. We all feel very disappointed that we can’t do a proper performance, this year, but we are still having fun learning the songs and rehearsing our parts. Fingers crossed that next year we will be back on stage with an audience.

Many thanks for your support.

Hello Grasshoppers!

I hope you all have a lovely half-term break! You have worked really hard the past 8 weeks and I’m looking forward to the second half of the term.

Click on the link below for a Supertato challenge, if you should wish to have a go at it!

 Supertato Half-term

Please can the children bring their blue reading records and reading books into school every day.

The children read their reading books and do guided reading during the week and we need to be able to record this in their reading records.

Thank you for your support with this.

We are very pleased that Year 1 and Year 2 children can take part in Forest School again.

Forest School for Grasshoppers will take place on a Monday afternoon.

All children should continue to come to school in their PE kit on a Monday as the other half of the class will be doing PE.

Those children doing Forest school will wear their PE kit. Waterproofs and wellies will be provided by school.

The Year 1 children have been to Forest School today and the Year 2 children will go next Monday, we will then continue to alternate it.

Welcome to Grasshoppers!  

I hope you have all had a wonderful summer break and enjoyed spending time with your families.

Hopefully, you all feel refreshed and ready for the new school year ahead!

Our topic for the Autumn term is SUPERHEROES!

Click on the link below to have a look at what the children will be learning.

Autumn Term Overview – Superheroes

Please find below some information about the ‘Grasshoppers’.

Monday – Thursday, the class is taught by Mrs Morris. On a Friday, the class is taught by Mrs Cains.

Grasshoppers will be supported by Mrs Markall (Mon – Weds) and Miss Horton (Mon – Fri)

This year, we have 16 Year 2 children and 14 Year 1 children.

PE Days

Monday: Gymnastics & Dance (Indoor PE kit)

Friday: Games (Outdoor PE kit – Tracksuit bottoms and a hoodie can be worn as the weather becomes cooler. These need to be plain black or navy, not pink and sparkly!)

Water bottles

Please can water bottles be plastic, not metal and have non spill spouts.

Bags and Coats

The children will need one bag for their belongings which will be placed in the cloakroom at the start of the day. They will bring their reading book and water bottle into the classroom only. There will be a box outside the classroom for lunchboxes to be stored.

Children must bring a warm, waterproof coat every day. They will be going outside at playtime whatever the weather.

Please ensure that all belongings are named, especially school jumpers, cardigans, coats and bags.

Trinkets and toys

Please can you ensure that the children do not bring into school small soft toys, trinkets or other small toys from home. The children are very welcome to bring in books, photographs or work they have done at home that is relevant to our topic in school.

Reading

The children will be expected to read regularly throughout the week. If the children have read and had their reading record signed by an adult at home or if they have finished their book and need a new one, they can put it into the ‘blue box’ in the classroom.

In the back of their reading record they will have a slip of card to track how many times they have read at home. Numbers will be crossed off each time they have their reading record signed.

Homework

Homework is reading, learning the spellings for their year groups and learning their times tables. To support them to do this they will have access to ‘Spelling Shed’, ‘Numbots’ and ‘TimesTable Rock Stars’.

I will give the children log in details for these and put more detailed information about spellings and times tables on the class page, at the beginning of term.

(You can also find our school ‘Homework Policy’ on the school website.)

Please look out for regular updates on the Grasshoppers page of the school website. Here you will find reminders, photographs and information about the curriculum we follow in class.

If you ever have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact me by email, send a note or arrange a telephone call/ appointment via the school office.

Our class email address, which you can contact me directly on, is: grasshoppers@brownclee.shropshire.sch.uk

New children to the Grasshoppers class – If your child is joining our class as a Year 1, please get in touch if there is anything in addition to the information above that you would like to know or if you feel there is anything you think would be helpful for me to know, before the children return on Thursday.

I hope you all enjoy the last few days of the summer break. I’m really looking forward to seeing you all and starting our exciting topic!

Class 2 have finished off their work on ‘Farming’ by designing their own farms. The children planned what they wanted on their farm and made a rough design on A4. They then transferred this onto larger paper and made labels and a sign with the name of their farm on it.