Today we began our DT topic by looking at books that had moving parts. We thought about the purpose for the books (to entertain) and then considered how the mechanism worked. We took the books apart to see if the moving part was a lever or slider Miss Carr Falla Park Community Primary School

This week we have been adding single digit numbers mentally by using our bonds to and within 10 to support us. We used ten frames and part whole models to help us see the maths Miss Carr Falla Park Community Primary School

Christmas party time in Year 2 … with a very special visitor! Lots of fun was had by all! 🎅 🎄 🎉 🎁 Mrs Barter Miss Carr Falla Park Community Primary School

Today we launched ‘Children’s Mental Health Week 2024’ by having an assembly about the theme of ‘Your Voice Matters’. We dressed in loud clothes and designed t-shirts to reflect this theme. We began to share what helps us deal with our mental health. Mrs Rowan Falla Park Community Primary School

In science we have been building our own simple, closed, series circuits from instructions. We talked about the flow of electricity and discussed how electricity transfers energy around the circuit to make the components work. Mrs Crellin Falla Falla Park Community Primary School Miss Carr

As part of children’s mental health week, in PE today we thought about how exercise and movement helps with our mental health. We tried out yoga, Joe Wicks ‘fit in 5’ and Just Dance. We discussed how exercise made us feel both mentally and physically. Mrs Rowan Falla Park Community Primary School

During careers day we thought about lessons we enjoy and skills we have to help us identify careers we might be interested in. We used a map of the local area to identify potential careers that might be suitable for us in Felling. Mrs Crellin Falla Miss Carr Falla Park Community Primary School

During careers day we used our maths skills to create a tally chart and block graph which showed the different types of business in Felling. We discussed the skills we would need to carry out some of the jobs in these businesses. Mrs Crellin Falla Miss Carr Falla Park Community Primary School

Today we have explored and evaluated different joining techniques considering which ensured the fabrics were joined securely. We used vocabulary such as seam, template, sew and running stitch when talking about our learning 🪡 Mrs Crellin Falla Falla Park Community Primary School Miss Carr

Today we followed our detailed textiles plan in order to make puppets for our nursery children for story time. We evaluated our puppets thinking about what we did well and what we found difficult. Miss Doyle was very impressed! Mrs Crellin Falla Miss Carr Falla Park Community Primary School

We had a great parents morning celebrating National Numeracy Day in school. Thank you to all the parents who came along #NationalNumeracyDay Falla Park Community Primary School Miss Carr

Celebrating National Numeracy Day with some very creative maths themed clothing! Miss Carr Falla Park Community Primary School

We were really lucky to have a visit from Gateshead football club yesterday to share with us the winning trophy and tell us some information about their journey to winning it - displaying all of our PE values! Mr Smith Miss Carr Falla Park Community Primary School

We started our week in a positive way in a whole school assembly with HSBC where our maths ambassadors helped to answer questions about money in order to receive our 2024 award for our continued work with their financial education programme. Miss Carr Falla Park Community Primary School

Year 2 have began their final PE topic of the year - tennis! We started by learning how to throw and catch a tennis ball before introducing a racket later in the lesson. We will be looking closely for any future Wimbledon stars! Mr Smith Falla Park Community Primary School

We have had a fabulous day today at Alnwick Gardens finding out about plants as part of our science topic. We were amazed by the different variations of roses and shocked by the number of poisonous ☠️ plants! Falla Park Community Primary School Miss Carr Mrs Crellin Falla

More pictures of our day at Alnwick Gardens… we were fascinated by the water features in the Serpent Garden! Lots of great discussion about how they worked 💧 Miss Carr Falla Park Community Primary School

We all had a great time at our sports day showing determination, respect and super team work throughout . We even had our torch bearer to lead us into the events! Thank you to everyone who turned out to support the children 🏃🏼‍♀️ 🏃🏻 Mr Smith Miss Carr Falla Park Community Primary School

We carried out focussed practical tasks during D.T. learning to use different cutting and holding techniques such as the ‘claw grip’, ‘bridge hold’. We also practised our peeling and grating skills. ⁦Falla Park Community Primary School⁩ ⁦Mrs Crellin Falla⁩ ⁦Miss Carr⁩

We designed our product in DT, thinking about the materials and equipment we would use and what we wanted our finished product to look like. We followed our design to create our fruit kebabs, then evaluated our finished product. Miss Carr Mrs Crellin Falla Falla Park Community Primary School