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JUNIOR DEPARTMENT NEWS
This week in Reception
On Monday morning Reception enjoyed a puppet show. Our pupils listened to the famous, and much loved fairy tale stories of the Three Little Pigs and Goldilocks and the Three Bears. Both stories were brought to life with an array of fantastic props and there was plenty of audience participation too. What a perfect way to start the week.
On Tuesday we had a very excited group of superheroes flying into Beechwood Park School! On arrival to Reception, the superheroes filled in their superhero ID cards. Then the children went to a special superhero Junior Department assembly, which was led by Mr Balfour. Years One and Two were very impressed when the Reception superheroes walked into assembly in their amazing outfits! Next, the children enjoyed a carousel of superhero activities. One of the activities was making special superhero potions and there were some marvelous messy ones created in the outdoor classroom. Another activity was creating superhero helicopter stories and the children demonstrated very imaginative story telling skills. The third activity was constructing superhero cities for a collection of mini superhero toys. The children worked cooperatively in groups and used a variety of construction materials to make fantastic buildings for their superheroes to protect. In the afternoon, all the Reception superheroes went outdoors and had to use their super team work skills to complete a series of exciting challenges. Finally there was some time for Child Initiated Learning which featured a superhero theme! Reception had a fantastic Superhero time – well done to all our Reception superheroes on a super day!
Have a lovely weekend,
The Reception Team
Year 2 have begun learning about Space and looking at astronauts in particular Neil Armstrong and Tim Peake. We used pastels to create an image from the Moon Landing. Please find a link to Year 2 photos from our Art lesson 
This is one of those books that sucks children in with the title and keeps hold of them throughout. The illustrations are stunning and the information is jam-packed. Each animal characteristic has its own paragraph, opening up plenty of scope for further discussion and the ability to dip in and out over time. Who knew the Australian Spotted Katydid has ears on its legs, or that the Naked Mole Rat has teeth outside its mouth?