In our beach hut unit we are learning about structures. We have finished creating beach huts out of cardboard and we have moved on to learning how to use a junior hacksaw safely to cut wood to create a wooden box frame for our next beach hut model. We have also been exploring why triangles are more stable shapes than squares using cocktail sticks and gummy sweets as connectors to investigate independently.  Year 2 photo gallery

Dragonflies have been working on their formal letter writing this week to complete their unit linked the fantastic picture book “FArTHER”. We have really tried to capture the writer’s voice in our work so that their character comes across in their correspondence to a family member. In maths we have completed our work on decimals, where we saw how to add and subtract them and also how to multiply them by 10, 100 and 1000. We now turn our attention to negative numbers and converting units of measurement.

Our science work has seen us examining the life cycles of humans and analysing gestation length data for different mammal to make scientific comparisons and draw conclusion and have seen how the growth of a baby is tracked through estimations so that medical help can be provided if a baby is under or over weight in their early stages of life.

In topic we continue to examine the historical importance of the Shang Dynasty, and have learnt and the powerful figure of Lady Fu Hao through the archaeological finds from her tomb and scriptures written on Oracle bones.

With the sun finally making an appearance we have been enjoying our PE lessons outside that have seen us honing our tennis skill (just in time for Wimbledon!).

This is the 11th year of this fabulous Ballroom and Latin dance event designed to encourage school children from across the region to have a try at dancing and nurture team work. From its early days as Strictly Junior, the show has now evolved to Dancing Schools UK and seen over 3000 children having braved the stage, stepped out into the spotlight and done something they never thought they would do – dance in front of hundreds of people.

This Sunday our Year 1 and Year 2 team will be taking part in a dancing competition at the Derngate Theatre where they will perform the Polka and a Waltz to a large audience. We wish them all the best of luck!

The team have already had a taste of dancing on stage in front of an audience when they travelled to Rutland to perform in a dance show with schools from the Rutland Learning Trust. The children performed a Polka on the stage in front of a small audience. They were some of the youngest performers and they all did an amazing job. Have a look at our team rehearsals here

Tickets are still available to purchase from the Derngate Box Office if you would like to be part of the support squad for Team Monksmoor! https://tickets.royalandderngate.co.uk/91101/91692 

A very big thank you to our friends from the PTA who have very kindly presented us with some brand new outside equipment. The children in EYFS have had a great time road testing the wooden jumps this morning. Click here for more photos

Our new School Council has been up and running for a few months now and we recently welcomed members of Danetre Daventry Rotary Club to school to discuss some of our fundraising ideas and to put an exciting proposal to them. More details to follow in due course...

Transition Days for current school pupils at Monksmoor

A letter detailing the arrangements for our transition mornings was emailed to parents on 14th June. Please take time to read the letter, a copy is available on the letters page on our website and on our school calendar.