The Owls

Communication and Interaction Inclusion Centre

Summer Term 2023

Castles & Knights - Southsea castle Year 2

We looked at castles this term and used this opportunity to learn how to make some DT fixing. We used folds in the card and cut to join them together. Year 2 children went to Southsea Castle to find the parts of the castle we had been making.

Ducklings

We had 5 ducklings and we watched them hatch all wet and soggy, dry out to become fluffy yellow ducklings which were able to swim very easily in a very short time. It was so much fun to watch them swim in our little indoor pools!

Popell Barn Farm - Year R

The children we so excited to see the farm arrive at school. They had time to spend with the animals, feel and talk about what they could see and ask any questions they wanted to the farmer. They found out about the farmers day and all about what the farmer fed the animals.

We continued to learn about vets after the farm had gone.

Manor Farm - Year 1

The year 1 children visited Manor Farm. They fed the animals, looked at the farming equipment, learnt about the history of the farmhouse and pretended in the school house to be at school in the Victorian times.

Longdown Activity Farm - Year 2

The year 2 children visited Longdown dairy farm. The watched the cows being milked, fed the animals and learnt about the farming day.

They really enjoyed give a bottle to the baby goats.

Creative Arts Week

The children enjoyed a week of drama, dance, music and art based on the topic of ‘Around the world’.

The Hobgoblin theatre company came and used drama to tell us a story about Jack and the beanstalk, which has an English origin.

This was followed by drama workshops. We also had American line dancing and Mexican dance session, Steel pan sessions and Samba drumming.

Children worked in their classes to produce something related to the topic, and Owls produced some Aboriginal printing.

Mini beasts

Our next topic was all about mini beasts. The children loved learning about the Hungry Caterpillar and we watched some real caterpillars go into cocoons and develop into butterflies.

We the let them fly free to have their best life. We also studied some snails and ladybirds and the children were fascinated by the trails the snails left behind. We made some caterpillars using our DT split pin fixing skills.

Sports self-challenge day

We have also enjoyed Sports self-challenge day this term. The weather was beautiful and the children enjoyed trying out new tricky challenges. They worked really hard together and enjoyed the event. Well done Owls!