After lots of Kagan work using structures such as Round Table Consensus and Round Robin, we explored what we thought a good playground should have, before refining this into a set of must-have design criteria. Then we learned measuring, marking…
This week in computing Year 2 have revisited Scratchjr. We were able to identify why certain blocks would not start or move our sprites. We were able to problem solve successfully using Round Robin. Year 2 are looking forward to…
Year 2 have been busy understanding the difference between secrets and surprises. As part of our lesson we drew a picture of a memory of when we were surprised. We then used Rally Robin to discuss…
Last term, Year 6 started to explore existing shelters. They used the Kagan structure, Round Table, to discuss the different features of shelters such as bus stops, phone boxes ("What are they?"), bird houses, tents and umbrellas. Next, they sketched…
In the week before half term year one took part in some activities for Children's Mental Health Week. Part of the day was to wear clothes that reflect who we are outside school and to find out more about our…
For Computing and Maths Year 2 have been gathering data to create Pictograms. We have shared our findings of how we can record others favourite fruits using KAGAN. We have been outside on a Minibeast hunt. We have used tallies…
Year 2 have started their journey with a new book for Literacy. We used Think, Pair, Share to discuss how the strange creature is feeling at the beginning of the story. Here are some words that we have come up…
Year 5 are motivated to help each other in Literacy! Proofreading is an important stage of writing and it can be made fun, when you have a helpful partner to read out your work for you. This means you can…
Today, rather than using the internet or text books to find out about ancient Greek life, each group became ‘experts’ on a different aspect of the topic. After 10 minutes of making sure that all members of our team knew…
The children are getting used to Kagan Co-operative Learning Structures and we are all learning as we go, teachers included! Kagan allows us to share work with no chances to opt out. It calls for contributions from everybody. We have…