15.4.15- I wonder....

Well it is fantastic to be back and hear all of the amazing things you have all got up to in the holidays! I was really impressed to see so much home learning, we will have some time to look through it all next week.

Year 1 are really good at questioning and thinking about what they want to find out. Today we wrote a number of 'I wonder' statements about a variety of British animals that we can see in our school grounds. These questions will be the basis of our topic and Literacy this half term.

We also looked at a picture of a man which the children may not have seen before.

We were learning about how the news of Nelson's death reached London via Dorchester. The children really enjoyed learning about the history surrounding Lord Nelson and how Dorchester played an important role in the 'Trafalgar way'. I did mention that this plaque is in Antelope walk, maybe the next time you are down in that part of town you could have a look! I wonder how many children remember how the news reached the King? How long did it take? Why is this picture a painting?