Well done Oaks for a fantastic year! Year 1 and Year 2 have done very well this year, trying their best in all the topics we have done and having some really great learning experiences.They have come so far academically and personally which makes them ready for their next step in our school. 

We have wrapped up our Magnificent Monarchs topic by working in pairs to create presentations about what we have learnt. Not only were Oaks learning new computing skills in Powerpoint but they also had to recall their learning from history to make an informative presentation. They’ve become very adept at navigating file explorer and the features of Powerpoint to format text boxes or text. Oaks even tried their hand at inserting and formatting pictures which they safe searched for on Kiddle. 

In history we have been learning about different monarchs and their reigns. Oaks created timelines to show all of the families or houses that have ruled the UK since the Anglo-Saxons and we then focused on 6 significant monarchs across time. Oaks have learnt about the Battle of Hastings, using roleplay to reenact the events and create a photo timeline in their books. We also explored the Feudal System creating our own diagrams to represent the hierarchy and writing factual explanations about the different levels. 

We’re wrapped up our year with Sports Day which all of Oaks are very excited about. The next week, we will be hosting our Year 2 graduation ceremony where we celebrate and say goodbye to our Year 2 moving up to KS2 next year. 

It has been a lovely start to Summer this half term and to Oaks’s new topic Magnificent Monarchs. We have started learning about the history of British royalty, all of the different houses that have reigned and some of the most famous monarchs. 

Our Art unit this half term has also gotten us to explore portraiture and the significance of royal portraits. We have had fun combining modern art mediums such as photography and drawing software to create historically inspired art pieces. Those of you who came to the Sharing Assembly would have seen a fantastic sample of the royal portraits Oaks photographed of each other. 

A big thank you also to Maples class this half term for all their hard work and dedication curating and conducting the Milton Keynes Museum takeover day for Oaks. We were able to learn so much from Year 5 and 6 on our tour of the museum, looking at the historic toys, visiting the Victorian classroom and the life size model street.

This half term Oaks have been very busy applying all their Bright Lights Big City knowledge into the final express part of our topic. Oaks have worked in pairs to make their own London Tour Guided for a visiting meerkat called Marley. 

They included what he should pack for each British season, the two best landmarks to visit and why they are important, and visiting information for London Zoo. 

We have really worked hard on our writing this half term as well as Oaks wrote their own versions of Goldilocks and the Three Bears. They wrote over a series of lessons, showing off great descriptive expanded noun phrases and sequenced action. 

To end this half term Oaks worked on the Taxi DT project. Together they explored everyday products and identified the chassis, axle and wheel. Using this new knowledge Oaks designed and created their own functional London taxis. Each one meeting our design criteria of:

• Chassis, axles and wheels 

• 2 Seats 

• Taxi sign 

• And headlights 

Our Easter church service is always a great way to end the term alongside our annual Pasta Hunt and Egg Drop Challenge. Happy Easter!