Base 3 have had a fantastic time visiting Cosford today. All of the children enjoyed learning about the different planes and helicopters. Some of them were huge – big enough to fit tanks inside. We also had a super time making our own rockets and then firing them across the hangar. Trying on RAF uniforms from different periods of history was also great fun. Well done for the great behaviour and I look forward to your writing about the visit next week.

Mrs Beardwood

Year 2 have really enjoyed finding out about our new text for our Love to Read lessons this half term. They were very surprised to discover a space capsule in Base 3 after lunch. When they opened it there were all kinds of space related clues about the text, including a planetarium, a map of the solar system and a tiny rocket that they watched blast off. They are now looking forward to reading the book, ‘Space Race’ by Malorie Blackman to find out if their predictions are correct.

As part of our history topic Y2 have been looking at how the design of planes has changed since the first flights by the Wright Brothers. As part of this, we have made and tested paper planes and looked at the features of modern aircraft including the pointed nose cone and the sharp edged wings. We found that after adding these features to our planes they flew much further.

Year 2 have been busy learning about materials in our science lesson today. We were testing whether materials could be changed by twisting, bending, stretching and squashing them. We really enjoyed testing the materials and describing how these actions changed them.

Well done to all the children in KS1 for their wonderful Nativity performances this week. They have all worked really hard to learn their lines, songs and actions to make sure they put on a truly entertaining show. Thank you to everyone who attended one of the performances – we hope you enjoyed watching. Apley Wood really does have some really talented actors, singers and dancers.

Year 2 had fabulous fun working with Pep the Poet today. We loved reciting the poems and doing all of the actions. Some of us even got to dress up as scarecrows. We were really good at putting in the missing rhyming words, even if we got them wrong sometimes!

Thank you very much Pep – we would love for you to come again!