Year 2 get Sporty and MAD!

Wow! This week has certainly been MAD!

KS1 Sports Day

The children were fantastic on Tuesday when they ran, jumped, stepped, threw and worked as a team during Sports day.

We have so many photos that we cannot add them to this blog. If you would like to view them, click on the following links

2JS Sportsday photo's

2KG Sportsday photo's

2CC Sportsday photo's

The sports day results were:

1st - Red with 114 points

2nd - Blue with 89 points

3rd - Yellow with 78 points

4th - Green with 70 points

IXDOS Fundraiser

On Thursday we had our great IXDOS Fundraiser where the Key Stage 1 children paddled an amazing distance of 228 lengths.  So far we have raised around 60,000 baht.  This is a huge amount and we are very grateful for your fantastic support as well as the enthusiasm of your children to take part.  A special thank you to Hayley and Cameron's dads for their help in the water and Hayley's mum for the organisation. 

Here are some photo's of the great event:   IXDOS Fundraiser photo's

Happy Chinese New Year!

Today the school celebrated Chinese New Year with a Dragon Dance. 

Chinese New Year will be celebrated in many countries on 19th February. We would like to wish everyone a happy and healthy Year of the Goat!

Well Done to our Year 2 Stars of the Week

Next Half Term

Next half term will begin with a focus on the emotional aspects of learning linked to the brain. We will be finding out about our feelings and emotions and how we act when we feel these. 

Our theme for next half term will be based upon Habitats and Food Chains. We will be finding out how animals are adapted to their surroundings, where food comes from and how animals are dependent on each other to survive.

Reminders for next half term:

Swimming is back on!  
2KG will have swimming  on a Monday and PE on Wednesday.  
2CC will have PE on a Monday and swimming on  Wednesday.  
2JS will be split between both of these days, see the information below.

If your child is swimming on Monday's they should come to school wearing their swim clothes. If swimming on a Wednesday they should have their swim clothes in their bag.

2KG Assembly

2KG will be preparing for their assembly which is on Friday the 27th February, at 1:45pm in the Primary Hall.  All 2KG parents are invited.

The Amazing Maths Race

A big Thank You to all the parents who came along to our Maths Workshop on Thursday. It was great to share our methods for Maths with you and hope it will help you understand and help your child.  We have some information booklets available for those of you who could not attend so please ask your teacher for one.

Whilst the teachers were running the workshop the children were busy competing in a Maths Amazing Race. This involved them working together in teams to read grid references on a map, figure out where the references related to and then, once finding their location solving a Maths riddle. The children did very well and showed that they are able map readers.

Also this week the children began their team effort to show natural and man-made features of Phuket on a whole class map. The children had the idea to turn this map into a 3D map. The children are researching the location of a feature and interesting facts about it before creating a painting and representing it on the map.

A Big Well Done to our Year 2 Stars of the Week

Next week is the final week of this term and it is a very busy one! Here are some reminders of what is happening.

KS1 Sportsday  - From 8:15 - 10:10 on Tuesday morning.

Children should come to school wearing their colour team shirt and sports shorts and shoes. All children will need a hat and water bottle too. Parents are invited to come along to the field behind the sports hall to cheer on the children.

IXDOS Fundraiser - Thursday 8:15 - 12:10

Children should arrive at school wearing their swimming clothes.

This is going to be a fun and exciting event so please come along and support us as we set sail in the swimming pool to try and raise money for the IXDOS project. Year 2 will be sailing first between 8:15 and 10:10 followed by Year 1. Snacks and refreshments will be available. 

Will we be able to reach our target of 100 lengths of the pool?

Chinese New Year - Friday 13th February

Children should come to school wearing red or Chinese style clothes. There will be a dragon dance for the children to watch in the morning.

This is the last day of school before the holiday. School finishes at 2:35 as usual.