Welcome to Dahl!

Class Teacher: Miss Fox
TA: Mrs Mitchell
1:1: Miss Dicken
Welcome to Dahl's class page! 
We have a mixture of Year 1, Year 2 and Year 3 pupils and we can't wait to show you what we've been getting up to! Have a look below and on Seesaw to keep up-to-date with the latest information. ​

Summer 2

Funny Bones
This half term our topic is Funny Bones. We are going to be learning about our bodies and the importance of health and exercise. We will also be researching into the life of Marie Curie and looking into the use of X-rays and radioactivity. 

Summer 1

Life in the Stone Age
This half term we will be learning about life in the Stone Age. We will be comparing what life was like with how we live now! I wonder what Dahl will find the most different!

Stone Age Painting

Dahl used sawdust, soil and sand to add to their paint for their own Stone Age Paintings. They had lots of fun experimenting with different textures!

Planning

Click the image below to find this half term's planning.

PE Days

Year 2's and Year 3's will be going swimming this term on Wednesday's. All of Dahl will have PE on Friday's. 
Please come to school fully dressed in your PE kit on these days. Children will stay in their PE kit all day.

Dahl Class are reading....

Useful Links

Wild Week

Here are a few pictures from our Wild Week. We had a jam-packed week full of pond dipping, den building, salt painting, a trip to Thornbridge gardens and lots more! 

Spring 2

Beautiful India 
This half term our topic is Beautiful India. We will be exploring what life is like in India compared to the UK, their culture, food and landscapes. We will also be creating our own Rangoli patterns using pastels!

Spring 1

Wild Weather
This half term our topic is Wild Weather. We will be monitoring the weather at Great Longstone and creating our own class rain gauge, researching the climates of different animals and creating music that sounds like the weather! 

Autumn 2
Britain in the Blitz
This half term our topic is Britain in the Blitz. We will be researching what rationing was like in WW2 and exploring what life was like as an evacuee! 

Cracking Morse Code

In science, we looked at different inventions during the war and decided to have a go at cracking some Morse Code.

Autumn 1
Castles and Kings​
This half term we will be learning all about Kings and Castles. Scroll down below to see what we get up to! 

Design Technology

See below pictures of Dahl creating their own castles!

Geography

We have been using atlases in class to find the countries and capital cities of the UK. 

Science 

In Science, Dahl received an email from Humpty Dumpty. He needed our help to see which material would protect him best. See below some pictures of our investigation.

German

Dahl have been learning how to greet each other in German and also some colours! We told our class Worry Monster how we were feeling too!