Holly Hill Primary and Nursery School
Summer 2
Our topic this half term is
Double, Double, Toil and Trouble
Knowledge Organiser
Things to know this half term:
- P.E will be on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and some Fridays. Please make sure kits are here all week
- June 16th is class photo day
- Monday 10th July - Wednesday 12th July is Mount Cook Residential
- Y6 Leavers Assembly for parents will be held on July 25th (time TBC)
- KS1 and KS2 Sports Day will be held on June 23rd
- June 26th is an INSET day
- National Holocaust Museum Trip is June 30th
21.07.23 The only picture of the water fight before it turned into a game of ‘who can get Miss Fretwell the most drenched?’ 🤣
20.07.23 I ordered a little surprise for Swans, which was meant to be delivered on the last day of term, but look what turned up early! Oh well - it was absolutely delicious and we were not complaining! 🍪
We’re so happy with our hoodies - thank you parents!!
30.07.23 Y6 (and our Y5’s for the week!) blew me away on our trip to the National Holocaust Museum. They approached the day with such respect. I was so impressed with their subject knowledge: we finished this topic last half term, and they had remembered everything from their lessons and the staff at the museum commented on how impressed they were with what the children knew. Well done Swans!
28.06.23 Scatterball cricket- definitely my favourite P.E lesson in a long time! We showed impeccable teamwork and improved batting and fielding skills.
23.06.23 Sports Day!
16.06.23 Today was class picture day, and Y6 had their leavers book photos too. Here’s a sneak peek- this year is going too quickly! 😭💜
We had a bit of a wait for pictures to be taken, so these 3 gave us a little performance to keep us entertained! I’ll spare you the video of them singing! 🤣
14.06.23 Another day, another science investigation! Today, we tested liquids to find out if they were an acid or an alkaline, then recorded our results in a table.
13.06.23 Coding in Scratch - we’re using selection to create our own Macbeth game.
08.06.23 Chemistry and chemical reactions: we learnt about atoms and molecules, then carried out an investigation to see what happens when two liquids react.
08.06.23 Here’s one of the many amazing performances in character as Henry V.
08.06.23 When I tell you that today was my favourite English lesson I’ve EVER had, I’m not joking!
Every single Swan practised and delivered a speech from Shakespeare’s Henry V, which was from a clip when Henry and his army were surrounded and exhausted, but needed to fight a battle. Henry’s speech was to motivate his men, so we spent time listening to an oracy actor deliver this famous speech. I was blown away by how quickly the children were able to bring this speech to life. I didn’t want to make anybody shy, so here’s some audio of our practise. It might sound like chaos, but what you can hear is focused, in character, passionate performances, which I’m incredibly proud of. If you imagine a very loud battlefield in the background, you’ll understand why the children are being so loud!
07.06.23 We started our new P.E unit today with Miss Bateman. For today’s introduction to cricket, we focused on using our body as a barrier and quick release throwing.
