<![CDATA[Dunkirk Primary and Nursery School Blog Feed - Maya Angelou Class Showcase]]> https://www.dunkirkprimary.com%2Fblog%2F%3Fpid%3D82%26amp%3Bnid%3D4 Juniper Education Content Management System (CMS) Version: 4.5 (junipereducation.org) Tue, 14 Apr 2026 16:36:41 GMT Tue, 14 Apr 2026 16:36:41 GMT <![CDATA[ Sherwood Forest trip ]]> https://www.dunkirkprimary.com/blog/?pid=82&nid=4&storyid=172 We had a fantastic time at Sherwood Forest! We met Maid Marian and Robin Hood, did some den building and went on a medieval walk. What a great trip! 

]]> Tue, 14 Apr 2026 16:36:41 GMT https://www.dunkirkprimary.com/blog/?pid=82&nid=4&storyid=172 <![CDATA[ Sewing Robin Hood's quiver! ]]> https://www.dunkirkprimary.com/blog/?pid=82&nid=4&storyid=171 We have been practising our overcast stitch to create a strong and durable quiver to put Robin Hood's arrows into! 

]]> Tue, 14 Apr 2026 16:34:29 GMT https://www.dunkirkprimary.com/blog/?pid=82&nid=4&storyid=171 <![CDATA[ Fire mono-printing ]]> https://www.dunkirkprimary.com/blog/?pid=82&nid=4&storyid=170 The children had a fantastic time mono-printing backgrounds to their fire safety poster. They were also inspired by Eric Carle to create collage burning houses and bubble-writing titles. Amazing work everyone!

]]> Tue, 14 Apr 2026 16:31:39 GMT https://www.dunkirkprimary.com/blog/?pid=82&nid=4&storyid=170 <![CDATA[ Lowry inspired artwork ]]> https://www.dunkirkprimary.com/blog/?pid=82&nid=4&storyid=169 For our Create project, the children worked really hard on creating Lowry inspired artwork. They used watercolours, brown paper, black pens and sketching pencils to create a layered effect. Fantastic work everyone! 

]]> Tue, 14 Apr 2026 16:28:01 GMT https://www.dunkirkprimary.com/blog/?pid=82&nid=4&storyid=169 <![CDATA[ Animals including humans ]]> https://www.dunkirkprimary.com/blog/?pid=82&nid=4&storyid=149 In Science, Year 2 have been learning all about animals, what they need to survive and how to group them. They have completed some amazing group and paired work. In this lesson, they were animal detectives and worked out from a small description if the animal was independent or dependent as a baby. 

]]> Wed, 3 Dec 2025 14:41:55 GMT https://www.dunkirkprimary.com/blog/?pid=82&nid=4&storyid=149 <![CDATA[ Fire Engines! ]]> https://www.dunkirkprimary.com/blog/?pid=82&nid=4&storyid=148 Year 2 have been learning about the mechanics of movement. We have made our very own, moving fire engines with axels and wheels. We even made a lever to catapult water onto the fire! 

]]> Wed, 3 Dec 2025 14:35:15 GMT https://www.dunkirkprimary.com/blog/?pid=82&nid=4&storyid=148 <![CDATA[ Fruit Salad ]]> https://www.dunkirkprimary.com/blog/?pid=82&nid=4&storyid=121 Year 2 prepare and enjoy a Papua New Guinean fruit salad!

]]> Wed, 22 May 2024 16:46:41 GMT https://www.dunkirkprimary.com/blog/?pid=82&nid=4&storyid=121 <![CDATA[ Toilet roll bird feeders! ]]> https://www.dunkirkprimary.com/blog/?pid=82&nid=4&storyid=98 Year 2 make bird feeders!

]]> Wed, 27 Sep 2023 18:15:56 GMT https://www.dunkirkprimary.com/blog/?pid=82&nid=4&storyid=98 <![CDATA[ The Legend of Robin Hood ]]> https://www.dunkirkprimary.com/blog/?pid=82&nid=4&storyid=78 In Theme, we have been learning about the Legend of Robin Hood. We have learnt all about the History of the Medieval Period, the features of a castle and the Geography of Nottingham and Sherwood Forest. We have also looked at evidence to help us decide whether Robin Hood was real or not!

Below are some examples of fantastic Robin Hood inspired instruction writing from Year 2.

   

]]> Thu, 30 Mar 2023 14:37:34 GMT https://www.dunkirkprimary.com/blog/?pid=82&nid=4&storyid=78 <![CDATA[ Science - Testing the absorbancy of different materials ]]> https://www.dunkirkprimary.com/blog/?pid=82&nid=4&storyid=77 In Science this term, we have been exploring different materials and their properties. We conducted a fair experiment to test which material would be the most absorbent - microfibre cloth, felt or and tissue. We made predictions prior to the experiment and unanimously voted the tissue would be the least absorbent, with the class split over microfibre cloth or felt for being the most! For all groups, it was discovered that the felt was the material that absorbed the most water, making it the best material to soak up a spill! 

]]> Wed, 25 Jan 2023 17:29:46 GMT https://www.dunkirkprimary.com/blog/?pid=82&nid=4&storyid=77 <![CDATA[ London's Burning! ]]> https://www.dunkirkprimary.com/blog/?pid=82&nid=4&storyid=66 This term we have been learning about the Great fire of London and built our own Tudor houses. We lined them up, close together like the houses on pudding lane would have been and set fire to them. We could see how the fire spread so quickly between the houses in 1666 - our cardboard houses quickly turned to ash!

]]> Wed, 14 Dec 2022 16:46:12 GMT https://www.dunkirkprimary.com/blog/?pid=82&nid=4&storyid=66 <![CDATA[ Emotional Literacy ]]> https://www.dunkirkprimary.com/blog/?pid=82&nid=4&storyid=65 This term, we have been creating paintings in the style of Franz Kline, Willem de Kooning and Jackson Pollock. Whilst creating these paintings, we have been thinking about different emotions: happiness, sadness and anger. We have represented these emotions by painting with different colours, brush strokes and movements.

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