Mallard class is taught by Mrs Kerrigan and is supported by Miss Guinea.  (Other adults who work in the class are Mr Frisby (teaching music on a Wednesday) and Mr Bourne (teaching PE on a Monday).

Below you will find a gallery of all the exciting learning and activities that have taken place in Mallard class this year.

Sports Day

The children had so much fun at the Sports Day this week. The sun was shining and everyone enjoyed being outside and completing all the activities. All the children participated with great sportsmanship and were very encouraging of their team mates. I was proud of them all!

Platinum Jubilee Celebrations

To celebrate the Jubilee, Mallard Class made some Union Flag shortbread biscuits. We also had a whole day celebrating the Queen, wearing red, white and blue, having a tea party, playing games and eating ice creams (kindly paid for by the PTA). It was a fantastic day!

Sculptures with Nature

Mallard Class used inspiration from the artist Andy Goldsworthy to recreate their own natural sculptures.

Family Learning Circus Skills

We had some fun this week with our Family Leaning Circus Skills Workshop. Hannah came to demonstrate some skills such as, tightrope walking, plate spinning, juggling and walking on stilts and we all had a go! It was harder than it looked but great fun!

Clay Models

Our Art topic this term is Sculptures and the children enjoyed creating their own clay animal sculptures.

International Day of Dance

Today (April 29th) it was the International Day of Dance and to celebrate this Kerri Hill came and taught all the children different dances from around the world. In Year 2 we learned how to do Indian dancing in the 'Bollywood' style! It was great fun!

The Great Fire of London

To complete our topic on The Great Fire of London, the children made their own Tudor Houses and added their own fire effects to them!

Frottage

As part of our Art topic, we have been learning about different techniques for creating patterns. This week we learnt about a technique called Frottage. This was developed by Max Ernst and it is a method of creating a rubbing using a textured surface. The children found different textures in the playground to create rubbings and then they created animal pictures by tearing these rubbings into various shapes.

Fruit Kebabs

As part of our Science and DT topic this half term, the children designed, made and ate their own fresh fruit rainbow kebabs. They all chose what design and fruit they would like on their skewers and then made these with the fruit today. However, the children agreed the best part was eating them!

The Animal Man

Today we were lucky enough to be able to come up-close to some very special animals. Chris (The Animal Man) brought with him a python, a blue-tongued lizard, a tenrec an armadillo and a miniature owl. They were all amazing and the children were fascinated to learn many interesting facts and some of them even got to hold them!

Drift Education Visit

Last Friday, Emma from Drift Education came to talk to us about farming. She explained about all the different types of farming and showed the children pictures of her farm and her animals. She emphasised to the children how important it is to try and support local farmers and suppliers as much as possible.

Fire of London Workshop

We really enjoyed our visit from Sharon who came from the South West Heritage Trust to talk to us about The Great Fire of London. She brought it to life with artefacts for the children to hold, costumes for them to wear and brought quills and ink for the children to use. The children even re-enacted putting the fire out with a bucket of water activity!

Problem Solving Day

On our Problem Solving Day, Mallard Class had to solve many puzzles and challenges. They had to choose which items they would take to a Desert Island and why, they completed a Maths challenge and they had fun completing the PE timed obstacle course in the Hall.

Time to Shine Cricket

Over the last few weeks all the children have been having cricket coaching with Shaun. They have been learning different skills such as catching, throwing and how to use a bat properly.

World Book Day 2022

We had great fun on World Book Day and the children all looked amazing! The class spent some time in the library enjoying the books, they created Fact Files about Roald Dahl and they enjoyed a workshop with Tamsin Cooke (a children's author).

Fruit and Veg Printing 

Our topic in Art this half term is learning about different techniques such as, printing, stamping and rubbing. This week the children used fruit and vegetables to create patterns and designs by printing with paint. It was very messy but fun!

Learning all about time

This week the children have been learning all about time. They made their own clocks to help them and then set challenges with their partners to guess what the time said! They learned how to read clocks for: o'clock, half past, quarter to/past and to 5 minute intervals. Some of them found this a bit tricky, but they all persevered and I was very proud of them all!

Inter-house Cross Country Competition

On Thursday the whole school participated in the Inter-House Cross Country Competition. It was great fun and it was so lovely to have everyone cheering each other on. I was very impressed by the standard of running and stamina of all members of Mallard Class. Well done to Lynx who were the overall winners!

Rev. Ruth's Visit

Today Rev. Ruth came around the classes to introduce herself to the children and to answer any questions they had about her job, religion and the church. She was very impressed by their questions!

Rail Safety

The children enjoyed a visit from Marcia and Stacey from Network Rail today who told them how to stay safe near railways and trains. They had the opportunity to ask questions and this helped their understanding.

Internet Safety Day

On Tuesday 8th February it was Internet Safety Day. The children learned how to stay safe online and they decided what information is ok to share with others and what information should remain private.

Creating 3D Shapes from Nets

As part of our Maths topic on Shapes, the children created their own 3D shapes from Nets. The class enjoyed making their Cubes and Square Based Pyramids.

Chinese New Year Blossom Trees

This week we celebrated the beginning of the Chinese New Year by creating cherry blossom trees. The children used wool and pink tissue paper to make some stunning displays.

Somerset Road Safety

Today we had a visit from Paul who works for Somerset Road Safety. He spoke to us about how to stay safe on the roads and where and how we should cross roads safely. He spoke about the different crossings and also how important it is to be seen clearly when walking/riding near roads. The children learned four important words:

STOP, LOOK, LISTEN and THINK.

Research in the School Library

The children enjoyed having some time today to explore the fantastic selection of books we have in our school library. They chose books to read ranging from Romans to learning all about Batteries!

Significant Women from History Day

On Monday, (as part of Significant Women in History Day) Mallard Class had a fascinating day learning all about Amelia Earhart. The children were excited to find out about her contribution to aviation and also how she had inspired and encouraged equality for women. In the morning the children wrote a fact file about her and then in the afternoon they made their own biplanes using pegs and lollysticks! 

Life Education Visit

Today we enjoyed a visit from Helen who works for Life Education. She came to speak to us about what is inside our bodies, how to stay healthy and also about feelings. The children really enjoyed meeting Harold the Giraffe too and finding out ways to help him manage some situations.

Science Experiment

This week in Science the children investigated what materials were best to make a boat. They tested various ones including plastic, foam, polystyrene and metal. They certainly enjoyed making their discoveries!

Nativity

It was so lovely being able to perform our Nativity again this year. The children worked so hard learning their songs and lines for 'It's a Baby' and I was so proud of them all!

Christmas Activities and Crafts

Over the last few weeks of term the children created many wonderful Christmas crafts. These included tea light holders, orange pomanders and chocolate reindeer cupcakes! The children also enjoyed a Christmas story around the tree with Mr Glentworth!

Pantomime

We were all really happy to be able to visit the Octagon Theatre again to see Mother Goose. It was such a happy and festive occasion and a good time was had by all!

Children in Need

On Friday, it was Children in Need day and as a school we dressed up to raise awareness and money. There were some amazing Pudsey and Blush costumes and other fancy dress outfits.

Noodles Ice-Creams

It was very exciting to have a treat from the Noodles Ice-Cream van during a school day. All the children and teachers were given a huge cone and soft whipped ice-cream and this certainly put a lot of smiles on faces!

Beebots

As part of our Computing sessions, the children practised how to create basic algorithms using different directions, to make a Beebot move. 

Autumn Leaves

In our art lesson we learned about Pointillism and we created some amazing Autumn tree paintings in this style.

Languages Day

Miss Broadribb organised a fantastic day all about different languages. In Mallard class, we learned all about France and we completed different tasks about the country, learned some of the language and tasted some French food. It was great fun. 

Pete the Poet

Our session with Pete the Poet was such fun. He told some fantastic stories and the children went on 'adventures' on a flying carpet in some very colourful costumes!

Room on a Broom

As part of our topic on Julia Donaldson the children acted out the story of Room on a Broom. They really enjoyed taking on the role of the different characters and pretending to fly away on their broomsticks!