What an exciting start back to Year 2 we have had! Our classrooms have been transformed into castles, with a knight guarding the rooms to stop any dangerous dragons from creeping in. We have been describing how ferocious and fearsome they are in our new literacy topic 'Knights, Castles and Royal Blood'.

We launched our new topic for science 'The Apprentice Gardener' with a fun RE and Science lesson learning about the Zoastrian celebration of Nowruz. We learnt how Nowruz marks the beginning of spring and is celebrated with a 'Sofaray' display that contains lots of objects that represent new life, such as herbs, fruits, eggs and flowers. We then tried some middle Eastern fruits of dates and honey dew melon -we ate these in the traditional way of sitting on the floor next to a long tablecloth. Next week we will be growing our own plants so we can observe how they grow.