Preschool 12/5 Bonjour!

So you’ve built a den and now it’s time to pretend that den is in another country. The Go Jetters head to Paris today and I know a lot of you can speak French already. Watch this episode and then decide which country you’d like to explore. Go Jetters, Series 1: 1. The Eiffel Tower, […]

Plastic Pollution Project with Ghana in Year 2

For the next 6 weeks Year 2 and our paired class in Ghana are carrying out the same activities about plastic pollution. Yesterday we shared the learning from our first session with our friends in Kumasi, Ghana. We watched a video of the effects of plastic pollution around the world and made a list of […]

Year 2 Skype with Friends in Ghana

Today Year 2 practised their assembly song in front of Skype to their friends in Ghana. The children in Ghana had also prepared a song for us and we were able to join in because it was one of our favourite Collective Worship songs- “He’s Got the Whole World in his Hands”

Kente Cloth in Year 2

Today Year 2 finished off their incredible Kente Cloth inspired woven artwork. We will be sharing them with our Ghanaian class next week.

Art Inspired by Our Friends in Ghana

On Thursday, Year 2 created the first part of their Kente Cloth design by looking at traditional patterns. At the same time we skyped our school in Ghana. Some of the children were wearing Kente Cloth dresses and the teacher sent us a picture to inspire our artwork. They told us about the history of […]

Skyping Ghana

On Friday afternoon we had an enjoyable Skype with our partner class in Kumasi, Ghana. We showed them our Anansi artwork and acted out the story of Anansi and the Hot Pot Beans.

Skyping with Ghana

This afternoon in Year 2 we spoke to our friends in Ghana. Today it was their turn to present some work to us. First of all they told us some characteristics about themselves, then they showed us their animal collages and at the end they sang us a song. It was all so wonderful and […]

Hot Pot Beans Cooking in Year 2

Today we made Hot Pot Beans just like the ones in our Anansi the Spider story. After we had made them, we evaluated them. Over the next couple of weeks we will try to improve the recipe.

More Chats with Ghana in Year 2

This afternoon we shared our Alma Thomas mosaics as part of our Black History celebrations. Some children also read out their Louis Armstrong inspired poems. In return our link teacher, Ms Donkor, told us an Anansi tale and the children sang a song.

Year 2 Calling Children in Ghana

At St Margaret’s we have recently linked up with Bantama Resbyterian Primary School in Ghana. Yesterday Year 2 had a video call with the children in Grade 1. They introduced themselves and sang a song to each other. Keep watching the blog for an update of our partnership.