Portland Phase 2

Welcome to the Portland Spencer Academy page for Year 1 and 2. We will share our learning journeys and show you how much we ASPIRE.

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@Year1 have been learning about Amelia Earhart and her adventures! They’re looking at amazing women in mechanics! #Engineers #Ks1Geography #KS1Stem

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#Year1 solving capacity and volume problems to help #RosieRevere get to school! #Ks1Maths

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Year 2 have been succeeding together to peer edit rach others Viking sagas. #collaboration #year2 #writing

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Loved using @poppoppop_apps “Lexi’s world” today to bring animals and actions to life! Great to practise finding keys on the keyboard and to hear letter names! #Year1 #Ks1computing

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#Year1 played a survival board game to gather items for #GrandadsIsland and watched #beargrylls to learn about survival. They used #Computationalskills and maths to direct grandad across his island and wrote a class guide! #Ks1 #curriculum #Primarycompuring #Ks1maths #ks1writing

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#Year1 were designers today and used their geographical knowledge to design and label #GrandadsIsland ready to create their travel brochures! They presented their creations and learned about new areas which exist in other regions! #Computing #ks1computing #Techforkids @Benjipad

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Year 1 used water colours to create jungle masterpieces! #Ks1Art

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Year 1 used their #KnowledgeOrganiser to research different animals from rainforests around the world! They then created a @wordcloud of their findings! #ks1computing

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Year 2 have immersed themselves in the topic of The Twits by painting in the style of @QuentinBlakeHQ . 🎨

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Great session with @AccomplishEdu - inspiring us to “think” in maths and to lift the bar with questioning! Looking forward to getting our learners thinking! #Ks1Maths

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Year 1 have written their recounts of the @Portland_School alien invasion! They assessed CCTV footage to tell @green13kate what they saw! 🤩🤩 #ASPIRE #Ks1

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Year 1 used positional language (left, right, first, second, third and between) to explain where they each sit on the carpet. “I spy somebody sitting to the left of...” “I can see somebody say second from the right...” #MathsKS1 #PrimaryMaths #KS1Maths #MakeItPurposeful

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Year 1 developed their typing skills by typing their phonics words and alien words into their word database! #Ks1Computing #Phonics

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Chinese New Year parade. #wholeschool #chinesenewyear #dragon #ks1

[Portland Phase 2 @PortlandPhase2]

Year one loved their adventure to @Clipnclimbworld in Nottingham - they practises their physical skills and teamwork and are ready to apply for astronaut training! #Activekids #Clipnclimb #Ks1Trips #Nottinghamdaysout

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We made clay fossils to go into our own dinosaur museum. #year2 #ks1 #fossils

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Designing our own 2D shape constellations, colour mixing to sponge paint each planet, performing important tasks on toxic alien planets... all in a days work as a space explorer! #Year1

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Blasting off with our Space Phonics carousel! Training to write in space with gravity defying tricky words and naming our alien friends! #Year1Phonics

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We had a extraordinary day travelling the galaxy in our Space VR adventure! Thank you @educationgroup #VRinschool #Ks1Space

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A day in the life of a palaeontologist 🦕 🦖