Year 2 Topic: Circus Entry Point Day

Our new topic is called, ‘The Circus is Coming to Town'. So, today we were treated to a visit from Richard, who is a professional juggler. He taught us all his amazing tricks using: scarves, juggling balls, peacock feathers, ribbons and spinning plates. We also discovered the science of circus performances by watching these incredible circus videos. It all built up to us performing in front of the entire school in assembly where we also wore the fantastic clown bow ties and hats we had made. We all received an enormous round of applause from our astonished audience and Richard capped the day off by balancing on a skateboard whilst juggling three large skittles!

We cannot wait to start our topic where we'll be juggling: English, where our class novel will be Claude at the Circus; Maths, where we’ll be investigating how money is involved in the circus; Computing and Design Technology, where we’ll be building and programming our own Crazy Clown robots; PE, where we’ll be creating circus dance sequences to music using props and the skills Richard taught us; History, where we’ll be researching how circuses have changed; Geography, where we’ll be mapping our own dream circuses and identifying where and why circuses are popular with different cultures around the world; Science, where we’ll be fair-testing materials for circus tents and thinking about how the circus can upcycle drinks bottles that people leave behind to help the travelling circus workers and performers; PSHE, where we'll be thinking about how animals are used in circuses and imagining life as a traveller; Art and Design, where we'll creating self-portraits as clowns! As if that wasn't enough, we'll all be bringing in our Circus homework projects for an exhibition on our Exit Point Day.

PHEW!