Launching our first topic

The Apples and Hawthorns are settling into Year 2 extremely well and the staff are all impressed with how smoothly that have transferred from Year 1.

This has allowed us to make a fantastic start to our first topic all about a local hero from British history; Sir Harry Burrard Neale.

As part of hooking the children into the topic we took them to Burrard Neale's monument at Walhampton (the obelisk you can see in the close distance from Lymington high street as you look down the hill towards the ferry terminal). 

The children worked as history detectives to investigate the plaques on the monument and find out about Burrard Neale's role in Lymington and career as an Admiral of the British Navy. 

This is the first part of a week of special events designed to start Year 2 with a bang and the children are already really excited about the next part of our work. Look out for photos of our bi-corn hats coming soon...