Welcome to the Key Stage 2 Social Communication Unit, please look at our page for updates on what we have been learning about.  We work hard, but we have lots of fun in our class too!  

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Thursday 1st May

Today we planted some sweet pea seeds.

Have a look at how we got on and come back to see if they germinate and grow!

Fingers crossed.

Thursday 20th March

This week two members of our class are on the Brooklands P6 residential in Newcastle.

They are doing lots of amazing activities and sleeping over there too.

We are so proud of them both! 

Friday 14th March

Today we made cards to celebrate St. Patrick's Day on Monday, when we have the day off school!

St. Patrick is the Patron Saint of the Island of Ireland.

Thursday 6th March

Today some of us dressed up for World Book Day and we did a craft activity too!

Tuesday 4th March

Today is Pancake Day!

We made pancakes in class and we learnt all about why we celebrate Shrove Tuesday at this time of year.

We also found out that in Poland they celebrate this way too, on Fat Thursday!

Wednesday 5th February

We have been doing lots of fun activities this week as part of Children's Mental Health Week and we thought you might like to see our works of art!

We followed an art lesson taken by an artist and art teacher called Sinead Mc Dermott.

The art was inspired by the still life paintings of Henri Matisse.

Tuesday 3rd February 2025

This week is Children's Mental Health Week and the theme this year is Know Yourself, Grow Yourself!

We watched Ricky Martin, also known as CBBC's Art Ninja, show us how to create a piece of art.

Then we had a go ourselves.

Friday 17th January

In our Literacy lessons we have moved on to a new genre of writing.

We are now looking at Instructions and how they look a bit different from other types of writing.

Before we write our own instructions we decided that we need to be able to follow them first!

We all love jelly, so we thought we would make some by following the instructions on the back of the packet.

It was fun and the best thing was that we got to eat it too!

Thursday 16th January 2025

Today we had a visit from the Royal Navy STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) team.

We joined our friends in the mainstream to see and experience using some of the technology that sailors and submariners use every day.

We also got to hear about life in a submarine!

It was a fantastic experience and has really inspired some members of our class to think about a STEM career in the future.

Wednesday 15th January 2025

STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths)

As part of our Topic on Animation we have been looking at how sometimes in movies what looks like magic is actually SCIENCE.

We have been exploring how things are done to make movies and animations look realistic.

As part of this we are investigating whether some of the technology from the movies would be possible in real life.

One device that is used in science fiction films and animations is called a Tractor Beam.

A Tractor Beam can attract one object to another from a distance.

You might have seen them used in Star Trek or Star Wars?

Today we explored how static electricity could be the science behind these beams.

Have a look at how we got on with our experiments using balloons, cans and tissue paper!

Thursday 21st November

We had some very special visitors today from

UTV who have come to film Peanut for another episode of the 'Dogs With Jobs'!

Peanut showed them just how much he helps us to settle in to school each day and how he likes to stay close by when we start our lessons.

Some members of our class also used the cameras to film as well.

This was great because we have been making our own stop motion films as part of our topic on Animation. 

Wednesday 16th October

All our children had a chat about what our new topic should be.

We thought about the things that interest us and we came up with some ideas.

Then we had a class vote to choose the best idea and we chose ANIMATION!

We thought this would make a fantastic topic because it covers lots of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) subjects as well as History and Art too.

Today we began to make our own animations using the new school iPads-using an app called iPad Stop Motion.

Have a look at how we got on and when we finish our animations we will put them up here for you to see! 

Friday 6th September.

Asda Cashpot for Schools.

We would really appreciate your support if you would like to choose Brooklands!

Please see the information leaflet below.

Friday 6th September

This week in our Literacy sessions we have been revising all the different genres of writing.

We then decided to take a closer look at Story.

To help us to write our own stories we have started by looking at some Traditional Tales.

We have been reading The Three Billy Goats Gruff to help us to understand the structure of stories.

We have also done some art activities to connect our learning.

Have a look what we made! 

Wednesday 28th August

The holidays are over and today we are back in our class today with our friends old and new.

We took Peanut for his first walk of the new term and he seemed happy to be back to work too! 

We went to the play park and played together again.

Wednesday 27th June

Goodbye to our two fantastic P7's! 

Monday 24th June

This is the last week for the two amazing P7

members of our class.

They are both kind, funny and caring and we are so proud of them.

We will miss them, but we know they are ready to move on to this next stage-

High School!

Their new schools will be lucky to have them.

Monday 10th June 2024

Today is a special day for one member of our class because at the weekend it was his birthday!

He is now into double digits for the first time as he is 10 years old.

We had cake to celebrate.

Happy Birthday from all your friends in Brooklands.

Thursday 6th June

Today we had a special assembly to commemorate the 80th anniversary of D-Day.

Then we joined all our friends outside for a picnic.

Tuesday 7th May 2024

Dear Parents,

Our SEN Specialist Support Team (SEN SSST) has asked us to invite all our current parents to a Parent Information Cluster group session on Developing Independence.

The focus will be on Toileting, Dressing, Eating and Sleep.

The session will take place in Elmgrove School on 21st May.

Please click on the link below to register your interest.

Wednesday 1st May

Today we went to the Ulster Museum in Belfast.

We took part in a workshop on the Vikings, discovered all about playing in the past and had a look around the exhibits.

There were lots more fascinating things to see so we are going to go back again soon!

Friday 26th April

Our seeds have grown!

Now we have Sweet Peas, Marigolds and Spinach growing in our classroom.

Monday 15th April

Today we talked about how important farming was for the Vikings and how every member of a Viking family would have helped to grow food for the whole community.

Then we tried a bit of farming ourselves by planting a vegetable seed, spinach.

This will give us something to eat.

We also planted some flower seeds to add a bit of colour to our classroom.

Hopefully we have green fingers and our seeds will grow, as long as the sun remembers to shine!

Friday 12th April

In our Literacy sessions we have been exploring similes.

A simile is a comparison of two things using the words 'like' and 'as'.

An example is as 'sweet as honey'.

 We have learnt that similes exercise that part of the imagination that is able to make connections between two things.

Today we used a writing frame to support us as we came up with our own simile poems.

 We had a poetry recital in our class-you can watch us perform below!

Thursday 11th April

As part of our topic on the Vikings we have been talking about the clothing that they wore, all those years ago. Today we tried weaving and found out that it takes patience!

Wednesday 10th April

One member of our class enjoyed reading to the younger children in our SCU 1 during our recent Book Week so much, that she wanted to do it again!

Tuesday 26th March

We have a winner in the competition to Design a Coin for the Bank of Brooklands!

Congratulations to our fantastic artist. 

Monday 25th March

For the last few weeks some of our class have been having fun joining P6C for rugby sessions over at the Hub. Today they got together to design some games to play in the last session. They worked together as a team, just like rugby players do, and came up with some great ideas!

​​​​​​Thursday 7th March

World Book Day!

Some children in our class dressed up today and we also had a 'Home-made Hero'

(that's a special prize for being creative and making your own costume!)

We also took part in a Virtual School Event where we met an author and illustrator called John Patrick Green.

He writes and illustrates a series of books called 'Investi Gators'.

He showed us how he draws his characters and he answered questions about where he gets his ideas from!

Monday 4th March 2024

Today we began our Book Week celebrations. One member of our class shared a picture book with the younger children next door. They loved having an older child read to them! 

Monday 15th January

We finished our science experiment today.

The question we asked, back on the 9th January, was 'Do different conditions affect the germination or growth of plants?'

We discovered the answer to that- YES!!

Have a look at our Science Investigation recording sheets and you will see what we observed and what we concluded.

Friday 12th January

It's Prize Fun Day! 

We had ice-cream and fun on the bouncy castle and slide.

Wednesday 10th January.

It's Day two of our experiment and guess what?

The cress seeds in tray 1 have germinated!

Tuesday 9th January

As part of our topic 'Vikings', we have been looking at STEM ( Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) enquiries from the CCEA 'Ideas for Connected Learning' resource.

Enquiry 1 asks: Why Did the Vikings Leave their Homeland?

We have already learnt that the main reason the Vikings left their homes was to find more and better land for farming.

In our first experiment, we are asking: 'How do different conditions affect the germination or growth of plants?'

We are learning that plants can be influenced by seasonal or environmental change.

We will keep you updated on how our experiments go, so keep checking our class page! 

Monday 8th January 2024

We came back to a new year and new furniture! 

Our classroom is all set up to help us learn. 

Tuesday 19th December.

One of our lovely parents sent in everything we needed to play 'Pass the Parcel'.

Everyone really enjoyed playing and the presents inside were amazing! 

Friday 15th December

It was Christmas Jumper Day!

Wednesday 6th December

Monday 4th December

Deck the Halls!

Friday 1st December.

​​​​​​It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas!

We have started our festive activities by making some Reindeers out of toilet rolls.

Friday 10th November

Token Competition Funday!!

We had a fantasic morning with bouncy castles and ice-cream. 

Tuesday 17th October

Today we made Pinch Pot Pumpkins out of clay.

It was tricky, but we didn't give up and the results are fantastic! 

All the pots are unique and beautiful. 

Monday 16th October

It's even spookier in our classroom today!!

Look what we made!

Thursday 12th October

Today we celebrated Mellow Yellow Day.

We went to a whole school assembly to celebrate both Mellow Yellow Day and the special birthday of our Principal Mr. Armstrong!

We also did some more Halloween crafts-we made black cats!

Wednesday 11th October 

Today it's pumpkin time!

We iced some scary biscuits too!

Friday 6th October

It's getting spookier!

Today we made candy apples and the excitement is growing!

Thursday 5th October

We are getting excited about Halloween!

We started off our celebrations by making some spooky ghosts with marshmallows and chocolate. Thank you to the kind parent who provided us with all the goodies!  

Thursday 21st September 2023

This month in our Numeracy lessons our Learning Intentions have been about Understanding Number. We have been doing lots of fun practical activities. Have a look at what we have been up to!

Thursday 31st August 2023

Welcome Back! 

We are all back together again after the holidays, happy to see our friends again and welcoming new members of our class.

Off To High School!

One of our family is leaving us to start a new adventure. She is starting High School and we will miss her, but we are so excited for her starting this next stage of her life. We know she will shine and show her new teachers alll that she can do. Good luck and keep in touch. 

Wednesday 21st June 2023

Titanic Day at Dundonald High School

Today one of our P6 pupils joined P6C and P6B on a trip over to the High School to take part in STEM

(Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths)

lessons with the  KS3 Science teachers.

He made a distress flare, did a floating and sinking experiment and made a rivet out of plasticine and spaghetti to test it's strength! It was lots of fun and our P6 child enjoyed using the Bunsen burners  most of all!

Thursday 15th June 2023

Sports Day!

Wednesday 7th June 2023

Today some of our P5's went on the 'National Football Stadium Trip' to Windsor Park.

They went in all the areas where the public aren't usually allowed and even met a retired Northern Ireland footballer called Jimmy Nicholl!

Thursday 1st June 2023

A Visit From Some Fluffy Friends!

Today we had a visit from a Mother Hen and her chicks. We got to touch them and their feathers  were so soft!

Thursday 25th May 2023

Today we went on a trip to Stormont Park.

We bought our own tickets and went on the Glider.

We had a picnic, played in the play park, walked all the way to the top of the hill and walked around the Bug Hunt walk too!

Monday 15th May 2023

It's a special day! 

Birthday Boy!!!

Our 'Birthday Boy' is into double figures today-10!

To celebrate, his lovely parents treated us all to a McDonalds.

We walked down, and each of us ordered our own food, it was delicious! 

Friday 5th May 2023

Sing for the King, dance for the King and most importantly, eat for the King!!

It's Coronation Week!

This week we are celebrating the coronation of King Charles III with lots of special events. We got started by making our own crowns.

Wednesday 29th March

All our seeds grew-we have green fingers!

Thursday 16th March

We have been learning about The Rainforest in our class and today we had a visit from some Rainforest animals. We got up very close!

Click on the link below for a fun way to learn about pi.

Tuesday March 14th is Pi Day!

Today is the annual celebration of the mathematical sign pi. This date was chosen because the numerical date (3.14) represents the first 3 digits of pi, and it also happens to be Albert Einstein's birthday! One of our pupils, who loves maths, baked us a delicious apple pie to celebrate this special day!

Monday 6th March 2023

Hello Spring!

As it's the start of Spring, we planted some Sweet Pea and Marigold seeds today.  If we take good care of them they might grow into plants and even give us flowers!

Wednesday 22nd February

W5 Destination Space!

Destination Space Workshop - Satellites are the unseen heroes of modern life. They can stop you getting lost, and they can stop you getting wet. They track climate change and even look for aliens deep in outer space. Without them, your smartphone wouldn’t be so smart. But how much do we know about this army of orbiting eyes in the sky? In this workshop we will learn more about what satellites are and how they get up there. Then, just like a satellite, we’ll do some coding and get hands on experience in radio communications. One of our friendly Science Communicators will join you for a lesson with your class to explore satellite technologies, the James Webb Space Telescope and local spaceports!

Tuesday 7th February 2023

Children's Mental Health Week - Share The Love. 

Today as part of our week of learning about the importance of looking after our mental health, we shared some Valentine's pancakes, sent in by one of our lovely parents! We chose our own toppings, including 'Kind Heart' sweets with positive emoji's and phrases. 

Monday 6th February 2023

Today we began 'Children's Mental Health Week' with a trip to Dundonald Library. They are also celebrating this week and they asked us to be the first children to start off their chain activity for the theme of 'Let's Connect'. We each chose a piece of coloured paper and decorated it any way we liked. This week every child who visits the library will do the same. Next time we visit we will be able to see how long the chain is!

Monday 30th January 2023

We had a walk up to Dundonald Library today. We had a look at all the books, chose some we liked the look of then sat quietly to read them. As we all have a library card now we got to take some books out too!

Friday 27th January 2023 

Today we came into school in our brightest clothes as it was 'Be Safe Be Seen' day.

We all got a high-vis jacket from Sustrans which we decorated and then wore to school.

We joined our friends in the other classes for a walk around the school and wore our vests all day (even at lunchtime!) 

Thursday 19th January 2023

Today the children in P7H invited us up to their room to spend some 'Golden Time' with them. We joined in with Monopoly, Twister and Snakes and Ladders. It was lots of fun! 

Friday 13th January 2023

Today we joined our friends in P6B and P6C for an assembly by the Milk Council. We learnt about the importance of dairy foods as part of a balanced diet. We enjoyed joining in with our friends in the mainstream!

Friday 16th December 2022

Another of our lovely parents gave us a Christmas treat today. We had McDonalds and it was delicious!

Have a lovely Christmas everyone, be good and we hope Santa is good to you too!

See you in 2023.

Friday 9th December 2022

This Sunday is a special day for someone in our class.

A birthday, first time into double digits,

10 YEARS OLD!!!

We celebrated with a cake, a Happy Meal and ice-cream.

Happy Birthday! 

Wednesday 7th December 2022

It's The Most Wonderful Time of The Year !

These two singing stars are members of the Brooklands Senior Choir.

Today they performed in ASDA Dundonald where they sang Christmas songs for all the staff and customers.

We are so proud of them! 

A special thanks to Mrs Bell for teaching them to sing all those songs.

Christmas Jumper Day 2nd December

We also had a Christmas Pudding Hunt (chocolate of course!) an indoor snowball fight and then we iced Gingerbread Men too!

Thursday 27th October

Today the P7H class were kind enough to invite us to a Halloween Party!

It was so exciting going to their classroom because we had to go up the stairs!

At the party we played games, danced, told jokes and ate sweets. We had a lot of fun with all our P7 friends and we hope that they will come to see us soon.

Have a look at the pictures below and click on the videos to see us all in action.

Monday 24th October 2022

In our Numeracy lessons we have been learning about 2D and 3D shapes. 

We have each been doing different activities and our Learning Intentions have included;

Recognising and using the mathematical names for 2D and 3d shapes.

Talking about the properties of shape.

Using a variety of diagrams to sort 2D and 3D shapes.

Recognising and drawing horizontal lines of symmetry on a variety of 2D shapes.

Exploring the properties of different types of triangles.

Developing the understanding of nets of 3D shapes; by opening out a variety of cubes and cuboids.

Take a look at how we got on below-

Thursday 28th September.

This term in our World Around Us lessons we have been learning about SPACE.

Have a look at what we have been up to.

Tuesday 20th September 2022

Today we joined our friends in P6 to learn how to play badmington with Johnny. It was tricky to get the hang of it and hard to keep the shuttlecock in the air, but we didn't give up-we kept on trying! As well as new sports skills we also learnt that it's ok not to be good at something straight away but that its always fun to join in!

Friday 16th September 2022

Today there was an assembly in school to celebrate the life of Her Majesty.

A piper called Matthew came to play for the school and he called into our classroom to see us too.

The pipes were very loud,

but it was a good loud!

A lovely loud! 

7th September 2022

We have been having fun on the new outdoor play equipment!

23rd August 2022

Welcome back to another new school year!

We are excited to start learning with our new friends in class.

We also have a new mobile number for the units-

07949266775

See you soon! 

Tuesday 17th May  

In our Literacy lessons we have been learning about Instructional Writing. We write instructions to explain how to make or do something. We want the reader to be able to follow the instructions and do the task on their own! You need to know how to do something yourself before you can give someone else instructions so we made toast (who doesn't like toast?!) first and then we wrote our own instructions! Have a look at the pictures below to see how we got on.

Tuesday 3rd May-We had a special visitor today!

Henry Wee Wheels! 

We are all OBSESSED with dogs in our class so we were SO EXCITED!!!

Henry loved running around our room and he even managed to find a snack that someone had dropped on the floor. 

We all got to hold Henry and he was happy to get to know us.

We learnt that even though Henry has some tricky things to deal with he still remains happy and positive!

In April during our Literacy sessions we have been learning about Letter Writing. We wrote 'thank you' letters, put them in an envelope and then put on a first class stamp. Then we walked to the post box to post them. We also got an ice cream and then had a walk to the play park before we went back to school. It was fun!

Child Mental Health Week 7th-11th February

School Closure Tuesday 1st February

Please ask your child to look at the activities below to find the area that we covered today

( Monday 31st January) in class.

Then they can complete the activities that apply to them.

I have included the answers to help, if you need them! 

Investigating lines of symmetry.

World Around Us

It's 2022!

Happy New Year!

Have a look at what we have been up to this term.

Literacy

The World Around Us

 The Ancient Egyptians

As part of our topic we have been talking about how the Egyptians are famous for mummifying people and animals.

We decided to try this process on a tomato!

Take a look at the pictures below to see what we did-

It's Party Time!!