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Art
WOW! What a fantastic Art lesson we had this week. The children used different materials to make collages as we are exploring texture. Please have a look at the amazing results.
Posted On 17 Mar 2016
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Science experiment
Today we wrote a recount of our science experiment. We placed three pieces of fresh bread in separate bags, one has lots of germs one, one was touched using clean hands and the other we picked up with tweezers. The children have made some very interesting predictions on what they...
Posted On 17 Mar 2016
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Milkshakes
As part of our healthy eating topic the children made milkshakes using strawberries, raspberries and bananas. They wrote their recipes and produced some very yummy drinks. Class 2 loved them!
Posted On 17 Mar 2016
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Forest schools
Spring is definitely on its way! The children had a great afternoon exploring the forest and discovering all the signs of Spring. They found daffodils, tulips and lots of new green shoots.
Posted On 17 Mar 2016
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Missing numbers
class 2 did a super job finding the missing numbers on a number line or number square. They are getting very good at seeing the pattern of numbers and sequencing. The children also counted in 2s and nearly hit to 50! Well done Class 2.
Posted On 17 Mar 2016
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Next Week
The children will be working on their grammar, punctuation and vocabulary. They will also be looking at how to make milkshakes for healthy eating and writing recipes. In maths the Reception children we will be looking at adding and subtracting in the context of lots of...
Posted On 11 Mar 2016
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Hot seating
We had fun today hot seating questions about healthy living. We asked our question and then gave explanations. We know so much about our topic and have great ideas about how to live a healthy lifestyle.
Posted On 10 Mar 2016
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Explanation writing
Great writing today from class 2! We explored explanation text and wrote about the senses using connectives such as ‘ because, but, so’. We also worked hard to improve our handwriting.
Posted On 09 Mar 2016
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Forest Schools
The Reception children had a fantastic time making nests out in the woods today.
Posted On 08 Mar 2016
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Exciting Writing
The children worked very hard today writing information about a healthy lifestyle. Lovely to see so many children wanting to eat fruit and vegetables!
Posted On 07 Mar 2016
World Book Day
The children all look fantastic and made a super effort with dressing up as their favourite book character. We love reading in Class 2 and throughly enjoyed the day.
Posted On 04 Mar 2016
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Finding fractions
We worked very hard today finding fractions of a number. It was quite tricky but we used our dividing skills and we got it!
Posted On 01 Mar 2016
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Fractions
Class 2 worked really hard today finding fractions using Lego bricks! We found halves, thirds and quarters.
Posted On 29 Feb 2016
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Next week
We will be looking at money in Maths and in English we are exploring explanation text. We will be able to buy lots of fruit and vegetables and enjoy the story Oliver’s Vegetables. Thank you all for bringing pop up stories as we start our DT topic next week on moving...
Posted On 25 Feb 2016
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Drama workshop
We all enjoyed our theatre workshop today and acted out the story of the ‘Snow Child’. We can’t wait to find out the ending when we watch the play tomorrow. We are so excited!
Posted On 25 Feb 2016
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Forest schools
The Reception children had a great time weaving using sticks and twine.
Posted On 03 Feb 2016
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Chinese Enrichment day
What a fantastic day in Class 2. We sang Twinkle Twinkle little star in Chinese, we learnt about Chinese traditional festivals, we made dragons, lanterns and Chinese paper cutting. We love enrichment days!
Posted On 27 Jan 2016
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Lovely Chinese blossom trees
As part of their topic work the children printed Chinese blossom pictures using pink paint and the base of a plastic bottle. They took them home to show their family. Hope you like them!
Posted On 21 Jan 2016
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Spellings
Spellings out tomorrow and the focus is different ways to spell the ‘ee’ phoneme.
Posted On 14 Jan 2016
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Measuring
A lot of activity in Class 2 today deciding how to measure objects. We looked closely at the best unit to use. A metre, cm or mm.
Posted On 13 Jan 2016
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Tuesday Hot Seating
The children loved hot seating our story Handa’s Surprise. We explored the character and how she was feeling. We even balanced a basket full of fruit on our heads!
Posted On 13 Jan 2016
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Chinese Zodiac Story
Great fun today learning about the Zodiac story and which animal represents each year. Do you know which animal 2016 is?
Posted On 13 Jan 2016
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Merry Christmas
As we come to the end of 2015 we just want to say a huge well done to Class 2. It’s been a fantastic, fun filled, busy term, we hope you all enjoy your holidays and look forward to seeing you next year! ‘Happy Christmas’ from the Class 2 team.
Posted On 21 Dec 2015
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Class 2 newsletter 11.12.15
One more week to go before we break up. Next week is full of super Christmas activities so be ready for a fun week. Class 2 weekly newsletter 11.12.15.
Posted On 11 Dec 2015
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Class 2 newsletter 4.12.15
Have a lovely weekend!Class 2 weekly newsletter 4.12.15
Posted On 05 Dec 2015
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Nativity
Class 2 are working so hard learning the songs and their lines for our Nativity play. Good luck for next week!
Posted On 04 Dec 2015
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Class 2 newsletter 27.11.15
Class 2 weekly newsletter 27.11.15 Another great week class 2. Well done.
Posted On 27 Nov 2015
Gingerbread Men!
Did you all enjoy eating your gingerbread men yesterday? ‘Run run as fast as you can…’
Posted On 26 Nov 2015
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Class 2 Newsletter 20.11.15
Here is the weekly newsletter. Have a lovely weekend.Class 2 weekly newsletter 20.11.15
Posted On 21 Nov 2015
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A big thank you!
Thank you to all the parents who sent in a toy from the past. It was lovely to see such a great selection of old toys. The children loved talking about them and comparing them to toys of today.
Posted On 19 Nov 2015
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Class 2 Newletter 13.11.15
Class 2 got a special treat on Friday afternoon for super behaviour all week – Well done! (Don’t tell anyone but it was chocolate cake!)
Posted On 14 Nov 2015
Library Visit
Excellent behaviour at York library today. Well done Reception children in Class 2.
Posted On 12 Nov 2015
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Class 2 Newsletter 6.11.15
class 2 weekly newsletter 06.11.15 (2) Hope you all have a fantastic weekend and enjoy the fireworks!
Posted On 06 Nov 2015
What a fantastic day!
There was so much activity in Class 2 yesterday the children never stopped! There was woodwork, making pots out of clay, acting out Jack and the Beanstalk, finding missing numbers and forest schools too!
Posted On 04 Nov 2015
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Class 2 Newsletter 23/10/15
Here is this weeks newsletter. Have a fantastic half term.class 2 weekly newsletter 23.10.15 (1)
Posted On 23 Oct 2015
Science Enrichment Day
What a brilliant day in class 2! We made foaming space rockets, shape aliens, planets from our solar system and wrote Intergalactic passports. The children loved it. Well done class 2.
Posted On 21 Oct 2015
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Class 2 Newsletter 16/10/15
Fantastic day making number bonds to 10.class 2 weekly newsletter 16.10.15
Posted On 16 Oct 2015
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Harvest Festival Service
Excellent behaviour from Class 2 at the Harvest Festival Service – well done.
Posted On 15 Oct 2015
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Class 2 newsletter 09/10/15
Yet another fantastic week in Class 2, the children have been working very hard! class 2 weekly newsletter 9.10.15
Posted On 09 Oct 2015
Going on a Bear Hunt
Children having great fun acting out our class story – with their own additions!
Posted On 08 Oct 2015
Class 2 Newsletter 2.10.15
We have been able enjoy the weather and have some lessons in the outdoor classroom. Have a great weekend. class 2 weekly newsletter 02.10.15 (2)
Posted On 02 Oct 2015
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What a brilliant day!
Fabulous to see all of class 2 working so hard today. Keep it up!
Posted On 29 Sep 2015
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Class 2 weekly newsletter 25/09/15
Another fantastic week – Class 2 have worked very hard writing super sentences. Have a super weekend. class 2 weekly newsletter 25.9.15 (3)
Posted On 25 Sep 2015
Class 2 Newsletter 18/9/15
Class 2 Newsletter 18/9/15 Here is this week’s newsletter. Have a lovely weekend!
Posted On 18 Sep 2015
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Forest Schools
The Reception children enjoyed playing in our forest area on Tuesday and said ‘hello’ to our chickens. Great fun!
Posted On 16 Sep 2015
Newsletter 11.9.15
Fantastic first week in Class 2, everyone is settling in really well and making new friends. Newsletter 11.9.15
Posted On 11 Sep 2015
Newsletter 10.7.15
This week’s newsletter – Newsletter 10.7.15 We hope you all have a lovely sunny weekend!
Posted On 10 Jul 2015
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Yorkshire Sculpture Park
We had a fantastic trip to the Yorkshire Sculpture Park on Tuesday. It was great to see all the amazing sculptures being sketched so carefully by all the class. We even managed to avoid most of the rain by sheltering under a big tree! Which was your favourite sculpture? We...
Posted On 09 Jul 2015
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Newsletter 3.7.15
Haven’t the first 3 days of July been sunny? Here is this week’s newsletter Newsletter 3.7.15.
Posted On 03 Jul 2015
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Wonderful Wednesday
We have had a wonderful Wednesday in Class 2 today. It was lovely meeting our new class members this morning and getting to know you all, we are already planning some space themed displays for the classroom… It was lovely to hear how the current Class 2 children got on in...
Posted On 01 Jul 2015
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Newsletter 26.6.15
This week’s newsletter, we hope you all have a lovely restful weekend! Newsletter 26.6.15
Posted On 26 Jun 2015
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Newsletter 19.6.15
This week’s newsletter. We hope you all have a lovely weekend! Newsletter 19.6.15
Posted On 19 Jun 2015
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New Starters
We had a very special visit yesterday from some of the children who will be starting in Reception in Class 2 in September. It was lovely to see how welcoming everybody was and how well our class buddies looked after the new children. We hope they enjoyed their visit as much as...
Posted On 18 Jun 2015
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Newsletter 12.6.15
Have a lovely sunny weekend everybody! Here is this week’s newsletter. Newsletter 12.6.15
Posted On 12 Jun 2015
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Busy Bees
We have been such busy bees this week; We have…learnt about the life cycle of a frog, walked along the walls, learnt about the history of the walls, weighed objects around the classroom and (most importantly) enjoyed the sunshine at playtimes. We have still got lots of...
Posted On 11 Jun 2015
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Newsletter 5.6.15
What a fantastic first week back after our half term break! We have settled back into school beautifully and we cannot wait to see what the next half term has in store for our class. This week’s newsletter – Newsletter 5.6.15
Posted On 05 Jun 2015
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Positive Language
This week the whole school is having a positive language week and in Class 2 we have been really impressed at how positive everyone has been! We have heard lots of lovely things being said to others and exceptionally great manners. It has brightened up our first week back no...
Posted On 04 Jun 2015
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Newsletter 22.5.15
This week’s newsletter. Newsletter 22.5.15 We hope you all have a lovely half term break! See you all on the 1st of June.
Posted On 22 May 2015
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Directional Language
We have been playing “escape from the classroom”. This required team work and using lots of directional language.
Posted On 20 May 2015
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Newsletter 15.5.15
This week’s newsletter. We hope this weekend is sunny for you! Newsletter 15.5.15
Posted On 15 May 2015
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Non standard measures
We have had a fantastic morning exploring non standard measures. We thought about the best things to use to measure objects depending on their size, we thought it would take a very long time to measure the playing fields with matchsticks! We also estimated how many of our class...
Posted On 14 May 2015
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Newsletter 8.5.2015
This week’s newsletter. Have a lovely weekend everyone! Newsletter 8.5.15
Posted On 08 May 2015
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Stories
We have been super busy this week planning and writing our own stories set in a familiar setting. We used the Alfie and Annie-Rose stories as inspiration. How does your story start? What happens to your character? How does it end?
Posted On 06 May 2015
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Newsletter 1.5.15
This week’s newsletter – Newsletter 1.5.15 Have a lovely Bank Holiday!
Posted On 01 May 2015
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Artists
Wow! Class 2! Your artistic skills are fantastic! We are so impressed at how carefully you all use the paints and the pastels. We cannot wait to see the Lesley Seeger inspired project finished, it will be amazing!
Posted On 29 Apr 2015
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Newsletter 24.4.15
This week’s newsletter. We hope you all have a lovely weekend! Newsletter 24.4.15
Posted On 24 Apr 2015
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Green Fingers!
Our topic this term is Green Fingers and we have certainly been working on ours here in Class 2! We have been enjoying this week’s sunshine by going outside and planting our very own sunflower seeds. We know that the seeds need light, warmth and water to help them grow.
Posted On 22 Apr 2015
Newsletter 17.4.15
It has been a fantastic first week of term in Class 2! You have all returned to school with brilliant positive attitudes towards your learning which is great, let’s make this term a fabulous one! This week’s newsletter – Class 2 newsletter 17.4.15
Posted On 18 Apr 2015
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Newsletter 27.3.15
This week’s newsletter. We hope you have a lovely Easter Break! Class 2 newsletter 27.3.15
Posted On 28 Mar 2015
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Easter
We have had a lovely few days looking at Easter. We have been looking at the Christian Easter Story, making Easter baskets and decorating our Easter tree with eggs.
Posted On 26 Mar 2015
Well Done!
Wow! Yesterday’s assembly blew us both away! You were all fantastic, remembering all your lines and actions perfectly. It was lovely to see so many adults come along to watch – Miss Sawyer thinks it might be record number of adults at a class assembly! You will...
Posted On 04 Mar 2015
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Newsletter 27.2.15
Wow! what a busy first week back we have had! We have been so impressed at how hard you all have been working on our class assembly this week. We hope that you are all excited about performing it on Tuesday! We know that we cannot wait to see the proud faces of your parents...
Posted On 27 Feb 2015
Class Assembly
We have started our rehearsals for our class assembly. We have held auditions and written the script, we even had time for a first run through! It was a very busy afternoon and we cannot wait to perform it to everyone on Tuesday.
Posted On 25 Feb 2015
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Newsletter 13.2.15
Our final newsletter of this half term, we hope you all have a lovely break. Class 2 newsletter 13.2.15
Posted On 15 Feb 2015
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Music Enrichment Day
Well done Class 2. You joined in beautifully with all the musical activities. I hope you enjoyed the body percussion and your visit to the ‘Hall of the Mountain King’! We did that workshop in Class 1 too and so did Class 3. Why not find a friend on the playground and...
Posted On 12 Feb 2015
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Newsletter 6.2.15
What a busy week! We hope you all have a restful weekend and come back refreshed for Chinese New Year! This week’s newsletter – Class 2 newsletter 6.2.15
Posted On 06 Feb 2015
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Theatre Workshops
Yesterday the children of Class 2 had a very exciting day. First the Year 1s joined forces with Class 3 and 4 and left school to walk to the Theatre Royal where they were put through their paces with a story telling workshop and then had to think of things starting with a...
Posted On 05 Feb 2015
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Newsletter 30.1.15
This week’s newsletter. Have a lovely weekend! Newsletter 30.1.15
Posted On 31 Jan 2015
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Role Play
This week we have changed our role play area into a gingerbread house. Inside we have sweetie numbers, cooking equipment, nursery rhymes to read and fill in the blanks and some dressing up clothes. It has been fantastic to see you dressing up and taking on a role within your play.
Posted On 28 Jan 2015
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Newsletter 23.1.15
Here is this week’s newsletter. We hope you have a lovely weekend! Newsletter 23.1.15
Posted On 23 Jan 2015
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Igloos
We have been really enjoying working on our paper mâché igloos. It has taken lots of layers of newspaper and PVA glue but now we are starting to paint them white and add the ice block details. They are looking fabulous!
Posted On 21 Jan 2015
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Newsletter 16.1.15
We have been so busy this week! There has been so much super work going on, which is wonderful to see. Why not tell everybody at home about your favourite bit of this week? Mine was seeing the fantastic props that the Reception children had worked together to make to re-tell...
Posted On 16 Jan 2015
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Newsletter 9.1.15
We have had a very busy first week back! It has been lovely to see everyone settle back into the school routine so quickly and we are really looking forward to having a brilliant term with you. Newsletter 9.1.15
Posted On 09 Jan 2015
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Happy New Year!
Happy New Year everyone! We hope you all had a fantastic holiday and that Santa brought you lots of presents! We are looking forward to seeing you all on Tuesday! Miss Bilton, Mrs Rathmell and Miss Bird.
Posted On 04 Jan 2015
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Newsletter 12.12.14
Another busy week has drawn to an end…what was your favourite bit of this week? Class 2 Newsletter 12.12.14
Posted On 12 Dec 2014
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Putting on a show.
Well done everyone for the hard work you have put in to make all of the Nativity performances so good! Mrs Rathmell
Posted On 10 Dec 2014
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A big thank you….
……….to the children in Class 2 who came to sing ar the PTA ‘Bit of a Do’. You were amazing and did a fabulous job. Well done! Ms Lamb
Posted On 09 Dec 2014
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Class Newsletter 5.12.14
It has got very festive feeling in Class 2 this week with lots of snowy, chilly activities. We are looking forward to helping out in Santa’s Grotto next week. I have also been told that the Nativity is coming along nicely with the Year 1s all working hard to learn thier...
Posted On 05 Dec 2014
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Forest schools this week
December already! Doesn’t time fly? You could feel a chill in the air outside this week. We wrapped up warm and worked hard in the forest. Last week we made animal homes. This week we let our imagination run riot……we made little boats and beds for our creatures. We even had a...
Posted On 04 Dec 2014
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