Our sounds of the week are ‘sh’ ‘ch’ ‘ng’ ‘th’. Spellings will go out with your child on Friday and we ask if you can return the spelling book on Wednesday along with their orange homework book. Thank you. Read More
In English we are looking at retelling a story and looking at the characters. In Maths we are looking at money and the value of different coins. Next week Spellings will be sent out on Friday and our first weekly Newsletter for Class 2 will be available. Just a reminder: Please check your child’s book...Read More
Just a quick reminder! Since we are enjoying wonderful hot weather, could you please ensure your child has a sun hat and a water bottle. Thank you. Read More
The children in Class 2 are making good friends and learning all the new routines. We have had a fun packed week enjoying our new class. See you all bright and breezy on Monday. Read More
The children are learning to sequencing and order numbers to 20. Their teachers are so impressed how well they are doing. Brilliant counting Keep it up! Read More
Have a fantastic summer holiday enjoy doing lots of exciting things. We look forward to seeing you all again in September in your new classes. Happy holidays! Read More
As part of our DT we designed and made some lovely seaside creatures. They are all fantastic and your child should now have brought it home to show you. Read More
Class 2 have had a wonderful year and we are so proud of all they have achieved. Here we are enjoying the outside classroom. A very happy class 2! Read More
Class 2 children were amazing! Despite the hot weather all the children ran 10 laps around the field and were given a Race for Life medal. If you wish to donate some pennies to Cancer Research please do so in the next day or so. Thank you. Read More
Class 2 are very thrilled to have won the best poster competition for the Plantathon. We are delighted with our new books and would like to say a big thank you. Read More
We had an amazing time at the seaside. We built sandcastles, paddled in the sea and walked round Peasholme Park. The children behaved so well and we are proud of them. Well done class 2! Read More
We can’t believe next week will be our last week in class 2! But we have lots of fun things planned. First we will finish our finger puppets and make sure our topic books are completed. We have Our Race for Life on Monday and we are watching the Year 5 play on Tuesday. Don’t...Read More
Today we practised our multiplication skills linking to the times tables. We are all getting very good using a mouse and the keyboard on the laptops. Try testing your child at home on the 2s, 3s, 5s and 10s times tables. Read More
The children made some fantastic jelly fish using a paper bowl, tissue paper, bubble wrap and streamers. They look amazing on our seaside topic board. Please take a look. Read More
We are looking forward to our seaside trip to Scarborough on Thursday. Please don’t forget to make a donation to help cover the cost of the coach. We very much appreciate your help. Thank you. In Maths we will be looking at multiplication and division. In English we will be consolidating our VCOB skills and...Read More
We are carrying out an experiment to test the strength of the wind. We tested it on card to see the impact and now we are using bubbles to see which way the wind is blowing and how strong it is. We watch the bubbles move and mark the speed out of ten. Take a...Read More
Class 2 are really looking forward to visiting their new class on Wednesday and meeting their new teacher. So exciting! Also, we will be getting ready for Sports Day the following week. Read More
We visited the community garden on Haxby Road and planted flowers. We also completed a tree spotting activity. On the way back to school we got soaked by the rain, but it didn’t spoil our fun. A big thank you to all the parent helpers, we couldn’t do it without you. Please feel free to...Read More
We wrote letters to our new teachers for next year. We had fun thinking what to say and what questions we want to ask. Most common one was ‘What time do we go for lunch?’ Read More
A reminder: Could you please bring in your sponsorship money by Monday so we can find our total for class 2. Also, we are visiting the community garden on Tuesday afternoon so please provide your child with a sun hat and water bottle if they don’t already have one. Thank you to those parents for...Read More
As part of our topic work we are writing postcards to say what we did at the seaside and what a great time we are having. Lots of the children went on donkey rides and made sandcastles. What would you do at the seaside? Read More
What a fantastic effort class 2. We planted all the plants and the sponsorship money is coming in. The area looks great and we have already had bees visiting. Please take a look.Read More
On Tuesday we have our sponsored planting event. We hope you have all managed to get your sponsorship forms filled in and let’s hope we raise lots of money. We also have a music workshop next week which we are all looking forward too. In English we are looking at writing a persuasive text and...Read More
We love the story The Lighthouse Keeper’s Lunch and decided to act it out to see if we could sequence the events correctly. Mr Grimling sorted out the the naughty seagulls and saved his lunch. Read More
We have been thinking about the characters in the story The Lighthouse Keepers’s Lunch. Today we thought of an interesting question for the character Mr Grimling and used our hotseat to test it out. Read More
Today the children worked out how to setup an experiment to observe and measure the weather. We decided to measure the temperature outside in various different places. We placed covered containers filled with the same amount of water in the shade, in the sun, near a fence and a path. We will measure the temperature...Read More
We are having so much fun playing on our beach. We are making very large sandcastles and wearing our rubber ring to keep us safe when we swim in the sea.Read More
The Reception children are solving problems using sharing. They have to share out lollipops from our Ice Cream Parlour between some monkeys. They worked it out and solved the problem. Well done Class 2Read More
The children are looking at data interpretation using Purple Mash and Topmarks on the laptops. They are looking at tally charts, pictograms and bar charts. Great work Class 2Read More
In English we will be reading The Lighthouse Keepers Lunch and exploring the characters and setting. In Maths we will be looking at position and direction. In Science we will be looking at seasonal change and making a wind measuring machineRead More
We are exploring the seaside using our senses. It’s great fun to take our shoes off and play in the sand. We are discovering phonics shells hidden underneath the sand and estimating how many pebbles there are. The children are busy writing what they can do at the seaside and all the things they will...Read More
The children are very excited to return to their classroom full of seaside activities. We have an Ice Cream Parlour and a Puppet Show. We have wet and dry sand for making sandcastles equipped with buckets, spades, shells and flags. The children can also pack their suitcases for trips to the seaside. Don’t forget your...Read More
The Reception children are growing their own sunflowers and kept a diary on their progress. Over the past couple of weeks the children have counted the leaves, measured how big they are and written about how to look after them. We all agree they have done a great job and the plants are certainly growing...Read More
We loved our Maths Enrichment Day! We listened to a story about 100 ants trying to get to a picnic before all the food disappeared. We had to work out what groups we could put them in so they would get to the picnic quickly. Some children decided groups of 10 would work, others tried...Read More
Next week the children will not be in school on Friday due to a staff inset day. However, Class 2 will be as busy as ever. Tuesday is our Maths Enrichment day and we have lots of wonderful activities planned. Monday and Wednesday we will be looking at silly nonsense poems and using our expressive...Read More
As part of our DT project the children have designed and sewn together their mini beast using felt. Today we stuffed their bodies to make them look realistic. Next week we will add some more features such as eyes, legs etc. The children will be bringing their finished product home for half term so be...Read More
We read the story of The very busy Spider by Eric Carle and the Reception children wanted to make a web for the busy spider. They also wrote a sentence about the story. Read More
Class 2 had a fantastic time searching the forest for mini beasts. We found worms, wood lice, snails and slugs. The children looked closely at their habitats and wrote about them in their science books.Read More
The children in Class 2 had a real treat today and watched a performance of The Story of the Honey Bees. They loved it and came back into class talking about all their favourite parts and singing the song about saving the bees.Read More
In English we will be using our describing skills to write a character profile about ourselves using adjectives and effective punctuation. In DT we will be adding the finishing touches to our mini beast models. The children have enjoyed sewing and hope to finish their model by half term. In Maths we will be looking...Read More
The Reception children had a fantastic singing picnic. They sang their way round the school field and finished with a picnic lunch outside in the sunshine. What a great day! Read More
Today the children discussed what a plant needs to grow. They watched a video which explained how a seed starts its roots and spouts through the soil. Then they set up an experiment to see which conditions a plant grows best in. They planted seeds in a cupboard, some on a window sill and others...Read More
Singing picnic The Reception children are attending a singing picnic on Monday, which will take place over lunchtime. The children will eat their lunch outside and will be provided with a grab bag if they normally have a hot dinner. English We will be writing information text about minibeasts and improving our grammar skills. Maths...Read More
The children had a fantastic experience last Friday. Animals -in Tuition visited Park Grove and brought lots of mini beasts to show the children. We saw spiders, millipedes, a scorpion, and stick insects. We were able to touch them, hold them and discovered some amazing facts about their bodies and how they live. The children...Read More
Can you think of a story using an old wooden door picture for your beginning? The children in Class 2 can! They wrote fantastic stories about what happened when you opened the door, who was there and what happened next. They used great adjectives, connectives and different punctuation to write very interesting stories. Please come...Read More
The children experimented using tissue paper and water to create a colour running effect to decorate a small creature, such as a fish or a bird. Please have a look at our class display to see their wonderful art work. Read More
In English we will be writing our own story as well as writing an information leaflet about the lifecycle of a frog. In Maths we will be consolidating our addition skills and solving problems using money. We are loving our science lessons and will continue to learn about the structure of plants. In P.S.H.E we...Read More
In English we used different objects to help us make up a story. Some children had an old pot and other children had a hairy glove, a wooden spoon and a giant boot! The children were brilliant acting out their ideas and used very theatrical voices. Read More
As part of our minibeast topic we made wiggly worms out of jelly. We had great fun dissolving the jelly and pouring it into straws to make the worms. Read More
We explored the structure of plants today and went into the forest to find different plants and leaves. Take a look at the work in our science books. Read More
In English we will be using drama to create a story . We also have exciting writing on Monday when we will be writing a letter. In Maths our focus is methods for subtraction, addition, multiplication and division. In Science we are looking at the structure of plants and trees and will visit Forest schools...Read More
The Reception children are working hard practising their counting skills. They are counting objects up to 20. They also practised adding and subtracting. Well done you did really well. Read More
The children had a great maths lesson learning how to measure weight. They investigated which objects were the heaviest and lightest and then measured using standard units. Read More
In our P.H.S.E we discussed healthy relationships and what they mean. We thought about special people in our lives and made a relationship web showing all our friends in class. Read More
We will be starting our DT sewing project next week, starting with designing a model for a minibeast. Also, we will naming different plants and trees in science. The children have throughly enjoyed reading The owl who is afraid of the dark’ by Jill Tomlinson and discovered lots of wonderful similes. Our Exciting writing will...Read More
In ICT we are exploring Art using technology. The children used the Purple Mass software 2Paint to create a picture in the style of Eric Carle. Have a look at their wonderful creations on our minibeast display. Read More
The children are working on understanding place value. They are breaking the number in to parts using base 10 and units. They are able to show what a number looks like and feel very confident with partitioning numbers. Read More
Hope you all had a great Easter holiday and it is lovely to see the children return full of the joys of spring. We started our story ‘Plop who is afraid of the dark’ by Jill Tomlinson. Today the children wrote a character profile about Plop the barn owl. Read More
The children are so enthusiastic about our new topic Minibeasts and spent the afternoon discovering all sorts of insects and other mini creatures in the forest. We even found a tiny frog from our pond. Read More
In Forest schools the children went on a Easter egg hunt. They found lots of eggs with different numbers on and placed each egg in order from 0 – 20. It was great to see the children working so well in their teams and helping each other. Read More
We loved learning about the Easter story and why this time of year is important. We then sequenced the story pictures and wrote sentences to say what happened. Read More
The children have throughly enjoyed their topic on healthy lifestyles and were able to show off their knowledge in their Exciting Writing. They used lots of features of information text and remembered some great key facts. Read More
Exciting writing on Monday and practising our Maths skills throughout the week. Don’t forget toy day on Thursday and we break up at 2.30 for our Easter holidays. Read More
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. Read More
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 think will happen. We can’t...Read More
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! Read More
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. Read More
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. Read More
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 practical problems. Year 1 children will explore position and...Read More
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