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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. 
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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. 
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Forest Schools

The Reception children had a fantastic time making nests out in the woods today. 
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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! 
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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.    
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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! 
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Fractions

Class 2 worked really hard today finding fractions using Lego bricks! We found halves, thirds and quarters.    
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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 pictures and can’t wait...
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Spelling

Spelling homework is the alternate spelling for the sound ‘aw’
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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! 
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Forest school

The Reception had a great day making bird feeders. Well done! 
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Forest schools

The Reception children had a great time weaving using sticks and twine. 
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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!
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Class 2 Newsletter 15.01.16

Have a great relaxing weekend! 15.01.16-Newsletter
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Spellings

Spellings out tomorrow and the focus is different ways to spell the ‘ee’ phoneme. 
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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. 
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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! 
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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? 
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Class 2 Newsletter 8.01.16

class 2 weekly newsletter 8.01.16   We had a great first week back, the children are loving their new topic – China
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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.    
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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.
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Class 2 newsletter 4.12.15

Have a lovely weekend!Class 2 weekly newsletter 4.12.15
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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!
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Class 2 newsletter 27.11.15

Class 2 weekly newsletter 27.11.15 Another great week class 2. Well done.
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Gingerbread Men!

Did you all enjoy eating your gingerbread men yesterday? ‘Run run as fast as you can…’
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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
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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.
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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!)
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Library Visit

Excellent behaviour at York library today. Well done Reception children in Class 2.
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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!
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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!
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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)
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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.
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Class 2 Newsletter 16/10/15

Fantastic day making number bonds to 10.class 2 weekly newsletter 16.10.15
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Harvest Festival Service

Excellent behaviour from Class 2 at the Harvest Festival Service – well done.
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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
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Going on a Bear Hunt

Children having great fun acting out our class story – with their own additions!
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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)
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What a brilliant day!

Fabulous to see all of class 2 working so hard today. Keep it up!
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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)
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Time for Talk

Great fun acting out our story Gigantosaurus!
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Class 2 Newsletter 18/9/15

Class 2 Newsletter 18/9/15 Here is this week’s newsletter.  Have a lovely weekend!
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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!
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Newsletter 11.9.15

Fantastic first week in Class 2, everyone is settling in really well and making new friends. Newsletter 11.9.15
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Newsletter 10.7.15

This week’s newsletter – Newsletter 10.7.15 We hope you all have a lovely sunny weekend!
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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 really liked the galloping horse.
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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.
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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 their new classes as...
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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
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Newsletter 19.6.15

This week’s newsletter.  We hope you all have a lovely weekend! Newsletter 19.6.15
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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 we enjoyed having...
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Newsletter 12.6.15

Have a lovely sunny weekend everybody! Here is this week’s newsletter. Newsletter 12.6.15
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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 things to do tomorrow as well!        
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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
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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 end! Keep it up Class...
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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.
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Directional Language

We have been playing “escape from the classroom”.  This required team work and using lots of directional language.
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Newsletter 15.5.15

This week’s newsletter.  We hope this weekend is sunny for you! Newsletter 15.5.15
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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 it would take to get from...
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Newsletter 8.5.2015

This week’s newsletter.  Have a lovely weekend everyone! Newsletter 8.5.15  
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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?
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Newsletter 1.5.15

This week’s newsletter – Newsletter 1.5.15 Have a lovely Bank Holiday!
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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!
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Newsletter 24.4.15

This week’s newsletter. We hope you all have a lovely weekend! Newsletter 24.4.15
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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Newsletter 20.3.15

This week’s newsletter – Class 2 newsletter 20.3.15
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Newsletter 13.3.15

This week’s newsletter. Class 2 newsletter 13.3.15
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Newsletter 6.3.15

This week’s newsletter. Class 2 newsletter 6.3.15
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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 also be pleased to hear that the other...
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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...
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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.
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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
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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 go on some...
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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
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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 specific letter...
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Newsletter 30.1.15

This week’s newsletter.  Have a lovely weekend! Newsletter 30.1.15  
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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.
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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
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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!
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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 the story of Old...
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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
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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.
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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  
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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
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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
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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 lines and Reception practicing...
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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 harbour! Sage was...
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Class Newsletter 28.11.14

Another action packed week for us this week! We hope you are all having a lovely weekend. Class 2 newsletter 12
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Frosty days in the forest

It was frosty out in the forest today and we made a little piece of ‘ice art’ but we’ve popped it in the freezer to finish it off. We talked about animal homes and made some with leaves, branches and anything we could find on the forest floor. Do you know which British animals hibernate...
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Weekly Newsletter

Sorry for the delay in this going up… Class 2 newsletter 11
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Weekly Newsletter

Time flies when you are having fun! I can’t believe that it is time for the Newsletter again! This week has been full of exciting things including pyjamas, visitors and Gruffalos! I realised that there has been so much going on that I forgot to mention the fantastic habitats that the Year 1s have created,...
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A little bit more about Forest Schools this week

We had lots of fun in Forest Schools this week. We went to explore first of all and then stopped when we heard our call ‘One, two, three where are you?’ The children replied, ‘One, two, three, we’re here!’ We sat down in our log circle and talked about how the environment is changing. So...
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