Welcome back to a new school year we hope you had a lovely summer! We are all so excited in our class to have some old faces back and some new children joining us this year!

This year we are a year 2/3 class mix and we have some lovely new topics to be working through. This term our learning will be on the theme of Africa. However this week the children have just been getting to know their new surroundings, the staff and eachother as well as learning the new routines.

We have some that are new to school this year so we would like to say a big welcome to Jacob and Leighton! They have both had a fabulous first week and we have really enjoyed getting to know them.

The children have been doing some learning about 9/11 this week and they have made some lovely American flags for our class display. We have so many new boards to fill! They also had a secret ballot and elected their new class representative for the school council. Zack won the election and he will attend meetings with Mr Rollings during the year to discuss important issues and share his ideas.

Thanks so much to everyone who sent in food to fund our new breakfast club we will be running this year. Our club will help promote the children’s self help and independence skills and hopefully give them brain food to start their day. We welcome any donations of cereals, bread and milk.

Have a lovely weekend and keep checking on our fun weeks ahead!

This week has been a fun week for the children and staff in our class. We have had so many things to celebrate! It was our lovely Yvonne’s 60th birthday this week and we couldn’t let it pass quietly. The children made her day very special by celebrating at her party with games and dancing to ‘old’ music. She then had a lovely afternoon tea in the sun with the children in the afternoon complete with a beautiful spread and tea set.

Our teaching student Becky spent her last day on placement with us sadly but she went out with a bang and the children threw her a party on Wednesday. We love a dance in our class! We are sad to see Becky go but hopefully will see her on a weekly basis volunteering with us soon.

The children have been doing lovely Creative Arts this week in their spare time (when they weren’t partying!). They have started practising for a class performance which we hope to share with you all virtually by the end of term. They explored costumes and made some props, starting learning songs and auditioned for parts. We are very excited about it. They also made some special cards and explored marbling. It was lots of fun!

Have a lovely weekend!

We have had green fingers again this week! The children have been learning about the parts of a plant and planting their own flowers and vegetables. They have been working on their colouring skills and learning about the roots and what they do. The children used straws to suck up the water like the roots of a plant. They also explored different plants and looked at a spiky cactus. The children did some lovely sensory exploration using soil and fake flowers to ‘pot their plants’. They have been on the look out for their butterflies emerging but it hasn’t happened yet! The caterpillars have turned into their cocoons or chrysalis so it will be 7 to 14 days before we get our butterflies. The children were not impressed with the cocoons and thought they were YUUUUUUCCCCCCKKKKKKKKKK!

It is half term next week so we will see you all after the holidays! Enjoy your holiday!

This week the children have been continuing with their theme of growing. They painted some lovely still life flower pictures and really concentrated on using the paintbrush to make the lines. They had a very close look at the model plant and used the colours that they saw. They have been continuing working on their The Very Hungry Caterpillar story and learning the fruits and Days of the Week. In Maths they have been working on making groups of 3 and recognising numerals. The children have been working alot on their fine and gross motor skills, finding Caterpillars on a obstacle course where they had to climb to get them and making paper mache Caterpillars in Art.

Have a lovely weekend!

This week the children have been working hard on their Hungry Caterpillar topic and learning about fruit and veg. They made a lovely vegetable soup in DT this week using carrots, potatoes, spinach, onion, broccoli and working on their grating skills. They also made a hungry caterpillar sandwich to go with their soup using green spread and vegetables and working on their spreading and chopping skills.

We have also focused on finding names, completing inset jigsaw puzzles and practical skills for some people in the kitchen, recognising danger and preparing for when we have to do chores!

Our good news this week – Emma has her new trike and has been whizzing around outside! Well done Emma!