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Week 34
Another brilliant week has come to an end in the fox den. The work produced has been fantastic, especially as there was bits of disruption throughout.
English
In English, we dove into the deep end with our writing, using some high class skills to produce some amazing pieces of writing. We are half way through our study of the book, which all pupils are really enjoying.
Maths
In maths, we have consolidated our multiplication skills, as well as reapplying our skills of measurement and comparison. Pupils used concrete resources to help their understanding with multiplication skills.
Afternoon Subjects
Our afternoons have been different this week due to the really warm weather. We have completed our work but ensured that we have had lots of breaks to rehydrate and cool off. Here is an example of our PE lesson, that we stayed inside for as it was too hot to be outside running around.
To summarise, it has been another brilliant week, with plenty of excellent work taking place. Well done to everyone.
Enjoy the weekend, and stay safe in the sun.
Like always, if there is anything you need please contact on Dojo.
Mr. Winfield :)
Week 33
Welcome back! Hopefully you have had a brilliant week off. Now its time to hit the ground running and focus our learning to ensure everyone is ready for Year 3.
English
This week in English we have started our learning around our new text, 'The Stone Age Boy'. We have explored and predicted what the story was going to be about prior to reading the text itself and breaking it down accordingly.
Maths
In maths, we have had a focus on division. The pupils have used concrete and pictorial methods to enhance their learning before moving to more independent tasks, including problem solving.
Afternoon Subjects
This week we have started our new learning all afternoon lessons, this includes: the stone age in history, settlements in geography, habitats in science, and drawing a character in art.
We have also looked at different verbs in Spanish.
Overall, a cracking week back. The work ethic has been fantastic throughout and the effort has been brilliant. Keep it up.
Have a fabulous weekend.
Mr. Winfield :)
Week 31
Nearly there folks. Another busy week has come to an end but everyone has still shown fantastic efforts. The learning of all pupils is starting to become embedded, which will certainly help on progression into Year 3.
English
This week in English we finally completed our independent write on 'George and the Dragon' with fantastic success. There has been some brilliant pieces of writing produced by some of the pupils which is amazing to see.
Maths
Similarly in Maths, we have consolidated knowledge on the four operations within mathematics to ensure fluency and mastery.
Week 30
My goodness gracious! What a week! But we have made it. We have completed another one of our big quizzes this week, which all foxes have done brilliant. We have also had slight changes in our routines but everyone has managed extremely well with all the changes. Only a few more big quizzes to go over the next few weeks then we can enjoy a well deserved week off.
English
This week in English, we have been disrupted a bit therefore have not completed what we wanted to complete. However, everyone has completed a fantastic plan to continue their own story about George and the Dragon. Some pupils have explored the apologetic dragon path where as some others have concluded that dragon is going to cause more carnage to the people. I'm sure you can imagine which foxes have gone down which path.
Maths
This week in maths we have continued to consolidate our learning of the four mathematical operations. This week we had a focus on multiplication and division, and also managed to squeeze in some more work on subtraction, aiming to ensure that that exchanging method in column subtraction is embedded into all pupils learning.
Afternoon Subjects
This week we have continued to learn about how we started to fly. Looking through inventors and famous people who made flying assessible for all today. This week we focused on Amelia Earhart who was the first female to fly solo from America, over the Atlantic and landed in Northern Ireland.
We have also linked both computing and science this week by exploring how we grow plants in space, and what technology we might use to help a plant grow within space. The foxes worked in partners to discuss what equipment and methods we would need to use to keep a plant alive and healthy in the International Space Station.
Week 29
Wow! What a hectic week it has been. We have been extremely busy in the fox den this week. This week has seen us start our big quizzes (SATs) and I am pleased to say that every single fox has tried their very best which is all that we could ask of them. Well done to you all!
English
This week was our final week learning about the text 'George and the Dragon'. We have analysed the story thoroughly and will be completing a new ending for the story in our independent writing next week. We also completed some role plays this week to help with understanding of the story.
Maths
This week in maths we have been consolidating our learning of the different mathematical contractions. Our focus this week was on addition and subtraction, looking at using the column method to complete the calculations in the most effective way.
Afternoon Subjects
This week's afternoon lessons have been as busy as ever. We started the week by researching about Bessie Coleman, who was the first black lady to get an international pilot license. She was a stunt pilot and unfortunately died during a plane accident. She wanted to open her own flight school, however she was unable to, due to the accident. So her friends completed this dream for her.
We have also completed research about space and the technology that is used within space, especially in the International Space Station.
On Friday, we also celebrated the King's coronation by dressing in smart clothes and having a tea party with the rest of the school in the hall.
Overall, it has been another fantastic week with lots of excitement!
Everyone enjoy the long weekend and celebrate our new King.
See you Tuesday.
Mr. Winfield and Mrs. Williams
Week 28
Another week has come and gone in the fox den, and it has been a slightly disrupted week but we have all coped exceptional well and completed a lot of brilliant work. Wednesday saw our class have a lot with a lot of different faces and visitors being in the class but everyone managed these changes really well which was a pleasure to see.
English
This week in English, we have continued our study of 'George and the Dragon' story as well as introducing 'How to train a dragon' as a stimulus for learning which all the children have thoroughly enjoyed. We have done a lot of writing this week but ended the week reenacting how we would try to tackle capturing a dragon.
Maths
In maths, we have continued and completed our study of fractions as well as starting to look at the concept of time. The pupils have really understood the learning and concept of fractions, focusing on a half and a quarter primarily but some have challenged themselves to explore fractions such as a third, a fifth and a tenth.
Afternoon Subjects
As previously mentioned, this week has been a little bit chaotic, but we have still managed to do lots of interesting activities whilst we have been in the classroom. We have explored different technology used in space, such as the moon rover. The pupils used technology to control the moon rover to discover different objects within space. In science this week, we planted our sunflowers and started to look after them after learning the science behind a plant growing.
In geography this week we focused on coastlines, and the features that clarify what a coastline is. We have also looked at texture in our art lessons, looking at different textures and trying to recreate them using a variety of techniques and colours.
So overall, another fabulous week has come to an end. Next week we will start some of our big quizzes so please make sure that you get plenty of rest so we are ready for them next week.
Please enjoy your three day weekend, and see you all back at school on Tuesday.
Any issues please contact on Dojo.
Have a stunning weekend!
Mr. Winfield and Mrs. Williams :)
Week 27
Welcome back foxes! I trust you all had a splendid two weeks off celebrating Easter. It is only a couple of weeks away now from our big quizzes so we need to make sure that we are giving 110% to our learning so that we are all fully prepared. That being said, we have hit the ground running this week with our next concepts of learning in all subjects.
English
This week in English we have started to create our own story based upon the text of 'George and the Dragon' by Christopher Wormell. This book does not have much writing in it so it has been down to the pupils to create some interesting sentences about our story to ensure the reader enjoys the story. Our writing has been full of high level skills that will be used throughout the pupils school journey and it has been clear to see that some of these skills have already become embedded within their learning.
Maths
In maths we have had a focus on fractions. We have started to learn about recognising a half and a quarter and how to find a half from different shapes and numbers. It has been a pleasure to see so many pupils understand this tricky concept within the first week.
Afternoon Subjects
This week has seen the foxes start their new learning for our afternoon subjects. We have started to learn about how we learnt to fly in history and started to study about plants in science. In computing we virtually went on a tour of the International Space Station which everyone thoroughly enjoyed.
We have also explored our artistic side by using charcoal. At first, we experimented using different lines and pressures to make a collage before having a go at creating a portrait for one of our other topics; either plants, planes, coastlines or dragons.
Overall, it has been a fantastic first week back after Easter with everyone showing tremendous effort. Please keep it up.
Have a fabulous weekend, and enjoy the sun (if it decides to appear)
If you need anything then please message on Dojo.
Mr. Winfield and Mrs. Williams :)
Week 26
We have done it folks. Another half term has come and gone. Well done to all of our foxes for showing brilliant commitment to their own learning and as a result have shown outstanding improvements in all subjects.
English
This week in English we have completed our 'United Kingdom' non-chronological report. It has been a bit of a squeeze to try and fit in this piece of writing but we managed it.
Maths
This week we have had a revision week focused on addition and subtraction. We ensured that we practiced all the methods that could potentially come up in our big quizzes after half term. Some of our foxes even tried their hand at some Year 3/4 addition to really try and challenge their skills.
Afternoon Subjects
We have had some extremely busy lessons this week and experienced a lot of new things. In History, we have completed our Florence Nightingale and Edith Cavall topic. It has been a long unit of work and the pupils have thoroughly enjoyed learning about these two amazing ladies.
We have also investigated the mini beasts that are situated around the school playground. We then collated the data in two forms: a tally chart and a bar chart. We discussed which chart was easier to read and we concluded that the bar chart was the best method to compare the population of mini beasts.
For RE we celebrated the Jewish festival of Passover by having a Seder Meal. All the foxes enjoyed trying different foods for the first time and enjoyed a different experience in our afternoons.
And to finish off the term, we have created some Easter cards to celebrate the Christian Festival. We also completed an Easter Egg hunt and had hot cross buns, yum yum.
Overall, it has been a fabulous half term where everyone has thoroughly improved with their learning and now deserve a well earned rest over the coming two weeks.
If you need anything over the fortnight off, please message on Dojo and I will try and pick it up when possible.
Enjoy your Easter folks. And don't eat too much chocolate :)
Mr. Winfield and Mrs. Williams
Week 25
WOW! What a busy week it has been in the fox den. We have completed our assessment week with some fabulous results that everyone is extremely impressed with. The hard work did not stop even with all the assessments going on, with a new stimulus in English being explored. As well as a continuation of all afternoon lessons...
English
This week, we have started to look at our new piece of writing. We are going to be writing a non-chronological report all based upon the UK which links in beautifully with our previous Geography topic. We also published our previous writing which turned out fantastic!
Maths
We have continued our learning of mass, capacity and temperature. After our assessments had finished we focused on mastering the concept of capacity and started to learn about temperature during the back end of the week.
Afternoon Lessons
Despite having extremely busy mornings due to our quizzes, we did not slow down in the afternoon. If anything we went even faster! We have consolidated our Spanish, with our focus being fruit and vegetables. We have also learnt about the Jewish Spring Festival, the Passover and the Seder meal which happens during the festival. Next week, we will have our own Seder meal to help strengthen our understanding of the festival. We have finished our week with a fabulous lesson with Lorenzo.
Overall, it has been a very hard working but rewarding week. A massive well done to everyone for their hard work and effort. One more week before a two week break for Easter. If you need anything then please contact us on Dojo.
Have a wonderful weekend!
Mr. Winfield and Mrs. Williams :)
Week 24
Another hectic week has come and gone! We have been up to lots and lots of exciting activities over the week, and have produced some fantastic work alongside being extremely exciting.
English
This week has concluded our writing about 'The Owl who was Afraid of the Dark'. We have completed the planning for our independent version of the story which we are going to publish on Monday.
Maths
In maths this week, we have moved on from length and height and now started to focus on weight, volume and capacity. We have started to measure different weights of objects, as well as comparing the volume and capacity of different objects.
Afternoon Lessons
Our afternoon lessons have been as busy as ever. We have looked at a new religion and gained an understanding of the Jewish beliefs. We have also completed the next lesson in our Science unit. We focused on testing the ability of an object to bend, stretch, twist or squash.
We have also continued our computing unit which is digital photography. Again, our foxes have produced some excellent pictures within our classroom, using different lighting.
This Friday, we have celebrated Comic Reliefs Red Nose Day by wearing red clothes and gaining an understanding about what Comic Relief does with the money that we have raised.
Overall, it has been a brilliant week in the fox den, and we have celebrated peoples achievements over the past few weeks with a mini assembly within the class.
REMEMBER! Next week is assessment week!!!
Please have a brilliant weekend and get plenty of rest for a busy last couple of weeks.
Mr. Winfield and Mrs. Williams
Week 23
Thank goodness it is Friday! It has been a very frosty week but luckily our foxes have kept themselves warm by working extremely hard in all lessons. This week has seen some fabulous writing taking place, and also, some budding photographers in the making have taken some stunning pictures of objects within our class.
English
This week has seen us conclude our learning about the text, 'The Owl who was Afraid of the Dark'. Our foxes have continued to improve their writing skills and have produced some outstanding pieces of writing during the course of the week. We have also had an experience week this week. Our experience day was based upon a campfire and the various activities that can take place around a campfire. Unfortunately, due to the poor weather, our experience day had to happen inside. However, we still had a brilliant time drinking hot chocolate, singing songs and playing campfire games.
Maths
In maths this week we started to learn about length and height. We have focused our attention on measuring in centimetres (cm), comparing the lengths and also calculating the differences between lengths.
Afternoon Lessons
In our afternoons we have been trying new skills this week. One of those skills includes photography. The pupils were asked to capture a variety of different objects within our classroom. They then had two challenges: The first was to see whether the picture needed to be taken in landscape or portrait and then to edit the photograph appropriately to make it even better. Here are some of the results...
We have also started to create our own map of Kidsgrove, where pupils have drawn and labelled their work using a key to show both human and physical elements of Geography within the local area. The results of these will be posted next week.
Overall, another brilliant week! We only have one more week until our next round of assessments which will be the final ones before our official SATs during May.
As always, if you need anything over the weekend then please contact me.
Have a fantastic weekend, rest up for another exciting week!
Mr. Winfield and Mrs. Williams :)
Week 22
Welcome back foxes! It has been an extremely busy first week back. We have continued to learn about money in maths, but we have started a new text in English. Our afternoons have been exciting and very engaging for all. This week has also included 'World Book Day' which saw our foxes dress up as different vocabulary. They also had a period of reading with pupils from a different class.
English
This week, we have started our new text, 'The Owl who was Afraid of the Dark.' The story is about a baby barn owl (Plop) who was afraid of the dark and was looking for reassurance from other people that the dark is okay. We have also looked at 'What are barn owls?' and a firework display.
Maths
This week in maths we have continued looking at money. We have had a focus on recognising money, both coins and notes. And then later in the week we looked at adding money together to find a total.
Afternoon Lessons
During our afternoon lessons, we have been looking at similar concepts to the ones we were studying prior to the half term break. In Science, we looked at which balls bounced the highest. We looked at how balls bounce in slow motion and created a hypothesis for our own experiment.
In History, we created a chronological timeline of the lives of both Florence Nightingale and Edith Cavell. In Geography, we looked at our local area on Google Earth. We found local areas of interest before attempting to find our houses on street view.
Overall, it has been a super first week back. Pupils have come in with a fantastic attitude to learning. Keep up all the good work at home.
Have a wonderful weekend.
Mr. Winfield and Mrs. Williams :)
Week 21
We have made it! The final week of this half term has been assessment week. I am pleased to say that the assessments have been a success and all pupils have improved since our last round of assessments before Christmas. A massive well done to all of our foxes.
Have a fantastic week off, you all deserve it!
Mr. Winfield and Mrs. Dryden :)
Week 20
Another fantastic week has come and gone in the fox den. All of the pupils have been working extremely hard to complete both their work and fight off any illnesses that have been lingering in our class.
English
This week in English we have complete our learning elements of poetry. This will allow us to move on to our own independent write of a poem similar to the one we have just studied.
Maths
In maths we have also moved on to a new topic. We are now fussing on money; learning how to recognise amounts, both in pounds and pence.
Afternoon Subjects
This week our afternoon lessons have been as busy as ever. In Science, we looked at using man-made and natural equipment to create a picture of nature. Our natural equipment consisted of: carrots, potatoes and broccoli.
In History and Geography we have started new lessons. In History, we have started to look at Edith Cavell is and what did she do during her life. In Geography we recapped what the 7 continents on Earth are through a song (QR code below) and then started to look at the 5 oceans on Earth.
All in all, it has been another brilliant week for our foxes. Spelling are coming home again over the weekend ready for a test on Monday 13th February. Also, next week is our next round of assessments. It is going to be challenging for all of our foxes but no doubt they will do their best and show how much they know.
Have a fantastic weekend.
Mr. Winfield and Mrs. Dryden :)
Week 19
What a fantastic week it has been in the fox den! Some amazing work has been produced during the course of this week, from written work to role play. Every young fox has ben instrumental in us all having a brilliant week.
English
This week in English was seen us start our next writing topic, poetry. We are looking at the poem 'If I were in charge of the world' by Judith Viorst. We have looked at the shape of a poem and started to plan our own version of the poem, looking at things we love and dislike and would therefore change if we were in charge of the world!
Maths
In maths, we have been continuing our division topic with a focus on dividing by 5 and 10.
Afternoon Subjects
We have had some extremely busy afternoon lessons this week as you will see below. We started the week with science, completing an experiment to see if we could make materials waterproof by adding wax crayon to them.
In computing, we have designed our own bee-bot mats. This allowed the creative side of our foxes to really come out.
In History, we created a lovely role play clip about the life of Florence Nightingale. Please scan the code below if you would like to watch.
And finally, in PSHE we used the game of Jenga to show how life needs a stable foundation, and by the removal of key elements makes things more fragile.
A couple more weeks until we have half term, so can we please make sure to have a big push on reading at home using Oxford Reading Buddy. Spellings have been sent home ready for a test on Monday 6th February.
Have a fantastic weekend.
Mr. Winfield and Mrs. Dryden :)
Week 18
Another week has gone in the blink of an eye. Yet again we have been extremely busy in the fox den. Our standards have remained continually high and the pupils are reaping the rewards.
English
This week has seen us complete our independent writing from our text, 'The Building Boy', and we have seen some lovely ideas come through each pupils piece of writing. Their writing has put a huge smile on all of the teachers faces this week, and the pupils deserve all the praise they get due to their excellent, hard-working attitude.
Maths
In maths, we have finished our multiplication unit and now started to complete our division unit with a focus on halves and dividing by 2.
Afternoon Subject
This week we have continued to look at Florence Nightingale and 'Our Wonderful World'. We also enjoyed an interesting computing lesson where the pupils were using Bee-Bots, giving them instructions from algorithms that they had previously written.
Time to refresh over the weekend, ready to maintain our learning next week. Keep it up everyone!
Have a wonderful weekend!
Mr. Winfield and Mrs. Dryden :)
Week 17
Wow! What an amazing week we have had. Our little foxes have been amazing! They have all been challenged and come through with flying colours. Our standards for behaviour and learning have been set to a new high, and the pupils have thoroughly enjoyed their new found confidences within school.
English
This week, we have come to the end of looking at 'The Building Boy', with a focus on next week creating a different version of the plot for their independent writing. During the week our learning included an experience day where we pretended to be Tom and Grandma (characters from the book) in the scene where Grandma awakes. Below is an example of our small role plays.
Maths
In maths we have had a real focus on our times tables, and had a push to learn our 3 times tables. If our foxes could continue to practise their times tables using Times Table Rock Stars (TTRS).
Afternoon Subject
This week we have continued with our Science unit of materials by completing a tour of the school, assessing which materials are used for different features and why. Pupils were able to use fantastic vocabulary during the tour and answered tricky questions brilliantly during the tour. We have also used role play with in our History lessons to understand the roles of doctors and nurses both past and present. Pupils threw themselves into the action and enjoyed playing the various roles within the lesson. Unfortunately, some civilians got caught in the crossfire, as shown below.
A truly fantastic week. Everyone deserves a rest after a week of extremely hard work.
Have an awesome weekend!
Mr. Winfield and Mrs. Dryden :)
Week 16
Another busy week has come and gone in the fox den. This week we have started to get to grips with all of our routines again and produced some fantastic work as a result. Maths and English have been similar to last week, but we have deepened the understand of multiplication and the relevant writing skills that we need to master by the end of this year.
Afternoon lessons
This week has seen us start our afternoon topics. We started to look at materials in science and looked at how absorbent different materials in our classroom are. In History, we looked at the improvements in hospitals over the years from the Crimean War to the present day. We also recapped our learning of our geographical knowledge of the UK and its capital cities.
Exciting week overall, but plenty more to come next week.
Have a great weekend.
Mr. Winfield and Mrs. Dryden :)
Week 15
Welcome backs Foxes. We trust you had a brilliant Christmas and a fabulous new year. This week has seen some changes in our fox den, but our high standards still remain the same. I am extremely pleased to say that every single fox has come back with a fantastic attitude towards learning which is awesome to see.
English
This week we have started to read our new text for the writing unit, our book is 'The building boy'. The foxes have created some brilliant work already with their knowledge and vocabulary constantly improving.
Maths
After our assessments in December, there was a clear need to focus on calculations. Therefore, at the start of this term we are focusing on multiplication and division. The foxes have started to understand how to use groups to form multiplication calculations and then solving those calculations. We have also had a focus on our times tables where the children have been surprising both myself and themselves with how much they already know.
Afternoon Subject
This week we have started to look at who Florence Nightingale was and what she did with her life. We have created our own lamps so we are able to complete our nightly rounds on the hospital. We have also explored some techniques that she used within her hospital, focusing on colours and the emotions that those colours provide us.
Overall, we have had a fantastic start to 2023! Hopefully it continues for the rest of the year.
Have a brilliant weekend.
Mr. Winfield and Mrs. Carter :)
Week 13 & 14
We have made it, Whoop Whoop! The last couple of weeks have been extremely busy for our foxes and we all deserve a well earned break. Last week was our assessment week where the children all performed to their very best ability and it showed in their results. All our foxes did brilliant and we are very happy with their overall progress. This week has been super busy, as we have been completing all of our festive activities. We have created Christmas cards and decorations, as well as performing our Christmas play. Many thanks to all of you that came to support us on Wednesday, your support is greatly appreciated. Please see below a selection of pictures from all of our festive activities this week.
Time for some well earned rest and some amazing celebrations to happen over the next few weeks.
We wish you a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
See you all in 2023!
Best Wishes,
Mr. Winfield and Mrs. Jones :)
Week 12
ROAR! This week have been transformed into lions! We have looked at the characteristics, their habitat and their diet. As well as making ourselves look like a pride of lions as well. This is all so the children are able to complete their independent writing task next week.
Quick reminder! We have our second round of assessments next week as well as dress rehearsals for the Christmas concerts. Rest up, its going to be a busy week!
See you all Monday.
Mr. Winfield and Mrs. Jones
Week 11
We have had an extremely adventurous week in our fox den. We have been able to travel back in time to 1666 to see how living conditions were for the people in London during 'The Great Fire of London'. We were also able to see how fast the fire was able to spread due to the materials that the houses were built out of. We were also able to travel to the Savannah to see the habitats that our big cats our living in to help us create our non-chronological reports.
We have also created a short music clip of the foxes learning to play a recorder.
If you need anything over the weekend then please get in contact with us.
See you Monday!
Mr. Winfield and Mrs. Jones
Week 10
Happy Friday everyone! The foxes have had another brilliant week. We have completed some adventures pieces of work and had some superstars go above and beyond their own challenges in our maths, it has been awesome to see so many children thrive in our fox den.
English
In our English this week, we have been focusing on a non-chronological report that is based on 'Big Cats'. We have completed a research day and written some fantastic sentences already regarding these amazing animals, using extremely high level skills. The children have loved finding out new bits of information about these fascinating animals.
Maths
This week in maths, we completed our addition unit and moved swiftly on to subtraction. The pupils grabbed this challenge by the horns and took it in their stride and the results have been fantastic! Pupils really understood the concept of subtraction and used the column method effectively to answer numerous questions during the lessons.
Afternoon Subjects
This weeks afternoon lessons have been full to the brim with excitement. At the beginning of the week, we had a focus of finding potential microhabitats within the school grounds which has our aim for our science objectives. We are happy to report that we found plenty within the areas that we studied and took some photographs as evidence.
For our history lessons this week, we have been studying 'The Great Fire of London'. Pupils were able to retrieve lots of pieces of information from the two lessons, including dates, locations and reasons why the fire spread. We are also in the process of recording a song with information about that the fire that I will post when we have completed the final piece.
This week, the amount of home reading has improved, so thank you for your continued efforts.
As always, if you need anything please contact us and we will get back to you ASAP!
Have a phenomenal weekend!
Mr. Winfield and Mrs. Jones :)
Week 9
Another hectic week for our foxes. We have completed some more brilliant work and explored some amazing ideas through our variety of lessons. We have completed another piece of writing in English, explored our local area in Geography and spoke about the need for inclusion within school.
English
This week we have completed our character descriptions for our own mythical creatures, after exploring a video stimulus. It has allowed our children to let their creative sides shine and this have been brilliant to see, especially in a piece of writing.
Maths
In Maths, we have continued with our unit on addition which has allowed pupils to deepen their understanding of the concept. The use of the base 10 equipment has definitely helped us with this.
Afternoon Subjects
We have explored the various different habitats where animals live in our science unit and now have an extraordinary space within our classroom which has some of these habitats laid out with information and animals attached. We have also attempted to play 'The Last Post' with our new PBuzz instruments but unfortunately, it did not go to plan.
Finally, it was lovely to meet the majority of you this week to talk about our foxes attainment and other matters arising. Like always, if you need anything else from ourselves at school please do get in contact and we will out things in place for them to happen.
Have a cracking weekend.
Mr. Winfield and Mrs. Jones :)
Week 8
Welcome back foxes! We have had a hectic week, starting our new units of learning in most subjects. English, Science, RE and Computing saw us start some brand new pieces of work, which the pupils have engaged with brilliantly.
English
In English we completed our final published letter of persuasion for our felt tip pens to come home. This piece of writing was based upon the story of 'The Day The Crayons Quit'. We then have started to created a character of own with a description and a drawing to match.
Maths
For maths, we have gone back to focusing on number bonds to 10, 20 and 100. The majority of the pupils have exceeded their own expectations with this unit by completing sums including 3-digit numbers.
Afternoon Subjects
As mentioned previously, we have started some new topics of learning with our afternoon subjects. We have started learning about living things and their habitats in Science and the use of technology in the world during Computing. For RE we are focusing on the sacred books this half term, and why these books are sacred to the people who believe in them.
We have also done a special PSHE lesson focusing on Bonfire safety, for the upcoming celebrations this weekend.
Keep up with the hard work everyone and enjoy the weekend!
Mr. Winfield and Mrs. Jones :)
Week 7
We have done it! Our foxes have completed their first half term, and wow! What a first half term we have had. We have completed some astonishing work, and taken on challenges that some of us never thought possible and come out the other side. This week has been no exception with our little foxes completing their first rounds of assessments with the up most professionalism, and the results have shown we are on track for a brilliant year. Well done to you all!
Afternoon Subjects
This week for our afternoon lessons, we have focused on Design and Technology and been exposed to First Aid, what do to in an emergency. The class have created some Halloween inspired sliders designers for their DT project. Whilst for First Aid, we completed role plays to show each other what we need to do if we are faced with an emergency.
The first chapter of our Year 2 story has come to an end, but we are all extremely excited to see what the next chapters have in store for us. Have a fabulous half term everyone.
See you soon!
Mr. Winfield and Mrs. Jones :)
Week 6
We have had a strange week in our fox den over the past week. We have had a few casualties this week, falling victim to the dreaded lurgy and the winter flu which has disrupted our week slightly. However, the foxes have still been able to adapt and produce some outstanding and creative work.
English
We have nearly completed our persuasive letter to ask our 'Fabulous Felt Tip Pens' to come back. They have left our classroom because they felt left out due to not many people using them for their work. We need to convince the pens to come back because we need them next week to help with our DT project.
Maths
In maths, we have completed another unit of work, with all pupils grasping the new concepts brilliantly well. We have received some outstanding praise from different teachers regarding our work ethic in maths and it is clear to see with some of the progress that pupils have made this week.
Afternoon Subjects
Our afternoon subjects have seen us extend our knowledge even more about London. We focused our attention on the landmarks within London. We completed activities which showed pupils what the landmarks are, where they are and why they are landmarks. In other lessons, our foxes have finished the Science unit of Animals including Humans with a general recap ready for an assessment next week.
Next week is our first round of assessments. It is nothing for any little to worry about, it is solely to see where each pupil is currently at with their learning.
Any questions, you know where to find us.
Have a brilliant weekend.
Mr. Winfield and Mrs. Jones :)
Week 5
We have had another extremely busy week in our fox den. We have started some new units in our English, Geography and Maths. We have also finished our Science unit of Animals including Humans which has allowed the pupils to gain a greater understanding of the human body and how to keep our bodies healthy.
English
Last week we completed our Little Red Riding Hood writing, so this week we have introduced our new book and style of writing. We will be analysing the book 'The Day The Crayons Quit'. The pupils have enjoyed watching the video of the book being read online, as well as analysing two other persuasive letters before completing the first element of our own persuasive letter.
Maths
In maths, we have mastered our understanding of recognising tens and ones through the use of base 10. We have also gained an understanding of using number lines.
Afternoon Subjects
In PSHE we have focused on our own minds and how we can calm down in circumstances that we might get angry or anxious. To do this, we completed a couple of meditation sessions to calm the pupils down and it has shown some brilliant results with the behaviour of the pupils overall. Mrs. Jones created this breath-taking page in our floor book for our meditation sessions.
Overall, another brilliant week! Keep it up foxes!
Mr. Winfield and Mrs. Jones :)
Week 4
This week saw us complete our first piece of writing for the Year. We had to excellent examples that we have decided to share with you on here below. Well done to everyone, another brilliant week!
Mr. Winfield and Mrs. Jones :)
Our Brilliant Writing
Week 3
Another week has flown by in our fox den! We have created some brilliants pieces of work in a variety of different subjects. We completed our 'Creation Story, books in our RE lessons, as well as gaining a deeper understanding of the life of late Queen Elizabeth II and exploring the houses that she lived in.
English
In our English lessons we have continued to look at our story of Little Red Riding Hood, and have written some outstanding paragraphs and sentences that we are going to use in our final drafts and published pieces of work next week.
Maths
In maths we have continued with our grouping and counting unit and used a variety of different techniques to ensure that all pupils grasped a real understanding of the concept.
Other Subjects
In our PSHE and Computing lessons, we focused our attentions on E-Safety to ensure that all of our little foxes stay safe whilst they re online either at school or at home.
Have a fantastic weekend, and see you all again on Monday
Mr. Winfield and Mrs. Jones :)
Week 2
Our real first week as foxes has come and gone! As a class we have started to get into the routine and rhythm of how our class days are going to look for the coming year. We have already started to produce some outstanding work, whilst learning new bits of information along the way. This week we have started our English and Maths topics which have provided a relevant challenge to all within the class, however, each little fox has braved the new learning and learnt new skills as a result.
Maths
In maths, we have started looking at counting in 1s, 2s, 5s and 10s and used both visual and concrete aids to be able to reinforce the learning of all pupils in the class.
English
We explored the Woodland around the school grounds, imagining ourselves as Little Red Riding Hood on her way through the woods within our new book. We found two fairy homes; one in a tree and one under a mushroom. This time outside allowed for our foxes to create some outstanding pieces of writing using new skills such as adjectives and alliteration.
Afternoon Subjects
This week we have started our new Science and History units of work. In Science, we are focusing on animals, their offspring and their classification groups. We had a lengthy discussion categorising animals into their correct groups, before looking at the different offsprings of some animals and matching both offspring and adults together. For our History topic we are focusing on the Monarchy and the late Queen Elizabeth II. We spoke about Monarch's past and present, as well as looking at what if takes to be a good King or Queen.
We are very proud of how well the foxes have settled into Year 2, and hope this hard working nature continues all year long.
Any questions then please contact us on dojo.
Have a fabulous weekend foxes!
Mr. Winfield and Mrs. Jones :)
Week 1
We have had a brilliant start to the year as 'Foxes'! We have created some amazing artwork both for the classroom and to bring home. This week has allowed the pupils to settle back in to the school routine after a busy summer holiday period. As a class, we have completed maths, phonics, art and D&T activities to allow the pupils to have a variety of lessons in the first week. Starting from Monday we will be following the timetable that is available on the website, and preparing the pupils to achieve their ambitions during their time in Year 2.
Mr. Winfield and Mrs. Jones :)
