Month: December 2020

Dear Parents and Carers

We have reached the end of our first term in Year 2, and the children have been brilliant. From the start of September right up to today, the children have worked hard, learnt a lot and most importantly, they have been very kind to each other in these very different times.

This week, the children enjoyed their Christmas Party. We finished our letters and posted them home, hopefully they have started to arrive already! Yesterday we all watched our Christmas Show which everyone should be able to watch through the school website.

Next term, we are starting our whole lot of history topic, starting with the Great Fire of London. We will be learning our Year 2 times tables and starting to read new, longer texts in guided reading and English lessons.

I hope you all have a lovely Christmas, a very happy new year and the children all have a well earned rest! Finally, I just wanted to say a huge thank you from myself and Mrs Killy for the very generous Christmas gifts, it is very much appreciated.

Mr Stocking

Dear Parents and Carers

The children have had a very different week in school this week. We started the week with the children becoming actors and the teachers becoming directors as we filmed our Christmas show. Thank you for the fantastic costumes, all of the children looked excellent! The children were wonderful role models to the younger children in Year 1 and we are all very proud of them. Photos from the show will be uploaded to the blog next week.

For the rest of the week we have been preparing and writing our detailed letters to Father Christmas. The children will publish their letters on Monday and Tuesday and we will be walking to the post box on Wednesday to post them home. This is an excellent opportunity for you to see some of the lovely writing the children have been doing this term. If you haven’t already, please can you send in an addressed envelope with a stamp by Tuesday 15th December. 

In maths, we have finished our learning for this term and are now consolidating all of our learning through practical activities and various number games. In RE, the children learnt about and created Christingles. Next week we will be finishing off the topics that we have been looking at in Geograpgy, RE, music and Science.

Next week we will also be having our Christmas party. This will take place on Wednesday 16th December. They must bring in their clothing in a named bag on Monday 14th December so that it is able to be left for 48 hours before our party on Wednesday. Due to COVID guidance, the children must bring in their own party food for them to eat by themselves. They can bring the food in a snack box and will have the opportunity to eat it in the afternoon. Please remember the food must not contain any traces of nuts, peanuts or seeds.

Have a lovely weekend,

Mr Stocking, Mrs Killy and Mrs Fenwick

Dear Parents and Carers,

The children have had a different week this week with extra show and singing practises in preparation for filming the show next week. The children have approached the show with excellent attitudes, fantastic acting and singing and have been wonderful role models throughout.

Spelling Shed this week continues to have 3 groups. All 3 groups will have a mini test next Friday. Please make sure the children are going on and checking their spellings, even if it is only a couple of games at a time. It really helps with their writing and enables us to talk about the sound they are learning in greater depth. One group is looking at the /n/ sound spelt kn and gn, one group is looking at the /j/ sound spelt -ge and one group is looking at the /ou/ sound.

This week in English the children have been preparing and planning to write a letter to Father Christmas. This letter is different to a normal letter to Santa, because the children won’t only be talking about what presents they would like, but will also include extra details about their Christmases, as well as ask Father Christmas a few questions that they have for him. After these are complete we want to have the children post the letters home, so that you can see an example of the excellent writing they have been doing this term. Could you please send in an addressed envelope with a stamp by Monday 14th December.

In Maths, we have finished money and started looking at multiplication and division which will continue through to the end of term. In topic, we have been looking at animals native to Australia. In RE, the children learnt about advent and created an advent calendar of kindness for our classroom. Next week the children will be learning more about the festivities of Christmas and thinking about how they celebrate the holiday. In Art, the children started creating grumpy snowmen for our show, and will finish these next week. In Science, the children learnt about the different stages of human life.

Have a lovely weekend,

Mr Stocking, Mrs Killy and Mrs Fenwick