Welcome to Class 2 – 2025 -2026
Children In Need 2025
The children have had a fantastic day, celebrating Children In Need Day 2025! Everyone looked amazing in their Pudsey themed outfits and were all keen to take part! We are so impressed with the amount of money we have raised for such an amazing charity and the children all had so much fun taking part in our Pudsey Run!
Odd Socks Day/Anti-Bullying Week
The children have been taking part in lots of activities this week for Anti-Bullying Week. On Monday we all came to school wearing odd socks, to celebrate how we are all unique! We have also been doing work in our PSHCE lessons and assemblies, talking about what bullying is and how we can work together to prevent it!
Homework 10.11.25
This week’s homework is Numeracy and we have been focusing on place value in class. We have been working hard to recognise tens and ones. Can you have a go at completing your worksheet by writing down how many tens and ones are each in number, using the pictorial representations to help.
If you have any questions, please feel free to ask!
Poppy Art
This week we have created some poppy art for Remembrance Day! We used different colour paint to create a Poppy. We will display our artwork on the fence for the community to see.
Topic engagement with Adam Bushnell
This week we had a visit from the amazing author Adam Bushnell. He talked to us about careers and how he became an author. We were inspired with his story! He then launched our new topic ‘The Enchanted Woodland’, by helping us use our imaginations to plan a story, set in an Enchanted Woodland. We came up with some fantastic ideas and drew some characters. Always such an amazing experience!
Homework 3.11.25
This week’s homework is Literacy and we are introducing our new topic ‘Fairy Tales’. Can you have a go at designing your own Fairy Tale book cover by completing the worksheet?
If you have any questions, please feel free to ask!
Welcome to Autumn 2
Welcome back, I hope you have had a lovely half term. This half term our Cornerstones topic is ‘The Enchanted Woodland’ and we have some lovely things to look forward to. To launch our new topic, we will be taking part in a session with Author Adam Bushnell. I have attached our welcome letter for this half term with more information about our new topic and some important diary dates.
If you have any questions, please feel free to ask!
Halloween Disco
The children had a fantastic time at the Halloween disco and were amazing as always! They looked excellent in the costumes 🎃
Celebration of topic – Making crispy cakes
Today we celebrated our topic ‘Muck, mess and mixtures’ by making crispy cakes. We melted the chocolate, mixed it all together and added our favourite toppings.
Gymnastics trip
The children have had a fantastic time taking part in a gymnastics workshop. They showed off all of their amazing skills and learnt some new ones!
Homework 20.10.25
This week’s homework is Literacy and this week you have a Halloween potion to make! Can you have a go at completing your worksheet by drawing some of the ingredients you would put into a Halloween potion? Could you then write some of the ingredients down please?
There will be no spellings this week due to it being rising stars week!
If you have any questions, please feel free to ask.
Flavours of the farm workshop
UNCRC Article 24
This week the children took part in a workshop with Chartwells, all about flavours of the farm. They learnt about how foods are grown and where they come from. They had the chance to try a range of foods, such as milkshakes, popcorn and cheeses and absolutely loved it!
Homework 13.10.25
This week’s homework is Science and we are continuing our topic of living things. Can you have a go at completing the worksheet, by creating your own living creature?
If you have any questions, please feel free to ask!
Making marshmallow crispy cake
This week in D.T we were focusing on food hygiene and following recipes. We followed the step to 5e recipe we were given, to make marshmallow crispies. We talked about the texture and how it changed when we added more of each ingredient.
Homework 6.10.25
This week’s homework is Numeracy and we have been focusing on shapes in class. Can you have a go at completing your worksheet, recognising the 2D shapes.
If you have any questions, please feel free to ask!
Bubble Painting
This week we had lots of fun in our art lesson, painting with bubbles. We blew bubbles in the paint with straws, before putting our paper on to create different patterns.
Homework 29.9.25
This week’s homework is Literacy and we have been working hard to write independently in class. Can you have a go at writing your own shopping list, using the worksheet to help you.
If you have any questions, please feel free to ask!
Fairtrade Fortnight
UNCRC 6 – Everyone has the right to life.
Class 2 have had a fun week, learning all about Fair Trade and why it is so important. We have learnt about what Fair Trade is and where we might have seen the logo. We completed some activities linking to Fair Trade foods and decorated our own biscuits. We then took part in a Macmillan Coffee Morning, raising lots of money and selling some of our Fair Trade products!
Homework 22.9.25
This week’s homework is science and we have been focusing on Living things in science. We have looked at things that are living and non-living and have began to compare them. Can you have a go at completing your worksheet, all about living things?
If you have any questions, please feel free to ask!
Food Tasting
Class 2 loved our D.T lesson this week, tasting lots of foods from around the world. We tasted a range of foods and talked about the taste and textures, as well as what we liked and disliked about them.
Homework 15.9.25
This weeks homework is numeracy, and we are focusing on counting in class. Can you have a go at completing the worksheet by recalling number bonds and counting in steps? Have a go at practicing counting out loud before you start.
If you have any questions, please feel free to ask!
Topic engagement – Muck, mess and mixtures
Class 2 had such a fun afternoon, launching our new topic. We got messy and explored lots of different textures. We seen how many different ways we could use paint, talked about the texture of jelly and foam and played with sand and flour. We talked about the smells, feel and texture of each one and loved getting messy!
Homework 8.9.25
Our first homework of the year is Literacy and we are introducing our first topic of ‘Food’. We have been talking about foods we like and dislike in class and have been sharing our ideas with our peers. Can you have a go at completing your worksheet, by thinking about some of your favourite foods. You can discuss this with your adults at home and think about foods they like and dislike too.
If you have any questions, please feel free to ask!
Our First Day…
Class 2 have had an amazing first day in years 1 and 2! We had fun talking to all of our friends we had missed and getting to know our new classmates. We played in our new areas in the classroom and particularly enjoyed our new role play area, being scientists! We talked about what we are looking forward to about being in class 2 and what we would like to learn. We are looking forward to learning all about our new topics and having lots of fun 🙂
Welcome back!
A huge welcome to class 2! I hope you have all had a lovely summer break and are looking forward to coming back to school and an exciting year ahead. We have lots of lovely things planned this year and I can wait to get to know you all. Our first Cornerstones topic is ‘Muck, mess and mixtures’, where we will be learning all about different textures, using a range of messy materials and having lots of fun experimenting with our senses. I have attached the welcome letter that includes more information about our topic and some important diary dates.
If you have any questions, please feel free to ask!
