Our blogs
Happy half term holidays, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 22nd Oct 2021 @ 3:04pm
Thank you to all the elephants and your families. We have had a fantastic first half term in school. Your enthusiasm has been infectious and you have all shone with your learning, aiming to be your best self. I wish you all a lovely half term. I'm off to London for a few days and will visit the Tower of London. I'll see what photos I can take related to our learning on Crime and Punishment. I have uploaded an assignment in google classroom for your Holiday Passports in case you haven't got your book.
Music - Ukelele, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 22nd Oct 2021 @ 3:02pm
The children have made great progress in their ukulele playing. They have been playing chords, reading musical notes and playing and singing. Today’s performances were just ‘WOW’
Crime and punishment, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 22nd Oct 2021 @ 3:00pm
We have loved our topic on crime and punishment.
Edward and Olive have written us a review.
End of the week news, by Mrs Fletcher
Date: 22nd Oct 2021 @ 2:32pm
The Pandas have had a wonderful first half term in Year 2. They have settled down, are working hard and becoming independent learners. It has been great to chat to so many parents this week online or on the phone.
Half term homework is the red passport which the children shouls all have. I have handed out the ones that were put in the box.
Please keep reading too.
Next half term PE will move to Tuesday morning as well as Friday afternoon.
A new timetable and knowledge organiser will be appearing on the class page.
Have a lovely break and see you all soon
Mrs Fletcher and Mrs Woolley
Reading and Phonics Meeting., by Mrs Thomson
Date: 22nd Oct 2021 @ 1:31pm
This is the power point from the reading and phonics meeting earlier this week.
A huge thank you for your help and support this half term. We hope you have a lovely half term break.
Halloween Party Fun, by Mr Pearson
Date: 22nd Oct 2021 @ 10:20am
Lots of fun was had at the school's first disco for 18 months.
Meerkat Class projects, by Mr Pearson
Date: 21st Oct 2021 @ 10:09am
A selection of amazing projects were brought into school this week.
Meerkat spellings, by Mr Pearson
Date: 21st Oct 2021 @ 9:31am
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incredibly |
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sensibly |
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reliably |
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respectably |
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agreeably |
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enviably |
A wet Wednesday!, by Mrs Thomson
Date: 20th Oct 2021 @ 9:24pm
I can’t begin to tell you just how many times the children have had puddle suits, coats or wellies on today! I lost count! The rain certainly didn’t stop the children from going in the tent to read, paint some pebbles or play in our Autumn Stew!
We had fun on our balance bikes, dancing to Dolly Parton in Squiggle and a wriggle, doing our number work, phonics and singing. We also had two birthday celebrations today!
We are very excited for our super secret reader tomorrow!
D.T. Our Diwali designs., by Mrs Catterall
Date: 17th Oct 2021 @ 1:35pm
We have been busy creating diagrams of our designs for our light up Diwali signs. Once drawn out and labelled we uploaded them to our google slide show for this project.
We cant wait to start the making process on Tuesday next week.
Clay dragon eyes, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 17th Oct 2021 @ 1:32pm
15th October, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 15th Oct 2021 @ 6:13pm
This week we have really enjoyed looking at and talking about old toys. In maths we have continued our work on measuring.We used our hands, feet and strides to measure things on the playground. We also used a bag of flour to compare weights to find things heavier and lighter. We loved using the balance scales to count how many cubes different things weighed.Busy,busy as always!
Have a lovely weekend?
Our first super secret reader!, by Mrs Thomson
Date: 14th Oct 2021 @ 8:07pm
The lions have had a fantastic day today! We had our very first super secret reader! The children were delighted and they loved the story which Mr. Burdock chose for them. They loved all the different voices and we had some children trying to copy him in our story tent later. A huge thank you Mr. Burdock!
(We have lots of dates available if you would like to surprise the children. Please pop and see myself, Mrs Regan or Miss Lynch)
We have been ‘e’ spotting in phonics, finishing some special Jigsaw work on how we can all work together, working on our colours and scissor skills and we also squeezed in a little party dancing. We also had children sharing songs with the group. The lions are very brave and adventurous!
Thank you for the amazing projects. The children took turns in sharing their work and they were very proud. We can’t wait to display them all.
Wellbeing Wednesday, by Mrs Thomson
Date: 13th Oct 2021 @ 11:59pm
A great start to the day with balance bikes, throwing and catching, fairy footsteps and squiggle and wriggle. We received a special parcel with banners, party plates and cups in as we are having a birthday party in our home corner tomorrow. The children have embraced this by making birthday cards, cleaning the home corner and even clearing a space for dancing!
We joined KS1 in the hall for singing in the afternoon which was brilliant! The lions joined in with a new song and quickly got the hang of the actions.
Tomorrow we have our first super secret reader coming into class. We are very very excited! This will be wonderful for the children as they are showing us how much they love stories being read to them. They are getting excited that they will soon have reading books to bring home.
Projects are due in on Thursday. Thank you for all of the ones we have received so far, they are fantastic. We will ask the children to share their project with the class tomorrow afternoon and on Friday.
Stop start animation, by Mr Pearson
Date: 12th Oct 2021 @ 11:48am
Meerkats have had Coach Becky in today for an Online Safety morning. Part of their task was to produce a short animation of a film explaining how to keep safe online.
Google Classroom, by Mr Pearson
Date: 12th Oct 2021 @ 11:31am
A guide has been added to the class page to give you directions how to access Google Classroom and Google Meet for parents evening.
Please check you have your child's username and login.
Lion's your is coming home today 12th October
Please have a look at how to do before Monday so we can answer any questions.
Kind regards
Mr Pearson
11.10.21, by Mrs Thomson
Date: 11th Oct 2021 @ 7:56pm
Tomorrow we are sending home some information which you will need for the parent / teacher meetings next week. Please see your email from school on how to book a slot.
You are also invited to a meeting in the school hall on Tuesday 19th October at 2.30pm. This will finish in time for picking your child up at home time. Mrs Fletcher and I will be explaining phonics, reading and homework which we will start sending out the week after half term. It will be interesting for you to hear when reading books are changed, how often the children are asked to read at home, how we are getting on with our phonics and how we will be sending out the homework. As we will be meeting in school, please can only one parent attend from each family. If you are unable to attend I will put information on the Lions webpage following the meeting.
Thank you for sending the Autumn bags back into class. We are using them in our play and our art and craft.
Thank you to the parents who have volunteered to be a secret reader. Ssshhh!! Please keep it secret! We would love to welcome you in our class if you would like to visit and read the class or a small group of children a favourite story. Please see Mrs. Thomson if you would like to arrange a secret story time.
Messy science!!, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 8th Oct 2021 @ 3:54pm
Tiday we were exploring our sense of touch.We loved touching gloop, jelly and shaving foam.We used some great adjectives to describe how they felt.(we also got very messy , should all come out in the wash...? We also investigated a tray of different objects and again described and then drew what they felt like.
Have a great weekend??
7th October, by Mrs Pratten
Date: 7th Oct 2021 @ 5:18pm
So far this week we have enjoyed measuring in maths, finding things longer or shorter than a fork, investigating who is the tallest in our class and who was the shortest. We also used multlink cubes to measure how long and short objects were. We enjoyed PE today playing different games in 2’s and 3’s practising our rolling skills, catching skills and developing tactics to score a goal!!
6.10.2021 Wellbeing Wednesday, by Mrs Thomson
Date: 6th Oct 2021 @ 8:16pm
A fun day with lots of learning, fresh air and exercise. We are doing very well with our phonics so a big thank you for your help and support at home. We keep adding new sounds to their folders so please carry on going over these at home.
Half of the class went outside this morning for a bike ride as well as some throwing and catching. The rest of the class danced away with ‘squiggle and wriggle’ in the hall. We had fantastic music on today, I hope the children came home singing! We ended the day with story massage.
Maths Venn diagrams, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 6th Oct 2021 @ 1:22pm
Tudor punishments, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 5th Oct 2021 @ 3:29pm
Today we started our lesson by talking about why we learn about history. I was very impressed with the children’s ideas. “To uncover mysteries from the past”. “To see how the world has changed over time” “ To find out how life has improved” “So we can learn how to make things better”.
Our focus was on the Tudor times, we were hoping the punishments wouldn’t be as bad, but they got worse,
Can you work out what the punishments were?
Harvest gifts., by Mrs Catterall
Date: 5th Oct 2021 @ 3:05pm
Thank you all for the amazing harvest gifts. The food has been taken to church food bank.
It is very much appreciated
Dragons eyes Clay group 1, by Mrs Catterall
Date: 5th Oct 2021 @ 3:02pm
