Year 1: What We Are Learning W/C 2nd Mar 2026

 

Year 1: What We Are Learning 

In science this week, the children revisited the seeds they planted and explored how their plants have changed over time. They looked carefully at how their plants have grown since they were first planted and talked about the differences they could see. The children were encouraged to describe the changes using the correct vocabulary for the different parts of a plant, such as roots, stem and leaves. This helped them to reflect on the growth of their plants and develop their understanding of how plants change over time.

This week the children have been busy in their Religious Education lesson as we explored how Christians welcome a new baby into their community. The children have been learning the significance of Baptism (Christening) and the special symbols involved in the ceremony. To bring their learning to life, we held our very own 'baptism' ceremonies in the classroom! We practiced using a traditional baptism shell to pour water over the baby's head in our classroom font, learning that this represents a fresh and positive start for the baby. 

Year 1 celebrated World Book Day this Thursday by dressing up in either pyjamas or as their favourite book character! The children participated in a number of activities including creating a WBD bookmark and recording a short video of them reciting an extract from ‘Not now Bernard’ which will be made into a compilation video with the whole school!

Year 1: Certificates; Friday 6th Mar 2026

 

Well done to all the children that have received certificates this week!

Walnut

E for Excellence: Liza

Star Writer: Victor

Reflectiveness: Maximus

Trackers: Eva

Beech

 

E for Excellence: Emily

Star Writer: Emmanuel

Teacher Happy: Shahaan and El-Amin

Trackers: Dhaksha

Apricot

E for Excellence: Jazelle

Star Writer: Arthur

Reciprocity: Aaira

Reflectiveness: Lenny

Resourcefulness: Kamari

Apricot Forest School

 As it was World Book Day yesterday, today’s session was based on the traditional tale of Little Red Riding Hood. 📕 

We began by reading the story together before setting off on our own forest adventure, following a trail that took us from Red Riding Hood’s house all the way to Grandma’s cottage.  The children were very careful not to leave the path as they didn’t want the Big Bad Wolf to gobble them up! 🐺 Along the way, they navigated a series of obstacles, using their balance and coordination to weave through the “forest”. 🌳🍃

To sharpen our listening skills—just like in the line, “Oh, what big ears you have!”—the children wore blindfolds and sat quietly while tuning into the sounds of nature around them. 👂

Next, we focused on our looking skills—“Oh, what big eyes you have!”—by taking part in a nature scavenger hunt. Equipped with binoculars and magnifying glasses, the children explored their surroundings, spotting tiny insects and the first signs of spring. 🔍👀🐞🌼

We then enjoyed a healthy snack, just like the treats Red Riding Hood carried in her basket for Grandma. The children tucked into apples, oranges, and bananas. 🍎🍊🍌

We ended the session with a game the children already knew, but with a Red Riding Hood twist. It was a chasing and catching game where four children were the Big Bad Wolves and all the other children were Red Riding Hood.

Year 2 Certificates - 6.3.26

 

Well done to all the children that have received certificates this week!

Mulberry 

 E for Excellence: Aarav

Star Writer: Daniel

Reflectiveness:Luna

Resourcefulness:David

Resilience:Luca

Reciprocity:Madison

Pine

E for Excellence: Chalva

Star Writer: Amelia

Resilience: Elizabeth

Reflectiveness: Sienna-Rae

Rowan

E for Excellence: Zachary

Star Writer: Harley

Reflectiveness: Yoyo

Resilience:Aadhvik

Reciprocity: Eliza

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Resilience - These children have demonstrated perseverance, managed distractions, noticed patterns and been absorbed in their tasks.

 

Reciprocity - These children have shown interdependence, collaborated effectively, listened to others, displayed empathy and have imitated effective ideas and methods from others. 

Reflectiveness - These pupils have planned carefully, revised ideas, identified key features and can talk about their learning. 

Resourcefulness - These pupils have been curious about their learning, made links between ideas, shown imagination, reasoned methodically and capitalised on resources. 

Year 2 learning blog

 

This week we celebrated World Book Day, and it was a fantastic opportunity for the children to share their love of reading. The children were very excited to come to school dressed as their favourite book characters, and it was wonderful to see so many creative and imaginative costumes. Throughout the day, the children took part in a range of fun activities to celebrate books and stories. One of their favourite activities was designing and creating their own colourful bookmarks to use when reading their favourite books. The classroom was filled with excitement as the children talked about the stories they enjoy and the characters they admire. It was a lovely day that encouraged everyone to develop an even greater love for reading and storytelling.

Mulberry class

Pine class 

Rowan class 

Year 2 DT resources

 Dear Parents and Carers,

Next week in Year 2 the children will be designing and making their own free-standing chairs as part of our learning. To help with this project, we would greatly appreciate any spare materials you may have at home.

We are looking for items such as:

• Cardboard boxes (any size)

• Cardboard tubes/rolls (e.g. kitchen roll or wrapping paper tubes)

• Drinking straws

• Small packaging materials or other clean recyclable materials that could help with building and strengthening structures

If you have any of these items, please could you send them in with your child on Monday or Tuesday.

Thank you very much for your support — the children are very excited to get started with their designs!

Kind regards,
Year 2 Team

Pine forest school

 

Pine class were very pleased to see the sun shining today. We continued to think a bit about trees and made ground pictures of trees noticing the different shapes of the trees. We hunted for things we love in nature with our heart shaped finders and looked at spiders, ladybirds, the sky and worms. Some of us played the ‘Go find it’ game fo ding things that are soft (mud), green (grass) and thin (sticks). A packed morning. Thanks to all those who remembers their wellies.