Egg-citing News! Year 2 Needs Your Empty Egg Boxes

Egg-citing News! Year 2 Needs Your Empty Egg Boxes 

                                             

Dear Parents and Carers,

When we return in September, Year 2 will be diving into a wonderful, imaginative Literacy unit on the beloved book The Egg Box Dragon by Richard Adams.

It’s a story about a little dragon who hatches from an ordinary egg box and turns out to have a magical way for finding lost things. To begin our unit, the children will start by designing and building their very own egg box dragons to bring the story to life!

We need your help!

• What we need: Cardboard egg boxes of all sizes (6-pack, 10-pack, 12-pack, or large trays).

• When to bring them: Please send them in with your child as soon as we return to school.

• Note: For health and hygiene, please ensure the boxes are clean and dry.

Start saving those boxes! Your rubbish is about to become our Year 2 treasure, and we can’t wait to show you the amazing dragons the children create.

Thank you so much for your support,

The Year 2 Team

Year 1-Colour Run!

 

Year 1- Colour Run

Our children had an amazing time taking part in our exciting Colour Run! Dressed in white tshirt and protective goggles/sunglasses and filled with excitement, they ran through clouds of colourful powder, laughing and smiling with their peers. The joy on their faces said it all as they embraced the fun.  It was  fantastic to see everyone joining in with such enthusiasm creating a truly unforgettable experience. 

KS1 Attendance Awards

 KS1 Attendance Awards 

Well done to all of our KS1 children who were given certificates and badges for their attendance this year. 

Mulberry 

Pine 

Rowan

Apricot 

Beech

Walnut

Year 1: What We Are Learning!

Year 1: What We Are Learning 

This week in Maths, we have been learning how to compare numbers that have the same number of tens. We have been looking carefully at the ones digits to decide which number is greater than, less than, or equal to another. The children have been using place value knowledge, practical resources, and mathematical symbols (<, >, =) to explain and justify their thinking. 

This week in Literacy, pupils wrote their own version of The Snail and the Whale. Using the story as an inspiration they created imaginative new adventures thinking carefully about their characters and settings. The children worked hard to use descriptive language, capital letters and full stops to make their writing engaging and clear. We were all impressed with their creativity and wonderful ideas they brought to life!

This week in Geography, pupils became weather presenters! Working collaboratively in small groups, they explored the different types of weather experienced across the UK before creating and presenting their own weather forecast report. It was wonderful to see their teamwork, creativity and enthusiasm shine through!

Well done Year 1 for an amazing week - keep up all your brilliant work! 

Year 1; Certificates: Friday 10th July 2026

 

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

Walnut

E for Excellence: Eden

Star Writer:Daniel

Resilience: Musa

ReflectivenessMamadou

Beech

E for Excellence: Prisha

Star Writer: Ariana

Apricot

E for Excellence: Emem

Star Writer:Renae

Reciprocity:Leighton

Reflectiveness: Rayan

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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. 

Rowan Class - Forest school

 

Rowan class had their final forest school session this morning. We did a carousel and the children moved around all the activities. We used the sun as our fire as it melted chocolate. Then the children selected fruit and a marshmallow to dip in the chocolate. There were drinks with ice to help us cool down and some time to explore (in the shade) with activities. Then we did some maypole dancing and made own own mini maypoles to take home. We finished off with some water fun using the tarp and shaking the water on top to create a shower. It has been a fun few weeks, well done everyone

Walnut Class Forest School 03/07/26

 This week was Walnut Class’s final Forest School session of Year 1, so we celebrated with ice-cold drinks and delicious s’mores cooked over the fire.

We began by talking about how to stay safe around the fire. The children remembered lots of our safety rules, including sitting in the respect position, staying a safe distance from the fire, and tying back long hair. We also recapped the three things needed to make a fire: air (oxygen), wood (fuel), and heat. 🔥

After safely putting out the fire, we learned about the elder tree and how its flowers and berries have traditionally been used to help with colds and coughs. We then enjoyed the story ‘Elio the Elder’ about an elder tree that helps a poorly little bird. 

To finish, the children used small pieces of elder to make colourful “fireworks” by removing the soft pith and pushing in strips of crêpe paper.

It has been a pleasure getting to know your children over the past ten Forest School sessions. I hope they have enjoyed their Forest School experience as much as I have enjoyed sharing it with them.