Mrs Hayes

Dramatic Year 2

The children have had a great start to Year 2 and have been very excited about their new learning. What has been especially rewarding is the enthusiasm with which pupils have brought in information from home about current learning. Thank you for the high quality of their home learning, including the posters about Saint Teresa and beautiful baptism candles.

We had an inspiring drama session earlier in October. The children paid great attention during the session and showed themselves to be wonderful actors. Well done to you all!

The circus ringmaster told us that the clowns are very sad and our mission is to make them happy.

Maybe our funny faces will make the clowns laugh?

Our wonderful acting has made the clowns smile again. HURRAH!

The Year 2 children have a great passion for art, so I look forward to seeing their artwork inspired by the theme of Bread of Life.

Have a wonderful half term break with your family.

Art competition

An exciting competition is taking place across the county. The task is to:

Create a piece of artwork entitled ‘The Bread of Life’.

Encourage your child to think about what the blessed sacrament, the Eucharistic host, means to them and then create a piece of artwork reflecting their thoughts. The artwork needs to be A4 in size and can be created using any medium, including paint, collage or printing. Please label the back of the artwork with your child’s name and year group and return to your class teacher by 9th November.

More details can be found here:

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Learning in Year Two

It was lovely to meet with so many of you again this morning. Below, you will find notes from the meeting, along with a curriculum overview for the term.

As ever, please do come and speak with me if you have any queries at all. Emma Hayes

Information for parents 2018 Y2 Download

Y2 Autumn Curriculum overview Download

Year one

The children have been very busy this week, working in groups to build their own islands. Thank you very much for their wonderful Islands home learning, which the children have used to help them in their creations.

The children performed brilliantly in their class assembly last week and you must be very proud of them all. How blessed I am to be able to teach these children for another year!

Many apologies, but I have mislaid the cables for my camera, so there are no photos to post at present. I look forward to being able to share photos with you again as I know that you all enjoy seeing them.

ENJOY THE SUMMER FAIR!

Year One designers

This week, the children were challenged to create a new boot for Mr Magnolia, who appeared to have mislaid his other one. The children loved this activity and worked well in teams to brainstorm their ideas, research images on the internet, plan their designs and try out different drawing styles.

They are very proud of their final boots and their next task is to write an advert that will persuade Mr Magnolia to order a pair of their boots!

Year 1 plant potatoes

The children have been extremely enthusiastic during their Tuesday swimming lessons and have been very sensible while changing. Well done, Year 1!

This week, the children have planted potatoes. They looked very carefully at the chitted potatoes to see the strong shoots showing. Over the next two months, the children will care for the plants and watch them grow. Hopefully, we will have some potatoes to harvest in July.

Summer curriculum

We are all looking forward to another exciting and busy term filled with lots of learning. Below, you will find the curriculum overview for this term:

Y1-Curriculum-information-summer term

Year 1 enjoy hot cross buns

This month, the children have done a wonderful job learning the Lord’s prayer. It was very moving for them to finish the Holy Thursday liturgy by saying this prayer when they returned to the classroom after ‘Jesus, Remember me’ had finished in the hall.

We cut our hot cross buns in half and then into four quarters.

Later in the morning, the children shared hot cross buns together, focussing on the symbolism of the cross. Thank you very much for your kind donations of buns, which were greatly enjoyed by the children.

Have a very happy and holy Easter together and enjoy your Easter celebrations that the children are looking forward to on Easter Sunday!

Year One historians

On Friday, the children joined up with Year Two for History Day. They enjoyed four different activities, which encouraged them to find out about the past through exploring the clues that real artefacts held. The children had some wonderful ideas and developed their skills in historical enquiry.

Thank you from Year One

Thank you very much for all the donations that were made as part of the cake sale on Friday. Over £200 was raised, which is a phenomenal amount! We will let you know what the children decide to spend the money on. Have a Mothering Sunday that is filled with love.