Children in Year 2 and 3 were really excited to be chosen by our Sports Council Ambassadors to be involved in their lunchtime sports club. They enjoyed a range of games aimed at improving their balance and co-ordination.
Jiving with Emily George!
We have been Learning to Jive with Emily George. We listened carefully to Glen Miller’s ‘In the Mood’ and we created our own ‘Jive’ moves to accompany it.
Evacuation Rap
In groups, we have been learning the ‘Evacuation Rap’.
I wanna tell you a story about evacuation
I found myself at Knighton station.
Dressed in my best with my coat and tag
And a few little essentials in my bag.
We arrived at the station hungry and tired
My head was buzzing I felt I was wired
We all lined up and went down the lane
And that’s when my heart began to cry in pain,
I didn’t want to go and leave my mum,
I wish that this war could soon be won
A new home and family lay ahead
And here is the day that I now dread.
Would they treat me nice
Would they be so kind
Will it be tidy
Guess I really don’t mind
Parent/Carer Questionnaire feedback Spring 2023
Thank you to everyone that completed the parent/carer questionnaire that was sent out at the beginning of the term. We very much value your feedback- thank you for all the positive comments that have been provided and for those comments that will help us to make our school environment and culture even better for all stakeholders.
| Question | Very Poor | Poor | Okay | Good | Very Good |
| How good is our school at making your child feel happy and safe? | 1% (1) | 0% | 3% (3) | 22% (20) | 73% (66) |
| How good is our school at helping your child with their learning; providing sufficient support and challenge to help them do well? | 0% | 0% | 4% (4) | 38% (34) | 58% (52) |
| How good is our school at encouraging your child to be healthy and to take regular exercise? *1 no answer | 0% | 0% | 6% (5) | 28% (25) | 66% (59) |
| How good is our school at providing ways of helping you communicate with staff? | 0% | 1% (1) | 11% (10) | 30% (27) | 58% (52) |
| How good is our school at helping to develop wellbeing and positive behaviour in your class? *1 no answer | 0% | 0% | 4% (4) | 29% (26) | 66% (59) |
| How good is our school at developing values and attitudes that have a positive impact on your child’s learning? *1 no answer | 0% | 0% | 7% (6) | 26% (23) | 67% (60) |
SPRING 2023 (90 parent/carer questionnaires returned)
Making up stories!
Today we were visited by Peter Duncan who worked with the children to create a shared story. When the children arrived back into the classroom after break they were greeted by a tunnel and a letter. They investigated the area and read the letter. The letter contained identity tags and a letter. The children concluded that the letter and the identity tags must have been from an evacuee. So they decided to go through the tunnel and step back in time to 1939. They were all transported back to Knighton Train Station when a train of evacuees were arriving from Liverpool. They were met by Mr Thompson who was a busy man trying to arrange host families for the evacuees to stay with. Luckily, the children had time to interview Mr Thompson before they returned back to 2023….just in time for lunch!
Jigsaw with Mrs Rimmer
The children had the pleasure of Mrs Rimmer leading their PSHE Jigsaw session on Wednesday. The aim of the session was to show pupils that working with others helps us to learn. So, Mrs Rimmer set them a variety of challenges to work on in a group or with their partner. Some of the challenges included learning the Macarena dance, counting in 2’s in French, learning ‘the owl and the pussycat’ and counting to ten in Mandarin. I was really proud of how the children rose to the challenges and achieved their goals together.
Fun in the snow!
Music
We are really enjoying our expressive arts sessions with Mrs Phillips. We are currently learning three songs in relation to our theme of journeys.
Research, research and more research....
After meeting Daisy at the train station we went back to class and used historical sources such as newspapers, books, photographs and letters to help us work in our mantle groups to complete our mind maps about what we want to find out this term about evacuees in World War Two.
World Religion Day
Following our whole school assembly celebration of World Religion Day, Year 2 children enjoyed focusing on the Hindu Creation story. They discussed the story, the characters and the similarities and differences between the Hindu creation story and the Christian creation story. Some of the children created dances to depict the story, some composed music o accompany the story and others created a collage of Vishnu and Brahma.
