This week, Badgers have been thinking about what philosophy means and what philosophers do. We looked into the 'Golden mean' and thinking about the following words: wisdom, bravery, respect, justice and moderation. Using the Golden mean as a middle ground, could they think of scenarios where someone could give too little or too much!

Hedgehogs have read and learnt the story of Naughty Bus by Jan and Jerry Oke. They have also had a very naughty bus in the classroom! Last week it pilled up all their coats on the carpet, took all the pencils out the classroom and hid them in Badgers and knocked over the books. The bus was so naughty Mrs Ruffle took it home for the weekend where it caused more problems at her house like getting in the fish tank, spilling cereal, knocking over hot chocolate and breaking a bag of ice in the supermarket! This week the children took Naughty Bus on a walk around the village to see what he could get up to in Wroxton. The bus climbed on top of walls, left the gate open and even drove into the duck pond! Keep your eye out for Naughty Bus and let Hedgehogs know if you spot it up to no good!

Totals for Week 3 and positions remain the same. 1st Birch 969 2nd Oak 905 3rd Maple 767

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This week Hedgehogs have been making the numbers 11 - 20 using lots of different manipulatives so they really understand what each written number represents. They have been doing lots of counting, as well as finding one more and one less.

Foxes love coming to school on time so they can enjoy our Early Morning Work- today was maths games. The children practiced their multiplication skills and four digit place value. They are super speedy!

House Points 2026/2027 Week 2 totals. Birch keep the top position. 1st Birch 538 2nd Oak 497 3rd Maple 453

Fabulous Foxes created their own toothpastes today: they followed a recipe, added optional elements such as colouring and flavoring and designed their toothpaste tube. Each toothpaste was assessed using the Bright Smile Company criteria: aroma, appearance, ability to remove plaque (marker pen) and ability to stay on the brush. Each team will receive their feedback on Monday.

This week in religion and world views, Badgers were thinking about 'what makes a good life'. We talked about what pleasure, peace and happiness mean and if they mean the same for everyone. We discussed this through different scenarios. The children were then asked to write down 9 things that connect them with a 'good life'. They ranked these in order from the most important at the top to the least important at the bottom. The different answers were very interesting!

Linked to our English text for this term 'The Naughty Bus' Year 2 went on a bus trip to Banbury and back. We walked to the bus stop and waited for the bus, we were very excited when a double decker bus arrived! We bought our return tickets and sat at the front at the top, this gave us a great view. We talked about what we saw on the way, identifying different vehicle types, different areas of town, why buses have numbers and discussing how a bus is different to travelling by car. Thank you to bus driver Mark who was very welcoming.

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House Points 2026/2027 Week 1 totals 1st Birch 247 2nd Oak 205 3rd Maple 158

Foxes were thinking about ones, tens and hundreds and helped Tiny the Tortoise to see his mistake. We know Tiny put the hundreds in the tens columns and should have used a place value holder. We were happy to help Tiny and we told him that making mistakes is a part of learning.

Badgers! What a fantastic start to the new school year! We have done some amazing safety learning this week, including '999 what's your emergency', fire safety and keeping safe within our community. We have been so impressed with how well our year 5 and 6 children have settled back into school. They have shown such maturity, enthusiasm and responsibility, and it has been wonderful to see them stepping confidently into their roles as our oldest pupils! Our Badgers are such important role models within our school community. The way they behave, the choices they make and the example they set have a real impact on our younger children. They help to shape the values and culture of our whole school and we are looking forward to seeing them grow, lead and inspire others throughout the year!