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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.

This week's guide from The National College to support you and your family. #WakeUpWednesdays

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!

Hedgehogs have begun the school year by learning about road and bike safety. We have learnt to 'stop, look, listen, think' when crossing the road. We went out on the playground (in the rain!) and practised crossing the road while some children were on vehicles. We practised using a zebra and pelican crossing too. When learning about bike safety we ensured we had our helmets on, checked our brakes, tyres and bell.

Can you help Hedgehogs out with their Autumn 1 topic... If you are using transport during the holidays and you get a ticket please could you save your tickets and give them to Mrs Ruffle the first week back. Thank you.

As part of our topic this term Hedgehogs have been learning about life cycles. The children and Mrs Ruffle were very excited to witness this today... Insect Lore

A huge congratulation to Oak, not only have the win Summer 2 house points, they have also collected the most house points over the year. They will get to celebrate together when we return in September. 1st Oak 8561 (year total: 54,929) 2nd Maple 7648 (year total: 54,072) 3rd Birch 7356 (year total: 52,249)