Category: Year 2

Forest School
Forest School

This term the Year 2 & 3 children have enjoyed a variety of activities from tree spirits to twiggy owls. They have had a very creative, fun time and we would like to share some photograps with you.  

Exciting Events this Autumn
Exciting Events this Autumn

Fr. John from St George’s church and a group of our parishioners visited the school for the blessing of our new table and bench set, dedicated in memory of a lovely local couple: Kay and Vince Glover. The beautiful furniture set now sits in pride of place under our playtime canopy where children can share […]

Welcome to our Reception and Returning Families
Welcome to our Reception and Returning Families

We extend a warm welcome to all our new and returning families. Now that we are a primary school, It was very exciting to be able to open our doors to our first ever Year 2/3 class!  We hope every child has enjoyed their first week of school and we thought you might like to […]

Forest Schools
Forest Schools

The Year 2 children have been enjoying a variety of exciting learning experiences in our outdoor environment. They have been learning the importance of our natural world and enjoying the benefits it can offer. Building habitats for fairies or animals, stone painting, pond dipping, wand making  and  digging have all been great fun. One child […]

Pirates
Pirates

This half term’s learning experience has been all about Pirates culminating in a Pirate dress up day with lots of fun activities. At the end of the day the children performed a Sea Shanty to their parents and had the chance to read their pirate stories to them too. Exploring different artists and the materials […]

Easter at Rumboldswhyke
Easter at Rumboldswhyke

The children enjoyed an Easter egg hunt in the school grounds on the last day of term. They started with their first clue against our Easter tree and then followed several other clues that took them around the school grounds. Eventually they ended their hunt back at the tree at which point they took their […]

Mothering Sunday
Mothering Sunday

The children enjoyed making cards for their Mummies for Mothering Sunday. The Year R & 1 children made daffodil cards and the Year 2 children made heart cards. They wrote a special message in them and were very proud to take them home ready for Sunday. Each child picked a daffodil from the school grounds […]

Castles!
Castles!

Our topic this half term is Castles, and to introduce it, the children have been exploring the fairy tale Jack and the Beanstalk. They are learning each section of the story through the use of pictures and actions before retelling it in their own words. These photos show their story openings. They have also been […]

Here Be Dragons – Inspired by “The Egg” by M P Robertson
Here Be Dragons – Inspired by “The Egg” by M P Robertson

What a surprise, the children came back after the Christmas holidays to a strange coloured egg, which George had asked the children to look after for him. This was the start of the children’s learning, some continued their learning in school and some at home during the lockdown period. The children thought about what could […]

Silent Night –  British Sign Language
Silent Night – British Sign Language

Please find below a link to view the children performing Silent Night in British Sign Language. Children signing Silent Night