Autumn 2: Week 2

Date: 11th Nov 2026 @ 4:55pm

We have had another very busy and exciting week in class! We loved taking part in our Children in Need celebrations, completing our Pudsey Run and having lots of fun while raising money for a great cause. We also took time to remember and pay our respects to the soldiers who have served and continue to serve our country as part of our Remembrance Day activities.

In English, we have continued exploring our story Lost and Found. The children have been thinking carefully about the penguin's needs and have written some fantastic advice to Frank, explaining how he can best look after his new friend. In Maths, we have begun exploring addition within 10. We have been using number lines and practical resources to help us add two numbers together, developing our understanding of addition and finding different ways to work out the answers. Well done, everyone, for another fantastic week of learning!

In PE this week, we have continued to explore badminton. The children confidently remembered the name of the shuttlecock and were introduced to the badminton racket, learning how to hold it correctly. Working in pairs, they practised passing the shuttlecock to one another, developing their hand-eye coordination as they tried to catch it on their rackets. They also enjoyed experimenting with keeping the shuttlecock in the air by gently tapping it with their rackets.

In Science, the children have loved learning about different types of animals. They can now mostly recognise whether an animal is a bird, insect, mammal, amphibian or reptile. We have also been building our scientific vocabulary, learning that vertebrates are animals with a backbone, while invertebrates are animals without a backbone. We explored how animals can be grouped by their diets too: carnivores eat meat, herbivores eat plants and omnivores eat both plants and meat. Working collaboratively in their teams, the children used their scientific enquiry skills of grouping and classifying to sort pictures of different animals under the correct headings. They have shown great enthusiasm and are becoming confident little scientists!