Christmas Messages from Us All at Fosse Way

 Dear Parents and Carers,

It is such a shame that we couldn’t put on our traditional Christmas shows this year and welcome you into school to watch them. I know from speaking to so many parents and grandparents over the years that these occasions are cherished and really put us all in the festive spirit. I am sure that we will resume such events as soon as possible next year, so I look forward to those times.

Below is a link to an online folder with Christmas messages, songs and poems from the different teams in school – I hope you enjoy them. Click the link to the folder and select the film for your child’s year group.

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We’ve certainly had a year like no other, and surely next year we will once again enjoy the freedoms that make life more vibrant, interesting and fun for us all. Whilst we, as adults, can lament the changes we have had to endure, I feel most sorry for the children. They deserve to have a childhood; to play with friends, to mix with family, to be in school and gain an education, to be worry free. As we enter the Christmas holiday and start to think about the New Year, these are the things on my list to Santa!

On behalf of all of us at Fosse Way, I wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

Take care

Rob Cowling

How to catch a star

Some of the year two children have enjoyed reading the Oliver Jeffers book “ How to catch a star”.  They have made their own star catchers before writing instructions for others to follow. 

 

Gymnastics with Mr Toyne

                                      The children have really enjoyed Gymnastics with Mr Toyne this term.

Beegu

The Year 1 children have really enjoyed exploring the book ‘Beegu’ over the past couple of weeks. From investigating the crash site to making their very own Beegu’s, as well as producing some lovely writing about Beegu and her feelings.

Year 2 having fun with contractions

 

The year 2 children had great fun learning how words can be contracted to form new words. They loved using the Lego bricks to show off their new knowledge.

Times Tables Rock Stars

 

Even though the TTRS competition was aimed at the older children in school, these children all worked really hard and received special certificates for their efforts.

Well done everyone, you will be amazing when you get to Key Stage Two.

Three Little Pigs Science

Three Little Pigs Science

Last week we tested the properties of different materials in our science experiment. After reading the Three Little Pigs, we decided to see if we could find a better material for their houses. The ideal material had to be waterproof and windproof.

We tested fabric, metal (foil), paper, sugar cube bricks and plastic (Duplo).

The children predicted that the metal would be the best because it is waterproof. Fabric would be the worst because it was not waterproof.

The metal house withstood the rain and the pig stayed happy and dry, although it did nearly blow away in the wind!

It was a different story for the poor pig in his paper house. He got soaked! The paper house was not waterproof. It did withstand the wind very well though (thanks to a large quantity of selotape!)

Oh dear, the sugar cube bricks didn't stop the rain getting in. The group agreed that the cubes were really challenging to build with too.

The fabric performed as expected, it blew over in the wind and let all the rain through. Sorry little pig!

 The best house was the plastic house made from Duplo. The Hedgehogs made a fabulous house that was both strong in the wind and waterproof in the rain. That's one happy little pig! 

Well done Year 1!

Breaking News from Y1

 

BREAKING NEWS!

Last week a strange object crash landed in the KS1 outside classroom! There were some mysterious yellow marks on the floor too. The children were mini detectives and investigated all the evidence; they concluded that it was an alien spaceship and the yellow marks were in fact footprints. They decided the pilot was an alien because its footprints were not like our, they were circular. Also they left a strange yellow glow. I wonder if the alien will appear round the school...

One of the children noticed that a package had fallen out of the spaceship during the crash. He bravely retrieved it and when we opened it we found out it was a book called Beegu by Alexis Deacon. We can't wait to read it!

Children in Need fun!

 

The children had lots of fun taking part in Children in Need activities.

Using our addition skills to play a Children in Need game.

Taking part with 

Joe Wicks.

Number Bond Rap in Year 2

 Take a look at the Year 2 children practicing the Number Bond Rap as part of their maths lesson 

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Remembrance Day

The Year 2 children enjoyed an afternoon of art work based on our learning about Remembrance Day and why it is celebrated. Their poppy paintings and drawing were amazing and they read and followed instructions really well to make their own poppies.

 

An afternoon of scientific vocabulary and fun with Bubble and Squeak.

 

Before we started our topic on materials we recapped our knowledge from year one and the children really impressed me with what they had remembered about materials and their prosperities. 

Looking after Bubble and Squeak is a very important job and they loved being on the field and having fresh grass to eat.