This week was the start of class 2H’s Art Fortnight! The children have been busy rehearsing their dance moves, creating actions for a story, practising their culinary skills in the cafe and participating in junk modelling in the art studio. They have worked hard this week and are excited to showcase their work on the Friday afternoon of 30th January.

This term, class 2H have been focusing on digital photography. They have started to use terms such as landscape and portrait. They have begun to take close up photographs, selfies and action photographs with a tablet and they had fun doing so. The pictures below were taken by the pupils. Great photography 2H!

2026 is here and the children have got straight back into the school routine. This week, the children were using their collaboration skills to design and make bridges (revisiting their knowledge of bridges in both their Leeds and Kolkata topics).

There are certainly some budding carpenters and architects in the class!

It’s been another busy week in school for class 2H. They have been practising songs for Christingle and they have been making cards for home.

Wishing class 2H and all their families all the best for the festive season and a huge thank you for all the cards and gifts. See you in 2026!

This week has been particularly busy. The children rehearsed on Monday and performed their nativity on Tuesday and Wednesday of this week. They learnt all their lines and their singing and acting was brilliant! I was so impressed and proud of all of them. On Thursday, the children went to Leeds Playhouse to see Stick Man and thoroughly enjoyed it. They made a card for Mrs Stott to say thank you for their theatre trip. On Friday, the children participated in some gardening. I think they might need a rest over the weekend!

Each class is participating in Advent activities over the next few weeks. One of the activities is to open an online Advent calendar which reveals a story for the children to listen to. The children have been enjoying watching and listening to them daily. All classes are also contributing to an Advent wall display in the main school hall. The pictures have been added each day. 2H have contributed by creating an image that represents inn keepers (picture below) saying there is no room to Mary and Joseph on their arrival in Bethlehem. Great acting skills 2H and brilliant expressions!

This week, the children have been exploring religious rules. They had the challenge of ordering a set of rules from the most important to the least important.

This week, the children went outside to continue learning about plants. They explored whether materials in the playground were dead or had never been alive and sorted them into two piles. The children worked with the organiser of ‘Grow to Schools’ and observed whether any of the vegetables that had been planted had grown. It was a chilly day but the children worked really well together. They showed great collaboration skills.

This week, the children went to the hall to remember those who had died in World War I and all the other wars since that time. The children stood for two minutes in silence and Zachary read out a remembrance poem.

This week was also anti bullying week. The children discussed the importance of telling a trusted adult if they believe they are the victim of bullying.

The children have also been practising their parts for the upcoming nativity performance. They have started to learn their lines which is great to see.

It has been a busy first week back! The children have been experimenting in science and using their collaboration skills to investigate which materials are waterproof. They have also enjoyed participating in ‘A Taste of India’ this afternoon. They had the opportunity to have some naan bread and poppadoms, as well as some mehndi (traditional art commonly used in parts of South Asia) decorated on their hands. A great start to autumn term two!