We have had a lovely first week of Autumn 2. In English, the children have been really engaged with their work on biographies. They have researched a famous person of their choosing and on Thursday put their learning and research into practise. We will share these with you next week. In History, we are learning about the Romans. The children researched what life was like just before the Romans invaded Britain in 43AD. They then discovered why the Romans wanted to invade Brita

Over the last couple of weeks, we’ve been learning all about instructions — looking closely at how they are structured, who reads them, and why we write them. This week, we put our learning into action! First, we had fun (and got a little sticky!) making delicious jam sandwiches. Afterward, the children wrote out their very own step-by-step instructions. They did a fantastic job using clear action words and keeping their instructions easy for a reader to follow. In Maths this

This week, the children in Class Two spent the whole week focusing on art and creativity. Our learning was linked to Black History Month, and we explored the powerful story of the Windrush generation. On Tuesday, we were treated to a very special experience when one of our parents kindly provided a selection of Caribbean fruits, cake and juices for the children to try. We are extremely grateful for this thoughtful contribution, which brought our learning to life in such a mea

We’ve had such a creative week in class one with Art week! Class One has been looking into the concept of home by exploring the expressive artwork of painter Hurvin Anderson. He is inspired by his Jamaican heritage and connections to the Windrush generation, the children talked about how bold colours, textures, and personal memories can express what home and belonging mean to them. They've been busy putting new painting techniques into practice—experimenting with thin brush d

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On Wednesday as a whole school, we completed the mini marathon challenge The children worked together to run the 26.2 miles that those completeing the Yorkshire Marathon will cover on Sunday. Every child in Class One ran 400m, in Class Two they each ran 600m and in Class Three they ran 950m. The Yorkshire Marathon was set up by Jane Tomlinson. The children learnt about Jane Tomlinson's inspirational story and how she showed reslience and determination. All of the children wer

We have had a great week this week. It has been art week in school and so we have spent lots of our lesson time focusing on art. For this art week, we were thinking about Black History Month and the Windush generation. The children learnt about Windrush and were very intrested in what they found out. Hurvin Anderson was the artist we were thinking about. His parents and 7 siblings were part of the Windrush generation. The children researched Hurivn and spent time exploring hi

Class 2 had a wonderful time on our class trip to Hackfall Wood on Monday, where we enjoyed a lovely day out in beautiful autumn weather. The children represented the school exceptionally well throughout the visit and made the most of every learning opportunity. During our time at Hackfall Wood, the children took part in a range of engaging geographical activities. They completed observational drawings of the stunning natural scenery and worked carefully to create a checklist

On Tuesday, we enjoyed "Be Safe" Day, taking part in a range of interactive sessions with special visitors to learn about staying safe in different situations: We began the day reflecting on safety in school, discussing which trusted adults we can turn to and reviewing the support systems we have in place. Later in the morning, we focused on practical steps for staying safe online. A Police Community Support Officer (PCSO) joined us to talk about their role in keeping our co

Today we had a wonderful day at Murton Park. From the second we stepped off the coach we became trainee Roman soldiers. We learnt the Roman march chants and marched towards the Roman fort. Once we arrived at the fort we were greeted by the Centurian, who sent us to our barracks, where we would live for 25 years. We put on our Roman outfits and lined up outside. Then we went to the main hut and learnt lots about how the Roman's arrived in Britain and what life would have been

On Tuesday we had a great day in school, for our Be Safe Day. Over the day we learnt about Road Safety, Water Safety, Online Safety, Fire Safety and Farm Safety. We were very lucky to be joined by 2 PCSOs and Mark Excelby who shared their expertise with us. In Online Safety, we learnt what Online Safety was and how we learn about it in school. We thought about our uses of the internet, who our trusted adults are and what to do if we feel unsafe online. We learnt about the com

In Music with Mrs Longstaff we have been exploring different instruments. We really enjoyed having a go and playing them and listening to the different sounds. We also sang the "Big Red Combine Harvester" Song adding in some actions. In Computing, we have been logging into the computer and beginning to explore the programmes. On Wednesday afternoon, this week, we had a special afternoon dedicated to our Worl Faith of the Year. Each year, the children learn about a different

We’ve had a special learning afternoon to launch our World Faith of the Year focus: Islam. The children joined together for an assembly, where we explored the fact that Islam is a worldwide religion followed by 2.4 billion people all across the world. We talked about how people may practise their faith in different ways and considered the importance of learning about beliefs and traditions that may be different from our own. After the assembly, the children continued their le

On Wednesday, Class Three went to Roseberry Topping to carry out some fieldwork linked to our Geography topic. We have been looking at mountains and the impact that they have. Our trip began with meeting our 2 guides for the day and they had brought along their dog mischief. We walked up to the halfway point with Grewelthorpe. Parts of the path were very steep. We learnt how the National Trust are looking after Roseberry Topping and how recently they have been using helicopte

In Geography, we’ve been exploring the world around us through our big question: “Where in the world are we?” Over the past few weeks, we’ve learned about world oceans, continents, and the countries that make up the UK. This week, we brought things closer to home to look at human and physical features in our local area—and even went on a walk around the village to spot them in real life! The children enjoyed exploring the village and pointing out the landmarks. In English,

We have made a super start exploring our enquiry question in RE: "What do Christians Learn from the Creation Story?" We began by recapping that the Creation story is at the beginning of the Bible and that it teaches Christians that God made everything in the world and universe. We then used our drawing skills to create images of God's creations, and thought about the beauty of nature and how fascinating all life can be! This week, the children then continued to explore our

On Wednesday, we got into our Pupil Voice colour groups for the first time this academic year. Mrs Lewis spoke to us about the different committees and how they are really important to ensuring we use our voices to help shape our school. We then put our hands up for which committees we wanted to be on and the teachers had a very hard job to choose just 8 children for each committee, there were a lot of hands up which was lovely to see. At Fountains we have: School Council, Re

This week in Class 2, we have started our exciting new topic on rivers. The children have been learning all about the major rivers in the UK, the different parts of a river, and how rivers are formed. One of the highlights of the week was our map reading lesson, where the children showed fantastic enthusiasm as they worked together to locate different rivers on a map. They really enjoyed using their geographical skills to identify river names and trace their routes across the

This week we have been working hard in maths. Our year ones and twos have been looking at the compostion of numbers to 20. We have used lots of concrete resources to build numbers, considering how many tens and ones the number has. We have also been working on our formation of numbers too. In Reception, we were inspired by NumberBlock 3's painting and decided to do some of our own. We made colourful splodges with paint, counting how many went on our page. They made beautiful

We have been enjoying our trumpet lessons on a Tuesday. We are developing our skills and improving each week. In Maths, we have continued our work on Place Value and are rehearsing this work with this week's homework. We began our Science work on light, by thinking about how light travels. On Thursday afternoons we have Mr Whitford for PE. This half term we are doing tag rugby. This week we also set up our School Sports Crew. Mr Whitford will be doing some leader training wit

We have had such a fantastic first week at school. It has been lovely to see the children come in so well and hear all about the wonderful summers they have had. They have enjoyed being with their friends again 😊 Reception have enjoyed exploring the areas of the classroom. They have been doing lots of puppet shows and very much liked dressing up as superheros. They spent a lot of time working together to build a special superhero den and playing in the new mud kitchen. I

We have had a super first week back in Class Three! The children have really impressed me with how quickly they have settled back in after 7 weeks off. A few of you will hopefully have already received a positivity postcard, as your child has done really well. I look forward to sending lots more home. This week we began our first book, The London Eye Mystery. We will be using this book in Guided Reading and English lessons this half term. In Maths we are starting the year wit

Our school recently completed the NSPCC's Speak out Stay safe programme. Speak out Stay safe is a safeguarding programme that aims to equip a generation of children with the knowledge they need to stay safe from abuse and neglect.

Well it has been a lovely final week in class one! We have very much enjoyed the year and have worked very hard. I couldn’t be prouder of the children they have made such amazing progress, and it has been so wonderful to see them develop over the year. I feel so lucky to work with such lovely children and their families too!! Last week, year one and two spent time making some support vehicles for the world cup as part of their DT learning. They looked at current vehicles an