Friday 9th October 2026 What another fantastic week we've had in Year 2! The children have been working incredibly hard, showing wonderful creativity and enthusiasm in their learning. ✏️ English – On the Way Home This week, the children have absolutely smashed it with their story writing! Inspired by On the Way Home by Jill Murphy, the children have been inventing their own imaginative stories to explain how their characters hurt their knees. We have been blown away by their

Dear Parents and Carers, We have had another busy week in Year 2! Here is a little look at what we have been learning, along with some important information about our upcoming WILD WEST session. ✏️ Writing This week, we have been exploring the story On the Way Home by Jill Murphy. The children have taken part in lots of drama and discussion to explore the characters and events in the story. We have also been creating story maps, using pictures, symbols and key words to help u

We had such a wonderful time on our school trip to Hedingham Castle! 🏰 We were incredibly proud of how well behaved, enthusiastic and engaged the children were throughout the day. They seemed to absolutely love taking part in all of the activities, and it was fantastic to see just how much they had remembered from our learning in school and how much new knowledge they gained during the visit. A huge thank you to all of our parent helpers who joined us for the day. We are so

Dear Parent/Carer, I’m delighted to inform you about an online learning platform called NumBots that we’re using to support your child’s understanding of number bonds and to help their addition and subtraction skills. These are the essential building blocks for higher-level maths concepts, so we are excited by the impact that NumBots will have on your child’s learning. Logging In The children will bring home a username label containing their unique login details by Friday 2nd

........ and should arrive at school by 3:25pm. Please make your way to the playground at hometime as childen will be released to their adults from the classrooms as normal.

... has arrived safely and looking forward to a great day.

We have had another busy week in Year 2! The children have been working hard across the curriculum, and we are particularly excited about our upcoming trip to Hedingham Castle next week! 🏰 ✏️ English This week, we have been writing up our non-chronological reports about dragons in best. The children have been using everything they have learned over the past few weeks to create their finished reports, including fantastic vocabulary and expanded noun phrases. 🐉 🔢 Maths In Ma

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Please see details for your child's Wild West sessions. Wednesday 14th October 2026. Wednesday 16th June 2027.

Please see details. A reminder that payment was due by 18th September. If you have not already done so, please make payment on Arbor as soon as possible. Thank you to those families who have already paid.

We’ve had another busy week in Year 2! Here’s a little look at what we have been learning, along with a few reminders for the week ahead. ✏️ English This week, we have continued developing our sentence writing in preparation for writing our own non-chronological reports about dragons. The children have been working hard to include expanded noun phrases to add interesting detail and description to their writing. We’ve been really impressed with the imaginative ways they have d

Unfortunately, the after school choir with Mrs Rees will not run this afternoon. Please collect your child at the normal time. Children in Years 5 and 6 with permission to walk home will be released at normal time. Alternatively, please book Night Owls. We aplogise for any inconvenience. Choir will start on Friday 25th September. Friday 3.20pm - 4.00pm Choir Year 1,2,3,4,5 and 6 Small hall 25/09/26 - 04/12/26 Mrs Rees 9 weeks free club Booked via Arbor

Unfortunately, the after school choir with Mrs Rees will not run this afternoon. Please collect your child at the normal time. Children in Years 5 and 6 with permission to walk home will be released at normal time. Alternatively, please book Night Owls. We aplogise for any inconvenience. Choir will start on Friday 25th September. Friday 3.20pm - 4.00pm Choir Year 1,2,3,4,5 and 6 Small hall 25/09/26 - 04/12/26 Mrs Rees 9 weeks free club Booked via Arbor

We have been advised by Premier Education that, due to unforeseen circumstances, the club will not commence until Friday 25th September. Parents have been informed directly by Premier Education and refunds will be processed by the company. The club will now only run for 9 weeks - 25/09/26 to 04/12/26. On behalf of Premier Education, please accept our apologies for any inconvenience.

Dear Parents and Carers, With our Year 2 trip to Hedingham Castle on Tuesday 29th September getting closer, we wanted to share a few reminders about what the children will need to bring and wear on the day. 👕 What to wear Children should come to school wearing their normal school uniform, including their normal school shoes. Every child must also bring a warm, waterproof coat, regardless of if rain is forecast. If unforeseen circumstances mean that we need to spend longer ou

Please see the updated timetable. Kindly note the following: We are unable to offer WRENS on a Monday or Tuesday this term. Any payments made will be refunded as soon as possible. We apologise for any inconvenience. 3D printing club will run on Wednesday 16th September and thereafter will move to a Monday for the remaining 9 weeks from Monday 21st September. There are very limited space available so please contact the office for availiabilty (this is now also open to Year 4

We just wanted to say a huge well done to all of the children in Poppies and Violets for such a wonderful first two days back at school! 💜🌺 The children have returned to school so ready to learn, full of enthusiasm and genuinely excited about all of the wonderful learning ahead of them this year. We have been incredibly proud of the positivity, kindness and enthusiasm they have already shown. What a fantastic way to begin Year 2! ⭐ We have had a wonderful two days getting t

Please see details. Payments will be live on Arbor form 9.00am this morning.

Please see the attached letter regarding the need for accurate and up-to-date information about your child's medical needs in preparation for their return to school in September. .

Dear Poppies and Violets families, A huge and very heartfelt welcome to Year 2! 💜🌺 We hope you have all had a wonderful summer and are feeling ready for the exciting year ahead. Miss Dee and Mrs Shorten are so looking forward to welcoming the children into Poppies and Violets and beginning what we know will be a really happy, joyful and learning-filled year together. We have so many wonderful things planned for the year ahead and cannot wait to get to know the children, dis