This week we have used money to practise buying items from a ‘shop’. Maybe the children could practise counting up the loose change at home.

Tanni-Grey Thompson class have shown all of our school values of Love, Courage and Friendship since they have started in Year 2.

In English, the children have learnt The Papaya that Spoke story off by heart and are using it to create and write their very own versions.

We hope you enjoy our Nativity, the children really enjoyed taking part in what was a different to normal performance.

Tanni Grey-Thompson class have excelled themselves during our “Chance to Shine” week. The children should be super proud of themselves and the resilience they have shown. We began the week with our mental health lesson from Miss Crane exploring ways to relax. In music the children have continued to practise their glockenspiel skills learning songs for Zootime. Well done to Tanni Grey-Thompson as we achieved our “St Francis” letters for attendance and will shortly be deciding on our reward.

In Tanni Grey-Thompson class we have been studying the Great Fire of London. We have made Tudor houses to show the type of houses that were burnt in 1666. In Maths we have been looking at fractions and can now find a half and a quarter of a shape and an amount. We have been extremely busy practising for Hey Ewe which you can come and watch next Tuesday at 9.30. We look forward to seeing you there.

St Francis Academy, Ventnor. Blog update from Tanni Grey-Thompson class

This afternoon, Year 2 welcomed Incredible Eggs to St Francis. We're very excited to announce that we're expecting...8 little chicks! We have two varieties of egg, Bluebell and Black Rock. At the moment the eggs are sat comfortably inside the incubator, at 37.5°C. Over the next few days, the little chicks will start to hatch, cracking the eggs with their egg tooth, and then they will be moved into the brooding cage. The children are very excited and can't wait to calmly welcome the new additions to our classes.

Goldfinch Class have been programming BeeBots in ICT and making WANTED posters for the Evil Peas from our Supertato story in English. They have explored lots of descriptive language and shown empathetic inferences towards the vegetables who were captured and trapped.