The year 2 team send their warmest Christmas wishes to all of the children and their families. We hope you have a fun filled Christmas break with just a little bit of time to relax, even though you are all probably really excited! 
Now you are all into the Christmas Holidays and you will have nothing much going on over the next few days I would like to set all of the children in year 2 a challenge! I have sent home two group reading books for the children to read during the holidays, please find time to read these or other books during the holidays and write down what you've read in the
Year 2 have the highest attendance for November across the school!
We didn't think it could get any better, but year 2, year 1 and Reception managed to perform to a really high standard today in their performance of "The Sleepy Shepherd". Great singing and actions, wonderful narration and acting and lots of smiling faces! Year 2 managed to double their marble total to 12! I don't think I'll have enough marbles for tomorrow!
Please remember to bring along your party food tomorrow, 15th December 2016. The children are really looking forward to a fun packed and afternoon.
Tomorrow your child will be bringing home the letter that they wrote
for their Big Write this half term. They
worked extremely hard writing addresses; learning how letters are laid out;
thinking of questions that they could ask real people and improving their
work. Please have a look at how
successful they have been and it would be great if you can post the letter with your child. We will see if we get any replies next term!
What a brilliant performance of "The Sleepy Shepherd" we had this morning! Well done everyone for your effort and enthusiasm. Year 2 got 6 marbles in the jar today because of this and they think they might even be able to get more tomorrow! We are all looking forward to performing it again tomorrow.
It is time once again for our Christmas productions!
A ‘Christmassy, art and crafty’ day was enjoyed by all on
Friday 9th December. It was the POW school annual ‘Technology day’
when children select three activities in which they wish to create a Christmas
themed piece of art/ design work. The
manner in which children moved around the school, worked well within the mixed
up age groups was superb. All children were displaying our resilient tortoise in
tackling activities and the older children were lending a hand in helping organise
the younger children’s work, showing the next steps in how to produce an item. Super
skills from one and all! Some products made have been added to this blog. 
Thank you finally to all parents who managed to join for
some/ or all of the day, the extra pairs of hands very much helped!
As you are aware we are busily preparing for our Christmas productions. In year 2 we will be performing the nativity - "The Sleepy Shepherd" along with the Reception and Year 1 children. In year 2 we are responsible for telling the story and singing lots and lots of brilliant songs! As the story tellers the children will need a white shirt with a collar (long sleeve or short sleeve) to wear along with their usual school trousers or skirts (no pinafores though please as we cannot tuck the shirt in). We will provide any extras to the costume and we do have a few spare shirts if you are really struggling. Please provide your child with a shirt in a named plastic bag by Monday 12th December. Many thanks.
An extra excitement for the class this week was a visit from Wessex FM! 
We have had some wonderful results from the Big Write this week. As you know the children were asked to write a letter to a person of their choice. We have had some inspired writing. Lots of brilliant questions and I was particularly impressed with the children's handwriting. The children will be bringing their letters home next week for you to have a look and send off in the envelope provided. It will be really great to see if we get any replies after Christmas. Well done year 2. 
This Monday (5th December) we will be taking the children to the Priest House Museum in Wimborne. This is a lovely trip where the children get first hand experience of a Victorian Christmas and it acts as a fantastic way for us to introduce the topic to the children. We have asked all of the adults and children to dress up for this trip as it makes the day so much more memorable and helps to recreate a real Victorian atmosphere when we are taking part in some of the activities at the Museum. If you are struggling to find a costume over the weekend please don't worry as we have a few bits and bobs at school that we can lend you for the day. Whilst there the children will be taking part in four activities: Cooking in the Victorian Kitchen; Visiting the Victorian Stationers and making a Victorian Christmas Card; Taking part in a festive tour of the museum and playing Victorian games. Many thanks to all of the adults who have given their time to come along with us, we look forward to seeing you on Monday.
A special Christmas challenge this week for spellings. I have given the children some Christmas words, but sadly some of the letters have fallen off. Have a go at filling in the blanks at home to earn a superhero point. There will be no spelling check next Friday as it is Technology Day, but please return finished sheets so that you can claim your well deserved reward.
What a busy, Christmassy feel to the school yesterday evening! The school
was full of children and our families making the realisation that Christmas is
nearly knocking on our doors!