Y2 St Porres Day 10th Nov 2026
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On our St Martin de Porres House Day, we learnt about his important work helping the poor as well as founding an orphanage for abandoned children. We raised money for the Demelza children's charity and in the afternoon, Charlotte from Year 6 taught us how to play a card game called "Go Boom!" and we also enjoyed eating the delicious cakes that the Porres children had kindly donated.

Y2 PE 10th Nov 2026
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In gymnastics, the children have enjoyed practising creating different shapes and balances with their partner, devising a short sequence and holding their shapes at low and high levels to add variety.

Y2 Art 10th Nov 2026
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Continuing our learning about different styles used by artists for their portrait work, we looked at the work of Pablo Picasso and then the children created their own portraits showing different perspectives.

Y2 RE 10th Nov 2026
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During our reflection time this week, the children wrote and shared some thoughtful prayers to say what they are thankful for.

Y2 Eco Afternoon 10th Nov 2026
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Our whole school Eco Afternoon was a perfect opportunity to remind us of our responsibilities to act as "stewards" and to look after the wonderful world that God created for us. Working together, we swept, weeded, tidied and made the terrace look beautiful again!

Y2 Celebration of the Word 10th Nov 2026
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Using the parable of the landowners, the children explained how we should act as "stewards" and care for God's creations such as plants, animals and all livings things. Holding up their colourful posters, they gave some suggestions as to how we can care for our school, home and world. They also shared their thoughtful prayers reminding us to see the beauty in the natural world around us and to show care, kindness and respect towards all of God's creations.

Y2 RE 10th Nov 2026
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To remember the important messages from our learning about Creation and Covenant, the children created their own artwork with the key words around the side of their pictures.

Y2 English 10th Nov 2026
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We enjoyed sharing our Journey Tales with Year 1, which included adverb openers, adjectives and conjunctions to describe what problems the Jolly Postman encountered on his journey through the Fairytale Woods. Well done to the Year 2 children for proudly sharing their stories and to Year 1 for being such a good audience!

Y2 Forest School 10th Nov 2026
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We had a wonderful day at Forest School in the beautiful Autumn sunshine! We enjoyed our sensory nature walk; using natural materials to create some Autumn artwork; and making some charming woodland creatures from clay. We finished our day with hot chocolate and toasted marshmallows around the campfire and we each shared what we were grateful for from our Forest School day.

History Learning for All 29th Sep 2026
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Our history curriculum is carefully designed and sequenced across the year groups from EYFS to Year 6 to identify the key concepts and the big ideas for the children to understand and remember. We encourage the children to be curious, active and independent learners and to think critically about the evidence and resources they interact with. We also take advantage of our close proximity to Sevenoaks and our beautiful surroundings to learn about the local history of our town and community. Our teaching is enquiry-based so that we always start with a question to focus the learning and one which requires a breadth of knowledge to answer. A stimulus is used to spark the children's curiosity and imagination, such as resources, artefacts, texts, pictures, videos and music.

Enrichment Opportunities 29th Sep 2026
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In order to strengthen the children's understanding of their history topic further, there are a wealth of enrichment opportunities arranged for them, such as school trips, local walks and visitors to our school.

Y2 Maths 23rd Sep 2026
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We have been revising our knowledge of multiples of 10s - making them, comparing them, as well as adding and subtracting 10s from a multiple of 10. By using the Dienes, the children could clearly see that when adding and subtracting 10s, the tens digit changes, whereas the ones digit stays the same.

Y2 Science 23rd Sep 2026
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Our investigation this week was to explore whether children with the biggest hands also have the biggest feet! Working in small groups, the children accurately measured their hands and feet, carefully recorded their measurements and then analysed their results to answer the investigation question and to see if their prediction was correct. Generally, they found that those children with the biggest feet, also had the biggest hands!

Y2 Flotsam 23rd Sep 2026
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Inspired by the charmingly illustrated "Flotsam" by David Wiesner, we discussed how we are all "stewards" of God's creations, which includes the ocean and all the living creatures which live there. Using imaginative description, the children created these wonderful poems which all finished with the line "Thank you God for such a beautiful ocean for us to explore".

Y2 Portrait Pictures 9th Sep 2026
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Corridor Displays 30th Aug 2026
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Celebration of the Word 30/08/26 30th Aug 2026
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Visio Divina 30th Aug 2026
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Stations of the Cross 28th Aug 2026
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Celebration of the Word 28th Aug 2026
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Stewardship 28th Aug 2026
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Virtues Display 28th Aug 2026
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Passion Play 27th Aug 2026
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Our House Saints 27th Aug 2026
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St Thomas Display 27th Aug 2026
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Mini Vinnies God's Eye 27th Aug 2026
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Catholic Life 27th Aug 2026
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Catholic Life 27th Aug 2026
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Fratelli Tuti 27th Aug 2026
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Mini Vinnies 27th Aug 2026
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The Mini Vinnies created some religious Christmas decorations for the residents of a local care home. They personalised each decoration by adding a message or prayer.

Mini Vinnies 27th Aug 2026
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Our Mini Vinnies created a Christmas decoration to shre with the residents of a local care home. They personlised each decoration by adding a thoughtful message and prayer.

Dance Show 15th Jul 2026
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Year 3 test 15th Jul 2026
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Y5 Dance 15th Jul 2026
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River Studies 15th Jul 2026
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Year 3 test 15th Jul 2026
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Year 1 test 15th Jul 2026
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Test Year 6 15th Jul 2026
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Year 1 test 15th Jul 2026
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Y5 Forest School 15th Jul 2026
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Y2 Music 3rd Jun 2026
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In our music lesson, the children worked in groups to create some pentatonic melodies. They showed great teamwork and collaboration to compose some interesting tunes!

Y2 Science 3rd Jun 2026
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Our three week investigation has provided us with some conclusive evidence that, just as we predicted, plants definitely do need sunlight, warmth and water to grow healthily and to stay alive! Over the last few weeks, the children enjoyed using their observation skills to draw and describe what was happening to the basil plants that we had placed in various locations. Thank you Mrs O'Keefe for looking after Plant E on your sunny window sill in the school office!

Y2 PE 3rd Jun 2026
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We have been practising our athletics skills and refining our techniques for sprinting, jumping and throwing. The children have shown excellent perseverance and resilience to improve their techniques and to challenge themselves in the different games that we have played. We are looking forward to putting these skills into action at our Sports Day next term!

Y2 Art 6th May 2026
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Using natural objects as our inspiration, we looked at line drawings and how the artist had used shading to create depth. We also looked at sculptures created using different materials and the children then created their own clay model of an animal or something natural.

Y2 Science 6th May 2026
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We have been discussing the different ways that seeds can be ?dispersed? such as by being blown away (dandelion seeds); eaten (by animals and then deposited on the ground); exploding open (violas); floating down a river (coconut seeds); falling to the ground (sycamore seeds); and sticking to animals (sandburs). Afterwards, we had fun creating our own sycamore seeds, which slowly floated down to the ground like twirling helicopters because of their wings, which spin and turn in the wind.

Y2 Science 6th May 2026
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We have been investigating the conditions that plants need to grow healthily. Starting with a mature basil plant, we placed them in different locations to test which ones stayed healthy: Plant A - watered; Plant B - not watered; Plant C - sunlight; Plant D - dark cupboard; Plant E - warm windowsill; Plant F - fridge. Over the next few weeks we will observe, draw and describe how healthy the different plants are so we can test whether our predictions were correct .

Autumn 24th Apr 2026
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RE 22nd Apr 2026
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As part of Holy Week, we visited St Thomas' Church to reflect on the events leading up to Jesus' death. The children took it in turns to read about each Station of the Cross and to say a prayer together. Back in the classroom, they created an image to remind them of Jesus' crucifixion and what message it teaches them today.