Herons
Welcome to Herons’ class page!
You will find all of our news and homework organised by type on a handy one-stop page!
| Routines in Herons | Adults in Herons |
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| PE Outdoor — Tuesday | Miss Delph |
| PE Indoor — Friday | Mr Broadley |
| Spellings — Monday | Mrs Holgate |
Heron Class governor: Rob Fordyce
Book Bag Days are Monday, Wednesday and Friday. More information can be found in the front of the children’s reading diaries.
Homework
Your child will bring their homework home every Monday and should return it the following Monday. This will usually alternate between maths and English/grammar (SPAG). Homework may be used to support other areas of the curriculum too. We politely request that parents mark the work with their child so that any misconceptions can be addressed when returned to school. If they are struggling with any aspects please just write a note on the homework.
Spellings
Spellings will be tested each week on Monday and the new list will be given out following the weekly test. A spelling book will also be sent home with the spellings in.
Knowledge Organisers and Topic Homework Grid
KS1 Homework Grid-All Dressed UpKS1 Knowledge Organiser-All Dressed Up - Autumn 2ndEnglish Knowledge Organiser Autumn Year 2
Maths Knowledge Organiser Autumn Year 2
Learn by Heart Facts-Maths Homework Y2 Autumn 2nd
Science Knowledge Organiser - Animals Including Humans
Class News
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Wednesday 5 November 2025 Entry Point KS1 - All Dressed Up Today saw the start of our new topic 'All Dressed Up.' As our entry point, our Year 1 children visited Bradford Industrial Museum to see how cloth is made. They completed a weaving workshop where they learnt the process of making wool; from sheep shearing to carding, combing, spinning and finally weaving. We even saw a range of clothes from the past and were able to discuss how they are different from the clothes we wear today. What a great and interesting way to start our new topic!
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Tuesday 4 November 2025 KS1 Exit Point - Art Gallery
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Thursday 23 October 2025 Problem Solving in Maths In maths, our problem solving focus for this half-term is ‘using equipment and acting out.' See our photos below, where we are practicing the skills to help us answer different questions.
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Thursday 23 October 2025 Comparing Leaves and Petals in Science Herons have been exploring our school grounds, collecting fallen horse chestnut and sycamore leaves, along with flower petals, to compare. Back in the classroom, we used magnifying glasses to take a closer look, describing and discussing the similarities and differences we observed. Using their excellent observational skills, the children worked in pairs to record their findings before sharing and discussing them as a class.
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Thursday 23 October 2025 Partitioning Numbers to 100 In maths, Year 2 learnt how to partition numbers to 100 by identifying the tens and the ones. They began by using Base 10 to represent different numbers, then showed their understanding using part-whole models. Some children showed great curiosity and challenged themselves by exploring different ways to make the same number by flexibly partitioning.
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Wednesday 22 October 2025 Key Stage One Muddy Puddles Day - Autumn Term
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Monday 13 October 2025 Black History Month - African Dance Workshop To celebrate Black History Month, we took part in a fantastic dance workshop with our new friends from the Ivory Coast. What fun we had!
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Wednesday 8 October 2025 Scrambled Sentences in Herons In writing, our lessons are focused around the story of Billy's Bucket. Today, we revisited capital letters and full stops and focused on ensuring that a sentence makes sense. We fixed some examples of muddled sentences altogether before the children had a go in small groups. By the end of the lesson, we all understood that a sentence needs a capital letter, full stop and HAS to make sense! Skylarks have now promised that they will not forget capital letters and full stops in their writing.
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Tuesday 7 October 2025 Practical Maths - Counting in 3’s
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Tuesday 7 October 2025 Science - Welly Walk In science Herons went on a leaf hunt around the school grounds to explore and identify different types of plants and leaves. Using our classroom learning, we observed the shapes, sizes, and colours of leaves to help us recognise a variety of tree species. Along the way, we also looked closely at different plants, identifying their key parts such as roots, stems, stalk, petals, trunk, branches, bark and leaves. We really enjoyed being able to apply our science knowledge to the real world and learn more about the nature around us.
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Tuesday 7 October 2025 Imaginary Trip to the Beach
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Monday 6 October 2025 Space Week - Whole School Homework
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Wednesday 1 October 2025 Representing Numbers In maths, Herons have been practising representing numbers to 100. Great work, Herons!
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Wednesday 24 September 2025 Science - Plants
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Tuesday 23 September 2025 Herons Entry Point - Hooray, Let's Go on Holiday! As our entry point to our new topic 'Hooray, Let's Go On Holiday,' the children practised booking a holiday in our very own 'Tranmere Travel Agents.' The children enjoyed taking on the role of the travel agents and the customers. They enjoyed selecting their own worldwide desination, deciding how long they wanted to stay for, how they wanted to travel there and which hotels they wanted to stay in. The children asked some fabulous questions and took on the roles brilliantly. Well done Herons
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Monday 22 September 2025 Herons make sand sculptures! This half term's topic is 'Hooray, Let's Go On Holiday.' As part of our art focus, the children have been learning about sand artists and how they can create amazingly creative sand structures using a range of different tools. We wanted to have a go at creating our own and enjoyed experimenting with the tools to see what effects we could create. We also enjoyed adding our own decorations. Here we are at work!
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Wednesday 9 July 2025 Year 2 Fractions
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Monday 9 June 2025 Herons learn about Edith Cavell Herons are thoroughly enjoying our history topic this half term and have loved learning about both Florence Nightingale and Mary Seacole. Next, the children explored the third and final nurse of our topic - Edith Cavell.
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Thursday 22 May 2025 KS1 learn all about woodwind instruments In our shared reader lessons this week, Year 1 have been learning about woodwind instruments and about some of the instruments that you may find in an orchestra.
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Wednesday 21 May 2025 PTA Colour Run What an amazing event! We had a great time at the PTA Colour Run. It was lovely to see so many participate.
