Dolphins 2022-2023
I can't believe this is the end of the year! It has been a brilliant year. I would like to thank my class, they are amazing and full of awesome personalities. Thank you parents and carers for all the support over the year. Your children are amazing and have been a pleasure to teach. I hope everyone has a great summer and enjoy their new classes. GO DOLPHINS!
Everyone really enjoyed creating all the amazing Sky themed art! Thank you for coming in to see our wonderful creations!
CRICKET FESTIVAL: Well done to the children who represented our school at the cricket festival. They played the games beautifully and really enjoyed themselves!!
Thank you to Praizin' Hands Puppet Group who came in and performed a show around Internet Safety. There were lots of important messages for the children to take home.
WELCOME BACK! The children have come back to find some items in the hall. A basket. A dress. Bricks, sticks and straws. We have decided that these are all from traditional tales. However, there was a note and a book. The note was from the wolf who is cross that he is always painted as the bad character. Is he right?
Summer 2: Terrific tales - curriculum leaflet and knowledge organiser.
THAT IS THE END OF THE 5TH HALF TERM! What a half term it has been! I want to say a huge well done to the year 2 children in the class who completed their 'quizzes' this half term. It showed me how amazing and grown up they all were and how much progress they have made. Thank you year 1s who have also been working really hard getting ready for their phonic quiz. What a great class I have! I hope everyone has a lovely half term break and that the weather stays amazing. ONE MORE HALF TERM TO GO! Don't forget to read the new curriculum leaflet and knowledge organiser for our new topic, 'Terrific tales.'
WHAT A GREAT DAY AT PORTCHESTER CASTLE. We had a brilliant day walking around the keep, outer walls and even sketching. It was also lovely have a nice run around at lunchtime. Thank you children for being so well behaved all day!
Welcome back! We hope you had a great Easter. Welcome to the summer term. Please read the knowledge organiser and curriculum leaflet below to find out what we are learning this half term.
Here is the knowledge organiser and curriculum leaflet for our topic 'Megastructures'. Please read to find out what we are learning.
That is the end of another half term. This has been a really busy half term but the children have done amazing. Looking at all their learning has made me so proud of how far they have come. I hope you all have a great Easter break and a well earned rest. The children have a small learning pack which I hope they can complete over the break. HAPPY EASTER.
What a fantastic ukulele concert. Well done children for performing so well at the end of a very busy half term.
Thank you Sarah John who came in and helped with our learning around Easter. The kids have had a great day learning about the importance of Easter and how people celebrate Easter.
Thank you Jo from the fire service who came in to help us teach us about fire safety. The classes really enjoyed their sessions!
Here is the ILEARN for year 2 parents and carers around the SATs.
What a busy first week back! We have started our new topic with a bit of a problem. We went for a walk after finding lots of rubbish. This has made our class desperate to help our local environment. We will need to think how we will spread the word to help people look after our wonderful world. Well done class!
Our new topic is called Wonderful World. Please read the curriculum leaflet and knowledge organiser to find out what we will be learning this half term.
What a great way to end our 'Frozen Planet' topic. We have loved learning about the polar areas and Robert Falcon Scott. I hope the children enjoyed writing the instructions to create 'ice art'. I hope you all have a great half term!
What an amazing NSPCC number day. The children all looked amazing with their different number outfits. The children enjoyed exploring a wide range of maths, such as money and measure. We also played lots of maths games. Thank you for all your donations!
Thank you to TREEHOUSE THEATRE company who came in and performed JACK AND THE BEANSTALK. The children loved the performance and were actively involved!
Here is the ILEARN around maths at Eling and how you can help at home.
WHAT A GREAT FIRST WEEK BACK! We hope you all had a brilliant Christmas and New Year. The children arrived to find a 'frozen world' on Wednesday. That helped introduce our topic 'FROZEN PLANET'. We read 'Big Bear Little brother'', which is our main literacy book this half term to also help introduce our topic. Please read the curriculum leaflet and knowledge organiser below to find out all about our learning this half term.
Our new topic is called 'FROZEN PLANET'. Please read our curriculum leaflet and knowledge organiser to find out what the children will be learning this half term.
That is the end of the first term. What a term it has been! I am so lucky to teach my class and watch them grow as learners. We have learnt about amazing animals and then had three weeks around christmas. All the children performed brilliantly. Thank you for all your support at home, especially with reading. Please keep reading their library books over the christmas break. I hope you all have a wonderful christmas and a happy new year.
Thank you for all those who walked with us or met us at the church. It was lovely to see all the children together. Well done for all the readers who helped retell the Christmas story. It has been a long two weeks but the children are still singing our Christmas songs beautifully. We hope you all have a brilliant Christmas and a Happy New Year!
Thank you to Sarah John. She came in and spoke to us about all the amazing moments at Christmas. The children even had the chance to dress up!
Thank you to the 'PRAIZIN HANDS PUPPET GROUP' who came in to retell the Christmas story. The children loved the show.
CHRISTMAS PERFORMANCE WEEK - What a week it has been! The children have performed amazingly all week and I am so proud of everyone in the class. I have no pictures from the Nativity performance but took a couple during the samba performance. WELL DONE DOLPHINS! ONE WEEK TO GO!
Thank you for all those who attended our 'AMAZING ANIMALS' round up. We have had a great four weeks learning about different animals. We ended up writing facts and riddles about these animals and then created one out of clay. Well done Dolphins. Now onto our Christmas topic.
We had a very wet walk around Eling on Monday 7th November. Our focus was on deciding if Eling was more human made or naturally made. We planned to walk on board walk but the river was too high. If you have time please explore our lovely local area and see what human or natural features there are.
WELCOME BACK! What a great start to our half term around our topic 'AMAZING ANIMALS'. On Wednesday we were very fortunate to have the Creature Teacher team come in with some amazing animals. The children were shown a range of animals, such as a barn owl, pigmy hedgehog and a corn snake. We even got to touch these fantastic animals. This will set up our learning well when we learn more about the animals that live around the world. THANK YOU CREATURE TEACHER TEAM!
Amazing Animals - curriculum leaflet and knowledge organiser.
WHAT AN AMAZING HALF TERM! I am so proud of my class and all the learning they have done this half term. The class have loved our learning around space, including learning about Neil Armstrong and Katherine Johnson. The class are brilliant and I have a great team to work with over this year. I hope everyone has a great half term. Our new topic is called AMAZING ANIMALS and the curriculum leaflet and knowledge organiser for that topic is above. Please read to find out about our learning next half term. WELL DONE DOLPHINS!
WHAT A GREAT ROUND UP! I was so proud watching my class say their facts to the parents who came in. That is a big skill and shows how amazing they are. That is the end of our space topic. We have learnt about Neil Armstrong and Katherine Johnson and why they were significant people in the past. They helped shape space travel. We now have a week around Harvest before a well earned break. Thank you parents and carers who came in to see our round up! Dolphins.....keep being amazing!
Well done to the children who represented the school at the football festival at Testwood school. They showed amazing skills throughout the afternoon. Well done!
SCIENCE DOME: We had a fantastic session in the science dome learning all about space. Thank you Jimmy for all your help. The children were fascinated with all the learning about planets, galaxies and so much more. Please ask them all about it!
It has been amazing seeing the new Dolphin class together. All the children have been amazing and have settled in well. Please read the curriculum leaflet and knowledge organiser below to find out all about our topic 'SPACE'. Thank you for your enquires about reading books. We have changed our phonics teaching and there are books that match the sounds they are covering in the taught lessons. We are starting the programme on Monday 12th, so new books will go out then. We will be sending out information regarding how to support your child, while reading these books, soon. We will also have a meet the teacher chat in school at some point next week, (week beginning Monday 12th, date to be confirmed), to tell you all about the school day. If you have any questions, please grab myself at the class door before or after school.
Mr McElhenny
Dolphin class teacher