North Frodingham Primary School

June

A Trip To Burton Agnes Hall, 2025!

Butterflies 2025!

During the month of June, we have been learning about different modes of transport and travelling by air, water and road. We’ve looked at how vehicles have changed over the years and learnt a little about Amy Johnson. We experimented with boats made from different materials and found out which one is the best for floating. In the Roleplay area, we had a garage! We loved dressing up as mechanics and fixing the cars and bikes.

We celebrated May Day and danced around the May Pole.

Sports Day was a huge success, a lovely sunny day attended by lots of our parents and carers.

In Outdoor Learning, we searched for bugs, we sang, ‘Ring a ring O Roses’, caught up with some much-needed watering and made butterfly pictures using natural materials. Mrs Butterworth also taught us about insect’s favourite flowers and colours!

 In Tigers Trust, we played cooperative games and practised working together as a team.

On a lovely sunny day, we released our butterflies; we had 4 this year!

We learnt a little about the Buddhist festival of Vesak and made beautiful Lotus flowers.

Finally, The F2s enjoyed a fantastic day out at Burton Agnes Hall. We had a guided tour of the house followed by packed lunches; a visit to the walled garden and played some giant games. We then raced the Beeford children around the Maze and, for the first time ever, we won! We finished the day with ice creams and exploring the amazing Adventure Playground. On the way home, some of us even fell asleep on the coach! What a great day it was!

May

In May we learnt about VE Day and celebrated with an Outdoor Learning Day, ‘Digging For Victory’. In the FSU, we used red, white and blue to make Union flags, thread bobbins and create patterns.

We read, ‘The Very Hungry Caterpillar’, learnt about the life cycles of butterflies and met our own caterpillars, who we hope to watch turn into butterflies!

We also began our sewing unit; initially we have been experimenting with weaving and using plastic needles then we will move on to creating our own bookmarks decorated with a running stitch.

In PE we have continued to work on our Golf skills with Ivan and have been practising our football abilities with Tommy from, ‘Tigers Trust’.

We were also very lucky to take part in an, ‘Animated Objects Workshop’, where we designed and created our own clay models linked to the Natural World.

April

We had lots of fun outside in April. We have been busy blowing bubbles and finding ladybirds, we’ve been observing the changes in our playground as new plants and flowers spring into life and we’ve been learning how to play Golf with Ivan! We enjoyed the story of Jack and The Beanstalk and then listened to the alternative Jack and The Jelly Bean Stalk! Of course, we had to plant our own Broad Beans and taste some real Jelly Beans too, yummy!

In Maths, we have been exploring different ways to sort and match objects and have been practising our counting skills. We were definitely ready for the Easter holidays!

March

We celebrated Science Week in March and we had great fun! We experimented with floating and sinking, we made our own dough and we looked carefully outside for, 'worms'. We built and launched our own rockets, used pipets to mix colours and create chemical reactions and built bridges with dough and spaghetti! JP Developers helped us to make some bird boxes and Dave, from Northern Gas, introduced us to Hydrogen cars! In maths, we found ways of making 7 and looked at symmetry. 

February

As part of our topic, ‘Amazing Animals’, we found out all sorts of things about Koalas. We found out where they live, what they eat and what their babies are called. We conducted surveys about favourite animals and pets and make bird feeders in Outdoor Learning with Mrs Butterworth.

January

What a busy January we have had! We have been getting stuck in to our new topic 'amazing animals', learning about various arctic, jungle and woodland animals and doing lots of writing to support this. Our roleplay corner has transformed into a veterinary surgery, and we have really enjoyed nursing some animals back to health. As well as our topic, we celebrated Chinese New Year. We loved making and tasting some special fried rice, practising Chinese writing and making lanterns and red envelopes. As always, we have continued with our daily maths and phonics sessions. Our 'number 5' fruit kebabs were delicious! In PE, we have practised our balancing and co-ordination and have shown some super listening skills. 

December

December was such an exciting month in the FSU! We started by decorating our classroom ready for the Christmas period, our Christmas grotto looked super festive and prompted some fantastic imaginative play, hosting Christmas parties and writing letters to Father Christmas. December also marked the end of our dance sessions with Miss Hannah, we have really looked forward to our Friday dance sessions each week, but are looking forward to some more new skills in PE sessions in the new year. In our outdoor learning session we looked around for cobwebs, and took notice of the different shapes. We worked together to create our own giant cobweb on the ground using natural materials. Then, we made some Christmas wreaths with the help of a grown-up, we had to really concentrate to make sure that we have weaved the string around the wreath carefully.  Alongside our Christmas parties, Christmas dinners and other festive fun, we have continued with our phonics and maths sessions. Our writing has really improved, we are so proud of it! For an especially exciting maths lesson, we decorated some biscuits with various yummy treats, experimenting with different ways of showing 4. Elvis the cheeky classroom elf has been keeping us busy, he caused some chaos in our classroom on the run up to Christmas but it was funny to watch his antics. We will miss him! But we hope that you all have a lovely Christmas and we are looking forward to the fantastic year that 2025 will be. 

November

During November, we have been as busy as ever! We have continued with our pen disco sessions to develop our pencil control, as well as doing some extra spelling in our busy bee books. To match our topic of festivals and special days, we have turned our home corner into a birthday party house! We have enjoyed writing invitations, birthday lists and counting candles on cakes, as well as baking some 'sweet treats' using playdough. We have been spotting signs of the weather changing outside, and were even lucky enough to encounter some snow! We loved using the snow and ice in our mud kitchen. We have also been enjoying our dance sessions with Hannah and continued developing our ball skills with Tigers Trust. Our RE lessons have reminded us about respecting others, being helpful and remembering that everyone is important. As well as all of this, we took part in Children in Need and Odd Socks day, and had a fantastic banking workshop which taught us all about how to save our money. We are looking forward to learning about Christmas and getting in the festive spirit throughout December! 

Sideoven Bakery Trip

The F2s had a fantastic trip to Sideoven Bakery! Firstly, we met the horses and they were very gentle, we really enjoyed giving them a stroke. We then learnt about how flour was milled a long time ago, then used some flour to make our very own bread which we each got to take home - it was very yummy! In the orchard we picked lots of apples from the trees, some had already fallen so we had a look at them and guessed which animals might have been having a nibble on them. We then took the apples back to the barn and used them to make apple juice - we had to work very hard as a team to break the apples up and squash them in the press to make the juice. During the walk around the farm we learnt some facts about sheep, what might live in a hedgerow and picked some pinecones, leaves and sticks for the minibeast house. We then each had a turn at sitting in a tractor! It was a super day!

October

October was a busy month in the FSU, filled with Halloween and Harvest themed activities and provision. We have spent lots of time outside, including an outdoor learning session where we fed the school's chickens, observed the changes in nature now that we are in Autumn and searched for seeds in our garden. After this, we gave our FSU outdoor area a good tidy up! During October, we also hired a dental box which allowed us to roleplay as dentists and patients; we discussed the importance of oral health and have become tooth brushing experts! We took part in some lovely Diwali activities with class 1, after listening to the Diwali story. Miss Dixon came to our class for an Art lesson all about Guiseppe Archimboldo, and we made our own vegetable faces which we all found very funny! At the end of October, we welcomed some of our parents and carers into the classroom to join us for a phonics stay and play.  We enjoyed showing them our super phonics skills and then giving them an idea of what a morning in our classroom looks like! Alongside all of this, we have continued with our weekly Tigers Trust PE sessions, working on our hand-eye co-ordination and football skills. What a busy month!

September

Welcome back! Here in the FSU we have had a super busy September. We have really enjoyed catching up with our friends, as well as introducing some new children into our class! We have been working together to come up with our class 'golden rules' and adjust to our classroom routines. Since coming back to school we have had PE sessions with Tigers Trust and dance PE sessions, both of which we are fabulous at - our listening skills are fantastic. To match our books of the week, we have baked, created and linked our writing to the stories, it seems we are experts at all of those things, look at the pictures below! What a positive start to the year! We are excited to see what else is in store for us in FSU.