F2

Welcome to F2- Class 1 and 2

Meet the Team

2025-2026

Miss Singh - Class 1 Teacher & EYFS Lead

Mrs Shropshall - Class 2 Teacher Mon & Tues

Mrs Pickup - Class 2 Teacher Weds - Fri

Miss Squires -

Teaching Assistant

Miss Hillery -

Teaching Assistant

Miss McDaid -

Care Assistant

Key Information

PE Uniform days:

Monday- Indoor or Outdoor P.E (dependent on time of the year and weather)

Come wearing your OBS PE kit.

Reading Diary Check Day:

Monday – Diary checks will be done on a Monday covering home reads from the previous Monday to Sunday.

Reading for Pleasure Library Books:

Friday – Reading for Pleasure books will be changed every Friday on a weekly basis.

Homework:

Please ensure your child reads at least 5 times a week to an adult. Please record ALL READING in their diaries. Parents will be contacted by the class teacher and then by Phase Leaders if diaries do not demonstrate weekly reads have been completed.

School Lunches & how to order school milk

Supporting your child at home

Reading

The most important thing you can do with your child is listen to them read and find the time to share books together. Below you can find the video links to all of the sounds covered in the rocket phonics books. As a guide, your child should be on pink books in the Autumn term and red in the spring term and yellow by the end of the summer term. Please also find a document with the common exception words below.

An introduction to phonics and the alphabetic code -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nyGQY_GHtoQ

Pink A

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zX7dmuB4fNg&list=PLkCyTyvoxZztJbDs1Sp3-9MoywMKBhhwp&index=1

Pink B

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_HW2_Y5OEE&list=PLkCyTyvoxZztJbDs1Sp3-9MoywMKBhhwp&index=2

Change to School Dinner Menu

After February half-term, the school dinner menu will change. Please ensure you have discussed the new options with your child.

Spring 2

Dates

Wednesday 4th March - F2 Height and Weight Checks

Thursday 5th March 2.45pm- 3.20pm - World Book Day- Stay and Read

Monday 16th March - 2.45pm- RSE consultation

Friday 20th March- Red Nose Day

Monday 23rd March 2.45pm- F2 PROUD Assembly

Friday 27th March 9.00am- Easter Bonnet Parade

Week 4

Week 3

This week we have loved learning all about FOSSILS! We explored what a fossil might feel like, what it would feel like to find a fossil and the job you can do to work with fossils. We then created our own fossil pictures and made them textured by taking rubbing from our environment. The children were very creative in the different surfaces they used - from Lego to the bark on the trees!

Week 2- World Book Day

It was great to celebrate World Book Day this week and have our grown-ups come in and share the day with us. We love reading and listening to stories in F2 and it was a lovely opportunity to share the stories we enjoy with our friends and teachers. We had such a busy day, we showed off our outfits and shared the books we brought in, we read with our Amigos and did a draw along with them! Then we designed a book voucher and had a story at the end of the day!

Thank you to everyone who came along and made the day so special!

Week 1 -Welcome Back!

This week it has been lovely to welcome the children back into school and settle into our daily routines. We have launched our new topic this week- Dinosaurs! The children have been very keen to engage with the topic, share what they know and ask questions to help them learn more. The children have taken part in activities inside and outside to help them explore our 'Dinosaurs' topic.

Spring 1

Dates

Monday 5th January - Back to School

Tuesdays Weekly 6th Jan - 10th Feb - Board Games Club 3.20pm - 4.20pm

Wednesday 4th February - School Disco 4.30pm- 5.30pm

Thursday 5th February - Drawing Club Parent Workshop 2.30pm

Week Beginning 9th February – Children's Mental Health Week

Friday 13th February – Last day of half-term

Week 5- Drawing Club Workshop

A big thank you to all the adults who came to our Drawing Club workshop on Thursday. Drawing Club is a key part of getting children engaged with writing and storytelling, and helping them apply their knowledge of phonics to writing in a meaningful way. The children really enjoyed sharing their love of Drawing Club with you and hopefully, you will be able to replicate some parts of it at home. All the staff love doing Drawing Club with the children and listening to their amazing ideas every week.

Week 4: Exploring Space!

This week the children really loved exploring our Space topic inside and outside during Adventure Time. Outside, in the sand area we made moons and used different tools to add texture to the surface and balls to imprint craters. Inside, we have started making some paper mache planets together. We discussed what planets we were going to make and how the paper mache works. We are excited to decorate the planets next week!

Spring 1 Week 4 Weekly Learning

Week 3: Drawing Club- The Pink Panther

This week we have really enjoyed exploring an episode of The Pink Panther and coming up with our own version of him, a car for him and a new friend. The children found the cartoon funny and have been using the vocabulary we learnt to describe the characters in the show! It has been great to see them share their ideas and really engaged with the content of the cartoon!

Spring 1 Week 3 Weekly Learning

Week 2: Building Everywhere!

This week the children have made some amazing models within provision. They have made models of all different sizes utilising all the materials we have inside and out! It has been lovely to hear them talk about what they have made, see them work together and play with the finished product!

Spring 1 Week 2 Weekly Learning

Week 1: Let it Snow!

This week we have had some very cold weather to welcome us back to school. We have loved exploring the ice and snow in the garden, transporting it, collecting and making things with it. We even conducted an experiment with different sand moulds to see if we could make our own ice into different shapes. We found the bigger the mould, and more water we used, the less ice was made.

This week we have welcomed back Mrs Pickup to Class 2 and the children have done a great job of helping her settle into class.

Spring 1 Week 1 Our Weekly Learning

Autumn 2

Dates

Friday 14th November - Children in Need

Friday 14th November - Flu Vaccinations

Tuesday 18th November - School Disco 4.30-5.30

Monday 8th December - FS Christmas Sing-a-Long

Tuesday 9th December - FS Christmas Sing-a-Long (Grandparents)

Thursday 11th December - Christmas Jumper Day

Thursday 11th December - Christmas School Dinner Day

Monday 15th December - F2 PROUD Assembly 9.00am

Thursday 18th December - F2 Christmas Party

Friday 19th December - Last Day of Term

Week 7 W/B 15th December

It's the last week before Christmas! We have had such a fun-filled and busy half-term and the children have done a great job. We finished the term baking gingerbread, smelling all the ingredients and watching as the mixture changed as we added the ingredients to the bowl. Of course, the best part was watching The Gingerbread man story on BBC Musical Storyland and eating the gingerbread!

Week 6 W/B 8th December

We performed our Christmas Sing-a Long this week and all the staff were really PROUD of all the children who took part. It was lovely to see them in their costumes and doing their best to perform in front of an audience.

Thank you to all the grown-ups that came and sang with us, bought photos and supported the children at home.

We also had Christmas Jumper Day and had a delicious Christmas Dinner. We enjoyed singing our Christmas Cracker and Christmas Turkey song when we were having our dinner!

Week 4 W/B 24th November

The weather has been a bit up and down this week, but as always, we embrace the weather at Old Basford. Some of the children put on puddle suits and wellies to enjoy the rain and some water play. Lots of children have been getting busy in the creative area too, making models, cards and pictures.

Week 3 W/B 17th November

It has been another busy week in F2, learning more new sounds and how to blend them. We have been thinking about keeping safe when walking in the community and thinking about crossing roads safely. The children have really enjoyed Penguin by Polly Dunbar and have worked really hard on their Drawing Club ideas.

Week 2 W/B 10th November

This week has been very busy! We have been learning about Anti-Bullying Week, which was launched with Odd Socks Day on Monday. On Tuesday we decorated poppies and discussed why Remembrance Day is important.

Week 1 W/B 4th November

It was great to welcome the children back into school this week, and they all settled well back into our daily routines. It was great to listen to the children's news about everything they got up to in the holidays, from celebrations to day trips.

Autumn 1

Key Dates-

Wednesday 3rd September- First day of term- All children return to school.

Tuesday 16th September- 8.45am-10am- Parent Macmillan Coffee Morning

Wednesday 24th September- 9am-10am- Parent and Pupil OPAL Play morning.

Tuesday 30th September- 3.40pm-6pm- Pupil Review Meeting (formally 'parents evening'.)

Thursday 2nd October- 3.40pm-6pm- Pupil Review Meeting (formally 'parents evening').

Wednesday 15th October 9am- F2 Phonics Workshop

Friday 17th October - Show Racism the Red Card- Wear Red

Friday 17th October- Last day of term

Week 3 W/B 15th September

Counting Collections

This week we took part in a new lesson called counting collections. The children work in pairs to sort, count and record the items in their box. The children enjoyed their first go and worked well with their partner. The children also like exploring the boxes during choosing time and playing with the items too!

Week 3 Counting Collections

Week 2 W/B 8th September

A Full Week at School Complete

This week we have continued to explore our learning environment and enjoyed playing with new friends and taking part in carpet time.

This week we took part in Story Dough in preparation for when we start Drawing Club later in the term. The children really enjoyed listening to the story Not Now Bernard and making a monster, Bernard and his parents!

Week 2 Story Dough

Week 1 W/B 3rd September

First Week of School!!

The start of school is an exciting time for everyone and we couldn't wait to welcome the new children into class 1 and 2.

The children have tried their best this week and have already learnt lots of new things. They have learnt our rules, the daily timetable, where all the toys are and they have all gone on an adventure!