Pumpkin Class Blog

Date:

17 November

Posted by:

Mrs Brady

Children in Need

Pumpkin Class dressed in their own clothes or Pudsey Bear items for Children in Need day. They learnt all  about this worthwhile charity and the different ways the money donated helps children across the country. They also enjoyed some Pudsey art and created an eye-catching poster together.

Date:

13 November

Posted by:

Mrs Brady

Anti-Bullying Week 2025

This year’s theme was "Power for Good"and Pumpkin Class focused on the powerful messages about kindness, respect, and the positive impact their actions can have on others.

‘We put on odd socks to celebrate that we are all different.’
‘We watched a BBC live lesson and they told us to speak up, to tell a trusted adult if something is worrying us.’
‘I made a poster about my powers for good. We need to be kind and help each other.’
‘Our top Five C is caring and that’s what we need to do!’

Date:

13 November

Posted by:

Mrs Brady

Remembrance: Lest We Forget

The Year 2 children paid their respects on Armistice Day by joining in with the two minutes silence. They have been thinking about the affects of war on soldiers, families and animals.

‘We wear poppies to remember the soldiers who died or who got badly hurt.’

‘Together we made a big poppy wreath because poppies grew in the fields after WWI ended.’
‘Mrs. Brady found a soldier in her family who died in WWI. It was so sad for his family when he didn’t come home.’
‘We are reading a story called Where the Poppies Now Grow and it’s about two boys who grow up to be soldiers and end up being soldiers.’
‘Lots of animals died in wars, animals like horses. People wear purple poppies to remember them.’

Date:

10 November

Posted by:

Mrs Brady

A Cracking Science Investigation! 🥚

The Year 2 children wanted to help Humpty Dumpty protect his shell from cracking. They tested different materials wrapped around real eggs. It was ‘eggcellent’ fun!

‘I predicted rubber would be good for him because if he falls then he will bounce like a ball.’

‘It was egg-citing to drop the eggs and see if they cracked.’

‘We tested hard, soft, rough, smooth, thin and thick materials.’

‘We found out that a thick and soft fabric would protect Humpty’s fragile shell.’

Date:

7 November

Posted by:

Mrs Brady

The Egg Box Dragons Keep On Coming!

Fantastic home learning from more Year 2 pupils. We love to see your creative crafting skills. Well done everyone!

Date:

24 Ocotober

Posted by:

Mrs Brady

Reading Collaboration

In Key Stage 1 we love to get together to read and share our favourite stories.

‘It’s fun to read with people from another class.’
‘I showed my new friend my favourite stories.’
‘The older children could read the trickier words.’
‘I love to talk about the pictures and chat with people.’

Date:

15 Ocotober

Posted by:

Mrs Smith

🍁 Autumn Craft Event 🍁

Pupils had a wonderful Autumn craft event making and crafting lots of autumn themed activities! From Leaf puppets to 3D owls… lots of crafting fun! A wonderful evening! ☺️

Date:

10 October

Posted by:

Mrs Brady

More Amazing Home Learning!

Some more wonderful dragons have appeared in Pumpkin Class this week. Well done everyone, they are great!

Date:

3 October

Posted by:

Mrs Brady

Harvest Time

Pumpkin Class enjoyed taking part in our special Harvest assembly. We would like to thank everyone who kindly donated gifts of food to support Harbour Place in Grimsby and our Community Pantry in the school entrance.

‘Harvest time is a sharing time.’
‘Christian people thank God for all the food that the farmers have grown.’
‘I brought some tins of food. I hope someone who is hungry will like them.’
‘Our class learnt a poem called Happy Harvest. We showed the whole school. It was good when everyone joined in and said ‘What did the farmer bring today?’ It was good fun.’
‘I enjoyed singing Harvest Samba!’

Date:

2 October

Posted by:

Mrs Brady

Wonderful Home Learning! 🐉

Well done to the children in Year 2 for making their fantastic egg box dragons. We are looking forward to seeing more dragons arrive in our classroom soon!

Date:

25 September

Posted by:

Mrs Brady

Macmillan Coffee Afternoon

Well done to all the children in Pumpkin Class for their lovely Macmillan Coffee Event. They enjoyed singing songs for their family and friends, eating cakes and most importantly raising money for this important charity.

‘We iced and decorated cakes.’
‘I loved singing the Pumpkin Song and doing the Fruit Smoothie song and dance.’
‘My mum enjoyed the cakes too.’
‘We have made money to help poorly people.’
‘Macmillan nurses help people who are really poorly. Our money will help them get medicine and things like special beds.’

Date:

21 September

Posted by:

Mrs Brady

Year 2 Artists Hook Day

Pumpkin class had an exciting day with many children dressing up as brilliant artists! Inside they became masters of charcoal and white chalk, learning to control the pressure of their tools to create a variety of marks and explore light and dark tones. They enjoyed experimenting with blending techniques using their fingers, cotton wool and cotton buds to achieve different effects before carefully cutting out their drawings to create fantastic collages. Outside they made rubbings of interesting surfaces, like tree trunks, bricks and even tyres, to create a wonderful collection of texture.

Date:

21 September

Posted by:

Mrs Brady

Our Special Reading Breakfast

What a wonderful morning Pumpkin Class had at their reading breakfast. It was lovely to see so many grown-ups joining their children for this special event. Children and adults alike enjoyed sharing stories, reading together and tucking into the delicious bread buns, fresh fruit and juice.

Pupils
‘I loved reading with my mum and dad.’
‘It was good fun and I liked the food!’
‘We should do this every week. I love reading with my grandad.’

Mrs. Wink (Chair of Governors)
‘I want to congratulate all the children for an excellent event. The atmosphere was relaxed and welcoming. The children were so well behaved and loved reading to their grown ups.’

Parents
‘It’s lovely to be able to join my child in school- she’s been excited about it!’
‘The event was fantastic. Great range of books.’
‘A wonderful event to help inspire a love of reading.’

Date:

19 September

Posted by:

Mrs Brady

Jeans for Genes Day 2025: Fundraising for the Genetic Condition Community

The Year 2 children had fun wearing their jeans to school in support of the Jeans for Genes charity.

‘We found out that genes are in our bodies and make us who we are.’
‘Some children are born with genes that have gone a bit wrong and this might make them poorly.’
‘If we wear our jeans we can raise money for people who need medicines, special things like wheelchairs and for doctors to find out more about genes.’
‘We watched a story about a girl who got help from the charity. She had poorly eyes and couldn’t see very well. The charity paid for her doctors.’
‘I liked doing the Jeans for Genes dance.!’

Date:

8 September

Posted by:

Mrs Brady

Fun with Numbers

The Year 2 children had a great time exploring numbers in a hands-on way! They loved counting a variety of familiar objects, which helped them understand the concept of quantity. The children were also very creative, molding playdough into different numerals and stacking cubes to build larger numbers. This allowed them to physically construct and visualize what numbers represent. A fun challenge was when they had to estimate and then count how many frog toys live in their classroom, turning Maths into a fun treasure hunt.