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-Hooray, Let's Go On HolidayKS1 Knowledge Organiser-Hooray. Let's Go On Holiday! Autumn 1stEnglish Knowledge Organiser Autumn Year 2
Maths Knowledge Organiser Autumn Year 2
Learn by Heart Facts-Maths Homework Y2 Autumn 1st
Science Knowledge Organiser -Plants
Class News
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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.
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Sunday 18 May 2025 Mary Seacole - Herons Herons watched a short film about the life of Mary Secole, then listened to some extracts about her life. It was a lovely, sunny day so after that they went into the playground to sequence the main events of her life in chronological order. Back inside, they played the chocolate bar game where they fill a ‘chocolate bar’ ( a piece of paper folded into eighths ) by asking each other for facts to write in the folded spaces. Ask them about it!
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Thursday 15 May 2025 Herons Entry Point-People From the Past For their new topic, Herons did some research to learn some key facts about Florence Nightingale, Mary Seacole and Edith Cavell. To find their facts, they used QI codes on iPads to take them to information pages as well as information sheets from books. They enjoyed being researchers and worked very well in teams, taking turns and sharing and making sure that no-one was left out. Well done Herons!
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Monday 12 May 2025 KS1 Nurses Day International Nurses Day is celebrated every year on the 12th May. This is also the day that Florence Nightingale was born in 1820. To celebrate the amazing work the NHS and our nurses do, KS1 took part in many activities throughout the day. We learnt how to make an emergency call and the information we need to give over the phone. We talked about how accidents are different from an emergency and what the differnt emergency services are. In our next activity, we looked at minor bleeding and how we can bandage. We also looked at a first aid kit and what each equipment is for. Our teddies has fun being bandaged and we also pretended to take their temperature and heart beat. We made our own hospitals from wooden bricks, Duplo and Lego and had fun in our Tranmere hospital. We had a lovely day!
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Sunday 11 May 2025 Year 2 Practical Maths - Multiplication and Division
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Sunday 11 May 2025 The Day the Crayons Quit! Herons have really enjoyed reading The Day the Crayons Quit. We have explored the persuasive letters from the crayons to Duncan and created our own story map with actions to help us retell the pink crayons letter. The children also had fun using their new knowledge and skill of persuasion to convince the interviewer and the class that they were the best crayon. The children had so much fun putting this together and acting it out.
