Hello Dragonflies, we really enjoyed having you back in class last week. We have lots of fun and exciting things happening this term. Have a look at our class newsletter and our topic planner to find out more!
School News
Amazing Art!
Have a look at the fantastic artwork the children in Hedgehog Class did yesterday! This term, they are going to be studying two different artists. They started the unit yesterday by looking at Van Gogh’s “Starry Night” and then began developing their own painting skills.
Welcome back!
Welcome back to all of our wonderful Hedgehog children and parents! I hope that you’ve all had a brilliant couple of days with Mrs Johnson, Miss Morris and Mrs Grogan. I can’t wait to see you all on Monday! Please follow the links below to find out what we will be learning about in Hedgehog Class this term. It’s going to be another busy one!
Forest school will continue on Tuesdays with Reception and Year 1 going this half term and Year 2 joining them after the February half term break. PE will carry on on Wednesday’s.
Have a lovely weekend,
Mrs Farmer
Merry Christmas!
On our final day of term, we would like to wish you all a very happy Christmas and New Year.
We were very sad to miss out on live performances this Christmas, but we hope we can make this up a little with these THREE fantastic films below! Please enjoy a little Christmas present from us to you!
With love from all at St John’s x
Christingle & Mince Pie Concert with KS1 Nativity 2021
Year 1 and 2 Hedgehog Class self portraits
Year 1 and 2 children in Hedgehog Class have been creating self portraits as part of their art lessons this term.
The children spent time thinking about colour, shape, texture and proportion and trying out different techniques before creating their self portrait.
Can you guess who is who?!
Athletics success!
We are SO proud to announce the success of our Athletics team at the Sportshall Athletics today. We sent a Girls Squad and Boys Squad to participate in a series of relays and fielding events including javelin, long jump and speed jumps.
Against local schools, the Boys Team were overall WINNERS! They stormed to victory and represented Ruyton fantastically – Miss Ryan couldn’t believe how fast they all were.
Our Girls Team were victorious in a different way: with only 5 girls in Year 5 and 6 (all of whom got stuck in and participated), the remaining squad were made up with two Year 3s and a Year 4! Incredible achievement for a group of children who were representing their school for the first time at this kind of event.
Finally, a huge congratulations to individual winners: Mia (Y5) Chest Push, Matthew (Y6) Vertical Jump, Noah (Y6) Speed Bounce, and Charley (Y3) Javelin!
You made all the children and staff so proud. Thank you Team Ruyton!
Children in Need 2021 – the grand total!
We had the BEST day of sparkle and shine on Friday for Children in Need and we are delighted to announce we raised a whopping £116.05! An incredible total for our small school.
Thank you to everyone who donated, glittered-up and then cleaned-up afterwards!
Repeating Patterns
Look at some of the fantastic work that the Reception children have been doing on repeating patterns in Maths this week! What little superstars they are!
Habitats and micro habitats
Yesterday, the Reception, Year 1 and 2 children were learning about habitats. On the way to forest school, Kris asked us to look out for lions in peoples gardens and for fish in the trees. None of us spotted any which led to a great discussion about why we didn’t see either of those animals in either of those places; they are the wrong habitats for those animals!
We talked about various habitats and which animals we might find living in those habitats. We know now that the forest school site is a woodland habitat. Kris gave the Reception and Year 1 children a woodland animal soft toy and in groups, they were challenged to make a habitat for that animal to live in. They thought really hard about what each animal would need. They all made sure that their habitat was safe and warm and some of them even put a drink of water for them!
To extend the Year 2 children’s learning, they learnt about micro habitats. First they were split into two groups. They had to see what they could find in two different micro habitats; under logs and in trees.
While they were searching, they found evidence of another animal that lived in the woodland area. They found some feathers that were probably from a wood pidgeon.
After that, the children put stones into a net bag. Kris carefully put this in the river, tying it to the fence so that it wouldn’t float away. We’re going to leave it there for a few weeks and see what animals start to make a micro habitat in there. We can’t wait to see the results!
Remembrance Display
If passing through the village this weekend, please take a moment to enjoy our Remembrance Poetry.