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		<title><![CDATA[Chewton Mendip Church of England Primary School Blog Feed - Owl Class]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[We are a mixed Year 1 and 2&nbsp;class.

Our class teachers are&nbsp;Mrs Duggan and Mrs Dalwood, and our teaching assistant is Mrs Creed.

On this page you will find information about our curriculum and keep up to date with photos and descriptions of our learning journey throughout the year.&nbsp;

Useful links for parents and pupils to extend and support learning in school include:

https://www.littlewandle.org.uk/resources/for-parents/&nbsp;Little Wandle is the Phonics scheme we teach in school. They have a parent page which offers support in helping&nbsp;your child to read at home, including correct pronunciations and formations and the order in which we teach the phonemes.&nbsp;

Oxford Owl&nbsp;Offers free resources for home, including e-books and activities to support reading and maths.&nbsp;

www.topmarks.co.uk&nbsp;A website with a huge range of educational games for all ages, including many suitable for EYFS children, sorted by age and subject.&nbsp;

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize&nbsp;A&nbsp;comprehensive range of Key Stage 1 resources covering English, mathematics, science, and additional subjects. It features educational videos and interactive activities designed to engage young learners.

https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/&nbsp;PhonicsPlay provides a variety of complimentary phonics games and activities, supporting early reading development and phonics skills specifically tailored for KS1 students.

https://ictgames.com/&nbsp;A selection of interactive mathematics and English games appropriate for Key Stage 1, enabling children to practise essential skills in an accessible digital format.
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		<item>	<title><![CDATA[ Owl Class Curriculum ]]></title>
	<link>https://www.chewtonmendipschool.org.uk/blog/?pid=66&amp;nid=14&amp;storyid=8</link>	<description><![CDATA[<p>Please click here to read our two-year curriculum map, which ensures full coverage of both the Year 2 and Year 3 National Curriculum objectives.</p>
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	<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2026 16:10:42 GMT</pubDate>
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</item><item>	<title><![CDATA[ Summer's Here! ]]></title>
	<link>https://www.chewtonmendipschool.org.uk/blog/?pid=66&amp;nid=14&amp;storyid=43</link>	<description><![CDATA[<p>Wow!&nbsp; What a hot and busy second half of the summer term we have had in Owl Class with so many exciting activities happening.</p>

<p>Our English lessons this term have been inspired by three fantastic texts: <em>Tuesday</em> by David Wiesner, <em>Weslandia</em> by Paul Fleischman and <em>The Dark</em> by Lemony Snicket. The children explored the mysterious, wordless world of <em>Tuesday</em> and used it&nbsp;to write their own imaginative narrative&nbsp;of&nbsp;events, changing the frogs to other animals. They then stepped into the shadows with <em>The Dark</em>, thinking carefully about the conversations they might have if they were brave enough to speak to the dark itself. Finally, after reading <em>Weslandia</em>, the class designed their own unique &lsquo;Weslandias&rsquo;, creating detailed worlds filled with inventive plants, foods and customs.&nbsp;</p>

<p><img alt="" src="/_site/data/files/images/blog-photos/8A3DA145AD0C0FFB74540DB9B588BF37.jpeg" title="" width="30.48%" />&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;<img alt="" src="/_site/data/files/images/blog-photos/953B740803C8379F08D2021023CD1093.jpeg" title="" width="30.33%" />&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;<img alt="" src="/_site/data/files/images/blog-photos/9E4E01268850575C7EE22DF014F42BAD.jpeg" title="" width="30.04%" /></p>

<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<img alt="" src="/_site/data/files/images/blog-photos/F439D2EC35AF8C72B305D5D9D834F903.jpeg" title="" width="27.24%" />&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<img alt="" src="/_site/data/files/images/blog-photos/E30AAFAEAC3B42A244EA5B0AEA3F9495.jpeg" title="" width="27.09%" /></p>

<p>In Maths, we&nbsp;have been developing a wide range of time‑related skills, including&nbsp;reading Roman numerals to 12 and telling the time to the nearest five minutes and then&nbsp;to the exact minute. We&nbsp;learnt&nbsp;to read digital clocks, use am and pm correctly and explored larger units of time, including years, months, days, hours, minutes and seconds.&nbsp;</p>

<p>We finished our Maths learning on statistics, where we&nbsp;learnt&nbsp;how to make tally charts, create and interpret tables, draw and understand block diagrams, pictograms and bar charts, and finally collect and represent our&nbsp;own data.&nbsp;</p>
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	<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2026 15:17:42 GMT</pubDate>
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</item><item>	<title><![CDATA[ Summer's Coming! ]]></title>
	<link>https://www.chewtonmendipschool.org.uk/blog/?pid=66&amp;nid=14&amp;storyid=38</link>	<description><![CDATA[<p>In Owl Class we&#39;ve packed lots of learning experiences into quite a short term!&nbsp; We had a fantastic trip to Radstock Museum, where we experienced a Victorian school-room, shop, Somerset mine and miner&#39;s cottage.&nbsp; We also enjoyed leading a class assembly in church with a focus on our school parable - &#39;The Parable of the Sower&#39;.</p>
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	<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2026 08:07:13 GMT</pubDate>
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</item><item>	<title><![CDATA[ Springing into Spring! ]]></title>
	<link>https://www.chewtonmendipschool.org.uk/blog/?pid=66&amp;nid=14&amp;storyid=34</link>	<description><![CDATA[<p>We have been enjoying seeing signs of spring and getting out into the school grounds more often.&nbsp;In our annual &#39;Soup Lunch&#39; performance at the village hall we performed &#39;We&#39;re going on a Bear Hunt&#39; by Michael Rosen and we actually found a bear!</p>
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	<pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2026 14:24:28 GMT</pubDate>
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</item><item>	<title><![CDATA[ Busy New Year! ]]></title>
	<link>https://www.chewtonmendipschool.org.uk/blog/?pid=66&amp;nid=14&amp;storyid=30</link>	<description><![CDATA[<p>Owl Class have had a busy start to the new year with lots of exciting learning activities and experiences. This photo was taken during Children&#39;s Mental Health week when the children could wear clothes that make them feel like&nbsp;they &#39;belong&#39;.</p>
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	<pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2026 20:43:08 GMT</pubDate>
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</item><item>	<title><![CDATA[ Winter is here! ]]></title>
	<link>https://www.chewtonmendipschool.org.uk/blog/?pid=66&amp;nid=14&amp;storyid=20</link>	<description><![CDATA[<p>Autumn Term 2A Update</p>


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	<pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2025 13:38:40 GMT</pubDate>
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</item><item>	<title><![CDATA[ Bright Owls ]]></title>
	<link>https://www.chewtonmendipschool.org.uk/blog/?pid=66&amp;nid=14&amp;storyid=16</link>	<description><![CDATA[<p>Autumn Term Update</p>
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	<pubDate>Thu, 23 Oct 2025 22:08:56 GMT</pubDate>
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</item><item>	<title><![CDATA[ Autumn Days ]]></title>
	<link>https://www.chewtonmendipschool.org.uk/blog/?pid=66&amp;nid=14&amp;storyid=14</link>	<description><![CDATA[<p>Autumn Mid-term Update</p>
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	<pubDate>Wed, 8 Oct 2025 16:08:54 GMT</pubDate>
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