Fezziwig Class

Welcome to Fezziwig Class page

Hello everyone! On this page you can find out about what we are learning, our daily routines, dates for your diary and see our adventures!

The class teacher in Fezziwig class is Mrs Peal and Mrs Lawson is our teaching assistant.

At Rochester Riverside we provide the children with opportunities that engage, enthuse and spark curiosity. The children's interests are important to us and are at the heart of the learning opportunities provided. Our Riverside vision is behind everything we do as we explore together the fundamental questions of 'Who are we?' and 'How do we live?'

Who is Mr Fezziwig?

Mr Fezziwig is a character from a Charles Dickens novel called A Christmas Carol. He showed kindness, compassion and generosity towards other people in the novel- unlike Scrooge! Mr Fezziwig therefore reflects just some of the many attributes we pride ourselves in here at Rochester Riverside. 

Meet our class snail

Wiggy is our class snail. Through Wiggy, and our school tortoise Bumble, we will learn about living things, what they need in order to survive and how to care for them. We will understand the importance of showing compassion towards even the smallest of living creatures. 

Key information

Don't forget to bring to school:

• A named water bottle filled with water every day.
• Book bag with  yellow reading record.  
• A spare change of clothes in a named carrier bag to stay on your child's peg.
• The school provides a healthy fruit or vegetable snack each day. Your child can bring in a healthy snack from home if they prefer but this must be fruit. No nuts please.
• A packed lunch if your child is not having school dinners. 
• A named coat especially during bad or unpredictable weather. 

Please put your child's name in all items of clothing.

Our PE days are Mondays and Thursdays. Children come into school in their PE kits and will stay in their PE kit all day. Please ensure all jewellery is removed every Monday and Thursday before school.

Homework books are collected in on a Tuesday, ready to be marked and handed back out on a Thursday.

Reading for pleasure books are changed on a Thursday. You can access books at other times from our School Reading Shed.

Online reading books will be uploaded on a Friday.

Fezziwig - Timetable 

 Please note that the timetable is subject to change.

term 2 timetable fezziwig class.pdf

 Parent Information from our Class Meeting

powerpoint for year 2 presentation.pdf

 Our trip to the synagogue

What a wonderful trip Fezziwig class had to the Chatham Memorial synagogue! The children were so respectful as they walked around the synagogue, making sure they used quiet voices. They enjoyed handling a range of religious artefacts such as prayer books, kippahs and a piece of parchment paper from a Torah scroll. The most amazing moment was when the lady opened the Ark- we couldn't believe how beautiful the Torah scrolls were! 

Fezziwig at the Synagogue

 Fuzziwig the Reading Lion

Look out for Fuzziwig the Reading Lion coming home from this term. Fuzziwig loves books and wants to hear as many as possible. Use the book review template in his book to share which book was read with Fuzziwig and whether or not you would recommend it to others. Happy reading!

Digital Art

This term in Art we have focused on creating self-portraits using a variety of media and materials. We have created portraits digitally through the programme J2E. If you look closely you will see that we have used a pointillism technique to colour our Art with lots of dots.

Fezziwig Pointillism Digital Art

 Superhero Puppets

In DT this term, we have made Moving Superheroes using card and split pins. We had to show determination, perseverance and resilience when cutting out the parts carefully and using the spilt pins to attach them together. Our Superheroes are now proudly dangling from the ceiling of our classroom! 

DT Superheroes

 DT Moving Castle pictures

Fezziwig class have enjoyed using a range of DT skills to create a moving castle picture. It took lots of patience, creativity and resilience to not give up. When our portcullis didn't move properly, we had to use our problem solving skills! Great job Fezziwig class!

DT Moving castles

 Fezziwig class trip

What a wonderful time we had at the Guildhall Museum! We loved listening to Jeremy because he told us all about knights and Rochester castle! We even had a go at firing paper rocks with catapults at a model of the castle. It was great fun! Fezziwig were true Riversiders walking to and around the museum- great job Team Fezziwig!

Fezziwig at the Guildhall Museum

 DT-Sewing our Barn Owl Puppets

 We designed Barn Owl puppets and thought carefully about which stitch we would like to use. The we practised our stitching before inviting our grown ups in for an afternoon of fun sewing our Barn owls! We had a chance to decorate our owls using googly eyes, felt and feathers. What fun we all had! Look at the amazing owls that we created!

Barn Owl puppets

NSPCC Number Day 

Today we had to try and solve a really tricky number puzzle. It took real patience, perseverance, co-operation and problem solving skills. What a great feeling it was when some of us finally solved it! 

Fezziwig NSPCC Number day

 Science

In Science, Fezziwig class have been using their observation skills to dissect and then look closely at the different parts of seeds and bulbs. The children especially loved peeling off the papery tunic of the bulb in order to reveal the rest of the bulb underneath. The children used the tools safely and co-operated well with their partner or small group. We love being scientists!

Fezziwig Seed and Bulb dissection