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Class Blog Week Ending 05.12.25
Date: 4th Dec 2025 @ 7:48am
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Year 4 Adventures: Learning, Singing, and Spreading Joy!
This week in Year 4 has been full of festive fun and exciting learning opportunities!
We’ve been getting into the Christmas spirit by learning traditional Christmas songs. The small hall has been filled with music and cheer as everyone practices their singing ready for the big performance.
In English, we’ve been working on non-chronological reports, exploring how to organise facts and present information clearly. The children have enjoyed researching and writing about fascinating topics, showing off their creativity and knowledge.
Our geography lessons have taken us on a journey across Europe! Each pupil explored a European country, discovering its culture, landmarks, and traditions. It’s been amazing to see the curiosity and enthusiasm for learning about places beyond our own borders. They have created a webpage.
In French, we’ve been practicing how to present family members. The children have loved sharing details about their families in a new language, building confidence in speaking French.
To top it all off, Year 4 has been spreading joy throughout the school by delivering Christmas cards to different classes. It’s been a wonderful way to share kindness and celebrate the festive season together.
What a fantastic week it has been—full of learning, laughter, and holiday cheer!
Date: 3rd Dec 2025 @ 9:09am
This week class 11 have been practicing their sewing skills.
The learnt how to thread a needle and how to use running stitch and cross stitch.
They will be using these skills over the next few weeks to create their own family crests.
The children are very excited about their DT project and look forward to showing the parents on Thursday 18th December.
This Week in Reception WB 1/12/25
Date: 2nd Dec 2025 @ 12:39pm
What a fantastic week we’ve had in Reception! The children have been busy learning, exploring, and sharing their ideas with great enthusiasm.
Literacy
We are continuing our work on the story The Three Little Pigs. This week, the children have been creating their own story maps, drawing key parts of the tale and using their phonics skills to label their pictures. They have enjoyed retelling the story in their own words and thinking carefully about the order of events. It has been wonderful to see their confidence growing as storytellers!
Maths
In maths, our focus has been on 3D shapes. The children have explored a range of shapes and hunted around the classroom to find objects that match each one. They enjoyed comparing different items and deciding whether they were a cube, sphere, cylinder, or cone. Lots of brilliant shape detectives this week!
KUW
We have been learning about special people. We talked about who Jesus is and how he helped others. The children listened to the story of Feeding the 5000 and shared their ideas about how we can help and share with people today—especially how we might share food with others who need it.
Well done to all the children for their hard work and wonderful ideas this week. We can’t wait to see what learning adventures next week brings!
w/c 24.11.25 This week in Year 2!
Date: 28th Nov 2025 @ 8:38am
What a busy and exciting week we've had in Year2!
This week the children have absolutely loved designing and building their very own moon buggies! They explored different materials, thought carefully about strong structures and worked hard to create moving wheels.
Linked to this, the children became real-life NASA engineers as they wrote clear, step by step instructions on how to make a moon buggy for the next space mission. They focused on using time conjunctions, imperative verbs and adeverbs.
In Maths, we've been learning all about money. The children practised recognising coins and notes, making amounts and finding totals. They enjoyed solving real-life money challenges and completing a Kahoot quiz!
Upcoming events on Monday 1st December:
Parent Open Morning: we can't wait to welcome families into the classroom to see our learning in action. Please arrive at the main office for 9.15am where someone will meet you and bring you to the classrooms.
'The Snowman' trip: in the afternoon we will be walking to Queen Elizabeth Hall to enjoy a magical performance of the Snowman with a live orchestra. Please ensure the children have appropriate clothing for the weather.
Date: 28th Nov 2025 @ 8:29am
This week Class 8 have loved their experiment in Science all about reflection. We used torches to test different materials to see which materials are the most reflective. We concluded that soft, smooth surfaces are the most reflective such as foil and a mirror. #ExpertLearners
Date: 27th Nov 2025 @ 12:36pm
This week in Class 11 the children have begun to design their cross stitch family crests.
The began the week by researching different family crest designs.
They then used those designs to create their own crest.
Next week the children will begin sewing their family crests.
We hope that they will be finished in time for our fantastic finish afternoon where the childrens parents will be able to come and see all of their learning from this term.
This Week In Year 1 (WB 24.11.25)
Date: 27th Nov 2025 @ 11:20am
What an amazing week we’ve had in Year 1! We are starting this week’s blog with a HUGE celebration of our class assembly 🎤✨. Every single child performed brilliantly – they spoke clearly, sang beautifully and showed such confidence. We are incredibly proud of them and hope you enjoyed watching their fantastic performance. Well done, Year 1! 🌟👏
Phonics 🔤
In phonics, we learned four new spelling patterns: e-e (ee), ew (oo/yoo), ie (ee) and aw (or). The children explored these sounds through reading and writng sentence using thier new sounds. They are becoming brilliant phonics detectives! 🔎📚
English ✍️
This week in English, we continued our work with the story The Somethingosaur. The children practised retelling the story using time adverbials such as first, next, after that and finally. We were so impressed with how confidently they sequenced the events and used expressive language to bring the story to life. 🦕📖
Maths 💰
In maths, our focus has been money. The children have been learning to recognise coins and order them from the lowest to the greatest value. Sorting trays and real coins helped them develop their confidence in a practical and fun way. 🛒💷
Science 🌦️
In science, we explored the four seasons and the changes we can see and feel throughout the year. The children talked about weather, clothing and how nature changes. They enjoyed sorting seasonal pictures and using objects in our continuous provision to match each season. 🍁🌼❄️🌞
History 🦴
In history, the children learned about Mary Anning, a famous fossil hunter. They were fascinated by her discoveries and her important role in helping scientists learn about the past. Our fossil-digging activities were a big hit! 🪨🔍
PE 🕺
This term in PE, we have been practising our season dance, and the children loved performing it for you. They moved confidently and expressed each season beautifully through dance. We are so proud of their hard work and enthusiasm! 💃🍂
Reminders 📝
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Homework: Please continue reading at home and completing activities on Purple Mash. 📚💻
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PE Days:
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Class 3: Monday and Friday
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Class 4: Tuesday
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Next Week: Children may wear sportswear on Monday with a donation of a bottle for the Winter Fair. 🧃🎁
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Winter Fair: Wednesday 3rd December after school 🎄✨
Thank you for your continued support. We are excited for another brilliant week ahead! 😊
Class Blog Week Ending 28.11.25
Date: 27th Nov 2025 @ 11:18am
This Week in Year 4
This week has been full of creativity and learning in Year 4!
In English, we’ve been diving into the classic European tale “Beauty and the Beast.” The children have been exploring the story from a new perspective by writing in the first person as the Beast. It’s been wonderful to see their imaginations come alive as they give voice to this iconic character.
In Maths, our focus has been on decimals, particularly tenths. The children have been developing their reasoning skills and applying their understanding in problem-solving activities. It’s great to see their confidence growing with these important concepts.
To keep the energy flowing, we’ve also continued practicing our Greek dancing, learning the traditional Sirtaki steps. The class has really enjoyed moving to the rhythm and embracing a bit of cultural fun!
What a fantastic week of learning and creativity!
This Week in Reception (WB 24/11/25)
Date: 26th Nov 2025 @ 2:35pm
What a wonderful week we’ve had in Reception!
This week we began our new focus story: The Three Little Pigs. The children have absolutely loved getting to know the characters and joining in with the familiar phrases. Our literacy sessions have been full of enthusiasm as the children used puppets to retell the story, practising their storytelling voices and remembering key lines such as, “Not by the hair on my chinny chin chin!” and “I’ll huff and I’ll puff and I’ll blow your house down!” It has been fantastic to see their confidence grow as they acted out each part. We continued exploring the story by pretending to build houses from straw, sticks and bricks. The children enjoyed experimenting with the materials and talking about which houses might be the strongest—just like in the book!
In maths, we have been learning about 2D shapes. The children were introduced to squares, rectangles, triangles and circles, and used these shapes to design and build their own houses. They were brilliant at spotting shapes around the classroom and talking about their features.
In KUW, we explored different materials and investigated which ones are waterproof. The children loved testing out various objects and discussing what “waterproof” means. Lots of great scientific thinking and curiosity on display!
It’s been a busy, exciting week full of learning and fun. We can’t wait to continue our story adventures next week!
Date: 26th Nov 2025 @ 10:17am
Year 6 Update
This week, Year 6 pupils have been exploring The War Diaries as they begin writing their own versions from the perspective of a child living through World War II. They have been developing rich vocabulary, learning to use subordinating conjunctions, and drafting their opening paragraphs. Next week, they will focus on evaluating, editing, and refining their work.
In Maths, the children have been working hard on assessments, completing previous SATs papers to help identify strengths and areas for improvement.
In Computing, our topic has been Networks. The pupils have enjoyed learning about LAN, WAN, and WLAN networks, as well as the origins of the internet and the World Wide Web. This week, they researched and created fact files on Sir Tim Berners-Lee, the founder of the internet and their work was outstanding!
w/c 17.11.25 This week in Year 2!
Date: 20th Nov 2025 @ 7:12pm
What an exciting week it’s been in Year 2!
We’ve been learning all about the Space Race—the incredible competition between nations to explore outer space. The children were amazed by the stories of astronauts and moon landings! To bring this learning to life, they designed and built their very own moon buggies in DT. Creativity and problem-solving were in full swing as they thought about wheels, axles, and how their buggies could move.
In Maths, we’ve been sharpening our subtraction skills. Using Dienes blocks and 100 squares, we explored different strategies to make subtraction easier and more visual. It’s been wonderful to see their confidence grow!
Our Science lessons took us on a journey through different habitats. The children learned about rainforests, deserts, and jungles, then created their own miniature habitats. They thought carefully about the animals and plants that live there and what makes each environment unique.
It’s been a week full of discovery, creativity, and hands-on learning. We can’t wait to see what next week brings!
This Week in Reception (WB 17/11/25)
Date: 20th Nov 2025 @ 4:34pm
We continued looking at the classic tale of Goldilocks and the Three Bears. The children enjoyed recapping the story and creating their own story maps to help retell it. It was wonderful to see their creativity and understanding of the sequence of events.
In maths, we focused on comparing sizes. Using the characters from the story, we explored the concepts of big, medium, and small. The children had fun sorting and comparing objects and animals by size.
This Week in Reception (WB 10/11/25)
Date: 20th Nov 2025 @ 4:33pm
This week in Reception has been full of excitement and hands-on learning!
In Literacy, we have been using puppets to retell the story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears. The children loved taking on the roles of the different characters and acted out the story with great enthusiasm. Their confidence in storytelling is really growing!
In Maths, we explored length. The children used playdough to create snakes of different lengths and practised using the words long, short, longer, and shorter. They also built trains using blocks and compared their lengths, showing fantastic investigative skills.
In KUW, we learned about Autumn animals and how they prepare for winter. The children were fascinated to discover how different animals gather food, grow thick fur, or hibernate to stay safe and warm during the colder months.
Well done, Reception, for a brilliant week of learning!
Date: 20th Nov 2025 @ 12:06pm
Year 5 had an amazing time on their trip to Jodrell Bank.
The children enjoyed exploring the large telescopes and were amazed by the incredible dome experience.
The children are looking forward to using what they have learnt on their trip to enhance their science learning in school.
To continue their enthusiasm and learning at home, please ask your children questions about their trip and what they learnt while they were there.
Date: 20th Nov 2025 @ 9:31am
🌟 Year 1 Class Blog – Weekly Update! 🌟
What a wonderful week we’ve had in Year 1!
📚 Literacy
This week we enjoyed reading The Somethingosaur! The children worked hard to write their own character descriptions, using fantastic adjectives to describe the Somethingosaur’s appearance and personality. We were so impressed with their imaginative ideas!
➖ Maths
In Maths, we have been learning all about subtraction. The children practised crossing out to help them solve subtraction problems and showed great perseverance.
🌦 Science
Our Science learning took us through the seasons as we explored different types of weather. The class had brilliant discussions about how weather changes throughout the year.
🦕 Topic
In Topic, we looked at a timeline and learned where dinosaurs fit into history. The children loved placing different dinosaurs in the correct time periods!
🔤 Phonics
This week’s phonics focus was on split digraphs. They can be tricky, but Year 1 have been working incredibly hard—well done, everyone!
🎭 Assembly Practice
The children have also been practising enthusiastically for their class assembly. We can’t wait to share their hard work with you!
📌 Reminders
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Homework is due on Wednesday.
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Please read with your child every week.
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Our class assembly will take place on Tuesday 25th November at 9am in the main hall. We hope to see you there!
Wishing you all a lovely weekend,
The Year 1 Team 🌈✨
w/c 17.11.25 This Week in Class 6
Date: 19th Nov 2025 @ 9:40am
What an exciting week it’s been in Year 2!
We’ve been learning all about the Space Race—the incredible competition between nations to explore outer space. The children were amazed by the stories of astronauts and moon landings! To bring this learning to life, they designed and built their very own moon buggies in DT. Creativity and problem-solving were in full swing as they thought about wheels, axles, and how their buggies could move.
In Maths, we’ve been sharpening our subtraction skills. Using Dienes blocks and 100 squares, we explored different strategies to make subtraction easier and more visual. It’s been wonderful to see their confidence grow!
Our Science lessons took us on a journey through different habitats. The children learned about rainforests, deserts, and jungles, then created their own miniature habitats. They thought carefully about the animals and plants that live there and what makes each environment unique.
It’s been a week full of discovery, creativity, and hands-on learning. We can’t wait to see what next week brings!
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This week in Year 6....WB 17.11.25
Date: 19th Nov 2025 @ 8:09am
This week in Year 6, children have been exploring non-chronological reports and their features. Children have researched the Blitz and created posters and delivered presentations to the class about what they have learnt. Pupils have been learning how to write list sentences and how to use punctuate parenthesis. We look forward to seeing their final non-chronological reports on the Blitz.
In Maths, we have been learning how to convert between fractions, decimals and percentages. We have been super impressed with how well the children are applying their prior knowledge to this weeks learning.
In Science, children have been learning about 'Evolution and Inheritance'. We have considered how plants and animals adapt to their environments. Children have learned about how the Peppered Moths evolved over the 19th Century after the onset of the industrial revolution. Make sure to ask your child all about it.
This week in Year 3 (14/11/2025)
Date: 17th Nov 2025 @ 3:58pm
We have had an amzing week of learning and we are so impressed by the writing this week. The children have written retells of the story of 'Stone Age Boy' and they blew us away with all of their learning. Well done! We have also had a fantastic week in PE, where Class 8 have really progressed their swimming and Class 7 have been learning more parts of our Stone Age dance... we are excited to show this to you in our Year Group Assembly.
w/c 10.11.25 This week in Year 2!
Date: 14th Nov 2025 @ 8:05am
We have had a great week in Year 2!
Everyone loved creating micro habitats for our Science investigation. The children cannot wait to find out which environment: woodland, flowerbed or the playground, attracts the most minibeasts.
The children have enjoyed creating their own setting descriptions about the moon and learning about addition.
Have a lovely weekend!
Date: 13th Nov 2025 @ 12:50pm
Our star of the week is Asim for trying his best with his learning this week, especially his literacy and handwriting. Well done Asim!
This Week In Year 1 (WB 10.11.25)
Date: 13th Nov 2025 @ 9:33am
What a busy and exciting week we’ve had in Year 1! The children have been working hard across all areas of learning and exploring lots of hands-on activities through our continuous provision.
✏️ Phonics
This week in phonics, we have been learning new digraphs and trigraphs: ‘o’ (oa), ‘i’ (igh), ‘a’ (ai) and ‘e’ (ee). The children have enjoyed spotting these sounds in words around the classroom and using them in their own writing. We’ve also been practising reading and spelling words with these sounds.
📚 English
In English, we have continued exploring the beautiful story “Tree: Seasons Come and Seasons Go”. The children have been retelling the story using time adverbials to help sequence events — for example, “First the owl saw the falling snow,” and “Then the owl heard the birds singing.” We’ve been working on using these words to make our writing flow and to show how time passes in the story.
➕ Maths
In maths, we have been practising addition. The children have remembered that when we add, our numbers get bigger! We have been using concrete resources such as cubes, counters, and numicon to build number sentences before recording our answers. We’ve also been exploring how we can flip addition sentences — for example, 3 + 2 gives the same answer as 2 + 3!
🌦 Science
Our science learning has been all about the seasons and the different types of weather we might see in each one. We’ve also learned to recognise weather symbols like you might see on the TV or a weather app. The children had great fun matching symbols to the correct type of weather and discussing what clothes we might wear in each season.
🦕 History
In history, we have been learning about dinosaurs and their place on the timeline. We discovered that dinosaurs evolved around 240 million years ago and became extinct about 65 million years ago! We then compared that to our own timelines, learning that we were born in 2019 or 2020 — all of that is in the past, and today is the present.
💃 Dance
In dance, we have been learning our special season song and dance. The children are really enjoying practising the moves and we can’t wait to share it with you in our upcoming Year 1 Assembly.
🏃♀️ PE Reminder
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Class 3: Monday and Friday
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Class 4: Tuesday
Please ensure children come to school in their full PE kit on these days.
🏠 Homework
Homework is set each week on Purple Mash, along with regular reading at home. A homework overview can also be found on the school website for your reference. Thank you for supporting your child’s learning at home.
🎤 Year 1 Assembly
We are excited to invite you to our Year 1 Class Assembly on Tuesday 25th November at 9:00am. The children are looking forward to sharing their seasons song and dance with you — we can’t wait to see you there! There will be more information to follwo soon about the assembly.
It’s been another fantastic week of learning in Year 1 — well done, everyone! 🌟
This week in Year 6.... W/B 10.11.25
Date: 12th Nov 2025 @ 12:22pm
This week in Year 6, children have been doing some fabulous fractions learning. We have been adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing fractions in the context of reasoning problems.
In English, we have being learning all about non-chronological reports. We have identified the features of a report. Children have also carried out their own research about what life was like for people in Britain during the Blitz. Make sure to ask your child all about it.
This week in Year 3 (07/11/2025)
Date: 7th Nov 2025 @ 12:46pm
We have had an amazing week in Year 3 by kickstarting our new History topic, 'The Stone Age'. We have been reading 'Stone Age Boy' and the children have loved learning about this enthralling and entertaining story. Make sure to ask your child what they have learnt about Stone Age life from this story, including what Stone Age people wore, ate and did to survive.
We also had our 'WOW Starter' afternoons where we learnt about Stone Age animals, made cave paintings, explored rocks and stones and even carved some Stone Age tools out of soap. We had an amazing and fun afternoon and we are all ready excited to start learning more about Stone Age life.
Please check the home learning for the 'Topic' homework to be done over the course of the whole half term. We would love to see what you create at home and to show it off in school.
Date: 7th Nov 2025 @ 8:20am
This week in Year 5 we have started our new story of the term 'The Mapmakers' by Tamzin merchant. The children have enjoyed listening to the story and acting out chapters 1 and 2.
The children will be using this story to support their writing for the next few weeks.
In science, the children have begun to learn about Earth and Space. In a few weeks we will be going to Jodrell Bank to explore the large sattelite and telescope.
In topic, the children have started learning about maps. Over the next few weeks they will learn how to read maps, identify the 8 compass points and will take part in a orienteering session.
It has been a great start to the half term and the teachers are very excited to see how much information the children can remember at the end.
Class Blog Week Ending 07.11.25
Date: 7th Nov 2025 @ 4:24am
🌟 Year 4 Learning Blog 🌟
This week in Year 4, we've been diving into some exciting new topics across our subjects!
📚 English – Last Stop on Market Street
We’ve been exploring the beautiful story Last Stop on Market Street, thinking deeply about the characters and their journey. We’re working towards writing our own diary entries from the perspective of CJ, capturing his thoughts and feelings as he travels through the city with his Nana. It’s helping us build empathy and understand how to write with emotion and detail.
click the link to listen to the story- Kids Book Read Aloud Story 📚Last Stop on Market Street 🥖🧺 by Matt de la Peña
🔢 Maths – Place Value & Reasoning
In Maths, we’ve been strengthening our understanding of place value—learning how numbers are built and how we can break them apart. We’ve also been developing our reasoning skills by explaining our thinking and solving problems in different ways. It’s been great to see everyone becoming more confident mathematicians!
⚡ Science – Electricity & Energy
Our new Science topic is all about electricity! We’ve started exploring how energy is made and the different ways we can generate it—from batteries to power stations, and even renewable sources like wind and solar. We’re excited to start experimenting and learning how circuits work!
We’re proud of all the hard work Year 4 has been doing—keep it up!
