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Year 5 blog Friday 18th September 2026

Date: 18th Sep 2026 @ 4:06pm

Welcome to your Friday Blog

Home Practice

Reading

Please read out loud every day for 20 minutes. Use a dictionary to find the meaning of any words you don’t know or ask an adult.

Spelling

Here are your spellings this week.

 playing  finally  stopped   supported  dragged  happily completely  usually   comically dragging speedily   stopping   played   sadly  working  worked  frantically  supporting

Counting

Count out loud in:

7’s up to 105 and back again                                                      0,7,14,21…

40’s from 240 to 480  and back again                                       240, 280, 320…

200’s from 4200 backwards to 2800                                     4200, 4000, 3800…

Times Tables

Please keep practising your times tables.  Everyone has their own targets.

Sumdog

Maths practise – individual challenge.

Spelling Challenge – practise sheets have been sent home and there is a practise test on Sumdog.

Please also continue to use the fluency booster on Sumdog.

Year 5 have worked so hard this week. The children have really put a lot of effort which is great to see!

Year 5 continued to practise reading out loud in class from the novel this week in English – ‘The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe’. They have also been practising handwriting as well as using modal verbs and direct speech. 

 In Maths the class have been looking at number lines up to one million and working out whether numbers round up or round down. Well done Year 5!

In RE, the theme this week has been about love and What Jesus said about loving God and each other. In contrast, we also discussed the meaning of sin.  

Everyone also enjoyed trying our search engines in computing and comparing results.

 Finally, the week ended with their Anglo Saxon topic in History. They were able to identify why the Anglo Saxons came to Britain and decided to invade and then settle.

Golden stars this week

Star of the Week – Annie

Super Learner – Rory and Archer

Superstar Writer – Bella

Bookworm - Bobby

Marvellous Mathematician - Francesca

Special Mention - Rowan

Year 4 Blog Friday 18th September 2026

Date: 18th Sep 2026 @ 3:41pm

Welcome to your Friday blog

Home practice

Reading

Please read for 20 minutes each evening to an adult at home. 

Discuss what you have read with an adult.

See if you can spot any nouns – do they have capital letters or not? And if so, why?

Spellings

These are your spellings which will be tested next week – please practise them

minute         natural         naughty        notice          occasion(ally)

opposite      ordinary       particular    peculiar       perhaps

material       possible       medicine      potatoes      popular

often           pressure      position       probably      possess(ion)

Counting

This week, please practise counting in 10’s  

For example, start at 0 and count to 120 and back again

0     10    20    etc                     120   110    100  etc

Now try counting from 45 to 205 and back again

45   55   65    etc                       205   195   185   etc

Times tables and Number facts

Please practise your individual tables target for your test next week. 

You can practise your tables on TTRockstars, Hit the Button and timestables.co.uk

Please also practise your number facts. 

You can practise your number facts on Hit the Button

It is crucial that you learn all of your table facts and your number facts as this will help you with many aspects of maths.

TTRockstars challenge

A ‘garage’ session – please log on and have a go!

Sumdog challenges

A spelling challenge based on the words above

A maths challenge based on ordering and comparing whole numbers

In English, we wrote reasons for and against sailing around the world.

In addition, we collected words to describe Michael’s character.

The information could have been written down in the novel, or inferred – that is, we could work it out from the evidence.

We then wrote a detailed character description of Michael.

In Maths, we learnt more about place value. We started by ordering and comparing numbers including numbers with 1 decimal place.

Then we learnt how to round numbers to the nearest 10 and 100.

In addition, we added and subtracted different powers of 10 to and from given numbers using place value charts and counters to help us.

In RE, we retold the story of Abraham and Sarah on a story board.

We recapped the story in our own words ensuring we included some important vocabulary, eg covenant and faith.

In PSHE, we identified our happy places which help our brains to feel calm and safe.

In Science, we recognised that living things can be grouped in different ways. 

In Art, we created a pattern which followed a rule – drawing a line from one colour to another using a key.

Take a look at some examples in our gallery.  

Golden Assembly

Star of the Week: Eliza

Super Learner: Charlie

Superstar Writer: Frankie

Bookworm Award:  Wilbur

Marvellous Mathematician: Jonah

Special Mentions: Zack W and Felicity – for being excellent work partners

Lydia – for her beautiful manners

Orlaigh – for being a good friend

Thank you to everyone who came to our Meet the Teacher Meeting on Wednesday. We appreciate your support.

The Year 4 team

Year 6 Friday blog 18th September 2026

Date: 18th Sep 2026 @ 1:27pm

Welcome to your Friday Blog

We have had another busy week in Year 6 with lots of great learning across the curriculum.

Home Practice

Please complete the following tasks by next Friday: 

Reading - Use your home reading to read every night for 30 minutes. You also have a reading diary that must be used for the title of the book and any challenges chosen. 

Books will be changed on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. 

Spelling -  Please practise the following spellings this week, which are homophones and other words that are often confused: 

All spellings are on Sumdog to practise for our test next Friday. 

Maths Challenges: Sumdog 

Counting: Try to count in powers of 10 (1000, 10,000, 100,000 etc). You could do this out loud or write it on a piece of paper.

You could draw a numberline to help you. Can you count up and down in powers of ten? How far can you go?  Challenge yourself by choosing different starting numbers and practising your exchanging. 

Times Tables: This week there are 100 questions to answer on Sumdog! 

Place Value: This week's learning is to practise questions on addition and subtraction. For further Maths work, please visit the 'Fluency Training' section, where your child will be able to push their learning further with the skills they are weakest on.

This week in Year 6

In Maths, we continued to develop our reasoning and mental maths skills, thinking carefully about the most efficient strategies to use when solving different problems. The children explained their methods and justified how they reached their answers.

In RE, we continued our Creation and Covenant branch, thinking more deeply about the relationship between humanity and God. We explored messages from scripture and considered what they mean for us today. The children then produced some thoughtful homilies around the theme of humanity and God.

In Science, we further investigated our circulatory system and the heart. We learned about the different chambers of the heart, the different types of blood vessels and even explored the different blood groups. There were lots of great questions as we discovered more about how our bodies work.

In Art, we explored negative space and silhouettes. We looked carefully at how artists can use the space around an object as part of their artwork and practised sketching silhouettes and creating striking shapes. Check out our gallery to see some of our work.

In PE, we continued developing our invasion game skills, including netball. We worked on moving into space, passing accurately and working together when attacking and defending. Our main focus was teamwork and communication, and it was great to see everyone encouraging one another and improving together.

In PSHE, we spent some time thinking about our ambitions for Year 6 and beyond. The children reflected on their learning goals, personal development and ambitions outside of school before writing letters to their future selves. We are looking forward to reading these again later in the year and seeing how much everyone has achieved.

On Friday, our Faith Team and some Year 6 volunteers helped at the Caritas lunch in the parish hall as part of our Faith in Action Award. They served food and spent time chatting with our parishioners. We were very proud of the way they represented our school and gave their time to help others.

Finally, a huge well done to the boys who represented school in the football league at Priory. The boys won four games and drew one, showing excellent teamwork and making a very strong start to the league.

Check out our galleries to see some of the learning and experiences we have captured this week.

Star of the week - Bertie

Super Learner - Archie S

Writer of the week - Brooke

Bookworm - Teddy

Marvellous Mathematician - Archie P

Special Mentions - Henry and Sienna for their brilliant artwork

Have a lovely weekend,

The Year 6 Team

Year 1 Blog Friday 18th September 2026

Date: 17th Sep 2026 @ 9:38pm

Home Practice

Reading: In Year 1, children should read for at least 10/15 minutes daily and talk about the book/new words they come across.

This will help them become more confident and fluent readers.

Book changing day is on a Monday each week.

Please remember to send book bags in every day as we will read with your children on a regular basis.

Spelling: This week's tricky words are: little, do, one and when.

Please practise reading and spelling these words. We will have a quiz at the end of next week.

Sumdog: Complete the number challenge.

Logins will be stuck into reading diaries and sent home on Monday.

The children have had some time on Sumdog in school.

Counting: Count forwards and backwards in 1's to 50 or 100.

Play the follow me game we learnt in class where you take turns to say the number.

For example, one person says 1, the other person says 2, 3, 4, 5, 6.

English

We have finished - Our Pebbles by Jarvis.

The children wrote sentences in speech bubbles about some of the things Grandad and the boy said to each other.

They also wrote a lovely description of their own pebbles that they painted during our Art lesson.

Capital letters/full stops/finger spaces and sitting letters on the line are always a big focus.

We also learnt about -ed and -ing endings. For example jumping, playing, walked, visited.

Phonics

The children have revisited phase 2/3/4 phonics.

They played phonics games such as, Bingo, Phonics Aerobics, Popcorn and Cross the River.  

Maths

We have been counting objects and making sure we are correctly forming our numbers this week.

We also learnt more about teen numbers. The children could see that 14 is one ten and four ones.

RE

The children thought about how we are children of God.

They drew super pictures of themselves and their special person.

History - Toys

 To further enrich our History lesson, please could your child bring one of their baby toys into school next week.

Art

Using the book we have been reading this week as inspiration, the children painted their our own pebble designs. 

Forest School is on a  Wednesday.

Please could your child bring a pair of named wellington boots into school.

Our session this week was in the Nature Area. We made many discoveries.

Golden Assembly

Star of the Week - Finlay

Super Learner - Vinnie

Superstar Writer - Chester and Elsi

Bookworm - Erin

Mathematician - Phoebe

Special Mention - Raeni for helping others.

Reception Blog - Friday 18th September 2026

Date: 17th Sep 2026 @ 9:16pm

Welcome to Reception

Autumn 1

Topic - Ourselves

We have continued our understanding of the world topic learning all about ourselves.

This week we have explored the body; we named all the different body parts and discussed what we need to keep our bodies healthy.

We all had a go at crafting our own person to make it look like themselves.

Click here for the song we have been singing

Drawing Club

We have continued to focus on our emotions this week.

We have been discussing the feelings of being jealous or worried. We spoke about what we could do if we were feeling like this to help us feel better.

We had a go at drawing our very own colour monster going to school, we thought about what he might do at school and how he might be feeling.

Phonics

We have learnt our first three sounds, s a t

Can you play I spy and find things around your house that start with these sounds?

Please see the formation rhymes below

Maths

We will be beginning our Red Rose Mastery Maths next week

RE

This week the children revisited the what the bible is and we also spoke about the candle, that when we light the candle it symbolises God and Jesus being with us.

To show he is the light of the world.

PSHE

This week we have spoken about all the new friends we have made in our class.

We thought about what makes each other special.

Art

We began our new topic of ‘Colour’

We spoke about the colours that we already knew and sang the rainbow song together.

Then we investigated mixing colours using skittles and water.

We created our own rainbows using our fine motor skills and dabbing inside the lines to create a rainbow pattern.

PE

This week we had a go at some of our fundamental skills, running with spatial awareness, throwing and catching, jumping and hopping.

Forest School

We had a super session exploring our Nature Area. We found snils and worms. There was also some imaginative mud cooking with apples.

Reminders

Monday 5^th October or Friday 9^th October 2-3pm

We have our phonics workshop for parents, this will be a phonics lesson with your child, whilst giving you lots of information and ideas on how you can help them with early reading and writing at home.

Please let the office know which session you will be attending, 1 adult per child and you only have to come along to 1 of the sessions please 😊

Golden Assembly 

Golden Star - Oscar 

Super Learner - Eva

Superstar Writer - Lily

Bookworm Award - Martha.H

Marvellous Mathematician - Gabriel

Year 3 Blog - Friday 18th September 2026

Date: 17th Sep 2026 @ 10:04am

Home Practice - Sumdog

Maths challenge - Find 1, 10, 100 more or less

Spelling challenge - Week 2 spellings

Counting – Can you count in tens from 0 to 100? Can you go beyond 100?

Reading - Please try to read at least three times a week.

Please remember to bring book bags each day.

English

We continued to read The Twits up to Mrs Twit being stretched. We focused on drafting speech by writing in speech bubbles, creating a playscript, and beginning to use inverted commas.

We had our next spelling test too. Keep practising your spellings at home.

Maths

We added and subtracted tens from 3-digit numbers.

We also completed our first Year 3 arithmetic.

P.E.

We swam 10 and 25 metres in the pool. We swam on our front and our backs.

R.E.

We designed a creation acrostic poem together.

Art

We made the background of our Stone Age art by drawing around our hands.

Science

We conducted an experiment to see whether having longer legs meant that we could jump further distances.

Computing

We compared digital devices and non-digital tools. We chose our favourite and why.

History

We explored the different foods that people ate in the Palaeolithic and Mesolithic time periods.

Forest School

We had a great session in the Nature are. We noticed lots of changes.

Golden Assembly (in class)

Star of the Week: Lilly-Mae and Reuben

Super Learner: Arianna and Faisal

Superstar Writer: Freya

Bookworm: Jaxon

Marvellous Mathematician: Cerys

Special Mentions: Genevieve for her fantastic RE acrostic poem and Nelly, Amelia and Ella for their kindess to others.

Thank you to everyone who came to our meet the teacher. The slides are below for you to download.

Year 2 Blog- Friday 18th September 2026

Date: 16th Sep 2026 @ 5:57pm

Year 2 have had another fantastic week, filled with lots of interesting and enjoyable learning. 

Home Practice

Reading: In Year 2, children should read for at least 15/20 minutes every night and talk about the book. This will help with understanding the text and learning new words.

Remember you will get a sticker on your book mark for every book you read!

Spelling: Please practise these spellings for your quiz on Friday (25.09.26):

of   pull    full   are    today     do    ask    we        be      no

Sumdog: Complete the 'Place Value' challenge.

Counting: Count in 2s, see how far you can go.

English

This week we all received a letter from Bakery Bill. He answered our qustions and told us how he's geting on. We wrote some instructions about how to look after a baby. We wrote a recount of the story. We also created and descibed a sweet item for his bakery.

Maths

The children have been learning how to work out one more/less than and ten more/less than a given number.

We have also been comparing two numbers and deciding which is the greatest or which is the least.

R.E

We re-read the story of Noah's Ark, focusing on the rainbow being a sign of God's promise (covenant) - never to send another flood again.

The children made their own rainbows and could write/draw the most important parts of the story.

History

Year 2 are thoroughly enjoying learning about The Great Fire of London. We learnt where the fire started and how it spread so quickly (causes).

Forest School

We all chose our own learning in the nature area this week. There was leaf cooking, leaf identifying, stick wrapping, bug hunting and apple finding. Great imagination, co-operation and teamwork was shown.

R.E

We wrote psalms.

P.E.

We practised throwing and catching with different balls.

Golden Assembly

Star of the Week - Grace

Super Learner - Felicity

Superstar Writer - Ada G.

Bookworm - Reo

Mathematician - Rupert

Special Mentions - Judah for contributions in R.E. and Thomas for being a kind and thoughtful friend.

Year 5 blog Friday 11th September 2026

Date: 11th Sep 2026 @ 3:56pm

Welcome to your Friday Blog

Home Practice

Reading

Please read out loud every day for 20 minutes. Use a dictionary to find the meaning of any words you don’t know or ask an adult.

Spelling

Here are your spellings this week. They are part of the Year5/6 statutory list that children need to learn.

bruise  accommodate  accompany  aggressive   according  bargain  amateur attached  appreciate achieve   available  average  cemetery  committee  ancient   category apparent  awkward

Counting

Count out loud in:

7’s up to 105 and back again                                                      0,7,14,21…

40’s from 240 to 480  and back again                                       240, 280, 320…

200’s from 4200 backwards to 2800                                     4200, 4000, 3800…

Times Tables

Please keep practising your times tables.  Everyone has their own targets.

Sumdog

Maths practise – individual challenge.

Spelling Challenge – practise sheets have been sent home and there is a practise test on Sumdog.

Please also continue to use the fluency booster on Sumdog.

Year 5 have worked so hard this week. The children have really put a lot of effort which is great to see!

Year 5 continued to practise reading out loud in class from the novel this week in English – ‘The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe’. They have also been practising handwriting as well as using similes and expanded noun phrases. 

 In Maths the class have been looking at decimal numbers and comparing them, as well as looking at place value. Well done Year 5!

In RE, the theme this week has been about Moses and his Covenant with God as well as introducing the Ten Commandments and talking about what they mean. Year 5 also attended a welcome mass this week in church with Father Michael.

 Finally, the week ended with discovering the similarities and differences between the four countries of the UK. A super week of learning!

Golden stars this week

Star of the Week – Alexander

Super Learner – Lottie

Superstar Writer – Alice

Bookworms – Oliver and Eliza

Marvellous Mathematician - William

Special Mention – Georgie, Marvin and Evelyn

Year 2 Blog-Friday 11th September

Date: 11th Sep 2026 @ 1:21pm

Home Practice

Reading: In Year 2, children should read for at least 15/20 minutes every night and talk about the book.

This will help with understanding the text and learning new words.

Remember you will get a sticker on your book mark for every book you read!

Spelling: Please practise these spellings for your quiz on Friday (18.09.26):

said   come      love      school      friend      was     some   house     you   they

Sumdog: Have a go at the place value challenge.

English

We have been learning through the story of Burglar Bill.

We wrote him a letter telling him all about ourselves. We also made a poster.

In handwriting we have been learning how to form our letters with lead-ins.

Phonics 

We have been revisiting ee as in tree, ea as in leaf, e-e as in Steve and y as in happy.

Maths

Place value - we have been learning how to represent 10s and 1s using different equipment. We have used Base 10, straws and counters.

R.E

Year 2 thoroughly enjoyed reading the story of Noah's Ark. Using pictures and sentences they retold the story brilliantly.

Forest School

We had a walk to see what had changes we could see. We harvested some beans and peas. One group found a family of baby mice under a log. There was lots of great teamwork, problem solving, communication skills and imaginative play .

Computing

It was interesting to learn and understand what Information Technology (IT) is.

The children identified items/objects that were IT and were not IT. They drew pictures and labelled them so well.

Golden Assembly

Star-Tommy

Bookworm-Evie B.

Super Learner-Lucas

Mathematician-Arianna

Writer-Thomas

Special Mentions-Darragh for helping a child in Reception and Elsie for being a kind and thoughtful friend.

All the children who achieve QUADRUPLE GOLD also get a sticker in assembly.

Thank you to everyone who attended Meet the Teacher yesterday. We really appreciate all your fabulous suppport.

Year 4 Blog Friday 11th September 2026

Date: 11th Sep 2026 @ 1:12pm

Welcome to your Friday Blog

Home practice

Reading

Please read for 20 minutes each evening to an adult at home. 

Discuss what you have read with an adult.

Spellings

These are your spellings which will be tested next week – please practise them

Monday        Tuesday       Wednesday  Thursday     Friday

Saturday      Sunday         January       February     March

April            May             June            July             August

September  October      November    December    month

Counting

This week, please practise counting in 10’s  

For example, start at 0 and count to 120 and back again

0   10     20    etc                      120    110     100 etc

Times tables and Number facts

Please practise your individual tables target for your test next week. 

You can practise your tables on TTRockstars, Hit the Button and timestables.co.uk

TTRockstars is an app which you can download, or you can use the website by following this link https://ttrockstars.com/ and logging in.

Your login details are in the front of your Reading Diary.

Please also practise your number facts. 

You can practise your number facts on Hit the Button

It is crucial that you learn all of your table facts and your number facts as this will help you with many aspects of maths.

TTRockstars challenge

A ‘garage’ session

Sumdog challenges

A spelling challenge based on the words above

A maths challenge based on the x3 x4 and x8 times tables

Our learning this week

In English, we used the front cover of the class novel – Kensuke’s Kingdom by Michael Morpurgo – to make predictions about the story.

We also met the main characters and read the blurb on the back cover to see if our predictions were correct.

In Maths, we learnt the meaning of ‘place value’.

We used part whole diagrams and partitioning and recombining numbers to help with our understanding of what each digit in a number represents

In RE, we started our new topic ‘Creation and Covenant’.

We listened to the story of Abraham when God asked him to leave Haran and travel to Canaan,

We considered the sort of person Abraham must have been, and how his faith, hope and love gave him the strength to do as the Lord had asked.

In Science, we started the ‘Living Things and their Habitats’ topic.

We discussed what makes something a living thing.

In PSHE, we started our topic ‘Meet your brain’.

We learnt how we can train our mind and how our brain can grow, as well as what the different parts of our brains are called.

In our Art lessons this half term we will be exploring patterns.

We started by creating some sensory art using a pencil and a piece of polystyrene to rest on.

There are some pictures in our gallery.

Golden Assembly

Star of the Week: Noa

Super Learner: Charles

Superstar Writer: Rose

Bookworm Award: Elyse

Marvellous Mathematician: Dylan

Special Mentions: George – for being a great friend

Grace and Amelia L – for being excellent role models and work partners

The Year 4 team

Reception Blog - Friday 11th September 2026

Date: 11th Sep 2026 @ 12:49pm

Welcome to Reception

Autumn 1

Topic - Ourselves

Drawing Club

This week we have started our new story - The Colour Monster

We have been learning about ours feelings.

We discovered a new word tihs week -  'Discombobulated' - see if your child can tell you what it means :)

We helped the colour monster to sort his feelings out and discussed what we can do if we are feeling sad or angry. 

Phonics

We will be starting phonics next week :)

Maths

We have been singing lots of nursery rhymes.

We used our fingers to help show the different amounts.

RE

This week the children learnt about what the Bible is.

We had a look at the different ones we have in class.

 PSHE

We have learnt about our brain this week. 

We know where it is in our bodies and how it helps us to do lots of different things. 

Art

We all had a go at painting a self portrait this week.

We used the mirror to select the correct colours for our face, hair, eyes and lips. 

PE

We continued to work on our listening skills in PE, playing games like musical bumps and statues. 

Forest School

Everyone was really excited at the first Forest School session. 

We had a look in the garden to see what was growing, we found tomatoes, courgettes, flowers, beans and peas. We saw a daddy long legs and lots of other creatures. We did some super mud cooking and digging. There was plenty of resilience on display when balancing and climbing trees.

Golden Assembly

We all got a special certificate this week for making an amazing start to our school year. 

Year 1 Blog Friday 11th September 2026

Date: 11th Sep 2026 @ 11:05am

Home Practice

Reading: In Year 1, children should read for at least 10/15 minutes daily and talk about the book/new words they come across.

This will help them become more confident and fluent readers.

Book changing day has changed from Thursday to a Monday each week.

Please remember to send book bags in every day as we will read with your children on a regular basis.

Spelling: This week's tricky words are: some, come, were and there.

Please practise reading and spelling these words. We will have a quiz at the end of next week.

Sumdog: Complete the number challenge.

Logins will be issued and sent home asap.

Counting: Count forwards and backwards in 1's to 50 or 100.

Play the follow me game we learnt in class where you take turns to say the number.

For example, one person says 1, the other person says 2, 3, 4, 5, 6.

English

This week we have started our new story - Our Pebbles by Jarvis.

The children wrote some prediction (sensible guess) sentences about what they thought the story would be about.

They worked on capital letters/full stops/finger spaces and sitting letters on the line.

Handwriting (Curly Caterpillar Letters) has also been a focus - the letter c formation.

Phonics

The children have revisited phase 2/3/4 phonics.

They played phonics games such as, Bingo, Phonics Aerobics, Popcorn and Cross the River.  

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Maths

We have been learning different number games this week.

The children used base ten to count and create pictures.

They also learnt how to play the Track Game with dice and Matching Pairs Game with number cards.

Year 1 also had a go at their first Arithmetic Quiz (supported) and did so well.

RE

The children learnt more about the Bible this week. They had a chance to hold it and look inside.

They drew some super pictures and wrote a sentence about what they had learnt.

Art

We had fun creating spirals using crayons and then oil pastels.

We will have PE on Tuesdays.

Please remember to send named PE kits into school.

This week, the children have been working on their fundamental skills.

We had a look in our garden to see what changes there has been since July. We harvested beans and peas. 

We did some super mud cooking and digging. There was plenty of resilience on display when balancing and climbing trees.

Forest School is on a  Wednesday.

Please could your child bring a pair of named wellington boots into school.

Golden Assembly

Star of the Week - Ivy

Super Learner - Billy

Superstar Writer - Amelie and Cameron

Bookworm - Maeve

Mathematician - Elijah

Special Mention -

George was very kind and generous to a friend when they were upset.

We are looking forward to meeting you all after school on Wednesday 16th September - Meet the Teacher.

Year 6 Friday Blog 11th September 2026

Date: 10th Sep 2026 @ 2:58pm

Welcome to your Friday Blog

Home practice

Please complete the following tasks by next Friday. 

Reading - Use your home reading to read every night for 30 minutes. You also have a reading diary that must be used for the title of the book and any challenges chosen. Books can be changed on Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday. 

Spelling -  Please practise the following spellings this week from the Y5/6 spelling list. All spellings are on Sumdog to practise for our test next Friday. 

Maths Challenges: 

Counting: This week we have had to count in tenths to complete our rounding work. Try to count in decimal steps of 0.1, 0.2 or 0.5. You could do this out loud or write it on a piece of paper.

You could draw a numberline, like we have done in class this week. Can you count up and down in decimal tenths? How far can you go?

Sumdog : This week there are times table questions to answer and a fluency competition to enter. Little and often is the key!

This week in Year 6

This week in English, we have been really enjoying The Nowhere Emporium. The children have already produced some fantastic pieces of writing, including a diary entry as Daniel and a character description written from the viewpoint of Mr Silver. Everyone is working hard to improve their writing and has been thinking carefully about their own individual targets. It has been great to see such a positive start and so many children already trying to make their writing even better.

In Maths, we have been comparing, ordering and rounding 7-digit numbers and numbers with up to 3 decimal places. The children have shown a really good understanding of place value and have listened brilliantly during lessons this week. They have worked hard to explain their reasoning and justify how they know one number is greater than or less than another.

In PE, we started our new invasion games topic with some great team activities. We talked about how powerful encouragement can be in a successful team and how working together can help everyone improve. It was brilliant to see the children supporting one another and showing such a positive attitude throughout the lesson.

In RE, we started our new Creation and Covenant topic. We looked at the different types of writing we can find in the Bible and discussed how the style of writing can change the meaning and impact of the words used. The children shared some thoughtful ideas and showed great curiosity during our discussions.

In History, we studied the rise of Hitler and explored how he came to power in Germany. We ordered the key events and discussed why they happened in the way they did, thinking carefully about cause and consequence. The children asked some excellent questions and showed a mature understanding of a very important part of our history topic.

Golden Assembly

Star of the week - Milo

Super Learner - Evelyn

Writer of the week - Evangeline

Bookworm - Henry

Marvellous Mathematician - Franco

Special Mentions - Amelia and Joni - Brilliant Buddies!

Have a lovely weekend,

The Year 6 Team

Year 3 Blog - Friday 11th September 2026

Date: 10th Sep 2026 @ 9:55am

Home Practice - Sumdog

Maths challenge - Comparing numbers to 1000

Spellings challenge - Year 2 High Frequency Words

Counting – Can you count in fives from 0 to 50? Can you go beyond 50?

Reading - Please try to read at least three times a week.

Please remember to bring book bags each day.

English

We read the first couple of chapters of The Twits. We have solely focused on using adjectives to describe. We described Mr Twit's beard, we described Mrs Twit, and we used exaggerated language to describe the characters.

We also had a spelling test on our Year 2 spellings.

Maths

We have been very busy in maths this week. We compared numbers using 'greater than' and 'less than' and we rounded numbers to the nearest ten.

P.E.

We had a fantastic first swimming session! We put our heads underwater, floated on our backs and tried to swim a short distance.

R.E.

We continued to explore the Creation story. We ordered the story together.

Art

We experimented using charcoal by drawing lines and shapes.

Science

We identified parts of the body, such as ribcage and pelvis.

Computing

We designed our own device which had an input and an output.

Forest School

First, we visited our garden to see what changes we could spot. We harvested some beans and peas. There was lots of great teamwork, problem solving, communication skills and imaginative play.

Golden Assembly

Star of the Week: William and Rhodes

Super Learner: Buzz and Huxley

Superstar Writer: Jessie

Bookworm: Honey

Marvellous Mathematician: Emma

Special Mentions: Lara for showing resilience. Gigi for being brave during our swimming session.

Year 5 blog Friday 4th September

Date: 4th Sep 2026 @ 4:02pm

Welcome to your Friday Blog.

 We have had a fantastic start in Year 5 and all the children have tried so hard with their learning. Well done to the new Year 5!

Reading

Children should read out loud every day for 20 minutes. Use a dictionary to find the meaning of any words you don’t know or ask an adult. Book bags are currently being issued for home reading. All children should come home with a book bag by early next week.

Spelling

Here are your spellings this week.

said   with   went  people  children  asked   school  like    thought   through   because  friends  water  house   too   each   different   something

Counting

Count out loud in:

5’s up to 105 and back again                                                      0,5,10,15…

30s from 240 to 510  and back again                                       240, 270, 300, 330…

100s from 5100 backwards to 3900                                     5100, 5000, 4900…

Times Tables

Please keep practising your times tables.  We will be practising mixed times tables next week.

Sumdog

Maths practise – individual challenge.

Spelling Challenge – practise sheets have been sent home and there is a practise test on Sumdog.

Please also continue to use the fluency booster on Sumdog.

Year 5 have started a new novel this week in English – ‘The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe’ and they have already done some impressive writing about the main characters.

 In Maths they have been looking at large numbers, how to say and write them and they have also been revising how to exchange. Well done Year 5!

The first piece of scripture in RE was from Exodus and was all about Moses and the burning bush in the desert, where God spoke to him and gave him an important task. The children enjoyed re-telling the story.

In PE, Year 5 have been practising their throwing skills in netball and all enjoyed playing in teams.

Finally, they all enjoyed creating different letter forms in the new Art topic on typography.

Golden stars this week

George – star of the week

Oliver – marvellous mathematician

Emillie-Mae – super learner for classwork

Rudy  – superstar writer

Albert – bookworm  

Hunter, Violet C, Mia, Albie – special mention for super work in PE 

Year 4 Blog Friday 4th September 2026

Date: 4th Sep 2026 @ 3:58pm

Year 4 Blog

Friday 4^th September 2026

Welcome to our first blog of this school year!

We have had a super week! We have put lots of effort into our lessons and settled well into the new routines in Year 4.

Home Practice

Reading

We are still in the process of giving out books to all the children in Year 4.

In the meantime, please try and read for 20 minutes each evening to an adult at home and discuss what you have read.

Sumdog challenges

A maths challenge based on the x2 x5 x10 x3 x4 and x8 times tables

A maths challenge based on recognising place value in 4 digit numbers

This week in Year 4

English

In English, we read the poem The Magic Box by Kit Wright.

We used the poem as inspiration for writing our own verses, explaining what we would put in our own ‘magic box’.

Maths

In Maths, we started exploring place value and played exchange up to help us understand there are ten 1’s in 10 and ten 10’s in 100.

RE

We started our RE topic – ‘Creation and Covenant’ We read Genesis 12 Verses 1-5 and focussed on the story of Abraham and his covenant with God.

Next week we will explore this further.

PE

We started our ‘invasion games’ unit by practising our throwing and catching skills using a chest pass and a bounce pass.

We then put our skills into practice in a game of netball.

Golden Assembly

Star of the Week – Melodie

Super Learner – Amelia F

Superstar Writer – Henry Y

Bookworm – Leo

Marvellous Mathematician – Isaac and Zack W

Special Mentions – Harper and Zach D

The Year 4 Team

Reception Blog - 4th September 2026

Date: 4th Sep 2026 @ 3:53pm

What a fabulous start to our school year.

Everyone has done really well coming into school in the mornings and settling in the classroom. 

We have been learning our rules and routines for the day and practising our listening skills this week. 

Our topic this half term is 'Ourselves'

The children have loved sharing their special  'All about me' books with their new friends. 

We have also had a go at drawing a self portrait and writing our own names.

Forest School

We will be starting Forest School next Thursday afternoon.

Please make sure your child has a pair of wellies in school :)

PE

PE is a Thursday morning.

All the children did amazingly this week, having a go at getting ready independently.

We also played some listening games, travelling around the space without bumping into each other. 

Our curriculum meeting will be on Monday 14th September 3.30-4pm 

This will inform you of all the learning the children will be doing over their first year at school.

Year 3 Blog - Friday 4th September 2026

Date: 4th Sep 2026 @ 3:36pm

What a great first week we've had! I can't believe how grown up everyone is!

Home Practice - Sumdog

Maths challenge - Partitioning numbers

Spellings challenge - Phase 5 recap (a_e and u_e)

Counting – Can you count in twos from 0 to 20? Can you go beyond 20?

Reading - Please try to read at least three times a week.

Please remember to bring book bags each day.

English

We started our first English story - Stick Man. We described Stick Man using adjectives and re-wrote as much of the story as we could.

Maths

We exchanged tens for hundreds, and tested our friends by making amounts using base ten.

P.E.

We met our new swimming coaches.

Our swimming sessions will start next Wednesday and run until Christmas.

R.E.

We read the first part of our Bible - Genesis. We made a front cover for our RE books and drew pictures of what God made during the few days of creation.

Art

We used charcoal to sketch our faces.

History

We became History detectives! We were given clues about the Red Lady of Paviland from the Stone Age, then we made assumptions using the clues.

Computing

We explored the difference between an input and an output.

We also made 'safe' passwords using a mixture of letters and numbers.

Please remember your wellies for Forest School on Monday! We will have Forest School every Monday this half term.

Golden Assembly

Star of the Week: Kamali

Super Learner: Bobby and Luca

Superstar Writer: Jaxon

                                                                               Bookworm: Genevieve                                                                        

Marvellous Mathematician: Joshua I

Special Mentions: Izzy and Hannah for always helping Mrs Armstrong and all of Year 3 for being so amazing this week!

Year 6 Friday Blog 4th September 2026

Date: 4th Sep 2026 @ 2:08pm

Year 6 have made a fantastic start to the new school year! We have been incredibly impressed with how well everyone has settled into their new class and adapted to our routines. The children have approached each day with enthusiasm and have already shown us what a hardworking, determined and talented group they are.

We have certainly hit the ground running, producing some excellent writing and tackling some challenging place value work. Everyone has demonstrated a brilliant recall of their Year 5 learning and, most importantly, shown excellent learning behaviours. When the work has become tricky, the children have persevered, supported one another and kept going. We are very proud of them all and are looking forward to a wonderful year together!

Home Practice

Reading: We will give out home reading books next week. Continue to read regularly, below you'll find a breakdown of the reading domains which your child will be tested on at the end of year. It is important that we work on these skills throughout the coming year.

Times Tables: This week we have set a bumper times tables challenge on Sumdog. There are 100 questions to answer! Everyone should still have access to times tables rock stars as well. Practice, practice, Practice!

Maths: This week's maths challenge is looking at place value for numbers to 1,000,000.

Spelling: We have sent home this weeks home spellings that the children will be tested on on Friday. These home spellings will improve rote learning skills and vocabulary.

This week in Year 6

English

This week, we began our English work with some fantastic writing. The children impressed us with their creativity, ambitious vocabulary and careful presentation. They have worked hard to develop their ideas and have responded positively to feedback, showing that they are ready to become confident and accomplished Year 6 writers. We are also excited to begin exploring our new class novel, The Nowhere Emporium by Ross MacKenzie, which will inspire much of our reading and writing over the coming weeks.

Maths

In Maths, we have begun our work on place value. The children have demonstrated a strong recall of the knowledge and skills they developed in Year 5 and have used these foundations to tackle some difficult Year 6 challenges. We have been particularly impressed by their resilience: even when the problems have become tricky, everyone has continued to think carefully, try different approaches and explain their reasoning. It has been a very promising start to our Year 6 Maths journey!

RE

In RE, we created our own Year 6 covenants and discussed the qualities we would like to see in one another throughout the year. We thought carefully about how we can create a kind, supportive and respectful classroom in which everyone feels valued. The children then produced some fantastic Canva posters to share their ideas and commitments. Check out our galleries to see some of our fabulous creations.

History

This week, we began our exciting new History topic on the Second World War. We explored Germany and compared modern-day Germany and Europe with what they were like in 1937. We were fortunate to have some experts in our class who confidently shared their knowledge of Germany with everyone! We also learned about different systems of government and considered how countries can be governed in very different ways. Next week, we will investigate the events and circumstances that led Germany towards war. We've attached some of the facts the children will learn over the topic below.

As the oldest children in our school, Year 6 have many exciting new responsibilities. Every child has been given a leadership role and will have the opportunity to make a positive contribution to school life. This week, we also began our lunchtime rota, which will give everyone the chance to work on our lunchtime buddy team. We are confident that the children will be wonderful role models and are looking forward to seeing them grow in confidence as they take on these important roles.

Golden Assembly

Star of the week - Alfie

Super Learner - Brooke

Writer of the week - Lily

Bookworm - Louie

Marvellous Mathematician - Sam

Special Mentions - Willow and Elena for their brilliant animation on Our Year 6 Covenant 

We look forward to seeing you all on Monday 14th for our Meet the Teacher meeting!

Have a lovely weekend

The Year 6 team

Year 1 Blog Friday 4th September 2026

Date: 3rd Sep 2026 @ 9:38pm

The children have had a great week back and settled into Year 1 really well.

We are looking forward to a fantastic year of learning together.

Thank you for completing your holiday books. We will read them together over the next few days.

Reading

Year 1 have been issued with their home reading books.

We have put two/three reading books in the bag.

This should last a week as we will change the books every Thursday.

If you finish the books before then, you can re-read the books (this is beneficial and builds confidence) or enjoy a favourite book from home.

Of course, we are always happy to change books sooner if required.

Please remember to send book bags in every day as we will read with your children on a regular basis.

English

The children enjoyed reading our story together - Our Class is a Family by Shannon Olsen.

They wrote some super sentences and tried to remember finger spaces, sitting letters on the line and capital letters/full stops.

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Maths

We have been learning number games this week.

The children used base ten to play the 'exchange up' game.

They also learnt how to play dominoes and the 'hundred square' game.

RE

We read the Creation Story and the children coloured and made paper chains about all the things God created.

Forest School/PE

Year 1 will be starting Forest School next Wednesday.

Please could your child bring a pair of named wellington boots into school.

We will have PE on Tuesdays.

Please could PE bags be sent into school next week.

Golden Assembly

Star of the Week - Rosie

Super Learner - Louie

Superstar Writer - Elise

Bookworm - Teddy

Mathematician - Henry Wood

Special Mentions - Nola for settling into our school so well. It's as if she has always been with us!

Also, all of Year 1 for welcoming Nola so nicely and working so hard.

Year 2 Blog-Friday 4th September

Date: 3rd Sep 2026 @ 5:49pm

Welcome to your Friday blog!

All the children have come into Year 2 looking so smart and have settled in really well.

English

This week we have started learning through the story of Burglar Bill. We talked about and then wrote some brilliant predictions.

We also practised our handwriting and revised the long e sound, ea as in beach and ee as in sheep.

Maths

We learnt about numbers up to 100. We made the amounts using Base 10 equipment.

Art 

We drew some leaves . We watched a video about an artist called Andy Goldsworthy.

Science

We learnt about living things and things which have never been alive. We drew some great pictures which showed our understanding.

Our P.E. day will be Wednesday.

Next week, we will be doing Forest School on Tuesday. Please make sure your child has a pair of named wellies which will stay in school.

Golden Assembly

Star- Evie E.

Super Learner- Connall

Writer-Ada C.

Bookworm-Elsie

Mathematician-Isaac

Special Mentions-Tommy and Amelie

Year 5 Friday blog - 17th July 2026

Date: 17th Jul 2026 @ 3:22pm

Well done Year 5 on a fantastic year of learning! Now go and relax and enjoy a lovely summer full of fun!

Thank you to everyone for all our gifts and cards - it is very much appreciated.

We look forward to seeing you all on Wednesday 2nd September 2026.

Year 3 Friday 17th July 2026

Date: 17th Jul 2026 @ 2:59pm

We have had a lovely week to finish off our Year 3.

This  week we made our sandwiches and had our very own judging session to evaluate our recipes. The children had some great ideas and showed super persistence when making their sandwiches. Check out our gallery.

We also created our final pieces for our Art topic, using cyanotype paper to make some sun prints.

We all would like to say a huge thank you for your kinds words and gifts. It has been a pleasure to teach your children this year and we have been very impressed with their attitude and growth through the year.

Year 3 have shown a lot of their learning on Seesaw this year so we have opened up the family access so you should hopefully be able to go on via the seesaw parent app to see all their brilliant work from this year. Use this link if you are having trouble accessing the platform.

https://app.seesaw.me/s/800-385-333

Have a well earned rest Year 3 and have a safe and happy holiday with your families.

The Year 3 Team

Year 1 Blog - Friday 17th July 2026

Date: 17th Jul 2026 @ 2:11pm

Welcome to your final Year 1 blog!

What a year! We are so proud of how much you've all grown up. Thank you for working so hard, Year 1!

Thank you for all of your lovely cards and presents.

Keep safe over the summer holidays and we will see you back on Wednesday the 2nd of September.

Mrs Armstrong, Mr Horan, Mrs Deighton and Mrs Farrington

Reception Friday 17th July 2026

Date: 17th Jul 2026 @ 12:56pm

Reception 2026

We would like to say a huge 'WELL DONE' to all of reception for their amazing first year at St Oswald's. 

You have been a wonderful class and we have enjoyed every minute. 

Thank you to all your grown ups for the support they have given you with your home learning this year. 

Over the summer, please continue to read lots of your favourite stories with your grown ups and spot all of our tricky words and sounds in the books you read. 

Have the best summer with your families and we will see you back in September as grown up Year 1!