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Year 1 Blog - Friday 21st November 2025
Date: 21st Nov 2025 @ 4:11pm
Home Practice - Sumdog
Maths challenge - Mass - heavier and lighter
Phonics challenge - Set words depending on phonics groups
Counting – Can you count in 2s using the even numbers and then count in odd numbers? (1, 3, 5, 7...)
Reading - Please try and read at least three times a week.
Please remember to bring book bags each day.
English
This week we read the story 'Astro Girl' about a little girl who wanted to be an astronaut like her mummy. We wrote about a job that we want to have and sequenced the story.
We also wrote Christmas lists for Father Christmas.
Phonics
Some of us continued to learn the phase 3 digraphs.
Some of us have continued to recap the phase 3 trigraphs.
Some of us learnt the two sounds that the split digraph u_e makes (oo and you).
Maths
We measured length using cubes and mass using balance scales.
R.E.
We read learnt about waiting and how it is important on the lead up to Christmas. We talked about Mary waiting for Jesus and wrote about a time that we have waited.
In our 'Celebration of the Word' we continued to learn about trust.
P.E.
We had a great dance session with South Ribble.
D.T.
We planned our Christmas card and decided whether we wanted a slider or a lever mechanism.
Science
We made the most of the frosty weather and went on a winter walk around the school grounds.
Golden Assembly
Star of the Week: Noah J
Super Learner: Evie B
Superstar Writer: Noah H
Bookworm: George and Ada G
Marvellous Mathematician: Isla-May
Special Mentions: Elsie and Connall for always being kind to everyone.
Year 5 blog Friday 21st November 2025
Date: 21st Nov 2025 @ 3:32pm
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 relate to the use of prefixes.
interact intercity international interrelated supermarket superman superstar antiseptic anticlockwise antisocial autobiography autograph interactive antidote antibiotic intersect superimpose
Counting
Count out loud in:
7’s up to 112 and back again 0, 7, 14 …
70’s from 210 to 770 and back again 210, 280, 350…
25’s from 0 to 575 and back again 0, 25, 50 …
Times Tables
Please keep practising your times tables. Everyone has their own targets, which the children should have noted on the top of their home spelling sheet.
Sumdog
Maths practise – individual challenge.
Spelling Challenge – practise sheets have been sent home and there is a practise test on Sumdog.
Year 5 have had another fantastic week of learning – well done!
In English the class have developed their skills in writing a balanced argument, based on the class novel, ‘Escape from Shangri-La’ by Michael Morpurgo. In their sports reporting session this week, the class focussed on a Paralympic athlete called Nathan Maguire who overcame great difficulties to succeed in sport.
In Maths Year 5 have started a new topic on multiples and factors. This is based on quick retrieval of basic times table and division knowledge.
In RE this week, Year 5 have been reading and discussing psalm 21, which is a song of praise for David and his victory over Goliath.
In Science, the class performed an experiment to examine and record the effects of water resistance on different shapes.
Year 5 also enjoyed participating in a dance festival this week as well as developing their hockey skills in PE this week.
Finally, the class have joined the rest of the school and around the world in a day to celebrate the CAFOD jubilee year of hope. They have joined a live lesson and created journals, reflecting on the theme of hope and how we as a school have participated in the mission. Another super week of learning Year 5!
Golden Assembly
Star of the Week – Sidney
Super Learners – Louie and Henry
Superstar Writer – Samuel
Bookworm - Josh M
Marvellous Mathematician - Maisie
Special Mention - Edward and Evelyn
Reception Blog - Friday 21st November 2025
Date: 21st Nov 2025 @ 3:30pm
Welcome to Reception's Friday Blog!
Phonics
This week we have been consolidating all of the sounds that we have learnt.
Drawing Club
In Drawing Club, we have continued listening to the story; ‘Coming to England.’
We have designed our own bedrooms.
Maths
This week we have been exploring the number 7.
RE
We have been learning about the word Advent and that it is a time when we wait for Jesus to come.
We listened to the story The Littlest Watchman and then we made our own class Advent Wreath.
Understanding the World
This week we have been using google maps to explore our capital city, London.
We also listened to the Queen’s Hat and spotted some of the landmarks.
PE
This week did hopping and skipping and travelling in different ways.
We have also taken part in the whole school dance festival. See the photos here.
Trip to the British Vehicle Museum
What a great trip we had today.
All of the children were extremely well behaved and enjoyed exploring all of the different vehicles.
A big thank you to everyone who came to our Maths Workshop.
If you could not attend, here is a copy of the presentation.
Year 4 Blog Friday 21st November 2025
Date: 21st Nov 2025 @ 1:02pm
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.
Can you find out the meaning of any new words in a dictionary?
Spellings
These are your spellings which will be tested next week – please practise them
inactive incorrect introvert insecure intake
immortal imperfect immature impossible impractical
implant impatient impose improper impartial
impunity impassive illegal illegible illogical
Counting
This week, please practise counting in 9’s
For example, start at 0 and count to 108 and back again
0 9 18 etc 108 99 90 etc
Then have a go at counting up in 9’s from a different number, for example 32 or 79
32 41 50 etc
79 88 97 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 ‘battle of the bands’ boys v girls
Sumdog challenges
A spelling challenge based on the words above
A maths challenge based on multiplication arrays and the 3, 4 and 8 times tables
Our Learning this Week
In English, we studied different front covers of the novel The Iron Man.
We then made predictions about the story and justified these with reasons why we had come to this conclusion.
In addition, we rewrote the beginning of the first chapter using powerful vocabulary and ideas from the novel.
In Maths, we started our new topic – multiplication. Initially, we used the ten times table to help us work out the 9 times and 11 times tables.
We then learnt how to use arrays to identify factors.
You can see some pictures of using counters to find factors in our gallery.
In RE, we made links between the words of Isaiah and the preaching of John the Baptist – creating symbols to show the links.
In addition, we discussed why we might hear the words of Isaiah and John the Baptist read out during Advent.
We then created a collage in our books which demonstrated the links we had found.
See our gallery for some examples.
In Science, we constructed and named the parts of a simple circuit.
We made a buzzer work and a motor spin as well as making 2 bulbs light up in the same circuit.
In Art, we continued with our 'exporing pattern' topic.
We were given a rule and created our own desgns from this.
Take a look in our gallery.
This week we also took part in a dance festival (see the pictures in our gallery) and practised our hockey skills in PE.
Golden Assembly
Star of the Week: Evelyn
Super Learner: Rory
Superstar Writer Oscar and Alexander
Bookworm: Lottie
Marvellous Mathematician: Violet Co
Special Mentions: Eliza and Francesca for beautiful artwork, Violet Ca for bringing in lots of examples of arrays!
The Year 4 team
Year 3 Friday 21st November 2025
Date: 21st Nov 2025 @ 11:39am
Welcome to your Friday Blog!
We have had a jam packed week of learning!
Home Practice
Keep changing your books regularly and read for at least 15-20 minutes every night!
Well done to everyone who completed their Sumdog challenges. Three new challenges have been added today. Remember, little and often every night will benefit your children with their learning in school. We have set a division challenge this week as we are learning all about division next week.
Try and do a little counting at home as well. This will promote number fluency and understanding. There are lots of counting games here at ictgames.com that we use in school. You will also find lots of counting songs on YouTube.
We have given out your home spellings to practice for next week's test. In our spelling lessons this week we have been revisiting our spelling strategies. We have been breaking our words into syllables to help us spell more accurately and using what we already know to spell new words. Your spellings this week all have mis and dis prefixes.
disappoint, disagree, disobey, misbehave, mislead, misspell, misunderstand, minubderstood, disobedient, misconduct, misdeed,
misfire, misguided, minuse, misspent, misplace, disgrace, disguise
This week in Year 3
In Maths, we’ve been getting to grips with the grid method and learning how to multiply two-digit numbers by one-digit numbers with confidence. The children have shown great resilience tackling these steps. We also introduced division, revisiting our Year 2 learning and setting a fun division challenge for everyone to have a go at. Super effort all round!
In English, we began our new and very exciting story, The Ice Palace. We were introduced to Ivan and the mysterious villain Starjik, which sparked some fantastic discussions. The children produced wonderful character descriptions and even wrote a brilliant retelling of the wolf attack. Super English this week, Year 3!
On Friday, we joined children from around the world to celebrate the Jubilee Year of Hope, taking part in the live lesson together. The class created thoughtful journals and designed beautiful bunting to display proudly in school. It was a lovely way to reflect on hope and community.
In Art, we continued our Drawing with Scissors collage topic. This week we focused on stencilling and explored the idea of negative space. The children worked so carefully to create their own stencils, resulting in some truly beautiful pieces of artwork.
We also took part in a fantastic dance festival with the South Ribble coaches this week. Everyone was brilliant, learning new moves, performing with confidence, and showing off their dance skills. Well done, Year 3!
In Computing, we explored flipbooks and how moving pictures are created. We talked about only moving one element at a time to keep the animation smooth, and the class had great fun trying it out. Next week, we’ll be using stop frame software to take our animations even further.
Star of the week - Frankie
Super Learner - George
Writer of the week - Isaac
Marvellous Mathematician - Grace
Bookworm - Melodie
Special Mentions - Dylan, for changing his book everyday this week!
Have an amazing weekend,
The Year 3 Team
Year 6 Blog - Friday 21st November 2025
Date: 20th Nov 2025 @ 8:03am
Welcome to the Year 6 weekly blog!
This week in Year 6
English
In English we have continued our unit on persuasive battle speeches. We edited our D-Day speeches and then researched all about the Battle of Britain for our own independent speeches. We imagined that we were Winston Churchill addressing the nation over the radio. We were all really proud of our work!
Maths
This week, we have continued our learning in algebra. We have learned how to express a missing number problem algebraically and find the value of a missing number. We have also explored how to find pairs of missing values with and without a total.
RE
In RE, we have explored how some women, inspired by Mary's 'yes' to God, may be inspired to become nuns. We researched about the Holy Order 'Sisters of Mercy' and created beautiful leaflets with what we discovered.
As part of the Jubilee Celebration day, we have written postcards of hope and also designed our own jubilee bunting.
Topic
In PSHE, we learned about rights and responsibilities and discussed the rights of a child.
In Science, we discovered how we see. We learned about the eye and how it works. We also discussed how we see because light reflects off objects and into our eyes. We made some amazing posters about what we had learned!
In Computing, we started our new topic on 3D modelling. We learned how to add shapes to our workspace and how to view a shape from different perspectives.
Home practice
Please complete the following tasks by Thursday:
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 may be changed on Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday.
Spelling -
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observant |
observance |
expectant |
frequently |
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hesitancy |
tolerant |
frequent |
confident |
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tolerance |
innocent |
confidence |
assistant |
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innocence |
hesitant |
assistance |
obedient |
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decent |
decency |
obedience |
expectancy |
Please practise these spellings this week. The rule to practise is use –ant and –ance/–ancy and use –ent and –ence/–ency
All spellings are on Sumdog to practise for our test on Friday.
Maths Challenges:
Sumdog
Counting:
This week I would like you to practise counting up and down in 0.2.
Choose a starting number and see how high or how low you can go!
Times Tables: This week there are 100 times table questions to practise on Sumdog!
Maths Task: This week's learning is to practise expressing missing number problems algebraically.
Golden Assembly
Well done to all our award winners in Golden Assembly this week!
Star of the Week - Xabier
Super Learner - Holly W
Superstar Writer - Zach M
Bookworm - Eliza W
Marvellous Mathematician - Ronnie
Special Mentions - Imogen, Zach O and Ebba and for amazing leaflets in RE.
Have a lovely weekend Year 6!
Year 2 Blog Friday 21st November 2025
Date: 18th Nov 2025 @ 9:53am
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.
Spelling: Please practise these spellings for your quiz on Friday (28.11.25):
clothes busy people water again
half money Mr Mrs parents
Sumdog: Complete the pictograms and spelling challenges.
Counting: Keep working on doubling and halving.
For example, double 1 is 2, double 8 is 16 or half of 50 is 25, half of 18 is 9.
Follow the link below to play 'Hit The Button' and practise doubling and halving.
You could also work on your 2, 5 and 10 times tables.
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
English
The Bear and the Piano by David Litchfield.
The children planned and wrote their own version of the story, so instead of The Bear and the Piano, we had a selection of interesting stories.
A few examples were; The dog and the Guitar, The Elephant and the Flute, The Gorilla and the Drum and The Giraffe and the Violin.
Maths
We have been learning how to interpret tables, pictograms and bar charts.
PE
We had a fun dance session with a visiting teacher from South Ribble Council.
The children were very quick to pick up the dance routine and showed great movement.
Geography
We continued our work on the seven continents and five oceans of the world.
We learnt more about the oceans as habitats and the kind of creatures you could find there.
RE
We re-read The Annunciation of Zechariah (John the Baptist) (Lk 1:5-20)
Next week, the children will rewrite the story and illustrate it beautifully.
The children are doing so well during our Nativity Play rehearsals.
It will not be long now - Tuesday 9th December.
Art
We learnt about the work of an artist called Xgaoc'o X'are
We experimented with drawing our own animals in his style.
D.T
We will be having our D.T Day soon. The children will be designing, building and evaluating a Tudor House.
Please could you send one or two small boxes into school (no bigger than a shoe box).
Golden Assembly
Star of the Week - Jessie H.
Super Learner - Freya
Superstar Writer - Huxley
Bookworm - Luca
Mathematician - Reuben
Special Mentions - Arianna for beautiful art
and Ella for being a kind friend
Year 3 Friday 14th November 2025
Date: 14th Nov 2025 @ 3:58pm
Welcome to your Friday blog
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We have had a brilliant week this week, with lots of new learning, some animation and a very hands on rock experiment.
Home Practice
Continue with your fantastic home reading. Everyone is making amazing progress this year and this is down to your great home reading and regular practise!
This week we have set 3 challenges on Sumdog. Good Luck!
Make sure you also go on your fluency booster regularly to keep improving on those difficult skills.
Your spellings this week are from the statutory Year 3/4 spelling list. Use syllables and find the tricky bits to learn these. Choose 2 or 3 a day to work on.
This week in Year 3
We have had another fantastic week in Year 3 with lots of creativity, curiosity and brilliant learning on show.
In English, we completed our wordless adventure story Quest by Aaron Becker. The children have absolutely loved this series and have been so inspired by the incredible illustrations. Using the story as a guide, the class planned and wrote their own adventure tales filled with danger, imagination and heroic moments. Their ideas were amazing. You can see some wonderful examples of their writing in our gallery.
In Maths, we learned how to use the grid method for multiplication. The children showed great resilience as they got to grips with this new layout, and many of them were confidently tackling larger calculations by the end of the week. It has been brilliant to see their understanding grow.
In RE, we revisited the Mass and explored some of the important signs and symbols that help us understand its meaning. The children shared some thoughtful ideas and asked excellent questions about why each part of the Mass is so special within our faith.
In Science, we continued our work on rocks by investigating their uses and testing them for hardness, durability and impermeability. The children loved being hands-on scientists and were full of questions as they explored each sample. We definitely have some budding geologists in the class! Take a look at our gallery to see some of the investigations in action.
In Art, we began our new topic called Drawing with Scissors. The children learned how artists use stencils and collage to create shapes, patterns and bold designs. They made a fantastic start, experimenting with cutting techniques and layering. Some of their first pieces are already in our galleries for you to enjoy.
Finally, in Computing, we explored an AI animation tool. The class had to crop their own creations, attach a digital ‘skeleton’ and then bring their characters to life with movement. They were completely absorbed in the process and produced some brilliant animations. Amazing work, Year 3!
Star of the week - Noa
Super Learner - Jonah
Writer of the week - Dylan
Marvellous Mathematician - Florence
Bookworm - Harrison
Special Mentions - Amelia C for setting a fantastic example to others
A wonderful week all round. Well done everyone!
The Year 3 team
Year 5 blog - Friday 14th November 2025
Date: 14th Nov 2025 @ 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 relate to the use of prefixes.
disappoint, disagree, disobey, misbehave, mislead, misspell, inactive, incorrect, illegal, misunderstood, inaction, invisible, misplace, impossible, unable, unaware, midday
Counting
Count out loud in:
4’s up to 112 and back again 0, 4, 8 …
40’s from 160 to 520 and back again 160, 200, 240…
100’s from 11,200 backwards to 8,000 11,200, 11,100, 11,000…
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.
Year 5 have had another great week of learning, not to mention all the rehearsing – well done!
In English the class have continued to read and discuss the class novel, ‘Escape from Shangri-La’ by Michael Morpurgo. They also thoroughly enjoyed developing their writing skills as sports journalists with Gareth from Literary Kicks. He will be visiting Year 5 every week until Christmas.
In Maths Year 5 have been continuing to practise their measuring skills, including working out the perimeter of various irregular, multi-sided shapes. Everyone tried really hard to be accurate with this.
In RE this week, Year 5 have been reading and discussing the bible story about David and Goliath and how David’s absolute faith in God ensured that he defeated Goliath and protected God’s people from slavery.
Finally, the class have been discussing what it means to be a true friend and what to do when things get tricky in relationships. They have been very positive and resilient in practising their friendship assembly and it was very heart warming to see them all perform so well. A huge well done Year 5!
Golden stars this week
Star of the Week – Trudy
Super Learner – Elena and Henry
Superstar Writer – Tiffany
Bookworm - Caleb
Marvellous Mathematician - Mark
Special Mention - Elena for helping in class and all of Year 5 for their superb behaviour and attitude at Rock and River.
Year 1 Blog - Friday 14th November 2025
Date: 14th Nov 2025 @ 3:22pm
Home Practice - Sumdog
Maths challenge - Ordering numbers
Phonics challenge - Set words depending on phonics groups
Counting – Can you count in 2s to 20?
Reading - Please try and read at least three times a week.
Please remember to bring book bags each day.
English
This week we read the story 'How to Catch a Star' by Oliver Jeffers. We used the connective 'but' in our sentences, drew a story map and re-wrote the story by ourselves.
Phonics
Some of us have started to learn the phase 3 digraphs.
Some of us have continued to recap the phase 3 trigraphs.
Some of us recapped the split digraphs that we have learnt up to now and then learnt the split digraph o_e in stone.
Maths
We compared length using 'longer' and 'shorter' and compared height using 'taller' and 'shorter'.
R.E.
We read The Visitation story and spoke about how Angel Gabriel told Mary that her cousin Elizabeth was also going to have a baby. We wrote in speech bubbles and learnt the Hail Mary together.
In our 'Celebration of the Word' we focused on two words - trust and faith. We realised that they are quite similar and that we need to trust people, just like God trusts us.
P.S.H.E.
We talked about how we have a busy place, a middle place and a happy place. We drew pictures of our happy place.
P.E.
We learnt how to mirror each other's movements whilst pretending to be a robot.
We also had a brilliant session from Freddy Fit!
Art
We drew flowers on top of our handprints from last week. They look amazing!
Science
We sorted animals into their groups (mammals, birds, amphibians, reptiles, insects and fish).
History
We compared toys from the present-day. We wrote what was the same about them and what was different.
Golden Assembly
Star of the Week: Ada C and Ada G
Super Learner: Jack
Superstar Writer: Thomas
Bookworm: Noah B
Marvellous Mathematician: Indie
Special Mentions: Lucas and Felicity for their flower sketching in Art.
Reception Blog - Friday 14th November 2025
Date: 14th Nov 2025 @ 1:48pm
Welcome to Reception's Friday Blog!
Phonics
This week we learnt the new sounds; r, h and b.
Drwing Club
In Drawing Club, we listened to the story; ‘Coming to England.’ It is all about Floella’s long journey to England on a boat. We have planned what we would pack in our suitcases if we took a long journey.
Maths
This week we explored the number 6.
RE
We spoke about our mothers again and how important they are.
We then learnt about Jesus’ Mother, Mary.
Understanding the World
This week we used google maps to explore and talk about where we live (United Kingdom). We had a look for the Spar and Booths.
PE
We had a great session with Freddy Fit this week, doing lots of fitness exercises and talking about healthy eating.
Golden Assembly
Star of the Week – Rosie
Super Learner – Joey
Superstar Writer – Erin
Bookworm – Henry W
Mathematician – Henry B
Special Mention – Caleb and Cameron – for being great friends to everyone.
Year 4 Blog Friday 14th November 2025
Date: 14th Nov 2025 @ 1:47pm
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.
Can you summarise what you have read previously or make a prediction about what you think will happen next?
Spellings
These are your spellings which will be tested next week – please practise them
perhaps popular position possess possession
possible pressure probably promise purpose
quarter recent regular reign remember
sentence potatoes question separate special straight
Counting
This week, please practise counting in 9’s
For example, start at 0 and count to 108 and back again
0 9 18 etc 108 99 90 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
Sumdog challenges
A spelling challenge based on the words above
A maths challenge based on the formal written method of column subtraction
Our Learning this week
In English, we learnt more about subordinating conjunctions and practised using them at the beginning of a sentence.
We needed to remember to include a comma after the subordinate clause.
Have a look at some ‘human sentences’ in our gallery.
In Maths, we revised and learnt more about the formal written method of subtraction.
We subtracted 4 digit numbers from 4 digit numbers, including exchanging.
In RE, we read Matthew 3:1-12 and Mark 1:1-8 which both introduce John the Baptist.
We discussed John the Baptist’s message and what he was wearing, and considered how this was similar in style to the prophet Elijah.
In Science, we constructed and named the different parts of a simple circuit – these are the words we used – motor, bulb, crocodile clips, wires, battery or cell, buzzer, and switch.
See our gallery for some pictures of a simple circuit to light a bulb.
In Art, we continued our topic ‘Exploring Pattern’.
We were given a ‘rule’ and then followed and developed our own pattern from this.
Take a look in our gallery for some examples.
In Geography, we discussed and explained what a river is.
We found out that river usually begins high up on a hill or mountain and the water then flows downhill due to gravity.
The river then grows in size as other streams feed into it.
Finally, the river water flows into the sea or a large lake – this is the mouth of the river and where the journey ends.
This week we were also visited by Freddy Fit.
We enjoyed being put through our paces with fun workouts, and learning how to keep our minds and bodies fit and healthy.
Have a look at some pictures in our gallery.
Golden Assembly
Star of the Week: Mia
Super Learner: Noah
Superstar Writer: Heidi
Bookworm: Annie
Marvellous Mathematician: Rowan
Special Mentions: Drew – for working her socks off with a smile on her face
The Year 4 team
Year 6 Blog - Friday 14th November 2025
Date: 13th Nov 2025 @ 1:38pm
Welcome to the Year 6 weekly blog!
This week in Year 6
English
In English we have been learning all about how to write a persuasive battle speech. We have investigated what features a persuasive speech needs to have to be effective and applied these to our own writing. We have also researched D-Day, so that we could understand the context for our writing. We have worked hard to write in role as a captain inspiring his men before the battle.
Maths
This week, we have completed our fractions unit by learning how to find a fraction of an amount by dividing by the denominator and multiplying by the numerator. We have also investigated how to find a percentage of a number. In our new algebra topic, we have found missing values by comparing similarities and differences.
RE
In RE, we have shared the Magnificat together. We created some beautiful artwork inspired by Mary's message that God's love can turn the world upside down! We also listened to different songs based on the Magnificat and discussed how they linked to Luke's gospel.
Topic
In History, we learned about the home front in WW2. We researched all about rationing, evacuation and the role of women to create some amazing information texts.
In Computing, we discussed what was acceptable to share online and how we could react to different scenarios of information being shared.
This week, we also all participated in a 'Freddie Fit' session. We enjoyed keeping fit and working on our teamwork skills.
Home practice
Please complete the following tasks by Thursday:
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 may be changed on Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday.
Spelling -
|
vicious |
conscious |
malicious |
suspicious |
|
fictitious |
infectious |
nutritious |
cautious |
|
precious |
ambitious |
ferocious |
gracious |
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spacious |
scrumptious |
vivacious |
anxious |
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delicious |
tenacious |
superstitious |
pretentious |
Please practise these spellings this week. The rule to practise is looking at -cious and and -tious endings.
All spellings are on Sumdog to practise for our test on Friday.
Maths Challenges:
Sumdog
Counting:
This week I would like you to practise counting in multiples.
Draw a numberline and choose a starting number. Then choose a times table. How far can you count up in your multiples?
Times Tables: This week there are 100 times table questions to practise on Sumdog!
Maths Task: This week's learning is to practise your learning on fractions.
Golden Assembly
Well done to all our award winners in Golden Assembly this week!
Star of the Week - Bella
Super Learner - William
Superstar Writer - Imogen
Bookworm - Sam
Marvellous Mathematician - Edison
Special Mentions - Alfie G: for working hard in our History research on WW2.
Have a wonderful weekend Year 6!
Year 2 Blog Friday 14th November 2025
Date: 13th Nov 2025 @ 1:03pm
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.
Spelling: Please practise these spellings for your quiz on Friday (21.11.25):
improve sure sugar eye could
should would who whole any
Sumdog: Complete the multiplication - arrays and spelling challenges.
Counting: We still need to work on doubling and halving so at home count doubles and halves.
For example, double 1 is 2, double 8 is 16 or half of 50 is 25, half of 18 is 9.
Follow the link below to play 'Hit The Button' and practise doubling and halving.
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
English
The Bear and the Piano by David Litchfield.
The children wrote a setting description about Bear's forest using super noun phrases. For example - tall, bushy trees, crunchy, brown leaves or bright, sparkling sun.
We also wrote a letter to Bear to help him decide if he should stay in his forest or move to the big city.
Maths
We learnt about multiplication as repeated addition and arrays. Our knowledge of doubling helped us with this.
We also learnt about the pattern of 2s, 5s and 10s.
We had a fun fitness session with Freddy.
The children were full of energy and excitement, joining in with motivational music and games.
Geography
We continued our work on the seven continents and five oceans of the world.
We also discussed North, South, East and West and worked out which continent was north of Africa etc.
History
We learnt more about Remembrance day, made poppies and wrote our own poppy poems.
RE
We read The Annunciation of Zechariah (John the Baptist) (Lk 1:5-20)
The children got into groups of three and acted out the story.
It has been so exciting auditioning, choosing our parts and learning all the songs/actions for our Nativity Play.
Science
We learnt about how baby adults grow into adult animals and the different names, for example, a lamb grows into a sheep.
Art
We learnt about small drawing this week. We carefully looked at small objects and drew them in pencil. We thought carefully about how our wrists move when drawing and how important it is to keep looking at what we are drawing.
Golden Assembly
Star of the Week - Hannah
Super Learner - Jaxon
Superstar Writer - Luca
Bookworm - Seb
Mathematician - Joshua W.
Special Mentions - Honey for thoughtful RE
and Buzz for beng a great friend.
Everyone looked briliant today in their Children In Need outfits.
Thank you for supporting this.
Year 5 Friday blog 7th November 2025
Date: 7th Nov 2025 @ 4:48pm
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: -
available, average, awkward, bargain, bruise, category, cemetery, committee, competition, conscience, conscious, controversy, convenience, correspond, criticise, curiosity, definite, desperate
Counting
Count out loud in:
8’s up to 160 and back again 0, 8, 16 …
40’s from 160 to 520 and back again 160, 200, 240…
250’s from 3250 backwards to 1250 3250, 3000, 2750…
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 had a fabulous week of learning and have put in 100% positive effort – well done!
In English the class have started a new class novel called ‘Escape from Shangri-La’ by Michael Morpurgo. Everyone enjoyed writing a diary entry by Cessie, about her first meeting with her long lost grandfather.
In Maths Year 5 have been practising measuring angles, using protractors, as well as naming acute, obtuse and reflex angles.
Year 5 have been learning about David the shepherd boy, who was chosen to become king by God. They have been discussing what it is that God saw in David’s heart which made him choose him.
Finally, the class enjoyed a fantastic day out at Rock and River - working in teams on the water, competing against each other in archery and developing their climbing skills on the tower and on the ropes course. Year 5 behaved brilliantly and everyone showed real positivity and enthusiasm for each activity. Well done Year 5!
Special mention this week – Mark Cooke
Mark came third out of 2,491 entrants in Lancashire in the regional Sumdog competition – a fantastic achievement. Well done Mark!
Year 1 Blog - Friday 7th November 2025
Date: 7th Nov 2025 @ 3:34pm
Home Practice - Sumdog
Maths challenge - Fewer, more, the same
Phonics challenge - Set words depending on phonics groups
Counting – Can you count in 5s to 50?
Reading - Please try and read at least three times a week.
Please remember to bring book bags each day.
English
This week we read the story of Bob - the man on the moon. Bob's job is to clean the moon as pesky aliens kept making it dirty! We used adjectives and verbs to describe our own alien, then we ordered the story, focusing on using the days of the week in the correct order. See our pictures here.
We also wrote our own firework poems using onomatopoeia sounds.
Phonics
Some of us started phase 3, focusing on the single letter sounds - j, w, v, x, y and z.
Some of us have recapped the phase 3 trigraphs.
Some of us started to learn the split digraphs - a_e in game, e_e in Eve and i_e in slime.
Maths
We have been comparing numbers using the vocabulary of 'more', 'fewer' and 'equal to'.
We also practised our number formation. See our pictures here.
R.E.
We read the Annunciation story where Angel Gabriel visited Mary to tell her about Jesus. We role played the story in groups and talked about how Mary might have felt.
In our 'Celebration of theWord' we focused on Jesus stating that Church is a special place to go to, which is for praying and for talking to God.
P.S.H.E.
We talked our how we all have a 'busy place' that our brain goes to when we are worried or scared. We thought of different things that we could do to get back to our 'happy place'.
Art
We printed handprints in our sketchbooks using a layering technique.
Science
We identified different animals.
History
We explored the differences between toys from the past and the present.
Golden Assembly
Star of the Week: Zara
Super Learner: Noah J
Superstar Writer: Felicity
Bookworm: Elsie
Marvellous Mathematician: Hartley
Special Mentions: Evie E and Rupert - for their fantastic artwork
Year 3 Friday Blog 7th November 2025
Date: 7th Nov 2025 @ 2:20pm
Welcome to your Friday Blog
What a lovely first week back it has been in Year 3! The children have settled back into school life beautifully and are already working hard in our second half-term together. We have also begun preparing for our Advent Assembly, which will take place in a couple of weeks. The children are very excited to start learning and practising their songs.
Home practice
Continue with all your brilliant home reading. We have a huge selection of books at school so if you want to have some more, just let us know through the reading diary.
This week we have set 3 Sumdog challenges. Try and spread this practice through the week as regular practice will have a bigger impact on your child's future learning. We have been learning all about multiplication this week and the 4 times table in maths. Here is a song we will be singing in the weeks ahead.
Your spellings this week are a recap on our Key Stage 1 common words.
would could should because said friend hear here where were people knight night father mother beautiful water children
This Week in Year 3
In English, we have started reading Journey by Aaron Becker, a stunning wordless picture book that tells the adventures of a young girl armed only with her imagination and a red crayon. The children have been putting words to the story and creating some truly fantastic sentences. Next week, we will move on to the sequel Quest and begin exploring descriptive writing and sentence starters to make our writing even more exciting.
In Maths, we have been learning all about multiplication and how to use pattern spotting to solve problems efficiently. We have also introduced the 4 times table, and the children have shown great determination in tackling these new facts. Next week, we will be learning how to use the grid method to help us multiply larger numbers, an exciting next step.
Our new Science topic is Rocks, and the children loved investigating different types of rocks and exploring their features. We discovered what makes each rock unique and created some brilliant informative posters to showcase our learning.
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In RE, we have started our new topic, Prophecy and Promise, by learning about the day of rest and the importance of the Mass. Throughout this half term, we will also be reflecting on the season of Advent and preparing our hearts for Christmas.
Finally, in PE, we have kicked off our new hockey unit. The children have enjoyed learning how to control the ball, move with precision and work as a team during our mini-games.
Golden Assembly
Star of the week - Elyse
Super Learner - Adam
Writer of the week - Henry Y
Marvellous Mathematician - George
Bookworm - Zack W
Special Mentions - Lydia, Noa and Rose for showing kindness on the playground.
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A brilliant start to the half term, Year 3. Keep up the amazing work!
The Year 3 team
Reception Blog - Friday 7th November 2025
Date: 7th Nov 2025 @ 12:44pm
Welcome to Reception's Friday Blog!
What a great first week back we have had!
Phonics
This week we have been learning the new sounds; ck, e and u. We have been talking about words with them in, for example sock, egg and umbrella.
Drawing Club
In Drawing Club, we have been listening to the story; ‘What’s in the Witch's Kitchen?’
We have been drawing our own witch and thinking of things which could be in her kitchen.
Maths
This week we have been exploring the number 5.
RE
This week we have been recapping the Bible and what it is for.
Then we began to talk about mothers and how important they are.
Understanding the World
This week we have been understanding the meaning of Remembrance Day.
We have made our own poppy, to show a symbol of peace.
Expressive Art and Design
This week we have been making our own firework pictures.
PE
We have been practising skipping and making our own dances to the music of Toy Story.
Outdoor Learning Day
This week we had an outdoor learning day and planted poppy seeds.
We can't wait to watch them grow!
Golden Assembly
Star of the Week – Maeve
Super Learner – Jenson
Superstar Writer – Arabella
Bookworm – Elijah
Mathematician – Lucie
Special Mention – Louie, for his fantastic poppy art.
Year 2 Blog Friday 7th November 2025
Date: 7th Nov 2025 @ 11:14am
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.
Spelling: Please practise these spellings for your quiz on Friday (14.11.25):
father class grass pass plant
path bath hour move prove
Sumdog: Complete the multiplication and spelling challenges.
Counting: At home, count doubles and halves. For example double 1 is 2, double 8 is 16 or half of 50 is 25, half of 18 is 9.
Follow the link below to play 'Hit The Button' and practise doubling and halving.
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
English
We started learning through our new book, The Bear and the Piano by David Litchfield.
The bear's beautiful music takes him to amazing and wonderful places in his imagination.
We wrote a description about Bear using great adjectives and we tried to describe what Bear looks like physically but also describe his character/personality.
Maths
We learned about 3D shapes this week. The children can name and talk about their properties.
PE
We are doing dance this half term and it is linked to The Great Fire of London.
The children were moving very energetically, just like flames of fire.
Geography
The children looked at the map of the world and thought about our location in the world.
They learnt that we live in the Northern Hemisphere, Europe, England, Preston and our own village or area.
History
We learnt more about the story of the Gunpowder Plot and wrote our own version of the poem 'Remember, remember the fifth of November.'
RE
We read Isaiah (9:1-2) and thought about light and darkness in relation to Jesus and his different titles.
The children responded creatively decorationg their own lightbulbs with the different names of Jesus.
Golden Assembly
Star of the Week - Emma
Super Learner - Nelly
Superstar Writer - Jesse F.
Bookworm - Faisal
Mathematician - Izzy
Special Mentions - Lara and Luca for their art
and Jessie H. for putting 100% effort into all her learning.
Year 4 Blog Friday 7th November 2025
Date: 6th Nov 2025 @ 3:34pm
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.
Can you spot any conjunctions when you are reading? Are they coordinating or subordinating conjunctions?
Spellings
These are your spellings which will be tested next week – please practise them
would could should because said
hear here where were people
night knight father friend mother
children water too two beautiful went
Counting
This week, please practise counting in 6’s
For example, start at 0 and count to 72 and back again
0 6 12 etc 72 66 60 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
Sumdog challenges
A spelling challenge based on the words above
A maths challenge based on the formal written method of column addition
Our Learning this week
In English, we learnt about subordinating conjunctions – how to identify them in a sentence, where they are used and what their job is.
We also learnt an acronym to help us remember some subordinating conjunctions (AWhITEBUS).
In Maths, we revised and learnt more about the formal written method of addition.
We added 4 digit numbers together, including exchanging.
We then extended our learning to identify missing digits in column addition calculations.
In RE, we started our new topic – Prophecy and Promise.
We began by showing an understanding of what a prophet is, drawing on Elijah as an example and retelling the story of Elijah’s encounter with God using symbols.
You can see some examples of our work in our gallery.
In Geography, we learnt about the water cycle and how water travels around our world.
We watched a video to explain the journey of a water droplet and then labelled a diagram to show our understanding using some new vocabulary – evaporation, condensation, groundwater and precipitation.
In Science, we started our new topic by creating a mind map of what we already know about electricity.
We also discussed key vocabulary and the electrical appliances we use at home and at school.
We learnt that big appliances usually need to be plugged in and run on electricity whilst smaller appliances (which are often portable) can be powered by batteries.
In P.S.H.E, we learnt more about managing emotions and practising strategies to calm ourselves down.
We explored our 3 key places and identified and talked about who our trusted adults are – people we can turn to when we wish to share our feelings.
In Art, we started our new topic ‘Exploring Pattern’.
We started by making a sensory drawing using a needle.
Take a look at some examples in our gallery.
This week, we also enjoyed outdoor learning with leaves.
Have a look at the pictures in our gallery.
Golden Assembly
Star of the week: Albie
Super Learner: Drew
Superstar Writer: Jessica
Bookworm: Alexander
Mathematician: Oliver
Special Mentions: Eddie Year 6 for beautiful manners around school
Alice and Rudy for excellent knowledge about the water cycle in geography
The Year 4 team
Year 6 Blog - Friday 7th November 2025
Date: 6th Nov 2025 @ 8:02am
Welcome to the Year 6 weekly blog!
This week in Year 6
English
In English we have started our new novel, 'When The Sky Falls'. We have used our inference skills to explore what the themes of the book could be from the front cover and blurb. We have also explored what features an evacuee letter by reading WW2 letters from an evacuee to her parents. We then used our knowledge to help us write in role as Joseph to his Gran.
Maths
This week, we have started a new topic all about fractions. We have learned how to use common multiples to convert fractions so that they have the same denominator. We also learned how to use common factors to simplify fractions. We then applied this knowledge to add and subtract fractions.
RE
In RE, we have started our new topic 'Prophecy and Promise'. We have shared the story of the Annunciation in both Matthew's and Luke's gospel and compared the intent of each author in their writing.
Topic
In History, we learned about how Britain reacted to the start of WW2. We discussed the home front and created our own WW2 propaganda posters!
In Science, we started our new topic all about light. We investigated how light travels and discovered that it only ever travels in straight lines.
In French, we started our new topic about how to say the time. We learned the vocabulary of how to say each hour - Il est une heure / Il est deux heures / Il est trois heures etc.
In P.E., we started our new topic of hockey. We recapped how to hold and use the hockey stick correctly. We then practised passing in a relay game, as well as passing between a group of four - making sure to stop the ball before passing. After this, we paired up to do an accurate power pass through a set of cones. After six successful passes, we could take a further step back. See our gallery for some photos!
Home practice
Please complete the following tasks by Thursday:
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 may be changed on Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday.
Spelling -
|
adorable |
applicable |
considerable |
tolerable |
|
changeable |
forcible |
horrible |
noticeable |
|
legible |
dependable |
sensible |
comfortable |
|
understandable |
reliable |
incredible |
enjoyable |
|
reasonable |
possible |
visible |
acceptable |
Please practise these spellings this week. The rule to practise is looking at -able and -ible endings.
All spellings are on Sumdog to practise for our test on Friday.
Maths Challenges:
Sumdog
Counting:
This week I would like you to practise counting in 0.5 and 0.05, like we have done in class together.
Draw a numberline and choose a starting number, Count in 0.5 or 0.05. How far can you go?
Times Tables: This week there are 100 times table questions to practise on Sumdog!
Maths Task: This week there are 50 questions about equivalent fractions, adding and subtracting fractions.
Golden Assembly
Well done to all our award winners in Golden Assembly this week!
Star of the Week - Holly W
Super Learner - Joe
Superstar Writer - Tommy and Darcey
Bookworm - Elia M
Marvellous Mathematician - Willow
Special Mentions - Libby and Florence - for perseverance in PE.
The Football Team for their amazing performance!
Have a wonderful weekend Year 6!
Year 1 Blog - Thursday 23rd October 2025
Date: 23rd Oct 2025 @ 3:48pm
Home Practice - Sumdog
Maths challanges - One more and one less
Counting – Can you count in 10s to 50 forwards and backwards?
Reading - Please try and read at least three times a week.
Please remember to bring book bags each day.
English
This week we read a new Winnie story - Winnie's Haunted House.
We focused on using bossy (imperative) verbs to write a set of instructions for making a potion. We identified different verbs, wrote a group set of instructions and then our own.
We also had a brilliant time at the library!
Phonics
This week, we all focused on tricky words and recognising all of the phase 2 and 3 sounds.
Maths
We continued to recognise numbers between 20 and 30.
We completed another arithmetic using cubes to help us to count.
R.E.
We read Laudato Si and wrote sentences explaining how we can look after our world
In Prayer and Liturgy we focused on kindness, linking into our RE. We talked about kind words and how we can be kind by praying.
Computing
We had our first online safety lesson. We talked about why we need to ask permission to do certain things online.
Art
We made Winnie pictures with pastels.
Science
We compared ourselves to our friends. We used the words 'same' and 'different'.
Geography
We labelled our own maps.
Golden Assembly
Star of the Week: Imogen
Super Learner: Ariana
Superstar Writer: Stan
Bookworm: Jack
Marvellous Mathematician: Noah B
Special Mentions: Isaac and Rory for spotting symbols on a map in Geography.
Have a great half term and we will see you back on the 3rd of November.
Year 5 blog Thursday 23rd October 2025
Date: 23rd Oct 2025 @ 3:44pm
Welcome to your Friday Blog
Year 5 have had a fabulous week of learning and have kept trying right to the end of half term – well done!
In English the class finished the class novel and wrote a detailed book review. They also continued to practise their relative clauses and use of apostrophes.
In Maths Year 5 have been learning to read and interpret tables of data, as well as revising place value and arithmetic methods!
Thank you to everyone in Year 5 who has brought in shoebox donations for other children in need in Preston. Donations are still welcome until 7th November. The class have reflected and prayed for this week for those in real need and who are displaced from their homes.
In PE, the class were joined by Mr Hough and everyone enjoyed showing him their skills in defence team games. He was most impressed!
There is no home learning set for half term. I hope you all have a lovely half term holiday. See you back at school on Monday 3rd November .
Golden stars this week
Star of the Week – Madelaina
Super Learner – Ada-May
Superstar Writer – Brooke
Bookworm - Louie
Marvellous Mathematician - Evangeline
Special Mention - Franco and Louie
Reception Blog - Thursday 23rd October 2025
Date: 23rd Oct 2025 @ 1:47pm
Welcome to Reception's Friday Blog!
Phonics
This week we have been learning the new sounds; o, c and k.
Drawing Club
In Drawing Club, we have continued to listen to different versions of the Jack and the Beanstalk.
We have thought of new treasure for the giant to have in his castle.
Maths
This week we have continued to build number land.
We have been looking at and discussing the number 4.
RE
This week we have been learning about Diwali and the Festival of Light.
We have been designing our own Mehndi and Rangoli patterns.
Understanding the World
This week we have been testing our sense of smell. We had items hidden in cups. We had to guess what it was without seeing it. Some of it was really smelly.
Expressive Art and Design
This week we have been decorating pumpkins. We had to mix our own orange and used our knowledge of the primary colours from last week!
PE
We have had a brilliant session of Yoga with Hannah this week. It was spooky yoga.
Golden Assembly
Star of the Week – Elsi
Super Learner – Luca
Superstar Writer – George
Bookworm – Elise
Mathematician – Ella
What a fantastic 8 weeks we have had in school! We have all done incredibly well.
We hope that you have a restful half term and we will see you in November!
Year 3 Blog Thursday 23rd October 2025
Date: 23rd Oct 2025 @ 1:43pm
Welcome to your final blog of the half term!
This week in Year 3:
In RE, we learned all about Laudato Si’ and how Pope Francis encourages us to care for God’s creation. We compared the lives and messages of Pope Francis and St Francis of Assisi, spotting many similarities in their love for nature and people.
In English, we finished our story Stone Age Boy. The children wrote their own versions of the exciting hunt scene and shared their brilliant writing with eachother. We used speech to bring our stories to life and included some fantastic action sentences. Well done, Year 3!
In Maths, we have worked hard on our number facts, making all the numbers to 20 and improving our recall speed. We were the top class at St Oswald’s and finished in the top 20 in Lancashire in the North West Contest. An amazing achievement!
In PE, we practised our throwing and catching skills with a game of benchball. Everyone joined in brilliantly, showed great teamwork and learned the rules very quickly.
Golden Assembly
Star of the week - Teddy
Super Learner - Charlie
Writer of the week - Harper
Marvellous Mathematician - Melodie
Bookworm - Leo
Special Mentions - All of Year 3 for their fantastic effort in the Lancashire Sumdog competition
Well done for a super half term, Year 3. You have worked so hard and should be very proud of everything you have achieved! Have a lovely and restful break.
The Year 3 team