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Reception Blog - 22nd May 2026
Date: 22nd May 2026 @ 3:36pm
Welcome to Reception’s Blog
Drawing Club
We read ‘Aliens Love Underpants’ by Claire Freedman and Ben Cort and we wrote a letter to the Aliens telling them that we had designed and made some underpants for them. We will be taking our letter home so that they do not take OUR underpants!
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RE
We have been discussing how the Good News of Jesus was lived out by early Christians.
We concentrated on discussing kind deeds so that others wanted to join the Christian community
Maths
This week we have cemented our previous learning about teen numbers with practical activities which have demonstrated our knowledge.
We have reiterated that a teen number is ‘one ten and ….. more’.
Understanding the World - History
In History, we compared monarchs from history such as Queen Elizabeth II with our current King Charles. We noticed that although the person has changed throughout history, the symbols of monarchy have remained the same with the same crown being used at the Coronation since 1661 when it was made for King Charles II.
Expressive Art and Design
This week in Art and Design we have designed and decorated our own underpants following the reading of ‘Aliens Love Underpants’ by Claire Freedman and Ben Cort.
PE
This week we have focussed on practising for our Sports Day which we held on Wednesday this week. During our Sports Day we raced in a Bean Bag relay, a Sack race, an Egg and Spoon race, we had a throwing challenge a Teddy Bear race and a running race. Not only did we do all this to an audience for the first time on Wednesday afternoon but we also completed all the races in the morning for our practice.
Look on our YouTube Channel St Oswald's TV for a video of our Sports Day!
PSHE
Once again, we undertook our Right Start programme this week. We finished our course and each child was given a certificate on completion. We now know how to Stop, Look and Listen before crossing a road safely.
We have also been learning about goal setting and we are setting our own goals for growth.
Forest School
We worked in our log circle. We put the elastic bands onto the frame. This is really good for developing our fine motor skills. We were allowed to pick grasses, flowers and leaves to make our weaving. We also did some den building,measuring,mud cooking and bug hunting.
Golden Assembly
Star of the week - Phoebe
Super Learner - Chester
Superstar Writer – Henry W
Bookworm - Elsi
Marvellous Mathematician – Arabella
Year 5 blog Friday 22nd May 2026
Date: 22nd May 2026 @ 3:33pm
Welcome to your Friday Blog
Home Practice
Year 5 have enjoyed lots of indoor and outdoor learning this week and have worked really hard – well done Year 5!
In English Year 5 finished their novel, Edward Tulane, and ended by writing a poem as Edward. They then performed their poem outside for other members of the class.
In Maths Year 5 have been developing their interpretation skills by analysing various types of tables and charts and answering questions about the data they showed. They also continued their geometry topic by making 3d shapes and working out the volume of them. There were some quite tricky shapes but everybody persevered and gave 100% effort.
In RE this week, Year 5 have been exploring discipleship by learning about the lives of Mary, St Francis and St Clare. They were also able to reflect on how they could be good disciples in their own lives.
Finally, Year 5 finished their art houses and successfully created intricate features for their homes, working in small groups collaboratively.
Well done Year 5 for a fantastic week of learning!
Golden stars this week
Star of the Week – Archie S
Super Learners – Archie P
Superstar Writer – Madelaina
Bookworm - Louie
Marvellous Mathematician - Jack
Special Mention – Josh M and Joni
Year 4 Blog Friday 22nd May 2026
Date: 22nd May 2026 @ 1:16pm
Welcome to the last blog of this half term
Home practice
Reading
Please keep reading for 20 minutes each evening to an adult at home.
Try and use lots of expression in your reading and different voices for the different characters.
Spellings
As it is half term, there are no spellings this week.
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
Please keep practising your tables over half term.
We will be taking part in the Multiplication Tables Check when you return after the holiday.
You can access TTRockstars Soundcheck to help
OR
You can practise your tables on TTRockstars, Hit the Button and timestables.co.uk
There is also a similar Multiplication Tables Check on timestables.co.uk
If you practise for 5 minutes every night, you will see a big improvement in your tables fluency.
Sumdog challenges
- There are no Sumdog challenges as it is half term.
Our learning this week
In English, we read ‘The Day the Crayons Quit’.
We wrote an argument between the yellow and the orange crayon using speech bubbles.
Following this, we wrote the dialogue using inverted commas (speech marks).
We also thought of lots of different word to describe how the crayons spoke to each other (eg growled, roared, questioned etc).
In Maths, we learnt more about shapes and their properties – we used the words vertices, equal, parallel and perpendicular to help with our descriptions of different shapes.
We also focussed on finding diagonals in a shape (diagonals are straight lines which join the vertices of a polygon that are not next to each other).
This week, we also learnt how to describe and plot coordinates.
We extended our learning to complete a polygon on a coordinate grid.
In RE, we showed an understanding that May is the special month of Mary, and that Mary is the Mother of the Church and Queen of Heaven.
We discussed different artists pictures of Mary and then created our own artistic creations.
In PSHE, we discussed what we ‘engage’ in. We then learnt how we can help ourselves to feel good.
In Science, we recapped the functions of the main organs.
We then completed a diagram to demonstrate our learning about the digestive system and how food travels through the body and how it is digested!
In History, we studied 4 Ancient Greek Urns. We made observations about the pictures on the urns and concluded what it tells us about life in Ancient Greek times.
In Geography, we started our new topic – Greece.
We began by using an atlas to find out where Greece is.
We then used the atlas to discover which 4 countries border Greece and which 3 seas are around Greece.
We labelled these on a map as well as the capital city and largest island which belongs to Greece.
In gymnastics, we recapped the travel / balance sequences in pairs.
We also practised the dish and arch balances and tried to incorporate these in to our sequence.
There are some pictures in our gallery.
On Monday morning, we attended a Thanksgiving Mass to celebrate our First Holy Communion which we made on Saturday.
Golden Assembly
Star of the Week: George
Super Learner: Lottie
Superstar Writer: Rudy
Bookworm: Mia
Marvellous Mathematician: Alice
Special Mentions: Violet Ca for excellent observations in History
Annie for coming into class every day with a smile on her face and a positive attitude
Have a super half term
The Year 4 team
Year 6 Blog - Friday 22nd May 2026
Date: 22nd May 2026 @ 8:08am
Welcome to the Year 6 weekly blog.
This week Year 6 worked so hard on their auditions for our Leaver's Production. They should all be proud of how they read their lines and sang! Scripts and parts have been given out today and you can find the songs/ lyrics to practise at the end of the blog as a link or attachment.
This week in Year 6
English
In English we explored a poem together called 'Ageing: A Reflection'. We thought about how we might look different when we are 60 years old and imagined what our favourite achievements from our lives might be. We created our own poetry imagining what our favourite things about being an adult would be and what our favourite things about being 10 or 11 are!
RE
In RE, we thought carefully about what qualities a disciple of Jesus would need to have. We learned all about St Stephen and created a job advert for a disciple!
Topic
In PSHE, we completed our My Happy Mind topic called appreciate. We thought carefully about what we appreciate in ourselves, others and in the experiences we have had.
In History, we learned all about Crime and Punishment in the Tudor and Stuart periods. We thought carefully about different crimes and how people would have been punished for them based on the laws of the time period. We also considered if witnesses and evidence were reliable based on their sources.
In Art, we used our observational drawing skills as we watched videos of different chair designs over time to sketch. We thought about details which appealed to us, such as the fabric of the chair or the shape of its arms. We used pencil, biro and felt tip to record our favourite aspects of different designs.
Please complete the following tasks by Wednesday 3/06/26.
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.
Golden Assembly
Well done to all our award winners in Golden Assembly this week!
Star of the Week - Leo H
Super Learner - Oscar
Superstar Writer - Milana
Bookworm - Libby and Holly P
Marvellous Mathematician - Bella and Imogen
Special Mentions - Casper and Zach O - for doing a great recording of their poems
Have a brilliant half term Year 6 and a good break!
Grease is the Word: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqcZCpcn1SA
We go together: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdCLC2PjMR4
Year 1 Blog - Friday 22nd May 2026
Date: 21st May 2026 @ 9:07pm
Home Practice - Sumdog
Maths challenge - Doubles
Phonics challenge - Dependent on phonics groups
Counting – Can you count in tens, but starting from different numbers? For example, 5, 15, 25, 35...
Reading - Please try to read at least three times a week.
Please remember to bring book bags each day.
English
We celebrated David Attenborough! We researched facts on the iPads, wrote a group fact file and our own individual fact file.
We have also been reading lots of real and nonsense words, ready for our phonics screening check in June.
Maths
We identified missing numbers on a number line to 20 and solved doubling questions.
R.E.
We recognised that Jesus asked His disciples to spread the Good News after His ascension. We discussed how we could spread Good News to others.
We also created stained glass window artwork, drawing inspiration from the window in St. Peter's Basilica.
P.E.
We developed our hand eye co-ordination.
Computing
We solved trickier coding tasks using a repeat block.
Science
We planted sunflower seeds in our outdoor area.
Geography
We examined the various adaptations that animals have developed to cope with hot and cold climates. We then sorted animals by their habitat.
Golden Assembly
Star of the Week: Tommy
Super Learner: Harriet
Superstar Writer: Isla-May
Bookworm: Rory
Marvellous Mathematician: Jack
Special Mentions: Ada G and Evie E for helping others with their writing, Noah B for showing resilience in PE and Oscar for his all round kindness.
Year 3 Friday Blog 22nd May 2026
Date: 21st May 2026 @ 3:42pm
Welcome to your Friday blog!
This week in Year 3, we have been very busy as we approached the end of another fantastic half term!
In English, we have been focusing on character descriptions linked to the giants from The BFG. The children used brilliant vocabulary, expanded noun phrases and powerful adjectives to describe the appearance and personalities of the different giants. We were so impressed with the creativity and detail in their writing.
In Maths, we have been learning how to solve division calculations using repeated subtraction. The children worked hard to understand how subtraction can help us find equal groups and many showed great resilience when tackling some tricky problems.
In PE, we spent time practising for Sports Day. The children demonstrated excellent teamwork, determination and encouragement towards one another whilst preparing for the different events.
In Art, we designed some fantastic stencil sketches ready for our upcoming coming cyanography work. The children carefully thought about shape, detail and composition of leaves, grasses and plant parts. We are looking forward to seeing the final pieces develop.
In Geography, we explored the animals that live in South America and created brilliant posters showcasing our learning. Please see the gallery post for some wonderful examples of the children’s work.
Star of the week - Charles
Super Learner - Grace
Writer of the week - Zack
Marvellous Mathematician - Amelia C
Bookworm - Lydia
Special Mentions - Harper, for being kind to everyone in Year 3
Thank you for all of your continued support this half term. Have a brilliant and restful half term break!
The Year 3 Team
Year 2 Blog Friday 22nd May 2026
Date: 19th May 2026 @ 10:10am
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 (05.06.26):
icy fancy recycle bicycle lacy spicy mercy juicy cyclone tricycle
Sumdog: Complete the measure and spelling challenges.
Counting: Count forwards and backwards in tens. See how far you can go!
You could also work on your 2, 5, 10 or 3 times tables, telling the time and doubling and halving.
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
English
This week we wrote our own versions of Snail Mail. We used envelopes/postcards and had some really great ideas.
We carefully checked our spellings and made sure our book looked beautiful. We then went on a book tour and read our stories to Year 4
Maths
We have been learning about measuring length this week.
The children have explored using and measuring with trundle wheels, metre sticks, measuring tapes and rulers.
They have ordered different lengths and solved measuring problems.
R.E.
The children learnt about the different ways we can pray.
For example, pray the rosary, sing, dance, meditate or go on a pilgrimage.
We realised that the Holy Spirit helps us open our hearts to God.
History
The children learnt more about Queen Elizabeth II and her castles, such as, Buckingham Palace, Windsor Castle and Balmoral Castle.
They cut and stuck pictures of these castles and events that took place there in chronological order.
P.E
Sports Day was a great success.
The children were amazing and did so well, they showed super skills and sportsmanship.
The video will be posted over the weekend.
Science
We drew some conclusions from our seed investigation. We recorded the information in our own way using pictures and writing.
Forest School
We haven't worked in our nature area for a few weeks and we noticed lots of changes.The plants have grown really tall and the canopy of leaves on the trees kept us sheltered from the rain.
We followed our own learning interests. There was den building, imaginative games, delicious mud cooking and bug hunting.
Golden Assembly
Star of the Week- Honey
Super Learner- Cara
Superstar Writer- Harry
Bookworm- Nelly
Mathematician- Genevieve
Special Mentions- Jaxon, Rudy and Rhodes for including another child in their Lego group and
Bobby and Ella for learning Spanish in their own time.
Year 3 blog - Friday 15th May 2026
Date: 15th May 2026 @ 4:51pm
It’s been another busy and brilliant week in Year 3!
Home Learning
Reading – Please read every night for at least 15 minutes. Don’t forget to record it in your reading diary!
Maths – We’ve set two challenges on Sumdog this week. They focus on fluency, and times tables, perfect for reinforcing the grid method we’ve been learning in class.
Spellings – This week’s spellings all have the sc spelling pattern Practise reading and spelling them at home:
scene, science, discipline, scientific, fascinate, crescent, disciple, muscle, abscess, ascend, isosceles, scents, scenario, ascend, scissors
Counting – Keep counting too! Check out all our counting songs and videos on past blog posts to practise your 2s, 5s, 10s, and challenge yourself with 3s, 4s and 8s.
This week in Year 3
This week in English, we have been focusing on descriptive writing and making sure our ideas are written in full sentences that flow together clearly. We wrote some brilliant descriptions of the The BFG and his unusual home, thinking carefully about vocabulary and detail to help the reader picture the setting. We also watched clips from the film and even used AI to help bring our writing to life, which the children absolutely loved.
In Maths, we have been revisiting the grid method to solve some tricky multiplication problems. Everyone worked incredibly hard and showed great resilience when the calculations became challenging. It was fantastic to see the children persevering and supporting one another with their learning.
In RE, we further explored the mystery of the Holy Trinity through art and prayer. The children created some beautiful Celtic artwork to symbolise the Trinity and looked at different prayers that reference the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. There were some lovely moments of reflection and discussion throughout the week.
In History, we investigated how Ancient Egypt was invaded by the Hyksos people in 1650 BC and how the Egyptians rebuilt their kingdom afterwards. The children were fascinated by how this changed life in Ancient Egypt and asked some excellent historical questions during our discussions.
We also had a lovely celebration in church on Thursday as we marked the Feast of the Ascension. The children sang beautifully throughout and showed great respect through their wonderful listening and responses during Mass. We were all very proud of them.
Star of the week - Noa
Super Learner - Jonah
Writer of the week - Wilbur
Marvellous Mathematician - Dylan
Bookworm - Charles
Special Mentions - Devyn and Eliza, for being kind to everyone in Year 3
Have a lovely weekend
The Year 3 team
Reception Blog - Friday 15th May 2026
Date: 15th May 2026 @ 3:56pm
Welcome to Reception’s Blog
Our topic this half term is Julia Donaldson.
This week we are learning about space.
Drawing Club
We continued to read 'The Smeds and The Smoos' - this week we wrote a missing Smed/Smoo poster for Janet and Bill.
We also wrote sentences about something special that happened at the party.
Maths
We have started our learning about money.
We investigated what coins looked like, explored the different shapes and how much the coins might represent.
Understanding the World
We continued our learning about space and rockets.
Our focus this week was ‘How do we get to space?’.
The children all made their own fantastic junk model rockets.
We continued to learn about the 'The Royal Family'
We focused on our current and past Queens.
Art
We used our painted sheets to create our imagination inspired landscapes.
PE
We developed our fundamental skills.
We are excited about our races for sports day next week.
Forest School
We had a short session in the nature area.
PSHE
We had our Right Start Training again.
Our learning focused on Stop, Look and Listen. We all went out and watched the traffic that passed the school.
We thought about listening for loud/quiet vehicles and fast/slow they moved. We also discussed when it would be safe to cross over the road.
Golden Assembly
Star of the week - Lucie
Super Learner - Teddy
Superstar Writer - Finlay
Bookworm - Caleb
Maravellous Mathematician – Amelie
Year 5 blog - Friday 15th May 2026
Date: 15th May 2026 @ 3:49pm
Welcome to your Friday Blog
Home Practice
Reading
Please read out loud every day for 20 minutes and try to use expression. Use a dictionary to find the meaning of any words you don’t know or ask an adult.
Spelling
Here are Year 5 spellings for this week.
led lead past passed stationery stationary steal steel who’s whose ascent assent bridal bridle cereal serial compliment complement
Counting
Count out loud in:
4’s up to 204 and back again 0, 4, 8 …
90’s from 19000 to 20080 and back again 19090, 19180…
300’s from 700 to 3700 and back again 700, 1000, 1300…
Times Tables
Please keep practising your times tables. Everyone has their own targets, which the children should have noted on the top of their 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 enjoyed a varied week of learning and shown great enthusiasm– well done Year 5!
In English Year 5 have been writing stories, including writing predictions about Edward’s next stage of life from the novel and showing off their writing skills such as similes, interesting sentence starters, challenging vocabulary and relative clauses.
In Maths Year 5 have been working on their geometry skills. The whole class enjoyed making 3d shapes from nets, including pentagonal prisms and tetrahedrons. They also experimented with various containers, measuring out water and converting millilitres to litres and vice versa.
In RE this week, Year 5 have been exploring the purpose of annointing within the seven sacraments. They have explored the use of chrism and its significance. The whole school also attended the Ascension Day mass in church and Year 5 did a great job of being buddies for Year 1. Well done Year 5!
This week Year 5 enjoyed another forest school session with Mrs Corbett. They discussed how to be safe around the fire and made sweet treats by filling a cone with their own concoction of orange, banana, marshmallows and chocolate spread.
In Art, the class have been working in groups to create small houses out of foam board, with space saving features. They all worked together really well – great team work Year 5!
In science, the class started a new topic on materials – looking at properties and grouping various materials. They learned about what is transparent, opaque, brittle and what materials conduct heat or insulate.
Finally, Year 5 continued their topic on Maya civilisation, learning about the three groups in the Maya and the different things they traded with each other. Everyone enjoyed the trading game as different tribes.
Well done Year 5 on another great week of learning!
Golden stars this week
Star of the Week – Spencer
Super Learners – Archie S
Superstar Writer – Franco
Bookworm - Sam
Marvellous Mathematician - Brooke
Special Mention – Amelia and Louie
Year 1 Blog - Friday 15th May 2026
Date: 15th May 2026 @ 2:08pm
Home Practice - Sumdog
Maths challenge - Count by making groups of tens
Phonics challenge - Dependent on phonics groups
Counting – Can you count in fives from 0 to 50?
Reading - Please try to read at least three times a week.
Please remember to bring book bags each day.
English
We continued to read Dear Earth. We wrote our own Earth poems and wrote them up neatly to display.
Maths
We have added ten, subtracted ten and made numbers to 50.
R.E.
We made Holy Spirit artwork.
P.E.
We practised sports day.
We also had a great tennis session with Joe.
Art
We made our birds!
Computing
We completed coding tasks in pairs.
Science
We labelled the parts of a leaf.
Forest School
We had a great shelter building session in our log circle area. We used tarps, mats, blankets and branches to make our shelters. We did not use any ropes which was a challenge but there was great problem solving.
We also found a newt!
Golden Assembly
Star of the Week: Felicity
Super Learner: Zara
Superstar Writer: Roman
Bookworm: Lucas
Marvellous Mathematician: Ada C and Amelie
Special Mentions: Isla-May for helping everyone in Computing, George for making a great bird in Art and Imogen for her football trophy!
Year 4 Blog Friday 15th May 2026
Date: 15th May 2026 @ 8:40am
Welcome to your weekly blog
Home practice
Reading
Please read for 20 minutes each evening to an adult at home.
Reading every night will help you read more fluently and with understanding.
Look up any words you are unsure of in a dictionary.
Spellings
These are your spellings for next week:
science scene discipline fascinate crescent fascinating
disciplinary disciple muscle scent scissors muscles
ascend isosceles scenario scientific susceptible transcend
Counting
This week, please practise counting in 6’s
For example, start at 0 and count to 72 and back again
0 6 12 18 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
You can practise a similar Multiplication Tables Check on timestables.co.uk
If you practise for 5 minutes every night, you will see a big improvement in your tables fluency.
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’ tournament – Boys v Girls
Sumdog challenges
A spelling challenge based on the words above
A classifying geometric shapes challenge
Our learning this week
In English, we perfected our speaking parts for our Parent Assembly.
We were also shown a picture of a boat on stormy seas and wrote a story about it using our own imagination.
In Maths, learnt the names of triangles (equilateral, isosceles and scalene) and used the terms regular and irregular.
In addition, we named different quadrilaterals based on their particular properties.
In RE, we explored the text of the Apostles’ Creed and the meaning of the words.
In addition, we have been given a great deal of time to taking our First Holy Communion and what it means to us.
In PSHE, we learnt how to spot dangers and stay safe at home and when we are out and about.
We considered hazards at home, fire risks, railway, road and water safety.
In Science, we recapped the 8 main organs and their functions.
We demonstrated how this works using bananas, crackers, water, orange juice, a zip lock bag and some tights.
Have a look at the photos in our gallery.
In our PE lesson, we practised for sports day.
There are some photos in our gallery of us taking part in the different events.
In Music, we learnt the notes F and C on the ukuleles.
We then played a piece of music which practised the notes we have learnt so far.
There are some photos in the gallery.
Thank you for coming to our Parent Assembly om Friday – we hope you enjoyed celebrating with us.
We look forward to seeing you on Saturday at the First Holy Communion Mass at 11am.
Golden Assembly
Star of the Week: Jessica
Super Learner: Alexander
Superstar Writer: Noah
Bookworm: Isla
Marvellous Mathematician: Albert
Special Mentions: Rowan – for always being kind and helpful
Emilia – for being a good friend on the playground
The Year 4 team
Year 6 Blog - Friday 15th May 2026
Date: 14th May 2026 @ 8:36am
Welcome to the Year 6 weekly blog.
Year 6 have worked so hard on all their tests this week! All of the staff are really proud of their resilience and effort - well done Year 6 for completing your SATs!
This week in Year 6
English
In English we have created our own immortal objects and thought carefully about how they might work. We wrote an independent non-chronological reports based on the objects that we created.
Maths
This week, we have revised our reasoning so that we were really confident for our SATs tests!
RE
In RE, we have learned about how Jesus is the New Adam. We explored scripture to make links.
Topic
In PE, we have played rounders and football and used our skills of teamwork!
In Art, we have begin to explore chair design in our new 'take a seat' topic. We have looked at the work of the artist Yinka Ilori.
In History, we have learned why the year 1215 was an important one for Britain. We have explored the events leading up to the creation of the Magna Carta and its impact on British law today.
Please complete the following tasks by Wednesday 20/05/26.
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 -
There will be no spelling test this week, as the children have worked hard on their spellings for SATs!
This week, there will be no set homework as the children need a well-deserved rest after their SATs tests!
Golden Assembly
There has been a big special mention for all of Year 6 in our Golden Assembly this week for their effort, resilence and hard work for their SATs this week. Well done Year 6!
Have a great weekend Year 6 and well done for this week!
Year 2 Blog Friday 15th May 2026
Date: 12th May 2026 @ 10:21am
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 (22.05.26):
cinema circle circuit circus city pencil police recipe special citizen
Sumdog: Complete the shape and spelling challenges.
Counting: Count forwards and backwards in twos. See how far you can go!
You could also work on your 2, 5, 10 or 3 times tables, telling the time and doubling and halving.
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
English
This week we researched and began to write our own versions of Snail Mail.
We also wrote a special story about a ship wreck, using great vocabulary and punctuation.
Maths
We have been learning about shape this week.
The children have named and discussed the properties of 2D and 3D shapes. we also learnt about symmetry.
They used the following mathematical vocabulary, sides, edges, vertices, vertex, faces, symmetry and lines of symmetry.
We started some new learning about measuring.We used rulers, measuring tapes and trundle wheels to measure objects.We discussed which equipment was the best to use for different sized and shaped objects. We also had a go at estimating the lengths of the objects before we measured them.
R.E.
We spent more time learning about the Holy Spirit and the way it changed Saul/Paul into being a much better version of himself.
After that, we looked at how the Holy Spirit helped other people in the Bible. For example, Mary, Jesus, the Prophets and Disciples.
History
We thought about why monarchs built castles and the materials they used.
P.E.
We have been preparing for Sports Day (18.05.26).
It's been great fun using the track and improving our athletics skills.
We have also been practising our Dance From The Heart
Science
We had a look to see how our radish and carrot seeds are growing and we filled in our plant diary.
We learnt about important it is to eat a range of foods.
We drew and labelled pictures of how to keep healthy.
Forest School
We used the tarps, ropes ,mats and blankets to make shelters. There was great problem solving and teamwork on display. We played a game where a storm is coming and everyone has to get into their shelters.
Golden Assembly
Star of the Week- Hannah
Super Learner- April
Superstar Writer- Lilly-Mae
Bookworm- Arianna
Mathematician- Arthur
Special Mentions- Rudy and Dean for fabulous stick art and
Zac for being a kind and thoughtful friend.
Reception Blog - Friday 8th May 2026
Date: 8th May 2026 @ 3:55pm
Welcome to Reception’s Blog
Our topic this half term is Julia Donaldson.
This week we are learning about space.
Drawing Club
We continued to read 'The Smeds and The Smoos' - this week we focused on designing a planet for Bill and Janet to escape to.
We tried really hard to use our finger spaces in our sentences this week.
Maths
We continued our learning about teen numbers.
We discovered what a teen number might look like with objects and then built it using cubes.
Understanding the World
This week we have been learning about Rockets. We read the story ‘Whatever Next’ – we discussed how baby bear made his own rocket using cardboard with his space boots and helmet.
In history, we continued learning about the 'The Royal Family'
This week we focused on the King’s life, what he wears, his job role and important duties he may have.
EAD
This week in Art we painted our imaginary landscapes using a paint and glue mixture.
See gallery below
We also made our own space biscuits using icing and mixing different colours together.
PE
We continued to develop our fundamental skills.
We also practised some races for sports day. This week we did the egg and spoon race and the sack race.
RE
This week we learnt all about Pentecost.
We watched a video and then discussed how 'The Holy Spirit' came to the disciples - it looked like flames and sounded like the wind.
We then made our own flame headbands.
Golden Assembly
Star of the week - Luca
Super Learner - Alice
Superstar Writer - Maeve
Bookworm - Elijah
Maravellous Mathematician – Raeni
Special Mentions – Vinnie, Jake and Harry
Year 5 blog Friday 8th May 2026
Date: 8th May 2026 @ 3:41pm
Welcome to your Friday Blog
Home Practice
Reading
Please read out loud every day for 20 minutes and try to use expression. Use a dictionary to find the meaning of any words you don’t know or ask an adult.
Spelling
Here are Year 5 spellings for this week.
advice advise device devise licence license practice practise guessed guest heard herd aisle isle aloud allowed affect effect
Counting
Count out loud in:
4’s up to 204 and back again 0, 4, 8 …
25’s from 19000 to 20075 and back again 19000, 19025, 19050 …
70’s from 770 to 1120 and back again 770, 840, 910…
Times Tables
Please keep practising your times tables. Everyone has their own targets, which the children should have noted on the top of their 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 a super week of learning– well done Year 5!
In English Year 5 have been summarising chapters from the novel, using simile and -ing starters. They also enjoyed making a missing poster for Edward.
In Maths Year 5 have been really trying hard to master fractions. They have learnt how to convert fractions from improper to mixed, and add and subtract fractions with differing denominators.
In RE this week, Year 5 have been learning about the seven sacraments with specific reference to confirmation. They have learned what happens during the confirmation service as well as what it means in terms of the Holy Spirit and their own spiritual journey.
Year 5 have also been developing their computer coding skills on code.org., learning to create sprites and manipulate them through code.
In PE, year 5 had their first practise ready for sports day, including running, egg and spoon and throwing.
Finally, Year 5 have continued to explore the South American basin and learn more about the Amazon river. They also spent time learning about David Attenborough’s career on his 100th birthday.
Well done Year 5 on another great week of learning!
Golden stars this week
Star of the Week – Alana
Super Learner – Maisie
Superstar Writer – Jenson
Bookworm - Teddy and Caleb
Marvellous Mathematician - Mark
Special Mention - Henry
Year 4 Blog Friday 8th May 2026
Date: 8th May 2026 @ 1:25pm
Welcome to your weekly blog
Home practice
Reading
Please read for 20 minutes each evening to an adult at home.
Reading every night will help you read more fluently and with understanding.
Can you summarise what you have read – including the most important details.
Then, predict what you think will happen next.
Spellings
These are your spellings for next week:
league tongue antique unique mosque fatigue
cheque rogue vague intrigue dialogue analogue
argue plague epilogue plaque torque barbeque
Counting
This week, please practise counting in 8’s
For example, start at 0 and count to 96 and back again
0 8 16 24 etc 96 88 80 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
You can practise a similar Multiplication Tables Check on timestables.co.uk
If you practise for 5 minutes every night, you will see a big improvement in your tables fluency.
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 – let’s see if EVERYONE can log on and play this week!
Sumdog challenges
A spelling challenge based on the words above
A symmetry challenge
Our learning this week
In English, we have been busy writing parts and learning them for our Parent Assembly next week.
In addition, we listened to the class novel.
In Maths, we learnt how to identify vertical or horizontal lines of symmetry in a shape.
We then extended this learning by completing simple symmetrical figures.
In addition, we learnt the names of different triangles (equilateral, isosceles and scalene) and their properties.
In RE, we understood how the one, holy Catholic and apostolic church is structed.
We created a coat of arms to show our understanding.
In Art, we created some beautiful artwork for our Parent Assembly.
In French, we learnt the names of some sports and expressed our opinion of whether we liked or disliked them.
This week, we also learnt how to name some hobbies.
We look forward to seeing you at our Parent Assembly on Friday 15th May 2026 at 2.40pm.
Golden Assembly
Star of the Week: Hunter
Super Learner: Drew
Superstar Writer: Evelyn
Bookworm: Bobby
Marvellous Mathematician: Emilia
Special Mentions: Georgie for being a good friend to everyone
Albie, Noah, Hunter, Violet Ca, Bella and George for composing and performing on the ukuleles
The Year 4 Team
Year 3 Friday Blog 8th May 2026
Date: 8th May 2026 @ 8:19am
Welcome to your Friday Blog
Home Practice
Continue to read regularly, 10-15 minutes every day.
Practise your number facts regularly. Knowing these inside out will help your children succeed in their future maths learning. We have been using the White Rose Maths - 1 minute maths app in class this week. You can download this from the AppStore or the Google Playstore.
Please also practise counting in 3s's from 3 to 36 and back again.
Next week we will be looking at the /ch/ spelling pattern. Here are your home spellings for this week
chorus, chemist, echo, character, chef, chalet, machine, brochure, ache, anchor, chaos, monarch, mechanic, school, parachute, chute, champagne
On Sumdog you will find 3 challenges.A Fluency competition Vs Year 4, Multiplication and division and your spellings. Good luck!
This week in Year 3
This week in English, we started reading The BFG and the children have already loved meeting the giant and exploring the strange world of Giant Country. We wrote some brilliant diary entries, imagining how Sophie might have felt during the dramatic events of the story. The children worked hard to include thoughts, feelings and descriptive detail to make their writing engaging for the reader.
In Maths, we have been learning how to partition numbers to help us bridge through tens and hundreds when adding and subtracting. The children used their understanding of place value to solve calculations efficiently and explain their reasoning clearly.
In Geography, we further explored the continent of South America, learning more about its physical and human features. We identified mountain ranges, rivers and rainforests, as well as looking at the cities, landmarks and populations that make the continent so diverse. The children asked some fantastic questions and enjoyed comparing South America to places they already know.
In Computing, we have been investigating loops and writing our own algorithms. The children discovered how repeating instructions can make coding much more efficient and practised debugging their programs when things did not quite go to plan.
In PE, we have started practising for our upcoming Sports Day. Everyone showed great determination, teamwork and resilience while taking part in the different events and challenges. It was lovely to see the children encouraging one another and trying their very best.
In RE, we explored the Holy Trinity and looked carefully at images and symbols around church that help us understand this important part of our faith. We then created some brilliant Trinity fidget spinners to help us remember the three persons of the Trinity in a creative way.
Star of the week - Leo
Super Learner - Adam
Writer of the week - Melodie
Marvellous Mathematician - Amelia L
Bookworm - Zach D
Special Mentions - Charlie, for being kind and helpful to others
Have a lovely weekend,
The Year 3 Team
Year 6 Blog - Friday 8th May 2026
Date: 7th May 2026 @ 3:13pm
Welcome to the Year 6 weekly blog.
Year 6 have worked so hard on their SATs revision - we are all very proud of them! Please make sure that the children have a good rest this weekend so they are ready for their first tests on Monday. Good luck Year 6 - you will all be amazing next week!
This week in Year 6
English
In English we have been working hard to revise for our SATs tests. We have practised past paper questions and enjoyed playing Kahoot this week. We have also edited our non-chronological reports all about immortal objects. We worked hard to make the pages interactive and appealing, as we were inspired by the 'Wizardology' book.
Maths
This week, we have revised shape, volume, Roman Numerals, angles, statistics and co-ordinate grids! We have worked hard on revising our reasoning and arithmetic skills.
RE
In RE, we have learned about the Holy Trinity. We have used evidence from scriptures to learn about God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit.
Topic
In PSHE, we have completed our My Happy Mind topic called 'Be Your Best!'. We have learned how important sleep is and how to get ready before our tests on Monday!
In History, we have learned about crime and punishment in the Anglo-Saxon period. We used sources to decide what different punishments taught us about the Anglo-Saxons.
Please complete the following tasks by Wednesday 13/05/26.
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 -
There will be no spelling test this week, as the children will sit their SATs spelling test on Monday.
This week, there will be no set homework as the children have revised hard and are ready for their SATs next week!
Golden Assembly
Well done to all our award winners in Golden Assembly this week!
Star of the Week - Holly W
Super Learner - Milana
Superstar Writer - Dominic
Bookworm - Oscar and Eddie
Marvellous Mathematician - Zach M and Oscar
Special Mentions - All of Y6 for working so hard on their revision!
Ebba, Eliza W and Libby - for great practising for being dance leaders for dance from the heart.
Have a super weekend Year 6!
Year 1 Blog - Friday 8th May 2026
Date: 7th May 2026 @ 12:58pm
Home Practice - Sumdog
Maths challenge - Count from 20 to 50
Phonics challenge - Dependent on phonics groups
Counting – Can you count in twos from 20 to 50?
Reading - Please try to read at least three times a week.
Please remember to bring book bags each day.
English
We read a beautiful new story called Dear Earth. We focused on identifying and using adjectives in our writing.
Maths
We counted to 100, ordered two numbers to 50 and ordered three numbers to 20.
R.E.
We read the Ascension story and we made cloud mobiles describing how the disciples felt.
We also identified the symbols of the Holy Spirit.
P.E.
We practised the running, obstacle and javelin races.
In tennis we practised hitting a ball to a partner.
Art
We made feathers out of different materials.
Computing
We solved more complicated code using 'up, down, left and right' instructions.
Road safety
We learnt how to safely cross the road.
Golden Assembly
Star of the Week: Oscar
Super Learner: Rory
Superstar Writer: Indie
Bookworm: Hartley
Marvellous Mathematician: Reo
Special Mentions: Judah for his golden sitting and Noah B for being resilient in class.
Year 2 Blog Friday 8th May 2026
Date: 5th May 2026 @ 10:13am
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 (15.05.26):
centre cellar celebrate notice peace slice force once certain cease
Sumdog: Complete the shape and spelling challenges.
Counting: Count forwards and backwards in fives. See how far you can go! Notice the link with telling the time.
You could also work on your 2, 5, 10 or 3 times tables, telling the time and doubling and halving.
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
English
We learnt through the book, "The Ugly Five". It's a rhyming story about animals in Africa.
We used it as inspration to write about our own ugly beast.
First, we drew our ugly beast then we carefully described it using interesting words from the book.
Maths
We continued to learn about time this week and worked on word problems.
For example, Ali put her cake in the oven at half past 5. It took an hour to cook, so what time did she take it out of the oven?
R.E.
Our Bible story this week was The Conversion of Saul.
The children heard the story and sequenced pictures and sentences.
History
This week we used picture evidence to help us find out more about Kings and Queens from the past and where they lived.
P.E.
We have been preparing for Sports Day (18.05.26).
It's been great fun using the track and improving our athletics skills.
Forest School
This week is Hedgehog Awareness Week. We looked at a book which gave us some facts about hedgehogs and also some ideas about how we can look after them, making hedgehog holes and thinking carefully about using slug pellets.
We cut out a hedgehog shape from cardboard and attached elastic bands. We then used sticks threaded through the bands tomake the spikes.
Some of us made hedgehog homes and some of us did some bug hunting.
Golden Assembly
Star of the Week- Huxley
Super Learner- Amelia
Superstar Writer- Cerys
Bookworm- Faisal
Mathematician- Kamali
Special Mentions- Joshua Irving and Jesse Farrow for persevering with their stick face masks in art and
Ella and Gigi for being kind and thoughtful friends.
Year 5 blog Friday 1st May 2026
Date: 1st May 2026 @ 3:37pm
Welcome to your Friday Blog
Home Practice
Reading
Please read out loud every day for 20 minutes and try to use expression. Use a dictionary to find the meaning of any words you don’t know or ask an adult.
Spelling
Here are Year 5 spellings for this week.
doubt island lamb solemn thistle knight badge butcher ghost answer honest crumb cheerful opposite peculiar helpful height weight
Counting
Count out loud in:
4’s up to 204 and back again 0, 4, 8 …
90’s from 19000 to 20080 and back again 19090, 19180…
70’s from 770 to 1120 and back again 770, 840, 910…
Times Tables
Please keep practising your times tables. Everyone has their own targets, which the children should have noted on the top of their 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 enjoyed a sunny week with lots of learning and outdoor time too– well done Year 5!
In English Year 5 have been writing predictions about the novel, using ‘-ed’ starters, as well as practising retrieving and inferring from the novel– ‘The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane’ by Kate di Camillo.
In Maths Year 5 have been trying so hard adding and subtracting mixed fractions and converting from improper fractions to mixed numbers.
In RE this week, Year 5 have been exploring the various references in the bible to the Holy Spirit. They have also been examining various artworks depicting these and critiquing them. Fantastic job Year 5!
In Forest Schoolwee worked really together when we were building our obstacle courses. There was great discussion and some imaginative ideas for throwing, jumping, balancing and lifting. We took care when moving the logs and branches around and the winners received medals which were made out of natural materials.
The class also took a trip down to the pond and had great fun finding and identifying insects and butterflies. Our finds included a Tasty Water Bug and a Red Admiral butterfly.
In Art, the class have been debating the pro’s and cons of large versus tiny houses, discussing the environmental and cost impacts of both. They have been sketching their own architectural ideas, using inspiration from various house designers.
Finally, Year 5 have started their new topic on Maya civilisation, learning about where and when this era took place.
Well done Year 5 on another great week of learning!
Golden stars this week
Star of the Week – Josh M
Super Learners – Lily
Superstar Writer – Sam
Bookworm - Teddy
Marvellous Mathematician - Amelia
Special Mention - Sidney
Year 3 Friday blog 1st May 2026
Date: 1st May 2026 @ 1:53pm
Home Practice
Well done to everyone who is continuing with their regular reading into the Summer term. 20 minutes every night with your school books will help improve comprehension and fluency.
We have set 2 maths challenges on Sumdog, one on addition and subtraction and one on the x4 and x8 tables.
Practice counting regularly with your child as well. Regular reviews of the number system will help build understanding and number fluency. Sing our songs, play what comes next, count forwards and backwards in numbers and fractions.You can also use this arrow cards resource to help with your counting.
Your spellings this week are all from Key Stage 1. Use the card that has gone home to practise these as well as accessing the spellings on Sumdog.
would, hear, night, could, here, father, should, where, mother, because, were, beautiful, said, people, water, friend, knight, children
The Week in Year 3
This week in RE, we explored the story of The Road to Emmaus and thought carefully about how it is mirrored in the Mass. The children made some thoughtful links and showed a good understanding of how this important story connects to our worship.
In English, we have been writing newspaper reports about the pass raid in Journey to Jo’burg. The children worked hard to write in a formal style, thinking about headlines, key facts and how to report events clearly for the reader. Some fantastic pieces of writing were produced.
In Maths, we have been revisiting the formal written methods for addition and subtraction. The children showed great confidence using these methods and were able to explain their reasoning clearly when solving problems.
In Geography, we kicked off our new topic on South America and Rio by exploring the continent and identifying its countries. The children enjoyed locating different places on the map and learning more about this part of the world.
In PE, we have been practising our striking and fielding techniques. The children worked on their throwing, catching and teamwork skills, showing great improvement throughout the week.
In Art, we started our new topic using natural materials. We went outside and used grass, petals, flowers and moss to create colour and patterns. The children loved being creative outdoors and produced some lovely pieces of artwork.
In Computing, we learned all about using loops when programming our algorithms. The children discovered how this makes coding more efficient and enjoyed applying this new skill in their work.
Check out our galleries to see some of the great learning we have captured this week.
Star of the week - Henry Y
Super Learner - Rowan
Writer of the week - Henry P
Marvellous Mathematician - Harper and Grace
Bookworm - Noa B
Special Mentions - Elyse and Lydia for being kind and helpful to others on the playground
Have a lovely weekend,
The Year 3 Team
Reception Blog - Friday 1st May
Date: 1st May 2026 @ 12:44pm
Welcome to Reception’s Blog
Our topic this half term is Julia Donaldson.
This week we are learning about space.
Drawing Club
We continued to read 'The Smeds and The Smoos' - this week we focused on designing our own space rocket and writing a descriptive sentence about it.
Maths
We learnt about teen numbers.
We talked about 10 and then adding more to make a teen number.
Understanding the World
We started to learn all about astronauts and the important job they do.
We talked about what they wear and also watched a video about an astronaut called Tim Peak when he was in space!
In history, we continued our learning about the 'The Royal Family'
This week we focused on the Monarchy, specifically the King and Queen.
Art
This week we drew space pictures on top of our galaxy painting from last week.
We used black felt tip pens and drew lots of brilliant space related pictures.
PE
We continued to develop our fundamental skills.
We also started our practice for sports day races.
PSHE
This week we started our Right Start Training.
We focused on learning about how we can stay safe when we walk on the pavements.
We also spoke about driveways and how we can walk past safely.
Forest School
In our log circle area we made obstacle courses. We took great care when moving the logs around. We had discussions about how to make our obstacle course and we tested it before eveyone had a go.
Golden Assembly
Star of the week - Ivy
Super Learner - Billy
Superstar Writer - Ella
Bookworm - Cameron
Maravellous Mathematician – Henry
Special Mentions – Hugh, Ivy, Elise and Jenson
Year 6 Friday Blog - 1st May 2026
Date: 1st May 2026 @ 8:13am
Welcome to the Year 6 weekly blog.
This week in Year 6
English
In English we have been working hard to write our non-chronological reports, all about immortal objects. We have also completed lots of SATs practise and quizzes to help us consolidate our learning.
Maths
This week, we have revised how to convert between measures and use these conversions to solve problems. We have also revised how to find fractions of amounts and convert between fractions, decimals and percentages.
RE
In RE, we have continued our new topic: 'To the ends of the earth'. We shared the story of doubting Thomas from John's gospel and created storyboards of the scripture.
Topic
In PSHE, we have been completing a My Happy Mind topic called 'Be Your Best!'. We have learned how to speak positively to ourselves and thought of some positive affirmations we could say to ourselves in SATs week. This topic is helping us to get ready for SATs!
In PE, we continued our striking and fielding topic by playing a game of rounders and practicing striking and fielding with a cricket bat and ball.
As part of our Faith in Action award, we have been working hard to create our final pieces of work. We have created some amazing art work, posters and books to showcase all of our hard work!
Please complete the following tasks by Wednesday 6/05/26.
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 -
Spellings this week are taken from the 2017 SATs Spelling test.
We will have our test on the 8/05/26
It is useful to write the words down on the spelling sheet, but you could also ask someone to call the words out and spell them out loud. Other ideas include, breaking the words up and writing them down in different colours (accommodate). You could look for words within words (accompany) or think of your own ways to remember the word, for example, spell it aloud using a mnemonic or tune.
|
likely |
straight |
sensation |
nervous |
|
crumb |
probable |
inspiring |
substance |
|
operation |
toughest |
bruise |
sensibly |
|
violence |
disobeyed |
through |
monarch |
|
sympathetic |
originally |
percussion |
coarse |
SATS Revision:
The children have been given a login for SATs bootcamp. This is a fantastic website, which will really help with the children's SATs revision: https://www.yearsix.co.uk/sats-boot-camp/.
Please complete the following topics for next Thursday:
Maths - Topic 15 Money
English - Topic 25 Let’s have some fun!
Golden Assembly
Well done to all our award winners in Golden Assembly this week!
Star of the Week - Holly W
Super Learner - Luiza
Superstar Writer - Dominic
Bookworm - Bella
Marvellous Mathematician - Alfie G
Special Mentions - Casper: for having great manners in our PE lesson!
Have a great weekend everyone!
