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Year 5 Friday blog - 30th January 2026

Date: 30th Jan 2026 @ 4:17pm

 

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 Year 5 spellings for this week.  

adorable  applicable  readable tolerable  changeable  noticeable  dependable  enjoyable  reasonable  comfortable  understandable  reliable  considerable  adorably  applicably   considerably   tolerably  moveable

 

Counting

Count out loud in:

12’s up to 180  and back again                                                      0, 12, 24…

200’s from 17000 to 23500 and back again                              17000, 17200…

60’s from 840 to 1440 and back again                                     840, 900, 960…

 

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 worked very hard this week with some tricky learning – well done!

In English the class have continued to use parenthesis in their writing, culminating in two differing predictions using their new skills. They have continued to follow Jim’s story in the class novel, ‘Street Child’ and are enjoying translating their knowledge of the workhouse into their set building project in Art.

 In Maths Year 5 have been focussing on using the 24 hour clock to interpret timetables, as well as continuing to work on fractions and decimal equivalents.  Well done Year 5.

In RE this week, Year 5 have shared the story of Jesus’ Transfiguration and the message behind it. They also learned about Saint Paul and the early Christian community.

In computing, the class continued to manipulate databases and learned how to use the ‘AND’ and ‘OR’ functions to sort by multiple fields.

 Finally, in Geography, the class have continued to explore volcanoes and research famous volcanoes from around the world.

Well done Year 5 on another great week of learning!

 

Golden stars this week

 

Star of the Week –    Sidney

Super Learners –     Spencer

Superstar Writer –     Emma

Bookworm -  Brooke  

Marvellous Mathematician  -  Sienna

Special Mention -    Evangeline

 

 

Year 3 Friday Blog 30th January 2026

Date: 30th Jan 2026 @ 2:47pm

Welcome to your Friday Blog

Hello and welcome to your Friday Blog

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Home practice

Keep up with your brilliant reading at home. We've seen lots of book changes and children sharing their stories from home. Well done year 3!

Your spellings this week all have the ending -ly

kindly, quietly, sarcastically, slowly, angrily, gently, loudly, happily, simply, comically, sleepily, humbly, crossly, hesitantly, basically, quickly, worryingly, frantically

 

We have set two maths Sumdog challenges, one for your fractions learning and one for practising your times tables.

This week in Year 3

It has  been another busy and enjoyable week in Year 3.

In English, we began reading Toro! Toro! by Michael Morpurgo and used rich descriptive language to bring the farmhouse to life and recount the dramatic birth of Paco. Everyone worked hard to include detail, atmosphere and feeling in their writing.

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In maths, we started our learning on fractions. We placed fractions on a number line and learned that the bigger the denominator, the smaller the fraction, with lots of practical discussion to support understanding.

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In RE, we read the Parable of the Sower and talked about the important messages Jesus shared through his parables.

In our Geography this week we further explored the continent of North America, focusing on its physical features.

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In PE, we continued to develop balance and mirroring with a partner, creating and performing our own sequences with confidence and teamwork.

Golden Assembly

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Star of the week - Harper

Super Learner - Issac

Writer of the week - Sam 

Marvellous Mathematician - Ellie

Bookworm - Roman

Special Mentions - Adam

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Have a lovely weekend

The Year 3 Team

Reception Blog - Friday 30th January 2026

Date: 30th Jan 2026 @ 12:49pm

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Welcome to Reception's Friday Blog!

Phonics

This week we have been learning the digraphs qu, ch and sh.

We have been reading and writing them in words, for example; quack, chin and shed.

Drawing Club

This week we have been reading the story Cops and Robbers. We have made our own wanted posters and created our own plan to stop the robbers.

See the photos here.

Maths

This week we have started addition.

We have been using the part, whole model to help us visually see two amounts added together to make the whole.

See the photos here.

RE

The week we have recapped the story of Jesus blessing the children.

We then made a poster showing all the things we appreciate in our lives, like food, water, doctors etc.

We then did a prayer for people around the world that do not have these.

Expressive Art and Design

This week we have been making our own Supertato’s.

See the photos here.

Understanding the World

We have been discussing the role of the Police.

A Police Officer also came to see us to talk to us about his job.

We have also had and Intensive Care Nurse and an A&E Manager come to tell us all about their jobs. Such a busy week!

 

We have also had a fantastic trip to Longton Library!

 

Golden Assembly

Star of the Week – Elijah

Super Learner – Phoebe and Elise

Superstar Writer – Jenson

Bookworm – Harry

Mathematician – George

Special Mention – Cameron, Erin and Ava - for making brilliant Supertato's in Art!

 

 

 

Year 2 Blog Friday 30th January 2026

Date: 30th Jan 2026 @ 9:53am

  • Year 2
  • 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 (06.02.26):

pear    pair       meet     meat     hear     here      pear      pair        ate       eight

Sumdog: Complete the addition/subtraction and spelling challenges.

Counting: Count forwards and backwards in 3 to 60.

You could say them out loud or write the numbers down. Look at the pattern, what do you notice?

You could also work on your 2, 5, 10 or 3 times tables and doubling and halving.

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button 

 

 

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English

We started our new book, Esio Trot. Wemade some predictions about the story. We wrote some character descriptions about  Mr Hoppy and Mrs Silver. We invented imaginative plans to help Mr Hoppy.

We have been trying really hard with our handwriting, adjectives and sentence starters.

 

SPaG

We have been working hard at learning the spellings of different homophones.

 

 

Maths

This week we have been counting in 3 recognising the patterns in the numbers.

We have been adding and sutracting numbers where we have to cross the tens barrier, for example, 25 - 17 or 32 + 11.

We have used Base 10 equipment and lines and dots to help us with this. Some children have been mentally partitioning the numbers to work out the answers.

Great effort from everyone, we are so impressed with the hard work we have seen in class.

 

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R.E.

The children learnt that when we want to say sorry to God, we can go to Church and have the Sacrament of Reconciliation.

They wrote out the special prayer (Act of Contrition) that is said with the Priest and decorated it beautifully.

The children also wrote their own prayers and thought about how we can put things right by doing good things (Act of Penance).

 

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History

This week we thought about how technology has changed or stayed the same over the last 60 years.

The children sorted pictures into those two groups.

 

 

Art

We finished our Hundertwasser inspired structures by adding detail and colour. 

 

 

Forest School

We planted the bulbs we observed last week in Science.

 

 

Golden Assembly

Star of the Week - Jaxon

Super Learner - Genevieve

Superstar Writer - Emma

Bookworm - Arthur

Mathematician - Joshua Irving

Special Mentions - Seb for including others in his games.

Jesse F. for trying hard in all his learning.

 

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Year 1 Blog - Friday 30th January 2026

Date: 29th Jan 2026 @ 4:59pm

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Home Practice - Sumdog

Maths challenge - Part-whole models

Phonics challenge - Dependent on phonics groups

 

Counting – Can you count in tens?

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

Please remember to bring book bags each day.

 

English

We continued to learn about Edgar the dragon. This week, we pretended that Edgar had come into our school and caused chaos in the classrooms! We gathered ideas together, planned our story, and wrote a newspaper article describing what Edgar had been up to!

Maths

We tackled some tricky subtraction problem questions. We learnt to read the question and identify the important numbers in each part. We then used manipulatives and part-whole models to find the answers.

R.E.

We read Luke 4:16-22, which describes how Jesus announced His mission. We identified how we can help others, just like Jesus, and made some beautiful Candlemas art.

P.E.

This week, we used a bear walk and crab walk to travel around the room. We performed a 'rock and roll' on the mat, and a star jump off the bench onto a mat.

P.S.H.E

We talked about how to live a healthy lifestyle.

Art

We made a prototype of our medal to see which materials we would like to use next week.

Computing

We continued learning to type on a keyboard. This week, we utilised all the previously taught skills and changed our typing using the toolbar. We changed the font, colour and size of the text.

Science

We identified the properties of materials using adjectives.

 

Golden Assembly

Star of the Week: Felicity

Super Learner: Thomas

Superstar Writer: Amelie

Bookworm: Indie

Marvellous Mathematician: Reo

Special Mentions: Zara for her fantastic gymnastics and Oscar for his beautiful manners.

Year 6 Blog - Friday 30th December

Date: 29th Jan 2026 @ 8:20am

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Welcome to the Year 6 weekly blog.

This week in Year 6

Well done to the athletics team who made it through to the finals next week! 

English

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In English we have continued reading and learning about Macbeth. We shared the scene together where Lady Macbeth begins to sleepwalk and wrote a dialogue of this scene. We had to work hard to choose appropriate vocabulary and punctuation! We then wrote an independent dialogue about the end of the play, where Macduff and Macbeth fight together. 

 

Maths 

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This week, we have learned all about calculation. We have explored when it is appropritate to use a mental method, jotting or written method for an addition or subtraction. We have also learned how to use a column method to multiply. 

RE

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In RE, we have continued learning about the miracles that Jesus performed. We have shared the story the healing at the pool in Bethesda and the feeding of the 5000. We created some fantastic artwork to show what the feeding of the 5000 taught us about Jesus. 

Topic   

In PE, we explored how to create a counter balance or a counter tension balance in groups of four. 

In Geography we began our topic all about mountains. We learned what a mountain is and explored the seven summits by using atlases. 

 

 

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Please complete the following tasks by Wednesday

 

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 from the Y5/Y6 and the Y3/Y4 statutory spellings.

We will have our test on the 13/02/26, after Robin Wood

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.

develop

equip

eighth

extreme

dictionary

equipped

enough

famous

disastrous

equipment

exercise

favourite

embarrass

especially

experience

February

environment

exaggerate

experiment

forward

 

SATS Revision: 

Today, 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 Tuesday

Maths - Topic 5: Order of Operations & Number Systems

English - Topic 7 Adjectives

 

Golden Assembly 

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Well done to all our award winners in Golden Assembly this week! 

Star of the Week  -  Eliza W

Super Learner -  Dominic

Superstar Writer - Eliza M and Darcey

Bookworm -  Theo

Marvellous Mathematician - Freddie

Special Mentions - The athletics team

 

 

Have a great weekend Year 6!

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Year 3 Friday 23rd January 2026

Date: 23rd Jan 2026 @ 3:50pm

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This week in Year 3 has been another busy and exciting one, with lots of fantastic learning taking place across the curriculum.

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 multiplication and times tables – perfect for reinforcing the grid method we’ve been learning in class.

Spellings – This week’s spellings all end in –ation. Practise reading and spelling them at home:

information, adoration, hibernation, sensation, preparation, admiration, exaggeration, propagation, imagination, concentration, education, taxation, abomination, creation, isolation, floatation, moderation

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.

In English, we finished reading Orion and the Dark and wrote our own imaginative stories inspired by the text. The children then had the brilliant opportunity to visit Year 2 and Year 5 classrooms to read their stories aloud. Everyone did a fantastic job and showed great confidence and pride in their work. Check out our gallery.

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In Art, we created our own illustrations to match our stories, which really brought them to life.

In Maths, we continued developing our multiplication skills by learning how to use the grid method. The children worked hard, showed great perseverance and are becoming much more confident in explaining their methods.

Multiplication using The Grid Method

In RE, we explored the parable of the talents during our collective worship, thinking about how we can use our own gifts and talents. We also learned about the miracle of the Centurion’s servant and reflected on the importance of faith and trust.

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In PE, we continued our gymnastics unit, creating our own sequences. The children worked fantastically in teams, supporting one another and showing great cooperation and creativity.

In French, we continued learning the alphabet and practised our pronunciation with great enthusiasm.

Another brilliant week of learning, well done, Year 3!

Forest School

We have received a gererous donation of bulbs which we planted. We took care to plant them the right way up.

Mr Corbett got the Kelly Kettle out and we had a hot juice to keep us warm.

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Year 5 Friday blog - 23.01.26

Date: 23rd Jan 2026 @ 3:44pm

 

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.  

innocent  innocence  obedient  decent  decency  frequent  frequency  confident  independent  independence  obedience  transparent  transparency  client  parent  intelligent  accomplishment

 

Counting

Count out loud in:

7’s up to 140  and back again                                                      0, 7, 14…

250’s from 17000 to 23500 and back again                              17000, 17250…

25’s from 1500 to 2250 and back again                                     1500, 1525, 1575…

 

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

A sumdog competition is launching on 26th January and Year 5 have been entered. Good luck everyone!

Maths practise – individual challenge.

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

 

Year 5 have worked very hard this week with some tricky learning – well done!

In English the class have continued to practise listening and reading out loud from the novel called, ‘Street child’, by Berlie Doherty. They have written a letter from Jim to his sisters, describing the workhouse and using complex sentences and ambitious vocabulary. The class also practised using parenthesis in sentences this week.

 In Maths Year 5 have been continuing to work hard on fractions, including comparing and ordering fractions with different denominators and also simplifying fractions. Well done Year 5.

In RE this week, Year 5 have enjoyed learning about and acting out the parable of the Good Samaritan. They have also been reflecting on the meaning of the parable and shared how the message can be applied to their lives.

In computing, the class started viewing and manipulating computer databases. They developed their learning on how to sort data by various fields.

In PE, the class have been progressing in their gymnastics skills, including mirror shapes, matched shapes, counter balance and counter tension. The children have been working in pairs to create sequences to showcase a variety of skills. This week the focus was on core strength and using the correct postures.

Finally, in art, the class have continued to explore the topic of set building for stage and screen. They have been creating detailed sketches of the elements that will make up their Victorian workhouse sets.        

Well done Year 5 on another great week of enquiry, discussion and debate!

 

Golden stars this week

 

Star of the Week –   Brooke

Super Learners –    Madelaina

Superstar Writer –    Louie  

Bookworm -   Archie S

Marvellous Mathematician  -  Milo

Special Mention -    Elena, Alana and Edward

Year 4 Blog Friday 23rd January 2026

Date: 23rd Jan 2026 @ 10:53am

Welcome to your Friday blog

Home practice

Reading

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

Remember to include lots of expression when you are reading.

 

Spellings

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

measure       enclosure     picture        capture        departure

future         treasure      creature      nature         leisure

puncture      cure             pleasure       furniture     adventure

literature    mixture       sure

 

Counting

This week, please practise counting in 7’s  

For example, start at 12 and count to 144 and back again

0    7    14  etc                          84    77    70  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 3d shapes

 

Our Learning This Week

In English, we rewrote an extract of the novel in first person as if we were Lord Somethingorother.

We considered how the Lord would speak and what he saw and heard.

In addition, we wrote a postcard from an evacuee, called Barry, to his mother.

We had to think about every word we wrote and tried to include vocabulary from the novel.

 

In Maths, we continued our shape topic by investigating 3D shapes.

We started by learning how to identify and name different prisms according to their properties.

We then extended this learning to include the names and properties of different pyramids.  

 

In RE, we familiarised ourselves with Matthew 11 1-15 (Jesus’ speech to John the Baptist’s followers) and then made links between this speech and signs that Jesus was the Messiah.

We also read through and discussed the Nicene Creed.

Following this, we chose our favourite phrase and explained what it means to us.

 

In Science, we classified a range of objects and materials as solids, liquids or gases in a Venn diagram.

 

In our ‘Our Happy Mind’ lesson, we started our appreciate topic.

We learnt what appreciation means and the 3 categories (yourself, others, experience).

We also learnt why gratitude is important.   

 

In PE, we continued our dance topic based on the Iron Man.

 

In Art, we continued making our ‘plinths’ and taking pictures of ourselves in different poses in preparation for our ‘pocket gallery’.

 

We continued our new topic ‘photo editing’ in Computing.

We learnt how to rotate and crop pictures and then practised editing and recolouring.

 

Golden Assembly

Star of the Week: Emilia

Super Learner: Albert

Superstar Writer: Marvin

Bookworm: Oscar and Isla

Marvellous Mathematician: Hunter

Special Mentions: Annie – for coming in every day with a big smile on her face

Rory and William – for being super helpful around the classroom

 

REMEMBER TO TAKE PART IN THE NORTH WEST MATHS CONTEST STARTING ON MONDAY 26th JANUARY

 

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Year 1 Blog - Friday 23rd January 2026

Date: 22nd Jan 2026 @ 8:28pm

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Home Practice - Sumdog

Maths challenge - Adding more

Phonics challenge - Dependent on phonics groups

We have also been entered into a Sumdog competition so try your best to score as many points as possible!

 

Counting – We have been counting on in Maths this week. Can you practise counting on from the largest number (e.g. with 9 + 4, have 9 in your head and count on 4 more).

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

Please remember to bring book bags each day.

 

English

We didn't read a book this week in English; we watched a video! We met a dragon called Edgar who just wanted to play with everyone, but he kept making mistakes. We focused on feelings this week, identifying the children's feelings, Edgar's feelings and creating a feelings timeline.

Here is the link if you want to watch the video at home: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xGW_M0O4xI 

We also focused on producing correctly-formed capital letters.

Phonics

Some of us learnt the two oo sounds - oo in soon and oo in look.

Some of us have compared ir and ur, ow and ou and oi and oy.

Some of us learnt ch in chorus, ch in chef and a in wasp.

Maths

We introduced the counting-on method to add single-digit numbers to teen numbers.

We also solved some tricky one-step addition word problems.

R.E.

We read the story of Jesus in the Temple as a twelve-year-old boy. We learnt a new word - obedience, and how Jesus was not obedient at the beginning of the story. We identified Mary and Joseph's feelings during the passage and wrote sentences explaining how we can be obedient.

P.E.

This week, we used a frog jump and a bunny hop to travel around the room. We performed an egg roll on the mat and a tuck jump off the bench onto a mat.

See our pictures here.

P.S.H.E.

We identified an experience that we show gratitude for. For example, being taken on holiday.

Art

We planned our medal and labelled the features.

See our pictures here.

Computing

We continued to learn how to type on a keyboard. This week, we used the caps lock key to add capital letters to our sentences.

Science

We started our new unit on materials. We sorted everyday objects into the material that they are made from.

See our pictures here.

Forest School

We listened to a story called The King of the Birds.

We made bird feeders and hung them up.

It was very muddy in the nature area but we had so much fun!

Golden Assembly

Star of the Week: Grace

Super Learner: Eilish

Superstar Writer: Rupert

Bookworm: Darragh

Marvellous Mathematician: Harriet

Special Mentions: Isla-May for reading so nicely with Darragh and Lucas for his RE writing.

Year 6 Blog - Friday 23rd January 2026

Date: 22nd Jan 2026 @ 12:04pm

Year 6 | Willow Wood Community Primary School

Welcome to the Year 6 weekly blog.

This week in Year 6

English

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In English we have continued reading and learning about Macbeth. We have explored the scene in the play where Macbeth returns to the witches and they tell him more prophecies. We wrote some amazing diary entries in role as Macbeth recounting this scene. We applied our learning to our independent diaries, which we wrote in role as Macduff. 

 

Maths 

Translating in four quadrants - KS2 Maths - Year 6 - BBC Bitesize

This week, we have learned all about how to calculate co-ordinates on a blank axis, translate and reflect shapes. 

RE

Servants at the Wedding Feast: A New Insight - Catholic Faith Corner

In RE, we have begun to learn about the miracles that Jesus performed. We shared the story of the wedding at Cana and thought tracked how the different people at the wedding felt. We also shared the story of the healing of the official's son and wrote a thank you letter in role as the official to Jesus. 

Topic 

In PE, we began to develop our gymnastic sequences using apparatus. We have been thinking of how we can make our movements flow.  

In Computing, we investigated what makes a good website in preparation for designing our own websites. 

For History, we explored what crime and punishment is and worked on our chronology skills. 

Homework - Kristina Stevenson's Classroom - SSD Public Website at Salem  School District

Please complete the following tasks by Wednesday

 

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 from the Y5/Y6 and the Y3/Y4 statutory spellings. 

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.

conscience

criticise

consider

difficult

conscious

curiosity

continue

disappear

controversy

definite

decide

early

convenience

desperate

describe

earth

correspond

determined

different

eight

 

SATS Revision: 

Today, 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 3: Multiplication  

English - Topic 6: Nouns and Pronouns  

Golden Assembly 

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Well done to all our award winners in Golden Assembly this week! 

Star of the Week  -  William

Super Learner -  Leo H

Superstar Writer - Eliza W

Bookworm -  Milana

Marvellous Mathematician - Agatha

Special Mentions - Maisie - for always being kind and helpful

 

Have a great weekend Year 6!

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Reception Blog - Friday 23rd January 2026

Date: 22nd Jan 2026 @ 9:02am

Welcome to Reception's Friday Blog!

 

Phonics

We learnt the x, y and z sounds.

Drawing Club

 We read the story 'Supertato, Run, Veggies, Run.'

We thought of our own fruit and vegetables to take part in the supermarket sports day.

Maths

We have been learning how to partition numbers.

We used animals to share the whole number into the fields.

See the photos here.

RE

We listened to the Bible story about Jesus welcoming the little children.

We talked about Jesus loving everyone and coming to earth for us all.

Expressive Art and Design

We have been doing still life drawings.

We discussed what we could see first and tried to take our time.

Understanding the World

We discussed the role of fire fighters this week. We investigated  what they wear and why it is important.

A big thank you to Mrs Bannister who came and visited our class to talk about being an Occupational Therapist.

My Happy Mind

We continued with our topic of Appreciate.

Forest School

We listened to a story called The King of the Birds.

We stayed in our nature area. There was loads of child- initiated learning, the waterfall was an apple slide today! There was decorating of the Christmas tree and some great stick wrapping.

 

Golden Assembly

Star of the Week – Maisie

Super Learner – Rosie

Superstar Writer – Ivy

Bookworm – Ella

Mathematician – Alice

Special Mention – Harry and Billy, for brilliant music with Mrs Campbell.

 

 

 

Year 2 Blog Friday 23rd January 2026

Date: 20th Jan 2026 @ 10:26am

Elmstead Primary School - Year 2

 

  • 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 (30.01.26):

blue      blew       new    knew    night    knight   see    sea    there   their

Sumdog: Complete the place value and spelling challenges.

Counting: Count forwards and backwards in twos to 100.

You could say them out loud or write the numbers down. Look at the pattern 0, 2, 4, 6 and 8. What do you notice?

You could also work on your 2, 5, 10 or 3 times tables and doubling and halving.

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button 

 

 

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English

We learnt how to use speech marks. We wrote about our favourite part of the story.

 

SPaG

We have been learning the rules about homophones. Wo which are sound the same but have different spellings.

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Maths

We started our new leaning on place value.

We spent time adding and taking 10 from multiples of ten, but also from other 1-digit/2-digit numbers. For example, 50+10= or 34+10=

We have also been ordering groups of numbers and using the tens digit to help work out the largest or smallest numbers.

We learnt that if the tens digit is the same, we then look at the ones digit to help us decide.

 

Science

We observed and drew pictures of different bulbs. We are going to plant them next week and watch them grow.

 

 

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PSHE

We have moved on to the Celebrate section of My Happy Mind which is all about our character strengths and spotting them in other people.

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RE

The children have been learning about Jesus' Baptism.

We have also made mobiles about wrong and right choices and written lovely sorry prayers.

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P.E

During gymnastics sessions, the children have been performing jumps, rolls and travelling. They have made up their own sequences with a clear start/finish and smooth movements between.

 

 

 

Golden Assembly

Star of the Week - Ella

Super Learner - Hannah

Superstar Writer - April

Bookworms - Genieveve,Harry and Zac who have read 96 books since September and filled their bookmarks.

Mathematician - Lara

Special Mentions - Zac and Jessie H. for careful sketching in art.

-Izzy and Bobby for being kind and thoughtful friends.

-Luca  for great reading and discussion about the story with Mrs Nowak. 

 

 

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Year 3 Friday 16th January 2026

Date: 16th Jan 2026 @ 4:31pm

Welcome to you Year 3 blog

It’s been another busy and brilliant week in Year 3!

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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 multiplication, division, and times tables – perfect for reinforcing the grid method we’ve been learning in class.

Spellings – This week’s spellings all the next set of Year 3/4 words. Try and learn a few couple every day

fruit, grammar, group, guard, guide, heard, heart, height, history, imagine, increase, important, interest, island, knowledge, learn, length, library

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

In English, we have been learning how to write clear non-fiction sentences and how to group our ideas using subheadings to help organise our writing and make it easier for the reader to understand. We explore light and dark, taking inspiration from our story, Orion and the Dark. Well done Year 3!

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In Maths, we have been focusing on our 8 times tables. The children have been using doubling strategies alongside our multiplication method to help them calculate efficiently and build confidence with their times tables.

In Science, we have been learning all about reflective materials, investigating which materials reflect light best and thinking about where we see these used in everyday life.

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In PE, we started our new gymnastics topic. The children have been working on balances, shapes and control, and have begun to link movements together to create simple sequences. They showed great effort, focus and resilience throughout the lesson. Please take a look at our gallery to see some of our fantastic gymnastics.

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In Geography, we launched our new topic on North America, using atlases to explore the continent, locate countries and oceans, and begin to understand its key features.

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FOREST SCHOOL

 

We were excited to be doing Forest School again. We discussed how to be safe around the fire and watched Mr Corbett light it. 

We had some brilliant scientific discussions about the water travelling through the drainpipes and showed great teamwork and problem solving. It was very rainy and muddy but we just got on!

We had a hot chocolate with marshmallows and a reflection on our learning at the end.

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Star of the week - George

Super Learner - Adam

Writer of the week - Zack 

Marvellous Mathematician - Harper

Bookworm - Grace

Special Mentions - Rose and Florence for lovely playtimes

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Have a lovely weekend,

The Year 3 Team

 

 

Lancashire Football Finals

Date: 16th Jan 2026 @ 4:14pm

A Fantastic Showing at the Lancashire Football Final

We are incredibly proud of our football team for their outstanding performance at the Lancashire Football Finals. The boys showed fantastic teamwork, resilience and determination throughout the tournament, winning their group with a series of strong, disciplined performances that truly reflected their hard work and commitment.

Having progressed to the knockout stages, the team continued to represent our school and South Ribble superbly. Unfortunately, their journey came to an end in a closely fought quarter-final, losing 1–0 to the eventual winners, Bolton le Sands. Despite the result, the players can be immensely proud of how they conducted themselves on and off the pitch.

A huge thank you goes to all the supporters who cheered the team on, and to Fleetwood Town and the Lancashire School  Games for organising such a brilliant tournament. It was a memorable experience for everyone involved and a fantastic achievement for our school.

Year 5 blog - Friday 16th January 2026

Date: 16th Jan 2026 @ 3:35pm

 

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.  

observant   observance   expectant   hesitant   hesitancy  tolerant   tolerance   assistant   assistance  substance   reliance   defiance   reliant   defiant  sustenance  vacancy   vacant   infancy

 

Counting

Count out loud in:

6’s up to 120  and back again                                                      0, 6, 12  …

100’s from 16900 to 18600 and back again                              16900,  17,000,  17,100…

25’s from 500 to 1250 and back again                                        525, 550, 575 …

 

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 shown a great attitude to learning this week – well done!

In English the class have continued to share the new novel called, ‘Street child’, by Berlie Doherty. They have written a report on the pros and cons of children working in the Victorian era and explored the variety of jobs available to children. They have also continued to practise when to use possessive apostrophes in writing.

 In Maths Year 5 started a new topic on creating equivalent fractions and comparing fractions. Everyone has put 100% effort into this tricky subject. Well done Year 5.

In RE this week, Year 5 have been reflecting on the meaning of Jesus’ greatest commandments of love God and love people, and how they apply to their lives.   

In computing, the class started a new topic on databases. They had to work in groups to sort data about animals, using paper records containing a variety of data fields.

In science, there has been much enthusiasm about our new topic on the solar system. The children have really engaged with this topic and are busy finding out all sorts of fascinating facts about our planets and sun.

Finally, in art, the class have started to explore the topic of set building for stage and screen. Over the next few weeks the children will create their own set of a Victorian workhouse, relating to the class novel ‘Street Child’.      

Well done Year 5 on another great week of discovery!

 

Golden stars this week

 

Star of the Week –   Sam

Super Learners –    Ada-May

Superstar Writer –    Caleb  

Bookworm -    Mark

Marvellous Mathematician  -  Amelia

Special Mention -    Lily and Joni

Year 4 Blog Friday 16th January 2026

Date: 16th Jan 2026 @ 10:59am

Welcome to your Friday Blog

Home practice

Reading

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

Can you summarise what has already happened and predict what you think will happen next?

 

Spellings

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

quarter        question       recent         though         regular

reign           remember    thought       sentence      separate

special         through       straight       strange        strength

various         suppose       woman          women          therefore

 

Counting

This week, please practise counting in 12’s  

For example, start at 12 and count to 144 and back again

0    12   24  etc                         144    132    120  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’ tournament – Boys v Girls

 

Sumdog challenges

A spelling challenge based on the words above

A maths challenge based on reading, writing and converting time

 

Our learning this week

In English, we planned and wrote a diary extract as if we were Lily, the main character in the novel.

We used phrases Lily would have used and included lots of thoughts and feelings. 

 

In Maths, we learnt how to read the time and write it to the nearest minute. We also learnt how to tell, write and math analogue and digital times.

Please try and practise telling the time at home with an adult.

This week, we also started to explore 2d shape using geoboards – have a look in our gallery.

 

In RE, we continued with our Galilee to Jerusalem topic.

We listened to and sequenced the story of Jesus healing Peter’s mother-in-law (Matthew 8:14-17), and learnt about what we may see and hear during the Sacrament of Reconciliation

 

In our ‘Our Happy Mind’ lesson, we learnt why it is important to spot and use our character strengths.

We also learnt how we can use our character strengths in different ways.  

 

In Science, we started our new topic – States of Matter.

We started by identifying and classifying some solids, liquids and gases.

 

In History, we learnt how Britain became part of the Roman Empire.

We discovered that it took 3 attempts to conquer Britain and explored reasons why the Romans wanted to invade.

 

In PE, we worked as a team to create a still, connected shape.

This was an introduction to our dance unit which is based on The Iron Man. Take a look at the photos in our gallery.

 

In Art, we started our topic ‘the art of display’. We began by questioning the role of a ‘plinth’ in sculpture.

We then discussed how to make a ‘pocket gallery’ and took some pictures of ourselves in various poses.

 

In Computing, we used the BeFunky app to practise editing a photograph.

We were given 'free rein' to alter the photo, so that we could learn some of the app's capabilities.

 

Golden Assembly

Star of the Week: Alice

Super Learner: Albie

Superstar writer: Eliza

Bookworm: Lottie and William

Marvellous Mathematician: Bobby

Special Mentions: Lewis - beautiful RE work

Violet, Alexander and Isla for fantastic answers when being hotseated

 

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The Year 4 team

Year 1 Blog - Friday 16th January 2026

Date: 15th Jan 2026 @ 8:05pm

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Home Practice - Sumdog

Maths challenge - Part-whole models

Phonics challenge - Dependent on phonics groups

 

Counting – Can you count in fives to 50? This is a bit trickier so count slowly!

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

Please remember to bring book bags each day.

 

English

We continued reading our new book - Dragon Post. We wrote descriptive sentences about dragons and wrote lists describing what to do if we found a dragon.

We also practised our handwriting, focusing on writing letters on the line which are formed correctly.

Phonics

Some of us learnt the oa sound and focused on it all week to embed the learning!

Some of us focused on comparing ow in cow and ou in shout.

Some of us learnt ea in bread, ie in chief and ow in snow.

See our pictures here.

Maths

We continued to use part-whole models for addition. We added single-digit numbers to teen numbers.

See our pictures here.

R.E.

We continued to learn through the story of Jesus being presented at the Temple. We wrote in speech bubbles, identifying what Simeon and Anna said to God. Then we learnt about Candlemas and made our own colourful candles.

P.E.

We started our gymnastics unit. We learnt how to travel like a gymnast, how to perform a straight jump and a pencil roll.

See our pictures here.

P.S.H.E.

We drew a picture of someone who we are grateful for.

Geography

We discussed where we live and identified places we have been to in the UK.

Art

We compared different materials (which links perfectly to our upcoming Science learning!) and chose the materials which would be suitable for our medal.

Computing

We continued to learn how to type on a keyboard. This week, we wrote sentences about a lost teddy bear.

Science

We sorted animals into their food groups: carnivore, omnivore and herbivore.

 

Golden Assembly

Star of the Week: Roman

Super Learner: Judah

Superstar Writer: Felicity and Isaac

Bookworm: Rupert

Marvellous Mathematician: George

Special Mentions: Noah B for his fantastic gymnastics and Hartley for her beautiful Candlemas candle.

Year 2 Blog Friday 16th January 2026

Date: 15th Jan 2026 @ 3:32pm

Ocker Hill Infant School - Y2

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 (23.01.26):

played       walked        looked       cried      tried         lied           chased             opened       pushed    pulled

Sumdog: Complete the time and spelling challenges.

Counting: Count forwards and backwards in fives to 60. This will also help you with telling the time.

You could also work on your 2, 5, 10 or 3 times tables.

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button 

 

English

We continued to learn through the story of The Barnabus Project. We worked together to produce some fact sheets showing what we know about Barnabus. We made some puppets which we used to re-tell the story. We wrote in role as Barnabus and explained how we felt about living in a bell jar in the lab. We also wrote some instructions for the jobs the Green Rubber Suits have to do during the day.

SPaG

We have been learning the rules about adding the syffixes ed and ing.

Maths

We have been learning how to tell the time, o'clock, half past, quarter to and quarter past.

Science 

We started our new topic all about materials.We discussed all the different materials objects can be made from. We also discussed what materials would not be good for certain uses.

Art

The art of Hundertwasser was our focus this week. He was an Austrian architect and artist. We looked at the buildings he designed and his art work. We investigated the shapes, lines and colours he used.

R.E.

One of our lessons this work was about the life and work of John the Baptist. Our other lesson was re-telling the story of Jesus' baptism.

Golden Assembly

STAR- Buzz

SUPER LEARNER-Arianna

BOOKWORM-Gigi

MATHEMATICIAN-Dean

SPECIAL MENTIONS-Rudy got a special mention from Mrs Mulgrew for his beautiful manners and lovely chat at lunchtime

and Honey got a special mention for being a kind friend.

Year 6 Blog - Friday 16th January 2026

Date: 15th Jan 2026 @ 2:57pm

Year 6 (old) – Burghfield St Mary's Church of England Primary School

Welcome to the Year 6 weekly blog.

Thank you to everyone who was able to attend our SATs meeting on Monday. The slides and key facts for SATs are at the end of the blog. 

This week in Year 6

English

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In English we have continued with our learning on Macbeth. We have written a letter in role as Lady Macbeth and as the ghost of King Duncan! The children all worked hard to use Shakespearian vocabulary and get into role as each character. 

 

Maths 

What are positive and negative numbers - BBC Bitesize

This week, we have learned all about negative numbers. We have worked hard to solve problems involving negative numbers in context, such as calculating the difference between two temperatures. We have also begun our new unit all about co-ordinates, learning how to plot points and shapes in all four quadrants.  

RE

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In RE, we have learned all about how the seven sacraments are celebrated in parish life. We have also learned about the differences between the four gospels. 

 

Topic 

In PE, we have started our gymnastics topic and have learned how to create a counter-tension balance and counter balances. 

In Science, we have learned all about the circulatory system and how it works. 

For Art, we started our new topic all about colour. We created some beautiful responses to our focus artist's work in our sketchbooks!

Homework - Kristina Stevenson's Classroom - SSD Public Website at Salem  School District

Please complete the following tasks by Wednesday

 

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 from the Y5/Y6 and the Y3/Y4 statutory spellings. 

average

cemetery

build

centre

awkward

committee

busy

century

bargain

communicate

business

certain

bruise

community

calendar

circle

 category

competition

caught

complete

 

SATS Revision: 

Today, 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 2: Subtraction  

English - Topic 5: Other Punctuation 

Golden Assembly 

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Well done to all our award winners in Golden Assembly this week! 

Star of the Week  -  Libby

Super Learner -  Luiza and Casper

Superstar Writer - Eliza M

Bookworm -  Bella

Marvellous Mathematician - Joe

Special Mentions - Ronnie, Henry and Holly W - for great resilience in their SATs revision!

 

Have a great weekend Year 6!

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Reception Blog - Friday 16th January 2026

Date: 15th Jan 2026 @ 9:11am

Supertato Party! | Southbank Centre

Welcome to Reception's Friday Blog!

 

Phonics

This week we have been learning the j, v and w sounds. We used them in words like jam, van and wig.

Drawing Club

We listened to our new story 'Supertato.'

We have been focussing on the characters this week, drawing our favourite character and describing what they look like.

We also had an emergency situation in class! Evil pea has trapped some of our fruits and vegetables from our home corner.

We investigated which foods we could see. 

See the photos here.

Maths

This week we have been learning about  numbers and working out has more and which has less.

RE

This week we listened to scripture about the three kings visiting Jesus.

We learnt about the gifts of Gold, Frankinsense and Myrrh. 

Then we played a game of pass the love. Each time it was our turn, we talked about how we could show love, just like Jesus.

Expressive Art and Design

We created repeating patterns with paint and shapes.

See the photos here.

Understanding the World

We continued our topic of People Who Help Us, by learning about the Police this week and what they do to help us!

My Happy Mind

We have been discussing what 'Gratitiude for experiences' is. We talked about visiting the park, our grandparents and trying new foods.

We had some lovely ideas to share with our friends about what experiences we enjoy.

PE

We travelled using hopping, skipping and frog jumps. Then we did a hopscotch, an underarm throw and a catching station. 

To finish we played domes and dishes in team.

Forest School

We listened to some poems about winter and discussed some of the words. Then we went to see what we could see-we saw lots of naked trees! We also saw some branches which we think might have come off the trees during the storms. We saw mole holes and stopped for a few minutes just to listen. We heard a woodpecker.

We went into our top field and had a look at the pond.

We saw a heron, it was really still and then it took flight -it's wings were so wide!

At the end of the session we showed each other our treasures and then returned them to nature.

Golden Assembly

Star of the Week – Luca

Super Learner – Louie

Superstar Writer – Elsi

Bookworm – Hugh

Mathematician – Henry B

Special Mention – Jake and Finlay

 

 

 

Year 5 blog Friday 9th January 2026

Date: 9th Jan 2026 @ 3:50pm

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 list of statutory words that Year 5 and 6 have to learn.

conscience  conscious  controversy   convenience  correspond  criticise  curiosity  definite  desperate  determined  develop  dictionary  disastrous  embarrass  environment  equipped especially exaggerate

 

Counting

Count out loud in:

5’s up to 180  and back again                                                      0, 5,10 …

10’s from 16980 to 18010 and back again                               16980, 16990, 17000…

50’s from 0 to 1250 and back again                                          0, 50, 100, 150…

 

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 returned to school with a really positive learning attitude– a super effort all round Year 5!

In English the class have started a new novel called, ‘Street child’, by Bertie Doherty. They have started to discuss how people without money lived in Victorian times in London, where the book is set. They have been practising building up their sentences into complex ones, with lots of detail included.

 In Maths Year 5 have been focussing on multiplication methods of large numbers, as well as practising calculating the area of various shapes..

In RE this week, Year 5 have been learning about the Beatitudes; Jesus’ guide for us on how to be happy in life. The class have also been comparing them to the ten commandments and looking for links between the two sets of guidelines for life.   

In computing, the class spent some time discussing how to keep safe online, as well as working in groups to create ideas for new community based apps, where children with like minded interests could share ideas and socialise remotely.

Finally, in RSE, the class have been discussing and exploring how every person is created in the image of God and recognising that, as children, they are developing from baby through to adolescent, and recognising how changes happen at each stage of childhood. The focus was on the social and emotional changes children go through as they transition to becoming teenagers.    

Well done Year 5 on another great week of learning!

 

Golden stars this week

 

Star of the Week –   Evelyn

Super Learners –   Edward

Superstar Writer –   Jack   

Bookworm -     Evangeline

Marvellous Mathematician - Willow

Special Mention -    Josh W

Year 3 Friday 9th January 2026

Date: 9th Jan 2026 @ 2:21pm

Welcome to your first Friday blog of the Spring term

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Home Practice

Keep changing your books regularly and read for at least 15-20 minutes every night! 

Well done to everyone who continued with their Sumdog practise over the holidays! 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 times table and number challenge this 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 are...

yellow, green, blue, red, white, orange, purple, eighty, turquoise, two, three, four, eight, twelve, eleven, thirteen, thirty, nineteen

This week in Year 3

In RE, we started our new branch, Galilee to Jerusalem. We explored Matthew’s Gospel and learned about how and why it was written. The children listened carefully and shared some thoughtful ideas during our discussions.

In English, we have been reading Orion and the Dark by Emma Yarlett. Over the next few weeks, we will be exploring lots of stories and poetry linked to the theme of the dark, making connections with our science learning. This week, the children wrote some super character descriptions, using conjunctions to expand and develop their ideas.

 

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In Maths, we have had a very busy week. The children have been learning how to bridge 100 in addition and subtraction, revisiting rounding to the nearest 100, and we also introduced the 8 times table. Everyone worked really hard and showed great focus when tackling these new challenges.

In Science, we completed our rocks topic by learning all about how fossils are formed. The children were fascinated by this and showed a really good understanding of the process, asking some excellent questions along the way. A fantastic end to a great topic. Next week we will begin our light learning.

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Next Monday, we will be starting Forest School with Mrs Corbett. Please make sure children come to school with appropriate footwear, as we will be outdoors whatever the weather.

Assembly

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Star of the week - Amelia C

Super Learner - Florence 

Writer of the week - Grace

Marvellous Mathematician - Jonah

Bookworm - Felicity

Special Mentions - George, for his great playtimes with his friends

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Have a lovely weekend,

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Reception Blog - Friday 9th January 2026

Date: 9th Jan 2026 @ 12:54pm

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Welcome to Reception's Friday Blog!

 

Happy New Year to you all. It has been lovely to have the children back in school,

telling us all about their Christmas break!

 

Maths

This week we have been exploring the number 10.

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The week we have been listening to scripture about the 3 kings visiting Jesus and celebrating Jesus’ birth.

We talked about how we show love to one another, just like Jesus.

We also looked at our topic for Journey in Love.

This half term it is all about ourselves.

We did a circle time and talked about how we are special and who makes us happy.

See the photos here.

Expressive Art and Design

This week we have been doing lots of crafts.

We have made new year wishing wands and arctic penguins.

My Happy Mind

This week we have started our new topic of Appreciate.

We have been talking about the meaning of the word Gratitude.

We have discussed ways to show thankfulness, including; saying thank you, smiling, a hug and a high five.

Understanding the World

We have been on a winter walk looking for signs of winter.

We collected a huge piece of ice and brought it into class. We watched it for 2 days as it melted and talked about what changes we saw.

We have also started our new topic of People who help us. We have been discussing lots of different roles.

See the photos here.

Golden Assembly

Star of the Week – George

Super Learner – Cameron

Superstar Writer – Hugh

Bookworm – Chester

Mathematician – Maeve

Special Mention – Louie and Elsi

 

 

 

Year 4 Blog Friday 9th January 2026

Date: 9th Jan 2026 @ 10:25am

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

famous         various         jealous         serious        obvious

poisonous     dangerous    enormous     glamorous     vigorous

outrageous   curious         hideous        humorous     mountainous

courageous            spontaneous           tremendous

 

Counting

This week, please practise counting in 11’s  

For example, start at 11 and count to 132 and back again

0    11   22  etc                          132    121  etc

Then have a go at counting up in 11’s from a different number, for example 54 or 79

54   65    76 etc        

79    90    101  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 doubling, halving and related facts (times tables)

 

Our learning this week

In English, we wrote about our first day back at school after Christmas and how everything had changed – what wonderful imaginations we have!

We also started our new novel – The Amazing Story of Adolphus Tips.

We began by thinking of the similarities between this novel and Kensuke’s Kingdom, also written by Michael Morpurgo.

We were also introduced to the main character (Lily) and we thought of lots of words to describe her personality.

 

In Maths, we consolidated our learning about chunking. Many of us found this tricky as we are not confident with our tables or number facts.

Knowing these off by heart would be beneficial in lots of maths areas.

We also learnt how to divide by 10, and described the effect of dividing a 2digit number by 10.  

 

In RSHE, learnt that God loves us in our differences. We considered how we are all different and that these differences should be celebrated.

We then created a poster in our books to describe how we should all be accepted and respected, along with how we should relate to each other to make the word a better a place.

Have a look at the pictures in our gallery.

 

In Music, we composed patterns on the boomwhackers using pentatonic scales.

 

In Geography, we discussed the causes of flooding, the impact and how it can be prevented.

In addition we talked about river pollution and the impact on this on communities.

We carried out some research and presented our findings ina poster.

 

In Art, we produced an independent piece of work based on previous work we had completed when exploring pattern. 

You can see some examples in our gallery.

 

Golden Assembly

Star of the Week: Isla

Super Learner: Eddie

Superstar Writer: George

Bookworm: Heidi

Marvellous Mathematician: Jessica

Special Mentions: Daisy for always using beautiful manners

Lottie and Georgie for beautiful RE work

 

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