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Year 5 blog Friday 4th September

Date: 4th Sep 2026 @ 4:02pm

Welcome to your Friday Blog.

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

Reading

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

Spelling

Here are your spellings this week.

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

Counting

Count out loud in:

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

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

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

Times Tables

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

Sumdog

Maths practise – individual challenge.

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

Please also continue to use the fluency booster on Sumdog.

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

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

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

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

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

Golden stars this week

George – star of the week

Oliver – marvellous mathematician

Emillie-Mae – super learner for classwork

Rudy  – superstar writer

Albert – bookworm  

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

Year 4 Blog Friday 4th September 2026

Date: 4th Sep 2026 @ 3:58pm

Year 4 Blog

Friday 4^th September 2026

Welcome to our first blog of this school year!

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

Home Practice

Reading

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

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

Sumdog challenges

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

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

This week in Year 4

English

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

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

Maths

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

RE

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

Next week we will explore this further.

PE

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

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

Golden Assembly

Star of the Week – Melodie

Super Learner – Amelia F

Superstar Writer – Henry Y

Bookworm – Leo

Marvellous Mathematician – Isaac and Zack W

Special Mentions – Harper and Zach D

The Year 4 Team

Reception Blog - 4th September 2026

Date: 4th Sep 2026 @ 3:53pm

What a fabulous start to our school year.

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

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

Our topic this half term is 'Ourselves'

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

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

Forest School

We will be starting Forest School next Thursday afternoon.

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

PE

PE is a Thursday morning.

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

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

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

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

Year 3 Blog - Friday 4th September 2026

Date: 4th Sep 2026 @ 3:36pm

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

Home Practice - Sumdog

Maths challenge - Partitioning numbers

Spellings challenge - Phase 5 recap (a_e and u_e)

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

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

Please remember to bring book bags each day.

English

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

Maths

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

P.E.

We met our new swimming coaches.

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

R.E.

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

Art

We used charcoal to sketch our faces.

History

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

Computing

We explored the difference between an input and an output.

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

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

Golden Assembly

Star of the Week: Kamali

Super Learner: Bobby and Luca

Superstar Writer: Jaxon

                                                                               Bookworm: Genevieve                                                                        

Marvellous Mathematician: Joshua I

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

Year 6 Friday Blog 4th September 2026

Date: 4th Sep 2026 @ 2:08pm

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

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

Home Practice

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

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

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

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

This week in Year 6

English

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

Maths

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

RE

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

History

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

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

Golden Assembly

Star of the week - Alfie

Super Learner - Brooke

Writer of the week - Lily

Bookworm - Louie

Marvellous Mathematician - Sam

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

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

Have a lovely weekend

The Year 6 team

Year 1 Blog Friday 4th September 2026

Date: 3rd Sep 2026 @ 9:38pm

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

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

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

Reading

Year 1 have been issued with their home reading books.

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

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

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

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

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

English

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

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

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Maths

We have been learning number games this week.

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

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

RE

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

Forest School/PE

Year 1 will be starting Forest School next Wednesday.

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

We will have PE on Tuesdays.

Please could PE bags be sent into school next week.

Golden Assembly

Star of the Week - Rosie

Super Learner - Louie

Superstar Writer - Elise

Bookworm - Teddy

Mathematician - Henry Wood

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

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

Year 2 Blog-Friday 4th September

Date: 3rd Sep 2026 @ 5:49pm

Welcome to your Friday blog!

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

English

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

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

Maths

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

Art 

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

Science

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

Our P.E. day will be Wednesday.

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

Golden Assembly

Star- Evie E.

Super Learner- Connall

Writer-Ada C.

Bookworm-Elsie

Mathematician-Isaac

Special Mentions-Tommy and Amelie

Year 5 Friday blog - 17th July 2026

Date: 17th Jul 2026 @ 3:22pm

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

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

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

Year 3 Friday 17th July 2026

Date: 17th Jul 2026 @ 2:59pm

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The Year 3 Team

Year 1 Blog - Friday 17th July 2026

Date: 17th Jul 2026 @ 2:11pm

Welcome to your final Year 1 blog!

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

Thank you for all of your lovely cards and presents.

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

Mrs Armstrong, Mr Horan, Mrs Deighton and Mrs Farrington

Reception Friday 17th July 2026

Date: 17th Jul 2026 @ 12:56pm

Reception 2026

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

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

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

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

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

Year 2 Blog Friday 17th July 2026

Date: 17th Jul 2026 @ 12:15pm

You have had a fantastic year and learned so many new things.

Well done to everyone for your hard work and enthusiasm.

You will be great in the Juniors.

Thank you for the lovely gifts, cards and pictures.

Have a safe, fun and happy holiday with your friends and family.

Come and say hello to us when you are in Year 3.

Year 2 Team.

Stars of the Term

Arianna, Seb, April, Jaxon, Izzy

Year 6 Blog - Friday 17th July 2026

Date: 17th Jul 2026 @ 8:38am

Welcome to the final Year 6 weekly blog!

All of Year 6 have had a fantastic year! They have all challenged themselves, shown resilience and are now ready for a new adventure at High School next year. We hope that all of Year 6 have enjoyed their time at St Oswald's and have many happy memories from their time at Primary School. 

Mrs Cookson-Chadwick and I would also like to thank all of the children and parents for their lovely cards, messages and gifts. 

Good Luck and best wishes for High School Year 6 - from everyone at St Oswald's! 

Have an amazing summer holidays Year 6! 

Year 4 Blog Friday 17th July 2026

Date: 16th Jul 2026 @ 9:55am

Welcome to your final blog of the year

The Year 4 team would like to thank each and every one of you for the lovely cards and gifts - they are very thoughtful and we appreciate your kindness and generosity.

Thank you also for being the most amazing Year 4!

We have loved teaching you and seeing you grow over the past year.

Have a fantastic summer and do your best to read as often as you can.

We look forward to seeing you again in September - you are always welcome to come and visit us. 

The Year 4 Team

xx

Year 3 Friday Blog 10th July 2026

Date: 10th Jul 2026 @ 4:18pm

Welcome to your Friday blog

We have had a brilliant week this week, with the year 6 production, some brilliant DT and a fantastic result in our Sumdog contest.

This afternoon we emailed out your child's report. On Monday, we will send out their attendance data in an envelope.

Home Practice

Continue with your fantastic home reading. Everyone is making amazing progress this year and this is down to your great home reading and regular practise!

This week we have set 2 challenges on Sumdog. Good Luck!

Make sure you also go on your fluency booster regularly to keep improving on those difficult skills.

No spellings this week but you can still practise past challenges on Sumdog!

This week in Year 3

This week in English, we have continued enjoying The Butterfly Lion. The children have written some brilliant pieces describing the watering hole, the little girl's house and a heartfelt letter from Bertie. It has been fantastic to see everyone remembering to use all of their Year 3 writing skills, including ambitious vocabulary, conjunctions, punctuation and paragraphing, to produce some of their best writing of the year. Well done, Year 3!

In Maths, we have been revisiting some of the trickier concepts we have met throughout the year. This week, we have focused on using division to solve a range of problems, applying the different strategies we have learned over the year. The children have shown great resilience and confidence as they tackled these challenges.

We also took part in the North West Sumdog Competition, competing against schools from across the region. We are delighted to have finished in an amazing 9th place. Super effort, Year 3! You should all be very proud of yourselves.

In PE, we enjoyed a fantastic week of sport, playing tennis and taking part in our own World Cup-inspired football tournament. It was wonderful to see such brilliant teamwork, determination and encouragement throughout the matches. Every child gave their best and showed excellent sportsmanship.

In DT, we created our recipe cards ready for our exciting food technology project. The children carefully planned their sandwiches, thinking about the ingredients they would need and how they would present their finished product. On Thursday, we will be transforming our classroom into a kitchen as the children create their sandwich creations ready for judging!

A reminder: Please send your child in with a bag containing the ingredients they will need for their sandwich. We will provide paper plates and all the utensils needed for the session.

Star of the week - Felicity

Super Learner - Florence

Writer of the week - Zack 

Marvellous Mathematician - All of year 3 for their brilliant effort in the NW Sumdog Contest!

Bookworm - Jonah

Special Mentions -Jonah and Leo for for their super AI computinmg learning this week.

Have a lovely weekend,

The Year 3 Team

Year 6 Blog - Friday 11th July 2026

Date: 10th Jul 2026 @ 3:52pm

Welcome to the Year 6 weekly blog. 

This week in Year 6

Grease

All of Year 6 worked so hard on their amazing production - well done to everyone for their wonderful acting and singing. We hope you all enjoyed the performance!

RE

This week we learned all about Sikhism and how people of different faiths can work together to have a common goal. We made some beautiful posters to show our learning about the Sikh faith. 

PSHE

We completed our transition units to get us ready for high school! We thought about how our character strengths will help us and about how we can overcome our worries. 

Have super weekend Year 6!

Year 5 blog Friday 10th July 2026

Date: 10th Jul 2026 @ 3:40pm

Welcome to your Friday Blog

Home Practice

Reading

Please try to finish your current reading book and hand them in by Monday 13^th July for summer.   

 Times Tables

Please keep practising your times tables.   

Sumdog

Maths practise – individual challenge.

Year 5 have had a great week of learning and singing!

In English Year 5 have been writing adventure stories about Harry, Ron and Hermione from Harry Potter. There’s been some brilliant and imaginative ideas.

 In Maths Year 5 have been re-capping equivalent fractions, including how to multiply fractions and convert them from mixed numbers to improper fractions.

In RE this week, Year 5 have reflected on all their learning this year and summarised what lessons they’ve learned for their own lives from all the scripture studied.

Year 5 were fantastic in the show ‘Grease’ and super supports to Year 6 with their enthusiastic singing and actions. Well done Year 5 – a proud moment!

Year 5 ended the week with a science experiment on irreversible changes in materials followed by calm meditation and wand making under the trees!

Golden stars this week

Star of the Week –      Joni

Super Learners –       Archie P

Superstar Writer –      Evelyn

Bookworm -    Emma

Marvellous Mathematician  -  Sidney

Special mention – all Year 5 for their super efforts in the show  

Reception - Friday 10th July 2026

Date: 10th Jul 2026 @ 3:40pm

Welcome to Reception’s Blog

Drawing Club

We have been studying ‘Gigantosaurus’ by Jonny Duddle.  We have drawn a cretaceous period landscape and labelled it.  We created our own dinosaurs and described them.

Maths

In Maths this week we have been revisiting addition and subtraction up to ten and learning about inverse actions.

Understanding the World

This week we have investigated extinct animals and continued our investigations into fossils.

Stay and Play

This week we performed our assembly to our grown ups who joined us for the rest of the afternoon in our Stay and Play session finding out what we do all day in Reception.  Thank you all for supporting us in this!!

Expressive Art and Design

In Art this week we decorated our volcanoes that we made last week.  We then undertook our own eruptions making our volcanoes fizz and bubble.

PE

This week in PE we continued our Dinosaur theme by experiencing Yoga in Jurassic Park!

Golden Assembly

Star of the week – Henry W

Super Learner – Arabella

Superstar Writer – Jake

Bookworm - Amelie

Marvellous Mathematician – Caleb

Year 1 Blog - Friday 10th July 2026

Date: 10th Jul 2026 @ 3:38pm

Home Practice - Sumdog

Maths challenge - Days of the week

Phonics challenge - Dependent on phonics groups

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

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

Please remember to bring book bags each day.

English

This time, we wrote about brown, grizzly bears and compared them to polar bears. We wrote more interesting facts, using connectives to make our writing more interesting.

Maths

We made o'clock and half past on a clock. 

P.E.

We developed our throwing and catching skills to a partner and in a small group.

R.E.

We read Maria's story about a little girl who needed CAFOD's help to go to school and to drink clean water. We sorted objects into needs and wants and talked about why we need certain things.

DT

We planned our felt creation.

Science

We made a seasons tree using different colours of paint to show the changes in deciduous trees.

Golden Assembly

Star of the Week: Evie B

Super Learner: Noah J

Superstar Writer: Judah

                                                                               Bookworm: Rory                                                                          

Marvellous Mathematician: Thomas

Special Mentions: Zara, Reo and Noah B for their sewing skills in DT.

We will be collecting all reading books in on Monday!

Year 2 Blog Friday 10th July 2026

Date: 10th Jul 2026 @ 1:35pm

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/Sumdog: There will be no more spelling quizzes or Sumdog challenges in Y2. 

Counting: Count forwards and backwards in quarters like we did in class.

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

Year 2 have been poets this week and thoroughly enjoyed it.

They have written summer shape poems and rainbow simile poems. 

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Maths

The children have been doing very well in our fractions topic.

They can name, compare and place quarters and whole numbers on a number line.

PE

In PE, we played mini tennis and rounders games.

Year 6 Performance

We spent part of Wednesday morning watching the Year 6 dress rehearsal.

It was very exciting and entertaining.

D.T

The children had fun making and evaluating their moving vehicles.

PLEASE ENSURE ALL READING BOOKS ARE BROUGHT INTO SCHOOL ON WEDNESDAY SO THEY CAN BE COLLECTED IN.

THANK YOU

Golden Assembly

Star of the Week- April

Super Learner- Izzy

Superstar Writer- Gigi

Bookworm- Lara

Mathematician- Jesse f.

Special Mentions- Jessie and Amelia for being good friends to everyone and

Reuben for helping others when making our model vehicles.

Year 4 Blog Friday 10th July 2026

Date: 9th Jul 2026 @ 10:27am

Welcome to your Friday 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.

Spellings

There are no spellings to learn for next week

Counting

Keep counting ….

There are some 2, 4, 5 and 10 times tables counting songs on the link below.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/topics/cnep90jwjj7t

Have fun!

TTRockstars challenge

A ‘garage’ session

Sumdog challenges

A converting between different units of measure challenge

Our learning this week

English

We planned and wrote the beginning of the next chapter of the novel using our own ideas and relating it to what had happened in the story previously.

We also proof read and edited our work with our partner.

Maths

We consolidated our learning about converting from kg to g – we used the conversion 1kg = 1000g.

We discovered that we needed to multiply by 1000 to convert from kg to g.

We also converted measurements between litres and millilitres using the conversion 1l = 1000ml.

We discovered that we needed to multiply by 1000 to convert from l to ml.

RE

In RE, we learnt about Islamic art which is often based on geometric patterns.

We then created our own Islamic artwork.

PSHE

We celebrated the amazing things we have achieved this year and discussed how to prepare for the move to a new class.

We also explored more about change and understood that it is normal for people to feel differently about moving to a new class.

Science

We explored the relationship between distance and volume using string telephones.

We used cups of different sizes as well as different types of cups and different lengths of string.

Have a look in our gallery.

Geography

We learnt the difference between climate and weather, and why different parts of the world have different climates.

We then described the climate of Greece and compared it to the climate of the UK.

PE

We practised working as a team and problem solving this week.

We formed a circle and joined hands. We then passed the hoop around the group without breaking the circle.

We also focused on aim and accuracy during our tennis session.

There are some photos in our gallery.

DT

We created different ‘algorithms’ for a micro:bit.

Firstly, we created our names on the LED display.

Then we created a different algorithm which lit the LED lights up so that they looked like a beating heart.

Year 6 Production

On Wednesday morning, we watched the Year 6 dress rehearsal of Grease.

Wow – we thought it was brilliant and we loved the songs and acting.

Well done to Year 6 for an amazing production.

Golden Assembly

Star of the Week:   Jessica A

Super Learner:   George

Superstar Writer:    Georgie

Bookworm:   Alice

Marvellous Mathematician:  Eddie and Bobby

Special Mentions:    Annie and Drew – for being super work partners

Francesca – for a beautiful Islamic art pattern

Daisy – for coming into school every day with a big smile on her face

The Year 4 team

Year 3 Friday 3rd July 2026

Date: 3rd Jul 2026 @ 4:28pm

Welcome to your Friday blog.

We have had a jam packed week of learning!

Home Practice

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

Well done to everyone who completed their Sumdog challenges. Two new challenges have been added today and we have been entered itno the North West competition. Remember, little and often every night will benefit your children with their learning in school. We have set a division challenge this week as we are learning all about division next week.

Try and do a little counting at home as well. This will promote number fluency and understanding. There are lots of counting games here at ictgames.com that we use in school. You will also find lots of counting songs on YouTube.

We have given out your home spellings to practice for next week's test. All our spellings this week end in the -ure and are revision of some spring learning. 

This week in Year 3

This week in English, we have been enjoying The Butterfly Lion. We have been exploring how ambitious vocabulary choices can improve our writing and bring our descriptions to life. This week, we described the watering hole outside Bertie's compound and wrote about how he rescued the little lion cub. The children produced some fantastic descriptive writing, using powerful adjectives and expanded noun phrases to paint a picture for the reader.

In Maths, we have been continuing our work on decimals, learning how to compare and sort them. The children showed great confidence when explaining their reasoning and ordering decimals from smallest to largest using their place value knowledge.

In History, we revisited all of our learning from this half term with a class quiz. We have been so impressed with all of the sticky learning and just how much the children have remembered. They recalled key events, important people and fascinating facts from our Ancient Egypt topic. What brilliant historians!

In DT, we started the design process for our new food technology topic on sandwich making. The children created some super designs and produced colourful posters to showcase the ingredients they would like to use. Next week, we will be sending home recipe cards for the children to complete before our final cooking session.

A huge well done to all of our Rock Steady Rockers on their fantastic performance on Friday. We thoroughly enjoyed every song and were incredibly proud of the confidence and enthusiasm shown by all of the children.

In PE, we had a fantastic rounders session, working together in teams to develop our batting, fielding and teamwork skills. It was lovely to see everyone encouraging one another and giving their best effort throughout the lesson.

Star of the week - Harper

Super Learner - Amelia L

Writer of the week - Charlie

Marvellous Mathematician - Melodie

Bookworm - Amelia C

Special Mentions - Adam, Jonah and Orlaigh for making Year 3 a lovely place to be.

Have a lovely weekend,

The Year 3 Team

Year 5 blog Friday 3rd July 2026

Date: 3rd Jul 2026 @ 4:15pm

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.  

pour  poor  cheerful  delightful  there  their  they’re  portable  porter  disgusted  excited  excitable  merciful  mercy  sentimental  courageous  dangerous

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 had a great week of learning– well done Year 5! They have also worked hard to practise the songs for next week's show.

In English Year 5 have been reading excerpts from Harry Potter and concocting magic potions.

 In Maths Year 5 have been re-capping equivalent fractions and counting and adding thousandths.

In RE this week, Year 5 have practised reading scripture using the method of Lectio Divina, where you read, think, pray and rest in scripture to give you a deeper understanding of the Word.

The whole class enjoyed a mindful movement session this week and played tennis in PE.

Year 5 ended the week with learning about the various buildings that were constructed in the time of the Maya civilisation. They then enjoyed working in groups to create 3D Maya cities.

Golden stars this week

Star of the Week –      Amelia

Super Learners –       Tiffany

Superstar Writer –      Franco

Bookworm -    Milo

Marvellous Mathematician  -  Madelaina

Special mention – Ada-May, Brooke and Amelia  

Reception - Friday 3rd July 2026

Date: 3rd Jul 2026 @ 3:48pm

Welcome to Reception’s Blog

Writing

Following our ‘Understanding the World’ lesson about the coldest places on the planet, we wrote some sentences about some of the animals that live in these places

Maths

In Maths this week we began to learn about the concept of time.  We have been learning the days of the week and learning which order they are in (using our Phonics knowledge to help recognise the days too!).  We have also been discovering the concept of Faster/Slower by watching our friends undertake a task and seeing who finishes fastest.

Understanding the World – Science

This week we discovered the differences and similarities between the Arctic and the Antarctic.  We learnt that the Arctic is at the North Pole and that the Antarctic is at the South Pole.  We learnt that Polar Bears only live in the North and that Penguins only live in the South – as it is a long way between the two – the two animals that live in the coldest places on Earth do not meet!

Open Morning

This week we welcomed some visitors into our classroom to see what sort of things we get up to – we had lots of dinosaur inspired learning such as hunt the dinosaur bones for Phonics, we had a pre-historic dinosaur land in our outside area.  We also had a very special visitor on Wednesday afternoon when Mrs Robinson visited us with her new baby boy!

Transition Morning

On Thursday we had our first taste of being in Year 1.  We went into our new classroom and met the Year 1 team.  We learnt a bit about all of the staff and we also were shown where the important things are going to be such as our pegs and which doors we are going to use.  We are all looking forward to going into Year 1 – it’s going to be a great adventure!

Expressive Art and Design

In Art this week we made clay volcanoes which we are going to decorate next week.  We also watched an experiment in which we made our own volcanic explosion.

PE

This week in PE we played parachute games and concentrated on working as a team.

Golden Assembly

Star of the week – Ava-Grace

Super Learner – Elise

Superstar Writer – Phoebe

Bookworm - Joey

Marvellous Mathematician – Teddy

Special Mention – Billy

Year 2 Blog Friday 3rd July 2026

Date: 3rd Jul 2026 @ 2:38pm

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 (10.07.26):

action  nation  position   station   fiction   caution   option  fraction potion motion

Sumdog: Complete the fractions and spelling challenges.

Counting: Count forwards and backwards in 11's. What do you notice?

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

Year 2 are really enjoying our new book, Harry And The Jaggedy Daggers by Jan Fearnley.

We wrote about how the Jaggedy Daggers destroyed Harry's boat and designed our own tea cup boats.

Maths

The children have been working on fractions this week.

RE

Our Bible story was The Good Samaritan.

We thought about the qualities the Samaritan had, and made our own medical kits to help us use similar qualities in our daily lives.

PE

The children played mini-rounders games in groups of 4.

We have got some excellent throwers, catchers and batters in Year 2.

Computing

The children have been working through their coding lessons.

They are thoroughly enjoying it and learning useful computing skills.

D.T

We will be having our D.T day next week. The children will be making vehicles just like the one above.

Please could your child bring a cardboard box into school on Monday and any other useful items like toilet/kitchen roll tubes. 

Golden Assembly

Star of the Week- Seb

Super Learner- Rudy

Superstar Writer- Dean

Bookworm- Jaxon

Mathematician- Cerys

Special Mentions- Rhodes and William for being kind and thoughtful friends and

Faisal for completing another reading bookmark.