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Year 3 Friday Blog 20th March 2026
Date: 20th Mar 2026 @ 3:48pm
Welcome to your Friday blog
Home Practice
Continue with your fantastic home reading. Everyone has made amazing progress this year and this is down to your great home reading and regular practise!
We have set 3 Sumdog challenges, make sure you do a little on these every night.
Also, make sure you also go on your fluency booster regularly to keep improving on those difficult skills.
Your spellings this week all end with sion, ssion, tion, cian. We have set a sumdog challenge to help practice these.
position, election, rotation, location, duration, aggression, obsession, recession, compassion, impression, vision, decision, division, confusion, optician, beautician clinician, tactician
This week in Year 3
We’ve had another busy and enjoyable week in Year 3!
In English, we have continued our journey to Jo’burg and the children are really enjoying the story. This week, we have been focusing on using noun phrases to improve our sentences, particularly when describing the beginning of the children’s journey. We have seen some lovely writing, with the children really starting to add detail and bring their ideas to life.
In Maths, we have been revisiting the formal written methods for addition and subtraction. This is a tricky area, so we have spent lots of time practising and building our confidence. The children have shown great perseverance and determination with this new learning.
In RE, we have been learning about the sacraments, with a particular focus on Holy Communion. We watched a video of children making their First Holy Communion and the class responded with some thoughtful and reflective ideas about what this special sacrament means.
We have also been taking part in the Big Lent Walk this week. The children have shown great enthusiasm and commitment, again, have a look at our gallery to see us in action.
In Art, we explored line drawing techniques. The children experimented with different types of lines to create depth and texture in their work. There are some fantastic pieces. Check out our gallery!
In French, we have been learning how to say a range of colours, as well as how to say “I like” and “I don’t like.” The children did a brilliant job practising their speaking.
In PE, we continued developing our tag rugby skills. This week, we focused on games without the ball, working on movement, positioning and teamwork. It was great to see such strong team spirit and encouragement for one another.
In History, we learned all about hieroglyphics. The children loved writing their names using hieroglyphs and learning how they were used in Ancient Egypt.
Star of the week - Orlaigh
Super Learner - Zack W
Writer of the week - Rose
Marvellous Mathematician - Wilbur
Bookworm - Henry Y
Special Mentions - Lydia and Amelia F for their lovely manners and showing kindness to others.
Another brilliant week, well done, Year 3!
The Year 3 Team.
Year 5 blog Friday 20th March 2026
Date: 20th Mar 2026 @ 3:45pm
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's spellings for this week.
stomach symbol twelfth vegetable frequently bruise identity ancient community variety lightning soldier rhyme rhythm restaurant competition determined aggressive
Counting
Count out loud in:
9’s up to 189 and back again 0, 9, 18…
50’s from 18900 to 19450 and back again 18900, 18950…
70’s from 770 to 1120 and back again 770, 840, 910…
Times Tables
Please keep practising your times tables.
Sumdog
Maths practise – individual challenge.
Spelling Challenge – There is a practise test on Sumdog.
Year 5 have been amazing this week, completing all their assessment tests cheerfully and with 100% effort – well done Year 5!
In English, Year 5 have been developing ideas on characters, using ambitious vocabulary and also debating who might be behind the mysterious vanishings in 'Varjak Paw'.
In Maths, we have been practising converting km, kg and litres into metres, grams and millilitres. We also converted fractions into percentages. This has been tricky but we have persevered. Super job Year 5!
In RE this week, Year 5 reflected on the power of prayer and created some beautiful new prayers for the class display, focussing on prayers for people in need and also prayers of thanks for the beautiful things God has created.
In Art, we all enjoyed going outside in the sun to practise sketching buildings as well as completing our Hockney style landscapes.
The whole class enjoyed Science this week by going outside to find living things in the school grounds. Year 5 found a huge variety of creatures and then created their life cycle maps of birds and insects.
Finally, Year 5 have now completed the first week of their sponsored Big Lent walk. They are walking 1km a day for ten days to raise money for CAFOD.
Well done Year 5 on another great week of learning!
Golden stars this week
Star of the Week – Edward
Super Learners – Trudy
Superstar Writer – Amelia
Bookworm - Alana
Marvellous Mathematician - Madelaina
Special Mention - Emma
Reception Blog - Friday 23rd March 2026
Date: 20th Mar 2026 @ 2:39pm
Welcome to Reception's Friday Blog!
This week we have been learning all about Chicken Licken
Drawing Club
In our drawing club, we thought about the beginning, middle and end of the story. We drew a picture and tried our best to retell the story.
We practised lots of different voices for the characters when we read the story together.
Phonics
We recapped ch, sh ,th, ng, qu, ai, ee, igh, oa long/short oo.
she, he, we, be, me, we, was, you, they, my, her, are, all, like, said
Our new sounds are the ar and the or
ar - farm, car, barn
or - fork, corn, short
The children are working hard on their letter formation and trying to write their words on the lines.
Maths
Our focus has been to learn our doubles to 10.
We learnt that doubling is the same as adding two numbers together that are the same.
We used dominoes and ladybirds to help us.
1 + 1 = 2
2 + 2 = 4
3 + 3 = 6
4 + 4 = 8
5 + 5 = 10
Click here to have a go at our doubles song at home
Understanding the world
We continued to learn about life cycles - we watched a real life chick hatching from their egg.
We drew and labelled the chicks independently.
Science
We carried out a science experiment this week. We thought about what a plant needs to grow.
Then we put a bean into a bag. One bag was wet and the other was dry. The children discussed their ideas of which would grow and why.
We decided to put two beans on the window and two beans in a darker place in class to find one which will grow quicker.
RE
We learnt about 'Palm Sunday' this week.
Make sure to check out our galleries to see all our brilliant learning from this week!
Golden Assembly
Star of the Week – Teddy
Super Learner – Rosie
Superstar Writer – Louie
Bookworm – Henry.W
Mathematician – Elsi
Special Mention - Ava-Grace & Maisie & Vinnie & Harry & Ella
Year 4 Blog Friday 20th March 2026
Date: 20th Mar 2026 @ 12:49pm
Welcome to your Friday blog
Home practice
Reading
Please read for 20 minutes each evening to an adult at home.
Can you retell some of the story in your own words?
Spellings
These are your spellings which will be tested next week – please practise them
invention injection action hesitation completion
expression discussion confession permission admission
expansion extension comprehension tension musician
electrician magician politician
Counting
This week, please practise counting in 2’s
For example, start at 86 and count to 128 and back again
86 88 90 etc 128 126 124 etc
Now have a go at counting in 0.2’s
For example, start at 0.8 and count to 3.2 and back again
0.8 1.0 1.2 etc 3.2 3.0 2.8 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.
Halving challenge
Follow the link below and play any of the halving games – this will help to consolidate our learning this week.
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
TTRockstars challenge
A ‘garage’ session
Sumdog challenges
A spelling challenge based on the words above
A rounding numbers challenge (this is revision)
In English, we learnt about pronouns.
We now that that a pronoun is a word that takes the place of a noun or noun phrase in a sentence and that its primary purpose is to prevent repetition.
We also identified pronouns in a sentence and discussed which noun they were taking the place of.
In Maths, we consolidated our knowledge of the written method of multiplication – the grid method.
Additionally, we learnt how to halve 4 digits numbers where all the digits are even (eg 2864).
In RE, we learnt about the Corporal Works of Mercy - seven charitable actions, rooted in Matthew 25:31–46, that address the physical needs of others to show God’s mercy and love.
These actions are: to feed the hungry, give drink to the thirsty, shelter the homeless, visit the sick, clothe the naked, visit the imprisoned and bury the dead.
In Science, we started our new topic – Animals including Humans.
We began by thinking about what happens to food that we eat and why our teeth are different shapes.
In our ‘Our Happy Mind’ lesson, we learnt how to better understand our differences.
We continued to learn how we can use our strengths in different ways.
In our PE lesson, we warmed up by taking part in a relay practice.
We then played bench ball and dodgeball, practising our throwing and catching, as well as our teamwork skills.
Have a look at the pictures in our gallery.
In our Geography lesson, we learnt about the different layers of the rainforest.
This week, we also went on a trip to Southport Eco Centre, where we learnt about rainforests. We took part in 4 different activities:
a giant snakes & lianas board game to find out more about the features of a rainforest;
a PC game to explore the habitats/locations of the world’s rainforests, completing an activity booklet;
a ‘visit’ to a rainforest in the immersive room experiences;
and a garden fact hunt – to investigate the layers of the rainforest.
In Art, we painted the background and some objects for our ‘still life’ composition.
We will use these later to create a cut paper collage still life picture.
In Forest School, we discussed how to be safe around the fire. We talked about the three things we need to start a fire. We watched the popcorn as it popped and dicussed how the change is irreversible.
Some of us had a go at using the flint and steel to start a fire. Everyone who had a try was successful!
Golden Assembly
Star of the Week: Alexander
Super Learner Award: Violet Ca
Superstar Writer: Bobby
Bookworm Award: Rudy
Marvellous Mathematician: Isla
Special Mentions: All of Y4 !
The Year 4 Team
Year 1 Blog - Friday 20th March 2026
Date: 19th Mar 2026 @ 2:57pm
Home Practice - Sumdog
Maths challenge - Number bonds to 10
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
We read 'You Choose Fairy Tales' and started to make our own fairy tale using the fairy tale features.
We also completed our reading assessments.
Maths
We completed our Maths assessments.
R.E.
We role played the Last Supper.
We also listened to the beginning of the Easter story. We went outside to collect sticks to make our own crosses.
See our pictures here and here.
P.E.
We learnt how to underarm throw balls of different sizes.
Science
We started a weather diary and compared different weather patterns.
Computing
We explored different pictograms and created our own.
If you would like to have a go at home please use this website here.
History
We made a timeline of Florence and Edith's significant events. We learnt how to read dates and order chronologically.
P.S.H.E.
We talked about how we know that we are loved and cared for by our close family and our extended family.
D.T.
We created a healthy plate with a mix of food groups.
We chose the fruit that we would like for our smoothie.
Golden Assembly
Star of the Week: Evie B
Super Learner: Louie
Superstar Writer: Tommy and Eilish
Bookworm: Grace
Marvellous Mathematician: Isabelle
Special Mentions: Zara for helping others in RE. Ada C and Evie E for showing great resilience in their learning.
If your child has been sent home in any spare clothes, please could you send them back to school.
Thank you.
Year 6 Blog - Friday 20th March 2026
Date: 19th Mar 2026 @ 8:33am
Welcome to the Year 6 weekly blog.
This week in Year 6
English
In English we have created our own detective characters, based on ourselves. We have also thought about who could be the culprit of the case of the missing Easter eggs in class, ahead of writing our own crime stories next week! We have also been revising how to use active and passive, modal verbs and phrases and clauses.
Maths
This week, we have continued our learning on statistics by learning about how to read and answer questions based on pie charts, bar graphs and line graphs. We have also learned how to label the parts of a circle and how to find the diameter of a circle from the radius.
RE
In RE, we have been reflecting on Mary's significance. We have explored how she shows faith and how Mary is our mother. We also learned how the scripture in John's gospel reveals different aspects of Jesus to us.
Topic
In Art, we continued our portrait topic by creating layered portraits inspired by Mike Barrett. We had to layer pencil, biro and watercolour to create a self-portrait.
In PE, we have been honing our teamwork skills by playing tag rugby and practising how to correctly pass and score a try.
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 27/03/26
It is useful to write the words down on the spelling sheet, but you could also ask someone to call the words out and spell them out loud. Other ideas include, breaking the words up and writing them down in different colours (accommodate). You could look for words within words (accompany) or think of your own ways to remember the word, for example, spell it aloud using a mnemonic or tune.
|
relevant |
secretary |
probably |
recent |
|
restaurant |
shoulder |
promise |
regular |
|
rhyme |
signature |
purpose |
reign |
|
rhythm |
sincere |
quarter |
remember |
|
sacrifice |
sincerely |
question |
sentence |
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 8 Percentages
English - Topic 18: Standard English
Golden Assembly
Well done to all our award winners in Golden Assembly this week!
Star of the Week - Ebba
Super Learner - Ronnie
Superstar Writer - Bella
Bookworm - Imogen
Marvellous Mathematician - Milana
Special Mentions - William: for working so hard on his SPAG revision.
Maisie - for always having a great attitude to learning.
Have a fantastic weekend Year 6!
Year 2 Blog Friday 20th March 2026
Date: 17th Mar 2026 @ 10:04am
Welcome to your Friday Blog.
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 (27.03.26):
action donation caution fraction station information imagination collection option fiction
Sumdog: Complete the times tables 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?
Have a go at this fun game. All you need is paper and a pencil.
https://nrich.maths.org/problems/strike-it-out
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
English
This week we started learning through a book called Rosie Revere Engineer. Rosie makes all sorts of gadgets and gizmos from things which she finds. She really perseveres and inspires her friends.
We wrote about what we would like to be when we grow up.
Maths
We are still learning about measuring mass, length and capacity. We learnt how to order weights/capacity/lengths.
We also completed assessments about our recent learning.
R.E
The children learnt more about Holy Week by exploring religious art. We looked at art to show forgivenesss.
They chose their favourite painting and explained why they liked it, then drew some of their own Reconciliation art.
We aslo learnt about the words Jesus said on the cross about forgiveness and learnt about the stages of the Sacrament of Reconciliation.
Geography
The children are learning about the weather and seasons.
They discussed, wrote about and illustrated their favourite weather or season.
Science
We made paper aeroplanes and tested them to see how well they flew. It was quite windy so we had to take account of the wind direction. We also tried to modify our planes by folding them slightly differently and by attaching paper clips to give them more weight.
Art
We looked closely at the brush strokes of the artists Cezanne and Van Gogh.
We used drawing pencils to draw a still life.
We used paint to try to make our own brush strokes.
We used pastels to match the colours Cezanne used on one of his works.
Golden Assembly
Star of the Week - Amelia
Super Learner - Rudy
Superstar Writer - Hannah
Bookworm - Genieveve
Mathematician - Emma
Special Mentions - Joshua I. and April for great problem solving when testing their paper aeroplanes and
Cerys for being a kind and thoughtful friend.
Reception Blog - Friday 13th March 2026
Date: 13th Mar 2026 @ 3:59pm
Welcome to Reception's Friday Blog!
This week we have been learning all about the life cycle of a frog.
Drawing Club
In our drawing club time, we had a go at writing the different stages of the life cycle. Some children labelled the pictures and some children had a go at writing sentences.
Phonics
We recapped ch, sh ,th, ng, qu, ai, ee, igh, oa
she, he, we, be, me, we, was, you, they, my, her, are
Our new sounds are the long 'oo' and the short 'oo'
The long 'oo' such as food, moon, zoo and the short 'oo' such as cook, hook, wood.
The children are working hard on their letter formation at the mintue and trying to write their words on the lines.
Maths
Our focus was addition and subtraction with number sentences.
We were all given a different subtraction number sentence, we used the sentence and our part whole model to find the answer.
For addition, we thought about what number was already made on the ten frames, we had to decide how the amount had been made and to extend ourselves we then wrote the addition number sentence!
Wow such a big job for Reception, Well done everyone!
7 + 3 = 10
Art
We created spring flower pictures.
As an independent challenge this week, the children had a go at drawing in detail, using a magnifying glass to look closely at a flower and selecting the correct colours to draw it.
Understanding the world
We had a special lesson from the Japanese Students, they taught us all about how they celebrate the new year in Japan, we learnt, that it was a bigger celebration than Christmas to them.
We had a go at playing some of the games they would play.
The children really enjoyed themselves.
Make sure to check out our galleries to see all our brilliant learning from this week!
Golden Assembly
Star of the Week – Finlay
Super Learner – Jake
Superstar Writer – Elijah
Bookworm – Billy
Mathematician – Ivy, Amelie
Year 5 blog Friday 13th March 2026
Date: 13th Mar 2026 @ 3:51pm
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.
co-ordinate, re-enter, co-operate, co-own, pre-existing, de-emphasise, pre-recorded, re-edit, re-enact, co-worker, co-pilot, re-cover, re-educate, pre-date, pre-election, pre-print, re-form
Counting
Count out loud in:
9’s up to 189 and back again 0, 9, 18…
40’s from 19000 to 19440 and back again 19000, 19040…
80’s from 840 to 1440 and back again 840, 920, 1000…
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 very productive week – well done Year 5!
In English Year 5 have been continuing to read the class novel, ‘Varjak Paw’ by SF Said. They have also been planning and creating non-chronological reports about Russian Blue cats .
In Maths Year 5 have been multiplying and dividing by 100 and 1,000. They have also been re-capping their arithmetic methods.
In RE this week, Year 5 have been investigating the meaning of sin and conscience. They have considered how to react in certain scenarios, deciding how to make the right choice.
In Art, the class have spent time learning about David Hockney and his style of art. They have then created a Hockney style coloured landscape, using pastels.
The whole class enjoyed Science week by joining in a lesson on farming and making up their own science inventions.
Well done Year 5 on another great week of learning!
Golden stars this week
Star of the Week – Willow
Super Learners – Ada-May
Superstar Writer – Archie S
Bookworm - Evelyn
Marvellous Mathematician - Lily
Special Mention - Teddy and Brooke
Year 3 Friday Blog 13th March 2026
Date: 13th Mar 2026 @ 2:48pm
Welcome to your Friday blog
We’ve had another fantastic week in Year 3! The children have been working so hard and showing great enthusiasm for all our learning.
Home Practice
Keep up with regular reading at home and remember to change books when needed. Practising little and often makes such a big difference!
In maths, we have been applying our written methods to solve subtraction and addition problems. This has been a great challenge, and the children have shown brilliant problem-solving skills. We have set some Sumdog challenges to reinforce this learning and improve our number fluency.
Spellings have been sent home today.They all end in -sion. keep practising a little each night to help improve accuracy and confidence.
division, invasion, confusion, decision, collision, television, mission, fission, suupervision, submission, expansion, vision, version, illusion, immersion, corrosion, mansion, pension
This week in Year 3
This week in RE we continued our learning about the Mass and focused particularly on the Liturgy of the Eucharist. The children learned that this is the part of the Mass where we remember the Last Supper and where the bread and wine are offered to God and become the Body and Blood of Jesus. We talked about the important actions and prayers that take place during this part of the Mass, including the offertory, the Eucharistic prayer and Holy Communion. The children showed a really thoughtful understanding of why this is such a special and sacred moment in the mass.
In English, we have started our new class text Journey to Jo’burg. We were introduced to the main characters, Naledi and Tiro, and learned about their brave plan to walk all the way to Johannesburg to try to find their mother. The children were very interested in the challenges the characters might face on such a long journey, and we had some excellent discussions about why they feel they must go. We are looking forward to following their journey and discovering what happens next.
In Maths, we have revisited the formal methods for addition and subtraction. While the children are beginning to understand the written methods, we have noticed that some pupils are not yet fully secure with their number facts to 20. When these facts are not automatic, it can make the written methods much more difficult. To help build confidence and fluency, we have launched a Number Facts Challenge on Sumdog. Practising these facts regularly will make a huge difference and will help the children tackle more complex calculations with greater ease.
In PE, we began our new superhero dance topic. The children explored how different emotions and expressions can be shown through movement and used this to help them create their own superhero characters. They then worked in groups to begin building short dance sequences that showed their superhero’s personality and powers through movement. It was fantastic to see their creativity and confidence grow as they performed their ideas. We also welcomed Freddie Fit into school this week, who certainly put us through our paces with a high-energy fitness session! The children showed great enthusiasm and effort throughout.
In History, we explored the society of Ancient Egypt and learned about the different roles people had. The children discovered that Egyptian society was organised like a pyramid, with the Pharaoh at the very top, followed by priests, scribes, soldiers, craftsmen and farmers. We talked about how each group had an important role to play in keeping society running and discussed what daily life might have been like for people in these different jobs.
In Science, we celebrated Science Week by taking part in a live lesson all about light and how it can be used to create movies. The children learned how early filmmakers used light and shadow to tell stories and explored some of the clever techniques used to create moving images. They were fascinated to see how simple ideas using light can be used to produce impressive visual effects.
We also say goodbye to Ryoko who has been working with us over the past two weeks. We have learned how to write our name in Japanese and made some beautiful gift boxes using traditional Japanese patterns. Thank you to Yuicho and his students for another brilliant experience for our children.
Finally, in DT, we continued our learning about mechanisms. This week the children tried to build a more complex mechanism using the knowledge they gained in our previous lesson. Not all of them worked perfectly, but this actually turned into a fantastic learning opportunity. The children evaluated their designs, discussed what had gone wrong and thought carefully about how they might improve them next time. This kind of problem-solving is a really important part of the design process.
Golden Assembly
Star of the week - Eliza
Super Learner - Jonah
Writer of the week - Orlaigh
Marvellous Mathematician - Lydia
Bookworm - Harper
Special Mentions - Melodie and Rose for their amazing effort in PE this week.
Happy Mother's Day on Sunday and have a lovely weekend.
The Year 3 team
Year 4 Blog Friday 13th March 2026
Date: 13th Mar 2026 @ 12:48pm
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. Look up any words you are unsure of.
Spellings
You will be tested on the Year 3 / 4 spellings next week. A sheet has been sent home.
Counting
This week, please practise counting in tenths
For example, start at 1.8 and count to 3.5 and back again
1.8 1.9 2.0 etc 3.5 3.4 3.3 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 some of the Year 3 / 4 words
A maths challenge using place value and known facts to multiply and divide
Our Learning this week
In English, we revised the rules for speech / dialogue and then wrote a conversation between Lila and Rambashi (a pirate and character in our class novel).
We ensured that we used alternative words for said, and that we thought carefully about how each character might speak.
We used human sentences to help us with our learning – take a look in the gallery.
In Maths, we learnt how to double a number with ones and tenths using a partitioning and recombining method.
In addition, we revised multiplying multiples of 10 and 100 by single digits (eg 6 x 40 = 240; 3 x 400 = 1200) and then applied this to multiplying 3 digit numbers by a single digit using the grid method (eg 4 x 237).
In RE, we read the parable of ‘The judgement of the nations’ (sheep and goats) which emphasises that genuine faith is demonstrated through carrying out loving deeds.
In Science, as part of Science Week, we took part in the BBC live lesson about light and moon.
Following this, we completed some activities about light sources, reflection and information about the moon.
We also investigated the probability question ‘does toast always land butter side down?’ We made predictions then recorded the results – have a look in our gallery.
In our ‘Our Happy Mind’ lesson, we learnt how to understand and celebrate differences.
In PE, we practised running with a rugby ball. We also learnt how to move into a space to receive a swing pass in a game.
You can see some pictures in the gallery.
This week, we also took part in an energetic keep fit session with Freddie Fit (have a look at some of the pictures in our gallery)
and a lesson led by the Japanese students during which we learnt the meanings of some traditional Japanese patterns.
Golden Assembly
Star of the Week: Rudy
Super Learner: Lottie
Superstar Writer: Albie
Bookworm: Jessica
Marvellous Mathematician: Bobby
Special Mentions: Heidi – for being a good friend to everyone and making Year 4 a lovely place to be;
Albert – for beautiful manners
The Year 4 Team
Year 1 Blog - Friday 13th March 2026
Date: 12th Mar 2026 @ 4:38pm
Home Practice - Sumdog
Maths challenge - Subtraction
Phonics challenge - Dependent on phonics groups
Counting – Can you practise counting in twos, fives and tens?
Reading - Please try to read at least three times a week.
Please remember to bring book bags each day.
English
We continued with our Mother's Day writing.
Maths
We continued to explore halves, focusing on halving a shape into two equal pieces.
We also completed an arithmetic using the manipulatives.
R.E.
We role played the Widow's Mite where Jesus was extremely happy with an old widow for giving her small fortune to the temple.
P.E.
We had an amazing Freddy Fit session!
Science
We made paper aeroplanes for British Science Week.
History
We wrote facts about another nurse from the 1800s - Edith Cavell. We compared her to Florence.
P.S.H.E.
We recognised how we have close family who live with us, and extended family who we are related to but we do not live with.
Art
We painted roses for our Mother's Day cards. We then drew spirals on top with pen.
D.T.
We sorted food into fruit and vegetables. We found that fruits have seeds in them!
Japanese lesson
Yuichi and his students taught us about Japanese dolls. We made our own dolls using paper cups.
Forest School
We discussed how birds will start building their nests at this time of year. We looked at a real birds nest. We noticed all the changes in the nature area. We did some great child- initiated learning.
Golden Assembly
Star of the Week: George
Super Learner: Isla-May
Superstar Writer: Hartley
Bookworm: Imogen
Marvellous Mathematician: Oscar
Special Mentions: Felicity, Noah B and Rupert for their amazing writing about Florence Nightingale.
Thank you to everyone who came to our Mother's Day assembly. We are so proud of the class!
Year 6 Blog - Friday 13th March 2026
Date: 12th Mar 2026 @ 7:51am
Welcome to the Year 6 weekly blog.
This week in Year 6
English
In English we have been revising how to use different types of tense. We have also been continuing our crime fiction unit. We have shared the story 'Saxby Smart and the Hangman's Lair' together. We thought carefully about justifying our opinions with evidence from the text.
Maths
This week, we have continued our topic on ratio. We have learned how to solve problems involving ratio. We have also explored how to find percentages of amounts and to find equivalences between fractions, decimals and percentages.
RE
In RE, we shared the gospel story where Jesus was arrested and brought before Pilate. We debated whether Jesus had a fair trial and discussed what made a trial fair. We also explored the many names for Jesus in the gospels. We created our own signs for the cross, deciding what we would call Jesus by thinking about what he means to us.
Topic
We had our last visit from Freddie Fit this week and we really enjoyed being active and learning how to keep ourselves healthy!
In Art, we continued our portrait topic by drawing portraits of each other! We held a 'portrait club' session in class.
For Science, we learned what is in our blood and the function of each part.
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 20/03/26
It is useful to write the words down on the spelling sheet, but you could also ask someone to call the words out and spell them out loud. Other ideas include, breaking the words up and writing them down in different colours (accommodate). You could look for words within words (accompany) or think of your own ways to remember the word, for example, spell it aloud using a mnemonic or tune.
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persuade |
programme |
particular |
possess |
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physical |
pronunciation |
peculiar |
possession |
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prejudice |
queue |
perhaps |
possible |
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privilege |
recognise |
popular |
potatoes |
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profession |
recommend |
position |
pressure |
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 7: Fractions
English - Topic 15: Reading Skills
Golden Assembly
Well done to all our award winners in Golden Assembly this week!
Star of the Week - William
Super Learner - Oscar
Superstar Writer - Imogen
Bookworm - Holly W
Marvellous Mathematician - Bella
Special Mentions - Ebba, Eliza W and Dominic: for great attitude to learning and always trying their best.
Have a great weekend Year 6!
Year 2 Blog Friday 13th March 2026
Date: 10th Mar 2026 @ 10:07am
Welcome to your Friday Blog.
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 (20.03.26):
one two three four five six seven eight nine ten
Sumdog: Complete the measuring and spelling challenges.
Counting: Count forwards and backwards in 5 to 100 or beyond.
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
English
We finished our learning through the story of Manfred The Baddie.
We designed a poster to try and find the missing scientist after he was kidnapped by Manfred.
SPaG
We learnt how to use different suffixes such as -ly, -est, ed, ing, -er.
Maths
We have finished our money topic and moved on to learning how to measure mass and capacity.
We practised reading different scales.
RE
The children recapped the events of Holy week by looking at religious art for each day.
For example Palm Sunday, Maundy Thursday, Good Friday and Easter Sunday. Then they wrote about their favourite piece and why.
We also discussed Jesus' last words on the cross and decorated our own crosses with the words.
Forest School
We discussed how birds will start building their nests at this time of year. We looked at a real birds nest. We noticed all the changes in the nature area. We did some great child- initiated learning. We wondered why there weren't as many ladybirds about as last week....was it because it was colder?
Science
We sorted, examined and drew different vegetable seeds. We looked closely at their shape, size and colour.
Everyone had a great time keeping fit with Freddy and enjoying the motivational music.
He also talked to us about healthy eating and getting enough sleep.
We said goodbye to our student from Japan, Mizuki. She has loved spending time in our class and we really enjoyed her lesson.
Golden Assembly
Star of the Week - Nelly
Super Learner - Izzy
Superstar Writer - Joshua I.
Bookworm - Faisal
Mathematician - Jesse H.
Special Mentions - Huxley for being a kind and thoughtful friend and
Harry and Genevieve for lovely art work.
Reception Blog - Friday 6th March 2026
Date: 6th Mar 2026 @ 4:03pm
Welcome to Reception's Friday Blog!
Phonics
We recapped ch, sh ,th, ng, qu, ai, ee
she, he, we, be, me, we, was, you and they
Our new sounds are igh and oa
Such as light night coat float
Drawing Club
We created our own plan to catch the wizard lizard.
The children enjoyed innovating the story to create their own endings.
Maths
We have been focusing on finding one more and one less than a given number.
We practised our addition and subtraction using our part whole model.
Art
We have been painting pictures of daffodils.
We also learnt about colour mixing the colour purple for Lent.
RE
This week we have been discussing how Lent is a time to help others. We read the story of Penguin and Pinecone and recognised how he cared for the pinecone. We compared this to Lent.
We read the story of 'The Good Samaritan' and discussed how he cared for the man - We made suggestions to a discussion about who we would care for at school or at home.
Bring Yer Wellies
What a fabulous time we had on our class trip!
We had great discussions about plants and what they need to grow and how to care for them.
We planted our own oregano - Look after it, there will be a home challenge in a few weeks about it.
We took part in den building, boat racing and even explored a 5 tier wormery!
Make sure to check out our galleries to see all our brilliant learning from this week!
Year 5 Friday blog - 6th March 2026
Date: 6th Mar 2026 @ 3:56pm
Welcome to your Friday Blog
Home Practice
Reading
Please read out loud every day for 20 minutes. Use a dictionary to find the meaning of any words you don’t know or ask an adult.
Spelling
Here are Year 5 spellings for this week.
referring, referred, referral, preferring, preferred, transferring, transferred, reference, referee
preference, transference, different, suffering, differing, suffered, conferring, offered, offering
Counting
Count out loud in:
12’s up to 288 and back again 0, 12,24…
30’s from 19000 to 21000 and back again 19030, 19060…
80’s from 840 to 1440 and back again 840, 920, 1000…
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 very productive week – well done Year 5!
In English Year 5 have been continuing to read the class novel, ‘Varjak Paw’ by SF Said. They have also been practising writing narrative, using direct speech.
In Maths Year 5 have been continuing to learn divisibility rules for large numbers, identifying factors and prime numbers and have now moved on to using the grid method. Everyone has done really well with this.
In RE this week, Year 5 have been investigating the meaning of Matthews’ recount of Jesus in the Wilderness. They have explored the temptations Jesus faced and why, and then gone on to create role plays in groups, acting out the temptations that they face and how to react to them.
In Art, the class have continued to practise their sketching skills this week, focussing on cityscapes and perspective.
The whole class enjoyed using CANVA again in computing this week and creating presentations on the meaning of Lent.
Well done Year 5 on another great week of learning!
Year 3 Friday Blog 6th March 2026
Date: 6th Mar 2026 @ 3:49pm
Welcome to your Friday Blog!
Year 3 have had another fantastic week of learning.
Home Practice
Keep changing your books regularly and read for at least 15-20 minutes every night!
Well done to everyone who completed their Sumdog challenges. Three new challenges have been added today. Remember, little and often every night will benefit your children with their learning in school.
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, especially our past tense verb rules. Your spellings this week are from the statutory year 3/4 word list.
Minute, opposite, material, natural, ordinary, possible, naughty, particular, mention, notice, peculiar, potatoes, occasional, occasionally, perhaps, popular, often, pressure, position
This week in Year 3
In English, we finished reading Toro! Toro! and the children thoroughly enjoyed the story. They loved following the journey of Antonito and discussing the emotions and themes throughout the book. We have been working hard on retelling parts of the story and using ambitious vocabulary to make our writing more exciting and engaging.#
In RE, we continued our learning about the structure of the Mass. This week we focused especially on the Offertory and discussed why this part of the Mass is important. The children showed great understanding when explaining the different parts of the Mass and how we take part in them. We were very proud of the class as our visitors this week were extremely pleased with the children’s knowledge and the thoughtful way they answered questions about their learning.
In Maths, we have been learning about parallel and perpendicular lines in 2D shapes. The children worked brilliantly to identify and sort different examples. They also explained their reasoning clearly, showing a strong understanding of how lines relate to one another within shapes.
In DT, we began our new topic on mechanisms. This week we explored fixed pivots and loose pivots and learned how levers work. The children enjoyed experimenting and discovering how these mechanisms move.
In Art, we explored the textile artwork of Hannah Rae. The children looked closely at her work, discussing what they could see and how the artwork made them feel. They shared some thoughtful ideas and we look forward to exploring her style more in the coming weeks.
Make sure to check out our galleries.
Well done for another wonderful week of learning, Year 3!
Year 4 Blog Friday 6th March 2026
Date: 6th Mar 2026 @ 12:52pm
Welcome to your Friday blog
Home practice
Reading
Please read for 20 minutes each evening to an adult at home.
Discuss what you have read with an adult.
Can you summarise what you have already read and make a prediction about what you think will happen next?
Spellings
These are your spellings which will be tested next week – please practise them
division invasion confusion decision collision
television mission fission submission supervision
expansion vision version illusion immersion
corrosion mansion pension
Counting
This week, please practise counting in tenths
For example, start at 1.8 and count to 3.5 and back again
1.8 1.9 2.0 etc 3.5 3.4 3.3 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 ‘girls v boys’ tournament
Sumdog challenges
A spelling challenge based on the words above
A maths challenge based on all the times tables
Our Learning This Week
In English, we started our new novel - The Firework Maker’s Daughter by Philip Pullman.
We studied the front cover and labelled what we could see, and then made predictions about what the novel might be about based on our observations.
In Maths, we learnt how to identify and describe the rule of a sequence and extend the given sequence using this rule.
We also understood the effect of dividing a two digit number by 100.
In RE, we discussed our gifts and talents as well as the things which make us unique.
Following this, we created a litany which recognised the gifts and uniqueness of friends and family.
In addition, we showed an understanding that loving God means we want to help ourselves and others, using the virtues of faith, hope and love, which have their foundations in God.
You can see some photos of our paperchain links in our gallery.
In Science, we carried out our melting chocolate experiment – which type of chocolate melts the fastest. You can see some pictures in our gallery.
In our ‘Our Happy Mind’ lesson, learnt about first aid and what to do in an emergency. We learnt the acronym HELPS :
H – help
E – explain
L – location
P – pay attention
S – stay calm
In Art, we practised sketching gerberas.
We also practised tints and shades of a colour and then painted gerberas in our books.
Have a look at some examples in our gallery.
On a Monday afternoon, we are also enjoying taking part in Forest School.
It was rather rainy for our session but we didn't mind. We found snails, ladybirds, slugs and worms. We realised that different creatures prefer different habitats, the ladybirds were all found in some long, thin leaves and the snails were all huddled together in a compost bin.
There was also some great child-initiated learning which included a cafe and an outdoor gym.
Some of us made forest eyes with wool and lolly sticks which develops our fine motor skills and it's also a very mindful activity.
Take a look at the pictures in our gallery.
As it was World Book Day on Thursday, we enjoyed reading with Year 2 in the afternoon.
You can see some photos in our gallery of us in our World Book Day costumes, and reading with Year 2.
On Friday morning, we took part in a Wellbeing Festival Day which provided some much needed calm and relaxation after a busy week.
The session included yoga, learning breathing techniques and practised calming movements.
There are some photos in our gallery.
The Year 4 Team
Year 1 Blog - Friday 6th March 2026
Date: 6th Mar 2026 @ 8:30am
Home Practice - Sumdog
Maths challenge - Finding half
Phonics challenge - Dependent on phonics groups
Counting – Can you practise counting in twos, fives and tens?
Reading - Please try to read at least three times a week.
Please remember to bring book bags each day.
English
We started our Mother's Day writing ready for our assembly next week. We wrote lovely sentences about our mums.
Maths
We started our fractions topic. We learnt that with fractions, we have parts and a whole. We also learnt that our parts need to be equal in a fraction. We then practically made halves.
R.E.
We recapped the Bible passage of Jesus entering Jerusalem. We role played the story using our own palm leaves.
We also listened to the story of Jesus teaching in the Temple, and we discussed the reasons why the leaders did not like Jesus.
In our class collectives we read a story about Jesus coming across a Samaritan woman trying to get water from a well. She was afraid because Jesus was a Jew. We talked about how we should celebrate our differences and accept everyone.
Science
We identified and drew different types of weather.
History
We started our Hospitals topic and focused on the impact that Florence Nightingale had. We wrote facts about her in our books and recognised why she is historically significant.
P.S.H.E.
We learnt how to 'stop, understand and consider' how other people are feeling when difficult situations arise.
Computing
We learnt how to add voice recordings onto pictures on Seesaw.
Art
We made Holi pictures using watercolours and straws.
We also painted flowers using watercolours.
Yoga
We had a great yoga session with Beth.
Our Mother's Day assembly is next week: Friday 13th March at 2:40. Please come along if you can!
Year 2 Blog Friday 6th March 2026
Date: 5th Mar 2026 @ 12:02pm
Welcome to your Friday Blog.
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 (13.03.26):
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday
Sumdog: Complete the money and spelling challenges.
Counting: Count forwards and backwards in 10 to 100 or beyond.
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
English
We continued our learning through the story of Manfred the Baddie.
Everyone closely examined the picture of his hideout and discussed what features an effective hideout needs. We designed and labelled our own hideout.
We created our own Manfred The Baddie Quiz.
Maths
We continued our learning about money.
We found different ways to make amounts with coins. We used our knowledge to solve problems involving money.
R.E.
We read another Miracle - The Cure of the Paralysed Man.
The children discussed a piece of art work based on the story in detail and sequenced the story with pictures.
They also wrote speech bubbles and sentences to retell the events.
Forest School
We planted the seeds from our science lesson last week.
Art
We made some visual notes about the work of the artist Marela Zacaries.
We also sketched tulips and did some colour mixing in preparation for our Mother's Day cards.
World Book Day
Everyone looked brilliant in their costumes for World Book Day.
We read a lot of books and even had a parent come and read the end of day story to us.
We also went outside and read to Year 4. They thought Year 2 were really good readers!
Y2 thoroughly enjoyed the day!
We welcomed our visitors from Japan.
We are so lucky to have a student in Year 2. Mizuki is enjoying spending time with us and seeing how we learn.
There was no Golden Assembly this week as we had a wellbeing Yoga session with Beth, one of our South Ribble Coaches.
Year 2 Team.
Year 6 Blog - Friday 6th March 2026
Date: 5th Mar 2026 @ 11:48am
Welcome to the Year 6 weekly blog.
This week in Year 6
English
In English we have been continuing with our detective fiction topic. We have shared the story 'Bad Presents' together and written an independent diary entry based on the text.
Maths
This week, we have been learning all about ratio. We have learned how to scale up a ratio from the total or a part. We have also learned how to identify a ratio from a given set.
RE
In RE, we shared the gospel story of 'The Anointing at Bethany' and created a film clip retelling of the story to explain what this story teaches us about Jesus. We also shared and discussed the gospel story where Jesus washes the feet of his disciples. We reflected on what this story teaches us and how we can live this message each day through drawing some beautiful artwork.
Topic
In Art, we completed our Brave Colour topic by designing a colourful Art instillation for an exhibition. We thought carefully about light, colour and sound and how we would want someone to experience our rooms.
For World Book Day, we all enjoyed creating character profiles about the characters that we had dressed up as. You can see our work on the galleries!
In PE, we continued to hone our tag rugby skills by practising tagging, intercepting and working as part of a team.
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 13/03/26
It is useful to write the words down on the spelling sheet, but you could also ask someone to call the words out and spell them out loud. Other ideas include, breaking the words up and writing them down in different colours (accommodate). You could look for words within words (accompany) or think of your own ways to remember the word, for example, spell it aloud using a mnemonic or tune.
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marvellous |
nuisance |
mention |
occasion |
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mischievous |
occupy |
minute |
occasionally |
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muscle |
occur |
natural |
often |
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necessary |
opportunity |
naughty |
opposite |
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neighbour |
parliament |
notice |
ordinary |
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 12: Area and Perimeter
English - Topic 14: Prepositions and Determiners
Have a super weekend Year 6!
Year 5 Blog - Friday 27th February 2026
Date: 27th Feb 2026 @ 3:57pm
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.
determined develop dictionary disastrous embarrass environment equipped especially exaggerate excellent existence explanation familiar foreign forty frequently government harass
Counting
Count out loud in:
11’s up to 166 and back again 0, 11, 22…
50’s from 19000 to 21000 and back again 19000, 19050…
40’s from 840 to 1440 and back again 840, 880, 920…
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 been very creative and expressive this week – well done Year 5!
In English the class have been practising learning and performing poems in small groups. This is to build their confidence and performance skills. Everyone did really well. Year 5 have also started reading their new novel, ‘Varjak Paw’ by SF Said.
In Maths Year 5 have been re-capping their division and have started to learn divisibility rules for large numbers. Everyone has tried hard with this.
In RE this week, Year 5 have been investigating the meaning of Ash Wednesday as well as symbols and themes relating to Lent and what they mean.
In Art, the class have started a new topic on cityscapes and landscapes. They practised their sketching skills for landscapes this week.
The whole class enjoyed accessing a new presentation application called CANVA in computing this week. They learned how to animate and create AI images in presentations on the Victorians.
Well done Year 5 on another great week of learning!
Golden stars this week
Star of the Week – Jack
Super Learner – Evelyn
Superstar Writer – Josh W
Bookworm - Joni
Marvellous Mathematician - Maisie
Special Mention - Franco
Reception Blog - Friday 27th February 2026
Date: 27th Feb 2026 @ 3:50pm
Welcome to Reception's Friday Blog!
Welcome back to Spring 2. We have started our new learning topic all about Growing.
Phonics
We recapped ch, sh ,th, ng, qu
she, he, we, be, me, we, was, you and they
Our new sounds are ai and ee
Such as rain, pain, feel, bee
Drawing Club
We read Superworm, we discussed superworm as a character describing him as kind and helpul. We looked at the setting of the story and designed our own garden for him to live in.
The children also had a go at categorising different minibeasts with wings, no wings, legs and no legs. They cut the pictures out and stuck them on the correct section and added a label independently.
Maths
We have been exploring shape this week.
We learnt about 2D and 3D shapes, learning the names of the shapes and some of their properties.
Art
In Art, we cut out different things from a catalogue. We then tried to create our own story from the pictures we have used.
We heard lots of great story language from the children when retelling the stories they had made.
PE
We have started a new unit in PE, all linked to the story of Jack and the Beanstalk.
Today, we played the bean game, moving in lots of different ways to warm up our bodies, then we all got a magic bean bag, we explored balancing it on different body parts.
Our main focus of our lesson was to practise underarm throwing, thinking about using the opposite arm to leg as we throw.
Forest School
We has a lovely muddy time in our nature area. We found snails and worms, we made some delicious mud creations, we noticed all the flowers growing and we listened to the birds.
Make sure to check out our galleries to see all our brilliant learning from this week!
Golden Assembly
Star of the Week – Joey
Super Learner – Chester
Superstar Writer – Billy
Bookworm – Erin
Mathematician – Jenson
Special Mentions - Henry.B, Ivy, George
Year 3 Friday 27th February 2026
Date: 27th Feb 2026 @ 12:50pm
Welcome to your Friday Blog
This week in Year 3, we’ve been busy diving into lots of exciting learning!
Home Practice
Reading: Please read every night at home. Remember to change your school books regularly, we have an amazing selection to choose from!
Spellings: The common words taught in KS1. Look for the tricky bits in these words. If you remember the tricky bits you will remember more spellings!
Maths: Challenges are set on Sumdog. They are on 2D Shape and your x3,x4 and x8 times tables. Make sure to access the fluency challenge to practise your hard skills.
This week in Year 3
What a fantastic week of learning we have had in Year 3!
In RE, we have been exploring two powerful miracle stories from the Bible. We read about the miracle of the manna in the desert from the Old Testament and compared it to the feeding of the 5,000 in the New Testament. The children made thoughtful links between the two stories, recognising how both show God’s care and provision for His people. We brought the Gospel story to life by acting out the feeding of the 5,000 and recording it using Apple Clips. The children really enjoyed stepping into role and retelling the miracle in a creative way.
In English, we have been reading and retelling the traditional tale of Ferdinand the Bull. The focus this week has been on telling the story in the correct order, ensuring our writing flows with cohesion and clarity. The children worked incredibly hard to use ambitious vocabulary to elevate their ideas and bring the gentle Ferdinand to life for the reader. We will be finishing Toro! Toro! next week and are looking forward to seeing how the story finishes.
Below you will find the reading VIPERS question stems.
In Maths, our focus has been angles in 2D shapes. Everyone shared their ideas brilliantly and demonstrated a strong understanding of how to identify and describe angles within different 2D shapes. It has been wonderful to see such confident mathematical discussion taking place.
In PE, we were delighted to welcome back Mrs Cookson and begin our touch rugby. This half term we will be focusing on teamwork, supporting one another during matches and ensuring everyone is included equally in the game. There was a fantastic team spirit on display already!
In Music, the children explored the djembe drums. They worked carefully on creating and maintaining rhythms, learning how to accompany a piece of music with control and confidence. Mrs Campbell was very impressed with everyone's focus and musicality.
Well done, Year 3. Another week of hard work, creativity and brilliant learning.
Have a lovely weekend
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The Year 3 Team
Year 2 Blog Friday 27th February 2026
Date: 27th Feb 2026 @ 12:41pm
Welcome back after our half term break.
It was great to see everyone at Parent's Evening and
share/celebrate Year 2's learning and progress so far.
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 (06.03.26):
January February March April may June July August September October November December
Sumdog: Complete the money and spelling challenges.
Counting: Count forwards and backwards in 5 to 100 or beyond.
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
English
We read our new story, Manfred the Baddie by John Fardell.
The children drew the character and talked about different words (adjectives) they would use to describe him.
They learnt to write expanded noun phrases, which they will use for a character description next week.
Maths
The children have been solving muliplication and division word problems.
They found out that sometimes they need to share, group or draw pictures to work out the answers.
Next week, we will be learning more about money.
RE
As part of our RSHE, the children discussed times we felt safe in our community and times we might feel unsafe. The children wrote/illustrated their ideas very well.
Science
We got some seed heads from our garden area and observed them closely. We opened them and got the seeds out which we are going to plant next week.
We watched some time-lapse videos of plants growing from seeds.
Forest School
We went to sow some wildflower seeds near our pond.
The first group saw a deer in the field.
P.E.
Our new focus this half term is games/fundamental skills.
The children thoroughly enjoyed learning and playing some 20th century playground games.
Golden Assembly
Star of the Week - Zac
Super Learner - Lara
Superstar Writer - Rudy
Bookworm - Arthur
Mathematician - Bobby
Special Mentions - Kamali and Genevieve for makig beutiful maps of where they belong for PSHE and
Dean for being a kind and thoughtful friend.
Year 2 Team.