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Year 5 blog Friday 25th September 2025
Date: 25th Sep 2026 @ 3:58pm
Welcome to your Friday Blog
Home Practice
Reading
Please read out loud every day for 20 minutes. Use a dictionary to find the meaning of any words you don’t know or ask an adult.
Spelling
Here are your spellings this week.
beginning beginner gardening gardener limiting limited limitation finally comically happily angrily gently simply humbly dramatically forgotten forgetting basically
Counting
Count out loud in:
8’s up to 104 and back again 0,8,16,24…
60’s from 240 to 660 and back again 240, 300, 360…
300’s from 4200 backwards to 2800 4200, 3900, 3600…
Times Tables
Please keep practising your times tables. Everyone has their own targets.
Sumdog
Maths practise – individual challenge.
Spelling Challenge – practise sheets have been sent home and there is a practise test on Sumdog.
Please also continue to use the fluency booster on Sumdog.
Year 5 have had a fantastic week of learning and have worked incredibly hard – well done!
In English everyone has been drafting, editing and publishing a persuasive letter from the Queen of Narnia, using ambitious vocabulary. Everyone has also been working hard to present their work beautifully.
In Maths the class have been working out how to describe and extend number sequences involving decimals. Well done Year 5!
In RE, the topic this week has been about the theological and cardinal virtues and how to practise the habit of doing good things in life.
Finally, the week ended with their UK topic in Geography. They were able to identify and interpret various ordnance survey symbols.
Golden stars this week
Star of the Week – Isla
Super Learner – Jessica M
Superstar Writer – Violet C
Bookworm - Alexander
Marvellous Mathematician - Drew
Special Mention - Bella
Year 4 Blog Friday 25th September 2026
Date: 25th Sep 2026 @ 3:39pm
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 in a dictionary.
Spellings
These are your spellings which will be tested next week – please practise them
kindly slowly loudly comically crossly
quietly angrily happily sleepily hesitantly
gently simply humbly nobly sarcastically
basically quickly dramatically frantically worryingly
Counting
This week, please practise counting in 10’s
For example, start at 0 and count to 120 and back again
0 10 20 etc 120 110 100 etc
Now try counting in 10’s from 158 to 238 and back again
158 168 178 etc 238 228 218
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 ‘studio’ session – please log on and have a go! This will help you to build up your Rock Star status
Why not challenge someone else in Year 4 to a ‘Rock Slam’. This is a competition and you can set a score for them to beat. You don’t need to be online at the same time.
Sumdog challenges
A spelling challenge based on the words above
A maths challenge based on adding and subtracting numbers within 100.
This will help with basic maths skills of quickly adding and subtracting numbers mentally.
In English, we analysed the features of an informal letter.
We then planned and wrote our own letter from Michael to his best friend Eddie, which outlined the countries we had visited and the adventures we had had during our sailing trip around the world.
In Maths, we added and subtracted multiples of 10 to 3 digit numbers (eg 342 + 250 and 528 – 340).
In addition, we used counters and a number line to solve addition or subtraction calculations which required mental partitioning.
Take a look in our gallery for some examples.
In RE, we talked about how Abraham is a model of prayer and how we can use prayer in our everyday lives.
There are some examples of our work in our gallery.
In Science, we recapped the 5 animal groups (amphibians, birds, fish, mammals and reptiles) and then used observable features to group and classify vertebrates.
In History, we became ‘archaeologists’.
We looked at various Roman artefacts and considered what they are, what they may have been made of, who might have used them and what they tell us about the Romans.
We had a very interesting discussion.
In PE, we continued to practise our bounce and chest passes during mini games of 4 attackers v 2 defenders using only a third of the netball court.
We then concentrated on both the throws, and how to be an effective attacker or defender, in full court games.
Golden Assembly
Star of the Week: Harrison
Super Learner: Adam
Superstar Writer: Sam
Bookworm: Melodie
Mathematician: Rowan
Special Mentions: Elyse and Henry for great observations about the Romans when looking at artefacts
Florence for great teamwork in PE
The Year 4 team
Year 6 Friday blog 25th September 2026
Date: 25th Sep 2026 @ 12:02pm
Welcome to your Friday Blog
Home Practice
Please complete the following tasks by next week:
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. Lots have changed their book this week so well done on reading more this week!
All spellings are on Sumdog to practise for our test next Friday.
Maths Challenges:
Counting: Which is quicker, counting up to 30 in ones or counting up to 300 in tens? Why?
Which is quicker, counting up to 40 in ones or counting up to 4,000 in hundreds?
Which is quicker, counting up to 10 in ones or counting up to 1,000,000 in hundred-thousands?
Which is quicker, counting up to 20 in ones or counting up to 140 in sevens?
Which is quicker, counting up to 25 in French or in English?
Times Tables: This week there are 100 times table questions to practise on Sumdog!
Maths Practise: This week's learning is to continue to practise questions on addition and subtraction. For further Maths practise, enter the flluency competition which will focus on skills Sumdog has given them.
We have had another busy week in Year 6 with lots of great learning across the curriculum.
In English, we have planned, edited and published our own Wonder Rooms for the Book of Wonders from The Nowhere Emporium. We read a brilliant picture book called The Wonder by Faye Hanson for inspiration. The children really let their imaginations run wild, creating some incredibly inventive rooms and thinking carefully about how they could bring them to life for the reader. We are starting to see some excellent sentence openers, ambitious vocabulary and creative ideas coming through in our writing now. Well done, Year 6!
In Maths, we have been looking at addition and subtraction and exploring how we can use our number bond knowledge to make calculations easier. We have been using compensation and partitioning strategies to simplify our number work and thinking carefully about which method is most efficient. We also learned a very quick strategy for multiplying 2-digit numbers by 11. You might be quizzed on this one over the weekend!
In History, we learned more about the Jewish experience during the German expansion into Europe at the beginning of the Second World War. We read an account from the perspective of a young girl living at the time and discussed how life began to change for Jewish families. The children then used what they had learned to write their own sensitive first-person accounts, showing real thought and maturity in their work.
In Art, we have been exploring grid drawing and how artists can use grids to reproduce images accurately. The children showed great concentration as they focused on each individual section rather than the whole image. Next week, we will use these skills to scale up our creations, ready to begin turning our designs into 3D sculptures.
In RE, we had a really interesting discussion about the Big Bang and evolution, thinking about some of the big questions surrounding creation, science and our faith. The children shared some thoughtful opinions and asked some super questions. It was great to hear them listening to one another and confidently explaining their own ideas.
In PE, we have continued developing our invasion games skills, focusing on both attacking and defending. We looked at creating space, supporting teammates and working together effectively as a team. Everyone did a great job of encouraging one another and recognising how good communication can help the whole team improve.
Have a lovely weekend,
The Year 6 Team
Golden Assembly
Star of the week - Ada May
Super Learner - Mark
Writer of the week - Sidney
Bookworm - Jack
Marvellous Mathematician - Madelaina
Special Mentions - Ada-May for being kind and helpful to others around school
Have a lovely weekend,
The Year 6 Team
Year 1 Blog Friday 25th September 2026
Date: 25th Sep 2026 @ 11:30am
Home Practice
Reading: In Year 1, children should read for at least 10/15 minutes daily and talk about the book/new words they come across.
This will help them become more confident and fluent readers.
Book changing day is on a Monday each week.
Please remember to send book bags in every day as we will read with your children on a regular basis.
Spelling: This week's tricky words are: out, what, it's and she.
Please practise reading and spelling these words. We will have a quiz at the end of next week.
Sumdog: Complete the number challenge (1-20 Numbers and Words)
and spelling challenge (the four tricky words above).
Counting: Count forwards and backwards in 10's to 100.
You could write the numbers down and spot any patterns.
English
Our book this week was - The Tiger Who Came to Tea by Judith Kerr.
Year 1 wrote a description of the tiger, designed a tin of tiger food and sequenced the story using pictures.
Phonics/Handwriting
The children have revisited phase 2/3/4 phonics.
They played phonics games such as, Bingo, Phonics Aerobics, Popcorn and Cross the River.
They have been neatly writing number words from one to twenty on handwriting paper.
Maths
We have continued counting objects and making sure we are correctly forming our numbers this week.
We also learnt more about numbers to thirty. The children could see that 16 is one ten and six ones and 24 is two groups of ten and four ones.
They enjoyed making these numbers with a variety of equipment - tens and ones, bundles of straws and counters/tens frames.
RE
After reading The Creation Story, the children thought about their favourite thing that God created.
They wrote what it was and drew lovely pictures.
Science
The children created their own animals with special features such as beaks, fur, feathers, gills, scales or wings.
Art
Year 1 enjoyed watching a video clip that explored different spiral patterns in nature.
They used these ideas to help them draw some of their own versions in their sketch books.
Computing
We learnt about things that are technology and things that are not technology.
We had a go at stick wrapping. This is really good for our fine motor skills. We showed great perseverance and creativity.
We all worked together to move a huge log, amazing teamwork!
Someone found a shield bug and said, "It's a walking leaf".
There was some imaginative cooking, many insects were discovered and identified and there were also great climbing skills on show.
Forest School is on a Wednesday - wellington boots are needed.
Golden Assembly
Star of the Week - Luca
Super Learner - Maisie
Superstar Writer - Hugh and Lucie
Bookworm - Ava-Grace
Mathematician - Henry Blakeley
Special Mention - Caleb for his resilience and Harry for his lovely manners.
Year 2 Blog-Friday 25th September 2026
Date: 24th Sep 2026 @ 6:25pm
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.
WE HAVE NOTICED THAT SOME CHILDREN HAVE NOT CHANGED THEIR BOOKS RECENTLY.
A FEW MINUTES OF READING EVERY NIGHT REALLY MAKES A DIFFERENCE. THANKS.
Remember you will get a sticker on your book mark for every book you read!
Spelling: Please practise these spellings for your quiz on Friday (02.10.26):
is his has the our there says once here your
Sumdog: Addition and subtraction challenge.
Counting: At home, count in 2's, 5's and 10's forwards and backwards.
You may also like to practise the 10x table on Hit The Button. Follow the link below:
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
English
We have started learning through the story of The Owl Who Was Afraid Of The Dark. The owl is called Plop. We wrote sentences to describe him, using adjectives and connectives.
In pairs, we discussed why he might be afraid of the dark and wrote some possible reasons for this.
The whole of Reception class visited us on Friday. We read our writing to them. They listened so well and learnt a few facts about Plop.
Phonics
We have been revising all the long u sounds, u-e as in flute, ew as in flew, ue as in blue, ui as in fruit.
Maths
The children learned how to add a 1 digit number to a 2 digit number, 26+4 and we looked at subtraction in the same way.
We have been counting in 10's and learning the 10x table.
PE
We have continued to develop our throwing and catching skills using different objects.
We learnt about looking after our world.
Forest School
We discussed Autumn Equinox which was this week. We talked about how this marks the start of Autumn and how day and night get equal time for a brief moment.
We looked at the globe to find the equator.
Golden Assembly
Star of the Week - Imogen
Super Learner - Judah
Superstar Writer -Roman
Bookworm - Lucas
Mathematician - Stanley
Special Mentions - Reo for super bug hunting in Forest school, he always knows where the best habitats are, and
Louie for being a kind friend.
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Reception Blog - Friday 25th September 2026
Date: 24th Sep 2026 @ 1:56pm
Welcome to Reception
Autumn 1
Topic - Ourselves
We have continued our understanding of the world topic learning all about ourselves.
This week we have focused on how we have grown and changed since being a baby. We looked at baby pictures of ourselves and thought about what we could do then and what we can do now.
We had a special visitor from Baby Rafe and his mummy, we asked lots of questions and found out lots of information about babies.
Drawing Club
Our new story this week is ‘Super Duper You’.
We spoke about everybody being unique and different.
We explored all the different things that we are good at and enjoy.
We then created a Super-Duper Power in drawing club, the children thought about what their super power would be and enjoyed sharing the powers with their friends.
Phonics
We have now learnt s a t p i n
We have also learnt the tricky words
I the
Please see the formation rhymes below
Maths
This week we have begun number land, exploring the number 1.
Seeing the number in lots of different ways and playing the 1p shop game.
Shared Reading
This week we have begun our traditional tale’s story of ‘The Three Little Pigs’
We discussed the different characters in the story and the setting.
We listened to the story and joined in the repeated phrases.
Art
We explore the primary colours this week, create our own primary colour booklets.
We used different drawing materials to make marks and patterns to explore different shades of Red, Yellow and Blue.
Click here to sing our primary colours song.
PE
This week we continued to explore our fundamental skills, running with spatial awareness, throwing and catching, jumping and hopping.
Forest School
Reminders
PE has now swapped to a friday morning for Reception children.
Golden Assembly
Golden Star - George
Superstar Writer - Erica
Super Learner - Oakley
Mathematician - Mohamed
Bookworm - Hallie
Year 3 Blog - Friday 25th September 2026
Date: 24th Sep 2026 @ 9:58am
Home Practice - Sumdog
Maths challenge - 5 and 10 times tables
Spelling challenge - Week 4 spellings
Counting – Can you count in tens from different starting numbers? For example: 22, 32, 42, 52
Reading - Please try to read at least three times a week.
Please remember to bring book bags each day.
English
We finished The Twits! We described the Twits' house and garden using fronted adverbials; we chose a new trick and wrote about it, and we completed a book review.
Maths
We sequenced numbers (focusing on 10 and 100 more/less), then we added and subtracted numbers using the partitioning method on a number line.
P.E.
We used the floats to practise the correct arm movements. We practised a front crawl and back crawl.
R.E.
We wrote sentences describing how we can imitate God, and we gave advice using the 'dignity of all human beings' principle.
Art
We made the foreground of our Stone Age art. We drew Stone Age people and animals using charcoal.
Science
We recorded our experiment results in our books and discussed the patterns and trends.
Computing
We drew our own personal network, which showed our connections to different people. We compared this to a computer and how computers connect information.
History
We moved into the Neolithic Age and explored how their food sources differed from the Palaeolithic and Mesolithic Ages.
Golden Assembly
Star of the Week: April
Super Learner: Seb
Superstar Writer: Arthur
Bookworm: Ella
Marvellous Mathematician: Dean
Special Mentions: Huxley for helping his friends with their morning work, Zac for giving great advice in RE and Luca for having a fantastic week.
Year 5 blog Friday 18th September 2026
Date: 18th Sep 2026 @ 4:06pm
Welcome to your Friday Blog
Home Practice
Reading
Please read out loud every day for 20 minutes. Use a dictionary to find the meaning of any words you don’t know or ask an adult.
Spelling
Here are your spellings this week.
playing finally stopped supported dragged happily completely usually comically dragging speedily stopping played sadly working worked frantically supporting
Counting
Count out loud in:
7’s up to 105 and back again 0,7,14,21…
40’s from 240 to 480 and back again 240, 280, 320…
200’s from 4200 backwards to 2800 4200, 4000, 3800…
Times Tables
Please keep practising your times tables. Everyone has their own targets.
Sumdog
Maths practise – individual challenge.
Spelling Challenge – practise sheets have been sent home and there is a practise test on Sumdog.
Please also continue to use the fluency booster on Sumdog.
Year 5 have worked so hard this week. The children have really put a lot of effort which is great to see!
Year 5 continued to practise reading out loud in class from the novel this week in English – ‘The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe’. They have also been practising handwriting as well as using modal verbs and direct speech.
In Maths the class have been looking at number lines up to one million and working out whether numbers round up or round down. Well done Year 5!
In RE, the theme this week has been about love and What Jesus said about loving God and each other. In contrast, we also discussed the meaning of sin.
Everyone also enjoyed trying our search engines in computing and comparing results.
Finally, the week ended with their Anglo Saxon topic in History. They were able to identify why the Anglo Saxons came to Britain and decided to invade and then settle.
Golden stars this week
Star of the Week – Annie
Super Learner – Rory and Archer
Superstar Writer – Bella
Bookworm - Bobby
Marvellous Mathematician - Francesca
Special Mention - Rowan
Year 4 Blog Friday 18th September 2026
Date: 18th Sep 2026 @ 3:41pm
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.
See if you can spot any nouns – do they have capital letters or not? And if so, why?
Spellings
These are your spellings which will be tested next week – please practise them
minute natural naughty notice occasion(ally)
opposite ordinary particular peculiar perhaps
material possible medicine potatoes popular
often pressure position probably possess(ion)
Counting
This week, please practise counting in 10’s
For example, start at 0 and count to 120 and back again
0 10 20 etc 120 110 100 etc
Now try counting from 45 to 205 and back again
45 55 65 etc 205 195 185 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 – please log on and have a go!
Sumdog challenges
A spelling challenge based on the words above
A maths challenge based on ordering and comparing whole numbers
In English, we wrote reasons for and against sailing around the world.
In addition, we collected words to describe Michael’s character.
The information could have been written down in the novel, or inferred – that is, we could work it out from the evidence.
We then wrote a detailed character description of Michael.
In Maths, we learnt more about place value. We started by ordering and comparing numbers including numbers with 1 decimal place.
Then we learnt how to round numbers to the nearest 10 and 100.
In addition, we added and subtracted different powers of 10 to and from given numbers using place value charts and counters to help us.
In RE, we retold the story of Abraham and Sarah on a story board.
We recapped the story in our own words ensuring we included some important vocabulary, eg covenant and faith.
In PSHE, we identified our happy places which help our brains to feel calm and safe.
In Science, we recognised that living things can be grouped in different ways.
In Art, we created a pattern which followed a rule – drawing a line from one colour to another using a key.
Take a look at some examples in our gallery.
Golden Assembly
Star of the Week: Eliza
Super Learner: Charlie
Superstar Writer: Frankie
Bookworm Award: Wilbur
Marvellous Mathematician: Jonah
Special Mentions: Zack W and Felicity – for being excellent work partners
Lydia – for her beautiful manners
Orlaigh – for being a good friend
Thank you to everyone who came to our Meet the Teacher Meeting on Wednesday. We appreciate your support.
The Year 4 team
Year 6 Friday blog 18th September 2026
Date: 18th Sep 2026 @ 1:27pm
Welcome to your Friday Blog
We have had another busy week in Year 6 with lots of great learning across the curriculum.
Home Practice
Please complete the following tasks by next Friday:
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 will be changed on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.
Spelling - Please practise the following spellings this week, which are homophones and other words that are often confused:
|
device |
devise |
license |
father |
|
prophesy |
licence |
farther |
prophecy |
|
morning |
mourning |
principal |
principle |
|
precede |
proceed |
profit |
prophet |
|
wary |
weary |
aisle |
isle |
All spellings are on Sumdog to practise for our test next Friday.
Maths Challenges: Sumdog
Counting: Try to count in powers of 10 (1000, 10,000, 100,000 etc). You could do this out loud or write it on a piece of paper.
You could draw a numberline to help you. Can you count up and down in powers of ten? How far can you go? Challenge yourself by choosing different starting numbers and practising your exchanging.
Times Tables: This week there are 100 questions to answer on Sumdog!
Place Value: This week's learning is to practise questions on addition and subtraction. For further Maths work, please visit the 'Fluency Training' section, where your child will be able to push their learning further with the skills they are weakest on.
This week in Year 6
In English, we continued to enjoy The Nowhere Emporium. This week, we explored Daniel’s huge decision about whether he should leave his old life behind and join Mr Silver and the Emporium. The children wrote internal monologues, exploring both sides of Daniel’s dilemma before making his final decision. We then experienced the spectacular opening night of the Nowhere Emporium, using the sights, sounds and experiences to inspire some wonderful descriptive writing.
In Maths, we continued to develop our reasoning and mental maths skills, thinking carefully about the most efficient strategies to use when solving different problems. The children explained their methods and justified how they reached their answers.
In RE, we continued our Creation and Covenant branch, thinking more deeply about the relationship between humanity and God. We explored messages from scripture and considered what they mean for us today. The children then produced some thoughtful homilies around the theme of humanity and God.
In Science, we further investigated our circulatory system and the heart. We learned about the different chambers of the heart, the different types of blood vessels and even explored the different blood groups. There were lots of great questions as we discovered more about how our bodies work.
In Art, we explored negative space and silhouettes. We looked carefully at how artists can use the space around an object as part of their artwork and practised sketching silhouettes and creating striking shapes. Check out our gallery to see some of our work.
In PE, we continued developing our invasion game skills, including netball. We worked on moving into space, passing accurately and working together when attacking and defending. Our main focus was teamwork and communication, and it was great to see everyone encouraging one another and improving together.
In PSHE, we spent some time thinking about our ambitions for Year 6 and beyond. The children reflected on their learning goals, personal development and ambitions outside of school before writing letters to their future selves. We are looking forward to reading these again later in the year and seeing how much everyone has achieved.
On Friday, our Faith Team and some Year 6 volunteers helped at the Caritas lunch in the parish hall as part of our Faith in Action Award. They served food and spent time chatting with our parishioners. We were very proud of the way they represented our school and gave their time to help others.
Finally, a huge well done to the boys who represented school in the football league at Priory. The boys won four games and drew one, showing excellent teamwork and making a very strong start to the league.
Check out our galleries to see some of the learning and experiences we have captured this week.
Star of the week - Bertie
Super Learner - Archie S
Writer of the week - Brooke
Bookworm - Teddy
Marvellous Mathematician - Archie P
Special Mentions - Henry and Sienna for their brilliant artwork
Have a lovely weekend,
The Year 6 Team
Year 1 Blog Friday 18th September 2026
Date: 17th Sep 2026 @ 9:38pm
Home Practice
Reading: In Year 1, children should read for at least 10/15 minutes daily and talk about the book/new words they come across.
This will help them become more confident and fluent readers.
Book changing day is on a Monday each week.
Please remember to send book bags in every day as we will read with your children on a regular basis.
Spelling: This week's tricky words are: little, do, one and when.
Please practise reading and spelling these words. We will have a quiz at the end of next week.
Sumdog: Complete the number challenge.
Logins will be stuck into reading diaries and sent home on Monday.
The children have had some time on Sumdog in school.
Counting: Count forwards and backwards in 1's to 50 or 100.
Play the follow me game we learnt in class where you take turns to say the number.
For example, one person says 1, the other person says 2, 3, 4, 5, 6.
English
We have finished - Our Pebbles by Jarvis.
The children wrote sentences in speech bubbles about some of the things Grandad and the boy said to each other.
They also wrote a lovely description of their own pebbles that they painted during our Art lesson.
Capital letters/full stops/finger spaces and sitting letters on the line are always a big focus.
We also learnt about -ed and -ing endings. For example jumping, playing, walked, visited.
Phonics
The children have revisited phase 2/3/4 phonics.
They played phonics games such as, Bingo, Phonics Aerobics, Popcorn and Cross the River.
Maths
We have been counting objects and making sure we are correctly forming our numbers this week.
We also learnt more about teen numbers. The children could see that 14 is one ten and four ones.
RE
The children thought about how we are children of God.
They drew super pictures of themselves and their special person.
History - Toys
To further enrich our History lesson, please could your child bring one of their baby toys into school next week.
Art
Using the book we have been reading this week as inspiration, the children painted their our own pebble designs.
Forest School is on a Wednesday.
Please could your child bring a pair of named wellington boots into school.
Our session this week was in the Nature Area. We made many discoveries.
Golden Assembly
Star of the Week - Finlay
Super Learner - Vinnie
Superstar Writer - Chester and Elsi
Bookworm - Erin
Mathematician - Phoebe
Special Mention - Raeni for helping others.
Reception Blog - Friday 18th September 2026
Date: 17th Sep 2026 @ 9:16pm
Welcome to Reception
Autumn 1
Topic - Ourselves
We have continued our understanding of the world topic learning all about ourselves.
This week we have explored the body; we named all the different body parts and discussed what we need to keep our bodies healthy.
We all had a go at crafting our own person to make it look like themselves.
Click here for the song we have been singing
Drawing Club
We have continued to focus on our emotions this week.
We have been discussing the feelings of being jealous or worried. We spoke about what we could do if we were feeling like this to help us feel better.
We had a go at drawing our very own colour monster going to school, we thought about what he might do at school and how he might be feeling.
Phonics
We have learnt our first three sounds, s a t
Can you play I spy and find things around your house that start with these sounds?
Please see the formation rhymes below
Maths
We will be beginning our Red Rose Mastery Maths next week
RE
This week the children revisited the what the bible is and we also spoke about the candle, that when we light the candle it symbolises God and Jesus being with us.
To show he is the light of the world.
PSHE
This week we have spoken about all the new friends we have made in our class.
We thought about what makes each other special.
Art
We began our new topic of ‘Colour’
We spoke about the colours that we already knew and sang the rainbow song together.
Then we investigated mixing colours using skittles and water.
We created our own rainbows using our fine motor skills and dabbing inside the lines to create a rainbow pattern.
PE
This week we had a go at some of our fundamental skills, running with spatial awareness, throwing and catching, jumping and hopping.
Forest School
We had a super session exploring our Nature Area. We found snils and worms. There was also some imaginative mud cooking with apples.
Reminders
Monday 5th October or Friday 9th October 2-3pm
We have our phonics workshop for parents, this will be a phonics lesson with your child, whilst giving you lots of information and ideas on how you can help them with early reading and writing at home.
Please let the office know which session you will be attending, 1 adult per child and you only have to come along to 1 of the sessions please 😊
Golden Assembly
Golden Star - Oscar
Super Learner - Eva
Superstar Writer - Lily
Bookworm Award - Martha.H
Marvellous Mathematician - Gabriel
Year 3 Blog - Friday 18th September 2026
Date: 17th Sep 2026 @ 10:04am
Home Practice - Sumdog
Maths challenge - Find 1, 10, 100 more or less
Spelling challenge - Week 2 spellings
Counting – Can you count in tens from 0 to 100? Can you go beyond 100?
Reading - Please try to read at least three times a week.
Please remember to bring book bags each day.
English
We continued to read The Twits up to Mrs Twit being stretched. We focused on drafting speech by writing in speech bubbles, creating a playscript, and beginning to use inverted commas.
We had our next spelling test too. Keep practising your spellings at home.
Maths
We added and subtracted tens from 3-digit numbers.
We also completed our first Year 3 arithmetic.
P.E.
We swam 10 and 25 metres in the pool. We swam on our front and our backs.
R.E.
We designed a creation acrostic poem together.
Art
We made the background of our Stone Age art by drawing around our hands.
Science
We conducted an experiment to see whether having longer legs meant that we could jump further distances.
Computing
We compared digital devices and non-digital tools. We chose our favourite and why.
History
We explored the different foods that people ate in the Palaeolithic and Mesolithic time periods.
Forest School
We had a great session in the Nature area. We noticed lots of changes.
Golden Assembly (in class)
Star of the Week: Lilly-Mae and Reuben
Super Learner: Arianna and Faisal
Superstar Writer: Freya
Bookworm: Jaxon
Marvellous Mathematician: Cerys
Special Mentions: Genevieve for her fantastic RE acrostic poem and Nelly, Amelia and Ella for their kindess to others.
Thank you to everyone who came to our meet the teacher. The slides are below for you to download.
Year 2 Blog- Friday 18th September 2026
Date: 16th Sep 2026 @ 5:57pm
Year 2 have had another fantastic week, filled with lots of interesting and enjoyable learning.
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.
Remember you will get a sticker on your book mark for every book you read!
Spelling: Please practise these spellings for your quiz on Friday (25.09.26):
of pull full are today do ask we be no
Sumdog: Complete the 'Place Value' challenge.
Counting: Count in 2s, see how far you can go.
English
This week we all received a letter from Bakery Bill. He answered our qustions and told us how he's geting on. We wrote some instructions about how to look after a baby. We wrote a recount of the story. We also created and descibed a sweet item for his bakery.
Maths
The children have been learning how to work out one more/less than and ten more/less than a given number.
We have also been comparing two numbers and deciding which is the greatest or which is the least.
R.E
We re-read the story of Noah's Ark, focusing on the rainbow being a sign of God's promise (covenant) - never to send another flood again.
The children made their own rainbows and could write/draw the most important parts of the story.
History
Year 2 are thoroughly enjoying learning about The Great Fire of London. We learnt where the fire started and how it spread so quickly (causes).
Forest School
We all chose our own learning in the nature area this week. There was leaf cooking, leaf identifying, stick wrapping, bug hunting and apple finding. Great imagination, co-operation and teamwork was shown.
R.E
We wrote psalms.
P.E.
We practised throwing and catching with different balls.
Golden Assembly
Star of the Week - Grace
Super Learner - Felicity
Superstar Writer - Ada G.
Bookworm - Reo
Mathematician - Rupert
Special Mentions - Judah for contributions in R.E. and Thomas for being a kind and thoughtful friend.
Year 5 blog Friday 11th September 2026
Date: 11th Sep 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 your spellings this week. They are part of the Year5/6 statutory list that children need to learn.
bruise accommodate accompany aggressive according bargain amateur attached appreciate achieve available average cemetery committee ancient category apparent awkward
Counting
Count out loud in:
7’s up to 105 and back again 0,7,14,21…
40’s from 240 to 480 and back again 240, 280, 320…
200’s from 4200 backwards to 2800 4200, 4000, 3800…
Times Tables
Please keep practising your times tables. Everyone has their own targets.
Sumdog
Maths practise – individual challenge.
Spelling Challenge – practise sheets have been sent home and there is a practise test on Sumdog.
Please also continue to use the fluency booster on Sumdog.
Year 5 have worked so hard this week. The children have really put a lot of effort which is great to see!
Year 5 continued to practise reading out loud in class from the novel this week in English – ‘The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe’. They have also been practising handwriting as well as using similes and expanded noun phrases.
In Maths the class have been looking at decimal numbers and comparing them, as well as looking at place value. Well done Year 5!
In RE, the theme this week has been about Moses and his Covenant with God as well as introducing the Ten Commandments and talking about what they mean. Year 5 also attended a welcome mass this week in church with Father Michael.
Finally, the week ended with discovering the similarities and differences between the four countries of the UK. A super week of learning!
Golden stars this week
Star of the Week – Alexander
Super Learner – Lottie
Superstar Writer – Alice
Bookworms – Oliver and Eliza
Marvellous Mathematician - William
Special Mention – Georgie, Marvin and Evelyn
Year 2 Blog-Friday 11th September
Date: 11th Sep 2026 @ 1:21pm
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.
Remember you will get a sticker on your book mark for every book you read!
Spelling: Please practise these spellings for your quiz on Friday (18.09.26):
said come love school friend was some house you they
Sumdog: Have a go at the place value challenge.
English
We have been learning through the story of Burglar Bill.
We wrote him a letter telling him all about ourselves. We also made a poster.
In handwriting we have been learning how to form our letters with lead-ins.
Phonics
We have been revisiting ee as in tree, ea as in leaf, e-e as in Steve and y as in happy.
Maths
Place value - we have been learning how to represent 10s and 1s using different equipment. We have used Base 10, straws and counters.
R.E
Year 2 thoroughly enjoyed reading the story of Noah's Ark. Using pictures and sentences they retold the story brilliantly.
Forest School
We had a walk to see what had changes we could see. We harvested some beans and peas. One group found a family of baby mice under a log. There was lots of great teamwork, problem solving, communication skills and imaginative play .
Computing
It was interesting to learn and understand what Information Technology (IT) is.
The children identified items/objects that were IT and were not IT. They drew pictures and labelled them so well.
Golden Assembly
Star-Tommy
Bookworm-Evie B.
Super Learner-Lucas
Mathematician-Arianna
Writer-Thomas
Special Mentions-Darragh for helping a child in Reception and Elsie for being a kind and thoughtful friend.
All the children who achieve QUADRUPLE GOLD also get a sticker in assembly.
Thank you to everyone who attended Meet the Teacher yesterday. We really appreciate all your fabulous suppport.
Year 4 Blog Friday 11th September 2026
Date: 11th Sep 2026 @ 1:12pm
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.
Spellings
These are your spellings which will be tested next week – please practise them
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
Saturday Sunday January February March
April May June July August
September October November December month
Counting
This week, please practise counting in 10’s
For example, start at 0 and count to 120 and back again
0 10 20 etc 120 110 100 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
TTRockstars is an app which you can download, or you can use the website by following this link https://ttrockstars.com/ and logging in.
Your login details are in the front of your Reading Diary.
Please also practise your number facts.
You can practise your number facts on Hit the Button
It is crucial that you learn all of your table facts and your number facts as this will help you with many aspects of maths.
TTRockstars challenge
A ‘garage’ session
Sumdog challenges
A spelling challenge based on the words above
A maths challenge based on the x3 x4 and x8 times tables
Our learning this week
In English, we used the front cover of the class novel – Kensuke’s Kingdom by Michael Morpurgo – to make predictions about the story.
We also met the main characters and read the blurb on the back cover to see if our predictions were correct.
In Maths, we learnt the meaning of ‘place value’.
We used part whole diagrams and partitioning and recombining numbers to help with our understanding of what each digit in a number represents
In RE, we started our new topic ‘Creation and Covenant’.
We listened to the story of Abraham when God asked him to leave Haran and travel to Canaan,
We considered the sort of person Abraham must have been, and how his faith, hope and love gave him the strength to do as the Lord had asked.
In Science, we started the ‘Living Things and their Habitats’ topic.
We discussed what makes something a living thing.
In PSHE, we started our topic ‘Meet your brain’.
We learnt how we can train our mind and how our brain can grow, as well as what the different parts of our brains are called.
In our Art lessons this half term we will be exploring patterns.
We started by creating some sensory art using a pencil and a piece of polystyrene to rest on.
There are some pictures in our gallery.
Golden Assembly
Star of the Week: Noa
Super Learner: Charles
Superstar Writer: Rose
Bookworm Award: Elyse
Marvellous Mathematician: Dylan
Special Mentions: George – for being a great friend
Grace and Amelia L – for being excellent role models and work partners
The Year 4 team
Reception Blog - Friday 11th September 2026
Date: 11th Sep 2026 @ 12:49pm
Welcome to Reception
Autumn 1
Topic - Ourselves
Drawing Club
This week we have started our new story - The Colour Monster
We have been learning about ours feelings.
We discovered a new word tihs week - 'Discombobulated' - see if your child can tell you what it means :)
We helped the colour monster to sort his feelings out and discussed what we can do if we are feeling sad or angry.
Phonics
We will be starting phonics next week :)
Maths
We have been singing lots of nursery rhymes.
We used our fingers to help show the different amounts.
RE
This week the children learnt about what the Bible is.
We had a look at the different ones we have in class.
PSHE
We have learnt about our brain this week.
We know where it is in our bodies and how it helps us to do lots of different things.
Art
We all had a go at painting a self portrait this week.
We used the mirror to select the correct colours for our face, hair, eyes and lips.
PE
We continued to work on our listening skills in PE, playing games like musical bumps and statues.
Forest School
Everyone was really excited at the first Forest School session.
We had a look in the garden to see what was growing, we found tomatoes, courgettes, flowers, beans and peas. We saw a daddy long legs and lots of other creatures. We did some super mud cooking and digging. There was plenty of resilience on display when balancing and climbing trees.
Golden Assembly
We all got a special certificate this week for making an amazing start to our school year.
Year 1 Blog Friday 11th September 2026
Date: 11th Sep 2026 @ 11:05am
Home Practice
Reading: In Year 1, children should read for at least 10/15 minutes daily and talk about the book/new words they come across.
This will help them become more confident and fluent readers.
Book changing day has changed from Thursday to a Monday each week.
Please remember to send book bags in every day as we will read with your children on a regular basis.
Spelling: This week's tricky words are: some, come, were and there.
Please practise reading and spelling these words. We will have a quiz at the end of next week.
Sumdog: Complete the number challenge.
Logins will be issued and sent home asap.
Counting: Count forwards and backwards in 1's to 50 or 100.
Play the follow me game we learnt in class where you take turns to say the number.
For example, one person says 1, the other person says 2, 3, 4, 5, 6.
English
This week we have started our new story - Our Pebbles by Jarvis.
The children wrote some prediction (sensible guess) sentences about what they thought the story would be about.
They worked on capital letters/full stops/finger spaces and sitting letters on the line.
Handwriting (Curly Caterpillar Letters) has also been a focus - the letter c formation.
Phonics
The children have revisited phase 2/3/4 phonics.
They played phonics games such as, Bingo, Phonics Aerobics, Popcorn and Cross the River.
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Maths
We have been learning different number games this week.
The children used base ten to count and create pictures.
They also learnt how to play the Track Game with dice and Matching Pairs Game with number cards.
Year 1 also had a go at their first Arithmetic Quiz (supported) and did so well.
RE
The children learnt more about the Bible this week. They had a chance to hold it and look inside.
They drew some super pictures and wrote a sentence about what they had learnt.
Art
We had fun creating spirals using crayons and then oil pastels.
We will have PE on Tuesdays.
Please remember to send named PE kits into school.
This week, the children have been working on their fundamental skills.
We had a look in our garden to see what changes there has been since July. We harvested beans and peas.
We did some super mud cooking and digging. There was plenty of resilience on display when balancing and climbing trees.
Forest School is on a Wednesday.
Please could your child bring a pair of named wellington boots into school.
Golden Assembly
Star of the Week - Ivy
Super Learner - Billy
Superstar Writer - Amelie and Cameron
Bookworm - Maeve
Mathematician - Elijah
Special Mention -
George was very kind and generous to a friend when they were upset.
We are looking forward to meeting you all after school on Wednesday 16th September - Meet the Teacher.
Year 6 Friday Blog 11th September 2026
Date: 10th Sep 2026 @ 2:58pm
Welcome to your Friday Blog
Home practice
Please complete the following tasks by next Friday.
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 can be changed on Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday.
Spelling - Please practise the following spellings this week from the Y5/6 spelling list. All spellings are on Sumdog to practise for our test next Friday.
Maths Challenges:
Counting: This week we have had to count in tenths to complete our rounding work. Try to count in decimal steps of 0.1, 0.2 or 0.5. You could do this out loud or write it on a piece of paper.
You could draw a numberline, like we have done in class this week. Can you count up and down in decimal tenths? How far can you go?
Sumdog : This week there are times table questions to answer and a fluency competition to enter. Little and often is the key!
This week in Year 6
This week in English, we have been really enjoying The Nowhere Emporium. The children have already produced some fantastic pieces of writing, including a diary entry as Daniel and a character description written from the viewpoint of Mr Silver. Everyone is working hard to improve their writing and has been thinking carefully about their own individual targets. It has been great to see such a positive start and so many children already trying to make their writing even better.
In Maths, we have been comparing, ordering and rounding 7-digit numbers and numbers with up to 3 decimal places. The children have shown a really good understanding of place value and have listened brilliantly during lessons this week. They have worked hard to explain their reasoning and justify how they know one number is greater than or less than another.
In PE, we started our new invasion games topic with some great team activities. We talked about how powerful encouragement can be in a successful team and how working together can help everyone improve. It was brilliant to see the children supporting one another and showing such a positive attitude throughout the lesson.
In RE, we started our new Creation and Covenant topic. We looked at the different types of writing we can find in the Bible and discussed how the style of writing can change the meaning and impact of the words used. The children shared some thoughtful ideas and showed great curiosity during our discussions.
In History, we studied the rise of Hitler and explored how he came to power in Germany. We ordered the key events and discussed why they happened in the way they did, thinking carefully about cause and consequence. The children asked some excellent questions and showed a mature understanding of a very important part of our history topic.
Golden Assembly
Star of the week - Milo
Super Learner - Evelyn
Writer of the week - Evangeline
Bookworm - Henry
Marvellous Mathematician - Franco
Special Mentions - Amelia and Joni - Brilliant Buddies!
Have a lovely weekend,
The Year 6 Team
Year 3 Blog - Friday 11th September 2026
Date: 10th Sep 2026 @ 9:55am
Home Practice - Sumdog
Maths challenge - Comparing numbers to 1000
Spellings challenge - Year 2 High Frequency Words
Counting – Can you count in fives from 0 to 50? Can you go beyond 50?
Reading - Please try to read at least three times a week.
Please remember to bring book bags each day.
English
We read the first couple of chapters of The Twits. We have solely focused on using adjectives to describe. We described Mr Twit's beard, we described Mrs Twit, and we used exaggerated language to describe the characters.
We also had a spelling test on our Year 2 spellings.
Maths
We have been very busy in maths this week. We compared numbers using 'greater than' and 'less than' and we rounded numbers to the nearest ten.
P.E.
We had a fantastic first swimming session! We put our heads underwater, floated on our backs and tried to swim a short distance.
R.E.
We continued to explore the Creation story. We ordered the story together.
Art
We experimented using charcoal by drawing lines and shapes.
Science
We identified parts of the body, such as ribcage and pelvis.
Computing
We designed our own device which had an input and an output.
Forest School
First, we visited our garden to see what changes we could spot. We harvested some beans and peas. There was lots of great teamwork, problem solving, communication skills and imaginative play.
Golden Assembly
Star of the Week: William and Rhodes
Super Learner: Buzz and Huxley
Superstar Writer: Jessie
Bookworm: Honey
Marvellous Mathematician: Emma
Special Mentions: Lara for showing resilience. Gigi for being brave during our swimming session.
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 4th 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!