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Year 6 Friday Blog 2nd October 2026
Date: 2nd Oct 2026 @ 4:41pm
Welcome to your Friday Blog
Please complete the following tasks by next Thursday:
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.
Please practise the following spellings this week,
All spellings are on Sumdog to practise for our test next Friday.
Maths Challenges:
Sumdog
Counting: Practise counting in your multiples!
Choose a times table. How far can you count in multiples of that number? Can you count backwards as well as forwards?
Times Tables: This week we're practising our x6 times tables.
Number: This week's learning is to practise questions multiples and factors, which will help Year 6 with their multiplication work in class.
This week in Year 6
First of all, a massive well done to Year 6, who were amazing in church presenting our Harvest Assembly to our school community. Everyone spoke clearly, sang beautifully and did a great job of reminding us all about the importance of Harvest, being thankful for what we have and looking after our common home. We were very proud of the way the children led the celebration and represented Year 6. Well done everyone!
In English, we have continued to love reading The Nowhere Emporium. This week, our focus has been on speech and how we can incorporate dialogue effectively into our narrative writing. We practised using split speech sentences, choosing interesting alternatives to ‘said’ and adding actions and description to show the reader how a character is speaking. We are really starting to see some ambitious vocabulary and varied sentence structures appearing in our writing now. Keep it up, Year 6!
In Maths, we have been exploring some new mental maths strategies, thinking carefully about how we can manipulate numbers to make calculations quicker and easier. We also started our next topic on multiplication and division, using what we already know about number facts to tackle some trickier calculations and problems.
In RE, we stepped into the shoes of Fr Georges Lemaître, the Catholic priest and scientist who first proposed what became known as the Big Bang theory. We wrote letters responding to questions from our parishioners, thinking carefully about how science and faith can work alongside one another when we explore the beginnings of our universe. The children produced some thoughtful responses and used everything they have learned over the past few weeks to explain some quite complex ideas clearly.
In Art, we used our grid drawing skills to scale up our dog drawings to A3. Everyone had great success with this and showed real concentration when transferring each section of their original drawing onto a much larger scale. The finished pieces look fantastic and show just how effective the grid method can be. Next, we will use this learning as we move towards creating our 3D sculptures.
In PE, we extended our invasion games learning by playing 3v5 attack versus defence games. This gave us a real challenge as we had to think carefully about creating space, communicating with teammates and making quick decisions when attacking. Our defenders also had to work together to close down space and make it difficult for the attacking team. Some great teamwork on show!
Golden Assembly
Star of the week - Archie S
Super Learner - Henry
Writer of the week - Jenson
Bookworm - Mark
Marvellous Mathematician - Lily
Special Mentions - All of Year 6 for their brilliant Harvest celebration in church
Have a lovely weekend,
The Year 6 Team
Year 4 Blog Friday 2nd October 2026
Date: 2nd Oct 2026 @ 4:22pm
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 spot any coordinating conjunctions (for and nor but or yet so).
Spellings
These are your spellings which will be tested next week – please practise them
crystal gym hymn mystery myth
pyramid symbol syrup typical Egypt
bicycle cymbals cylinder gymnast gymnastics
oxygen crypt lyrics
Counting
This week, please practise counting in 5’s
For example, start at 0 and count to 60 and back again
0 5 10 etc 60 55 50 etc
Now try counting in 10’s from 268 to 428 and back again
268 278 288 etc 428 418 408 etc
Times tables and Number facts
Please practise your individual tables target for your test next week.
You can practise your tables on TTRockstars, Hit the Button and timestables.co.uk
Please also practise your number facts.
You can practise your number facts on Hit the Button
It is crucial that you learn all of your table facts and your number facts as this will help you with many aspects of maths.
TTRockstars challenge
A ‘Garage’ session
Sumdog challenges
A spelling challenge based on the words above
A maths challenge based on perimeter
Our learning this week
In English, we learnt the acronym FANBOYS to help us remember the 7 co-ordinating conjunctions.
The conjunctions are For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, So. We then practised using them in sentences.
We also wrote a class poem for National Poetry Day on Thursday.
In Maths, we learnt how to measure and draw lengths as properties of 2D shapes, as well as how to measure in centimetres and millimetres.
In addition, learnt that perimeter is the measure of length or distance around the boundary of a shape.
We then applied our understanding to help us calculate the perimeter of rectilinear shapes.
In RE, we again consolidated our learning of the words - virtue, faith, hope and love.
We then read St John Henry Newman’s ‘Mission of my Life’, underlined our favourite line and explained why we liked it and how we could relate it to our everyday lives.
In P.S.H.E, we demonstrated our strategies for working on a collaborative task.
This involved choosing a challenge card and creating a human machine with our group.
We all had to work together to achieve the task.
In Science, we recapped the 5 vertebrate groups (fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals).
Following this, we discussed the definition of invertebrates and how they can be grouped.
In Geography, we learnt about the water cycle and how water travels from the ground to the sky and back again, over and over.
We learnt the words evaporation, condensation, precipitation and ground water and created our own mini water cycle.
There are a couple of pictures in the gallery.
In French, we recapped animals (un chien, un char, un lapin, une souris, une tortue).
We then sang a song to help remember the animals and played a matching game to show our understanding.
This week, we also attended the Harvest Mass in church on Friday afternoon.
Thank you for your harvest gifts – these will be donated to a local food bank.
Golden Assembly
Star of the week: Devyn
Super Learner: Rose
Superstar writer: Ellie
Bookworm: Isaac
Marvellous Mathematician: Henry P
Special Mentions: Harrison for excellent team work in netball
Amelia C for always being positive and coming into class with a big smile on her face
The Year 4 team
Year 5 blog - Friday 2nd October 2026
Date: 2nd Oct 2026 @ 4:18pm
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.
Information, adoration, sensation, preparation, admiration, poisonous, dangerous, mountainous, famous, various, tremendous, enormous, jealous, humorous, glamorous, vigorous, courageous, serious
Counting
Count out loud in:
12’s up to 168 and back again 0,12,24…
70’s from 210 to 840 and back again 210, 280, 350…
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 had a fantastic week of learning and have put in 100% effort – well done!
In English the class have been practising blending action, dialogue and speech, writing as Lucy lost in the woods. Everyone also enjoyed creating and performing poems about Autumn for poetry week. The class also really enjoyed walking down to the library to meet Jen Carney the children’s author. They heard readings from her book and took part in some fun games and activities.
In Maths Year 5 have started their new topic, practising adding and subtracting on a number line and using partitioning. Well done Year 5!
Year 5 have continued to explore the theological and cardinal virtues in RE this week and have been discussing how to apply them in practical habits every day. They all enjoyed creating role play scenarios about this and acting them out.
In computing, the class have been developing their knowledge about search engine optimisation and algorithms used to decide what search engines show us in results.
Finally, the whole school celebrated harvest together in the church – great singing Year 5 and thank you to everyone that donated food.
Golden stars this week
Star of the Week – Oscar
Super Learner – Eddie
Superstar Writer – Daisy
Bookworm - Jessica A
Marvellous Mathematician - Heidi
Special Mention - Oliver
Year 1 Blog Friday 2nd October 2026
Date: 2nd Oct 2026 @ 1:01pm
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: Mr, Mrs, people, and.
Please practise reading and spelling these words. We will have a quiz at the end of next week.
Sumdog: Complete the number challenge (one more/one less)
and spelling challenge (the four tricky words above).
Counting: Count forwards and backwards in 1's to 100.
English
Our book this week was - Stanley's Stick by John Hegley
The children predicted what stanley would use his stick for, learnt about time connectives and retold the story.
Phonics/Handwriting
The children have revisited phase 2/3/4 phonics. Next week we will be learning phase 5 phonics.
They have been neatly writing upper case and lower case letters on handwriting paper.
Maths
We have finished our Place Value topic this week.
The children worked on saying one more than or one fewer than a given number.
They also compared numbers by deciding which was more, less or equal to.
RE
The children sequenced The Creation Story in their books and thought more about what was created on each day.
Science
The children took part in a senses investigation.
Art
Year 1 used continuous line drawings to create pebbles and stones in their sketch books.
Then they used watercolours to paint vibrant shells.
PE
The children had a great session working on their fundamental skills.
PE day has moved to a Thursday.
Computing
We learnt the different parts of a computer/laptop.
This week we had a leaf challenge. We found as many different leaves as we could. Some of us made them into crowns. We crowned ourselves the kings and queens of Autumn!
Forest School is on a Wednesday - wellington boots are needed.
Golden Assembly
Star of the Week - Arabella
Super Learner - Ella
Superstar Writer - Alice
Bookworm - Jenson
Mathematician - Joey and Jake
Special Mention - Vinnie and Finlay for thinking of others and Lucie for her generosity.
Reception Blog - Friday 2nd October 2026
Date: 2nd Oct 2026 @ 12:53pm
Welcome to Reception
Autumn 1
Topic – Ourselves
PSED
This week we have been sharing our favourite things with are friends, noticing how everyone likes different things and that is okay.
We shared the story “Our Class Family”
We thought about being a family at school.
“We are all different, we all belong, and we look after one another.”
We created a list of lovely things that we can do to make sure we look after our class family.
Drawing Club
We continued to read ‘Super Duper You’.
We spoke about everybody being unique and special.
This week we created a special place for our ‘Super-Duper’ character to live.
Phonics
We have now learnt s a t p i n m d g
We know the tricky words
I the
Please see the formation rhymes below
Maths
This week in number land we have been exploring the number 2.
We investigated different ways of making 2, with cubes, ten frames, dominos.
We have also been looking at repeating patterns and practising our touch counting.
RE
We continued to learn the story about God creating the world.
Light, sky, earth, sea and land, the sun and moon, animals and humans.
We looked at ourselves in the mirror and talked about how we are Gods greatest creation.
Shared Reading
Our traditional tale story is ‘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 mixing the primary colours, we painted our hands two different primary colours and mixed them together to see what new colour we could make.
We learnt the new colours we made are the secondary colours.
Click here to sing our primary colours song.
Understanding the World
We began to learn about the season on Autumn.
We explored our autumn treasure tray of what the children found on their own autumn walks.
We then decided to be leaf detectives and see what different leaves we could find in our outdoor areas. We used them to create leaf rubbing pictures using the autumn colours.
Forest School
We had a story about Firey Fox who learns how to be safe around a fire. We discussed whst is needed for a fire to light. We practised moving safely around the fire circle. we watched Mrs Corbett light the fire and talked about what we could cook on a fire. Fantastic listening from everyone.
Reminders
We look forward to seeing you at the phonics workshops next week 😊
Golden Assembly
Golden Star - Iris
Super Learner - Bella
Superstar Writer - Richard
Mathematician – Marnie-Mae
Bookworm - Theo
Special Mention - Alex
Year 2 Blog-Friday 2nd October 2026
Date: 1st Oct 2026 @ 6:27pm
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 (19.10.25):
wait weight ate eight break brake sail sale pain pane
We have been learning about homophones.
The children need to learn the correct spelling and meaning.
Sumdog: Addition challenge
Counting: At home, count in 2's, 5's and 10's forwards and backwards.
You may also like to practise the 10x, 5x and 2x table on Hit The Button. Follow the link below:
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
English
We listened to some more chapters from the book. We wrote our own version of the story.
It was National Poetry Day this week and we wrote a poem about the dark.
Phonics
We have been revising the long a sound, ai as in train, ay as in tray, eigh as in eight.
SPaG
We have been learning about contracted forms of words such as I'll, won't,didn't, can't. The children are trying to use them as often as possible in their own writing.
Maths
The children have been adding/subtracting a multiple of 10 to/from a 2 digit number, 26+20 or 41-30. We have also worked on number bonds to 10 and 100.
Geography
The children know the seven continents and five oceans so well now. During our lesson, we looked at the continent of Europe in more detail.
Forest School
We were in our nature area this week. Some of us thought thought we had found a fresh mouse hole and spent a lot of time exploring it .
There was also stick wrapping, bug hunting and climbing.
Golden Assembly
Star of the Week - Zara
Super Learner - Harriet
Superstar Writer - Elish
Bookworm - Grace
Mathematician - Noah H.
Special Mentions -Oscar for being a kind and thoughtful friend and
George and Indie for creative natural pictures in R.E.
Thank you for all your generous Harvest gifts.
The children enjoyed the Harvest service this afternoon and sang beautifully.
Year 3 Blog - Friday 2nd October 2026
Date: 1st Oct 2026 @ 9:56am
Home Practice - Sumdog
Maths challenge - 2D shape
Spelling challenge - Week 5 spellings
Spellings
These are your spellings which will be tested next week – please practise them.
forget forgetting forgotten begin beginning
beginner prefer preferred gardening gardener
limited limiting limitation cleaning cleaner
reader reading writer writing footballer
Counting – We have been choosing different numbers to count up in 10s (as noted in the blog last week). Can you do the same for counting in 5s? For example: 3, 8, 13, 18, 23...
Reading - Please try to read at least three times a week.
Please remember to bring book bags each day.
English
Our new book for this week was called 'How to Wash a Woolly Mammoth'. We discussed the features of instructions, found the features in a text, created a bank of adverbs and wrote our own set of instructions.
We also celebrated National Poetry Day. We wrote an acrostic poem about Autumn.
Maths
We made 2D shapes on geoboards which had certain requirements (such as: make a pentagon with one right-angle). We also recapped how to measure length using a ruler and how to convert centimetres into metres.
P.E.
We practised the front and back strokes, focusing on the correct arm movements.
R.E.
We compared four different saints of creation: St Mother Théodore Guérin, St Francis of Assisi, St Martin de Porres and St Kateri Tekakwitha.
Science
We practised contracting and relaxing our arm muscles.
History
We identified Neolithic tools.
Forest School
We remembered how to be safe around the fire. Mr Corbett lit the fire and we were invited to toast marshmallows.
Some of us had a go at lighting our own fire with the flint and steel.
Golden Assembly
Star of the Week: Hannah
Super Learner: Cara
Superstar Writer (poet of the week): Seb
Bookworm: Lara
Marvellous Mathematician: Jessie
Special Mentions: Harry and Freya for confidently explaining their science experiment results. Joshua W for never giving up!
Year 5 blog Friday 25th September 2026
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
We listened to a story called The Leaf Thief. We realised there was no leaf thief!, it was the wind and the start of Autumn. We did some stick wrapping which is really good for our fine motor skills.
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:
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device |
devise |
license |
father |
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prophesy |
licence |
farther |
prophecy |
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morning |
mourning |
principal |
principle |
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precede |
proceed |
profit |
prophet |
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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.