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Year 5 Friday blog 24th April 2026

Date: 24th Apr 2026 @ 3:33pm

Welcome to your Friday Blog

Home Practice

Reading

Please read out loud every day for 20 minutes and try to use expression. Use a dictionary to find the meaning of any words you don’t know or ask an adult.

Spelling

Here are Year 5 spellings for this week.  

ought, bought, thought, rough, tough, enough, cough, though, through, dough, although, disobey, misbehave, inactive, illegal, incorrect, autobiography, impossible

Counting

Count out loud in:

5’s up to 205 and back again                                                      0, 5, 10…

50’s from 19000 to 20050 and back again                              19000, 19050…

70’s from 770 to 1120 and back again                                     770, 840, 910…

Times Tables

Please keep practising your times tables.  Everyone will be doing mixed division next week in their weekly test.

Sumdog

Maths practise – individual challenge.

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

Year 5 have had a great first week back and come back eager to learn – well done Year 5!

In English Year 5 have been writing their own fairytale and they have also started their new class novel – ‘The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane’ by Kate DiCamillo.

 In Maths Year 5 have been practising measuring and drawing angles and have now moved on to a new topic about improper and mixed number fractions.

In RE this week, Year 5 have really enjoyed working in groups to re-tell the story of Pentecost in the form of a news broadcast. Fantastic job Year 5!

Early in the week Year 5 enjoyed an afternoon outside planting strawberries and splitting plants.

In Forest School we had a great session in the nature area. We were hunting for mini beasts and related this to learning we have been doing in class. Some of us built a stream with a dam, there was fabulous teamwork, problem solving and resilience shown. It did get quite muddy but there was brilliant learning going on.

Some of us did some stick wrapping and forest eyes. We showed creativity, imagination and it's really good for developing our fine motor skills.

In Computing, the class have started to practise their coding skills and enjoyed a lesson with Mr Campbell introducing this.

 Finally, Year 5 have really enjoyed lots of outdoor time this week, including playing cricket in PE.

Well done Year 5 on another great week of learning!

Golden stars this week

Star of the Week –  Emma   

Super Learner –     Bertie

Superstar Writer –      Alfie

Bookworm -  Trudy

Marvellous Mathematician  -   Josh W

Special Mention - Alana  

Reception Blog, Friday 24th April 2026

Date: 24th Apr 2026 @ 3:31pm

Welcome to Reception's Blog!

Welcome back to Summer Term 

Our topic this half term is Julia Donaldson. 

This week we are learning all about Space. 

Drawing Club 

We had started to read 'The Smeds and The Smoos' - this week we focused on describing the characters - Janet and Bill. 

Then we invented a game for them to play together in the warbler woods.

Maths

We have been ordering numbers to 10.

Finding one more and one less than a given number and comparing amounts.

Understanding the World

We have started to learn to names of the planets this week. 

Mercury, Venus and Earth.

In history, we started our new topic of 'The Royal Family'

Beginning with looking at our own families and growth.

Art

This week we have watered down paints and use pipettes to create a galaxy effect. 

Please see the pictures below in our gallery.

PE

We have been developing our fundamental skills. 

We raced around the planets and the moon. 

 PSHE 

We have started our new topic of goal setting. We created a class goal and spoke about why goals are benefical. 

FOREST SCHOOL

We went for a walk to look at all the new plants growing. We looked at the blosson on the trees. We discussed how the tulips will die away and make food in their bulbs so they will start to grow again next year. We picked leaves from the rosemary and mint plants and discussed how they smelt.

We also did some great child-initiated learning in the nature area.

Golden Assembly

Star of the week - Louie

Super Learner -  George

Superstar Writer - Harry

Bookworm - Erin

Maravellous Mathematician - Rosie

Special Mentions - Maisie

Year 3 Friday blog 24th April 2026

Date: 24th Apr 2026 @ 1:30pm

Welcome to your Friday update

Welcome back to school. The sun is shining and everyone looks smart in their summer uniforms! The Summer Term is here!

Home Practice 

Keep up with the great reading at home. We can see a lot of children showing interest in some fab series of books including, Dogman, Harry Potter and the Diary of a Wimpy Kid. Lots of super future reading habits being formed!

We have set some maths challenges on Sumdog. Please ensure these are completed as they will boost fluency in the key learning that will support your child in all their future maths learning.

Keep counting, a secure knowledge of the number system will also help secure new concepts and learning.

Practice counting in 2s, 4s, and 8s. Forwards and backwards. What patterns can you spot?

Here are your spellings. We are looking at the statutory words for Year 3 this week. To remember these spellings its useful to remember the tricky bits. 

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

This week in Year 3

In RE, we read Luke’s Gospel and explored the story of the Road to Emmaus. The children engaged really thoughtfully with the message of the story and we spent time looking at a range of artwork that depicted this moment. Inspired by what they had seen, the children created their own paintings and responses. There are some fantastic pieces, please take a look at our gallery.

In English, we have continued reading Journey to Jo’burg. This week, Naledi and Tiro finally arrived in Jo’burg and visited their mum in Parktown. We focused on describing the differences between Parktown and Soweto, thinking carefully about what the children would have seen in each place. The class worked hard to compare the two settings and use clear, descriptive language in their writing.

In Maths, we have been learning all about time. The children practised reading digital clocks and began solving problems involving time. This is a key life skill and the class approached it with great focus and determination.

In PE, we started our new striking and fielding unit. We played a game of cricket and practised our throwing and catching skills. It was great to see the children working together and developing their coordination.

In History, we investigated the Ancient Egyptian afterlife and the process of mummification. The children were fascinated to learn what happened to the body after death and how the organs were carefully removed and preserved.

In Music, we have been learning to play the ukulele. The children were introduced to the C chord and worked together to play London’s Burning as a class. It was a great session and lots of fun.

We would also like to warmly welcome Miss Singleton, our student teacher, to Year 3. She has really enjoyed meeting the class and the children have given her a super St Oswald's welcome.

Star of the week - Devyn

Super Learner - Charles

Writer of the week - Sam

Marvellous Mathematician - Jonah

Bookworm - Amelia C

Special Mentions - Charlie and Amelia F setting a fantastic example to others on the playground

Well done, Year 3, another excellent week! Have a lovely weekend in the sun.

The Year 3 team

Year 2 Blog Friday 24th April 2026

Date: 24th Apr 2026 @ 12:21pm

It's great to have everyone back in class after the Easter holiday and you all look so smart in your summer uniforms!

Home Practice

Reading: In Year 2, children should read for at least 15/20 minutes every night and talk about the book.

This will help with understanding the text and learning new words.

Spelling: Please practise these spellings for your quiz on Friday (01.05.26):

judge     edge     hedge    fridge   bridge   page   rage   cage   stage  change

Sumdog: Complete the fractions and spelling challenges.

Counting: Count forwards and backwards in quarters like we did in class. For example, 1/4, 2/4, 3/4, 1, 1 and 1/4, 1 and 2/4, 1 and 3/4, 2. See how far you can go!

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

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

English

We started our new learning through a book called "Lila and the Secret of Rain".

Lila lives in a Kenyan village where it hasn't rained for a long time. We wrote predictions from the front cover and we wrote in role as Lila.

We also made a rain maker and we will write instructions next week.

Maths

Our new topic is fractions and the children have been learning to find halves and quarters of shapes and amounts.

They have also learned how to find 2/4, or 3/4 of simple amounts. For example, 3/4 of 20 is 15.

History

Our new topic is Kings, Queens and Castles.

We found out about the different parts of a castle and labelled our own.

R.E

We read Luke's Gospel story of the Ascension and thought about how the disciples felt. We retold the story in our own words on a storyboard.

PE

We will be doing Yoga and Tennis this half term.

Hannah took small groups to work on their yoga poses. She was very impressed with Y2's focus and interest throughout the sessions.

Joe from South Ribble Tennis Centre taught the children great tennis skills and played mini games.

Science

We made a diary and set up an investigation to see which seeds grow best in different conditions.

Forest School

We worked in our nature area. We noticed all the new plants growing, tulips, bluebells and forget-me-knots.

Golden Assembly

Star of the Week - Kamali

Super Learner -  Nelly

Superstar Writer - Rhodes

Bookworm - Seb

Mathematician - Freya

Special Mentions - Honey and Lara for being kind friends and

Cara and Joshua W. for great skills in the tennis session

Year 4 Blog Friday 24th April 2026

Date: 24th Apr 2026 @ 12:18pm

Welcome to the first blog of the Summer Term

Home practice

Reading

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

Reading every night will help you read more fluently and with understanding.

See if you can spot any expanded noun phrases when you are reading.

Expanded noun phrases will include the determiner, any adjectives and a noun.    

Spellings

These are your spellings for next week:

consider       continue       decide         describe      different

difficult       disappear     early            earth           eight

eighth          enough         exercise      experience   experiment

extreme      forward       forwards

Counting

This week, please practise counting in 10’s bridging 100’s

For example, start at 86 and count to 236 and back again

86   96   106   etc                     236   226   216 etc

Now try from 321 to 571 and back again

321   331   341    etc                           571   561   551 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

You can practise a similar Multiplication Tables Check on timestables.co.uk

If you practise for 5 minutes every night, you will see a big improvement in your tables fluency.

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

An adding and subtracting fractions challenge

Our Learning this Week

In English, we learnt what an expanded noun phrase is and practised building our own phrases.

We also used a dictionary to find out the meaning of new words.

Following this, we wrote a powerful description of the grotto of the fire fiend using expanded noun phrases and some of the new vocabulary we had investigated.

In Maths, we learnt how to add and subtract using a number line.

First, we used a number line to help us bridge though a multiple of 10 efficiently.

Then, we used a mental compensating strategy when the number we were adding or subtracting had a 9 in the ones place.  

In addition, we found fractions of amount using counters and pictorial representations.         

In RE, we started our new topic – To the ends of the Earth – during which we will learn about the spread of the Gospel and the mission of the Church.

We began the topic by listening to John 20:1-10 and considered how Peter felt when he entered the tomb and saw it was empty.

In PSHE, we discussed how to use digital devices safely and explored the benefits of the internet and how to balance screen time.

In addition, we discussed how to protect our personal information.

In Science, we started our new topic, teeth and the digestive system.

We started an investigation into which drink causes the most tooth decay.

We left 5 eggs in different liquids and will see what affect the liquids have on the eggs next week.

Have a look at the photos in our gallery.

In Geography, we finished our rainforests topic by creating a double page spread in our books.

You can see some examples of our work in our gallery.

In addition, we made a creative image of the 4 layers of the rainforest using natural materials.

You can see some examples in the gallery.

In our gymnastics session, we practised our balancing by completing a one foot balance challenge for 2 or 3 minutes. 

We also demonstrated some travelling actions on our feet, and our hands and feet (the caterpillar, frog, bunny hop and monkey).

You can see some pictures in our gallery.

Golden Assembly

Star of the week: Rowan

Super Learner: Jessica

Superstar Writer: Bella

Bookworm: Lottie

Marvellous Mathematician: Albie

Special Mentions: Oscar and Bobby for fabulous double page fact files about rainforests

George, Hunter, Heidi and Albert for superb responses when being hotseated in RE

Have a lovely weekend

The Year 4 team

Year 1 Blog - Friday 24th April 2026

Date: 23rd Apr 2026 @ 6:26pm

Home Practice - Sumdog

Maths challenge - Recognising coins

Phonics challenge - Dependent on phonics groups

Counting – Can you find as many 1p coins as you can and count how much you have altogether?

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

Please remember to bring book bags each day.

English

We started our new book, The Lumberjack's Beard. We found that the lumberjack had chopped down a little bird's tree, which caused him to be very angry! We wrote in role as the bird, both as a group and independently.

Maths

We identified coins to 20p, and we made amounts using 1p coins.

See our pictures here.

R.E.

We recapped learning from our previous RE branch. We started to order Jesus' important life events.

In our class collectives, we read The Good Shepherd and discussed how we can follow Jesus.

P.E.

We practised the running and egg-and-spoon races.

We also had our first tennis session with Joe!

See our pictures here.

Art

We sketched different birds and added detail by shading.

See our pictures here.

Computing

We focused on how to safely access websites. We learnt how to type a website address into the search bar.

Geography

We identified hot and cold places in the world. We also pinpointed the location of the equator and discussed how it affects our climate.

P.S.H.E.

We started our Engage module, we talked about setting goals.

Forest School

We looked at alll the new growth in the nature area. We looked for mini beasts, climbed trees, made dens and a stream, did some wool crafts and blossom cooking.

Golden Assembly

Star of the Week: Theo

Super Learner: Noah B

Superstar Writer: Elsie

                                                                                                       Bookworm: Indie                                                                                                        

Marvellous Mathematician: Roman and Lucas

Special Mentions: Reo for always looking after his friends.

Year 6 Friday Blog - 24th April 2026

Date: 23rd Apr 2026 @ 8:15am

Welcome to the Year 6 weekly blog. 

This week in Year 6

English

In English we have been working hard to revise tense, punctuation, word class and formality! We have been learning how to use test techniques to check our answers and practising past paper questions. We have also started the novel 'The 1000 Year Old Boy' and begun to research about different mythical objects of immortality. 

Maths 

This week, we have learned how to reason with measure and time problems. We have also revised our algebra learning by writing equations and finding values that satisfy an equation. 

RE

In RE, we have started our new topic: 'To the ends of the earth'. We have shared the story of the empty tomb together and written news reports as if we were a reporter at the scene of the empty tomb.  

Topic 

For Science, we have started our new topic about electricity. We have learned how to represent components of a circuit using scientific symbols. 

We have started our striking and fielding unit in PE and we have been learning how to pitch and bat in cricket. 

In History, we learned all about how the laws of the twelve tables from Roman times. 

Please complete the following tasks by Wednesday 29/04/26. 

Reading - Use your home reading to read every night for 30 minutes. You also have a reading diary that must be used for the title of the book and any challenges chosen. 

Books may be changed on Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday. 

Spelling - 

Spellings this week are revising the following rules: 

Statutory word list and adding prefixes and suffixes to these
where appropriate.
• Revision Prefixes dis-, mis-, in-
• Revision Prefixes inter-, super-, anti-, auto-
• Revision More prefixes im-, ir-, re-, sub-
• Endings which sound like /ʃəs/ spelt –cious or – tious
• Endings which sound like /ʃəl/

We will have our test on the 1/05/26

It is useful to write the words down on the spelling sheet, but you could also ask someone to call the words out and spell them out loud. Other ideas include, breaking the words up and writing them down in different colours (accommodate). You could look for words within words (accompany) or think of your own ways to remember the word, for example, spell it aloud using a mnemonic or tune.

SATS Revision: 

The children have been given a login for SATs bootcamp. This is a fantastic website, which will really help with the children's SATs revision: https://www.yearsix.co.uk/sats-boot-camp/. 

Please complete the following topics for next Thursday: 

Maths - Topic 13 Capacity, Mass and Volume 

English - Topic 21 Synonyms and Antonyms

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

Star of the Week  -  Imogen

Super Learner -  Ronnie 

Superstar Writer - Ebba

Bookworm -  Oscar

Marvellous Mathematician - Alfie P

Special Mentions - Milana and Maisie - for always being polite and having great resilience!

Have a lovely weekend everyone!

Year 3 Friday Blog Friday 2nd April

Date: 2nd Apr 2026 @ 4:46pm

We have had a lovely end to the term in Year 3.

In RE, we have been learning about the Easter story and Holy Week. We watched different adaptations of the story and had some very thoughtful discussions in class. We also had the opportunity to watch Year 6 lead their Easter liturgy in church, which was a very reflective and thought-provoking experience for us all.

In English, we enjoyed reading more of our class novel and the children wrote in role as Naledi, imagining what it would be like to see the big city for the very first time. We focused on using ambitious vocabulary and writing in full, well-structured sentences. It was wonderful to see the children really stepping into the character and bringing their ideas to life.

In Maths, we have now come to the end of our fractions unit. The children have worked incredibly hard throughout this topic, and it has really paid off. Everyone has shown a fantastic level of understanding and knowledge this week - well done everyone for your effort and perseverance!

In Computing, we finished off our unit by creating brochures on Ancient Egypt using Canva. It has been lovely seeing all the learning that has taken place at home as well, there has clearly been lots of enthusiasm for our Egypt topic! We also have some exciting news coming next term linked to this, so watch this space.

In PE, we wrapped up our tag rugby learning, with the children showing brilliant teamwork, effort and sportsmanship. It has been great to see their skills develop over the term.

We hope you all have a peaceful and restful Easter break and come back ready for a busy summer term. Please remember summer uniforms when we return.

Well done, Year 3.

The Year 3 Team

Year 1 Blog - Friday 2nd April 2026

Date: 2nd Apr 2026 @ 4:26pm

Welcome to your final blog of the Spring term!

English

We wrote our own version of Hansel and Gretel and read it to Reception.

Maths

We measured capacity using jugs and water.

History

We were lucky to have Felicity's mum come in to talk about how hospitals have changed. A big thank you from year 1!

R.E.

We made Easter plates celebrating Jesus.

Art

We added detail to our watercolour setting.

D.T.

We made our smoothies!

Golden Assembly

Our 5 golden stars of the term:

Grace

Reo

Stan

Eilish

Isabelle

Have a lovely, rested Easter and we will see you back on the 20th of April.

Year 5 blog Thursday 2nd April

Date: 2nd Apr 2026 @ 3:48pm

Happy Easter to all!

Year 5 have had a great final week of term including den building, DT, rugby, making shapes in maths and also finishing the class novel, 'Varjak Paw'.

There is no sumdog home work or spellings this holiday but please keep reading!

The five golden stars for the term are: Tiffany, Milo, Ada May, Evangeline and Caleb. Well done to them and everyone for such hard work and enthusiasm throughout the term.

Year 4 Blog Thursday 2nd April 2026

Date: 2nd Apr 2026 @ 8:38am

Welcome to the last blog of the Spring term

Our Learning this week

In English, we consolidated our learning about determiners by writing our own verse to a song.

In Maths, we practised the written method of division – chunking – both with and without remainders.

In RE, we retold the Holy Week story from St Peter’s perspective.

In Science, we planned an investigation to find out which drink causes the most tooth decay.

We will carry out the experiment after Easter with hard boiled eggs and different drinks.

During our PSHE lesson, we learnt how active listening can help us to relate to others.

Active listening includes – making eye contact, avoiding distractions and asking questions to clarify.

In PE, we used tactics to help outwit an opponent in a game.

Take a look at the pictures in our gallery.

In Art, we completed our still life collages.

There are some pictures in our gallery.

This week, we also went to church to watch an Easter Liturgy, beautifully led by Year 6.

Home Practice and Reminders

As it is the Easter holiday, we have not set any Home Practice / Sumdog challenges.

However, please keep reading every day – this really is the key to unlocking your learning.

We look forward to seeing you all again on Monday 20^th April in your Summer uniforms.

Please remember to bring your PE kit back in on the first day back.

Golden Stars of the Term

Drew

Alice

George

Albert

Eliza

Have a fabulous Easter

The Year 4 team

Year 6 Blog - Thursday 2nd April 2026

Date: 2nd Apr 2026 @ 7:52am

Welcome to the Year 6 weekly blog.

Well done to all of Year 6 for leading the school in their Easter Liturgy this week. We were all so proud of their amazing singing and clear speaking. Well done Year 6! 

This week in Year 6

English

In English we have been revising nouns, pronouns, adverbs and adverbials. We have also written an independent detective story based upon a new 'crime' which we imagined had taken place in school! 

Maths 

This week, we have learned how to calculate the internal angles of any polygon. We have also learned how to calculate the volume of a cuboid. 

RE

In RE, we have prayerfully reflected on the stations of the cross. In groups, we all shared one of the stations and thought about the key message from our station. We then wrote a prayer based on our station. 

We used these prayers to pray all of the stations as a class and reflect on Jesus' journey. 

Topic 

In Science, we have learned how nutrients are absorbed into our blood stream. We also created some amazing posters to explain how to live a healthy lifestyle. We learned about how diet, exercise, medicine and personal hygiene could all keep us safe and healthy.

In Music, we played different beats using egg shakers!  

Please complete the following tasks by Wednesday 22/04/26: 

Reading - Use your home reading to read every night for 30 minutes. You also have a reading diary that must be used for the title of the book and any challenges chosen. 

Books may be changed on Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday. 

SATS Revision: 

The children have brought home a pack of revision to complete over the Easter holidays. This pack should be returned to school on the first day back after the holidays. 

Have a lovely Easter everyone!

Reception Blog - Thursday 2nd April 2026

Date: 1st Apr 2026 @ 3:47pm

Welcome to Reception's Blog!

Thank you for all your support with the childrens home learning this half term. 

We hope you have the most lovely Easter Break together. 

We will see you all back on Monday 20th April 2026 

Golden Assembly

Stars of the Term 

Ivy

Rosie

Finlay

Teddy

Jake

Year 2 Blog-Thursday 2nd April

Date: 1st Apr 2026 @ 1:48pm

Welcome to your blog!

On Tuesday we enjoyed a lovely Easter service in church which was led beautifully by Year 6.

On Wednesday we had a walk to the library for a dinosaur themed session with Helen.

She read 3 stories to us.

We made a dinosaur out of paper, we took part in an Easter treasure hunt and we chose our own books to read.

It was our final Golden Assembly of the term on Thursday. We had a great time, the Easter raffle was drawn and we sang the Spring chicken song!

The five special mentions of the term were;

Faisal, Hannah, Arianna, Huxley and Nelly

Have a very happy and holy Easter.

Year 3 Friday 27th March 2026

Date: 27th Mar 2026 @ 4:36pm

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

Home Learning

Reading – Please read every night for at least 15 minutes. Don’t forget to record it in your reading diary!

Maths – We’ve set two challenges on Sumdog this week. They focus on shape and fluency. The fluency challenge is table vs table. Good luck!

Spellings – This week’s spellings are all the year 3/4 statutory words. Don't try and learn them all! choose a few to practise!

This week in Year 3

In English, we have continued our Journey to Jo’burg work. The children have been developing their descriptive writing, thinking carefully about how to bring the setting and events to life for the reader. We worked on using expanded noun phrases and ambitious vocabulary to add detail and interest to our sentences. It has been great to see the children building flow in their writing and really immersing themselves in the story.

In Maths, we have been learning all about fractions. We explored equivalent fractions and how different fractions can represent the same value. The children then moved on to working with mixed numbers, showing a good understanding of how these relate to mixed numbers. We also began adding and subtracting fractions, which proved tricky at times, but the children showed real determination and made excellent progress through practice and discussion.

In RE, we have been learning about the Communion Rite. The children showed a growing understanding of this important part of the Mass and shared some thoughtful ideas during our discussions.

In PE, we continued developing our tag rugby skills. There was some fantastic teamwork on display, with the children supporting each other and working well together during games.

We have also been taking part in the Big Lent Walk and we are incredibly proud to say that we smashed our target, walking an amazing 569km as a class. What a fantastic achievement, well done, everyone!

In History, we explored Egyptian gods. The children created some excellent fact posters to show their learning, please take a look at our gallery to see their work.

Star of the week - Jonah  

Super Learner - Henry P

Writer of the week - Elyse

Marvellous Mathematician - Amelia L & Leo B

Bookworm - Amelia C

Special Mentions - Zach D, setting a fantastic example to others

Well done, Year 3.

The Year 3 team

Year 5 blog Friday 27th March 2026

Date: 27th Mar 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 Year 5 spellings for this week.  

grief brief  mischief  pierce  fierce  niece  pier  patient  deceive  conceive  receive  perceive  ceiling  protein  seize  science  ancient  glacier

Counting

Count out loud in:

8’s up to 194 and back again                                                      0, 8,16…

2000’s from 19000 to 37000 and back again                              19000, 21000…

70’s from 770 to 1120 and back again                                     770, 840, 910…

Times Tables

Please keep practising your times tables.  Everyone has their own targets, which the children should have noted on the top of their spelling sheet.

Sumdog

Maths practise – individual challenge.

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

Year 5 have had a great week of learning – well done!

In English Year 5 have been working together in teams and creating newspaper articles. They have also started to plan their own newspaper report on the cat vanishings from the ‘Varjak Paw’ novel.

 In Maths Year 5 have started their new topic on reflection. This will continue into next week.

In RE this week, Year 5 have been reflecting on the meaning of heaven and this produced some fascinating discussions and ideas from the class. The children went on to create a poem about heaven.

The whole class enjoyed Science this week by going outside to plant potatoes and take mint cuttings, following our discussion about plant life and how plants can be cloned from one parent plant.

Year 5 were superstars on the Victorian school trip day. They enjoyed dressing up as Victorian servants and school children and following the rules! They also learned about various toys from that era and tried them all out.

Finally, Year 5 have now completed their sponsored Big Lent walk. Any sponsorship money for CAFOD is very much appreciated.

Well done Year 5 on another fabulous week of learning!

Golden stars this week

Star of the Week –  Mark    

Super Learners –      Elena

Superstar Writer –      Sienna

Bookworm -   Joni

Marvellous Mathematician  -    Louie

Special Mention -    all Y5 for great representation of our school at Judge’s Lodgings

Reception Blog - Friday 27th March 2026

Date: 27th Mar 2026 @ 3:24pm

Welcome to Reception's Friday Blog!

This week we have been learning all about Jaspers Beanstalk

Drawing Club

In drawing club, we learnt a song about our story this week.

Our challenge this week was to think about who could be at the top of Jaspers Beanstalk.

Who might it be?

What might happen next?

Phonics

We recapped ch, sh ,th, ng, qu, ai, ee, igh, oa long/short oo, ar, or. 

she, he, we, be, me, we, was, you, they, my, her, are, all, like, said

This week we have been revisiting the all of our sounds. Practising putting them into words and sentences. 

Maths

Our focus has been sharing and finding half of a number. 

The children have used the Easter chicks to share out amounts betwen two groups. 

Design and Technogoly 

This week we have made our Easter cards using a flap. 

The children created a flap with an egg an a chick underneath. 

Make sure to check out our galleries to see all our brilliant learning from this week!

Golden Assembly

Star of the Week – Caleb

Super Learner – Alice

Superstar Writer – Luca

Bookworm – Arabella

Mathematician – Phoebe

Year 4 Blog Friday 27th March 2026

Date: 27th Mar 2026 @ 12:55pm

Welcome to your Friday blog

Home practice

Reading

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

If you find any words you are unsure of, look them up in a dictionary or ask an adult.

Spellings

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

crystal         pyramid       bicycle         gym             symbol

cymbals        hymn            syrup           cylinder       mystery

typical         gymnast       myth            Egypt          gymnastics

oxygen         crypt           lyrics

Counting

This week, please practise counting in 10’s

For example, start at 25 and count to 225 and back again

25  35  45  etc                     225  215  205  etc

Times tables and Number facts

Please practise your individual tables target for your test next week. 

You can practise your tables on TTRockstars, Hit the Button and timestables.co.uk

Please also practise your number facts. 

You can practise your number facts on Hit the Button

It is crucial that you learn all of your table facts and your number facts as this will help you with many aspects of maths.

Halving challenge

Follow the link below and play any of the halving games – this will help to consolidate our learning this week.

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

TTRockstars challenge

A ‘garage’ session

Sumdog challenges

A spelling challenge based on the words above

A division challenge

Our Learning This Week

In English this week, we learnt more about the different types of pronouns – personal and possessive.

Following this, we selected appropriate pronouns and used them effectively in a piece of writing.         

In Maths, we consolidated our learning about halving 4 digit numbers.

In addition, we divided numbers using a mental strategy of partitioning.

We found this tricky, however, having a secure knowledge of our tables helped with this.

In RE, we learnt about Holy Week and compared the events of Palm Sunday with the agony in the garden of Gethsemane. 

In Science, we identified the different types of teeth in humans and their functions:

Incisors – cutting and biting

Canines – tearing and ripping

Premolars – holding and crushing

Molars – grinding food

Wisdom – act as extra molars

In our ‘Our Happy Mind’ lesson, we learnt what makes a good friend and how friends can help us solve problems.

We also showed an understanding that it’s important to show gratitude to friends.

In PE, we demonstrating running and passing a rugby ball.

We then practised using a simple tactic in a game.

You can see some photos in our gallery.

In Geography, we learnt more about the 4 layers of the rainforest.

These are called – the forest floor, understory, canopy and emergent layer.

We researched the condition, plants and animals found in each layer, then wrote information about each layer in our books.

In Forest School, we talked about how to keep safe around the fire. We toasted our marshmallow, when we were invited to do so. Delicious!

On Friday morning, we also attended the parish mass and stations of the cross.

Many thanks to the children from Year 4 who read the bidding prayers so beautifully.

Golden Assembly

Star of the Week: Daisy

Super Learner Award: Alice

Superstar Writer: Annie

Bookworm Award: Bella

Marvellous Mathematician: Rory

Special Mentions: Albie and George – for beautiful and thoughtful RE work

The Year 4 team

Year 2 Blog Friday 27th March 2026

Date: 27th Mar 2026 @ 10:03am

Home Practice

Reading: In Year 2, children should read for at least 15/20 minutes every night and talk about the book.

This will help with understanding the text and learning new words.

Spelling: Please practise these spellings for your quiz on Thursday (02.04.26):

potion     lotion      affection     motion   question     instruction       competition    junction      reception   hibernation

Sumdog: Complete the addition/subtraction and spelling challenges.

Counting: Count forwards and backwards in 3, but start on a different number instead of 3. For example, 5, 8, 11, 14, 17, 20 or 7, 10, 13, 16, 19, 22.

You could say them out loud or write the numbers down. Look for any patterns, what do you notice?

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

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

English

We continued our learning through the story of Rosie Revere Engineer.

The children made story books and designed, labelled and discussed their own inventions.

We read our books to the children in Reception.

SPaG

We learnt more about -tion words and have been spotting them when reading in class.

Maths

We have moved on to addition and subtraction.

The children were using their base ten knowledge to add two 2-digit numbers. For example, 38 + 47 = 85.

R.E.

The children learnt about the Sacarment of Reconciliation in more detail. They found out that there are five stages to this 

sacrament. They wrote about what they had learned and illustrated it.

We also learnt more about the Easter Vigil Mass.

Science

We looked at the bulbs we planted in January. Some have flowers, some have leaves and some are not growing at all. We discussed why this might be happening.

We also looked at the seeds we planted which we collected from the seed heads.

Forest School

We were in our very muddy log circle area. There was great team work to try to make the water flow all around a tree. There was some bug hunting, mud cooking, an obstacle course and also some clever crafting.

Golden Assembly

Star of the Week - Ella

Super Learner -  Nelly

Superstar Writer - Gigi

Bookworm - Hannah

Mathematician - Buzz

Special Mentions - Dean and Jaxon for involving their friends in their games and

Lilly-Mae and Seb for their thoughtful responses in R.E.

THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING THE CAFOD WALK.

Year 1 Blog - Friday 27th March 2026

Date: 26th Mar 2026 @ 3:13pm

Home Practice - Sumdog

Maths challenge - Quarters

Phonics challenge - Dependent on phonics groups

Counting – Can you write all of the even numbers to 20 on a piece of paper (0, 2, 4, 6...) and count in twos, forwards and backwards?

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

Please remember to bring book bags each day.

English

We read Hansel and Gretel. We labelled the gingerbread house, wrote character descriptions and planned our own version of the story.

Maths

We quartered shapes and objects into four equal pieces.

See our pictures here.

R.E.

We read Luke (24:1-8). We recognised how Angel Gabriel brought an important message to the women, that Jesus had risen. We made an angel slider card.

See our pictures here.

In our class collectives, we re-read the story of Jesus entering Jerusalem.

P.E.

We focused on underarm throwing into different sized hoops and targets.

Art

We painted a setting using watercolour paints.

See our pictures here.

Science

We observed different leaves.

Computing

We created our own bar charts.

History

We compared modern-day hospitals to hospitals in the past.

P.S.H.E.

We chose five people who we could talk to if we needed help.

D.T.

We planned our smoothie on Seesaw.

Golden Assembly

Star of the Week: Stan

Super Learner: Judah

Superstar Writer: Grace

                                                                                                       Bookworm: Evie B                                                                                                         

Marvellous Mathematician: Noah J

Special Mentions: Louie and Connall for their excellent computing (bar charts).

Year 6 Blog - Friday 27th March 2026

Date: 26th Mar 2026 @ 9:55am

Welcome to the Year 6 weekly blog.

This week in Year 6

English

In English we have been revising word class and punctuation. We have also been writing our detective stories about the mysterious crime of the missing Year 6 Easter eggs! 

Maths 

This week, we have been revising how to calculate missing angles in a shape. We have also been learning how to draw nets of 3D shapes and solve problems using all of our shape knowledge! 

RE

In RE, we have been learning about the stations of the cross. We have reflected on a station of our choice and responded through artwork, poetry and prayer. 

Topic 

This week, we have worked hard to rehearse our Easter Liturgy in preparation for next week. We have worked hard on our singing and learning our lines. We can't wait for everyone to join us on Tuesday! 

In Faith in Action, we completed our final learning focus about servant leadership. We thought about how we value our responsibilities in school and completed a build a bridge challenge to help us reflect on how we can help and serve each other! 

In French, we 

Please complete the following tasks by Wednesday: 

Reading - Use your home reading to read every night for 30 minutes. You also have a reading diary that must be used for the title of the book and any challenges chosen. 

Books may be changed on Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday. 

Spelling - 

Next week we will have our end of term spelling test on the Y5/6 words. Please practise these words ready for our test on Tuesday.

The spelling sheet is attached to the end of the blog. 

SATS Revision: 

Today, the children have been given a login for SATs bootcamp. This is a fantastic website, which will really help with the children's SATs revision: https://www.yearsix.co.uk/sats-boot-camp/. 

Please complete the following topics for next Thursday: 

Maths - Topic 10 Equivalence

English - Topic 19 Reading Skills

Have a happy weekend Year 6!

Year 3 Friday Blog 20th March 2026

Date: 20th Mar 2026 @ 3:48pm

Welcome to your Friday blog

Home Practice

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

We have set 3 Sumdog challenges, make sure you do a little on these every night.

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

Your spellings this week all end with sion, ssion, tion, cian. We have set a sumdog challenge to help practice these.

position, election, rotation, location, duration, aggression, obsession, recession, compassion, impression, vision, decision, division, confusion, optician, beautician clinician, tactician

This week in Year 3

We’ve had another busy and enjoyable week in Year 3!

In English, we have continued our journey to Jo’burg and the children are really enjoying the story. This week, we have been focusing on using noun phrases to improve our sentences, particularly when describing the beginning of the children’s journey. We have seen some lovely writing, with the children really starting to add detail and bring their ideas to life.

In Maths, we have been revisiting the formal written methods for addition and subtraction. This is a tricky area, so we have spent lots of time practising and building our confidence. The children have shown great perseverance and determination with this new learning.

In RE, we have been learning about the sacraments, with a particular focus on Holy Communion. We watched a video of children making their First Holy Communion and the class responded with some thoughtful and reflective ideas about what this special sacrament means.

We have also been taking part in the Big Lent Walk this week. The children have shown great enthusiasm and commitment, again, have a look at our gallery to see us in action.

In Art, we explored line drawing techniques. The children experimented with different types of lines to create depth and texture in their work. There are some fantastic pieces. Check out our gallery!

In French, we have been learning how to say a range of colours, as well as how to say “I like” and “I don’t like.” The children did a brilliant job practising their speaking.

In PE, we continued developing our tag rugby skills. This week, we focused on games without the ball, working on movement, positioning and teamwork. It was great to see such strong team spirit and encouragement for one another.

In History, we learned all about hieroglyphics. The children loved writing their names using hieroglyphs and learning how they were used in Ancient Egypt.

Star of the week - Orlaigh  

Super Learner - Zack W 

Writer of the week - Rose

Marvellous Mathematician - Wilbur

Bookworm - Henry Y

Special Mentions - Lydia and Amelia F for their lovely manners and showing kindness to others.

Another brilliant week, well done, Year 3! 

The Year 3 Team.

Year 5 blog Friday 20th March 2026

Date: 20th Mar 2026 @ 3:45pm

Welcome to your Friday Blog

Home Practice

Reading

Please read out loud every day for 20 minutes. Use a dictionary to find the meaning of any words you don’t know or ask an adult.

Spelling

Here are Year 5's spellings for this week.  

stomach symbol  twelfth  vegetable  frequently  bruise  identity  ancient  community  variety  lightning  soldier  rhyme  rhythm  restaurant  competition  determined  aggressive

Counting

Count out loud in:

9’s up to 189 and back again                                                      0, 9, 18…

50’s from 18900 to 19450 and back again                              18900, 18950…

70’s from 770 to 1120 and back again                                     770, 840, 910…

Times Tables

Please keep practising your times tables.   

Sumdog

Maths practise – individual challenge.

Spelling Challenge – There is a practise test on Sumdog.

Year 5 have been amazing this week, completing all their assessment tests cheerfully and with 100% effort – well done Year 5!

In English, Year 5 have been developing ideas on characters, using ambitious vocabulary and also debating who might be behind the mysterious vanishings in 'Varjak Paw'.

 In Maths, we have been practising converting km, kg and litres into  metres, grams and millilitres. We also converted fractions into percentages. This has been tricky but we have persevered. Super job Year 5!

In RE this week, Year 5 reflected on the power of prayer and created some beautiful new prayers for the class display, focussing on prayers for people in need and also prayers of thanks for the beautiful things God has created.

In Art, we all enjoyed going outside in the sun to practise sketching buildings as well as completing our Hockney style landscapes.

The whole class enjoyed Science this week by going outside to find living things in the school grounds. Year 5 found a huge variety of creatures and then created their life cycle maps of birds and insects. 

Finally, Year 5 have now completed the first week of their sponsored Big Lent walk. They are walking 1km a day for ten days to raise money for CAFOD.

Well done Year 5 on another great week of learning!

Golden stars this week

Star of the Week –   Edward   

Super Learners –      Trudy

Superstar Writer –      Amelia

Bookworm -  Alana

Marvellous Mathematician  -   Madelaina

Special Mention -    Emma

Reception Blog - Friday 20th March 2026

Date: 20th Mar 2026 @ 2:39pm

Welcome to Reception's Friday Blog!

This week we have been learning all about Chicken Licken

Drawing Club

In our drawing club, we thought about the beginning, middle and end of the story. We drew a picture and tried our best to retell the story. 

We practised lots of different voices for the characters when we read the story together. 

Phonics

We recapped ch, sh ,th, ng, qu, ai, ee, igh, oa long/short oo. 

she, he, we, be, me, we, was, you, they, my, her, are, all, like, said

Our new sounds are the ar and the or

ar - farm, car, barn 

or - fork, corn, short

The children are working hard on their letter formation and trying to write their words on the lines. 

Maths

Our focus has been to learn our doubles to 10. 

We learnt that doubling is the same as adding two numbers together that are the same. 

We used dominoes and ladybirds to help us. 

1 + 1 = 2

2 + 2 = 4

3 + 3 = 6

4 + 4 = 8

5 + 5 = 10

Click here to have a go at our doubles song at home

Understanding the world 

We continued to learn about life cycles - we watched a real life chick hatching from their egg.

We drew and labelled the chicks independently. 

Science

We carried out a science experiment this week. We thought about what a plant needs to grow. 

Then we put a bean into a bag. One bag was wet and the other was dry. The children discussed their ideas of which would grow and why. 

We decided to put two beans on the window and two beans in a darker place in class to find one which will grow quicker.

RE

We learnt about 'Palm Sunday' this week. 

Make sure to check out our galleries to see all our brilliant learning from this week!

Golden Assembly

Star of the Week – Teddy

Super Learner – Rosie

Superstar Writer – Louie

Bookworm – Henry.W

Mathematician – Elsi

Special Mention - Ava-Grace & Maisie & Vinnie & Harry & Ella 

Year 4 Blog Friday 20th March 2026

Date: 20th Mar 2026 @ 12:49pm

Welcome to your Friday blog

Home practice

Reading

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

Can you retell some of the story in your own words?

Spellings

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

invention      injection      action          hesitation    completion

expression   discussion    confession    permission   admission

expansion     extension     comprehension       tension        musician

electrician   magician       politician

Counting

This week, please practise counting in 2’s

For example, start at 86 and count to 128 and back again

86  88  90  etc                         128  126  124  etc

Now have a go at counting in 0.2’s

For example, start at 0.8 and count to 3.2 and back again

0.8   1.0   1.2 etc                       3.2   3.0   2.8 etc

Times tables and Number facts

Please practise your individual tables target for your test next week. 

You can practise your tables on TTRockstars, Hit the Button and timestables.co.uk

Please also practise your number facts. 

You can practise your number facts on Hit the Button

It is crucial that you learn all of your table facts and your number facts as this will help you with many aspects of maths.

Halving challenge

Follow the link below and play any of the halving games – this will help to consolidate our learning this week.

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

TTRockstars challenge

A ‘garage’ session

Sumdog challenges

A spelling challenge based on the words above

A rounding numbers challenge (this is revision)

In English, we learnt about pronouns.

We now that that a pronoun is a word that takes the place of a noun or noun phrase in a sentence and that its primary purpose is to prevent repetition. 

We also identified pronouns in a sentence and discussed which noun they were taking the place of.   

In Maths, we consolidated our knowledge of the written method of multiplication – the grid method.

Additionally, we learnt how to halve 4 digits numbers where all the digits are even (eg 2864).  

In RE, we learnt about the Corporal Works of Mercy - seven charitable actions, rooted in Matthew 25:31–46, that address the physical needs of others to show God’s mercy and love.

These actions are: to feed the hungry, give drink to the thirsty, shelter the homeless, visit the sick, clothe the naked, visit the imprisoned and bury the dead.

In Science, we started our new topic – Animals including Humans.

We began by thinking about what happens to food that we eat and why our teeth are different shapes.

In our ‘Our Happy Mind’ lesson, we learnt how to better understand our differences.

We continued to learn how we can use our strengths in different ways.

In our PE lesson, we warmed up by taking part in a relay practice.

We then played bench ball and dodgeball, practising our throwing and catching, as well as our teamwork skills.

Have a look at the pictures in our gallery.  

In our Geography lesson, we learnt about the different layers of the rainforest.

This week, we also went on a trip to Southport Eco Centre, where we learnt about rainforests. We took part in 4 different activities:

a giant snakes & lianas board game to find out more about the features of a rainforest;

a PC game to explore the habitats/locations of the world’s rainforests, completing an activity booklet;

a ‘visit’ to a rainforest in the immersive room experiences;

and a garden fact hunt – to investigate the layers of the rainforest.

In Art, we painted the background and some objects for our ‘still life’ composition.

We will use these later to create a cut paper collage still life picture.

In Forest School, we discussed how to be safe around the fire. We talked about the three things we need to start a fire. We watched the popcorn as it popped and dicussed how the change is irreversible.

Some of us had a go at using the flint and steel to start a fire. Everyone who had a try was successful!

Golden Assembly

Star of the Week: Alexander

Super Learner Award: Violet Ca

Superstar Writer: Bobby

Bookworm Award:  Rudy

Marvellous Mathematician: Isla

Special Mentions: All of Y4 !

The Year 4 Team