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Year 3 Friday blog 12th June 2026
Date: 12th Jun 2026 @ 3:54pm
Welcome to your Friday Blog
This week in Year 3, we’ve been busy diving into lots of exciting learning!
Home Practice
Reading: Please read every night at home. Remember to change your school books regularly, we have an amazing selection to choose from!
Spellings: Homophones and near homophones. Use your blue spellings card to practise these.
Maths: Challenges are set on Sumdog. They are on 2D Shape and all your times tables.
This week in Year 3
This week, we had a brilliant time visiting the Egyptology exhibit at Bolton Museum. The children loved exploring the artefacts and learning more about life in Ancient Egypt. The highlight for many was seeing a real mummy, which sparked lots of excitement and some fantastic questions. It was a wonderful opportunity to bring our History learning to life. Be sure to check out our gallery to see some of the highlights from the trip.
In English, we have continued our work on The BFG, exploring both Dream Country and Giant Country. The children used the rich descriptions from the story to help them imagine these magical settings and have been developing their own ideas through discussion and writing.
In Maths, we have been exploring decimals. The children have been learning how decimals relate to whole numbers and have been using practical resources and representations to deepen their understanding. Everyone has worked hard and shown great perseverance when tackling new concepts.
This week, we also enjoyed a fantastic Mindful Movement session with the South Ribble coaches. The children took part enthusiastically and learned different ways to relax, focus and look after their wellbeing through movement and mindfulness activities.
In RE, we revisited the story of the Last Supper and thought carefully about its importance for Christians. The children then created beautiful zig-zag books to retell the events and demonstrate their understanding of this important moment in Jesus’ life.
In Art, we evaluated the moving pictures we created last week and reflected on what had gone well and what could be improved. We then used this feedback to create new designs, focusing on making our mechanisms more effective and our finished products even better.
Check out our galleries to see some of the fantastic learning we have captured this week.
Star of the week - Noah
Super Learner - Ellie
Writer of the week - Orlagh
Marvellous Mathematician -Adam
Bookworm - Henry P
Special Mentions - All of year 3 from all the staff at Bolton Museum!
Have a lovely weekend,
The Year 3 Team
Year 5 blog Friday 12th June 2026
Date: 12th Jun 2026 @ 3:50pm
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.
vicious conscious malicious suspicious fictitious infectious nutritious cautious precious ambitious gracious spacious vivacious delicious tenacious soldier shoulder yacht
Counting
Count out loud in:
7’s up to 140 and back again 0, 7, 14…
250’s from 17000 to 23500 and back again 17000, 17250…
25’s from 1500 to 2250 and back again 1500, 1525, 1550…
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 super week of learning– well done Year 5!
In English Year 5 have been writing about Hero the swallow’s journey from England to Africa. They have also created some detailed fact reports on swallows.
In Maths Year 5 have been re-capping long division. They have also been re-visiting place value and estimating on a number line.
In RE this week, Year 5 have been discovering and reflecting on the messages they get from the bible stories. They have been connecting them with what God wants them to do and who can help them interpret the bible.
In science the class have continued to investigate different materials and performed an experiment to test different materials and whether, once processes like heat, mixing and sieving have been applied, the changes can be reversible or irreversible.
Finally, Year 5 have enjoyed taking part in mindful yoga this week.
Well done Year 5 on another great week of learning!
Golden stars this week
Star of the Week – Lily
Super Learners – Josh M
Superstar Writer – Amelia
Bookworm - Joni
Marvellous Mathematician - Henry
Special Mention - Sam
Reception - Friday 12th June 2026
Date: 12th Jun 2026 @ 3:41pm
Drawing Club
We are reading ‘Commotion In The Ocean’ by Giles Andreae and we have been drawing and writing our own adventures for a creature from the sea.
Maths
In Maths this week we have been discovering doubles and that even numbers can be made up from pairs.
Understanding the World – Science
This week we investigated a woodland animal habitat and discovered what animals need to live. We discussed what a habitat is and how they can be different for different animals.
Expressive Art and Design
In Art this week we created the backdrop to our ‘Under The Sea’ project. We will continue this next week when we add the animals that live under the sea.
PE
In PE we focussed on our fundament skills of throwing and catching and balancing.
PSHE
During our PSHE session this week, in preparation for transition to Year 1, we discussed what we had enjoyed most about Reception and what we were looking forward to when we move up to Year 1.
Golden Assembly
Star of the week - Erin
Super Learner – Ava-Grace
Superstar Writer – Jenson
Bookworm - Arabella
Marvellous Mathematician – Luca
Date: 12th Jun 2026 @ 2:32pm
Little Owls Session 2
Everyone came into the classroom so calmly this week.
This week got moving with a wake up, shake up to get our bodies ready for exercise.
In small groups, we went into the butterfly room and practise some movements from our BEAM gross motor programme.
Todays story was 'The Hungry Caterpillar' and snack was apples.
Before we went home, we had a look at our infant playground.
Please can all children bring a filled water bottle next week :)
Year 4 Blog Friday 12th June 2026
Date: 12th Jun 2026 @ 12:50pm
Welcome to your weekly blog
Home practice
Reading
Please read for 20 minutes each evening to an adult at home.
Reading every night will help you read more fluently and with understanding.
Have a careful look at sentence openers. Are there any that you recognise eg subordinating conjunctions, adverbs, prepositions etc.
Spellings
These are your spellings for next week:
girls’ boys’ babies’ children’s people’s mens’
mice’s foxes’ rabbits’ parents’ dogs’ friends’
cats’ brothers’ sisters’ wolves’ books’ ladies’
Counting
This week, please practise counting in 1/2’s
For example, start at 0 and count to 11 and back again
0 ½ 1 etc 11 10 ½ 10 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
‘Battle of the Bands’ Girls v Boys competition
Sumdog challenges
A spelling challenge based on the words above
An interpreting information in a line graph and other tables challenge
Our learning this week
English
We investigated the features of a play script.
We wll be writing our own play script next week.
Maths
We learnt how to use time graphs to answer questions as well as draw line graphs when we were given information.
RE
We explored some paintings of St Paul’s conversion and discussed which one we preferred.
Additionally, we read 1 Corinthians 13 1-7 and 13 and made links between the words and how we can use them in our everyday lives.
PSHE
We learnt how perseverance and resilience help us.
We also discussed how we can stay focussed on our goals using these 2 attributes.
Science
We started our new topic – Sound.
We discussed how we hear sounds and how our ears work.
We then explored what sound is (a vibration) and drew a diagram to show this.
Computing
We continued programming using code.org. We practised our ‘debugging’ skills by finding and fixing errors in pre-written code.
Then we arranged programming instructions in a specific, step by step order, so that the ipad played musical sounds in the order we wanted.
French
We started a new topic – Weather. We learnt how to name the different weather conditions.
On Thursday afternoon we also took part in a ‘Mindful Movement’ session.
During the session, we learnt how to make relaxing movements with our bodies, practised the ‘candle breathing’ technique, and let our bodies calm down and relax.
You can see some pictures in our gallery.
Golden Assembly
Star of the Week: Eddie
Super Learner: Jessica A
Superstar Writer: Oliver
Bookworm: Heidi
Marvellous Mathematician: Daisy
Special Mentions: The whole of Year 4 for a super sports day
The Year 4 team
Year 2 Blog Friday 12th June 2026
Date: 11th Jun 2026 @ 11:44am
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 (19.06.26):
gentle little juggle puzzle pebble pickle paddle nozzle saddle bubble
Sumdog: Complete the number and spelling challenges.
Counting: Count forwards and backwards in threes but start on 2, 4, 5, 7 or 9. What patterns can you see? Are some of the numbers similar?
You could write the numbers down on some paper and look more closely at them..
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
This week we started our new book, Stella and the Seagull. Year 2 drew and wrote about the main events of the story in order on a flow diagram.
They noted down interesting vocabulary from the book and wrote a fantastic diary entry about Stella's day.
Maths
This week we have learnt about number sequences and we will be working on some tricky addition and subtraction calculations using empty number lines to help.
RE
The children found out about St Catherine of Siena.
They produced some excellent fact files about her life.
Geography
Our new topic is Zambia.
We learnt a lot about this African country, including it's population, the language spoken, the weather, food, animals and the flag design.
The children produced interesting fact files/posters.
P.E
The children have been playing mini games of rounders. We have got some great throwers, catchers and batters in Year 2.
Science
We went into our garden and observed the different plants. We found pea pods, strawberries and tomatoes. We saw bees on the wildflowers. The seeds which we harvested from seed heads have now grown into plants which will flower soon.
Art
We started some new learnng about how art and music can be linked. We learnt about an artist called Kandisky.
Forest School
A super session in the log circle area. We had children investigating plant structures, "we are scientists ". Other children made dens, obstacle courses and did some fabulous cooking. The digging tools were out again and some real treasures were found.
Golden Assembly
Star of the Week- William
Super Learner- Harry
Superstar Writer- Huxley
Bookworm- Rudy and Jaxon
Mathematician- Rudy
Special Mentions-Lara for counting in German and Joshua Irving and Buzz for their work about God's Wonderful World.
Year 6 Blog - Friday 12th June 2026
Date: 11th Jun 2026 @ 9:39am
Welcome to the Year 6 weekly blog.
This week in Year 6
English
In English, we have been inspired by different videos this week to create narratives with suspense. We created a blend of action, dialogue and description based on the videos 'Francis' and 'Alma' and utilised our skills as writers to build tension into our narratives.
RE
In RE, we have learned all about Mother Teresa. We have learned how she did small things with great love. We all thought carefully about what she could take with her when she became a nun and what she had to leave behind.
Topic
In Science, we have continued our topic on evolution. We researched different animals and learned about their special adaptations that help them to survive in their habitats.
In History, we completed our topic all about Crime and Punishment. We learned how the police have developed in the 20th century.
In Forest School, we all worked together so well to make our obstacle courses.There was negotiation, teamwork, imagination and cooperation at every stage of the process.
We have all really enjoyed our first aid training that took place today! We all learned how to complete a primary survey, complete comopression only CPR, and deal with medical emergencies.
Please complete the following tasks by Wednesday 18/06/25.
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.
All children need to be practicing their lines and songs for the Y6 production, as next week will be the last week of using scripts in rehearsal!
Golden Assembly
Well done to all our award winners in Golden Assembly this week!
Star of the Week - Eliza W
Super Learner - Edison
Superstar Writer - Eliza M
Bookworm - Willow
Marvellous Mathematician - Oscar and Freddie
Special Mentions - Zach O - for being a great referee in bench ball.
Have a happy weekend Year 6!
Year 3 Friday Blog 5th June 2026
Date: 5th Jun 2026 @ 4:53pm
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 times tables. Good luck!
Spellings – This week’s spellings are all from Key Stage 1. There the colours and numbers. Practise on your spellings card and Sumdog.
This week in Year 3
We have had a brilliant week in Year 3! Today, everyone was amazing at our Tough Kidder event, every single child completed the course with determination and big smiles. Thank you so much for all your sponsorship and support!
This week in English, we have been loving our work on The BFG. The children have been writing newspaper reports detailing the Bloodbottler’s break-in at the BFG’s home. They worked hard to include eye-catching headlines, formal language and key facts to report the event clearly. We then used AI to publish our writing and create professional-looking newspaper articles. The children used these published versions to proofread, edit and improve their own work. It was fantastic to see them reflecting on their writing and making thoughtful improvements. Check out our gallery to see some of the finished reports.
In Maths, we have been learning how to compare angles and identify whether they are greater than, less than or equal to one another. We then applied this knowledge when drawing and investigating 2D shapes, thinking carefully about the angles needed to create different polygons.
In Geography, we revisited our learning about climate zones and the continent of South America. The children used maps and atlases to recall key information and began making links between climate, location and the physical features found across the continent.
In History, we learned all about Ramesses II, one of the most famous pharaohs of Ancient Egypt. We explored his achievements, the monuments he built and why he became known as Ramesses the Great. This has prepared us well for our upcoming visit to Bolton Museum, which we are all very excited about.
In RE, we have been reading about Exodus and learning how Moses led the Israelites out of Egypt. The children particularly enjoyed learning and singing a song about Moses and the Jews’ escape from Egypt, which helped bring this important story to life.
Check out our galleries to see some of the fantastic learning we have captured this week.
Star of the week - Eliza
Super Learner - Harrison
Writer of the week - Jonah
Marvellous Mathematician - Henry Y
Bookworm - Florence
Special Mentions - Rose and Grace, for being kind to everyone in Year 3
Have a lovely weekend,
The Year 3 Team
Year 5 blog Friday 5th June 2026
Date: 5th Jun 2026 @ 3:53pm
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.
identity immediately individual interfere interrupt language leisure lightning marvellous mischievous muscle necessary neighbour nuisance occupy occur opportunity parliament
Counting
Count out loud in:
4’s up to 204 and back again 0, 4, 8 …
90’s from 19000 to 20080 and back again 19090, 19180…
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 super week of learning– well done Year 5!
In English Year 5 have been writing about their perfect day, using all their Year 5 writing skills. They have also been writing about characters from the new novel – ‘Dear Olly’ by Michael Morpurgo – using point, evidence and explanation.
In Maths Year 5 have been learning about mode, median and range when looking at sets of data. They have also started re-visiting place value.
In RE this week, Year 5 have been exploring the various books in the bible and the languages they were originally written in. They all listened to the first part of Genesis being read in Hebrew and found it fascinating!
In science the class have continued to investigate the suitability of different materials and performed an experiment to test different cups to find the best insulating material. They were able to reach a conclusion and evaluate their findings.
Finally, Year 5 have really enjoyed taking part in Tough Kidder. Everyone was so enthusiastic and got stuck in!
Well done Year 5 on another great week of learning!
Golden stars this week
Star of the Week – Caleb
Super Learners – Alfie
Superstar Writer – Edward
Bookworm - Trudy
Marvellous Mathematician - Josh W
Special Mention - Emma
Reception Blog - Friday 5th June 2026
Date: 5th Jun 2026 @ 3:35pm
Welcome to Reception’s Blog
Drawing Club
We read ‘Commotion In The Ocean’ by Giles Andreae and wrote our own descriptions of an animal from the story.
RE
We listened to the story of St Peter and St Paul and heard that they followed Jesus with courage and faith. We discussed people who do extraordinary things – who demonstrate they follow Jesus by the amazing things they do.
Maths
We explored both 2D and 3D shapes – we created pictures using the common shapes we already know. We discovered which shapes are best for building structures and why.
Understanding the World – Science
Wed investigated, through practical experimentation, which objects would sink or float. We discovered that just because an item is small does not necessarily mean that it will float. We concluded that how heavy or light an object was, and if it contained a lot of air, made a difference to the result of our experiments.
Expressive Art and Design
In Art we drew self-portraits. We used mirrors and pens to create our portraits.
PE
In PE we had our first experience of Tough Kidder - we had great fun, but we did all get very wet!!!
PSHE
During our PSHE session, we discussed the importance of making sure we keep our teeth clean. We talked about why it is necessary to keep our teeth healthy and who can help us keep our teeth in good condition. We also discussed which foods and drinks are good for our teeth.
Golden Assembly
Star of the week - Maisie
Super Learner - Cameron
Superstar Writer – Alice
Bookworm - George
Marvellous Mathematician – Ella
Year 4 Blog Friday 5th June 2026
Date: 5th Jun 2026 @ 12:06pm
Welcome to the first blog of this half 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 speech – look carefully at the punctuation used.
Spellings
These are your spellings for next week:
fruit grammar group guard guide heard
heart height history imagine increase important
interest island knowledge learn length library
Counting
This week, please practise counting in 12’s and back again
For example, start at 12 and count to 144 and back again
12 24 36 etc 144 132 120 etc
Now try counting in 1.2’s and back again
1.2 2.4 3.6 etc 14.4 13.2 12.0 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
‘Soundcheck’ sessions
Sumdog challenges
A spelling challenge based on the words above
A co-ordinates challenge
In English, we wrote an account of our first day back after half term and how everything had changed! What imaginative minds some of you have.
In addition, we started our new novel, Stig of the Dump.
We rewrote some of the first chapter as if we were Barney and drew and labelled Stig’s cave including as much detail as we could.
In Maths, we consolidated our learning about coordinates.
We then extended this learning to translate points from one co-ordinate to another on a co-ordinate grid.
We also learnt what is meant by the term ‘area’ (the amount of space taken up by a 2D shape) and how to calculate it.
In RE, we started our new topic – Encounter and Dialogue.
We learnt about the conversion of St Paul on the road to Damascus and described his character before and after he was blinded by the light.
In PSHE, learnt how we can ‘Feel good and do good’.
We learnt what ‘big dream goals’ are and why setting goals makes us feel good.
In Science, we constructed and interpreted a variety of food chains, identifying producers, predators and prey.
In History, we learnt about life in Sparta and Athens.
We compared these two city states and then decided where we would rather live, based on our historical knowledge.
On Friday afternoon, we took part in Tough Kidder.
Wow – what a fabulous afternoon – please have a look at our pictures in the gallery!
Golden Assembly
Star of the Week: Archer
Super Learner: Georgie
Superstar Writer: Rudy and Eliza
Bookworm: Archer
Marvellous Mathematician: Mia
Special Mentions: Francesca and Heidi for putting lots of detail into their RE work
The Year 4 team
Year 1 Blog - Friday 5th June 2026
Date: 4th Jun 2026 @ 2:51pm
Home Practice - Sumdog
Maths challenge - Problem questions
Phonics challenge - Dependent on phonics groups
Counting – Can you count in tens, but starting from different numbers? For example, 5, 15, 25, 35...
Reading - Please try to read at least three times a week.
Please remember to bring book bags each day.
English
We started reading Paddington. We wrote sentences describing Paddington, identified the features of instructions and used bossy (imperative) verbs in our writing.
Maths
We continued to solve doubling questions using manipulatives. Then we solved word problem questions.
R.E.
We identified the words used in the Sign of the Cross.
P.E.
We bounced a ball to a partner.
We also had a great sports day!
Computing
We used loops in our coding to make our instructions simpler.
Science
We recognised the differences between the four seasons. We drew different deciduous trees to show the differences.
History
We started to compare different explorers.
Golden Assembly
Star of the Week: Eilish
Super Learner: Noah B
Superstar Writer: Lucas
Bookworm: Ariana
Marvellous Mathematician: Louie
Special Mentions: Grace, Tommy and Stan for finding all the imperative verbs in a set of instructions. Also, Indie for teaching others to try, try again.
Year 2 Blog Friday 5th June 2026
Date: 4th Jun 2026 @ 11:55am
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 (12.06.26):
knife knight knock knit know gnat gnome gnaw sign design
Sumdog: Complete the place value and spelling challenges.
Counting: Count forwards and backwards in threes. 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 have spent a lot of time preparing for our assembly about God's Wonderful World.
The children have been writing all the things they love about our world and nature. They have also written prayers, designed posters/handprints and done some singing.
We have recapped things we learnt about in spelling, grammar and punctuation.
Our current topic is Place Value.
The children have been learning to partition two-digit numbers in different ways. We also learnt to use the greater than >, less than < and equals signs = in number sentences.
R.E.
The children chose their favourite piece of scripture about the Holy Spirit, then produced some beautiful art work go with it.
P.E
We have been busy learning the dance moves for this years 'Dance from the Heart' celebration.
Year 2 have picked up the moves very quickly and bring so much energy to the dance.
History
In History, we learnt about Queen Elizabeth I and her many palaces/castles.
For example, she was born at Greenwich Palace and spent a lot of her childhood at Hatfield
Tough Kidda
What a fantastic afternoon, full of fun, excitement, music and energy.
Year 2 were amazing!!
Golden Assembly
Star of the Week- Genieveve
Super Learner- Jesse
Superstar Writer- Seb
Bookworm- Honey
Mathematician- Gigi
Special Mentions-Joshua W. For being a king and thoughtful friend and
Nelly and Lara to thoughtful contributions to discussions about God's Wonderful World.
Year 6 Blog - Friday 5th June 2026
Date: 4th Jun 2026 @ 7:59am
Welcome to the Year 6 weekly blog.
All of Year 6 have had a busy first week back in school. All of the children have been working hard at rehearsals for our production. Year 6 have also helped to run the tough kidder this week. Well done for all your hard work Year 6!
This week in Year 6
English
In English we have been exploring the graphic novel 'The Arrival'. We have used our inference skills this week as there are no words in the text! We have written a narrative based on an image from the story, a diary entry in role as the protagonist and created a backstory for one of the characters who moved to the city.
RE
In RE we have learned about different Christians who are witnesses to their faith. We explored how their faith has influenced their lives. We have also explored prayers of faith, love and hope and created our own special prayers.
Topic
In Science, we have started our new topic all about evolution. We have learned about adaptation in plants by researching different plants and finding out how they are adapted to their environment.
In History, we have continued our topic on crime and punishment. We have learned about the rise of highwaymen in the Georgian era and what life was like in a Victorian prison.
In PSHE, we have been learning about how to stay safe online.
Please complete the following tasks by Wednesday 10/06/26.
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.
Please also continue to learn your lines and the lyrics for Grease Year 6!
Well done to all our award winners in Golden Assembly this week!
Star of the Week - Ebba
Super Learner - Zach M
Superstar Writer - Leo H
Bookworm - Holly W
Marvellous Mathematician - Xabier and Dominic
Special Mentions - Ronnie: for always being polite and working hard
Have a great weekend Year 6!
Little Owls - Wednesday 3rd June 2026
Date: 3rd Jun 2026 @ 2:31pm
Little Owls Session 1
I would like to say a big 'Well Done' to everyone this morning.
We had a great first little owls session.
All of the children came across to the classroom and settled really well.
We spoke about our listening rules when we are on the carpet.
We Look
We listen
We sit still
We are quiet
We did lots of lovely choosing in the classroom and began to learn some of our friends names.
Everyone had a go at drawing a picture of who was in their family.
Todays story was 'The Gruffalo' and snack was tomato.
Please can all children bring a filled water bottle next week :)
Reception Blog - 22nd May 2026
Date: 22nd May 2026 @ 3:36pm
Welcome to Reception’s Blog
Drawing Club
We read ‘Aliens Love Underpants’ by Claire Freedman and Ben Cort and we wrote a letter to the Aliens telling them that we had designed and made some underpants for them. We will be taking our letter home so that they do not take OUR underpants!
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RE
We have been discussing how the Good News of Jesus was lived out by early Christians.
We concentrated on discussing kind deeds so that others wanted to join the Christian community
Maths
This week we have cemented our previous learning about teen numbers with practical activities which have demonstrated our knowledge.
We have reiterated that a teen number is ‘one ten and ….. more’.
Understanding the World - History
In History, we compared monarchs from history such as Queen Elizabeth II with our current King Charles. We noticed that although the person has changed throughout history, the symbols of monarchy have remained the same with the same crown being used at the Coronation since 1661 when it was made for King Charles II.
Expressive Art and Design
This week in Art and Design we have designed and decorated our own underpants following the reading of ‘Aliens Love Underpants’ by Claire Freedman and Ben Cort.
PE
This week we have focussed on practising for our Sports Day which we held on Wednesday this week. During our Sports Day we raced in a Bean Bag relay, a Sack race, an Egg and Spoon race, we had a throwing challenge a Teddy Bear race and a running race. Not only did we do all this to an audience for the first time on Wednesday afternoon but we also completed all the races in the morning for our practice.
Look on our YouTube Channel St Oswald's TV for a video of our Sports Day!
PSHE
Once again, we undertook our Right Start programme this week. We finished our course and each child was given a certificate on completion. We now know how to Stop, Look and Listen before crossing a road safely.
We have also been learning about goal setting and we are setting our own goals for growth.
Forest School
We worked in our log circle. We put the elastic bands onto the frame. This is really good for developing our fine motor skills. We were allowed to pick grasses, flowers and leaves to make our weaving. We also did some den building,measuring,mud cooking and bug hunting.
Golden Assembly
Star of the week - Phoebe
Super Learner - Chester
Superstar Writer – Henry W
Bookworm - Elsi
Marvellous Mathematician – Arabella
Year 5 blog Friday 22nd May 2026
Date: 22nd May 2026 @ 3:33pm
Welcome to your Friday Blog
Home Practice
Year 5 have enjoyed lots of indoor and outdoor learning this week and have worked really hard – well done Year 5!
In English Year 5 finished their novel, Edward Tulane, and ended by writing a poem as Edward. They then performed their poem outside for other members of the class.
In Maths Year 5 have been developing their interpretation skills by analysing various types of tables and charts and answering questions about the data they showed. They also continued their geometry topic by making 3d shapes and working out the volume of them. There were some quite tricky shapes but everybody persevered and gave 100% effort.
In RE this week, Year 5 have been exploring discipleship by learning about the lives of Mary, St Francis and St Clare. They were also able to reflect on how they could be good disciples in their own lives.
Finally, Year 5 finished their art houses and successfully created intricate features for their homes, working in small groups collaboratively.
Well done Year 5 for a fantastic week of learning!
Golden stars this week
Star of the Week – Archie S
Super Learners – Archie P
Superstar Writer – Madelaina
Bookworm - Louie
Marvellous Mathematician - Jack
Special Mention – Josh M and Joni
Year 4 Blog Friday 22nd May 2026
Date: 22nd May 2026 @ 1:16pm
Welcome to the last blog of this half term
Home practice
Reading
Please keep reading for 20 minutes each evening to an adult at home.
Try and use lots of expression in your reading and different voices for the different characters.
Spellings
As it is half term, there are no spellings this week.
Counting
This week, please practise counting in 9’s
For example, start at 0 and count to 108 and back again
0 9 18 etc 108 99 90 etc
Times tables
Please keep practising your tables over half term.
We will be taking part in the Multiplication Tables Check when you return after the holiday.
You can access TTRockstars Soundcheck to help
OR
You can practise your tables on TTRockstars, Hit the Button and timestables.co.uk
There is also 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.
Sumdog challenges
- There are no Sumdog challenges as it is half term.
Our learning this week
In English, we read ‘The Day the Crayons Quit’.
We wrote an argument between the yellow and the orange crayon using speech bubbles.
Following this, we wrote the dialogue using inverted commas (speech marks).
We also thought of lots of different word to describe how the crayons spoke to each other (eg growled, roared, questioned etc).
In Maths, we learnt more about shapes and their properties – we used the words vertices, equal, parallel and perpendicular to help with our descriptions of different shapes.
We also focussed on finding diagonals in a shape (diagonals are straight lines which join the vertices of a polygon that are not next to each other).
This week, we also learnt how to describe and plot coordinates.
We extended our learning to complete a polygon on a coordinate grid.
In RE, we showed an understanding that May is the special month of Mary, and that Mary is the Mother of the Church and Queen of Heaven.
We discussed different artists pictures of Mary and then created our own artistic creations.
In PSHE, we discussed what we ‘engage’ in. We then learnt how we can help ourselves to feel good.
In Science, we recapped the functions of the main organs.
We then completed a diagram to demonstrate our learning about the digestive system and how food travels through the body and how it is digested!
In History, we studied 4 Ancient Greek Urns. We made observations about the pictures on the urns and concluded what it tells us about life in Ancient Greek times.
In Geography, we started our new topic – Greece.
We began by using an atlas to find out where Greece is.
We then used the atlas to discover which 4 countries border Greece and which 3 seas are around Greece.
We labelled these on a map as well as the capital city and largest island which belongs to Greece.
In gymnastics, we recapped the travel / balance sequences in pairs.
We also practised the dish and arch balances and tried to incorporate these in to our sequence.
There are some pictures in our gallery.
On Monday morning, we attended a Thanksgiving Mass to celebrate our First Holy Communion which we made on Saturday.
Golden Assembly
Star of the Week: George
Super Learner: Lottie
Superstar Writer: Rudy
Bookworm: Mia
Marvellous Mathematician: Alice
Special Mentions: Violet Ca for excellent observations in History
Annie for coming into class every day with a smile on her face and a positive attitude
Have a super half term
The Year 4 team
Year 6 Blog - Friday 22nd May 2026
Date: 22nd May 2026 @ 8:08am
Welcome to the Year 6 weekly blog.
This week Year 6 worked so hard on their auditions for our Leaver's Production. They should all be proud of how they read their lines and sang! Scripts and parts have been given out today and you can find the songs/ lyrics to practise at the end of the blog as a link or attachment.
This week in Year 6
English
In English we explored a poem together called 'Ageing: A Reflection'. We thought about how we might look different when we are 60 years old and imagined what our favourite achievements from our lives might be. We created our own poetry imagining what our favourite things about being an adult would be and what our favourite things about being 10 or 11 are!
RE
In RE, we thought carefully about what qualities a disciple of Jesus would need to have. We learned all about St Stephen and created a job advert for a disciple!
Topic
In PSHE, we completed our My Happy Mind topic called appreciate. We thought carefully about what we appreciate in ourselves, others and in the experiences we have had.
In History, we learned all about Crime and Punishment in the Tudor and Stuart periods. We thought carefully about different crimes and how people would have been punished for them based on the laws of the time period. We also considered if witnesses and evidence were reliable based on their sources.
In Art, we used our observational drawing skills as we watched videos of different chair designs over time to sketch. We thought about details which appealed to us, such as the fabric of the chair or the shape of its arms. We used pencil, biro and felt tip to record our favourite aspects of different designs.
Please complete the following tasks by Wednesday 3/06/26.
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.
Golden Assembly
Well done to all our award winners in Golden Assembly this week!
Star of the Week - Leo H
Super Learner - Oscar
Superstar Writer - Milana
Bookworm - Libby and Holly P
Marvellous Mathematician - Bella and Imogen
Special Mentions - Casper and Zach O - for doing a great recording of their poems
Have a brilliant half term Year 6 and a good break!
Grease is the Word: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqcZCpcn1SA
We go together: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdCLC2PjMR4
Year 1 Blog - Friday 22nd May 2026
Date: 21st May 2026 @ 9:07pm
Home Practice - Sumdog
Maths challenge - Doubles
Phonics challenge - Dependent on phonics groups
Counting – Can you count in tens, but starting from different numbers? For example, 5, 15, 25, 35...
Reading - Please try to read at least three times a week.
Please remember to bring book bags each day.
English
We celebrated David Attenborough! We researched facts on the iPads, wrote a group fact file and our own individual fact file.
We have also been reading lots of real and nonsense words, ready for our phonics screening check in June.
Maths
We identified missing numbers on a number line to 20 and solved doubling questions.
R.E.
We recognised that Jesus asked His disciples to spread the Good News after His ascension. We discussed how we could spread Good News to others.
We also created stained glass window artwork, drawing inspiration from the window in St. Peter's Basilica.
P.E.
We developed our hand eye co-ordination.
Computing
We solved trickier coding tasks using a repeat block.
Science
We planted sunflower seeds in our outdoor area.
Geography
We examined the various adaptations that animals have developed to cope with hot and cold climates. We then sorted animals by their habitat.
Golden Assembly
Star of the Week: Tommy
Super Learner: Harriet
Superstar Writer: Isla-May
Bookworm: Rory
Marvellous Mathematician: Jack
Special Mentions: Ada G and Evie E for helping others with their writing, Noah B for showing resilience in PE and Oscar for his all round kindness.
Year 3 Friday Blog 22nd May 2026
Date: 21st May 2026 @ 3:42pm
Welcome to your Friday blog!
This week in Year 3, we have been very busy as we approached the end of another fantastic half term!
In English, we have been focusing on character descriptions linked to the giants from The BFG. The children used brilliant vocabulary, expanded noun phrases and powerful adjectives to describe the appearance and personalities of the different giants. We were so impressed with the creativity and detail in their writing.
In Maths, we have been learning how to solve division calculations using repeated subtraction. The children worked hard to understand how subtraction can help us find equal groups and many showed great resilience when tackling some tricky problems.
In PE, we spent time practising for Sports Day. The children demonstrated excellent teamwork, determination and encouragement towards one another whilst preparing for the different events.
In Art, we designed some fantastic stencil sketches ready for our upcoming coming cyanography work. The children carefully thought about shape, detail and composition of leaves, grasses and plant parts. We are looking forward to seeing the final pieces develop.
In Geography, we explored the animals that live in South America and created brilliant posters showcasing our learning. Please see the gallery post for some wonderful examples of the children’s work.
Star of the week - Charles
Super Learner - Grace
Writer of the week - Zack
Marvellous Mathematician - Amelia C
Bookworm - Lydia
Special Mentions - Harper, for being kind to everyone in Year 3
Thank you for all of your continued support this half term. Have a brilliant and restful half term break!
The Year 3 Team
Year 2 Blog Friday 22nd May 2026
Date: 19th May 2026 @ 10:10am
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 (05.06.26):
icy fancy recycle bicycle lacy spicy mercy juicy cyclone tricycle
Sumdog: Complete the measure and spelling challenges.
Counting: Count forwards and backwards in tens. 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
This week we wrote our own versions of Snail Mail. We used envelopes/postcards and had some really great ideas.
We carefully checked our spellings and made sure our book looked beautiful. We then went on a book tour and read our stories to Year 4
Maths
We have been learning about measuring length this week.
The children have explored using and measuring with trundle wheels, metre sticks, measuring tapes and rulers.
They have ordered different lengths and solved measuring problems.
R.E.
The children learnt about the different ways we can pray.
For example, pray the rosary, sing, dance, meditate or go on a pilgrimage.
We realised that the Holy Spirit helps us open our hearts to God.
History
The children learnt more about Queen Elizabeth II and her castles, such as, Buckingham Palace, Windsor Castle and Balmoral Castle.
They cut and stuck pictures of these castles and events that took place there in chronological order.
P.E
Sports Day was a great success.
The children were amazing and did so well, they showed super skills and sportsmanship.
The video will be posted over the weekend.
Science
We drew some conclusions from our seed investigation. We recorded the information in our own way using pictures and writing.
Forest School
We haven't worked in our nature area for a few weeks and we noticed lots of changes.The plants have grown really tall and the canopy of leaves on the trees kept us sheltered from the rain.
We followed our own learning interests. There was den building, imaginative games, delicious mud cooking and bug hunting.
Golden Assembly
Star of the Week- Honey
Super Learner- Cara
Superstar Writer- Harry
Bookworm- Nelly
Mathematician- Genevieve
Special Mentions- Jaxon, Rudy and Rhodes for including another child in their Lego group and
Bobby and Ella for learning Spanish in their own time.
Year 3 blog - Friday 15th May 2026
Date: 15th May 2026 @ 4:51pm
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 fluency, and times tables, perfect for reinforcing the grid method we’ve been learning in class.
Spellings – This week’s spellings all have the sc spelling pattern Practise reading and spelling them at home:
scene, science, discipline, scientific, fascinate, crescent, disciple, muscle, abscess, ascend, isosceles, scents, scenario, ascend, scissors
Counting – Keep counting too! Check out all our counting songs and videos on past blog posts to practise your 2s, 5s, 10s, and challenge yourself with 3s, 4s and 8s.
This week in Year 3
This week in English, we have been focusing on descriptive writing and making sure our ideas are written in full sentences that flow together clearly. We wrote some brilliant descriptions of the The BFG and his unusual home, thinking carefully about vocabulary and detail to help the reader picture the setting. We also watched clips from the film and even used AI to help bring our writing to life, which the children absolutely loved.
In Maths, we have been revisiting the grid method to solve some tricky multiplication problems. Everyone worked incredibly hard and showed great resilience when the calculations became challenging. It was fantastic to see the children persevering and supporting one another with their learning.
In RE, we further explored the mystery of the Holy Trinity through art and prayer. The children created some beautiful Celtic artwork to symbolise the Trinity and looked at different prayers that reference the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. There were some lovely moments of reflection and discussion throughout the week.
In History, we investigated how Ancient Egypt was invaded by the Hyksos people in 1650 BC and how the Egyptians rebuilt their kingdom afterwards. The children were fascinated by how this changed life in Ancient Egypt and asked some excellent historical questions during our discussions.
We also had a lovely celebration in church on Thursday as we marked the Feast of the Ascension. The children sang beautifully throughout and showed great respect through their wonderful listening and responses during Mass. We were all very proud of them.
Star of the week - Noa
Super Learner - Jonah
Writer of the week - Wilbur
Marvellous Mathematician - Dylan
Bookworm - Charles
Special Mentions - Devyn and Eliza, for being kind to everyone in Year 3
Have a lovely weekend
The Year 3 team
Reception Blog - Friday 15th May 2026
Date: 15th May 2026 @ 3:56pm
Welcome to Reception’s Blog
Our topic this half term is Julia Donaldson.
This week we are learning about space.
Drawing Club
We continued to read 'The Smeds and The Smoos' - this week we wrote a missing Smed/Smoo poster for Janet and Bill.
We also wrote sentences about something special that happened at the party.
Maths
We have started our learning about money.
We investigated what coins looked like, explored the different shapes and how much the coins might represent.
Understanding the World
We continued our learning about space and rockets.
Our focus this week was ‘How do we get to space?’.
The children all made their own fantastic junk model rockets.
We continued to learn about the 'The Royal Family'
We focused on our current and past Queens.
Art
We used our painted sheets to create our imagination inspired landscapes.
PE
We developed our fundamental skills.
We are excited about our races for sports day next week.
Forest School
We had a short session in the nature area.
PSHE
We had our Right Start Training again.
Our learning focused on Stop, Look and Listen. We all went out and watched the traffic that passed the school.
We thought about listening for loud/quiet vehicles and fast/slow they moved. We also discussed when it would be safe to cross over the road.
Golden Assembly
Star of the week - Lucie
Super Learner - Teddy
Superstar Writer - Finlay
Bookworm - Caleb
Maravellous Mathematician – Amelie
Year 5 blog - Friday 15th May 2026
Date: 15th May 2026 @ 3:49pm
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.
led lead past passed stationery stationary steal steel who’s whose ascent assent bridal bridle cereal serial compliment complement
Counting
Count out loud in:
4’s up to 204 and back again 0, 4, 8 …
90’s from 19000 to 20080 and back again 19090, 19180…
300’s from 700 to 3700 and back again 700, 1000, 1300…
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 enjoyed a varied week of learning and shown great enthusiasm– well done Year 5!
In English Year 5 have been writing stories, including writing predictions about Edward’s next stage of life from the novel and showing off their writing skills such as similes, interesting sentence starters, challenging vocabulary and relative clauses.
In Maths Year 5 have been working on their geometry skills. The whole class enjoyed making 3d shapes from nets, including pentagonal prisms and tetrahedrons. They also experimented with various containers, measuring out water and converting millilitres to litres and vice versa.
In RE this week, Year 5 have been exploring the purpose of annointing within the seven sacraments. They have explored the use of chrism and its significance. The whole school also attended the Ascension Day mass in church and Year 5 did a great job of being buddies for Year 1. Well done Year 5!
This week Year 5 enjoyed another forest school session with Mrs Corbett. They discussed how to be safe around the fire and made sweet treats by filling a cone with their own concoction of orange, banana, marshmallows and chocolate spread.
In Art, the class have been working in groups to create small houses out of foam board, with space saving features. They all worked together really well – great team work Year 5!
In science, the class started a new topic on materials – looking at properties and grouping various materials. They learned about what is transparent, opaque, brittle and what materials conduct heat or insulate.
Finally, Year 5 continued their topic on Maya civilisation, learning about the three groups in the Maya and the different things they traded with each other. Everyone enjoyed the trading game as different tribes.
Well done Year 5 on another great week of learning!
Golden stars this week
Star of the Week – Spencer
Super Learners – Archie S
Superstar Writer – Franco
Bookworm - Sam
Marvellous Mathematician - Brooke
Special Mention – Amelia and Louie