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Reception Blog - Friday 6th March 2026
Date: 6th Mar 2026 @ 4:03pm
Welcome to Reception's Friday Blog!
Phonics
We recapped ch, sh ,th, ng, qu, ai, ee
she, he, we, be, me, we, was, you and they
Our new sounds are igh and oa
Such as light night coat float
Drawing Club
We created our own plan to catch the wizard lizard.
The children enjoyed innovating the story to create their own endings.
Maths
We have been focusing on finding one more and one less than a given number.
We practised our addition and subtraction using our part whole model.
Art
We have been painting pictures of daffodils.
We also learnt about colour mixing the colour purple for Lent.
RE
This week we have been discussing how Lent is a time to help others. We read the story of Penguin and Pinecone and recognised how he cared for the pinecone. We compared this to Lent.
We read the story of 'The Good Samaritan' and discussed how he cared for the man - We made suggestions to a discussion about who we would care for at school or at home.
Bring Yer Wellies
What a fabulous time we had on our class trip!
We had great discussions about plants and what they need to grow and how to care for them.
We planted our own oregano - Look after it, there will be a home challenge in a few weeks about it.
We took part in den building, boat racing and even explored a 5 tier wormery!
Make sure to check out our galleries to see all our brilliant learning from this week!
Year 5 Friday blog - 6th March 2026
Date: 6th Mar 2026 @ 3:56pm
Welcome to your Friday Blog
Home Practice
Reading
Please read out loud every day for 20 minutes. Use a dictionary to find the meaning of any words you don’t know or ask an adult.
Spelling
Here are Year 5 spellings for this week.
referring, referred, referral, preferring, preferred, transferring, transferred, reference, referee
preference, transference, different, suffering, differing, suffered, conferring, offered, offering
Counting
Count out loud in:
12’s up to 288 and back again 0, 12,24…
30’s from 19000 to 21000 and back again 19030, 19060…
80’s from 840 to 1440 and back again 840, 920, 1000…
Times Tables
Please keep practising your times tables. Everyone has their own targets, which the children should have noted on the top of their spelling sheet.
Sumdog
Maths practise – individual challenge.
Spelling Challenge – practise sheets have been sent home and there is a practise test on Sumdog.
Year 5 have had a very productive week – well done Year 5!
In English Year 5 have been continuing to read the class novel, ‘Varjak Paw’ by SF Said. They have also been practising writing narrative, using direct speech.
In Maths Year 5 have been continuing to learn divisibility rules for large numbers, identifying factors and prime numbers and have now moved on to using the grid method. Everyone has done really well with this.
In RE this week, Year 5 have been investigating the meaning of Matthews’ recount of Jesus in the Wilderness. They have explored the temptations Jesus faced and why, and then gone on to create role plays in groups, acting out the temptations that they face and how to react to them.
In Art, the class have continued to practise their sketching skills this week, focussing on cityscapes and perspective.
The whole class enjoyed using CANVA again in computing this week and creating presentations on the meaning of Lent.
Well done Year 5 on another great week of learning!
Year 3 Friday Blog 6th March 2026
Date: 6th Mar 2026 @ 3:49pm
Welcome to your Friday Blog!
Year 3 have had another fantastic week of learning.
Home Practice
Keep changing your books regularly and read for at least 15-20 minutes every night!
Well done to everyone who completed their Sumdog challenges. Three new challenges have been added today. Remember, little and often every night will benefit your children with their learning in school.
Try and do a little counting at home as well. This will promote number fluency and understanding. There are lots of counting games here at ictgames.com that we use in school. You will also find lots of counting songs on YouTube.
We have given out your home spellings to practice for next week's test. In our spelling lessons this week we have been revisiting our spelling strategies, especially our past tense verb rules. Your spellings this week are from the statutory year 3/4 word list.
Minute, opposite, material, natural, ordinary, possible, naughty, particular, mention, notice, peculiar, potatoes, occasional, occasionally, perhaps, popular, often, pressure, position
This week in Year 3
In English, we finished reading Toro! Toro! and the children thoroughly enjoyed the story. They loved following the journey of Antonito and discussing the emotions and themes throughout the book. We have been working hard on retelling parts of the story and using ambitious vocabulary to make our writing more exciting and engaging.#
In RE, we continued our learning about the structure of the Mass. This week we focused especially on the Offertory and discussed why this part of the Mass is important. The children showed great understanding when explaining the different parts of the Mass and how we take part in them. We were very proud of the class as our visitors this week were extremely pleased with the children’s knowledge and the thoughtful way they answered questions about their learning.
In Maths, we have been learning about parallel and perpendicular lines in 2D shapes. The children worked brilliantly to identify and sort different examples. They also explained their reasoning clearly, showing a strong understanding of how lines relate to one another within shapes.
In DT, we began our new topic on mechanisms. This week we explored fixed pivots and loose pivots and learned how levers work. The children enjoyed experimenting and discovering how these mechanisms move.
In Art, we explored the textile artwork of Hannah Rae. The children looked closely at her work, discussing what they could see and how the artwork made them feel. They shared some thoughtful ideas and we look forward to exploring her style more in the coming weeks.
Make sure to check out our galleries.
Well done for another wonderful week of learning, Year 3!
Year 4 Blog Friday 6th March 2026
Date: 6th Mar 2026 @ 12:52pm
Welcome to your Friday blog
Home practice
Reading
Please read for 20 minutes each evening to an adult at home.
Discuss what you have read with an adult.
Can you summarise what you have already read and make a prediction about what you think will happen next?
Spellings
These are your spellings which will be tested next week – please practise them
division invasion confusion decision collision
television mission fission submission supervision
expansion vision version illusion immersion
corrosion mansion pension
Counting
This week, please practise counting in tenths
For example, start at 1.8 and count to 3.5 and back again
1.8 1.9 2.0 etc 3.5 3.4 3.3 etc
Times tables and Number facts
Please practise your individual tables target for your test next week.
You can practise your tables on TTRockstars, Hit the Button and timestables.co.uk
Please also practise your number facts.
You can practise your number facts on Hit the Button
It is crucial that you learn all of your table facts and your number facts as this will help you with many aspects of maths.
TTRockstars challenge
A ‘girls v boys’ tournament
Sumdog challenges
A spelling challenge based on the words above
A maths challenge based on all the times tables
Our Learning This Week
In English, we started our new novel - The Firework Maker’s Daughter by Philip Pullman.
We studied the front cover and labelled what we could see, and then made predictions about what the novel might be about based on our observations.
In Maths, we learnt how to identify and describe the rule of a sequence and extend the given sequence using this rule.
We also understood the effect of dividing a two digit number by 100.
In RE, we discussed our gifts and talents as well as the things which make us unique.
Following this, we created a litany which recognised the gifts and uniqueness of friends and family.
In addition, we showed an understanding that loving God means we want to help ourselves and others, using the virtues of faith, hope and love, which have their foundations in God.
You can see some photos of our paperchain links in our gallery.
In Science, we carried out our melting chocolate experiment – which type of chocolate melts the fastest. You can see some pictures in our gallery.
In our ‘Our Happy Mind’ lesson, learnt about first aid and what to do in an emergency. We learnt the acronym HELPS :
H – help
E – explain
L – location
P – pay attention
S – stay calm
In Art, we practised sketching gerberas.
We also practised tints and shades of a colour and then painted gerberas in our books.
Have a look at some examples in our gallery.
On a Monday afternoon, we are also enjoying taking part in Forest School.
It was rather rainy for our session but we didn't mind. We found snails, ladybirds, slugs and worms. We realised that different creatures prefer different habitats, the ladybirds were all found in some long, thin leaves and the snails were all huddled together in a compost bin.
There was also some great child-initiated learning which included a cafe and an outdoor gym.
Some of us made forest eyes with wool and lolly sticks which develops our fine motor skills and it's also a very mindful activity.
Take a look at the pictures in our gallery.
As it was World Book Day on Thursday, we enjoyed reading with Year 2 in the afternoon.
You can see some photos in our gallery of us in our World Book Day costumes, and reading with Year 2.
On Friday morning, we took part in a Wellbeing Festival Day which provided some much needed calm and relaxation after a busy week.
The session included yoga, learning breathing techniques and practised calming movements.
There are some photos in our gallery.
The Year 4 Team
Year 1 Blog - Friday 6th March 2026
Date: 6th Mar 2026 @ 8:30am
Home Practice - Sumdog
Maths challenge - Finding half
Phonics challenge - Dependent on phonics groups
Counting – Can you practise counting in twos, fives and tens?
Reading - Please try to read at least three times a week.
Please remember to bring book bags each day.
English
We started our Mother's Day writing ready for our assembly next week. We wrote lovely sentences about our mums.
Maths
We started our fractions topic. We learnt that with fractions, we have parts and a whole. We also learnt that our parts need to be equal in a fraction. We then practically made halves.
R.E.
We recapped the Bible passage of Jesus entering Jerusalem. We role played the story using our own palm leaves.
We also listened to the story of Jesus teaching in the Temple, and we discussed the reasons why the leaders did not like Jesus.
In our class collectives we read a story about Jesus coming across a Samaritan woman trying to get water from a well. She was afraid because Jesus was a Jew. We talked about how we should celebrate our differences and accept everyone.
Science
We identified and drew different types of weather.
History
We started our Hospitals topic and focused on the impact that Florence Nightingale had. We wrote facts about her in our books and recognised why she is historically significant.
P.S.H.E.
We learnt how to 'stop, understand and consider' how other people are feeling when difficult situations arise.
Computing
We learnt how to add voice recordings onto pictures on Seesaw.
Art
We made Holi pictures using watercolours and straws.
We also painted flowers using watercolours.
Yoga
We had a great yoga session with Beth.
Our Mother's Day assembly is next week: Friday 13th March at 2:40. Please come along if you can!
Year 2 Blog Friday 6th March 2026
Date: 5th Mar 2026 @ 12:02pm
Welcome to your Friday Blog.
Home Practice
Reading: In Year 2, children should read for at least 15/20 minutes every night and talk about the book. This will help with understanding the text and learning new words.
Spelling: Please practise these spellings for your quiz on Friday (13.03.26):
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday
Sumdog: Complete the money and spelling challenges.
Counting: Count forwards and backwards in 10 to 100 or beyond.
You could say them out loud or write the numbers down. Look at the pattern, what do you notice?
You could also work on your 2, 5, 10 or 3 times tables and doubling and halving.
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
English
We continued our learning through the story of Manfred the Baddie.
Everyone closely examined the picture of his hideout and discussed what features an effective hideout needs. We designed and labelled our own hideout.
We created our own Manfred The Baddie Quiz.
Maths
We continued our learning about money.
We found different ways to make amounts with coins. We used our knowledge to solve problems involving money.
R.E.
We read another Miracle - The Cure of the Paralysed Man.
The children discussed a piece of art work based on the story in detail and sequenced the story with pictures.
They also wrote speech bubbles and sentences to retell the events.
Forest School
We planted the seeds from our science lesson last week.
Art
We made some visual notes about the work of the artist Marela Zacaries.
We also sketched tulips and did some colour mixing in preparation for our Mother's Day cards.
World Book Day
Everyone looked brilliant in their costumes for World Book Day.
We read a lot of books and even had a parent come and read the end of day story to us.
We also went outside and read to Year 4. They thought Year 2 were really good readers!
Y2 thoroughly enjoyed the day!
We welcomed our visitors from Japan.
We are so lucky to have a student in Year 2. Mizuki is enjoying spending time with us and seeing how we learn.
There was no Golden Assembly this week as we had a wellbeing Yoga session with Beth, one of our South Ribble Coaches.
Year 2 Team.
Year 6 Blog - Friday 6th March 2026
Date: 5th Mar 2026 @ 11:48am
Welcome to the Year 6 weekly blog.
This week in Year 6
English
In English we have been continuing with our detective fiction topic. We have shared the story 'Bad Presents' together and written an independent diary entry based on the text.
Maths
This week, we have been learning all about ratio. We have learned how to scale up a ratio from the total or a part. We have also learned how to identify a ratio from a given set.
RE
In RE, we shared the gospel story of 'The Anointing at Bethany' and created a film clip retelling of the story to explain what this story teaches us about Jesus. We also shared and discussed the gospel story where Jesus washes the feet of his disciples. We reflected on what this story teaches us and how we can live this message each day through drawing some beautiful artwork.
Topic
In Art, we completed our Brave Colour topic by designing a colourful Art instillation for an exhibition. We thought carefully about light, colour and sound and how we would want someone to experience our rooms.
For World Book Day, we all enjoyed creating character profiles about the characters that we had dressed up as. You can see our work on the galleries!
In PE, we continued to hone our tag rugby skills by practising tagging, intercepting and working as part of a team.
Please complete the following tasks by Wednesday:
Reading - Use your home reading to read every night for 30 minutes. You also have a reading diary that must be used for the title of the book and any challenges chosen.
Books may be changed on Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday.
Spelling -
Spellings this week are from the Y5/Y6 and the Y3/Y4 statutory spellings.
We will have our test on the 13/03/26
It is useful to write the words down on the spelling sheet, but you could also ask someone to call the words out and spell them out loud. Other ideas include, breaking the words up and writing them down in different colours (accommodate). You could look for words within words (accompany) or think of your own ways to remember the word, for example, spell it aloud using a mnemonic or tune.
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marvellous |
nuisance |
mention |
occasion |
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mischievous |
occupy |
minute |
occasionally |
|
muscle |
occur |
natural |
often |
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necessary |
opportunity |
naughty |
opposite |
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neighbour |
parliament |
notice |
ordinary |
SATS Revision:
Today, the children have been given a login for SATs bootcamp. This is a fantastic website, which will really help with the children's SATs revision: https://www.yearsix.co.uk/sats-boot-camp/.
Please complete the following topics for next Thursday:
Maths - Topic 12: Area and Perimeter
English - Topic 14: Prepositions and Determiners
Have a super weekend Year 6!
Year 5 Blog - Friday 27th February 2026
Date: 27th Feb 2026 @ 3:57pm
Welcome to your Friday Blog
Home Practice
Reading
Please read out loud every day for 20 minutes. Use a dictionary to find the meaning of any words you don’t know or ask an adult.
Spelling
Here are Year 5 spellings for this week.
determined develop dictionary disastrous embarrass environment equipped especially exaggerate excellent existence explanation familiar foreign forty frequently government harass
Counting
Count out loud in:
11’s up to 166 and back again 0, 11, 22…
50’s from 19000 to 21000 and back again 19000, 19050…
40’s from 840 to 1440 and back again 840, 880, 920…
Times Tables
Please keep practising your times tables. Everyone has their own targets, which the children should have noted on the top of their spelling sheet.
Sumdog
Maths practise – individual challenge.
Spelling Challenge – practise sheets have been sent home and there is a practise test on Sumdog.
Year 5 have been very creative and expressive this week – well done Year 5!
In English the class have been practising learning and performing poems in small groups. This is to build their confidence and performance skills. Everyone did really well. Year 5 have also started reading their new novel, ‘Varjak Paw’ by SF Said.
In Maths Year 5 have been re-capping their division and have started to learn divisibility rules for large numbers. Everyone has tried hard with this.
In RE this week, Year 5 have been investigating the meaning of Ash Wednesday as well as symbols and themes relating to Lent and what they mean.
In Art, the class have started a new topic on cityscapes and landscapes. They practised their sketching skills for landscapes this week.
The whole class enjoyed accessing a new presentation application called CANVA in computing this week. They learned how to animate and create AI images in presentations on the Victorians.
Well done Year 5 on another great week of learning!
Golden stars this week
Star of the Week – Jack
Super Learner – Evelyn
Superstar Writer – Josh W
Bookworm - Joni
Marvellous Mathematician - Maisie
Special Mention - Franco
Reception Blog - Friday 27th February 2026
Date: 27th Feb 2026 @ 3:50pm
Welcome to Reception's Friday Blog!
Welcome back to Spring 2. We have started our new learning topic all about Growing.
Phonics
We recapped ch, sh ,th, ng, qu
she, he, we, be, me, we, was, you and they
Our new sounds are ai and ee
Such as rain, pain, feel, bee
Drawing Club
We read Superworm, we discussed superworm as a character describing him as kind and helpul. We looked at the setting of the story and designed our own garden for him to live in.
The children also had a go at categorising different minibeasts with wings, no wings, legs and no legs. They cut the pictures out and stuck them on the correct section and added a label independently.
Maths
We have been exploring shape this week.
We learnt about 2D and 3D shapes, learning the names of the shapes and some of their properties.
Art
In Art, we cut out different things from a catalogue. We then tried to create our own story from the pictures we have used.
We heard lots of great story language from the children when retelling the stories they had made.
PE
We have started a new unit in PE, all linked to the story of Jack and the Beanstalk.
Today, we played the bean game, moving in lots of different ways to warm up our bodies, then we all got a magic bean bag, we explored balancing it on different body parts.
Our main focus of our lesson was to practise underarm throwing, thinking about using the opposite arm to leg as we throw.
Forest School
We has a lovely muddy time in our nature area. We found snails and worms, we made some delicious mud creations, we noticed all the flowers growing and we listened to the birds.
Make sure to check out our galleries to see all our brilliant learning from this week!
Golden Assembly
Star of the Week – Joey
Super Learner – Chester
Superstar Writer – Billy
Bookworm – Erin
Mathematician – Jenson
Special Mentions - Henry.B, Ivy, George
Year 3 Friday 27th February 2026
Date: 27th Feb 2026 @ 12:50pm
Welcome to your Friday Blog
This week in Year 3, we’ve been busy diving into lots of exciting learning!
Home Practice
Reading: Please read every night at home. Remember to change your school books regularly, we have an amazing selection to choose from!
Spellings: The common words taught in KS1. Look for the tricky bits in these words. If you remember the tricky bits you will remember more spellings!
Maths: Challenges are set on Sumdog. They are on 2D Shape and your x3,x4 and x8 times tables. Make sure to access the fluency challenge to practise your hard skills.
This week in Year 3
What a fantastic week of learning we have had in Year 3!
In RE, we have been exploring two powerful miracle stories from the Bible. We read about the miracle of the manna in the desert from the Old Testament and compared it to the feeding of the 5,000 in the New Testament. The children made thoughtful links between the two stories, recognising how both show God’s care and provision for His people. We brought the Gospel story to life by acting out the feeding of the 5,000 and recording it using Apple Clips. The children really enjoyed stepping into role and retelling the miracle in a creative way.
In English, we have been reading and retelling the traditional tale of Ferdinand the Bull. The focus this week has been on telling the story in the correct order, ensuring our writing flows with cohesion and clarity. The children worked incredibly hard to use ambitious vocabulary to elevate their ideas and bring the gentle Ferdinand to life for the reader. We will be finishing Toro! Toro! next week and are looking forward to seeing how the story finishes.
Below you will find the reading VIPERS question stems.
In Maths, our focus has been angles in 2D shapes. Everyone shared their ideas brilliantly and demonstrated a strong understanding of how to identify and describe angles within different 2D shapes. It has been wonderful to see such confident mathematical discussion taking place.
In PE, we were delighted to welcome back Mrs Cookson and begin our touch rugby. This half term we will be focusing on teamwork, supporting one another during matches and ensuring everyone is included equally in the game. There was a fantastic team spirit on display already!
In Music, the children explored the djembe drums. They worked carefully on creating and maintaining rhythms, learning how to accompany a piece of music with control and confidence. Mrs Campbell was very impressed with everyone's focus and musicality.
Well done, Year 3. Another week of hard work, creativity and brilliant learning.
Have a lovely weekend
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The Year 3 Team
Year 2 Blog Friday 27th February 2026
Date: 27th Feb 2026 @ 12:41pm
Welcome back after our half term break.
It was great to see everyone at Parent's Evening and
share/celebrate Year 2's learning and progress so far.
Home Practice
Reading: In Year 2, children should read for at least 15/20 minutes every night and talk about the book. This will help with understanding the text and learning new words.
Spelling: Please practise these spellings for your quiz on Friday (06.03.26):
January February March April may June July August September October November December
Sumdog: Complete the money and spelling challenges.
Counting: Count forwards and backwards in 5 to 100 or beyond.
You could say them out loud or write the numbers down. Look at the pattern, what do you notice?
You could also work on your 2, 5, 10 or 3 times tables and doubling and halving.
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
English
We read our new story, Manfred the Baddie by John Fardell.
The children drew the character and talked about different words (adjectives) they would use to describe him.
They learnt to write expanded noun phrases, which they will use for a character description next week.
Maths
The children have been solving muliplication and division word problems.
They found out that sometimes they need to share, group or draw pictures to work out the answers.
Next week, we will be learning more about money.
RE
As part of our RSHE, the children discussed times we felt safe in our community and times we might feel unsafe. The children wrote/illustrated their ideas very well.
Science
We got some seed heads from our garden area and observed them closely. We opened them and got the seeds out which we are going to plant next week.
We watched some time-lapse videos of plants growing from seeds.
Forest School
We went to sow some wildflower seeds near our pond.
The first group saw a deer in the field.
P.E.
Our new focus this half term is games/fundamental skills.
The children thoroughly enjoyed learning and playing some 20th century playground games.
Golden Assembly
Star of the Week - Zac
Super Learner - Lara
Superstar Writer - Rudy
Bookworm - Arthur
Mathematician - Bobby
Special Mentions - Kamali and Genevieve for makig beutiful maps of where they belong for PSHE and
Dean for being a kind and thoughtful friend.
Year 2 Team.
Year 1 Blog - Friday 27th February 2026
Date: 27th Feb 2026 @ 9:15am
Home Practice - Sumdog
Maths challenge - Shape patterns
Phonics challenge - Dependent on phonics groups
Counting – Can you practise counting in twos, fives and tens?
Reading - Please try to read at least three times a week.
Please remember to bring book bags each day.
English
We have solely focused on neat handwriting this week, practising our letter formation and using the correct spellings.
We wrote about our half term and our trip to the library.
Maths
We spotted and created our own repeated patterns. We also sorted criteria into groups.
R.E.
We recapped Jesus being tempted in the desert and how it links to Lent. Mrs Armstrong tempted us with marshmallows, just like Jesus was tempted by the devil.
We also read the passage of Jesus entering Jerusalem on Palm Sunday. We made a welcome poster for Jesus using our new word of 'Hosanna'.
P.E.
We started to learn how to underarm throw and catch. We threw beanbags into hoops and practised throwing to a partner.
Science
We identified signs of Spring on our walk around the school grounds.
P.S.H.E.
We identified what it means to be an active listener. We found that we have to make eye contact, ask questions and make sure that there are no distractions.
Computing
We started our Seesaw unit and focused on how to add captions to our pictures. We chose our favourite page in our sketchbook and wrote a caption.
Art
We began to explore watercolour paint.
Library
We had a great trip to the library! We read lots of different dinosaur books.
Forest School
We made shelters with tarps and mats. We had to secure the tarps onto the branches or find other ways as we weren't using ropes. There was great team-work and collaborations. Some children made lassoes whith some skillful knot-tying.
We identified the different flowers growing in our nature area.
Golden Assembly
Star of the Week: Harriet
Super Learner: Roman
Superstar Writer: Oscar
Bookworm: Noah B
Marvellous Mathematician: Rupert
Special Mentions: Evie E and Thomas for their throwing and catching in PE.
Our phonics workshop is next week (Thursday 5th March at 3:15), so please come along if you can! We will be explaining the phonics screening check and showing you how we teach a phonics lesson.
Year 4 Blog Friday 27th February 2027
Date: 27th Feb 2026 @ 8:52am
Welcome to your Friday blog
Home practice
Reading
Please read for 20 minutes each evening to an adult at home.
Discuss what you have read with an adult.
Can you spot any adverbs or adverbial phrases when you are reading?
Spellings
These are your spellings which will be tested next week – please practise them
accident accidentally actual actually address
answer appear arrive believe bicycle
breath breathe build busy business
calendar caught centre century certain
Counting
This week, please practise counting in hundredths
For example, start at 0.52 and count to 0.66 and back again
0.52 0.53 0.54 etc 0.66 0.65 0.64 etc
Times tables and Number facts
Please practise your individual tables target for your test next week.
You can practise your tables on TTRockstars, Hit the Button and timestables.co.uk
Please also practise your number facts.
You can practise your number facts on Hit the Button
It is crucial that you learn all of your table facts and your number facts as this will help you with many aspects of maths.
TTRockstars challenge
A ‘garage’ session
Sumdog challenges
A spelling challenge based on the words above
A maths challenge based on comparing decimal numbers
Our Learning this Week
In English, we practised using adverbial phrases and fronted adverbials.
We used ‘human sentences’ to help us with our learning – you can see some pictures in our gallery.
We also finished our class novel, The Amazing Story of Adolphus Tips, and then discussed the characters and the story.
In Maths, we consolidated our knowledge about numbers to two decimal places by comparing and ordering decimal numbers using the greater than ( > ) and less than ( < ) signs.
We also placed hundredths on a number line.
Year 4 have shown a super understanding of hundredths - well done to you all!
In RE, started our new topic – Desert to Garden.
We read the parable of the Prodigal Son and then retold it to show our understanding.
Following this, we 'hotseated' some of the different characters to find out their feelings and delve further into the idea of God forgiving, even when we turn away from him.
In Science, we continued with our States of Matter topic by planning an investigation to see which type of chocolate melt the fastest.
In our ‘Our Happy Mind’ lesson, learnt how to show respect to others and ourselves.
In PE, we played tag rugby. We demonstrated how to pass a ball using a swing pass accurately and then used a simple tactic in a game.
Have a look at the pictures in our gallery.
In Geography, we explored an atlas to find out where rainforests are usually located around the world.
We discovered that rainforests are usually found close to the equator.
In Computing, we finished our photo editing topic by planning an image we wanted to create.
We took a photograph and then used the photo editing skills we’d learnt to attempt to create this image.
Have a look at our finished projects in our gallery.
In Art, we started a new topic – Exploring still life. We began by looking at the art work of Paul Cezanne.
Then we used the ‘Four Colour Gestural Drawing Exercise’.
This involved using only 4 colours to help us appreciate how seeing simple shapes can help improve drawing skills.
In our Forest School session there was amazing resilience and team-work shown when making the shelters. The children also demonstrated their knot-tying skills.
We also talked about all the flowers growing in our nature area.
Golden Assembly
Star of the week: Oscar
Superstar Writer: Francesca
Bookworm: Eliza
Marvellous Mathematician: Eddie
Super Learner: George
Special Mentions: Bella – for beautiful RE work
Evelyn and Daisy – for a super ‘Magic Dragon’ photograph which they edited for their final piece in computing
The Year 4 team
Year 6 Blog - Friday 27th February 2026
Date: 26th Feb 2026 @ 10:07am
Welcome to the Year 6 weekly blog.
This week in Year 6
English
In English we have begun our new unit all about detective fiction. We have shared the story 'The Happy Alien' together and used tentative language to explore our suspects in the text. We have also written a diary entry in role based on the events of the story.
Maths
This week, we have been learning all about fractions. We have revised how to add and subtract fractions and mixed numbers and we have also learned how to multiply two fractions together and divide a fraction by an integer.
RE
In RE, we have started our new topic 'desert to garden'. We made some beautiful title pages and created our own Lenten promises, thinking about how kindness can be transformative in our communities.
Topic
In Science, we continued with our work on the body. We learned what pulse was and investigated which exercise increased our pulse the most.
For Art, we completed our topic on colour by designing our own colourful space!
As part of our Faith in Action award, we completed our second reflection. We thought carefully about the story of 'The Good Samaritan' and explored how we could show love to our neighbours through acts of kindness.
Please complete the following tasks by Wednesday:
Reading - Use your home reading to read every night for 30 minutes. You also have a reading diary that must be used for the title of the book and any challenges chosen.
Books may be changed on Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday.
Spelling -
Spellings this week are from the Y5/Y6 and the Y3/Y4 statutory spellings.
We will have our test on the 6/03/25
It is useful to write the words down on the spelling sheet, but you could also ask someone to call the words out and spell them out loud. Other ideas include, breaking the words up and writing them down in different colours (accommodate). You could look for words within words (accompany) or think of your own ways to remember the word, for example, spell it aloud using a mnemonic or tune.
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hindrance |
interfere
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increase
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learn
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identity
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interrupt
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important |
length
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immediate
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language
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interest
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library
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immediately
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leisure
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island
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material
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individual
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lightning |
knowledge
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medicine |
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 16: Shapes
English - Topic 10: Reading skills, vocabulary and language
Golden Assembly
Well done to all our award winners in Golden Assembly this week!
Star of the Week - Joe
Super Learner - Eliza W
Superstar Writer - Freddie
Bookworm - Casper and Zach M
Marvellous Mathematician - Maisie
Special Mentions - Willow and Holly W - for always helping to hand out books and worksheets in the morning.
Have a great weekend Year 6!
Year 5 Blog Friday 13th February 2026
Date: 13th Feb 2026 @ 4:33pm
Welcome to your Friday Blog
Reading
Please keep reading over the half term holidays!
English
We have finally completed our ‘Street Child’ novel and everyone really enjoyed our last piece of writing; an advert encouraging people to visit the Victorian circus.
Maths
The children tried really hard with their bridging addition and subtraction. To be continued after half term!
Science
We have now completed our topic on space and our solar system. This week we learned lots of facts about the moon and why it changes its appearance.
RE
Finally, we have spent the week giving a lot of thought as to how we could make the village of Longton a more loving place to live in, as part of our theme of mission. There were some fantastic ideas, including friendship clubs, fund raising ideas and ways to help the environment and protect the world God has given us.
Year 5 have once again been outstanding this half term - thank you to all of you! We will see you back in school on Monday 23rd February 2026
Golden stars this week
Star of the Week – Jenson
Super Learner – Joni
Superstar Writer – Teddy
Bookworm - Henry
Marvellous Mathematician - Josh M
Special Mention - Elena and Alana
Reception Blog - Friday 13th February 2026
Date: 13th Feb 2026 @ 3:41pm
Welcome to Reception's Friday Blog!
What another fabulous half term we have had, well done to all of Reception for trying their best every single day.
Phonics
We have been consilidating all of the sounds that we have learnt so far this week.
Please practise your tricky words over the holidays.
she, he, we, be, me, we, was, you and they
Drawing Club
Our learning has been all about Chinese New Year this week, we read the story 'My First Chinese New Year' by Karen Katz.
The children have been writing chinese numbers, tasting chinese food, making chinese lanterns and learning all about the different traditions that people do to prepare for Chinese New Year.
Maths
This week our learning has been around measure.
We have been measuring the lengths of sticks, using the language of longest and shortest.
We used the balance scales to measaure the weight of the toy animals, investigating which where heavy and light.
Finally, we explored capacity, by filling lots of different containers and seeing which could hold the most and least amount of water.
RE
We spke about what Lent is and made our own Lent Promises.
We thought about doing something kind for others or practising something we want to improve and get better at over the 40 days of Lent.
Understanding the World
We found China on the map this week and explored the similarites and differences between China and the UK.
We also had a visit from an ambulance, the children got to go inside the ambulance and ask lots of questions about how paramedics help people.
Forest School
Make sure to check out our galleries to see all our brilliant learning!
Golden Assembly
Star of the Week – Amelie
Super Learner – Vinnie
Superstar Writer – Raeni
Bookworm – Louie
Mathematician – Caleb
Special Mentions - Maeve & Luca
Year 3 Friday 13th February 2026
Date: 13th Feb 2026 @ 1:23pm
Welcome to your Friday Blog.
We’ve had a fantastic end to the half term in Year 3.
In English we have continued enjoying Toro! Toro! where we met Uncle Juan and retold the part of the story when Antonito attended his first bullfight. We used brilliant sentence starters to make our writing flow and ambitious vocabulary to bring the action to life.
In maths we have been learning how to use a vertical number line to solve tricky division problems. Everyone showed super perseverance and resilience. Well done Year 3.
In geography we explored native animals of North America. We watched nature clips and used our computing skills to design posters on Canva, so be sure to check out the gallery.
This week in art we completed our ‘Telling Stories Through Sculpture’ topic by painting our creations and backgrounds, then proudly shared them with Year 2 who are reading Esio Trot!
On Tuesday, we performed our final gymnastics routines to music, making sure our sequences included six different elements.
In RE we have been reflecting on Lent and created our own Lenten promises, which are now displayed in the hall as a reminder of the promises we have made to God.
Star of the week - Henry P
Super Learner - Amelia C
Writer of the week - Melodie and Dylan
Marvellous Mathematician - Amelia L
Bookworm - Orlaigh
Special Mentions - Leo and Wilbur for their brilliant playtimes
Thank to to all the children who have shared their home learning with the class this week. Well done Zack who brought in a poster he created on Mount St Helens us ing Canva! Amazing work!
Have a brilliant weekend and a lovely half term holiday.
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The Year 3 Team
Year 4 Blog Friday 13th February 2026
Date: 12th Feb 2026 @ 3:49pm
Welcome to your Friday blog
As it is the half term holiday, there is no home practice set.
However, please keep reading every day as this really does help to unlock your learning.
You could also practise your tables using TTRockstars, Hit the Button and timestables.co.uk
Our Learning this week
In English, we learnt what an adverbial phrase is and how to identify them in a sentence.
We then wrote some sentences of our own using adverbial phrases.
In Maths, we built on our understanding of the number system extending it further into hundredths.
We learnt the equivalence of tenths, hundredths, fractions and decimals, for example:
50/100 = 5/10 = ½ = 0.5
25/100 = 1/4 = 0.25
75/100 = ¾ = 0.75
We also learnt about numbers to 2 decimal places in the context of money.
In RE, we created a poster to show how Jesus loved and ways that we could show love in our everyday lives.
As it is Ash Wednesday and the start of Lent during half term, we wrote our Lenten promises in preparation for this.
In Science, we recognised that some materials change state when they are heated or cooled.
For example, ice needs to melt to become water (solid to liquid); water needs to freeze to become ice (liquid to solid);
water needs to evaporate to become water vapour (liquid to gas); water vapour needs to condense to become water (gas to liquid).
In History, we finished our Romans topic by researching some of the legacies left behind by them.
We then created a poster on Canva to show our learning, ensuring it contained both information and some pictures.
As it was Children’s Mental Health Week, in PSHE we covered the theme ‘this is my place’.
We discussed what it means to belong and how we can help ourselves and others feel like we belong.
We then thought about our happy place and the things we love.
In PE, we performed out Iron Man dance in a team. You can see some photos in our gallery.
In Art, we created our ‘pocket gallery’.
We used the boxes we had made as plinths and placed objects/artwork on them.
Then, we placed the figures we had created in our gallery and made it look as though they were inspecting the artwork.
Golden Assembly
Star of the Week: Annie
Super Learner: Mia
Superstar Writer: Violet Ca
Bookworm Award:
Marvellous Mathematician: Archer
Special Mentions: Jessica and Rowan: Thoughtful RE work
Francesca and Violet Co: an excellent ‘pocket gallery’ in art
The Year 4 team
Year 1 Blog - Friday 13th February 2026
Date: 11th Feb 2026 @ 5:29pm
Home Practice - Sumdog
Maths challenge - 2D and 3D shapes
Phonics challenge - Dependent on phonics groups
Counting – Can you practise counting in twos, fives and tens?
Reading - Please try to read at least three times a week.
Please remember to bring book bags each day.
English
We spent the week planning and making a dragon fact file which included what they look like, where they live and what they eat.
We read our writing to reception and year 6!
Maths
We practised counting in twos, fives and tens. We practically made the groups before counting the whole.
R.E.
We continued our RSHE by recognising how we show love to people in our family.
We also made our Lenten promises.
Science
We used the torches to see if light travels through objects. We learnt the words 'transparent' and 'opaque' and used them to describe the objects.
P.S.H.E.
We started our 'Relate' unit, which focuses on how we relate to others. We identified a person that we relate to and chose a character strength that we use with them.
Computing
We sorted different scenarios into 'fine to share', 'it depends' and 'not ok to share'. We learnt that many people can access our information online, so we need to be careful!
Art
We made Valentine's Day cards.
Forest School
We stayed in our lodge today. We listened to a story called Love Grows Everywhere.
We learnt how to make a forest eye. We made a cross with the lolly sticks and then carefully wrapped the wool and turned the sticks. Great fine motor control was shown and also fabulous determination and concentration.
We added a wooden heart shape to our decoration.
We also had time to look at some of our books which are all about nature.
Golden Assembly
Star of the Week: Zara
Super Learner: Imogen
Superstar Writer: Louie
Bookworm: Grace and Elsie
Marvellous Mathematician: Jack and Tommy
Special Mentions: Noah J for identifying the countries in the United Kingdom.
Have an amazing half term! We will see you on Monday the 23rd of February.
Year 6 Blog - Friday 13th February 2026
Date: 11th Feb 2026 @ 10:59am
Welcome to the Year 6 weekly blog.
The children have all received a special certificate this week for their hard work at Robin Wood - well done Year 6!
This week in Year 6
English
In English we have shared the book 'Inside the Villains' together. We have worked hard to make our own page for the book about Macbeth, using all of our learning from our Shakespeare topic.
Maths
This week, we have been learning about the four operations. We have revised how to divide a four digit number by a two digit number, explored how to find prime numbers and how to choose an appropriate strategy for a calculation.
RE
In RE, we have continued to learn about the miracles that Jesus performed in John's gospel. We learned about how Jesus healed a blind man and raised Lazarus from the dead.
Topic
For Safer Internet Day 2026, we thought about when it could be appropriate or not appropriate to use AI. We had a class quiz to test our knowledge!
In PE we completed counter balances in pairs and groups.
Mrs Wilson helped us complete our first reflection for Faith in Action this week.
Please complete the following tasks by the first Monday back:
Reading - Use your home reading to read every night for 30 minutes. You also have a reading diary that must be used for the title of the book and any challenges chosen.
Books may be changed on Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday.
Spelling -
Spellings this week are from the Y5/Y6 and the Y3/Y4 statutory spellings.
We will have our test on the 27/02/26.
It is useful to write the words down on the spelling sheet, but you could also ask someone to call the words out and spell them out loud. Other ideas include, breaking the words up and writing them down in different colours (accommodate). You could look for words within words (accompany) or think of your own ways to remember the word, for example, spell it aloud using a mnemonic or tune.
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excellent
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forty
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fruit
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heard
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existence
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frequently
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grammar
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heart
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explanation
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government
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group
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height
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familiar
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guarantee
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guard
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history
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foreign
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harass |
guide
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imagine |
SATS Revision:
https://www.yearsix.co.uk/sats-boot-camp/.
Please complete the following topics:
Maths - Topic 6 Roman Numerals
English - Topic 8 Verbs
Year 6 have also been set some revision to complete over the half term holiday, to be handed in for the 23/02/26.
Golden Assembly
Well done to all our award winners in Golden Assembly this week!
Star of the Week - Holly W
Super Learner - Freddie
Superstar Writer - Ebba
Bookworm - Florence
Marvellous Mathematician - Agatha and Alfie P
Special Mentions - All of Y6 for their resilience at Robin Wood
Zach M - for helping a friend use a laptop in class
Zach O and Holly P - for great singing in singing practice
Casper and Eddie - for being great buddies
Have a brilliant half term Year 6!
Year 2 Blog Friday 13th February 2026
Date: 10th Feb 2026 @ 10:01am
Well done to everyone in Y2 for working so hard and doing great learning over the last few weeks.
Home Practice
Reading: In Year 2, children should read for at least 15/20 minutes every night and talk about the book. This will help with understanding the text and learning new words.
Spelling: Please practise these spellings for your quiz on Friday (27.02.26):
so sow plain plane road rode scene seen break brake
Sumdog: Complete the multiplication and spelling challenges.
Counting: Count forwards and backwards in 3 to 60.
You could say them out loud or write the numbers down. Look at the pattern, what do you notice?
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 are authors! This week we have been re-telling the story of Esio Trot.
We have written our own books, concentrating on using interesting language, our beautiful handwriting and correct spellings.
We went on a book tour and read our books to the children in Year 3, 4 and 5.
SPaG
We have worked a lot on homophones and the children are getting better and better and selecting the corresct spellings for each one.
Maths
During Maths lessons, we have been learning a lot about multiplication and division.
The children have been halving 2-digit numbers and they used arrays, repeated addition and times tables to solve problems.
We also looked at sharing and grouping for division.
R.E.
We listened to another Parable - The Calming of the Storm and thought about it's meaning.
In response, the children retold the events on a story board with lovely illustrations.
History
The children learnt about the famous creator of the World Wide Web, Tim Berners Lee.
They created a fantastic poster all about him and his work.
PE
We finished our Gymnastic topic this week.
The children worked on some fantastic sequences on the large apparatus. They included, super jumps, balances, rolls and travelling.
Art
We did some art related to our Mental Health Week. We explored the theme THIS IS MY PLACE.
We created a piece which explored our sense of belonging which included places, groups and activities.
Science
We learnt about natural and manufactured materials.
Forest School
We used willow to make a decoration. The willow grows around school and we use it because it's very flexible.
We made a heart shape and decorated it with ribbon.
We also looked at all the bulbs which are starting to grow.
The children made posters about staying safe online - if something does not feel right we stop and tell an adult.
We wrote/drew pictures about our 'Happy Place'
Golden Assembly
Star of the Week - Faisal
Super Learner - Lilly-Mae
Superstar Writer - Arianna
Bookworm - Jesse H.
Mathematician - Huxley
Special Mentions - Joshua W. for being a kind and thoughtful friend.
Have a great Half Term Holiday with your family and friends.
Year 2 Team.
Year 5 blog - Friday 6th February 2026
Date: 6th Feb 2026 @ 3:32pm
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.
doubt island lamb solemn thistle knight badge bomb butcher ghost knee answer comb Christmas honest knife yacht crumb
Counting
Count out loud in:
12’s up to 180 and back again 0, 12, 24…
150’s from 17000 to 23500 and back again 17000, 17150…
40’s from 840 to 1440 and back again 840, 880, 920…
Times Tables
Please keep practising your times tables. Everyone has their own targets, which the children should have noted on the top of their spelling sheet.
Sumdog
Maths practise – individual challenge.
Spelling Challenge – practise sheets have been sent home and there is a practise test on Sumdog.
Year 5 have been very creative and productive this week – well done Year 5!
In English the class have been practising using a variety of relative clauses, including those where the relative pronoun is omitted. They have also been using metaphors to describe characters from the novel.
In Maths Year 5 have been re-capping their tenths, hundredths and thousandths fractions as well as ordering numbers and developing their place value knowledge.
In RE this week, Year 5 have been dissecting the meaning of the Lord’s prayer and translating the seven petitions that sit within it. They have also been reflecting again on the meaning of happiness, through The Beatitudes given by Jesus in the Sermon on the Mount.
In Art, the class completed their workhouse stages, including lots of details relating to the ‘Street Child’ novel. The level of creativity was amazing!
Finally, in History, the class have investigated the similarities and differences between the Anglo Saxons and the Vikings.
Well done Year 5 on another great week of learning!
Golden stars this week
Star of the Week – Tiffany
Super Learners – Henry
Superstar Writer – Bertie
Bookworm - Alfie
Marvellous Mathematician - Archie P
Special Mention - Mark
Reception - Friday Blog 6th February 2026
Date: 6th Feb 2026 @ 3:27pm
Welcome to Reception's Friday Blog!
Phonics
We learnt the digraphs th and ng
We have been reading and writing them in words, for example; thin, wing
Drawing Club
We read the story Farmer Duck. This week the children had to think of a disguise for the farmer to return to the farm without the animals seeing him.
We also drew and labelled our own farm independently.
Maths
We have been learning about subtraction.
We have been using the part, whole model to help us visually see taking away different amounts from the whole.
RE
We learnt the story of 'Jesus Feeding the 5000'
We made our own baskets and filled them with the fish and bread.
Understanding the World
We discussed the role of the farmer.
We have been learning about all the ways that a farmer helps us, including growing fruit and vegetables for us to eat, feeding the animals and how they harvest the food.
PE
This week we got the climbing frame out, the children had a go at climbing up, over and through the frame. We travelled up the elavated bench and jumped off. We also practised our fundamental skills in balancing, hopping and underarm throwing.
Make sure to check out our galleries to see all our brilliant learning!
Forest School
We stayed inside this week due to the strong wind.
We listened to a story about trees and how they change through the seasons and then the cycle continues every year.
We practised tying knots and did some stick wrapping. We showed our amazing imaginations when talking about what our special sticks could do.
Golden Assembly
Star of the Week – Arabella
Super Learner – Lucie
Superstar Writer – Henry.W
Bookworm – Teddy
Mathematician – Jenson
Year 3 Friday 6th February 2026
Date: 6th Feb 2026 @ 2:25pm
Welcome to your Friday Blog
We have had a fab week in year 3, meeting lots of new learning and learning lots of new skills.
Reminders
Fr Michael has kindly invited us to attend the Parish mass on Tuesday at 9:30am. It would be lovely if you could join us.
Home Practice
Reading – Please read every night for at least 15 minutes. Don’t forget to record it in your reading diary and change your book regularly!
Maths – We’ve set two challenges on Sumdog this week. They focus on multiplication and division and the x4 and x8 times tables.
Spellings – This week’s spellings all end with -ure. Practise reading and spelling them at home:
Measure, treasure, pleasure, future, enclosure, creature, furniture, cure, picture, nature, adventure, sure, capture, leisure, literature, manicure, departure, puncture, mixture, temperature
This week in Year 3
In English we have been enjoying our novel Toro! Toro! and have been writing in character to retell parts of the story using our own ideas. Check out our gallery for some of our brilliant writing.
In maths we have been learning how to find fractions of amounts. This has been very tricky and we have found that knowing our times tables really helps in lots of different maths learning.
In science we explored light and shadow, investigating how shadows are formed and how moving the light source changes their length and size.
In PE we have been fine tuning our gymnastic performances, making sure to include rolling, balancing, jumping and travelling with stillness and smoothness.
In RE we have been learning about prayer, exploring the Our Father and what the words mean, before creating our own prayer cards to share on Seesaw.
In geography we have continued exploring the physical geography of North America and studied the eruption of Mount St Helens. The children were amazed and asked some fantastic questions.
Golden Assembly
Star of the week - Felicity
Super Learner - Florence
Writer of the week - Frankie
Marvellous Mathematician - Noah S
Bookworm - Charlie
Special Mentions - Zack W for his amazing Canva creations in RE
Have a lovely weekend
The Year 3 Team
Year 1 Blog - Friday 6th February 2026
Date: 6th Feb 2026 @ 9:06am
Home Practice - Sumdog
Maths challenge - Identifying 2D shapes
Phonics challenge - Dependent on phonics groups
Counting – Can you find as many 3D shapes around your house and count their faces, vertices and edges?
Reading - Please try to read at least three times a week.
Please remember to bring book bags each day.
English
We read a new story: How to Grow a Dragon. We created our own dragon plant and wrote sentences about it. Then we made an informative booklet about how to look after a dragon.
Maths
We identified different 2D and 3D shapes. We looked at their properties and found everyday examples of them in the classroom.
R.E.
We read two Bible passages: The call of the disciples (Luke 5:1-11) and the little children (Luke 18:15-17). We talked about how Jesus encouraged others to follow Him and how He welcomed everyone. We made colourful fish for our RE display, and then made welcome posters using the word 'hello' in different languages.
In our class collectives, we focused on the word 'goodness' from our Wednesday word. We talked about we need to let our light shine, just like Jesus.
P.E.
We created our own gymnastic sequence which contained a travel, roll and a jump.
Art
We made our medals!
Computing
We continued learning to type on a keyboard. This week, we typed up our Edgar story. Our typing skills have really improved!
Forest School
We went for a walk up to our pond. We noticed changes to the trees and that some branches had been blown down.In our log circle area we chose to do some bug hunting, den building, crafting and tree climbing.
We found a dead stick which has some jelly ear growing on it.
Golden Assembly
Star of the Week: Ariana
Super Learner: Evie E
Superstar Writer: Jack
Bookworm: Isla-May
Marvellous Mathematician: Isaac
Special Mentions: Louie for his amazing medal in Art and Noah H for always listening so beautifully on the carpet.
