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Year 3 Friday 16th January 2026
Date: 16th Jan 2026 @ 4:31pm
Welcome to you Year 3 blog
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 multiplication, division, and times tables – perfect for reinforcing the grid method we’ve been learning in class.
Spellings – This week’s spellings all the next set of Year 3/4 words. Try and learn a few couple every day
fruit, grammar, group, guard, guide, heard, heart, height, history, imagine, increase, important, interest, island, knowledge, learn, length, library
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
In English, we have been learning how to write clear non-fiction sentences and how to group our ideas using subheadings to help organise our writing and make it easier for the reader to understand. We explore light and dark, taking inspiration from our story, Orion and the Dark. Well done Year 3!
In Maths, we have been focusing on our 8 times tables. The children have been using doubling strategies alongside our multiplication method to help them calculate efficiently and build confidence with their times tables.
In Science, we have been learning all about reflective materials, investigating which materials reflect light best and thinking about where we see these used in everyday life.
In PE, we started our new gymnastics topic. The children have been working on balances, shapes and control, and have begun to link movements together to create simple sequences. They showed great effort, focus and resilience throughout the lesson. Please take a look at our gallery to see some of our fantastic gymnastics.
In Geography, we launched our new topic on North America, using atlases to explore the continent, locate countries and oceans, and begin to understand its key features.
FOREST SCHOOL
We were excited to be doing Forest School again. We discussed how to be safe around the fire and watched Mr Corbett light it.
We had some brilliant scientific discussions about the water travelling through the drainpipes and showed great teamwork and problem solving. It was very rainy and muddy but we just got on!
We had a hot chocolate with marshmallows and a reflection on our learning at the end.
Star of the week - George
Super Learner - Adam
Writer of the week - Zack
Marvellous Mathematician - Harper
Bookworm - Grace
Special Mentions - Rose and Florence for lovely playtimes
Have a lovely weekend,
The Year 3 Team
Date: 16th Jan 2026 @ 4:14pm
A Fantastic Showing at the Lancashire Football Final
We are incredibly proud of our football team for their outstanding performance at the Lancashire Football Finals. The boys showed fantastic teamwork, resilience and determination throughout the tournament, winning their group with a series of strong, disciplined performances that truly reflected their hard work and commitment.
Having progressed to the knockout stages, the team continued to represent our school and South Ribble superbly. Unfortunately, their journey came to an end in a closely fought quarter-final, losing 1–0 to the eventual winners, Bolton le Sands. Despite the result, the players can be immensely proud of how they conducted themselves on and off the pitch.
A huge thank you goes to all the supporters who cheered the team on, and to Fleetwood Town and the Lancashire School Games for organising such a brilliant tournament. It was a memorable experience for everyone involved and a fantastic achievement for our school.
Year 5 blog - Friday 16th January 2026
Date: 16th Jan 2026 @ 3:35pm
Welcome to your Friday Blog
Home Practice
Reading
Please read out loud every day for 20 minutes. Use a dictionary to find the meaning of any words you don’t know or ask an adult.
Spelling
Here are your spellings this week.
observant observance expectant hesitant hesitancy tolerant tolerance assistant assistance substance reliance defiance reliant defiant sustenance vacancy vacant infancy
Counting
Count out loud in:
6’s up to 120 and back again 0, 6, 12 …
100’s from 16900 to 18600 and back again 16900, 17,000, 17,100…
25’s from 500 to 1250 and back again 525, 550, 575 …
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 shown a great attitude to learning this week – well done!
In English the class have continued to share the new novel called, ‘Street child’, by Berlie Doherty. They have written a report on the pros and cons of children working in the Victorian era and explored the variety of jobs available to children. They have also continued to practise when to use possessive apostrophes in writing.
In Maths Year 5 started a new topic on creating equivalent fractions and comparing fractions. Everyone has put 100% effort into this tricky subject. Well done Year 5.
In RE this week, Year 5 have been reflecting on the meaning of Jesus’ greatest commandments of love God and love people, and how they apply to their lives.
In computing, the class started a new topic on databases. They had to work in groups to sort data about animals, using paper records containing a variety of data fields.
In science, there has been much enthusiasm about our new topic on the solar system. The children have really engaged with this topic and are busy finding out all sorts of fascinating facts about our planets and sun.
Finally, in art, the class have started to explore the topic of set building for stage and screen. Over the next few weeks the children will create their own set of a Victorian workhouse, relating to the class novel ‘Street Child’.
Well done Year 5 on another great week of discovery!
Golden stars this week
Star of the Week – Sam
Super Learners – Ada-May
Superstar Writer – Caleb
Bookworm - Mark
Marvellous Mathematician - Amelia
Special Mention - Lily and Joni
Year 4 Blog Friday 16th January 2026
Date: 16th Jan 2026 @ 10:59am
Welcome to your Friday Blog
Home practice
Reading
Please read for 20 minutes each evening to an adult at home.
Can you summarise what has already happened and predict what you think will happen next?
Spellings
These are your spellings which will be tested next week – please practise them
quarter question recent though regular
reign remember thought sentence separate
special through straight strange strength
various suppose woman women therefore
Counting
This week, please practise counting in 12’s
For example, start at 12 and count to 144 and back again
0 12 24 etc 144 132 120 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 ‘Battle of the Bands’ tournament – Boys v Girls
Sumdog challenges
A spelling challenge based on the words above
A maths challenge based on reading, writing and converting time
Our learning this week
In English, we planned and wrote a diary extract as if we were Lily, the main character in the novel.
We used phrases Lily would have used and included lots of thoughts and feelings.
In Maths, we learnt how to read the time and write it to the nearest minute. We also learnt how to tell, write and math analogue and digital times.
Please try and practise telling the time at home with an adult.
This week, we also started to explore 2d shape using geoboards – have a look in our gallery.
In RE, we continued with our Galilee to Jerusalem topic.
We listened to and sequenced the story of Jesus healing Peter’s mother-in-law (Matthew 8:14-17), and learnt about what we may see and hear during the Sacrament of Reconciliation
In our ‘Our Happy Mind’ lesson, we learnt why it is important to spot and use our character strengths.
We also learnt how we can use our character strengths in different ways.
In Science, we started our new topic – States of Matter.
We started by identifying and classifying some solids, liquids and gases.
In History, we learnt how Britain became part of the Roman Empire.
We discovered that it took 3 attempts to conquer Britain and explored reasons why the Romans wanted to invade.
In PE, we worked as a team to create a still, connected shape.
This was an introduction to our dance unit which is based on The Iron Man. Take a look at the photos in our gallery.
In Art, we started our topic ‘the art of display’. We began by questioning the role of a ‘plinth’ in sculpture.
We then discussed how to make a ‘pocket gallery’ and took some pictures of ourselves in various poses.
In Computing, we used the BeFunky app to practise editing a photograph.
We were given 'free rein' to alter the photo, so that we could learn some of the app's capabilities.
Golden Assembly
Star of the Week: Alice
Super Learner: Albie
Superstar writer: Eliza
Bookworm: Lottie and William
Marvellous Mathematician: Bobby
Special Mentions: Lewis - beautiful RE work
Violet, Alexander and Isla for fantastic answers when being hotseated
The Year 4 team
Year 1 Blog - Friday 16th January 2026
Date: 15th Jan 2026 @ 8:05pm
Home Practice - Sumdog
Maths challenge - Part-whole models
Phonics challenge - Dependent on phonics groups
Counting – Can you count in fives to 50? This is a bit trickier so count slowly!
Reading - Please try and read at least three times a week.
Please remember to bring book bags each day.
English
We continued reading our new book - Dragon Post. We wrote descriptive sentences about dragons and wrote lists describing what to do if we found a dragon.
We also practised our handwriting, focusing on writing letters on the line which are formed correctly.
Phonics
Some of us learnt the oa sound and focused on it all week to embed the learning!
Some of us focused on comparing ow in cow and ou in shout.
Some of us learnt ea in bread, ie in chief and ow in snow.
Maths
We continued to use part-whole models for addition. We added single-digit numbers to teen numbers.
R.E.
We continued to learn through the story of Jesus being presented at the Temple. We wrote in speech bubbles, identifying what Simeon and Anna said to God. Then we learnt about Candlemas and made our own colourful candles.
P.E.
We started our gymnastics unit. We learnt how to travel like a gymnast, how to perform a straight jump and a pencil roll.
P.S.H.E.
We drew a picture of someone who we are grateful for.
Geography
We discussed where we live and identified places we have been to in the UK.
Art
We compared different materials (which links perfectly to our upcoming Science learning!) and chose the materials which would be suitable for our medal.
Computing
We continued to learn how to type on a keyboard. This week, we wrote sentences about a lost teddy bear.
Science
We sorted animals into their food groups: carnivore, omnivore and herbivore.
Golden Assembly
Star of the Week: Roman
Super Learner: Judah
Superstar Writer: Felicity and Isaac
Bookworm: Rupert
Marvellous Mathematician: George
Special Mentions: Noah B for his fantastic gymnastics and Hartley for her beautiful Candlemas candle.
Year 2 Blog Friday 16th January 2026
Date: 15th Jan 2026 @ 3:32pm
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 (23.01.26):
played walked looked cried tried lied chased opened pushed pulled
Sumdog: Complete the time and spelling challenges.
Counting: Count forwards and backwards in fives to 60. This will also help you with telling the time.
You could also work on your 2, 5, 10 or 3 times tables.
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
English
We continued to learn through the story of The Barnabus Project. We worked together to produce some fact sheets showing what we know about Barnabus. We made some puppets which we used to re-tell the story. We wrote in role as Barnabus and explained how we felt about living in a bell jar in the lab. We also wrote some instructions for the jobs the Green Rubber Suits have to do during the day.
SPaG
We have been learning the rules about adding the syffixes ed and ing.
Maths
We have been learning how to tell the time, o'clock, half past, quarter to and quarter past.
Science
We started our new topic all about materials.We discussed all the different materials objects can be made from. We also discussed what materials would not be good for certain uses.
Art
The art of Hundertwasser was our focus this week. He was an Austrian architect and artist. We looked at the buildings he designed and his art work. We investigated the shapes, lines and colours he used.
R.E.
One of our lessons this work was about the life and work of John the Baptist. Our other lesson was re-telling the story of Jesus' baptism.
Golden Assembly
STAR- Buzz
SUPER LEARNER-Arianna
BOOKWORM-Gigi
MATHEMATICIAN-Dean
SPECIAL MENTIONS-Rudy got a special mention from Mrs Mulgrew for his beautiful manners and lovely chat at lunchtime
and Honey got a special mention for being a kind friend.
Year 6 Blog - Friday 16th January 2026
Date: 15th Jan 2026 @ 2:57pm
Welcome to the Year 6 weekly blog.
Thank you to everyone who was able to attend our SATs meeting on Monday. The slides and key facts for SATs are at the end of the blog.
This week in Year 6
English
In English we have continued with our learning on Macbeth. We have written a letter in role as Lady Macbeth and as the ghost of King Duncan! The children all worked hard to use Shakespearian vocabulary and get into role as each character.
Maths
This week, we have learned all about negative numbers. We have worked hard to solve problems involving negative numbers in context, such as calculating the difference between two temperatures. We have also begun our new unit all about co-ordinates, learning how to plot points and shapes in all four quadrants.
RE
In RE, we have learned all about how the seven sacraments are celebrated in parish life. We have also learned about the differences between the four gospels.
Topic
In PE, we have started our gymnastics topic and have learned how to create a counter-tension balance and counter balances.
In Science, we have learned all about the circulatory system and how it works.
For Art, we started our new topic all about colour. We created some beautiful responses to our focus artist's work in our sketchbooks!
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.
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average |
cemetery |
build |
centre |
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awkward |
committee |
busy |
century |
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bargain |
communicate |
business |
certain |
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bruise |
community |
calendar |
circle |
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category |
competition |
caught |
complete |
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 2: Subtraction
English - Topic 5: Other Punctuation
Golden Assembly
Well done to all our award winners in Golden Assembly this week!
Star of the Week - Libby
Super Learner - Luiza and Casper
Superstar Writer - Eliza M
Bookworm - Bella
Marvellous Mathematician - Joe
Special Mentions - Ronnie, Henry and Holly W - for great resilience in their SATs revision!
Have a great weekend Year 6!
Reception Blog - Friday 16th January 2026
Date: 15th Jan 2026 @ 9:11am
Welcome to Reception's Friday Blog!
Phonics
This week we have been learning the j, v and w sounds. We used them in words like jam, van and wig.
Drawing Club
We listened to our new story 'Supertato.'
We have been focussing on the characters this week, drawing our favourite character and describing what they look like.
We also had an emergency situation in class! Evil pea has trapped some of our fruits and vegetables from our home corner.
We investigated which foods we could see.
Maths
This week we have been learning about numbers and working out has more and which has less.
RE
This week we listened to scripture about the three kings visiting Jesus.
We learnt about the gifts of Gold, Frankinsense and Myrrh.
Then we played a game of pass the love. Each time it was our turn, we talked about how we could show love, just like Jesus.
Expressive Art and Design
We created repeating patterns with paint and shapes.
Understanding the World
We continued our topic of People Who Help Us, by learning about the Police this week and what they do to help us!
My Happy Mind
We have been discussing what 'Gratitiude for experiences' is. We talked about visiting the park, our grandparents and trying new foods.
We had some lovely ideas to share with our friends about what experiences we enjoy.
PE
We travelled using hopping, skipping and frog jumps. Then we did a hopscotch, an underarm throw and a catching station.
To finish we played domes and dishes in team.
Forest School
We listened to some poems about winter and discussed some of the words. Then we went to see what we could see-we saw lots of naked trees! We also saw some branches which we think might have come off the trees during the storms. We saw mole holes and stopped for a few minutes just to listen. We heard a woodpecker.
We went into our top field and had a look at the pond.
We saw a heron, it was really still and then it took flight -it's wings were so wide!
At the end of the session we showed each other our treasures and then returned them to nature.
Golden Assembly
Star of the Week – Luca
Super Learner – Louie
Superstar Writer – Elsi
Bookworm – Hugh
Mathematician – Henry B
Special Mention – Jake and Finlay
Year 5 blog Friday 9th January 2026
Date: 9th Jan 2026 @ 3:50pm
Welcome to your Friday Blog
Home Practice
Reading
Please read out loud every day for 20 minutes. Use a dictionary to find the meaning of any words you don’t know or ask an adult.
Spelling
Here are your spellings this week. They relate to the list of statutory words that Year 5 and 6 have to learn.
conscience conscious controversy convenience correspond criticise curiosity definite desperate determined develop dictionary disastrous embarrass environment equipped especially exaggerate
Counting
Count out loud in:
5’s up to 180 and back again 0, 5,10 …
10’s from 16980 to 18010 and back again 16980, 16990, 17000…
50’s from 0 to 1250 and back again 0, 50, 100, 150…
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 returned to school with a really positive learning attitude– a super effort all round Year 5!
In English the class have started a new novel called, ‘Street child’, by Bertie Doherty. They have started to discuss how people without money lived in Victorian times in London, where the book is set. They have been practising building up their sentences into complex ones, with lots of detail included.
In Maths Year 5 have been focussing on multiplication methods of large numbers, as well as practising calculating the area of various shapes..
In RE this week, Year 5 have been learning about the Beatitudes; Jesus’ guide for us on how to be happy in life. The class have also been comparing them to the ten commandments and looking for links between the two sets of guidelines for life.
In computing, the class spent some time discussing how to keep safe online, as well as working in groups to create ideas for new community based apps, where children with like minded interests could share ideas and socialise remotely.
Finally, in RSE, the class have been discussing and exploring how every person is created in the image of God and recognising that, as children, they are developing from baby through to adolescent, and recognising how changes happen at each stage of childhood. The focus was on the social and emotional changes children go through as they transition to becoming teenagers.
Well done Year 5 on another great week of learning!
Golden stars this week
Star of the Week – Evelyn
Super Learners – Edward
Superstar Writer – Jack
Bookworm - Evangeline
Marvellous Mathematician - Willow
Special Mention - Josh W
Year 3 Friday 9th January 2026
Date: 9th Jan 2026 @ 2:21pm
Welcome to your first Friday blog of the Spring term
Home Practice
Keep changing your books regularly and read for at least 15-20 minutes every night!
Well done to everyone who continued with their Sumdog practise over the holidays! Three new challenges have been added today. Remember, little and often every night will benefit your children with their learning in school. We have set a times table and number challenge this week.
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. We have been breaking our words into syllables to help us spell more accurately and using what we already know to spell new words. Your spellings this week are...
yellow, green, blue, red, white, orange, purple, eighty, turquoise, two, three, four, eight, twelve, eleven, thirteen, thirty, nineteen
This week in Year 3
In RE, we started our new branch, Galilee to Jerusalem. We explored Matthew’s Gospel and learned about how and why it was written. The children listened carefully and shared some thoughtful ideas during our discussions.
In English, we have been reading Orion and the Dark by Emma Yarlett. Over the next few weeks, we will be exploring lots of stories and poetry linked to the theme of the dark, making connections with our science learning. This week, the children wrote some super character descriptions, using conjunctions to expand and develop their ideas.
In Maths, we have had a very busy week. The children have been learning how to bridge 100 in addition and subtraction, revisiting rounding to the nearest 100, and we also introduced the 8 times table. Everyone worked really hard and showed great focus when tackling these new challenges.
In Science, we completed our rocks topic by learning all about how fossils are formed. The children were fascinated by this and showed a really good understanding of the process, asking some excellent questions along the way. A fantastic end to a great topic. Next week we will begin our light learning.
Next Monday, we will be starting Forest School with Mrs Corbett. Please make sure children come to school with appropriate footwear, as we will be outdoors whatever the weather.
Assembly
Star of the week - Amelia C
Super Learner - Florence
Writer of the week - Grace
Marvellous Mathematician - Jonah
Bookworm - Felicity
Special Mentions - George, for his great playtimes with his friends
Have a lovely weekend,
The Year 3 Team
Reception Blog - Friday 9th January 2026
Date: 9th Jan 2026 @ 12:54pm
Welcome to Reception's Friday Blog!
Happy New Year to you all. It has been lovely to have the children back in school,
telling us all about their Christmas break!
Maths
This week we have been exploring the number 10.
RE
The week we have been listening to scripture about the 3 kings visiting Jesus and celebrating Jesus’ birth.
We talked about how we show love to one another, just like Jesus.
We also looked at our topic for Journey in Love.
This half term it is all about ourselves.
We did a circle time and talked about how we are special and who makes us happy.
Expressive Art and Design
This week we have been doing lots of crafts.
We have made new year wishing wands and arctic penguins.
My Happy Mind
This week we have started our new topic of Appreciate.
We have been talking about the meaning of the word Gratitude.
We have discussed ways to show thankfulness, including; saying thank you, smiling, a hug and a high five.
Understanding the World
We have been on a winter walk looking for signs of winter.
We collected a huge piece of ice and brought it into class. We watched it for 2 days as it melted and talked about what changes we saw.
We have also started our new topic of People who help us. We have been discussing lots of different roles.
Golden Assembly
Star of the Week – George
Super Learner – Cameron
Superstar Writer – Hugh
Bookworm – Chester
Mathematician – Maeve
Special Mention – Louie and Elsi
Year 4 Blog Friday 9th January 2026
Date: 9th Jan 2026 @ 10:25am
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 find out the meaning of any new words in a dictionary?
Spellings
These are your spellings which will be tested next week – please practise them
famous various jealous serious obvious
poisonous dangerous enormous glamorous vigorous
outrageous curious hideous humorous mountainous
courageous spontaneous tremendous
Counting
This week, please practise counting in 11’s
For example, start at 11 and count to 132 and back again
0 11 22 etc 132 121 etc
Then have a go at counting up in 11’s from a different number, for example 54 or 79
54 65 76 etc
79 90 101 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 doubling, halving and related facts (times tables)
Our learning this week
In English, we wrote about our first day back at school after Christmas and how everything had changed – what wonderful imaginations we have!
We also started our new novel – The Amazing Story of Adolphus Tips.
We began by thinking of the similarities between this novel and Kensuke’s Kingdom, also written by Michael Morpurgo.
We were also introduced to the main character (Lily) and we thought of lots of words to describe her personality.
In Maths, we consolidated our learning about chunking. Many of us found this tricky as we are not confident with our tables or number facts.
Knowing these off by heart would be beneficial in lots of maths areas.
We also learnt how to divide by 10, and described the effect of dividing a 2digit number by 10.
In RSHE, learnt that God loves us in our differences. We considered how we are all different and that these differences should be celebrated.
We then created a poster in our books to describe how we should all be accepted and respected, along with how we should relate to each other to make the word a better a place.
Have a look at the pictures in our gallery.
In Music, we composed patterns on the boomwhackers using pentatonic scales.
In Geography, we discussed the causes of flooding, the impact and how it can be prevented.
In addition we talked about river pollution and the impact on this on communities.
We carried out some research and presented our findings ina poster.
In Art, we produced an independent piece of work based on previous work we had completed when exploring pattern.
You can see some examples in our gallery.
Golden Assembly
Star of the Week: Isla
Super Learner: Eddie
Superstar Writer: George
Bookworm: Heidi
Marvellous Mathematician: Jessica
Special Mentions: Daisy for always using beautiful manners
Lottie and Georgie for beautiful RE work
The Year 4 team
Year 1 Blog - Friday 9th January 2026
Date: 9th Jan 2026 @ 8:11am
Welcome to your first Friday blog of 2026!
Home Practice - Sumdog
Maths challenge - Number bonds to ten
Phonics challenge - Dependent on phonics groups
Counting – Can you practise counting in tens quickly, from different starting points?
Reading - Please try and read at least three times a week.
Please remember to bring book bags each day.
English
We started to read our new book - Dragon Post. We created our own dragons and labelled them. We also drew pictures of the story and wrote sentences about them.
Phonics
Some of us learnt igh and ee.
Some of us finished learning the split digraphs.
Some of us recapped the split digraphs, then learnt the alternative sounds for g (j sound) and u (you sound).
Maths
We focused on the number bonds to ten and then practised using part-whole models for addition.
R.E.
We read The Presentation of Jesus where Simeon and Anna came to visit baby Jesus at the Temple. We labelled the people and talked about why Simeon and Anna were excited to meet Jesus.
We also started our RSHE topic about God's love. We discussed how we can show love to others and wrote thank you messages to the people we love.
P.E.
We finished our dances from last half term.
P.E. will now be on a Thursday instead of a Friday.
P.S.H.E.
We learnt about the word 'appreciate' and how we can show appreciation to others, ourselves and for different experiences.
Art
We sketched different sculptures in our sketchbook.
Computing
We used the iPads and laptops to practise typing our name. We then tried to type our friends' names.
Golden Assembly
Star of the Week: Ada G
Super Learner: Indie
Superstar Writer: Roman
Bookworm: Oscar
Marvellous Mathematician: Amelie
Special Mentions: Evie E and Connall for being a good friend.
Year 2 Blog Friday 9th January 2026
Date: 8th Jan 2026 @ 2:12pm
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 (16.01.26):
going looking hopping talking walking seeing playing running pushing pulling
Sumdog: Complete the money and spelling challenges.
Counting: Have a go at the doubling and halving puzzle below.
https://nrich.maths.org/problems/double-or-halve
You could also work on your 2, 5, 10 or 3 times tables.
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
English
We started learning through our new story. Barnaby lives in a lab but he dreams of escaping. We wrote predictions about what might happen in the story. We described one of the Perfect Pets. We invented our own pet and wrote a fact file about it.
Maths
We have been learning all about money this week.
We have learned about the value of coins and notes...1p, 2p, 5p, 10p, 20p, 50p, £1, £2 and £5, £10, £20, £50.
The children were very good at adding two amounts of money together. For example, 25p + 34p = 59p or £12 + £24 = £36.
Show your child any coins or notes you have at home and help them to become more familiar with their value.
Science
We finished off our last topic with an investigation. We wanted to find out the answer to the question, " Do the children who are tallest have the biggest hands?".
We found out that in our class the answer is "NO".
R.E
We celebrated Epiphany on Tuesday 6th January.
The children heard the Epiphany story and rewrote it beautifully in their own words with a lovely illustration.
RSHE
We learnt about the joy and friendship you can receive when you belong to a diverse community.
The children listed and illustrated the good behaviours that have a positive impact on God's community.
History
This term, we will be learning about Changes in Technology.
The children looked at various pictures of old technology and wrote what they thougt it might be used for and how it helped society.
Golden Assembly
Star of the Week - Lilly-Mae
Super Learner - Harry
Superstar Writer - Honey
Bookworm - Huxley
Mathematician - Luca
Special Mentions - Rudy for thoughtful responses in RE and
Faisal for all the extra learning he does at home.
Year 6 Blog - Friday 9th January 2026
Date: 8th Jan 2026 @ 7:53am
Welcome to the Year 6 weekly blog and Happy New Year!
It has been lovely to have all of the children back in school this week after the Christmas break. Year 6 have settled back in well and worked hard this week!
This week in Year 6
English
In English we started reading 'Macbeth' by William Shakespeare. We explored the key characters in the play and thought about whether we think Macbeth will be a good or an evil character. We worked hard to retell the scene where Macbeth meets the witches for the first time from the perspectives of different characters.
Maths
This week we have been working hard on our Place Value topic. We have revised how to round whole and decimal numbers and we have also learned how to compare and order negative numbers.
RE
In RE, we started our new topic 'From Galilee to Jerusalem'. We learnt about the seven sacraments of the Catholic Church.
Topic
In Music, we looked at changing the rhythm pattern to suit the style of music. We demonstrated this using the Boom Whackers to follow the rhythm pattern that we created. See the pictures of this in our gallery.
In Science, we started our new topic all about our bodies. We learnt about the circulatory system and created some fantastic comics to explain how this system works in our bodies.
In French, we started our new topic about our physical description. We learned how to describe our gender, height, eye colour and hair colour. We also translated some character descriptions.
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.
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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accommodate |
amateur |
accident |
arrive |
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accompany |
ancient |
actual |
believe |
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according |
appreciate |
answer |
bicycle |
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achieve |
attached |
appear |
breath |
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aggressive |
available |
address |
breathe |
SATS Revision:
Y6 now have daily overnight homework, to help with their revision for SATs. Please ensure that your child has their pink SATs revision book in school each day.
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 5: Order of operations and number systems.
English - Topic 11: Types of sentences
Golden Assembly
Well done to all our award winners in Golden Assembly this week!
Star of the Week - Xabier
Super Learner - Bella
Superstar Writer - Imogen
Bookworm - Edison
Marvellous Mathematician - Theo
Special Mentions - Alfie G: for working hard to edit and improve his English work
Libby - for fantastic work on the seven sacraments in RE
Have a great weekend Year 6!
Year 1 Blog - Friday 19th December 2025
Date: 19th Dec 2025 @ 2:18pm
Welcome to your final blog of 2025!
Home Practice - Sumdog
Maths challenge - counting in tens
Phonics challenge - Dependent on phonics groups
Counting – Can you count how many people you celebrate Christmas with?
Reading - Please continue to read as much as possible over the holidays.
What we have been up to this week:
D.T.
We made the mechanism for our Christmas card.
P.E.
We did a Christmas orienteering session outside.
Art
We made our Christmas trees and calendars.
History
We explored some toys from the past.
Celebrating Mrs Dixon
We had a party to say goodbye to Mrs Dixon. There were some super dancers!
Our 5 Golden Stars of the term:
Noah B for working extremely hard all term to focus on his learning. And for always teaching the teachers new facts!
Noah J for being polite, sensible and a perfect year one role model.
Ada G for her amazing reading, writing and maths. She is always such a hard worker.
Elsie for being a kind friend to all and for making the year one classroom a lovely place to be.
Lucas for being golden, for super listening and for always doing the right thing (even when he thinks no-one is watching!)
Year 3 Blog - Friday 19th December 2025
Date: 19th Dec 2025 @ 2:02pm
Welcome to the final blog of this term
We've had a lovely last week of term in Year 3!
On Thursday, we attended the Christingle service beautifully led by Year 6. You can see this on our YouTube channel, StOswaldsTV
On Friday, we had our final Golden Assembly of the term. Our Five stars of the term were, Zach W, Florence, Wilbur, Devyn and Harrison.
We also spent the last week creating some super Christmas cards and 2026 calendars, using some of our new art skills. We hope you like them.
We would like to wish you all a happy and peaceful Christmas.
Over the holidays, remember to keep reading.
Thank you so much for all your kind gifts and messages.
We'll see you all again on Monday 6th January
The Year 3 Team!
Year 5 Blog - Friday 19th December 2025
Date: 19th Dec 2025 @ 12:35pm
Welcome to your Friday Blog
Wishing you and your families a lovely Christmas and a peaceful time. There is no homework set other than please keep reading over the holidays.
Golden stars of the term
Trudy Franco Alfie Louie Maisie
Year 5 have been outstanding this term - thank you to all of you! We will see you back in school on Tuesday 6th January 2026
Reception Blog - Friday 19th December 2025
Date: 19th Dec 2025 @ 11:49am
Welcome to our last blog of 2025!
We have had a brilliant week in school. Here is some of the things we have got up to.
Learning all about the number 9
Enjoy reading a few books over the holidays, then you can tell us all about it when you are back.
We wish Mrs Dixon the best of luck at her next school and thank her for everything she has done over the past year!
Finally, please stay safe over the holidays and have the most enjoyable time with your families.
From The Reception Team
Year 4 Blog Friday 19th December 2025
Date: 19th Dec 2025 @ 9:17am
Welcome to your last blog of 2025
What a fantastic last week of term we’ve had! It’s been busy and lots of fun!
On Monday, we recapped conductors and insulators and discussed how switches work in a simple circuit.
We then created our own using tin foil or a paper clip.
On Tuesday, in DT, we created our ‘iron models’.
We were all very impressed with our products – each one included an electrical circuit with a light bulb which lit something up!
On Wednesday, we looked fabulous in our Christmas jumpers, swapped Christmas Cards and enjoyed a Christmas Dinner.
We also made Christmas Cards and calendars.
On Thursday, we researched the Jesse Tree and make links with Jesus' ancestry.
In addition, we attended the Christingle service in church led by Year 6.
On Friday, we had our final Golden Assembly and celebrated the stars of the term. The Year 4 Stars were Lottie, Violet Co, Heidi, Rory and Oscar.
Although there is no 'home practice' set over the Christmas Holidays, please keep reading.
Thank you so much for all your cards, presents and Christmas wishes.
We would like to take this opportunity to wish you all a very happy, peaceful and relaxing Christmas and New Year.
Thank you for your support during the term – it is very much appreciated.
We look forward to seeing everyone again on Tuesday 6th January 2026.
The Year 4 team
Year 6 Blog - Friday 19th December 2025
Date: 18th Dec 2025 @ 9:37pm
Welcome to the last Year 6 blog of 2025!
This Week in Year 6
We have had a really exciting and busy week in school before the Christmas break!
On Monday we wrote in role as a Christmas ornament, completed our topic on statistics and worked hard in our RE to think about why Mary was special to us.
On Tuesday we worked hard to practise our Christingles service, learned about the Battle of Britain in History and made periscopes in Science.
On Wednesday we also enjoyed Christmas jumper day and our Christmas dinner in school. We learned about our character strenths in PSHE and debated about the role of women in the church during RE. We also made our Christmas cards and Christingles.
On Thursday we all worked so hard to rehearse and lead our Christingle service in Church. Well done to all of Y6 children - you were wonderful! There is a video of our service on St Oswald's TV.
On Friday, we had our final Golden Assembly of the term and enjoyed watching Holes as a Christmas treat!
Home Practice
There is no Sumdog being set for the Christmas break, so you can have a rest and come back fresh and ready for the exciting learning in January!
BUT please keep reading as much as possible!
Golden Assembly
Well done to all our stars of the term!
Bella, Xabier, Libby, Leo H and Holly W.
The Year 6 team would like to wish you all a very happy Christmas and New Year. Thank you for your support during the term, it is appreciated! Thank you for all your gifts and cards.
We look forward to seeing everyone again in the New Year!
Happy Christmas Year 6!
Year 2 Blog Friday 19th December 2025
Date: 18th Dec 2025 @ 6:13pm
Welcome to your last blog of 2025!
We have had a brilliant week in school.
Home Practice
Reading: Enjoy reading a few books over the holiday.
Sumdog: If you would like to, you could work on some of the games but there will be no challenges over the holiday.
You could also work on your 2, 5, 10 and 3 times tables/doubling and halving.
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
English
We finished writing our own Christmas storybooks. We took great care with our handwriting, spelling and punctation.
We read them to Reception and they thoroughly enjoyed the stories.
Maths
We learnt about capacity and which containers held more or less liquid than others.
On Wednesday, we all looked fabulous in our Christmas jumpers, delivered our Christmas cards and enjoyed our Christmas lunch.
On Thursday, we were in Church for the Christingle service, which was beautifully led by the Year 6 children.
On Friday, we had our final Golden Assembly of the term where we celebrated all our stars of the Autumn Term.
Our stars of the term are,
Emma-always doing her best with her learning.
Freya- a super example to all.
Reuben-a superb listener.
Jesse F.-a fabulous learner.
Geneiveve-A kind, thoughtful friend.
We wish you all a happy and Holy Christmas.
Thank you for all your gifts and cards.
Thank you for all your great support.
The Year 2 Team.
Year 5 Blog Friday 12th December 2025
Date: 12th Dec 2025 @ 4:11pm
Welcome to your Friday Blog
Home Practice
Reading
Please read out loud every day for 20 minutes. Use a dictionary to find the meaning of any words you don’t know or ask an adult.
Spelling
Here are your spellings this week. They relate to the use of -tial and -cial suffixes.
special official artificial partial confidential essential martial crucial torrential racial prudential beneficial presidential social glacial commercial initial twelfth
Counting
Count out loud in:
7’s up to 147 and back again 0, 7,14 …
10’s from 16980 to 18010 and back again 16980, 16990, 17000…
1000’s from 0 to 25,000 and back again 0, 1000, 2000, 3000…
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 shown superb listening skills this week and kept going with a great work ethic, despite all the excitement and anticipation of Christmas – well done!
In English the class have been writing their non-chronological reports, using some really challenging vocabulary. They have also impressed Gareth this week with their sport blogging skills. A super effort Year 5!
In Maths Year 5 have continued to develop their multiplication and division skills, using various methods, including the compensation method and partitioning.
In RE this week, Year 5 have been critically evaluating ‘O Antiphon’ art and creating their own. They have also reflected on week 2 of Advent, with its message of peace and made great contributions in the Celebration of The Word assembly about how to practically be peacemakers and hope givers in the run up to Christmas..
In Art, the children have been painting pictures, based on a poem, ‘the Ghost in the Garden.’
Finally, in computing, Year 5 have continued their topic on video production and editing. They have been creating storyboards ready to create the videos in groups next week.
Well done Year 5 on another great week of learning!
Golden stars this week
Star of the Week – Sienna
Super Learners – Evangeline
Superstar Writer – Archie S
Bookworm - Alana
Marvellous Mathematician - Josh W
Special Mention - Tiffany
Year 2 Blog Friday 12th December 2025
Date: 12th Dec 2025 @ 2:34pm
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: No spellings this week.
Sumdog: No challenge this week but you could work on the normal Sumdog games.
Counting: Count in halves like we did in class.
For example, zero, a half, one, one and a half, two, two and a half, three, three and a half etc.
You could also work on your 2, 5, 10 and 3 times tables/doubling and halving.
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
English
The children planned and wrote some excellent Christmas stories.
Maths
We continued to work on fractions this week.
RE
We spent time reflecting on our learning this half term.
The children answered questions and shared their new knowledge.
PE
We put together our final 'Fire Fire' dance which retold the events of The Great Fire of London through movement and dance.
The children had a lot of fun and performed really well.
Art
We used carrots to print a repeating pattern. We then used this print to make our Christmas cards.
D.T
D.T Day was a great success. The children worked so well to make their Tudor Houses.
Great attention to detail was shown and a lot of D.T skills were used, like cutting, glueing, folding and measuring.
Golden Assembly
Star of the Week - Cerys
Super Learner - Hannah
Superstar Writer - Joshua W.
Bookworm - Rhodes
Mathematician - Zac
Special Mentions - Huxley and Buzz for helping each other with their Tudor houses.
and Nelly for her beautiful manners.
Also we received a very kind email from a parent in Reception to say that Hannah had helped her child when she had fallen at playtime.
Thank you for coming to see our Nativity.
All the children performed brilliantly.
Have a lovely weekend,
Year 2 Team.
Year 4 Blog Friday 12th December 2025
Date: 12th Dec 2025 @ 8:41am
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.
Try and add expression to your reading and think about how the characters might be speaking to each other.
Spellings
There will be no spelling test next week, however, we have included a Sumdog Challenge based on some of the Year 3 / 4 Statutory Words.
Counting
This week, please practise counting in 3’s, 6’s and 9’s and back again using your times tables
For example, start at 0 and count to 36 and back again
0 3 6 etc 36 33 30 etc
Then have a go at counting in 0.3’s, 0.6’s and 0.9’s and back again using your times tables as a guide
0 0.3 0.6 etc 3.6 3.3 3.0 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
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 some of the Year 3 / 4 Statutory Words
A maths challenge based on using known and related facts to multiply and divide mentally
Our learning this week
In English, we wrote a menu for a special guest – the Iron Man.
We included alliteration in the titles of our dishes and a mouth-watering description of the food.
We then published our menus.
They have all been included in a book of menus which is on the Year 4 bookshelf.
We are all very proud of our writing this week! Brilliant work Year 4.
In Maths, we learnt how to divide using related facts.
In addition, we learnt how to divide two-digit numbers by a single digit using the chunking method.
Many of us found this tricky as we are not yet fluent with our tables.
Knowing our tables off by heart will help us to succeed when we meet trickier learning and boost our confidence.
In RE, we made links between the ancestry of Jesus and the Jesse Tree.
In Science, we explored electrical conductors and insulators by testing different materials in a simple circuit.
In French, we continued learning the names of the different rooms of a house and described the locations of family members eg Dad is in the living room = Papa est dans la salon.
In History, we discussed reasons why the Roman Army was so powerful. We concluded that:
Only the strongest men were accepted in the army
They received top training
Their equipment was the best
They used strategic formations
They never accepted defeat
We then created a recruitment poster on Seesaw to entice Roman citizens to join the army.
In Art, created our own patterns taking inspiration from our previous work over the past few weeks.
We will be producing a final piece of work next week.
This week, we also enjoyed our trip to Lancaster City Museum when we met Marcus a Roman legionary.
We learnt a lot the Roman army as well as what life was like during Roman times.
Please remember to bring in a cardboard box and any decorations needed for your DT on Tuesday.
Golden Assembly
Star of the week: Eliza
Super Learner: Heidi
Superstar Writers: Hunter and Rowan
Bookworm: Emilia
Marvellous Mathematician: Bella
Special Mentions: All of Year 4 for fantastic listening during the trip to Lancaster City Museum
The Year 4 team