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Year 3 Friday 3rd October 2025
Date: 3rd Oct 2025 @ 4:58pm
Year 3 Friday 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 fluency and statistics.
Spellings – This week’s spellings are revisiting our suffix rules. Practise reading and spelling them at home. We have set a Sumdog challenge for these too!
This week in Year 3
This week in English we have been learning how to write clear instructions, using How to Wash a Woolly Mammoth as our inspiration. We worked hard on our final pieces and even shared them with Year 2 – they were very impressed! Check out our gallery to see our work.
In Maths we have been learning all about statistics. We explored pictograms, block graphs and bar charts, and we’ve even set a Sumdog challenge so we can keep practising at home.
In Science we explored our muscles and their functions. Did you know we have over 600 muscles in our body? We also learned about involuntary muscles, like our heartbeat, that work without us even thinking about them.
In RE we researched the saints of creation and learned how their lives were dedicated to serving God and caring for creation. We studied St Martin, St Thérèse and St Francis of Assisi. Next week we’ll be celebrating St Francis and looking at his Canticle of the Creatures.
In PE we’ve been learning to use our fundamental skills in netball, working on movement, space and teamwork. Super effort, Year 3!
In Computing we explored different devices and how they are useful in our everyday lives. We created posters on Seesaw and had a brilliant discussion about what devices we use at home.
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Golden Assembly
Star of the Week – James
Super Learner – Harrison
Superstar Writer – Sam
Bookworm – Wilbur
Marvellous Mathematician – Adam
Special Mentions – George for being a good friend on the playground.
Well done on another fantastic week of learning, Year 3. Have a lovely weekend!
— The Year 3 Team
Year 5 Blog - Friday 3rd October 2025
Date: 3rd Oct 2025 @ 3:52pm
Welcome to your Friday Blog
Home Practice
Reading
Please read out loud every day for 20 minutes. Use a dictionary to find the meaning of any words you don’t know or ask an adult.
Spelling
Here are your spellings this week.
information, adoration, sensation, preparation, admiration, poisonous, dangerous, mountainous, famous, various, tremendous, enormous, jealous, humorous, glamorous, vigorous, courageous, serious
Counting
Count out loud in:
12’s up to 168 and back again 0,12,24…
70’s from 210 to 840 and back again 210, 280, 350…
200’s from 4200 backwards to 2800 4200, 4000, 3800…
Times Tables
Please keep practising your times tables. Everyone has their own targets.
Sumdog
Maths practise – individual challenge.
Spelling Challenge – practise sheets have been sent home and there is a practise test on Sumdog.
Please also continue to use the fluency booster on Sumdog.
Year 5 have had a fantastic week of learning and have put in 100% effort – well done!
In English the class have been practising blending action, dialogue and speech, writing as both Lucy and as a spy for the Queen of Narnia.
In Maths Year 5 have started their new topic, practising adding and subtracting on a number line and using partitioning. Well done Year 5!
Year 5 have continued to explore the theological and cardinal virtues in RE this week and have been discussing how to apply them in practical habits every day. They all enjoyed creating role play scenarios about this and acting them out.
In computing, the class have been practising searching, using a wide variety of search engines. They have been researching what type of results show in each and discussed how to look out for trusted information online.
Finally, in History this week, Year 5 explored what an Anglo Saxon settlement would look like and designed their own.
Golden stars this week
Star of the Week – Archie P
Super Learner – Sam
Superstar Writer – Elena
Bookworm - Jenson
Marvellous Mathematician - Alana
Special Mention - Ada-May
Reception Blog - Friday 3rd October 2025
Date: 3rd Oct 2025 @ 3:29pm
Welcome to Reception's Friday Blog!
Phonics
This week we have been learning the p, i and n sounds. We have been talking about words that begin with those sounds.
Drawing Club
In Drawing Club, we listened to different versions of the Three Pigs.
We then drew our own bridges and thought of a different animals for the troll to eat.
Maths
This week we started to build number land.
We have been exploring and discussing the number 1.
RE
We recapped the Creation Story and talked about our favourite things that God has created.
Then we discussed how we could look after our world.
Understanding the World
This week we have been learning about our senses. We started with hearing and sight.
Expressive Art and Design
We decorated our own world pictures.
Forest School
We started our session with a game of 'Crocodile,crocodile,may we cross your magic river?'. We had to listen carefully so we knew when it was our turn to cross and we tried to not get caught by the crocodile.
In our nature area we made homes for woodland creatures. We made tripod structures with sticks and covered them with leaves. We had a lovely review at the end of the session.
Golden Assembly
Star of the Week – Henry W
Super Learner – Ivy
Superstar Writer – Jake
Bookworm – Alice
Mathematician – Caleb for being a superstar all week and Louie for being a great friend.
Year 2 Blog Friday 3rd October 2025
Date: 3rd Oct 2025 @ 1:50pm
Home Practice
Reading: In Year 2, children should read for at least 15/20 minutes every night and talk about the book. This will help with understanding the text and learning new words.
WE HAVE NOTICED THAT SOME CHILDREN HAVE NOT CHANGED THEIR BOOKS RECENTLY.
A FEW MINUTES OF READING EVERY NIGHT REALLY MAKES A DIFFERENCE. THANKS.
Remember you will get a sticker on your book mark for every book you read!
Spelling: Please practise these spellings for your quiz on Friday (10.10.25):
door floor poor because find kind mind behind child children
Sumdog: Complete the 'Addition and Subtraction Facts' challenge.
Counting: At home, count in 2's, 5's and 10's forwards and backwards.
You may also like to practise the 10x, 5x and 2x table on Hit The Button. Follow the link below:
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
English
We listened to some more chapters from the book. We collected discussed why dark can be exciting.
We wrote a letter to Plop telling him not to be afraid of the dark and about all the exciting things he could do in the dark.
Phonics
We have been revising the long o sound, ui as in juice, ue as in glue, u-e as in cube, u-e as in rule, ew as in flew.
SPaG
We have been learning about conjunctions (joining words) and writing sentences including... and, but, because, so. The children are trying to use them as often as possible in their own writing.
Maths
The children have been adding/subtracting a multiple of 10 to/from a 2 digit number, 26+20 or 41-30. We have also worked on number bonds to 10 and 100.
RE
This week, we have read Psalm 139 together. The children learnt that a Psalm is a bit like a song or a prayer. They responded to the Psalm with their own art work in the style of Eva Crawford.
Geography
The children know the seven continents and five oceans so well now. During our lesson, we looked at the continent of Europe in more detail.
Forest School
We made shelters using logs, tarps and ropes. There was some tricky knot tying too.Great teamwork and resilience was shown.
Golden Assembly
Star of the Week - Huxley
Super Learner - Buzz
Superstar Writer - Lara
Bookworm - Genevieve
Mathematician - Kamali
Special Mentions - Lilly-Mae was given a special mention from Mrs Cliffe for the way she sorted her wellies out in Forest School.
Jesse F. got a special mention for his super den building in Forest School, he showed resilience and problem solving skills.
Thank you for all your generous Harvest gifts.
Year 4 Blog Friday 3rd October 2025
Date: 3rd Oct 2025 @ 8:53am
Welcome to your Friday blog
Home practice
Reading
Please read for 20 minutes each evening to an adult at home.
Discuss what you have read with an adult.
Can you spot any coordinating conjunctions (for and nor but or yet so).
Spellings
These are your spellings which will be tested next week – please practise them
crystal gym hymn mystery myth
pyramid symbol syrup typical Egypt
bicycle cymbals cylinder gymnast gymnastics
oxygen crypt lyrics
Counting
This week, please practise counting in 3’s
For example, start at 0 and count to 36 and back again
0 3 6 etc 36 33 30 etc
Now try counting in 10’s from 268 to 428 and back again
268 278 288 etc 428 418 408 etc
Times tables and Number facts
Please practise your individual tables target for your test next week.
You can practise your tables on TTRockstars, Hit the Button and timestables.co.uk
Please also practise your number facts.
You can practise your number facts on Hit the Button
It is crucial that you learn all of your table facts and your number facts as this will help you with many aspects of maths.
TTRockstars challenge
A ‘Battle of the Bands’ competition against Year 5 – please log on and have a go!
Sumdog challenges
A spelling challenge based on the words above
A maths challenge based on the 3, 4 and 8 times tables
Our learning this week
In English, we wrote an informal letter as if we were Michael from the novel writing a letter to his best friend Eddie.
In addition, we learnt the acronym FANBOYS to help us remember the 7 co-ordinating conjunctions.
The conjunctions are for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so. We then practised using them in sentences.
We hope to try and use more compound sentences in our writing.
In Maths, we used partitioning and number lines to help us add and subtract numbers when we needed to bridge 10 and 100.
This was quite tricky, but with a bit more practise we hope it will become a little easier.
In addition, we learnt how to measure and draw lengths as properties of 2D shapes, as well as how to measure in centimetres and millimetres.
In RE, we again consolidated our learning of the words - virtue, faith, hope and love.
We then read St John Henry Newman’s ‘Mission of my Life’, underlined our favourite line and explained why we liked it and how we could relate it to our everyday lives.
In P.S.H.E, we learnt what neurons and neural pathways are,
We also learnt how to form good habits and that the more we practise these habits, the easier they become.
In Science, we grouped living things based on their features using classification keys.
In French, we learnt how to name some pet animals eg un chien = a dog and un chat = a cat.
In Art, we began to retell the story of ‘The Hungry Caterpillar’ through sketching.
This week, we also attended the Harvest Mass in church on Friday afternoon.
Thank you for your harvest gifts – these will be donated to a local food bank.
Golden Assembly
Star of the week: Drew
Super Learner: Violet Ca
Superstar writer: Rudy
Bookworm: Rowan
Marvellous Mathematician: Heidi
Special Mentions: Lewis and Artie for thoughtful RE work
Alice, Violet Ca, William and Mia for keeping the classroom lovely and tidy
The Year 4 team
Year 6 Blog - Friday 3rd October 2025
Date: 3rd Oct 2025 @ 7:51am
Welcome to the Year 6 weekly blog!
Thank you for all the Harvest donations! Year 6 have worked hard to be a part of the Harvest service at church today. All of the children sang and read beautifully – well done Year 6 - you were all amazing!
This week in Year 6
English
In English, we have started our new topic all about the novel ‘Wonder’ by R J Palacio. We have worked hard to use our inference and retrieval skills while reading the story together. In class, we have also explored formal and informal letters by writing in role. We researched what Treacher Collins syndrome is, a condition that the main character, August, was born with in the story.
Maths
This week, we have learned lots of strategies for multiplication. We have learned how to partition to multiply whole numbers and decimals and we have also used the grid method to multiply whole numbers and decimals.
RE
In RE, we have explored the signs and symbols linked to Baptism. We have also shared John1:1-5 16-18 and thought about what the words from the scripture meant. We were inspired by the scripture to reflect on the question: "How can I live as a light for others, sharing the grace of God that I received in Baptism?"
Topic
In Science, we completed an investigation to determine if micro-organisms are alive. We were able to determine that yeast, and micro-organisms, are alive because we could observe them respiring. You can see our investigation on the class galleries!
In Computing, we learned all about IP addresses and how computers communicate with each other.
Home practice
Please complete the following tasks by next Thursday:
Reading - Use your home reading to read every night for 30 minutes. You also have a reading diary that must be used for the title of the book and any challenges chosen.
Books may be changed on Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday.
Spelling -
|
competition |
conscience |
conscious |
convenience |
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correspond |
criticise |
curiosity |
definite |
|
desperate |
determined |
develop |
dictionary |
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disastrous |
embarrass |
environment |
equip |
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especially |
exaggerate |
excellent |
equipped |
Please practise the following spellings this week, which are from the Y5 and Y6 spelling list.
All spellings are on Sumdog to practise for our test next Friday.
Maths Challenges:
Sumdog
Counting: Practise counting in your multiples!
Choose a times table. How far can you count in multiples of that number? Can you count backwards as well as forwards?
Times Tables: This week there are 100 times table questions to practise on Sumdog!
Multiples: This week's learning is to practise questions multiples and factors, which will help Year 6 with their multiplication work in class. For further Maths work, please visit the 'Maths Training' section, where your child will be able to push their learning further with the skills that Sumdog has given them.
Golden Assembly
Well done to all our award winners in Golden Assembly this week!
Star of the Week - Willow
Super Learner - Ronnie
Superstar Writer - Xabier
Bookworm - Agatha
Marvellous Mathematician - William
Special Mentions - Bella, Eliza M, Ebba and Willow - for knowing all the actions to the harvest songs!
Have an amazing weekend Year 6!
Year 1 Blog - Friday 3rd October 2025
Date: 2nd Oct 2025 @ 3:55pm
Home Practice - Sumdog
Maths challange - Represent objects
Phonics challenge - Reception revision 3
Counting - Use your fingers to practice your number bonds to ten. Count your fingers to work out the answer each time! Test yourself with a partner.
Reading - Please try and read at least three times a week.
Please remember to bring book bags each day.
English
We read a beautiful story called 'Chasing Rainbows' which is about finding the good in different situations. We had a colour hunt in the classroom and wrote sentences about which colours we could see, we wrote about what we do in the rain and in Autumn, then we made kindness rainbows which were decorated with kind words.
See our kindness rainbows here.
Phonics
Some of us have learnt phase 5 ir in girl and ue in blue.
Some of us have been comparing phase 3 and phase 5 sounds: ai and ay, then ee and ea.
Some of us have been recapping phase 2 sounds.
Maths
We have been identifying teen numbers and saying how many tens and ones are in each one.
R.E.
We wrote a Creation poem about God's wonderful world.
In Prayer and Liturgy we focused on Autumn and our Harvest celebration.
P.S.H.E.
We talked about how happy breathing helps when we are struggling.
Computing
We learnt how to type on a keyboard!
Art
We used different medium to showcase our amazing spirals.
Science
We identified our different body parts.
P.E.
We practised kicking a ball.
Forest School
We started our session with a game of 'Duck,duck,goose'.
We then went into our nature area and had a go at making shelters. We had a go at two ways, leaning branches against trees or tying a rope between trees. There was a lot of determination, problem-solving and imagination on display. The shelters were ready just before Storm Amy hit!
Golden Assembly
Star of the Week: Indie
Super Learner: Noah H
Superstar Writer: Reo and George
Bookworm: Stan
Marvellous Mathematician: Connall
Special Mentions: Zara for coming to school with a smile on her face, even with her sore arm!
If you ever have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask one of the team! Have a lovely weekend.
Year 5 blog Friday 26th September 2025
Date: 26th Sep 2025 @ 4:03pm
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.
Spellings
Here are your spellings this week.
beginning beginner gardening gardener limiting limited limitation finally comically happily angrily gently simply humbly dramatically forgotten forgetting basically
Counting
Count out loud in:
8’s up to 104 and back again 0,8,16,24…
60’s from 240 to 660 and back again 240, 300, 360…
300’s from 4200 backwards to 2800 4200, 3900, 3600…
Times Tables
Please keep practising your times tables. Everyone has their own targets.
Sumdog
Maths practise – individual challenge.
Spelling Challenge – practise sheets have been sent home and there is a practise test on Sumdog.
Please also continue to use the fluency booster on Sumdog.
Year 5 have had a fantastic week of learning and have worked incredibly hard – well done!
In English, everyone has been drafting, editing and publishing a persuasive letter from the Queen of Narnia, using ambitious vocabulary. Everyone has also been working hard to present their work beautifully.
In Maths, the class have been working out how to add mixed fractions as well as adding and subtracting tens, hundreds, thousands and tens of thousands to numbers. Well done Year 5!
In RE, the topic this week has been the theological and cardinal virtues and how to practise the habit of doing good things in life.
Finally, the week ended with their UK topic in Geography. They were able to identify various ordnance survey signs, as well as locate the UK’s major cities.
Golden stars this week
Star of the Week – Joni
Super Learner – Caleb
Superstar Writer – Sienna
Bookworm - Spencer
Marvellous Mathematician - Jack
Special Mention - Louie
Reception Blog - Friday 26th September 2025
Date: 26th Sep 2025 @ 3:31pm
Welcome to Reception's Friday Blog!
Phonics
This week we started our phonics. We started with the sounds s, a and t.
We have been recognising them, writing them and singing songs about them.
Drawing Club
In Drawing Club, we listened to different versions of the Three Little Pigs.
We then drew our own pigs and designed our own houses.
We have also been retelling the story using pig masks that we made ourselves.
Maths
We have been singing lots of songs and doing lots of counting to 5.
RE
We recapped our learning about the Bible.
Then we listened to the creation story and talked about our favourite things that God has created.
Fine Motor Skills
This half term we are focussing on our fine motor skills – with the pen and dough disco!
Understanding the World and Expressive Art and Design
We continued to learn about Autumn.
We went outside with our autumn treasures and created pictures.
PE
This week, we did more balancing and some dancing.
Forest School
We played a game in our log circle area and then went in our nature area. We spotted quite a few different types of mushrooms. We learnt about not touching them.
We were brilliant at sharing, taking turns, being resilient and imaginative. There was leaf soup, apple ice cream and cups of tea being made. Some of us climbed trees and we also invented our own games.
We went to our first Golden Assembly with the whole school.
We did the best sitting and showed everyone how amazing we are.
Golden Assembly
Star of the Week – Lucie
Super Learner – Finlay
Superstar Writer – Cameron
Bookworm – Raeni
Mathematician – Harry
And finally, big thank you to everyone who came to our Reception Blessing in Church.
We hope you have a lovely, restful weekend.
Year 3 Friday Blog 26th September 2025
Date: 26th Sep 2025 @ 12:05pm
Welcome to Your Friday Blog!
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 and even had some time to practise on the Sumdog Training. 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 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.
What a brilliant week we’ve had in Year 3!
In English, we finished our class novel, The Twits. We loved the story and write some brilliant book reviews this week. Next week we begin our Wooly Mammoth stories!
In Maths, we learned how to measure in cm and mm and even looked at perimeter. Super problem solving!
In RE, we have continued to explore our Creation and Covenant topic, thinking about human dignity and its links to the creation story. Everyone shared some really thoughtful ideas and wrote some beautiful responses to our scripture.
In Science, we designed and carried out an experiment to test whether longer arms mean longer throws! Using iPads, we measured our arm lengths, then went outside to test our throws. Check out our gallery.
In Art, we used charcoal to create depth through light and shade. We studied 3D shapes and practised using shadow to create the illusion of depth. You can see our artists hard at work in the galleries!
In Computing, we explored some fantastic coding programs on code.org. The children worked through challenges with determination and even had a go at fixing their own ‘bugs’. This linked brilliantly to our Wonderful World assembly, where we learned about Grace Hopper, a pioneer of computer coding who even coined the phrase “a bug”.
Golden Assembly
Star of the Week – Harper
Super Learner – Jonah
Superstar Writer – Charlie
Bookworm – Isaac
Marvellous Mathematician – Wilbur
Special Mentions – Orlaigh, Devyn and Rose for their brilliant teamwork in Netball this week.
Year 2 Blog Friday 26th September 2025
Date: 26th Sep 2025 @ 8:54am
Home Practice
Reading: In Year 2, children should read for at least 15/20 minutes every night and talk about the book. This will help with understanding the text and learning new words.
WE HAVE NOTICED THAT SOME CHILDREN HAVE NOT CHANGED THEIR BOOKS RECENTLY.
A FEW MINUTES OF READING EVERY NIGHT REALLY MAKES A DIFFERENCE. THANKS.
Remember you will get a sticker on your book mark for every book you read!
Spelling: Please practise these spellings for your quiz on Friday (03.10.25):
friend house school full pull one once ask our push
Sumdog: Complete the 'Addition/Subtraction' challenge.
Counting: At home, count in 2's, 5's and 10's forwards and backwards.
You may also like to practise the 10x table on Hit The Button. Follow the link below:
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
English
We have started learning through the story of The Owl Who Was Afraid Of The Dark. The owl is called Plop. We wrote sentences to describe him, using adjectives and connectives.
In pairs, we discussed why he might be afraid of the dark and wrote some possible reasons for this.
We wrote in character as Plop.
Phonics
We have been revising all the long e sounds,ee as in sheep, ea as in leaf, ie is in field, e-e as in Steve, ey as monkey, y as in baby.
Maths
The children learned how to add a 1 digit number to a 2 digit number, 26+4 and we looked at subtraction in the same way.
We have been counting in 10's and learning the 10x table.
French
PE
The children have really improved their under arm throwing and catching. They have played various mini games and learnt about the importance of dodging to get away from a defender.
RE
The children have started to make their Noah's Ark puppets which they will use to act out the story.
We also read the story of God's Rainbow which explains God's promise, love and faithfulness.
Science
We learnt about the plants that live in a desert habitat. We discussed how the plants have adapted to survive in the desert.
Forest School
We talked about the Autumn Equinox which was on Monday. We talked about how this marks the start of Autumn and how day and night get equal time for a brief moment.
We went on a fungi hunt in our top field. We noticed the different shapes, sizes and colours. We know not to touch them.
Thank you for sending in donations for Harvest.
Golden Assembly
Star of the Week - Lilly-Mae
Super Learner - Seb
Superstar Writer - Freya
Bookworm - Jaxon
Mathematician - Cara
Special Mentions - Rudy for being a good friend and Bobby for using his lovely manners.
Year 4 Blog Friday 26th September 2025
Date: 25th Sep 2025 @ 4:52pm
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. Look up any words you are unsure of in a dictionary.
Spellings
These are your spellings which will be tested next week – please practise them
kindly slowly loudly comically crossly
quietly angrily happily sleepily hesitantly
gently simply humbly nobly sarcastically
basically quickly dramatically frantically worryingly
Counting
This week, please practise counting in 5’s
For example, start at 0 and count to 60 and back again
0 5 10 etc 60 55 50 etc
Now try counting in 50’s from 50 to 600 and back again
50 100 150 etc 600 550 500
Times tables and Number facts
Please practise your individual tables target for your test next week.
You can practise your tables on TTRockstars, Hit the Button and timestables.co.uk
Please also practise your number facts.
You can practise your number facts on Hit the Button
It is crucial that you learn all of your table facts and your number facts as this will help you with many aspects of maths.
TTRockstars challenge
A ‘studio’ session – please log on and have a go! This will help you to build up your Rock Star status
Why not challenge someone else in Year 4 to a ‘Rock Slam’.
This is a competition and you can set a score for them to beat. You don’t need to be online at the same time.
Sumdog challenges
A spelling challenge based on the words above
A maths challenge based on adding and subtracting 1, 10, 100 and 1000
Our Learning this Week
In English, we analysed the features of an informal letter.
We then planned our own letter from Michael to his best friend Eddie, which outlined the countries we had visited and the adventures we had had during our sailing trip around the world.
In Maths, we added and subtracted multiples of 10 to 3 digit numbers (eg 342 + 250 and 528 – 340).
See the pictures in our gallery which demonstrate how we answered these using place value counters.
In addition, we used a number line to solve addition or subtraction calculations which required mental partitioning.
In RE, we talked about how Abraham is a model of prayer and how we can use prayer in our everyday lives.
We also discussed and found definitions of the words - virtue, faith, hope and love.
In P.S.H.E, we learnt how to calm our amygdala and practised our ‘happy breathing’.
Following this, we thought of a time when we could use ‘happy breathing’ to help our amygdala stay calm when the danger isn’t real.
In Science, we recapped the 5 animal groups (amphibians, birds, fish, mammals and reptiles) and gave examples for each group explaining our reasons why.
We then looked at how we could group plants and sorted plants into flowering or non-flowering categories.
Golden Assembly
Star of the Week: Violet Ca
Super Learner: Oscar
Superstar Writer: Hunter
Bookworm: Oliver
Mathematician: Daisy
Special Mentions: Lottie for beautiful manners
Evelyn and Eliza for thoughtful RE work
If you are able, please bring a harvest donation in for the Harvest Festival next Friday
The Year 4 team
Year 1 Blog - Friday 26th September 2025
Date: 25th Sep 2025 @ 4:23pm
Home Practice
Your child's Sumdog log in should now be in the front of their brown reading record book. Please try and log in this week.
Maths challange - Counting objects (larger numbers)
Phonics challenge - Reception revision 2
Counting - Please practise counting different objects around your house. Or even try to go for a walk and count how many leaves you can find!
Reading - Please try and read at least three times a week.
Please remember to bring book bags each day.
English
We read the story 'Dogger' and we all felt really sorry for Dave who had lost his toy dog. We identified the characters, described Dogger using adjectives and sequenced the story.
Phonics
Some of us have started phase 5 and learnt the ay, ea, ie and oy sounds.
Some of us have been recapping phase 3 sounds, including ch and sh.
Some of us have been recapping phase 2 sounds.
Maths
We have been learning how to partition numbers into tens and ones using base ten, both visually and practically. We have been focusing on numbers to 20.
R.E.
We read the beginning of the Nicene Creed and talked about how God made things that are visible and invisible.
In Prayer and Liturgy we spoke about the importance of the words in the Lord's Prayer. We also focused on being calm and compared this to Jesus calming the storm.
Geography
Some of us went on a walk around our school grounds to spot different features. We will continue this next week.
Computing
We learnt how to log onto Sumdog using the QR code on our log in sheet. We all had a go at the Maths challenges and played the different games.
Art
We made pastel spirals on black paper so that the colour could stand out.
P.E.
We have learnt how to throw underarm with a beanbag and a ball.
Golden Assembly
Star of the Week: Isla-May
Super Learner: Elsie
Superstar Writer: Ada C
Bookworm: Evie B
Marvellous Mathematician: Thomas
Special Mentions: Imogen and Noah H for always showing kindness to each other and to the whole class!
If you ever have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask one of the team! Have a lovely weekend.
Year 6 Blog - Friday 26th September 2025
Date: 25th Sep 2025 @ 8:01am
Welcome to the Year 6 weekly blog!
Thank you for all the Harvest donations that have been brought in this week! We are still collecting donations for the food bank next week.
If you have any spare, small plastic bottles at home, please could these be bought into class for a Science investigation next week?
This week in Year 6
English
In English, we have completed our work on the Nowhere Emporium. All of Year 6 have worked so hard on their amazing fantasy stories, including editing them into a final version. The children have also used their knowledge and skills from the topic to create their own independent stories about a new wonder - they definitely brought their imaginations to their work!
Maths
This week, we have learned about lots of strategies that we can use to solve addition and subtraction questions. We have worked hard on a range of number line strategies, such as compensation and bridging. Year 6 have also used a formal method to add and subtract whole numbers and decimals.
RE
In RE, we have shared Pope Francis’ Laudato Si’ and thought carefully about what message he taught us in this letter. We have recognised that we are stewards of creation and that we need to look after our beautiful word. The children wrote some beautiful prayers inspired by this letter. Year 6 have also worked hard to create some amazing posters to show how we should look after creation, making links to Laudato Si’ and the second story of creation.
Topic
In French we celebrated the European day of languages and learned all about why it is important to speak different languages.
In PE we are practising our netball skills. We have been learning how to shoot and use a chest pass to get into position. We have also been looking at how to defend our opponent from side on and attacking forward into a position.
In Music we have been recapping the notes E,,B,D and F. We have also been learning how to play the Autumn song on the glockenspiel.
Home practice
Please complete the following tasks by next Thursday:
Reading - Use your home reading to read every night for 30 minutes. You also have a reading diary that must be used for the title of the book and any challenges chosen.
Books may be changed on Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday.
Spelling -
Please practise the following spellings this week, which are from the Y5 and Y6 spelling list:
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accommodate |
accompany |
according |
achieve |
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aggressive |
amateur |
ancient |
apparent |
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appreciate |
attached |
available |
average |
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awkward |
bargain |
bruise |
category |
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cemetery |
committee |
communicate |
community
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All spellings are on Sumdog to practise for our test next Friday.
Maths Challenges:
Sumdog
Counting: Which is quicker, counting up to 30 in ones or counting up to 300 in tens? Why?
Which is quicker, counting up to 40 in ones or counting up to 4,000 in hundreds?
Which is quicker, counting up to 10 in ones or counting up to 1,000,000 in hundred-thousands?
Which is quicker, counting up to 20 in ones or counting up to 140 in sevens?
Which is quicker, counting up to 25 in French or in English?
Times Tables: This week there are 100 times table questions to practise on Sumdog!
Maths Practise: This week's learning is to continue to practise questions on addition and subtraction. For further Maths work, please visit the 'Maths Training' section, where your child will be able to push their learning further with the skills that Sumdog has given them.
Golden Assembly
Well done to all our award winners in Golden Assembly this week!
Star of the Week - Ebba
Super Learner - Holly W
Superstar Writer - Casper
Bookworm - Eliza W
Marvellous Mathematician - Henry
Special Mentions - Bella - for being a good role model to others.
Have a wonderful weekend Year 6! 
Year 5 blog - Friday 19th September 2025
Date: 19th Sep 2025 @ 4:00pm
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.
bruise playing finally stopped supported bargain dragged attached happily completely achieve available average speedily stopping played ancient category
Counting
Count out loud in:
7’s up to 105 and back again 0,7,14,21…
40’s from 240 to 480 and back again 240, 280, 320…
200’s from 4200 backwards to 2800 4200, 4000, 3800…
Times Tables
Please keep practising your times tables. Everyone has their own targets.
Sumdog
Maths practise – individual challenge.
Spelling Challenge – practise sheets have been sent home and there is a practise test on Sumdog.
Please also continue to use the fluency booster on Sumdog.
Year 5 have worked so hard this week. The children have really put a lot of effort in which is great to see!
Year 5 continued to practise reading out loud in class from the novel this week in English – ‘The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe’. They have also been practising handwriting as well as using similes and direct speech.
In Maths the class have been looking at number lines up to one million and working out whether numbers round up or round down. Well done Year 5!
In RE, the theme this week has been about love and what Jesus said about loving God and each other. In contrast, we also discussed the meaning of sin. Year 5 also attended a welcome mass this week in church with Father Michael.
In Music, everyone enjoyed playing the ukuleles and learning about rhythm and notation.
Finally, the week ended with their Anglo Saxon topic in History. They were able to identify why the Anglo Saxons came to Britain and decided to invade and then settle.
Golden stars this week
Star of the Week – Amelia
Super Learner – Teddy
Superstar Writer – Trudy
Bookworm - Edward
Marvellous Mathematician - Sidney
Special Mention - Lily
Year 4 Blog - Friday 19th September 2025
Date: 19th Sep 2025 @ 12:51pm
Welcome to your Friday blog
Home practice
Reading
Please read for 20 minutes each evening to an adult at home. Discuss what you have read with an adult. See if you can spot any nouns – do they have capital letters or not? And if so, why?
Spellings
These are your spellings which will be tested next week – please practise them
minute natural naughty notice occasion(ally)
opposite ordinary particular peculiar perhaps
material possible medicine potatoes popular
often pressure position probably possess(ion)
Counting
This week, please practise counting in 10’s
For example, start at 0 and count to 120 and back again
0 10 20 etc 120 110 100 etc
Now try counting from 45 to 205 and back again
45 55 65 etc 205 195 185 etc
Times tables and Number facts
Please practise your individual tables target for your test next week.
You can practise your tables on TTRockstars, Hit the Button and timestables.co.uk
Please also practise your number facts.
You can practise your number facts on Hit the Button
It is crucial that you learn all of your table facts and your number facts as this will help you with many aspects of maths.
TTRockstars challenge
A ‘garage’ session – please log on and have a go!
Sumdog challenges
A spelling challenge based on the words above
A maths challenge based on ordering and comparing whole numbers
Our Learning This Week
In English, we wrote reasons for and against sailing around the world.
In addition, we collected words to describe Michael’s character.
The information could have been written down in the novel, or inferred – that is, we could work it out from the evidence.
We then wrote a detailed character description of Michael.
In Maths, we learnt more about place value. We learnt how to round numbers to the nearest 10 and 100.
In addition, we added and subtracted different powers of 10 to and from given numbers using place value charts and counters to help us.
Take a look in our gallery.
In RE, we started we retold the story of Abraham and Sarah on a story board.
We recapped the story in our own words ensuring we included some important vocabulary, eg covenant and faith. There are some pictures in our gallery.
In PSHE, we learnt what is real and perceived danger.
In conjunction with this, we learnt what triggers our amygdala ( our ‘alarm system’ which processes and responds to emotions like fear and stress).
In Science, we grouped animals in different ways according to whether they were vertebrates (animals with a backbone) – mammals, birds, fish, amphibians and reptiles, or invertebrates (animals without a backbone).
In Art, we created our own scenes and then sketched them.
We also gave them a title.
Take a look at some of our art work in our gallery.
Golden Assembly
Star of the Week: Francesca
Super Learner: Emilia
Superstar Writer: Rory
Bookworm: Albie
Marvellous Mathematician: Annie
Special Mentions: Alice for making Y4 a lovely place to be, Violet Co for having beautiful manners
Thank you for coming to the Meet the Teacher Meeting on Tuesday. The slides from the presentation are attached below.
If you were unable to attend and have any questions, please contact the office and we will get back to you as soon as possible.
The Year 4 team
Year 3 Blog - Friday 19th September 2025
Date: 19th Sep 2025 @ 12:00pm
Welcome to your Friday blog
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Home Practice
Continue with your fantastic home reading. Everyone is making amazing progress this year and this is down to your great home reading and regular practise!
This week we have set 3 challenges on Sumdog. Good Luck!
Make sure you also go on your fluency booster regularly to keep improving on those difficult skills.
Your spellings this week are the Months of the year and Days of the week. We have set a sumdog challenge to help practice these.
This week in Year 3
We’ve had another busy and exciting week of learning.
In English, we described the Twits’ garden and home, making sure to use lots of different sentence openers to make our writing more interesting. The children came up with some wonderfully disgusting and imaginative descriptions!
In Maths, we began our new Geometry topic. We reminded ourselves about right angles and explored the properties of 2D shapes.
In Science, we learned all about the skeleton. The children labelled the different bones on a skeleton and were fascinated by how they work together to help us move and stay strong. Next week, we’ll be exploring muscles and their functions.
In RE, we continued looking at the creation story and discussed what it means to be made in the image of God. We talked about imago dei and how we can look after each other and creation to be more like God.
In PE, we worked on some tactics that can help us in invasion games, and we’ll be building on these skills in the coming weeks. Don’t forget that swimming will be back on as usual on Monday, kits at the ready!
In Computing, we started our new topic on digital devices. We explored inputs, processes, and outputs, before designing our own brilliant (and very creative!) devices.
Golden Assembly
Star of the Week – Henry P
Super Learner – Noah
Superstar Writer – Henry Y
Bookworm – Rose
Marvellous Mathematician – Florence
Special Mentions – Felicity for being a good friend to everyone in Year 3
Have a lovely weekend!
The Year 3 Team
Reception Blog - Friday 19th September 2025
Date: 19th Sep 2025 @ 10:04am
Welcome to Reception's Friday Blog!
Personal, Social and Emotional Development
We have been taking part in circle times to get to know our friends more.
We have also been building jigsaws to practice our sharing with others.
RE
We have been exploring our prayer table and looking at the items on it.
We talked about the Bible and what it is.
We then listened to the creation story.
Expressive Art and Design
We have started our new topic: Colour.
We did the skittle experiment. We made predications about what we thought might happen when we added water to them, then discussed what we saw.
Understanding the World
We have focussed on families this week and who lives with us.
We drew our families and explained who each person was.
We have also been looking for signs of Autumn and collecting autumn treasures – afterwards we did some autumn art.
PE
We did our first PE lesson!
We all got changed really well, a big well done.
Then we balanced on different parts of our bodies.
Forest School
We explored our nature area. We climbed trees, balanced on the tyres, found apples and ran up and down the hill.
We had a lovely review time at the end of the session.
We have also put our Meet the Teacher presentation on our class page. You can find it here.
Year 1 Blog - Friday 19th September 2025
Date: 18th Sep 2025 @ 7:16pm
Home Practice
Sumdog log ins will be sent home next week! We will go through logging in with the class in Computing.
Counting - Please practise counting from 0 to 10. Can you count backwards too?
Reading - Please try and read at least three times a week.
Please remember to bring book bags each day.
English
We read 'Five Minutes Peace' by Jill Murphy. We identified the main characters in the story, sequenced the events and wrote simple sentences about the story.
Phonics
We started our phonics groups this week! We have been so impressed!
Maths
We started our Place Value unit. This week's focus has been counting objects and writing the corresponding number.
We have been playing a lot of Topmarks counting games in class. If you would like to play these at home, here is the website link: https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/5-7-years/counting
R.E.
We re-read the Creation Story and sequenced the events together.
In Prayer and Liturgy we focused on being kind, both to God's wonderful world and the people around us.
Geography
We sorted urban and rural places.
P.S.H.E.
We talked about how our brains change when we practise a skill. We drew a picture of a time we learnt a new skill.
Computing
We learnt about the different parts of a computer and a laptop - the screen, keyboard, mouse and trackpad. We then had a go at using a website that we will use in future computing lessons - paintz.app.
Art
We made our own spirals on big pieces of paper. We focused on different sizes and using different medium. Then we went outside and drew spirals with chalk.
Forest School
What a lot of great child initated learning. We collected apples, used leaf cutters to make shapes, climbed trees, balanced on the tyres and watched how water travelled down the hill. Some of the boys decorated an old Christmas tree. Lovely imagination, problem solving, friendship and teamwork was on display.
Golden Assembly
Star of the Week: Noah J
Super Learner: Elsie
Superstar Writer: George
Bookworm: Ada C
Marvellous Mathematician: Noah B
Special Mentions: Felicity, Amelie and Elsie (again!) for their amazing spirals in Art.
If you ever have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask one of the team! Have a lovely weekend.
Year 6 Blog - Friday 19th September 2025
Date: 18th Sep 2025 @ 2:59pm
Welcome to the Year 6 weekly blog!
We have had individual and sibling pictures taken today, with everyone looking very smart in their autumn uniforms. They should take a couple of weeks to come back to us, if you would like to order any.
This week in Year 6
English
In English, we have continued with our work on 'The Nowhere Emporium' by Ross Mackenzie. We read the story 'The Wonder' in class to inspire us to think of our own wonders that we could use in our own stories and we generated some amazing vocabulary! We have also begun writing our own stories. We have thought carefully about building a sense of anticipation for the reader through our writing techniques.
Maths
This week we have begun our new topic about the four operations, starting with addition and subtraction. We have been learning about the mental that we can use to help us add and subtract numbers, such as partitioning using a number line.
RE
We have continued with our 'Creation and Covenant' topic in RE this week and have been learning about the meaning of the second story of creation. We shared the next part of the story together, where Adam and Eve are tempted to eat from the tree of knowledge, and used watercolours to paint our favourite part of the story! We also learned all about Georges Lemaître, and how he contributed to our understanding of the universe, but also had faith.
Topic
For Science this week, we have learned how to classify leaves. Together, we gathered leaves from our forest school area and investigated how to classify them like Scientists. We enjoyed gathering our samples and sketching them in our Science books! You can see us working hard on our galleries.
This week in History, we learned about how Hitler rose to power. We evaluated historical sources and thought about what they taught us.
In Computing, we learned about respecting boundaries online. We created respect charters to remind us how to treat others with respect and how to have self respect ourselves.
Home practice
Please complete the following tasks by next Thursday:
Reading - Use your home reading to read every night for 30 minutes. You also have a reading diary that must be used for the title of the book and any challenges chosen.
Books may be changed on Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday.
Spelling -
Please practise the following spellings this week, which are homophones and other words that are often confused:
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device |
devise |
license |
father |
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prophesy |
licence |
farther |
prophecy |
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morning |
mourning |
principal |
principle |
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precede |
proceed |
profit |
prophet |
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wary |
weary |
aisle |
isle |
All spellings are on Sumdog to practise for our test next Friday.
Maths Challenges:
Sumdog
Counting: Try to count in powers of 10 (1000, 10,000, 100,000 etc). You could do this out loud or write it on a piece of paper.
You could draw a numberline to help you. Can you count up and down in powers of ten? How far can you go? Challenge yourself by choosing different starting numbers and practising your exchanging.
Times Tables: This week there are 100 questions to answer on Sumdog!
Place Value: This week's learning is to practise questions on addition and subtraction. For further Maths work, please visit the 'Maths Training' section, where your child will be able to push their learning further with the skills that Sumdog has given them.
Golden Assembly
Well done to all our award winners in Golden Assembly this week!
Star of the Week - Darcey
Super Learner - Xabier
Superstar Writer - Dominic
Bookworm - Milana
Marvellous Mathematician - Theo C
Special Mentions - Eliza M - for great enthusiasm in her writing this week!
Eddie - for being kind and looking after a Reception child.
Have a wonderful weekend Year 6! 
Year 2 Blog Friday 19th September 2025
Date: 18th Sep 2025 @ 2:18pm
Year 2 have had another fantastic week, filled with lots of interesting and enjoyable learning.
Home Practice
Reading: In Year 2, children should read for at least 15/20 minutes every night and talk about the book. This will help with understanding the text and learning new words.
Remember you will get a sticker on your book mark for every book you read!
Spelling: Please practise these spellings for your quiz on Friday (26.09.25):
says your they by here there where love come some
Sumdog: Complete the 'one more/less than' challenge.
Counting: Count forwards and backwards to one hundred.
Stop at random numbers. What is one more/less than that number? What is ten more/less than that number?
English
This week we all received a letter from Bakery Bill. He answered our qustions and told us how he's geting on. We wrote some instructions about how to look after a baby. We planned and wrote an alternative ending to his story. We also created and descibed a sweet item for his bakery.
Maths
The children have been learning how to work out one more/less than and ten more/less than a given number.
We have also been comparing two numbers and deciding which is the greatest or which is the least.
R.E
We re-read the story of Noah's Ark, focusing on the rainbow being a sign of God's promise (covenant) - never to send another flood again.
The children made their own rainbows and could write/draw the most important parts of the story.
History
Year 2 are thoroughly enjoying learning about The Great Fire of London. We learnt where the fire started and how it spread so quickly (causes).
Forest School
We all chose our own learning this week. There was leaf cooking, leaf identifying, stick wrapping, bug hunting and apple finding. Great imagination, co-operation and teamwork was shown.
Science
We learnt about different habitats around the world and the animals that live in them.
Golden Assembly
Star of the Week - Gigi
Super Learner - Ella and Reuben
Superstar Writer - Genieveve
Bookworm - Amelia
Mathematician - April
Special Mentions - Joshua Wright for bring a caring friend and Kamali for showing resilience in his learning.
Year 5 blog - Friday 12th September 2025
Date: 12th Sep 2025 @ 4:14pm
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.
said with went people children asked school like thought through because friends water house too each different something
Counting
Count out loud in:
5’s up to 105 and back again 0,5,10,15…
30's from 240 to 510 and back again 240, 270, 300, 330…
100's from 5100 backwards to 3900 5100, 5000, 4900…
Times Tables
Please keep practising your times tables. We will be practising the 7 times table in class next week.
Sumdog
Maths practise – individual challenge.
Spelling Challenge – practise sheets have been sent home and there is a practise test on Sumdog.
Please also continue to use the fluency booster on Sumdog.
The class have had a very productive week of learning in Year 5 this week. The children have put 100% effort in which is great to see!
Year 5 continued to read the novel this week in English – ‘The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe’ and have been practising handwriting, using fronted adverbials, similes and expanded noun phrases.
In Maths the class have been looking at place value of decimals as well as practising lots of arithmetic and times tables. Well done Year 5!
In RE, the children have developed their knowledge of Moses, as well as having spent time discussing the meaning of each of the ten commandments.
Everyone also enjoyed the typography art topic this week with some very creative interpretations of letter styles!
In PE, Year 5 have moved on to practising shoulder passes and shooting in netball. They also enjoyed playing bench ball and dodgeball this week.
Finally, the week ended with their new geography topic about the UK. They were able to identify the similarities and differences between the four countries of the UK.
Golden stars this week
Star of the Week – Henry
Super Learner – Evelyn
Superstar Writer – Tiffany Mason
Bookworm - Mark
Marvellous Mathematician - Bertie
Special Mention - Brooke
Finally - if you didn't get a chance to come to Meet the Teacher on Wednesday, then you can take a look at the file attached to see what the outline plans are for Year 5 in the year ahead. If you would like to clarify any of the information then please contact the office to make an appointment.
Year 1 Blog - Friday 12th September 2025
Date: 12th Sep 2025 @ 3:45pm
Home Practice
Sumdog challenges
Maths - Counting objects
Phonics - Reception revision 1
Don't worry if you can't access Sumdog yet (including log ins). We will be going through this at our Meet the Teacher on Thursday.
Counting - Please practise counting from 0 to 10.
Reading - Please try and read at least three times a week.
Please remember to bring book bags in each day.
English
We read a beautiful book called 'Find Your Happy'. We talked about who or what makes us happy and all had a go at writing a sentence to identify what makes us happy.
Maths
We have been learning how to use lots of different maths manipulatives: tens frames, counters and base ten. We practically made different numbers up to 20.
R.E.
We read the Creation Story in Genesis and talked about how God made our world a day at a time. We had a lot of fun making our own world using dabbers.
P.E.
We practised our underarm and overarm throwing.
Science
We went outside to spot signs of Autumn. We found orange leaves and lots of different minibeasts.
Geography
We talked about the differences between a rural and an urban place.
Computing
We learnt how to use an iPad. We dragged and dropped objects using our new skills.
Art
We sketched our self-portraits using mirrors and our new sketching pencils.
Golden Assembly
Star of the Week: Rupert
Super Learner: Lucas
Superstar Writer: Tommy
Bookworm: Ariana
Marvellous Mathematician: Thomas
Special Mentions: Grace for her beautiful manners and Eilish for doing extra learning at home by going on an Autumn walk.
If you ever have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask one of the team! Have a lovely weekend.
Year 3 Blog - Friday 12th September 2025
Date: 12th Sep 2025 @ 2:21pm
Welcome to your Friday Blog
Home Practice
Everyone has been given a reading book this week. Please try to read a little every night, around 10–15 minutes. The regular routines for home practice will set your children up well for all future learning they meet. Little and often is the key!
Sumdog
We have also set three Sumdog challenges — two maths and one spelling. Have a go at these across the week and try to do a little every night.Please keep up some counting practice at home too. A little counting every day makes a big impact on your child’s knowledge and understanding of the number system. This can be through fun games such as counting tennis (take turns to say 1, 2 or 3 numbers in sequence — the winner is the one who reaches the target number) or by singing some of our counting songs. Here is one we sang this week to practise our 2s, 5s and 10s.
Spellings
Your spellings have also been sent home, have a go at the activity sheet on the back and do a little practice every day This doesn’t need to be handed in.
This week’s spellings are:
house, glass, letter, skipped, puppet, door, duck, monkey, who, write, toy, tube, nurse, hair, eight, cakes, night, fruit, should, picture
This week in Year 3
English
In English this week we have started reading our class novel, The Twits by Roald Dahl. We read all about men with hairy faces, met Mr and Mrs Twit and read about the horrible tricks they play on each other. Everyone wrote some great pieces, describing the Twits and retelling their horrid pranks. We also acted out The Shrinks chapter and wrote some fantastic scripts.
Maths
In Maths, we have been learning about the place value of three-digit numbers. Everyone showed good understanding and asked some brilliant questions in our lessons.
Art
We also started our art topic on exploring charcoal. The children created some imaginative pieces and really enjoyed experimenting with different effects. See our gallery to have a look at our work.
Science
In our new Science topic we are exploring skeletons in animals and humans. We looked at a human skeleton and learned the scientific names for some of the bones in our body. We also learned that the human body has 206 bones, but a newborn baby has more than 300! Here is some of the vocabulary we will meet in the coming weeks.
Swimming
This week we also started our swimming lessons. Everyone gave it their best effort and showed real determination in the pool. The swim coaches were very impressed with the children’s positive attitude and how supportive they were of each other. Well done, Year 3! Remember, no Swimming this week due to refurbishments being made at the swimming pool.
Thank you to all who attended the Meet the Teacher meeting on Thursday. You will find the slides from the presentation attached below. If you were unable to attend, don't hesitate to contact us to discuss any questions you may have about this year.
Golden Assembly
Star of the Week – Rose
Super Learner – Jonah
Superstar Writer – Devyn
Bookworm – Felicity
Marvellous Mathematician – Henry Y
Special Mentions – Zack W for being a good friend to everyone in Year 3
Have a lovely weekend,
The Year 3 Team
Year 4 Blog - Friday 12th September 2025
Date: 12th Sep 2025 @ 12:13pm
Welcome to your Friday Blog
Home practice
Reading
Please read for 20 minutes each evening to an adult at home. Discuss what you have read with an adult.
Spellings
These are your spellings which will be tested next week – please practise them
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
Saturday Sunday January February March
April May June July August
September October November December month
Counting
This week, please practise counting in 10’s
For example, start at 0 and count to 120 and back again
0 10 20 etc 120 110 100 etc
Times tables and Number facts
Please practise your individual tables target for your test next week.
You can practise your tables on TTRockstars, Hit the Button and timestables.co.uk
TTRockstars is an app which you can download, or you can use the website by following this link https://ttrockstars.com/ and logging in. Your login details are in the front of your Reading Diary.
Please also practise your number facts.
You can practise your number facts on Hit the Button
It is crucial that you learn all of your table facts and your number facts as this will help you with many aspects of maths.
TTRockstars challenge
A ‘garage’ session
Sumdog challenges
A spelling challenge based on the words above
A maths challenge based on recognising place value in 4 digit numbers
Our learning this week
In English, we used the front cover of the class novel – Kensuke’s Kingdom by Michael Morpurgo – to make predictions about the story.
We also met the main characters and read the blurb on the back cover to see if our predictions were correct.
In Maths, we learnt the meaning of ‘place value’.
We used part whole diagrams and partitioning and recombining numbers to help with our understanding of what each digit in a number represents
In RE, we started our new topic ‘Creation and Covenant’.
We listened to the story of Abraham when God asked him to leave Haran and travel to Canaan,
We considered the sort of person Abraham must have been, and how his faith, hope and love gave him the strength to do as the Lord had asked.
In Science, we recapped the 7 life processes using the acronym MRS GREN (movement, respiration, sensitivity, growth, reproduction, excretion and nutrition).
In addition, we grouped animals according to whether they were a fish, mammal, reptile, amphibian or bird.
In PSHE, we started our topic ‘Meet your brain’.
We learnt how we can train our mind and how our brain can grow, as well as what the different parts of our brains are called.
In Art, we learnt about the work of Laura Carlin and Shaun Tan.
We then practised our shading skills which we will be using over the coming weeks.
Golden Assembly
Star of the Week: Lottie
Super Learner: Eliza
Superstar Writer: Alice
Bookworm Award: Rudy
Marvellous Mathematician: George
Special Mentions: Mia, Evelyn and Noah – for thoughtful and beautifully presented RE work, and Alexander for beautiful manners
The Year 4 team