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Year 1 have had another super week of learning. 

We have enjoyed playing some phonic games like 'roll and read' to help learn our sounds and words. Year 1 have really enjoyed completing some word searches and have impressed me with how quickly they can find the words! 

This week in Maths we…

This half term Reception children have been busy learning about the season ‘Autumn’. We went on a walk around the school and found lots of signs of autumn, such as colourful leaves, conkers, pine cones and bare trees. We also learnt about bonfire night and made rockets out of construction toys and…

Year 4 have had a very busy week back after half term.

In Maths, the children have continued with our addition and subtraction unit.  They have been learning to subtract two 4-digit numbers using column subtraction, counting on a blank number line and by adjusting the numbers to make counting…

It has been a busy week in Year 3 and a great start to the term. We have been learning lots in class but have had the best time with our trips and visits. We started off with a benchball competition which our whole class took part in, and then we found out two of the teams had qualified for the…

It has been a busy week in Year 2! At the start of the week, the children enjoyed sending and receiving emails in our computing lesson. In English, they have been writing and sharing information pages all about how to look after pets. In Geography, we had a fantastic trip to Lego Land! The…

Year 1 have had a super week of learning. 

We are looking at the story Owl Babies as part of our English learning and used masks to retell the story in small groups. We had some super actors and actresses! 

We enjoyed practicing our gymnastic skills on a Monday and got to play some games…

The start of term has been very busy in Reception. We have had to learn all the school rules including how to tidy up as a team. On the carpet we have practised listening, following instructions and waiting for our turn to speak. We have also made lots of new friends.

This week, our topic…

We have had a busy time in Year 4 over the last couple of weeks.  Some of our Sports Leaders went off to Stovell for Sports Leader training, while some children completed their bikeability Level 1.

In Science, we have been looking at digestion and teeth.  The children enjoyed learning about the…

On Monday morning, we wrote our prediction for the end of a variation on a familiar fairy tale alongside this we expressed an overall opinion on the story. In a shorter than usual maths lesson we practised telling digital and analogue times. Due to the incredibly hot weather, lunch time play was…

We have had a busy few weeks in Year 2.

We have been making clay dragons and pots. We particularly enjoyed using the clay tools and painting them.

In English, we have explored a poem called ‘The Magic of the Brain’. We worked with a partner to perform a part of the poem. We wanted to include…

Year 1 have had a busy week of learning (in a very warm classroom!) 

In maths we have been looking at capacity and volume. We worked in table groups to find out which container had the biggest capacity. We counted how many cubes fitted into each container and recorded our results. 

Our…

It’s been a busy week in Reception as usual! We started off with a new topic ‘all about minibeasts’ by going on a minibeast hunt. We found lots of creepy crawlies around including ladybirds, snails, worms, ants, spiders, stag beetles and lots of woodlice!

We have enjoyed creating some…