BUTTERCUP CLASS (R/1) W/C 8th September 2025
Wow what an amazing first week we had in Buttercup Class!
We are super proud of how well all the children have settled in.
This week our talk through stories text is Hugless Douglas and the Y1s are beginning to explore the great text 'Meesha Makes Friends' in English.
Our RE topic for this half term is 'Creation and Covenant'. We will begin by learning about The Creation story.
In History we are going to be learning about the history of toys this half term, which will include a visit to Bygones in a few weeks time.
Our PE days are Wednesday and Thursday. Please can all children come into school in their PE kits on these days.
Please can I remind you all of the importance of reading with your child for just 10 mins a day. It really does make a huge difference to the progress that they make. Also that it is really important that your child brings their reading books and reading record to school EVERYDAY to ensure that we can change their books when required.
At the moment the Reception children have wordless reading books for you to share together and from next week they will come home with sound cards of the sounds they will have learnt. New sounds will be added weekly. I will send home supporting information with them next week.
Thank you for your continued support and as always please let me know if you have any questions or worries.
Many thanks,
Miss King
BLUEBELL CLASS (Y2/3) W/C: Monday 3rd November 2025
Welcome back to school Bluebell class! We hope the break has been restful (and a bit of fun) for you all. This is a reminder about the school play which the children are so excited about and looking forward to. The play is called'Change the World Together' and will take place next Tuesday 11th in the school hall for a 2pm prompt start.
Please can you help your children to learn their lines for our performance on the 11th November.
In English this half term, we are looking at the book 'The Owl Who Was Afraid of the Dark' by Jill Tomlinson. The unit focuses on writing non-chronological reports, with the writing outcome at the end of the unit seeing the children write a fact sheet about owls using information that they've gathered from the text. We will focus on using coordination (but, or) adding 'ly' to turn adjectives into adverbs, writing for different purposes, and using commas to seperate items in a list.
Our RE topic is 'Branch 2: Prophecy and Promise' this half term, in which we will be learning about objects in a church using religious language, the importance of Mass for Catholics and the structure of Mass, the parts of a Liturgy of the Word, and the season of Advent.
In our wider curriculum topics and units this half term the children will be doing music with Mrs Harvey, the Stone Age to Iron Age in History, and Rocks in Science and then moving on to Electricity in Science, and Rivers in Geography.
Please can I remind you all of the importance of reading with your child/independent reading for our Guided Readers for just 10 mins a day. It really does make a huge difference to the progress that they make. Also that it is really important that your child brings their reading books and reading record to school EVERYDAY to ensure that we can change their books when required and the Guided Reading children can quiz on AR.
We are in for a very exciting half term and we can't wait to see the progress that the children make.
Many thanks for your continued support,
Mrs Caddick and the Bluebell class team
DAFFODIL CLASS (4/5) W/C: 3rd November 2025
Welcome back to school! What an exciting half-term we have ahead of us.
In geography, we will be doing some work on map skills and will be focusing on countries in Scandinavia. The children will locate these countries on a world map and consider the human and physical features of these countries.
In Maths, we will be learning about multiplication and division. Year four will be focusing on multiples whilst five will be looking at area and prime numbers.
Please find linked a list of websites which our year 4 parents might find helpful prior to the multiplication check in June 2026.
This Tuesday (4th November 2025) we will be testing our children on their spellings from last term. Your children will receive their new spellings on Tuesday 4th November for their weekly spelling test on Monday 10th November.
Year 4 spellings
heart
height
history
imagine
important
increase
interest
island
knowledge
Year 5 spellings
guarantee
harass
hindrance
identity
immediate
immediately
individual
interfere
interrupt
language
Our word of the day words are: maximised, masterminded, nostalgia
Miss Reynolds and team
SUNFLOWER CLASS (5/6) W/C: 22/09/2025
This week the children will be starting their History and art.
In Maths we have been looking at rounding numbers. Year 5 have been rounding to the nearest 10,000 and 100,000. Year 6 have been looking at numbers up to 1,000,000
In English we are reading 'Race to the Frozen North'. At the end of our unit we will be writing a diary entry.
In History we are looking at the industrial revolution and have looked at the steam engine in detail.
In Art we have researched Georgia O'Keeffe's paintings. We have selected a painting of our choice and annotated it using our knowledge of the elements of art.