Year 6 Friday Blog 13th November 2026

Date: 13th Nov 2026 @ 4:17pm

Welcome to your Friday Blog

It was lovely meeting you all over the last two weeks at parents evening.

Home Practice

Continue with all your wonderful home reading, 30 minutes a night!

Your spellings this week have been sent home and you will have your test next Friday.

For your maths practice we have set 2 challenges on Sumdog. Complete these by next friday.

This Week in Year 6

Another busy week in Year 6 with lots of great learning across the curriculum!

In English, we have been studying the poetry of Siegfried Sassoon, exploring how poets use language to create powerful images and emotions for the reader. We looked at personification, expanded noun phrases and a range of other language techniques before using these skills to write our own poems. The children produced some wonderful pieces, showing real creativity in their choice of vocabulary and descriptions. Well done, Year 6! We also continued our work with Gareth from Literacy Kicks, who was very impressed with our sports report writing this week. Some super journalism on show!

In Maths, we have been exploring fractions, focusing on equivalent fractions and improper fractions. We looked at how different fractions can represent the same amount and used our multiplication and division knowledge to help us find equivalent fractions. We also practised recognising and working with improper fractions, developing our understanding of how fractions can be greater than one whole. Super maths!

In Art, we have been developing our 3D shading techniques as part of our 2D to 3D art project. We explored how light and shadow can help make a flat drawing appear three-dimensional, practising different shading techniques to create depth and form. Next week, we will be putting all our learning together as we begin building our sculptures. We can't wait to see our designs come to life!

In PE, we had a brilliant session with Freddie Fit, with a focus on health, fitness and always doing our best. The children threw themselves into the activities and showed great enthusiasm throughout. In our other PE session, we continued developing our indoor athletics skills, but with the weather being so lovely, we decided to take our learning outside! Everyone enjoyed practising their skills and challenging themselves to improve.

In RE, we continued our learning about the Sacrament of Baptism, exploring the different signs and symbols used during the celebration. We looked at the importance of holy water, the baptismal candle, the white garment and the oils, discussing what each symbol represents and how they help us understand the meaning of Baptism. The children made some thoughtful links to our previous learning about Creation and sin.

In Science, we explored the different uses of electricity in our everyday lives before conducting a super investigation into static electricity. We experimented with rubbing different materials together and observing how electrically charged objects can attract other objects without touching them. There were some great questions and lots of excitement as we discovered how static electricity works!

Well done to all our award winners in Golden Assembly this week! 

Star of the Week  - Edward

Super Learner -  Evangeline

Superstar Writer - Franco

Bookworm - Spencer

Marvellous Mathematician - Joni

Special Mentions - Brooke for her kindness to others - Spotted by Mrs Marshall

Have a wonderful weekend Year 6!

Have a lovely weekend!

The Year 6 Team

Year 4 Blog Friday 13th November 2026

Date: 13th Nov 2026 @ 4:02pm

Welcome to your Friday blog

Home practice

Reading

Please read for 20 minutes each evening to an adult at home. 

Discuss what you have read with an adult.

Can you summarise what you have read previously or make a prediction about what you think will happen next?

Spellings

These are your spellings which will be tested next week – please practise them

perhaps       popular        position       possess        possession

possible       pressure      probably      promise       purpose      

quarter        recent         regular        reign           remember

sentence      potatoes      question       separate      special         straight      

Counting

This week, please practise counting in 9’s  

For example, start at 0 and count to 108 and back again

0    9   18  etc                           108   99   90  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. 

WhiteRose one minute maths is a free app which you can download which also has lots of games to help you practice your timestables and 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 the formal written method of column subtraction

Our Learning this week

English

In English, we learnt more about subordinating conjunctions and practised using them at the beginning of a sentence.

We needed to remember to include a comma after the subordinate clause.

Have a look at some ‘human sentences’ in our gallery. 

Maths  

In Maths, we revised and learnt more about the formal written method of subtraction.

We subtracted 4 digit numbers from 4 digit numbers, including exchanging and where there was a zero as a place holder in the number

RE 

In RE, we read 1 Kings 19 4-8 and then retold the story of Elijah’s encounter with God using symbols.

You can see some examples of our work in our gallery.

In addition, we wrote a prayer based on Pope Francis’ 5 finger prayer, which reflects on how Elijah’s words speak to people today.

 PSHE

In PSHE, we identified and described a wide range of feelings.

We recognised that different people can have different feelings in the same situation.

Furthermore, we explained how feelings can be linked to our physical health, and that different people might express feelings in different ways.

Science

In Science, we discussed the meaning of environmental changes and gave examples.

We discussed natural environmental changes and how natural disasters can affect the environment (eg volcanoes, storms, droughts etc).

In addition, we considered how humans can change the environment – for example by over-hunting, pollution and climate change.

  PE

In PE, we practised stopping a ball and pushing it to our partner in hockey.

We put our skills into practice in games.

There are some pictures in our gallery.

 Freddie Fit

This week we were also visited by Freddie Fit.

We enjoyed being put through our paces with fun workouts, and learning how to keep our minds and bodies fit and healthy.

Have a look at some pictures in our gallery.

Golden Assembly

Star of the Week: Grace

Super Learner: Elyse

Superstar Writer:  Adam

Bookworm: Henry P

Marvellous Mathematician:  Frankie

Special Mentions: Melodie – for great home learning this week

Devyn – for bringing her lovely smile and beautiful manners into class every day

The Year 4 Team

Year 1 Blog Friday 13th November 2026

Date: 13th Nov 2026 @ 2:12pm

Home Practice

Reading: In Year 1, children should read for at least 10/15 minutes daily and talk about the book/new words they come across.

This will help them become more confident and fluent readers.

Book changing day is on a Monday each week.

Please remember to send book bags in every day as we will read with your children on a regular basis.

Spelling: This week's tricky words are: work, mouse, many, me.

Please practise reading and spelling these words. We will have a quiz at the end of next week.

Sumdog: Complete the shape

and spelling challenges (the four tricky words above).

A shape worksheet is attached at the bottom of the page, if you would like to do that instead of Sumdog.

Counting: Count forwards and backwards to 100.

Play the 'follow me game' - take it in turns to say the numbers.

English

Our book this week was - Where The Poppies Now Grow.

The children retold the story by writing sentences for pictures and thought of questions to ask Ben, using question marks.

They also wrote a fantastic Poppy Fact File.

Phonics/Handwriting

The children recapped phase 4 and learnt four new phase 5 phonics this week. They were i_e - ride, o_e - home, u_e - rule and u_e - cute.

We are regularly working hard at writing upper case and lower case letters correctly on handwriting paper.

Maths

The children have been learning all about 2-D and 3-D shapes. 

They learnt to talk about the properties of the shapes and spent time spotting them around the classroom.

RE

We started our new topic - Prophecy and Promise.

The children listened to The Annunciation Story (Lk 1: 26-38) then sequenced the pictures in their books.

Art

The children made their own poppies to celebrate Remembrance Day.

Forest School is on a  Wednesday - wellington boots and warm coats are needed.

Everyone looked great today. Thank you for supporting Children In Need.

Golden Assembly

Star of the Week - Ella

Super Learner - Elsi

Superstar Writer - Erin

Bookworm - Caleb

Mathematician - Henry Wood

Special Mention - Harry was spotted by Mrs Anderson for having such lovely manners

and Phoebe for being a great friend to everyone.

Year 3 Blog - Friday 13th November 2026

Date: 12th Nov 2026 @ 4:16pm

Home Practice - Sumdog

Maths challenge - Subtraction

Spelling challenge - Week 3 spellings

Spellings

These are your spellings which will be tested next week – please practise them.

young          courage       cousins          cousin        touch

encourage     enough        doubling         double        colour

nourish        touched          trouble        couple          countries

youngster        country     southern       rough          troubling

Counting – Can you try counting in fours?

Reading - Please try to read at least three times a week.

Please remember to bring book bags each day.

English

We spent the week preparing for our upcoming Advent assembly. We wrote Advent acrostic poems, practised our lines, and practised our songs.

Maths

We moved onto 2-digit by 2-digit subtraction. We made the numbers using base ten, and began exploring column subtraction (even using exchange!)

R.E.

We recognised the order of Mass and role-played it on Seesaw.

P.S.H.E.

We explored the term 'stereotype' and how they can be wrong! We also applied it to families and talked about how there isn't such thing as a stereotypical family.

Computing

We used the 'Stop Motion' app to practise recording frame by frame animation.

D.T.

We made 3D net structures.

Geography

We explored different climate zones and how being near/far away from the equator affects them.

Golden Assembly

Star of the Week: Honey and Faisal

Super Learner: William

Superstar Writer: Genevieve

Bookworm: Dean

Marvellous Mathematician: Joshua I

Special Mentions: Harry and Arthur for reading their assembly words confidently, and Buzz and Huxley for including everyone in their games.

We all looked absolutely amazing in our PJs and spots! See our class picture below.

Year 5 blog - Friday 6th November 2026

Date: 6th Nov 2026 @ 4:52pm

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.  

available,  average,  awkward,  bargain,  bruise,  category,  cemetery, committee,  competition, conscience,  conscious,  controversy,  convenience,  correspond,  criticise,  curiosity,  definite,  desperate

Counting

Count out loud in:

8’s up to 160 and back again                                                      0, 8, 16 …

40’s from 160 to 520 and back again                                       160, 200, 240…

250’s from 3250 backwards to 1600                                    3250, 3000, 2750…

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 fabulous week of learning and have put in 100% positive effort – well done!

In English the class have started a new novel called  'Room 13' by Robert Swindells. The children have been learning to write stories using suspense and the five senses.

 In Maths Year 5 have been practising measuring angles, using protractors, as well as naming acute, obtuse and reflex angles.

In RE Year 5 have been learning about David the shepherd boy, who was chosen to become king by God. They have been discussing what it is that God saw in David’s heart which made him choose him.

In PSHE Year 5 discussed what makes a good friend and created a top ten list of qualities.

Finally, the class enjoyed a fantastic day out at Rock and River - working in teams on the water, competing against each other in archery and developing their climbing skills on the tower and on the ropes course. Year 5 behaved brilliantly and everyone showed real positivity and enthusiasm for each activity. Well done Year 5!

Year 6 Friday Blog 6th November 2026

Date: 6th Nov 2026 @ 4:45pm

Welcome to the Year 6 weekly blog!

This Week in Year 6

It has been another busy week in Year 6, with lots of exciting learning and experiences to share!

First of all, we had a brilliant trip to the Lancashire War Museum, where the children had the opportunity to explore different aspects of the Second World War. We learned all about D-Day, espionage, reconnaissance and code breaking, discovering how important each of these was to the war effort. The children really enjoyed exploring the museum, asking questions and getting involved in the activities. Everyone represented our school wonderfully, and we were very proud of their enthusiasm and behaviour throughout the visit. Well done, Year 6!

In RE, we have been exploring the Sacrament of Baptism and making links to our previous learning about Creation and sin. We discussed how Baptism represents a new beginning and welcomes us into God's family. We also looked at the different signs and symbols used during the sacrament, thinking carefully about their meanings and how they connect to our relationship with God.

In Science, we have started our new topic on electricity. We began exploring what we already know about electricity, how we use it in our everyday lives and the importance of staying safe around electrical equipment. We are looking forward to developing our understanding of circuits and electrical components over the coming weeks.

In English, we were delighted to welcome Gareth from Literacy Kicks, who will be working with Year 6 over the next few weeks. The children enjoyed meeting Gareth and beginning this exciting opportunity to develop their literacy skills in a different and engaging way. We are looking forward to seeing the ideas and writing that come from our sessions together!

In maths this week, we have started a new topic all about fractions. We have learned how to use common multiples to convert fractions so that they have the same denominator. We also learned how to use common factors to simplify fractions. We then applied this knowledge to add and subtract fractions. 

Home practice

Please complete the following tasks by next Friday: 

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. 

Spelling -  

Please practise these spellings this week. The rule to practise is looking at -able and -ible endings. 

All spellings are on Sumdog to practise for our test on Friday.  

Maths Challenges: 

Sumdog 

Counting: 

This week we would like you to practise counting in 0.5 and 0.05, like we have done in class together. 

Draw a numberline and choose a starting number, Count in 0.5 or 0.05. How far can you go?

Times Tables: This week there are 100 times table questions to practise on Sumdog!

Maths Task: This week there are 100 questions on fractions. 

Well done to all our award winners in Golden Assembly this week! 

Star of the Week  - Ada May

Super Learner -  Franco

Superstar Writer - Josh W and Tiffany

Marvellous Mathematician - Evelyn

Special Mentions - All of Year 6 for thie brilliant trip to Lancashire War Museum on Monday and...

The Football Team for their amazing performance! 

Have a wonderful weekend Year 6!

Year 2 Blog- Friday 6th November

Date: 6th Nov 2026 @ 3:58pm

This week we welcomed Mrs Cornforth. She is going to work with us in the afternoons.

Home Practice

Reading: In Year 2, children should read for at least 15/20 minutes every night and talk about the book. This will help with understanding the text and learning new words.

Spelling: Please practise these spellings for your quiz on Friday (13.11.26):

cue         queue        new       new        blue      blew      ewe     you   due        dew    

We have been learning about homophones.

The children need to learn the correct spelling and meaning.

Sumdog: Complete the multiplication and spelling challenges.

Counting: At home, count doubles and halves. For example double 1 is 2, double 8 is 16 or half of 50 is 25, half of 18 is 9.

Follow the link below to play 'Hit The Button' and practise doubling and halving.

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button 

English

We started learning through our new book, The Bear and the Piano by David Litchfield.

The bear's beautiful music takes him to amazing and wonderful places in his imagination.

We wrote a description about the forest using great adjectives.

We also designed a poster about the concert that the bear puts on in New York.

Maths

We learned about arrays this week. This is repeated addition and will help us with our learning about times tables.

PE

We developed our fundamental skills inunderarm throwing and a roll.

Next week we are starting our dance unit and it is linked to The Great Fire of London.

History

We about the story of the Gunpowder Plot. Our Art was linked to Bonfire Night.

RE

We learnt about phrophets.

Forest School

The Nature Area was blanketed with a thick layer of leaves so we had great fun with them. Some of us decorated pine cones and some of us made traps. There was great communication, co-operation and resilience shown.

Golden Assembly

Star of the Week - Isla-May

Super Learner - Noah H.

Superstar Writer - Theo

Bookworm - Stanley

Mathematician - Amelie

Special Mentions - Reo and Rory for their artwork and

Eilish and Elsie for being kind and caring friends.

Year 4 Blog Friday 6th November 2026

Date: 6th Nov 2026 @ 2:05pm

Welcome to your Friday blog

Wednesday 11th November 2026

For those of you who have learnt a poem, we shall be performing them in our English Lesson on Wednesday.

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 conjunctions when you are reading?

Are they coordinating or subordinating conjunctions?

Spellings

These are your spellings which will be tested next week – please practise them

would           could            should          because       said

hear            here            where          were            people

night           knight          father         friend          mother

children       water          too              two              beautiful               went

Counting

This week, please practise counting in 6’s  

For example, start at 0 and count to 72 and back again

0    6      12      etc                    72     66     60  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. 

WhiteRose one minute maths is a free app which you can download which also has lots of games to help you practice your timestables and 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 the formal written method of column addition

In English, we learnt about subordinating conjunctions – how to identify them in a sentence, where they are used and what their job is.

We also learnt an acronym to help us remember some subordinating conjunctions (AWhITEBUS).

In addition this week, we wrote a message in a bottle as Michael from the novel thinking about every word carefully and attempting to include some new conjunctions.  

In Maths, we revised and learnt more about the formal written method of addition.

We added 4 digit numbers together, including exchanging.

There are some pictures of us carrying this out practically in our gallery.

We then extended our learning to identify missing digits in column addition calculations.

In RE, we started our new topic – Prophecy and Promise.

We began by showing an understanding of what a prophet is, drawing on Elijah as an example.  

In Science, we recapped the features of animals to identify type (mammals / reptiles / amphibians / birds / fish).

We also sorted animals using yes / no questions to create our own classification key.

In P.S.H.E, we identified and described a range of feelings, recognised that feelings can range in intensity and change over time,

explained how feelings can affect our physical state and described a range of strategies for managing uncomfortable feelings.

In Art, we explored pattern further by following a rule – this was to draw parallel lines at different angles, and colour in different parts.

Take a look in our gallery for some examples.

This week, we also enjoyed outdoor learning with leaves.

Have a look at the pictures in our gallery.

Golden Assembly

Star of the Week: Jonah

Super Learner:  Zach D

Superstar Writer:  Melodie, Isaac and Sam

Bookworm:  Charlie

Marvellous Mathematician: Henry Y 

Special Mentions: Rose and Rowan for great history work – accurately labelling a Roman Legionary

Lydia – for having the most beautiful manners

The Year 4 Team

Year 1 Blog Friday 6th November 2026

Date: 6th Nov 2026 @ 11:00am

Home Practice

Reading: In Year 1, children should read for at least 10/15 minutes daily and talk about the book/new words they come across.

This will help them become more confident and fluent readers.

Book changing day is on a Monday each week.

Please remember to send book bags in every day as we will read with your children on a regular basis.

Spelling: This week's tricky words are: again, thought, through, the.

Please practise reading and spelling these words. We will have a quiz at the end of next week.

Sumdog: Complete the addition/subtraction within 20

and spelling challenges (the four tricky words above).

Counting: Count forwards and backwards to 100. Ask what is one more/less than a given number.

Count in tens, what is ten more/less than a given number.

English

Our book this week was - Goldilock's and the Three Bears.

The children sequenced the story and labelled a picture using relevant vocabulary.

They also wrote a fantastic bonfire night poem, using their senses and decorated it with exploding firework pictures.

Phonics/Handwriting

The children recapped phase 4 and learnt four new phase 5 phonics this week. They were oa - toe, au - author, a_e - made and e_e - swede.

We are regularly working hard at writing upper case and lower case letters correctly on handwriting paper.

Maths

The children have finished their addition and subtraction topic.

They were using what they had learnt to solve addition and subtraction problems. 

Next week we will be learning all about 2-D and 3-D shapes.

RE

The children wrote and illustrated beautiful prayers to say thank you for our wonderful world.

Art

We made bonfire night pictures using oil pastels for the fireworks and tissue paper/wood coloured card for the bonfire.

Geography

Our new topic is...Our School within it's Locality - Longton.

The children learnt the difference between rural and urban areas and discussed some of the geographical features around school.

Golden Assembly

Star of the Week - Elise

Super Learner - Alice

Superstar Writer - Nola

Bookworm - Jenson

Mathematician - Harry

Special Mention - Arabella and Maisie for being great friends to everyone.

Reception Blog - Friday 6th December 2026

Date: 5th Nov 2026 @ 8:24pm

Welcome to Reception

Autumn 2

Topic – Ready, Steady, Go

Drawing Club

This week we have read the story ‘The Quiet Little Firework’

The children have created their own rockets using junk model crafts and different materials. We then all drew our own firework and tried to label what noise it made.

On Wednesday the little firework found himself inside a magical garden – the children loved creating their own magical garden with glowing flowers and secret paths.

Phonics

We have now learnt s a t p i n m d g o c k e u ck  

Please see the formation rhymes below

We have also learnt the tricky words

I the to no go

Maths

This week in number land we have been exploring the number 6

We ordered our numbers from 1 to 10 by cutting and sticking, we have also been focusing on finding one more and one less using our numbers 1 to 6.

RE

This week in RE we have learnt about the celebration of Diwali.

We watched a video about how a family prepares for Diwali, including the things they buy and how they decorate the house with diyas and rangoli art. 

We had a go at creating our own rangoli patterns outside with chalk and we decorated a hand template with mehndi patterns.

Understanding the World

This week we have been learning all about Bonfire night and Remembrance Day.

We watched firework and bonfire videos.

We spoke about the colours and the sounds we could see and hear.

We learnt about why celebrate bonfire night each year.

We also thought about how to stay safe on bonfire night.

We learnt what Remembrance Day is, why we wear poppies and meaning behind them.

We all had a go at making our own poppy craft by ripping and scrunching tissue paper.

 PSHE

This week we have been focusing on what makes us special, we looked at a lot of different sport activites and discussed if we liked or disliked them.

We enjoyed hearing how differnet everyone is.

We learnt a song about being special too. 

"I'm special. You're special.

There's no-one quite like me.

I'm special. You're special.

Clap if you agree. (Clap, clap)."

Reminders

Please remember to send your PE kits and your school trip slips back into school 😊

Friday 13^th November is Children in Need – children can come into school in pyjamas or wearing something spotty.

Golden Assembly

Golden Star - Iris

Super Learner - Marnie-Mae

Superstar Writer - Alex

Mathematician – Mohamed

Bookworm - Theo

Special Mention - Eva

Year 3 Blog - Friday 6th November 2026

Date: 5th Nov 2026 @ 9:55am

Home Practice - Sumdog

Maths challenge - 2-digit column addition

Spelling challenge - Week 2 spellings

Spellings

These are your spellings which will be tested next week – please practise them.

consider          continue        decide          describe        different

difficult      disappear        early         earth        eight

eighth        enough          exercise         experience          experiment

extreme        forward      famous       favourite          February

Counting – Can you try counting in threes?

Reading - Please try to read at least three times a week.

Please remember to bring book bags each day.

English

We started reading 'Journey' by Aaron Becker, a stunning wordless picture book that tells the adventures of a young girl armed only with her imagination and a red crayon.

We created our own fronted adverbials, wrote them in sentences, and used them to make a fantastic setting description of the forest that the young girl went into.

Maths

We solved three-digit addition number sentences using column addition. We even practised carrying a ten!

R.E.

We started our Prophecy and Promise unit. We talked about the word 'prophecy' and how it is used in the Bible.

We also created a poster advertising what we should and shouldn't do on a holy day. 

P.S.H.E.

We discussed the word 'respect' and how we can show respect in our lives. We also made a playground game in small groups, working on communication and showing respect to each other.

Computing

We started our new animation unit. We made flip books to show a character moving.

D.T.

We started our structures unit. We evaluated different structures.

Geography

We identified the different lines of latitude.

Outdoor learning

We measured the heights of different trees using just our bodies!

Golden Assembly

Star of the Week: Arianna

Super Learner: Joshua W

Superstar Writer: Joshua I, Ella and Gigi

Bookworm: Faisal

Marvellous Mathematician: Cara

Special Mentions: Freya for measuring trees during Outdoor Learning Day and Bobby for always showing everyone respect. 

Reception Blog - Thursday 22nd October 2026

Date: 23rd Oct 2026 @ 9:10am

Welcome to Reception

Autumn 1

Topic – Ourselves

Mrs Cliffe and Myself would like to say a huge 'Well Done' to all of Reception for completing their first half term in school. Every single child has made a fabulous start to their school journey. We are so proud of you all and parents for supporting them every step of the way. 

We can not wait for more fun in the next half term :)

Drawing Club

This week we read the story ‘The Leaf Thief’

We then discussed being a squirrel running through the woods and coming across a magical tree.

We all had lots of great ideas of what would happen to our trees when the wind blows.

Phonics

We have now learnt s a t p i n m d g o c k e u

We have learnt our first digraph ck  

Please see the formation rhymes below

We have also learnt the tricky words

I the to no

Maths

This week in number land we have been exploring the number 5

We explored using ten frames and creating our own cube towers for the number 5.

We also discuss the language of fewer and more when comparing amounts.

RE

This week in RE we have revisited the creation story.

And we have discussed the things we need to do to keep our world a lovely place to be.

Understanding the World

We have revisited our Senses this week.

This week we focused on hearing – we had to listen to different sounds and guess what they could be.

We have also been looking at the body again this week.

We read the story funny bones and talked about our bodies having lots of different bones.

We looked at a skeleton and had a go at creating our own using art straws.

Reminders

Please continued to read over the half the term using all the different games and ideas shared at our phonics workshops.

We will look forward to seeing everyone back on Monday 2^nd November :)

Golden Assembly

Golden Star - Oakley

Super Learner - Mohamed

Superstar Writer - Erica

Mathematician – Martha.H

Bookworm - Eva

Special Mention - Hallie

Year 6 Thursday 22nd October 2026

Date: 22nd Oct 2026 @ 6:20pm

Welcome to your End of Week Blog!

What a busy final week of the half term we have had in Year 6!

In English, we have continued to enjoy The Nowhere Emporium, with the story taking another dramatic turn! This week, we wrote some super descriptive pieces about the crumbling Nowhere Emporium, imagining the sights and sounds as the magical building began to fall apart around us. We focused on using similes to create vivid descriptions and help our readers picture the chaos and destruction. The children also worked hard to include all the new punctuation we have been learning, including semicolons, brackets and dashes, to add detail and variety to their writing. It has been lovely to see how much our writing has developed over the past few weeks. Well done, Year 6!

In Maths, we have completed our topic on division. Over the past few weeks, we have been developing our understanding of different division strategies, including the chunking method, and learning how to apply our multiplication knowledge to solve increasingly tricky calculations. This week, we brought all these skills together, thinking carefully about which methods are most efficient and how we can check our answers using the inverse operation. The children have made some great progress in their confidence and understanding. Super maths!

In History, we explored the Blitz and what life was like for people living in Britain during the German bombing campaigns of the Second World War. We learned about how people prepared for air raids, including the use of Anderson shelters, Morrison shelters, blackout curtains and gas masks. We discussed how these preparations helped to protect families and considered how frightening and disruptive everyday life must have been during this time.

In RE, we explored the Fall from Creation, learning about the story of Adam and Eve and the choices they made in the Garden of Eden. We discussed the important messages within the story, particularly the ideas of free will, temptation, responsibility and the consequences of our actions. The children then created posters to share their understanding of the story and the lessons we can learn from it today.

As we reach the end of our first half term in Year 6, we want to say a big well done to everyone for all their hard work and enthusiasm over the term so far. We have covered so much already, and it has been great to see the progress the children are making across the curriculum.

Have a lovely half-term holiday, everyone, and enjoy a very well-earned rest!

The Year 6 Team

Year 1 Blog Thursday 22nd October 2026

Date: 22nd Oct 2026 @ 5:42pm

The children have worked so hard and learnt so much in their first few weeks in Year 1 so a huge well done to everyone.

We hope you have a happy and safe holiday with family and friends.

Keep reading as often as possible over the holiday.

Golden Assembly

Star of the Week - Harry

Super Learner - George

Superstar Writer - Luca

Bookworm - Raeni

Mathematician - Joey

Special Mention - Maeve was chosen by her classmates for being a good friend and working hard.

Hugh and Raeni for helping others in class.

Year 5 blog Thursday 22nd October 2026

Date: 22nd Oct 2026 @ 4:27pm

Welcome to your Friday Blog

Home Practice

There is no home practise set for half term other than -  please keep reading!  

Year 5 have had a fabulous week of learning and have kept trying right to the end of half term – well done!

In English the class finished the class novel and wrote all about Giant Rumblebuffin. They also continued to practise their relative clauses and use of fronted adverbials.

 In Maths Year 5 have been learning to read and interpret tables of data, as well as learning how to accurately measure angles.

In Science the class observed and recorded paper planes being flown, with and without drag modifications to analyse the impact on flight distance.

 Golden stars this week

Star of the Week –  Eliza

Super Learner –  Bella

Superstar Writer –  Bobby

Bookworm - Alexander

Marvellous Mathematician -  Jessica M

Special Mentions -  Alice, Rory, Heidi, Albert and Lottie

Year 4 Blog Thursday 22nd October 2026

Date: 22nd Oct 2026 @ 2:05pm

We have had a brilliant half term in Year 4 and worked really hard!

Our learning this week

In English, we read a chapter of the novel and made inferences about the kind of person Kensuke was.

We then wrote a character description of Kensuke – using evidence from the text to support our ideas.  

We also used dictionaries to find out the meaning of words from the novel.

You can see us acting as word detectives in our gallery.

In Maths, we interpreted data and solved one-step problems from information presented in bar charts.

Additionally, we presented and interpreted data using pictograms.

In RE, we listened to a story about the live of Oscar Romero.

We then considered how his life and work was an example of faith made active in love. 

In PSHE, we recapped what makes a good friendship and how we might be able to tell if someone is friends with somebody else.

We also discussed text messages and how it is sometimes difficult to decide how they are meant to be read as we cannot hear the intonation or tone of a voice.

In our Science lesson, we recapped animal groups (mammal / bird / fish / reptile / amphibian) and suggested some questions to distinguish differences between the different groups based on features. 

We then created a classification key using yes / no questions and post-it notes.

Have a look at some examples in our gallery.

In PE, we practised our throwing and catching skills in games of bench ball and dodgeball.

There are some pictures in our gallery.

Home Practice

As it is half term, there is no Home Practice. However, please try and read every single day as this really helps unlock your learning.

In addition, please practise your tables using the games on Hit the Button and Rockstars. Little and often is the key to success.

Poetry Recital Competition

In class, we have both performed and written some poetry. It is a statutory requirement in the National Curriculum that children learn to recite poems from heart.

With this in mind, we are entering a poetry recital competition against local schools – this is to be held at Priory Academy in November.

We are therefore asking all the children to learn a poem over the half term holiday – a copy is attached to the blog.

If you wish to learn a poem of your own choice, please ensure that it is a ‘published’ poem (rather than one written by yourself) and no longer than 5 minutes long when performed.

After half term, we will hold an internal competition and the winner will go forward to the local competition. Further details will follow in due course.

Golden Assembly

Star of the week: Amelia L

Super Learner: Florence

Superstar Writer: Grace

Bookworm: Melodie

Marvellous Mathematician: Charlie

Special Mentions: Charles and Amelia C – for great partner work

Amelia F – for lovely manners and bringing a bright smile into Y4 everyday

We hope you have a peaceful and relaxing holiday and look forward to seeing you all again on Monday 2^nd November 2026.

The Year 4 Team

Year 3 Blog - Thursday 22nd October 2026

Date: 22nd Oct 2026 @ 10:15am

Welcome to your final blog of the half term!

We have had such a fantastic half term. We've worked so hard!

English

We continued to read Stone Age Boy. We explored the features of a diary entry, wrote our own in role as the boy, and wrote it neatly. We then read our diaries to Year 2.

Maths

We interpreted bar charts and pictograms. We solved word problems by reading the graphs.

R.E.

We explained the meaning of 7 ecological virtues: praise, gratitude, care, sobriety, humility, work and justice.

P.S.H.E.

We talked about dares and how they can be dangerous in friendship groups. We acted scenarios, showing the correct way to respond to a dangerous dare.

Computing

We had an online safety lesson. We practised using Kiddle (a child-friendly version of Google) to search for answers to questions.

Science

We sorted food into carbohydrates, fats and protein.

Golden Assembly

Star of the Week: Nelly

Super Learner: Reuben

Superstar Writer: Rudy

Bookworm: Jessie H

Marvellous Mathematician: Arthur

Special Mentions: Emma for always being organised and ready to learn, and Izzy and Kamali for always helping others when they're sad.

Have a fantastic half term. Keep safe and we'll see you on the 2nd November.

Year 2- Blog-Thursday 22nd October

Date: 20th Oct 2026 @ 6:26pm

We have had another fantastic week of learning in Year 2.

A fireman came to visit us to deliver a safety talk. He was very impressed with our listening skills and our questions.

Have a wonderful, safe and happy half term holiday.

There is no home practice this week.

KEEP READING!

Golden Assembly

Star of the Week - Elish

Super Learner - Elsie

Superstar Writer - Noah B.

Bookworm - Evie E.

Mathematician - Indie and Izzy

Special Mentions - Jack and Theo for super Geography and

Felicity, Amelie, George, Ariana,Evie E.,Elsie and Isla for continuing their learning at home, writing stories.

Also special mentions from Mrs Anderson for Judah, Ariana, Elish, Stanley and Lucas for changing their reading books regularly.

Year 6 Friday Blog 16th October 2026

Date: 16th Oct 2026 @ 5:13pm

This Week in Year 6

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. 

Maths Challenges: 

Sumdog 

Counting: 

This week, practise counting in decimal steps of 0.01 and 0.02. 

Draw a line with some marks on it. You could write the numbers as you count up or down, then double check it to make sure you have said the correct numbers.

Start with different numbers and count up 10 numbers then back again in 0.01 and 0.02. 

Times Tables: This week there are 100 times table questions to practise on Sumdog!

Maths Task: This week's learning is to practise questions about division which will help Year 6 to apply their learning from class this week. 

Well done to all our award winners in Golden Assembly this week! 

Star of the Week  - Josh W (Chosen by Year 6)

Super Learner -  Louie

Superstar Writer - Milo

Bookworm - Sienna

Marvellous Mathematician - Tiffany

Special Mentions - All of Y6 for their amazing example to the younger children in school! 

This week in Year 6

Another busy week in Year 6 with lots of great learning across the curriculum!

In English, we have been focusing on formal writing as we began writing our own newspaper reports linked to The Nowhere Emporium. We explored the features of newspaper reporting and how we can adapt our language to suit a more formal style. We also looked at how we can use semicolons, brackets and dashes to add detail, organise our ideas and really level up our writing. It has been lovely to see the children becoming more confident in using these punctuation skills independently.

In Maths, we have been learning how to divide using the chunking method. The children have been applying their multiplication knowledge to help them tackle some tricky division calculations, thinking carefully about how to break numbers down into manageable chunks. There has been some excellent reasoning and problem-solving on show this week. Super maths!

In History, we learned all about evacuees during the Second World War. We explored why so many children had to leave their homes and families, what the evacuation process involved and how it might have felt to arrive somewhere completely unfamiliar. The children showed great empathy as we discussed the different experiences of evacuees and the challenges they faced during the war.

On Tuesday, we were delighted to welcome Christina Mitchell into Year 6 to work with the children on The Happy at School Project (THASP). We spent time exploring the importance of resilience and how we can respond positively when things become difficult. We revisited the project's five key aims: understanding our emotions, building resilience, learning from challenges, strengthening relationships and becoming our best selves. The children really enjoyed the session and shared some thoughtful ideas about how we can use these skills both in school and in our everyday lives. A big thank you to Christina for spending time with us!

In PE, we are nearing the end of our invasion games topic and have been putting all the skills we have learned into practice. Our focus this week has been on applying our attacking and defending skills in game situations, with a particular emphasis on teamwork and communication. It has been great to see how much the children have developed over the past few weeks, especially in the way they encourage one another and work together as a team.

Have a great weekend!

The Year 6 Team

Year 5 blog Friday 16th October 2026

Date: 16th Oct 2026 @ 4:05pm

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.

people because different  achieve  bargain  category  dragged  completely  happily  peace  limitation  simply  limited  forgotten  information  various  said  knot

Counting

Count out loud in:

even numbers from 50 to 80 and back again             50, 52, 54, 56, …

60s from 0 to 600 and back again                                 0, 60,120, …

8s from 0 to 104 and back again                                  0,8,16,24, …

Times Tables

Please practise your times tables every day. Most children are practising mixed division this week as a target.

Sumdog

Maths practise – individual challenge.

Spelling Challenge – practise sheets have been sent home and there is a practise test on Sumdog.

We have had a super learning week in Year 5.

In English we have been writing diary entries as Edmund, a character from our class story. We are also reaching the climax of our Narnia novel where the queen and Aslan have finally met at the stone table.

In Maths we are continuing to practise addition and subtraction using the column method. We have started a new topic on statistics – reading time tables.  

Our topic in RE this week was all about loving God and loving all people. We worked in groups to discuss and formulate ideas on how we could help the vulnerable in our communities.

Finally, in Geography, we used atlases to look up the key cities of the UK and also marked on key mountain ranges.

Golden stars this week

Star of the Week –  Jessica A (class vote)

Super Learner – William

Superstar Writer –   Francesca

Bookworm -   Georgie

Marvellous Mathematician -  Bobby

Special Mention -  Rory

Year 4 Blog Friday 16th October 2026

Date: 16th Oct 2026 @ 3:52pm

Welcome to your Friday blog

Home practice

Reading

Please read for 20 minutes each evening to an adult at home. 

Discuss what you have read with an adult.

Can you predict what will happen next?

Spellings

These are your spellings which will be tested next week – please practise them

information            preparation           adoration     sensation               floatation

admiration             exaggeration         hibernation  propagation           imagination

concentration        moderation            education     differentiation      taxation

hesitation              litigation               isolation       invitation

Counting

This week, please practise counting in 4’s  

For example, start at 0 and count to 48 and back again

0    4     8   etc                          48   44   40  etc

Now try counting in 100’s from 253 to 1753 and back again

253    353    453    etc              1753    1653    1553  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

We have been working hard on our basic number facts to help us calculate more quickly and efficiently.

To help with this, a number fact challenge has been created.

Our Learning this Week

In English, we performed the poem ‘The Dinner Lady Dance’ in class using lots of expression.

Following this, we wrote a poem of our own in the same style. 

We also continued reading the novel and wrote about Michael’s feelings at the end of a chapter.

In Maths, we drew bar charts to present data. We needed to look carefully at the scale given and draw the bars accurately.

Additionally, we interpreted data presented in bar charts.  

In RE, we listened to the story of Abraham and Isaac.

We then hotseated each of the characters to find out how they kept their faith, hope and love in God.

We also wrote a prayer to help us reflect on how the virtues of faith, hope and love help us to be a good neighbour.                    

In P.S.H.E, we discussed the Golden Rules and gave examples of what someone would do to ‘show’ that they are ‘golden’. 

We talked about how we will try to spot peers who are golden in and around school.

In Science, we recapped possible groupings for plants (flowering / non-flowering, trunks, no trunks, deciduous / evergreen etc).

We also investigated classification keys and how they work.

Following this, we created yes/no questions to help us create a classification key.  

In French, we continued learning the names for some pets.

We also learnt how to answer the question ‘As tu des animaux?’ (Have you got any pets?).

In Geography, we recapped our learning about the water cycle and looked at the mini water cycles we had created in our classroom.

Have a look at the pictures of our water cycles now they are fully established!  

We also wrote a definition of a river and discovered where it starts, where it ‘travels’ and where it ends.

In PE, we practised bouncing a ball 3 times then passing – this is a skill used in handball.

We then put this into practise in games.

You can see some pictures in our gallery.

In Art, we further explored pattern using lines and shapes in a ‘zentangle’.

There are some examples in our gallery.

This week, Year 2 also came to share their owl factfiles with us.

We were very impressed with their handwriting, facts and jokes!

There are some pictures in our gallery.

Golden Assembly

Star of the Week: Lydia

Super Learner: Ellie

Superstar Writer: George

Bookworm: Harper

Marvellous Mathematician: Felicity

Special Mentions: Frankie – for being helpful around the classroom

Eliza – for a beautiful prayer based on the virtues of faith, hope and love

The Year 4 team

Reception Blog - Friday 16th October 2026

Date: 16th Oct 2026 @ 12:59pm

Welcome to Reception 

Autumn 1 

Topic – Ourselves 

PSED 

We have been thinking about what makes a good friend this week. 

We sorted some pictures into kind and unkind choices that we make with our friends.  

We have also revisited what we can do if we have big feelings, we spoke about ways to help calm us back down.  

Drawing Club 

We have continued to read ‘Owl Babies’ this week. 

We had a go at retelling the story using a story map, the children were brilliant at using the images to help talk about what happens in the story. 

We then decided to create our own version of the story. 

Before the mummy owl came back the babies, the children made up their own unexpected event that happens. 

We had lots of great ideas.  

Phonics 

We have now learnt s a t p i n m d g o c k    

Please see the formation rhymes below 

We have also learnt the tricky words  

I the to no 

Maths 

This week in number land we have been exploring the number 4.  

We have been focusing on making 4 in different ways, such as 2 + 2, 3+1, 4+0 

RE 

This week role played a Baptism.  

The children enjoyed using the baby to role play and took turns being the parents and godparents.  

We looked at and spoke about the children's Baptism pictures that have been sent in. 

Art 

This week we collaged our own Autumn Leaves using our scissor skills.  

We also made an Autumn Tree painting using the skill of printing with our fingers and cotton buds.  

Understanding the World 

We began to explore the senses this week.  

We learnt that we have 5 different senses, taste, touch, sight, hearing and smelling. 

We then explored smelling further by smelling different herbs from our outdoor area.  

We used the magnifying glass and binoculars to make things bigger using our sight.  

The last exploration was touch; we used a feely bag with different objects inside to described to our friends' what the things felt like.  

Click here to listen to our senses song

Reminders 

We break up for half term next week on Thursday 22nd October at 3.15pm.  

We are back into school on Monday 2nd November :) 

Golden Assembly  

Golden Star - Gabriel & Lily (Chosen by the children this week) 

Super Learner - Theodore 

Superstar Writer - Lucy 

Mathematician – Cove 

Bookworm - Henry 

Special Mention - Erica and Joey 

Year 1 Blog Friday 16th October 2026

Date: 15th Oct 2026 @ 6:36pm

Home Practice

Reading: In Year 1, children should read for at least 10/15 minutes daily and talk about the book/new words they come across.

This will help them become more confident and fluent readers.

Book changing day is on a Monday each week.

Please remember to send book bags in every day as we will read with your children on a regular basis.

Spelling: This week's tricky words are: oh, their, could, because.

Please practise reading and spelling these words. We will have a quiz at the end of next week.

Sumdog: Complete the number bonds within 20

and spelling challenges (the four tricky words above).

Counting: Chant number bonds to 10 and try to learn them by heart.

You could write them down. For example, 0+10=10, 1+9=10, 2+8=10, 3+7=10 and so on. Talk about the patterns you see.

English

Our book this week was - The Secret Sky Garden by Linda Sarah and Fiona Lumbers

The children drew a picture and wrote a description of their very own secret sky garden, making sure they included things they could see, smell, taste, touch and hear.

They also wrote an information poster with facts about the bumble bees that lived in the sky garden and a fantastic simile poem that is on display in class.

Phonics/Handwriting

The children recapped phase 3/4 and learnt some more phase 5 phonics this week.

Building on the sounds they already knew, we looked at oi/oy, ur/ir, oo/ue and or/aw.

They have been neatly writing upper case and lower case letters on handwriting paper.

Maths

The children have started their addition and subtraction topic this week.

They have been learning the number bonds to 10 and recognising teen numbers are created by adding 10 and a 1 digit number for example, 10+5=15, 10+7=17.

We also learnt that adding can be done in any order but we put the largest number first when subtracting.

RE

The children watched a clip about our beautiful planet and all the creatures that God created.

Then they drew a picture to go with the Bible quote...'Let the Earth produce all kinds of animal life.'

Art/RE

'Let there be light.'

The children created either candles or the sun on the horizon as a mosaic using small pieces of coloured card. 

History

We are coming to the end of this topic. The children will be exploring old toys.

Science

We recapped animal categories.

We worked together in teams to make dens and nests to keep our animals dry. we collected natural materials and showed wonderful problem-solving and cooperation.

Forest School is on a  Wednesday - wellington boots are needed.

Golden Assembly

Star of the Week - Rosie

Super Learner - Cameron

Superstar Writer - Teddy

Bookworm - Louie

Mathematician - Billy

Special Mention - Henry Blakeley for being so helpful and volunteering to help tidy up.

Year 2 Blog- Friday 16th October 2026

Date: 15th Oct 2026 @ 5:39pm

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.

MORE CHILDREN HAVE CHANGED THEIR BOOK THIS WEEK.

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 Thursday (22.10.26): 

pear      pair         mane      main          plain        plane       tale     tail       stare       stair

Sumdog: Complete the 'Measure' challenge.

Counting: 

At home, count in 5's forwards and backwards.

What do you notice about the numbers you are counting each time?

You may also like to practise the 10x, 5x, 2x and 3x table on Hit The Button. Doubling and halving is also good to practise

Follow the link below:

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button 

English

We wrote our Barn Owl fact sheets this week. We practised writing sentences with different openings to make our writing more interesting for the reader.

We read our fact sheets to the children of Year 3 and 4.

Maths

We have been measuring length, height and mass, using rulers and balance scales.

We have also been learning about the properties of 2D shapes. We used the geo boards to investigate shapes.

RE

Next week, we will continue learning about Baptism. It would be great if you could talk to your child about their own Baptism and maybe send some photographs (not precious ones) into school.

We will use them to further discuss what happens at a Baptism and the importance of being part of the Church family.

History

We made a poster about everything we have learnt about the Great Fire of London.

Forest School

Super imagination and team work was on show when we made our obstacle courses. There were plenty of physical challenges and each team checked their course for safety.

One group had a bit of time in the lodge as it got a bit wet and windy! We did stick wrapping and read some nature stories and non fiction books.

Art

Mrs Robinson taught Art this week. We used pastels to make beautiful Autumn pictures.

Golden Assembly

Star of the Week - Ariana

Super Learner - Judah

Superstar Writer - George

Bookworm - Rupert

Mathematician - Hartley

Special Mentions - Evie E, Lucas for putting 100% effort into all their learning and

Theo for a beautiful Autumn leaf picture.

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Year 3 Blog - Friday 16th October 2026

Date: 15th Oct 2026 @ 10:16am

Home Practice - Sumdog

Maths challenge - Charts

Spelling challenge - Week 7 spellings

Spellings

These are your spellings which will be tested next week (on Thursday) – please practise them.

Thursday          March         September          mystery        Friday

April      October        typical         answer        appear

arrive        gymnast          happier         nicest          patting

Egypt        gardener      limitation       writing          crypt

Counting – Can you count in twos? We have been using twos on our bar charts this week.

Reading - Please try to read at least three times a week.

Please remember to bring book bags each day.

English

We started our final book for this half term: Stone Age Boy. We had two focuses this week: character speech and setting descriptions (using expanded noun phrases). We found that one of our main characters didn't speak very much as she was from the Stone Age!

Maths

We added two-digit numbers together to make 100.

We also collated data and drew bar charts.

P.E.

We focused solely on backstroke.

R.E.

We read 'Laudato Si' and compares its teachings to Genesis. We wrote sentences describing how we can look after our world, and we drew some lovely pictures for our RE display.

Computing

We made our own bar charts on the iPads.

History

We compared the Bronze Age to Iron Age.

Art

We used the charcoal to make an open-ended piece of Art.

Forest School

 We remembered how to be safe around the fire. We used the Kelly Kettle to boil water and we had some delicious hot chocolate with marsh mallows.

Golden Assembly

Star of the Week: Rhodes and Faisal

Super Learner: Jesse F

Superstar Writer: Harry

Bookworm: Cerys

Marvellous Mathematician: April

Special Mentions: Harry and Buzz for their amazing Stone Age learning and William for his beautiful manners.