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Year 5 blog - Friday 11th July 2025

Date: 11th Jul 2025 @ 5:24pm

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

There are no spellings for this week.

Counting

Count out loud in:

5s up to 60 and back again 0,5,10,15…

50s from 350 to 750 and back again 350, 400, 450…

200s from 100,400 backwards to 98,200 100,400, 100,200, 100,000…

Times Tables

Please keep practising your times tables. TTRS and Hit the Button are great resources for this.

Sumdog

Maths practise – individual challenge.

We have had another great week of learning in Year 5.

We have been writing poems in English and sharing our ideas and performance styles.

In Maths we have been continuing with revising methods for division.

There have been many rehearsals followed by three performances of our special production of ‘Joseph.’ The class have shown real determination and enthusiasm with this – a great job Year 5!

In History, we have continued to learn about the Maya civilisation, including how they created calendars, using glyphs.

Finally, Year 5 finished the week by creating their own unique fashion design clothing in Art.

Another super week Year 5 – well done!

Star of the week - Ebba

Marvellous mathematician - Agatha

Superstar writer - Willow

Super learner - Milana

Super learner - Joe

Special mention - Zachary O

Bookworm - Theo

Reception Blog - Friday 11th July 2025

Date: 11th Jul 2025 @ 3:33pm

Welcome to Reception's Friday Blog!

Phonics

We have all been recapping our sounds and tricky words from this year.

Drawing Club

In Drawing Club, we have been writing clues for animals and reading them to our friends for them to guess the animal.

See the photos here.

Maths

We have been taking part in memory games (I went to the shop and bought ...)

We have also been comparing base 10 and multilink cubes and talking about the similarities and differences. See the photos here.

We have continued talking about seeing Jesus through other people's eyes.

We talked about how different countries view Jesus, specifically Nigeria.

Understanding the World

We have also been comparing arctic animals and woodland animals.

My Happy Mind

We have been talking about perseverance.

We have taken part in orienteering.

Also have a look at our choosing time this week here!

Golden Assembly

Star of the Week – Connall

Super Learner – Tommy

Superstar Writer – Harriet

Bookworm – Zara

Mathematician – Reo

Special Mention - Imogen - for always taking great care in the creative area.

Year 1 Blog - Friday 11th July 2025

Date: 11th Jul 2025 @ 8:45am

Welcome to your Friday blog!

Home Practice

Sumdog challenges

Maths - Positional language

Phonics - Sounds learnt this week

Counting - Please practise counting from 0 to 20, forwards and backwards.

Reading - We've had a drop in the number of children changing their reading books so please keep reading at home.

Please remember to bring book bags in each day.

English

We have been writing non-chronological reports about bears. We used the facts that we gathered on Friday and drew fantastic pictures.

See our pictures here.

We have also been writing beautiful messages for Mrs Wood's card.

Phonics

Some of us have been practising spotting our sounds in our reading books.

Some of us have started to identify the different air spellings: air in chair, ear in bear and are in care.

Maths

We have been comparing turns (full and half turns) and using positional language (forwards, backwards, left and right).

Science

We made the most of the weather and drew around our shadows!

See our pictures here.

Art

We went outside and sketched what we could see.

See our pictures here.

D.T.

We learnt how to complete a simple running stitch.

Year 6 production

A big thank you to Year 6 for letting us watch their production!

Golden Assembly

Star of the Week: Joshua Wright

Super Learner: Jaxon

Superstar Writer: Ella

Bookworm: Seb

Marvellous Mathematician: Joshua I and Luca

Special Mentions: Lara for her super answers in Maths.

Please could all reading books be returned next week, Mrs Anderson will be collecting them in!

Little Owls - Week 6

Date: 11th Jul 2025 @ 8:35am

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Little Owls - Week 6

Thank you so much for all your support over the last six weeks, we have loved getting to know everyone and we cannot wait for September!

Don't forget to make your 'Treasure Box' over the holidays and bring it with you during the first week of school.

We would like to say a big 'thank you' to everyone who came along to our stay and play this week!

Have a great summer holidays and we will see you in September

The Reception Team

Year 3 Friday blog 11th July 2025

Date: 10th Jul 2025 @ 6:07pm

Home Practice

It’s been another busy and brilliant week in Year 3!

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Home Learning

Reading – Keep reading every night for at least 15 minutes.

Maths – We’ve set two challenges on Sumdog this week. They focus on multiplication and fluency. Good luck!

Reminders:

On Monday, we will be making and evaluating our sandwiches in a MasterChef-style session! Please make sure your child brings in the ingredients for one sandwich and a butter knife to use. Thank you!

Our Wooden Pencil Case Shop is still open! There’s plenty of stock left – £3 for one or 3 for £5. This is part of our Enterprise Project, and we’re hoping to clear the shelves by the end of term!

This week in Year 3

We’ve had another fantastic week of learning in Year 3!In English, we have been really enjoying Journey to Jo’burg. This week, we wrote in role and retold parts of the story, showing great empathy and imagination. The children have really connected with the characters and their journey.

Journey to Jo'burg - Beverley Naidoo

In Maths, we’ve been learning how to read scales accurately and recapped our time learning too. Super maths work, Year 3, great focus and effort all round!

In Art, we proudly finished our moving pictures projects. The children worked so hard to bring their ideas to life. Head over to our gallery to see their amazing creations!

In PE, we took part in our intra-sport orienteering event. Everyone gave 100%, tackling the exercises and finding all the points on the course with brilliant teamwork and determination. Well done, everyone!

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On Wednesday, we had the pleasure of watching the Year 6 production of Joseph – it was absolutely amazing, and we were so proud of our older pupils!

In History, we learned about the end of the Egyptian Empire, including figures like Alexander the Great, Marc Antony, and Cleopatra. We’ve loved learning about Ancient Egypt this term, we've gained so much new knowledge and developed some excellent history skills along the way.

In Geography, we’ve been exploring the human and physical features of South America. We used our new atlases and researched using iPads to discover more about this fascinating continent. Super geography work, Year 3!

South American Flag Quiz (+ Free Games and Flashcards)

In Computing this week we have been learning all about events in code. We greated our own flappy bird games. Look in our gallery to play them!

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Have a lovely weekend in the sunshine!
The Year 3 Team ☀️

Year 4 Blog Friday 11th July 2025

Date: 10th Jul 2025 @ 3:04pm

Welcome to your Friday blog

Home practice

Reading

Please read for 20 minutes each evening to an adult at home. Reading every night will help you read more fluently and with understanding.

Spellings

There are no spellings to learn for next week

Counting

Keep counting ….

There are some 2, 4, 5 and 10 times tables counting songs on the link below.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/topics/cnep90jwjj7t

Have fun!

TTRockstars challenge

A ‘garage’ session

Sumdog challenges

A converting between different units of measure challenge

Our learning this week

English

In English, we wrote poems and thoughtful message for a special person.

We then published these beautifully.

We also labelled the features of a playscript and then drafted our own playscript based on the novel.

Maths

In Maths, we converted from kg to g using the conversion 1kg = 1000g.

We discovered that we needed to multiply by 1000 to convert from kg to g.

We also converted measurements between litres and millilitres using the conversion 1l = 1000ml.

We discovered that we needed to multiply by 1000 to convert from l to ml.

In RE, we learnt some facts about the Byzantine Rite.

We discovered that the Rite’s roots are in the Greek speaking Christian communities.

PSHE

In PSHE, we learnt what ‘Big Dream Goals’ are.

We learnt how to set ‘Big Dream Goals’ with a checklist:

set a clear goal

describe the key actions

identify any help you may need

Science

In Science, we discussed the relationship between distance and sound.

We established that the further the vibrations travel, the more they spread out.

This means that sounds get quieter as the distance increases.

We then explore string telephones – see us in action in our gallery.

History

In History, we completed our research into the 12 Olympian gods and goddesses, and finished our ‘top trumps’ cards.

In PE, we completed the Intra House Orienteering Competition.

We paired up within our houses and worked together to find 18 markers around the school grounds, using a map.

Once all 18 were checked and completed, we recorded our time.

The fastest team will get 50 housepoints, the 2^nd will get 30 and the 3^rd 10!

Have a look at us enjoying our orienteering in our gallery.

We created different ‘algorithms’ for a micro:bit.

Firstly, we created a ‘beating heart’ on the LED display. Then we used a sequence whereby we needed to press button A or B on the micro:bit to change the display.

There are some pictures in our gallery.

Year 6 Production

On Wednesday afternoon, we watched the Year 6 dress rehearsal of Joseph and his Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat.

Wow – we thought it was brilliant and we loved the songs and acting.

Well done to Year 6 on an amazing production.

Golden Assembly

Star of the Week: Trudy

Super Learner: Emma

Superstar Writer: Ada-<ay

Bookworm: Lily

Marvellous Mathematician: Joni

Special Mentions: Trudy and Bertie – super experimenting with micro:bits

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The Year 4 team

Year 6 Friday Blog - 11th July 2025

Date: 10th Jul 2025 @ 9:27am

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Welcome to the Year 6 weekly blog.

This week in Year 6

Joseph and His Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat

All of Year 6 worked so hard on their amazing production - well done to everyone for their wonderful acting and singing. We hope you all enjoyed the performance!

History

What You Need To Know About VE Day 8 May 1945

In History we have continued with our WW2 topic. We have been learning about how the RAF were important in helping Britain win WW2. We also learned how WW2 came to an end by thinking about different causes and their impact.

Science

The Four Types Of Fossils

In Science we learned all about how fossils can show evolution. We revised how fossils are formed and we looked closely at how fossils of horses show a change over time!

Homework - Kristina Stevenson's Classroom - SSD Public Website at Salem School District

No homework or spellings have been set for the last week.

Please can reading books be returned to school to be collected next week.

Golden Assembly

All of Year 6 received a special mention for their amazing effort in the school production. Well done Year 6!

Have super weekend Year 6!

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Year 2 Blog Friday 11th July 2025

Date: 8th Jul 2025 @ 10:07am

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!

Sumdog:

Please complete the multiplication and division challenge by Friday (18.07.25).

Counting:

Spend time counting in 3's forwards and backwards to 60 or even 100. Look at how that links to the 3x table.

Times Tables:

Please keep learning the 2, 5, 10 and 3 times tables (and division facts) ready for Y3.

Follow this link to play 'Hit the Button' and 'Tables-Teaser'.

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

https://nrich.maths.org/problems/tables-teaser

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English

Using books from our library, the children wrote interesting information texts about a topic of their choice.

They included facts and detailed diagrams.

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Maths

We learnt more about capacity and volume this week.

The children estimated how much liquid a container held and measured accurately using litres and millilitres.

They also solved tricky word problems related to capacity and volume.

Our Bible story was The Good Samaritan.

We looked in more detail at who the characters were and how they interacted at the time.

In PE, we had an orienteering competition.

The children displayed great map skills and team work and had a lot of fun.

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat - Wikipedia

Year 6 Performance

We spent Wednesday afternoon watching the Year 6 dress rehearsal.

It was very exciting and entertaining.

Nature Art

Art/Forest School

The children were very creative, using materials from nature to create their own art work.

Science

We made our boats and tested them to see if they floated and if they were waterproof. We came to some conclusions.

Golden Assembly

Star of the Week-Henry P.

Super Learner-Adam

Superstar Writer-Orlaigh

Bookworm-Wilbur

Mathematician-Felicity

Special Mentions-Devyn for being a kind and caring friend.

Teddy for great listening.

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Year 3 Friday Blog 4th July 2025

Date: 4th Jul 2025 @ 3:51pm

We’ve had another brilliant week of learning in Year 3!

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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 number fluency and times tables.

Spellings - This week’s spellings are a recep of some of the words we've met this term

Counting – Keep counting too! Check out all our counting songs and videos on past blog posts to practise your 2s, 5s, 10s, 3s, 4s and 8s.

This week in Year 3

Our highlight this week was our fantastic trip to Bolton Museum! We saw a real Egyptian mummy, sketched some beautiful artwork, explored the exciting science displays and even visited the aquarium. The whole class was amazing – and the museum staff were extremely impressed with our knowledge of Ancient Egypt. Well done, Year 3! Check out our gallery!

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In English, we have started our new novel, Journey to Jo’burg. We wrote a brilliant description of the main character, Naledi, and a powerful recount of her first hours on the road. The children are already hooked by the story and showing great empathy in their writing.

UKS2 Whole Class Reading Journey to Jo'burg - The Teach Hub

In Maths, we’ve been learning all about Roman numerals. We’ve been using number lines to help us identify missing numbers and have worked really hard to spot patterns and build our confidence.

Roman Numerals | LanGeek

In Science, we explored the roots of different plants from around our school grounds. We sketched and labelled our own diagrams and revisited the important role roots play in helping plants grow. Some super scientific thinking this week!

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In PE, we’ve been practising our tennis skills, working on ball control and hand/eye co-ordination. We’ve spotted some future tennis stars in our class already!

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Well done for all your hard work, Year 3. Have a lovely weekend – you’ve earned it!

The Year 3 team

Year 5 blog Friday 04.07.25

Date: 4th Jul 2025 @ 3:48pm

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.

identity immediately individual interfere interrupt language leisure lightning marvellous mischievous muscle necessary neighbour nuisance occupy occur opportunity parliament

Counting

Count out loud in:

5s up to 60 and back again 0,5,10,15…

70s from 350 to 770 and back again 350, 420, 490…

100s from 100,500 backwards to 98,500 100,500, 100,400, 100,300…

Times Tables

Please keep practising your times tables. There is a TTRS competition between Year 4 and Year 5 this week, starting tonight until next Friday. It is available from 3:15pm until 8pm every day.

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.

We have had another fantastic week of learning in Year 5.

In English this week, we have all enjoyed reading about Harry Potter’s potion class, where he makes the perfect potion and wins a bottle of liquid luck. Everyone wrote their own instructions for a potion and also wrote a short story about Harry, Ron and Hermione meeting a magical creature. The quality and length of writing was amazing.

In Maths we have been revisiting division. Well done Year 5!

In DT everyone designed and created a CAMS toy - there were some fantastic creations!

There has been lots of practising for our special production of ‘Joseph, next week. Everyone in the class has been given a book of lyrics to learn over the weekend.

Finally, Year 5 finished the week by all taking part in a rugby festival at school. We also made magic wands in outdoor learning, using natural resources.

Another great week where everyone tried their hardest – well done!

Reception Blog - Friday 4th July 2025

Date: 4th Jul 2025 @ 3:25pm

Welcome to Reception's Friday Blog!

Phonics

Mrs Robinson's group have been writing and reading words with the air and ure sounds in them.

Mrs Dixon's group have been focussing on CCVCC words.

Drawing Club

In Drawing Club, we have been listening to the story 'Am I Yours?'

We predicted what would be in the egg and then drew and wrote about it.

Maths

We have been exploring patterns and sequencing.

We have been talking about seeing Jesus through other people's eyes.

We talked about how different countries view Jesus. We listened to stories from Nigeria, Mexico, India and Australia.

Expressive Art and Design

This week we have designed our own under the sea animals to put in our matchboxes. See the photos here.

We have also been copying animal prints - we have loved this activity. See the photos here.

Understanding the World

We have been exploring maps of the world and thinking about the animals that lived in those countries.

We have also been comparing jungle animals and under the sea animals.

My Happy Mind

We have been talking about perseverance.

We learnt invasion games today.

We loved playing cat and mouse and showed brilliant team work.

See the photos here.

Year 4 Blog Friday 4th July 2025

Date: 4th Jul 2025 @ 2:38pm

Welcome to your Friday blog

Home practice

Reading

Please read for 20 minutes each evening to an adult at home. Reading every night will help you read more fluently and with understanding.

Can you spot any homophones when you are reading eg their, there and they’re.

Spellings

These are your spellings for next week:

brake break fair fare mane main

weather whether missed mist meat meet

to too two there their they’re

Counting

This week, please practise counting in 20’s

For example, start at 20 and count to 240 and back again

20 40 60 etc 240 220 200 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’ – Year 4 v Year 5

Sumdog challenges

A spelling challenge based on the words above

A multiplication and division challenge identifying unknowns

Our learning this week

English

In English, we used a dictionary to find out the definitions of new words.

We then wrote the word in a sentence of our own to show the word in context.

Maths

In Maths, we converted from m to cm using the conversion 1m = 100cm.

We discovered that we needed to multiply by 100 to convert from m to cm.

We also converted measurements between km and m using the conversion 1km = 1000m.

We discovered that we needed to multiply by 1000 to convert from km to m.

In RE, we explored the mission and some of the writings of St Paul.

PSHE

In PSHE, we considered what ‘big dream goals’ are.

We also learnt why setting goals makes us feel good.

Science

In Science, we explored the relationship between distance and volume.

We discussed how the volume of the school bell might change depending on where we were stood – the further away from the source of the sound, the quieter it would be.

We then planned an experiment which we will carry out next week.

History

In History, we researched the 12 Olympian gods and goddesses.

We also identified key Ancient Greek gods and goddesses from historical sources which were pinned up in the playground.

You can see us in action in our gallery.

Following this, we created ‘top trump’ cards for our favourite 3 gods / goddesses.

In PE, we paired up and practised underarm throws to our partner. Next, we played a game which required us to return the ball over the net. If the ball was caught, we were out!

We learnt how to create a set of instructions (an algorithm) in code.

We then downloaded the algorithm to a micro:bit.

The infinite loop kept our name scrolling on the micro:bit’s LED display.

Some of us extended our learning to include other information on the micro:bit display.

Tag Rugby

We also had a fantastic tag rugby session on Friday afternoon with a South Ribble Sports Coach.

Take a look at our pictures in the gallery.

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Year 2 Blog Friday 4th July 2025

Date: 4th Jul 2025 @ 10:35am

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!

Sumdog:

Please complete the missing numbers challenge by Friday (11.07.25).

Counting:

Spend time counting in 3's forwards and backwards to 60 or even 100.

Times Tables:

Please keep learning the 2, 5, 10 and 3 times tables (and division facts) ready for Y3.

Follow this link to play 'Hit the Button' and 'Tables-Teaser'.

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

https://nrich.maths.org/problems/tables-teaser

Harry and the Jaggedy Daggers (Bottlenose Bay)

English

Year 2 are really enjoying our new book, Harry And The Jaggedy Daggers by Jan Fearnley.

We have made predictions about the characters, setting, storyline and ending and produced great story maps.

Maths

Using part whole models has really helped everyone solve missing number problems this week.

Our Bible story was The Good Samaritan.

The children retold the story on story fans and beautifully illustrated them.

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In PE, we made our small games of rounders into two bigger games with more fielders and batters.

The rules changed slightly to make it more challenging, but everyone had a lot of fun. Some of the teachers joined in too!

Science

We planned an investigation to make a boat to carry Harry across Bottlenose Bay after his own boat has been smashed to smithereens.

We are going to make and test our boats next week. We discussed which materials would be best as the boat has to float, be waterproof and strong.

NSPCC

We had a visit from a lady from the NSPCC. She talked to us about keeping safe and who we could talk to if we had a problem.

Tag Rugby

We had a great session with our South Ribble coach. He taught us how to hold the ball, score a try, do a swing pass and pick up the ball without stopping.

We then had a game.

Moving Up Morning

We had our second moving up morning in Year 3. Mr Campbell was impressed with out listening.

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Year 1 Blog - Friday 4th July 2025

Date: 3rd Jul 2025 @ 7:01pm

Welcome to your Friday blog!

Home Practice

Sumdog challenges

Maths - Missing number questions

Phonics - Sounds learnt this week

Counting - Please practise counting from 0 to 20, forwards and backwards.

Reading - We've had a drop in the number of children changing their reading books so please keep reading at home.

Please remember to bring book bags in each day.

English

We read a story about another polar bear called Leaf who, like Lars in The Little Polar Bear, was lost and wanted to return home. We role-played how Leaf was feeling, wrote sentences using exclamation marks and question marks, and researched facts about polar bears on the iPads.

See our pictures here.

Phonics

Some of us have been applying our phonics sounds when reading.

Some of us have continued to identify the different ear spellings, focusing on the ear sound in here.

Maths

We have continued to complete addition and subtraction number sentences. We furthered our learning by understanding how to calculate missing number questions, using our fact family knowledge.

R.E.

We had a Collective Worship with Miss Gravili. We talked about how to be helpful.

P.E.

We went outside and completed a fitness orienteering session.

We also had a fantastic rugby session with Dave.

See our pictures here.

Science

We observed the change in temperature using thermometers. We identified how to read the scales together then compared the temperature in shaded areas to sunny areas.

See our pictures here.

PSHE

We discovered that we have three places that we go to depending on how we are feeling: a busy place, a middle place and a happy place. We want to stay in our happy place as much as possible but sometimes our brains go to our busy place. We recognised that we can use different techniques, such as happy breathing, to move between our places.

D.T.

We explored different joining techniques - gluing, stapling and using split pins.

See our pictures here.

Moving up morning

We had a great time in our new classroom. We made our new peg names ready for the next year.

Over summer, please complete the book that your child has been given!

Year 6 Blog - Friday 4th July

Date: 3rd Jul 2025 @ 8:42am

Year 6 - Beechwood Junior School

Welcome to the Year 6 weekly blog.

All of Year 6 really enjoyed participating in the rugby festival today!

This week in Year 6

History

In History we have continued with our WW2 topic. We have been learning about how the lives of civilians changed during WW1 in Britain. We researched rationing, the role of children and evacuees and wrote some amazing fact sheets based on our research.

Computing

To start our new coding topic, we discussed what is acceptable and not acceptable to say online. We explored how words could be interpreted and discussed how we should conduct ourselves online.

Geography

In Geography we explored our local area. We investigated how Longton has regional, national and global links!

Homework - Kristina Stevenson's Classroom - SSD Public Website at Salem School District

Please complete the following tasks by Wednesday 9/07/25.

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.

Spellings - no spellings have been set this week

Homework -

Homework for this half term will be more topic based. Please complete one task from the topic homework sheet by next Thursday.

Have great weekend Year 6!

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Little Owls - Week 5

Date: 2nd Jul 2025 @ 11:12am

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Little Owls Week 5

Little Owls, we cannot believe that we only have one more session left.

This week we have been learning each others names using circle games.

We loved playing the game 'duck, duck, goose.'

We then went into the provision to explore our classroom some more.

We had carrot for snack today.

Please note, that our final session, 9th July will be a stay and play!

See you next week for the final session!

Year 5 Friday blog 27.06.25

Date: 27th Jun 2025 @ 4:54pm

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.

there they’re their where wear we’re hair hare hear here it’s its to two too behaviour environment library

Counting

Count out loud in:

3s up to 60 and back again 0,3,6,9…

30s from 240 to 510 and back again 240, 270, 300, 330…

100s from 50100 backwards to 48700 50,100, 50,000, 49,900…

Times Tables

Please keep practising your times tables. There are several tests on them in the next few weeks.

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.

We have had another fantastic week of learning in Year 5.

In English this week, everyone has been trying very hard to make their writing about their someone special perfect. They will be on display when open morning is on next week.

In Maths we have been revisiting number lines and bridging boundaries. Well done Year 5!

In RE we’ve been having lots of lively conversations about what is factual truth in the bible and what is spiritual truth or a message on how God wants us to live our lives.

In Art, we’ve been busy painting windchimes for the summer fair and creating patterns on our painted clothes, ready to cut them into clothes next week.

Finally, Year 5 enjoyed watching all the Rock Steady bands perform. So many of Year 5 participated and they were fantastic.

A great week of learning where everyone gave 100% effort – well done!

Golden stars this week

Leo H – star of the week

Oscar – marvellous mathematician

Holly W – super learner for listening and being golden

Alfie G – superstar writer

Maisie – bookworm for reading lots of poems at home

Zac M – special mention for being kind and helpful

Year 3 Friday Blog 27th June 2025

Date: 27th Jun 2025 @ 2:52pm

Welcome to your Friday Blog

It’s been another busy and brilliant week in Year 3!

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Home Learning

Reading – Please read every night for at least 15 minutes. Don’t forget to record it in your reading diary!

Maths – We’ve set two challenges on Sumdog this week. They focus on multiplication, division, and times tables, perfect for reinforcing the learning we’ve met in class.

Spellings – This week’s spellings all revision of Key Stage 1 Common exception words.

This week in Year 3

We’ve had a fantastic week in Year 3 – full of creativity, hard work and fun!

This week, we’ve been busy with our Enterprise Week project and have made some brilliant wooden pencil cases. The children worked so hard and showed great teamwork and creativity. These will be on sale at the Summer Fair for £3 each or two for £5. Come along and support our budding entrepreneurs!

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In English, we’ve been finishing off our Special Person writing. These wonderful pieces will be on display during Open Morning for everyone to enjoy. Check out our gallery to read some of our amazing work. We are so proud of the children’s thoughtful and heartfelt writing.

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In Maths, we’ve been learning all about 3D shape and working hard to use our new vocabulary accurately. The children have been brilliant at recognising and describing shapes. Well done, Year 3!

We also enjoyed the Rock Steady concerts on Friday. A huge well done to all our Year 3 rock stars, you were fantastic on stage!

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In History, we learned all about Ramses II, the longest ruling Pharaoh of Ancient Egypt. We explored some of the incredible monuments built during his reign, including the breathtaking Abu Simbel temple. Super history learning all round!

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Golden Assembly

Star of the week - Jessica

Super Learner - Emilia

Writer of the week - Rowan

Marvellous Mathematician - William

Bookworm - Marvin

Special Mentions - Violet, Eliza nd Violet. For their kindness to everyone in class this week!

Well done for another brilliant week, Year 3!

Year 4 Blog Friday 27th June 2025

Date: 27th Jun 2025 @ 12:14pm

Welcome to your Friday blog

Home practice

Reading

Please read for 20 minutes each evening to an adult at home. Reading every night will help you read more fluently and with understanding.

Try and add lots of expression when you are reading and use the punctuation to add pauses.

Spellings

These are your spellings for next week:

accept except ball bawl berry bury

grate great groan grown knot not

mail male peace piece scene seen

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

Now have a go at counting in 9’s from 14 to 113

14 23 32 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

An addition and subtraction challenge using units of measure

Our learning this week

English

In English, we completed our writing about ‘someone special’.

Following our draft, proof-read and edit, we published our writing ready for Open Morning.

We hope you enjoy reading these next Tuesday.

Maths

In Maths, we measured, drew and compared the length of different objects including numbers to two decimal places.

You can see us practising this skill in our gallery.

In RE, we learnt about St Paul’s conversion and compared his life to before and after this event on the road to Damascus.

In addition, we considered why St Paul is a significant figure for Christians.

PSHE

In PSHE, we learnt that ‘engage’ means to get involved, concentrate and try our best when completing different activities.

Science

In Science, we recapped our learning about sound being made when an object vibrates.

When the vibrations enter our ears, we hear them as sounds because the ear drum vibrates and sends a signal to our brain.

We also investigated whether or not sounds can travel through different mediums (solids, liquids and gases).

Take a look at the photos in our gallery.

History

In History, we acted out the story of Alexander the Great and discussed why he was such a significant figure in Ancient Greek history.

In PE, we practised an under-arm throw and tapping it back to our partner with a tennis racket.

Following this, we practised balancing a tennis ball on our racket without dropping it.

Finally, we played a game in 2 groups which involved hitting the ball over net and trying not to be caught out.

Have a look at the picture in our gallery.

This week, we also took part in Dance from the Heart!

We loved dancing with the whole school and the South Ribble Dance Leaders.

Have a look at the pictures in our gallery.

Golden Assembly

Star of the Week: Evangeline

Super Learner: Jack

Superstar Writer: Maisie and Teddy

Bookworm: Joni

Marvellous Mathematician: Caleb

Special Mentions: Evelyn and Spencer

We look forward to seeing you at the Summer Fair on Saturday

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The Year 4 team

Year 1 Blog - Friday 27th June 2025

Date: 26th Jun 2025 @ 5:05pm

Welcome to your Friday blog!

Home Practice

Sumdog challenges

Maths - Add within 20

Phonics - Sounds learnt this week

Counting - Practise the counting to 20 game with your family. Try and count backwards too!

Reading - We've had a drop in the number of children changing their reading books so please keep reading at home.

Please remember to bring book bags in each day.

English

We read our new book Little Polar Bear, which is about a polar bear called Lars who floats away from his father whilst he's asleep! We described the North Pole, wrote speech bubbles for the characters and wrote sentences explaining what we would do if we were Lars.

We also finished our special person writing. They will up on display during our open morning!

Phonics

Some of us have compared different u spellings.

Some of us have been comparing ear in hear and eer in deer.

Maths

We have been adding and subtracting numbers to 20 using part-whole models and tens frames. We have also been focusing on using known number sentences to form fact families.

R.E.

We listened to different types of music, such as Gospel music, and discussed which was our favourite and why. We all loved 'My Lighthouse' by Rend Collective!

PSHE

We talked about times that we show different emotions and how it's okay to feel sad, confused and angry sometimes.

Art

We made our final minibeast collage using painted card. We made ladybirds, wasps, caterpillars and butterflies.

See our pictures here.

Moving up morning

We had so much fun in Year 2! Mrs Corbett and Miss Gravili learnt all about us.

Dance from the Heart

We performed brilliantly on Wednesday! A big thank you to everyone who came to watch us.

See our pictures here.

Rock Steady

A big well done to Harry, Lara, Zac, Jesse and Rudy for being amazing rockstars!

See our pictures here.

Golden Assembly

Star of the Week: Genevieve

Super Learner: Cara

Superstar Writer: Luca

Bookworm: Hannah

Marvellous Mathematician: Freya

Special Mentions: Lara for believing in herself!

Year 2 Blog Friday 27th June 2025

Date: 26th Jun 2025 @ 4:04pm

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!

Sumdog:

Please complete the addition and subtraction challenge by Friday (04.07.25).

Counting:

Spend time counting to 100 forwards and backwards.

Then challenge yourself and go beyond 100. How far can you count?

Times Tables:

As we are so close to the end of term, there will be no more times tables quizzes in class.

However, please keep learning the 2, 5, 10 and 3 times tables (and division facts) ready for Y3.

Follow this link to play 'Hit the Button' and 'Tables-Teaser'.

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

https://nrich.maths.org/problems/tables-teaser

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English

The whole school have been busy writing about a special person in their lives.

Year 2 have all done a great piece of writing, including fantastic punctuation, spelling and handwriting.

Caterpillar Ordering - An Ordering and Sequencing Game

Maths

The children have been working on number sequences.

They really enjoyed spotting patterns and continuing the sequences themselves.

Skipton Castle

We had an excellent day and the children's manners and behaviour was golden.

They remembered a lot of information from our lessons, but also learnt new/interesting facts about castles and life at the time.

Dance from the Heart

Year 2 are great dancers and the energy and enthusiasm they displayed was wonderful.

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Art - Flowerpot Project

The children have painted, made and decorated wooden flowerpots which will be sold at the Summer Fair.

Golden Assembly

Star of the Week-Noah

Super Learner-Elyse

Superstar Writer-Jonah

Bookworm-Noa

Mathematician-Eliza

Special Mentions-Rose for being a caring friend and all the children in Year 2 for their excellent behaviour and great questions at Skipton Castle.

Hopefully see you at the Summer Fair on Saturday 12.00-2.30

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Reception Blog - Friday 27th June 2025

Date: 26th Jun 2025 @ 1:03pm

Welcome to Reception's Friday Blog!

Phonics

Mrs Robinson's group have been writing and reading words with the ear and ow sounds in them.

Mrs Dixon's group have been focussing on CCVCC words.

Drawing Club

In Drawing Club, we have continued writing about a special person in our lives.

We have also been checking our work and writing them up ready for a display.

Maths

We have been exploring positional language using lots of different equipment.

We have been learning about who helps in church and making them thank you cards.

We have also thought of questions to ask them.

Expressive Art and Design

We have started our new art project. This week we have made an under the sea back ground using sand, paint and tissue paper.

Understanding the World

We have been discovering extinct animals.

We compared a sabre-tooth tiger with a tiger and a wooly mammoth with an elephant. We thought of some amazing comparisions!

We used our knowledge of maps to draw a map of the school.

We performed our Dance from the Heart!

See the photos here.

We have also been loving our outdoor provision the past few weeks. See the photos here.

Golden Assembly

Star of the Week – Judah

Super Learner – Noah B

Superstar Writer – Rory

Bookworm – Grace

Mathematician – Isla

Special Mention - Jack - for being a brilliant example to others.

Special Mention - Darragh - for great dancing at the Dance from the Heart.

Special Mention - Isla- being spotted by members of staff for helping aorund school.

Little Owls - Week 4

Date: 26th Jun 2025 @ 12:52pm

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Little Owls Week 4

Little Owls, you have made some beautiful all about me posters!

This week we shared our 'All About Me' posters in small groups.

We did lots of talking about what we like to do, what we like to eat and who is in our family. They were all beautiful.

We took turns and really impressed the adults with how confident we were.

We watched the whole school take part in Dance from the Heart from our classroom. We even joined in with some of the actions.

We also read the story 'This is how we make Friends.'

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We had cucumber for snack today.

Please note, that our final session, 7th July will be a stay and play!

We can't wait to see everyone again for week 5!

If you didn't return the All About Me poster, please don't worry, just send it in for the next session.

Year 6 Blog - Friday 27th June

Date: 26th Jun 2025 @ 8:22am

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Welcome to the Year 6 weekly blog.

This week in Year 6

English

How to Make People Feel Super-special! - Abiola O. Omodele

In English, we have been inspired by the writing prompt: 'My Special Person'. We have written all about someone who is special to us, explained what makes them special to us and described their qualities. You can see our work on display on open morning!

Enterprise Project

This week we have made and decorated bird houses. We worked hard to create our products that will be on sale at the Summer Fair on Saturday!

Faith in Action

This week we had our fun day to celebrate achieving our pin badge for Faith in Action. We attended the celebration award ceremony and then had a fun day after. We all really enjoyed the inflatables!

Homework - Kristina Stevenson's Classroom - SSD Public Website at Salem School District

Please complete the following tasks by Wednesday 3/07/25.

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.

Spellings - no spellings have been set this week

Homework -

Homework for this half term will be more topic based. Please complete one task from the topic homework sheet by next Thursday.

Golden Assembly

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

Star of the Week - Kate

Super Learner - Ava M and Walter

Superstar Writer - Josh and Maizie

Bookworm - Max N

Marvellous Mathematician - Erin

Special Mentions - All Y6 for their Sports Day last Friday!

Eleanor - for encouraging others during the long distance race.

Have a super weekend Year 6!

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Year 5 Friday blog 20th June 2025

Date: 20th Jun 2025 @ 3:39pm

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.

led lead past passed stationary stationery steel steal whose who’s ascent assent cereal serial compliment complement bridle bridal

Counting

Count out loud in:

7s up to 105 and back again 0,7,14,21…

30s from 240 to 510 and back again 240, 270, 300, 330…

100s from 50100 backwards to 48700 50,100, 50,000, 49,900…

Times Tables

Please keep practising your times tables. There are several tests on them in the next few weeks.

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.

We have had another fantastic week of learning in Year 5.

In English this week, everyone has been trying very hard in their reading, spelling and grammar tests. We have now moved on to preparing a special piece of writing for a display in school.

In Maths, we have been revising place value, as well as completing arithmetic and reasoning tests.

In art, we painted our background colours for fashion clothing that we will be putting onto our figures.

Finally, Year 5 enjoyed their taster day at All Hallows – activities included dance, music on the computers, rounders and meditation.

A great week of learning where everyone gave 100% effort – well done!

Golden stars this week

Eddie – Star of the Week

Theo – Marvellous Mathematician

Zac O – Super Learner

Bella – Superstar Writer

Dominic – Bookworm

Eddie – Special Mention for being kind and helpful around school

Cian – for superb artwork for year 5 display board

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