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Year 3 blog - Friday 15th May 2026

Date: 15th May 2026 @ 4:51pm

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 fluency, and times tables, perfect for reinforcing the grid method we’ve been learning in class.

Spellings – This week’s spellings all have the sc spelling pattern Practise reading and spelling them at home:

scene, science, discipline, scientific, fascinate, crescent, disciple, muscle, abscess, ascend, isosceles, scents, scenario, ascend, scissors

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

This week in Year 3

This week in English, we have been focusing on descriptive writing and making sure our ideas are written in full sentences that flow together clearly. We wrote some brilliant descriptions of the The BFG and his unusual home, thinking carefully about vocabulary and detail to help the reader picture the setting. We also watched clips from the film and even used AI to help bring our writing to life, which the children absolutely loved.

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In Maths, we have been revisiting the grid method to solve some tricky multiplication problems. Everyone worked incredibly hard and showed great resilience when the calculations became challenging. It was fantastic to see the children persevering and supporting one another with their learning.

In RE, we further explored the mystery of the Holy Trinity through art and prayer. The children created some beautiful Celtic artwork to symbolise the Trinity and looked at different prayers that reference the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. There were some lovely moments of reflection and discussion throughout the week.

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In History, we investigated how Ancient Egypt was invaded by the Hyksos people in 1650 BC and how the Egyptians rebuilt their kingdom afterwards. The children were fascinated by how this changed life in Ancient Egypt and asked some excellent historical questions during our discussions.

History, Impact, & Legacy of the Hyksos Invasion of Egypt

We also had a lovely celebration in church on Thursday as we marked the Feast of the Ascension. The children sang beautifully throughout and showed great respect through their wonderful listening and responses during Mass. We were all very proud of them.

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Star of the week - Noa

Super Learner - Jonah

Writer of the week - Wilbur

Marvellous Mathematician - Dylan

Bookworm - Charles

Special Mentions - Devyn and Eliza, for being kind to everyone in Year 3 

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Have a lovely weekend 

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Reception Blog - Friday 15th May 2026

Date: 15th May 2026 @ 3:56pm

Welcome to Reception’s Blog

 

Our topic this half term is Julia Donaldson.

This week we are learning about space.

 

Drawing Club 

We continued to read 'The Smeds and The Smoos' - this week we wrote a missing Smed/Smoo poster for Janet and Bill.

We also wrote sentences about something special that happened at the party.

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Maths

We have started our learning about money.

We investigated what coins looked like, explored the different shapes and how much the coins might represent.

 

Understanding the World

We continued our learning about space and rockets.

Our focus this week was ‘How do we get to space?’.

The children all made their own fantastic junk model rockets.

 

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We continued to learn about the 'The Royal Family'

We focused on our current and past Queens.

 

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Art

We used our painted sheets to create our imagination inspired landscapes.

 

PE

We developed  our fundamental skills. 

We are excited about our races for sports day next week. 

Forest School

We had a short session in the nature area. 

 

PSHE 

We had our Right Start Training again.

Our learning focused on Stop, Look and Listen. We all went out and watched the traffic that passed the school.

We thought about listening for loud/quiet vehicles and fast/slow they moved. We also discussed when it would be safe to cross over the road.

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Golden Assembly

 

Star of the week - Lucie

Super Learner - Teddy

Superstar Writer - Finlay

Bookworm - Caleb

Maravellous Mathematician – Amelie

                                

Year 5 blog - Friday 15th May 2026

Date: 15th May 2026 @ 3:49pm

Welcome to your Friday Blog

Home Practice

 

Reading

Please read out loud every day for 20 minutes and try to use expression. Use a dictionary to find the meaning of any words you don’t know or ask an adult.

Spelling

Here are Year 5 spellings for this week.  

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

 

Counting

Count out loud in:

4’s up to 204 and back again                                                      0, 4, 8 …

90’s from 19000 to 20080 and back again                              19090, 19180…

300’s from 700 to 3700 and back again                                   700, 1000, 1300…

 

Times Tables

Please keep practising your times tables.  Everyone has their own targets, which the children should have noted on the top of their spelling sheet.

Sumdog

Maths practise – individual challenge.

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

 Year 5 have enjoyed a varied week of learning and shown great enthusiasm– well done Year 5!

In English Year 5 have been writing stories, including writing predictions about Edward’s next stage of life from the novel and showing off their writing skills such as similes, interesting sentence starters, challenging vocabulary and relative clauses.

 In Maths Year 5 have been working on their geometry skills. The whole class enjoyed making 3d shapes from nets, including pentagonal prisms and tetrahedrons. They also experimented with various containers, measuring out water and converting millilitres to litres and vice versa.

In RE this week, Year 5 have been exploring the purpose of annointing within the seven sacraments. They have explored the use of chrism and its significance.  The whole school also attended the Ascension Day mass in church and Year 5 did a great job of being buddies for Year 1. Well done Year 5!

This week Year 5 enjoyed another forest school session with Mrs Corbett.   They discussed how to be safe around the fire and made sweet treats by filling a cone with their own concoction of orange, banana, marshmallows and chocolate spread.

 In Art, the class have been working in groups to create small houses out of foam board, with space saving features.  They all worked together really well – great team work Year 5!

In science, the class started a new topic on materials – looking at properties and grouping various materials. They learned about what is transparent, opaque, brittle and what materials conduct heat or insulate.

 Finally, Year 5 continued their topic on Maya civilisation, learning about the three groups in the Maya and the different things they traded with each other. Everyone enjoyed the trading game as different tribes. 

Well done Year 5 on another great week of learning!

 

Golden stars this week

 

Star of the Week – Spencer   

Super Learners –     Archie S

Superstar Writer –      Franco

Bookworm -   Sam

Marvellous Mathematician  -   Brooke

Special Mention – Amelia and Louie  

Year 1 Blog - Friday 15th May 2026

Date: 15th May 2026 @ 2:08pm

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Home Practice - Sumdog

Maths challenge - Count by making groups of tens

Phonics challenge - Dependent on phonics groups

 

Counting – Can you count in fives from 0 to 50?

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

Please remember to bring book bags each day.

 

English

We continued to read Dear Earth. We wrote our own Earth poems and wrote them up neatly to display.

Maths

We have added ten, subtracted ten and made numbers to 50.

R.E.

We made Holy Spirit artwork.

See our pictures here.

P.E.

We practised sports day.

See our pictures here.

We also had a great tennis session with Joe.

Art

We made our birds!

See our pictures here.

Computing

We completed coding tasks in pairs.

Science

We labelled the parts of a leaf.

Forest School

We had a great shelter building session in our log circle area. We used tarps, mats, blankets and branches to make our shelters. We did not use any ropes which was a challenge but there was great problem solving.

We also found a newt!

 

Golden Assembly

Star of the Week: Felicity

Super Learner: Zara

Superstar Writer: Roman

                                                                                                       Bookworm: Lucas                                                                                              

Marvellous Mathematician: Ada C and Amelie

Special Mentions: Isla-May for helping everyone in Computing, George for making a great bird in Art and Imogen for her football trophy!

 

Year 4 Blog Friday 15th May 2026

Date: 15th May 2026 @ 8:40am

Welcome to your weekly 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.

Look up any words you are unsure of in a dictionary.

 

Spellings

These are your spellings for next week:

science        scene           discipline     fascinate     crescent      fascinating

disciplinary  disciple        muscle         scent           scissors       muscles

ascend         isosceles      scenario       scientific     susceptible  transcend

 

 

Counting

This week, please practise counting in 6’s

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

0   6    12   18   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

You can practise a similar Multiplication Tables Check on timestables.co.uk

If you practise for 5 minutes every night, you will see a big improvement in your tables fluency.

 

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’ tournament – Boys v Girls

 

Sumdog challenges

A spelling challenge based on the words above

A classifying geometric shapes challenge

 

Our learning this week

In English, we perfected our speaking parts for our Parent Assembly. 

We were also shown a picture of a boat on stormy seas and wrote a story about it using our own imagination.

 

In Maths, learnt the names of triangles (equilateral, isosceles and scalene) and used the terms regular and irregular.

In addition, we named different quadrilaterals based on their particular properties.

 

In RE, we explored the text of the Apostles’ Creed and the meaning of the words.

In addition, we have been given a great deal of time to taking our First Holy Communion and what it means to us.

 

In PSHE, we learnt how to spot dangers and stay safe at home and when we are out and about.

We considered hazards at home, fire risks, railway, road and water safety.

 

In Science, we recapped the 8 main organs and their functions.

We demonstrated how this works using bananas, crackers, water, orange juice, a zip lock bag and some tights.

Have a look at the photos in our gallery.

 

In our PE lesson, we practised for sports day.

There are some photos in our gallery of us taking part in the different events.

 

In Music, we learnt the notes F and C on the ukuleles.

We then played a piece of music which practised the notes we have learnt so far.

There are some photos in the gallery.

 

Thank you for coming to our Parent Assembly om Friday – we hope you enjoyed celebrating with us.

We look forward to seeing you on Saturday at the First Holy Communion Mass at 11am.

 

Golden Assembly

Star of the Week: Jessica

Super Learner: Alexander

Superstar Writer: Noah

Bookworm: Isla

Marvellous Mathematician: Albert

Special Mentions: Rowan – for always being kind and helpful

Emilia – for being a good friend on the playground

May include: A gold chalice with a white host on top. The host has the letters JHS written on it. The chalice is surrounded by green leaves.

 

The Year 4 team

Year 6 Blog - Friday 15th May 2026

Date: 14th May 2026 @ 8:36am

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Welcome to the Year 6 weekly blog. 

Year 6 have worked so hard on all their tests this week! All of the staff are really proud of their resilience and effort - well done Year 6 for completing your SATs! 

 

This week in Year 6

English

 

 

In English we have created our own immortal objects and thought carefully about how they might work. We wrote an independent non-chronological reports based on the objects that we created. 

Maths 

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This week, we have revised our reasoning so that we were really confident for our SATs tests! 

RE

 

In RE, we have learned about how Jesus is the New Adam. We explored scripture to make links. 

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In PE, we have played rounders and football and used our skills of teamwork! 

In Art, we have begin to explore chair design in our new 'take a seat' topic. We have looked at the work of the artist Yinka Ilori. 

In History, we have learned why the year 1215 was an important one for Britain. We have explored the events leading up to the creation of the Magna Carta and its impact on British law today. 

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Please complete the following tasks by Wednesday 20/05/26. 

 

Reading - Use your home reading to read every night for 30 minutes. You also have a reading diary that must be used for the title of the book and any challenges chosen. 

 

Books may be changed on Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday. 

 

Spelling - 

There will be no spelling test this week, as the children have worked hard on their spellings for SATs! 

 

This week, there will be no set homework as the children need a well-deserved rest after their SATs tests! 

 

Golden Assembly 

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There has been a big special mention for all of Year 6 in our Golden Assembly this week for their effort, resilence and hard work for their SATs this week. Well done Year 6!

 

Have a great weekend Year 6 and well done for this week! 

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Year 2 Blog Friday 15th May 2026

Date: 12th May 2026 @ 10:21am

Year 2 | St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Warndon

 

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 (22.05.26):

cinema    circle     circuit      circus     city    pencil    police   recipe    special   citizen

Sumdog: Complete the shape and spelling challenges.

Counting: Count forwards and backwards in twos. See how far you can go! 

You could also work on your 2, 5, 10 or 3 times tables, telling the time and doubling and halving.

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

 

 

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English

This week we researched and began to write our own versions of Snail Mail.

We also wrote a special story about a ship wreck, using great vocabulary and punctuation.

 

 

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Maths

We have been learning about shape this week.

The children have named and discussed the properties of 2D and 3D shapes. we also learnt about symmetry.

They used the following mathematical vocabulary, sides, edges, vertices, vertex, faces, symmetry and lines of symmetry.

We started some new learning about measuring.We used rulers, measuring tapes and trundle wheels to measure objects.We discussed which equipment was the best to use for different sized and shaped objects. We also had a go at estimating the lengths of the objects before we measured them.

 

 

 

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R.E.

We spent more time learning about the Holy Spirit and the way it changed Saul/Paul into being a much better version of himself.

After that, we looked at how the Holy Spirit helped other people in the Bible. For example, Mary, Jesus, the Prophets and Disciples.

 

 

 

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History

We thought about why monarchs built castles and the materials they used.

 

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P.E.

We have been preparing for Sports Day (18.05.26).

It's been great fun using the track and improving our athletics skills.

We have also been practising our Dance From The Heart

 

 

Science

We had a look to see how our radish and carrot seeds are growing and we filled in our plant diary.

We learnt about important it is to eat a range of foods.

We drew and labelled pictures of how to keep healthy.

 

Forest School

We used the tarps, ropes ,mats and blankets to make shelters. There was great problem solving and teamwork on display. We played a game where a storm is coming and everyone has to get into their shelters.

 

Golden Assembly

Star of the Week- Hannah

Super Learner- April

Superstar Writer- Lilly-Mae

Bookworm- Arianna

Mathematician- Arthur

Special Mentions- Rudy and Dean for fabulous stick art and

Zac for being a kind and thoughtful friend.

 

Happy Saturday! I hope you have a Wonderful Weekend!!

Reception Blog - Friday 8th May 2026

Date: 8th May 2026 @ 3:55pm

Welcome to Reception’s Blog

 

Our topic this half term is Julia Donaldson.

This week we are learning about space.

Drawing Club 

We continued to read 'The Smeds and The Smoos' - this week we focused on designing a planet for Bill and Janet to escape to.

We tried really hard to use our finger spaces in our sentences this week.

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Maths

We continued our learning about teen numbers.

We discovered what a teen number might look like with objects and then built it using cubes.

 

Understanding the World

This week we have been learning about Rockets. We read the story ‘Whatever Next’ – we discussed how baby bear made his own rocket using cardboard with his space boots and helmet.  

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In history, we continued learning about the 'The Royal Family'

This week we focused on the King’s life, what he wears, his job role and important duties he may have.

 

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EAD

This week in Art we painted our imaginary landscapes using a paint and glue mixture.

See gallery below

We also made our own space biscuits using icing and mixing different colours together.

PE

We continued to develop our fundamental skills. 

We also practised some races for sports day. This week we did the egg and spoon race and the sack race.

RE

This week we learnt all about Pentecost. 

We watched a video and then discussed how 'The Holy Spirit' came to the disciples - it looked like flames and sounded like the wind. 

We then made our own flame headbands. 

Children's Bible Lesson: The Pentecost Party 

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Golden Assembly

Star of the week - Luca

Super Learner -  Alice

Superstar Writer - Maeve

Bookworm - Elijah

Maravellous Mathematician – Raeni

Special Mentions – Vinnie, Jake and Harry

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Year 5 blog Friday 8th May 2026

Date: 8th May 2026 @ 3:41pm

Welcome to your Friday Blog

Home Practice

 

Reading

Please read out loud every day for 20 minutes and try to use expression. Use a dictionary to find the meaning of any words you don’t know or ask an adult.

Spelling

Here are Year 5 spellings for this week.  

advice  advise  device  devise licence  license  practice  practise  guessed guest  heard  herd  aisle  isle   aloud   allowed  affect  effect

 

Counting

Count out loud in:

4’s up to 204 and back again                                                      0, 4, 8 …

25’s from 19000 to 20075 and back again                              19000, 19025, 19050 …

70’s from 770 to 1120 and back again                                     770, 840, 910…

 

Times Tables

Please keep practising your times tables.  Everyone has their own targets, which the children should have noted on the top of their spelling sheet.

Sumdog

Maths practise – individual challenge.

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

 

Year 5 have had a super week of learning– well done Year 5!

In English Year 5 have been summarising chapters from the novel, using simile and -ing starters. They also enjoyed making a missing poster for Edward.

 In Maths Year 5 have been really trying hard to master fractions. They have learnt how to convert fractions from improper to mixed, and add and subtract fractions with differing denominators.

In RE this week, Year 5 have been learning about the seven sacraments with specific reference to confirmation. They have learned what happens during the confirmation service as well as what it means in terms of the Holy Spirit and their own spiritual journey.

Year 5 have also been developing their computer coding skills on code.org., learning to create sprites and manipulate them through code.

In PE, year 5 had their first practise ready for sports day, including running, egg and spoon and throwing.

 Finally, Year 5 have continued to explore the South American basin and learn more about the Amazon river. They also spent time learning about David Attenborough’s career on his 100th birthday.

Well done Year 5 on another great week of learning!

 

Golden stars this week

 

Star of the Week – Alana

Super Learner –     Maisie

Superstar Writer –      Jenson

Bookworm -  Teddy and Caleb

Marvellous Mathematician  -   Mark

Special Mention - Henry 

Year 4 Blog Friday 8th May 2026

Date: 8th May 2026 @ 1:25pm

Welcome to your weekly 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 summarise what you have read – including the most important details.

Then, predict what you think will happen next.

 

Spellings

These are your spellings for next week:

league          tongue         antique        unique          mosque         fatigue

cheque         rogue           vague           intrigue       dialogue       analogue

argue           plague           epilogue       plaque          torque         barbeque

 

Counting

This week, please practise counting in 8’s

For example, start at 0 and count to 96 and back again

0   8   16   24   etc                    96   88  80 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

You can practise a similar Multiplication Tables Check on timestables.co.uk

If you practise for 5 minutes every night, you will see a big improvement in your tables fluency.

 

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 – let’s see if EVERYONE can log on and play this week!

 

Sumdog challenges

A spelling challenge based on the words above

A symmetry challenge

 

Our learning this week

In English, we have been busy writing parts and learning them for our Parent Assembly next week. 

In addition, we listened to the class novel.

 

In Maths, we learnt how to identify vertical or horizontal lines of symmetry in a shape.

We then extended this learning by completing simple symmetrical figures.

In addition, we learnt the names of different triangles (equilateral, isosceles and scalene) and their properties.

 

In RE, we understood how the one, holy Catholic and apostolic church is structed.

We created a coat of arms to show our understanding.

 

In Art, we created some beautiful artwork for our Parent Assembly.

 

In French, we learnt the names of some sports and expressed our opinion of whether we liked or disliked them.

This week, we also learnt how to name some hobbies.

 

We look forward to seeing you at our Parent Assembly on Friday 15th May 2026 at 2.40pm.

 

Golden Assembly

Star of the Week: Hunter

Super Learner: Drew

Superstar Writer: Evelyn

Bookworm: Bobby

Marvellous Mathematician: Emilia

Special Mentions: Georgie for being a good friend to everyone

Albie, Noah, Hunter, Violet Ca, Bella and George for composing and performing on the ukuleles 

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Year 3 Friday Blog 8th May 2026

Date: 8th May 2026 @ 8:19am

Welcome to your Friday Blog

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Home Practice

Continue to read regularly, 10-15 minutes every day.

Practise your number facts regularly. Knowing these inside out will help your children succeed in their future maths learning. We have been using the White Rose Maths - 1 minute maths app in class this week. You can download this from the AppStore or the Google Playstore.

Please also practise counting in 3s's from 3 to 36 and back again.

Next week we will be looking at the /ch/ spelling pattern. Here are your home spellings for this week

chorus, chemist, echo, character, chef, chalet, machine, brochure, ache, anchor, chaos, monarch, mechanic, school, parachute, chute, champagne

On Sumdog you will find 3 challenges.A Fluency competition Vs Year 4, Multiplication and division and your spellings. Good luck!

This week in Year 3

This week in English, we started reading The BFG and the children have already loved meeting the giant and exploring the strange world of Giant Country. We wrote some brilliant diary entries, imagining how Sophie might have felt during the dramatic events of the story. The children worked hard to include thoughts, feelings and descriptive detail to make their writing engaging for the reader.

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In Maths, we have been learning how to partition numbers to help us bridge through tens and hundreds when adding and subtracting. The children used their understanding of place value to solve calculations efficiently and explain their reasoning clearly.

In Geography, we further explored the continent of South America, learning more about its physical and human features. We identified mountain ranges, rivers and rainforests, as well as looking at the cities, landmarks and populations that make the continent so diverse. The children asked some fantastic questions and enjoyed comparing South America to places they already know.

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In Computing, we have been investigating loops and writing our own algorithms. The children discovered how repeating instructions can make coding much more efficient and practised debugging their programs when things did not quite go to plan.

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In PE, we have started practising for our upcoming Sports Day. Everyone showed great determination, teamwork and resilience while taking part in the different events and challenges. It was lovely to see the children encouraging one another and trying their very best.

In RE, we explored the Holy Trinity and looked carefully at images and symbols around church that help us understand this important part of our faith. We then created some brilliant Trinity fidget spinners to help us remember the three persons of the Trinity in a creative way.

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Star of the week - Leo

Super Learner - Adam

Writer of the week - Melodie

Marvellous Mathematician - Amelia L

Bookworm - Zach D

Special Mentions - Charlie, for being kind and helpful to others 

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Have a lovely weekend,
The Year 3 Team

Year 6 Blog - Friday 8th May 2026

Date: 7th May 2026 @ 3:13pm

 

Westfield Junior School - Year 6

Welcome to the Year 6 weekly blog. 

Year 6 have worked so hard on their SATs revision - we are all very proud of them! Please make sure that the children have a good rest this weekend so they are ready for their first tests on Monday. Good luck Year 6 - you will all be amazing next week! 

 

This week in Year 6

English

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In English we have been working hard to revise for our SATs tests. We have practised past paper questions and enjoyed playing Kahoot this week. We have also edited our non-chronological reports all about immortal objects. We worked hard to make the pages interactive and appealing, as we were inspired by the 'Wizardology' book. 

Maths 

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This week, we have revised shape, volume, Roman Numerals, angles, statistics and co-ordinate grids! We have worked hard on revising our reasoning and arithmetic skills. 

RE

Embracing the Holy Trinity: Discovering True Community and Belonging

In RE, we have learned about the Holy Trinity. We have used evidence from scriptures to learn about God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit. 

 

Topic 

In PSHE, we have completed our My Happy Mind topic called 'Be Your Best!'. We have learned how important sleep is and how to get ready before our tests on Monday! 

In History, we have learned about crime and punishment in the Anglo-Saxon period. We used sources to decide what different punishments taught us about the Anglo-Saxons. 

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Please complete the following tasks by Wednesday 13/05/26. 

 

Reading - Use your home reading to read every night for 30 minutes. You also have a reading diary that must be used for the title of the book and any challenges chosen. 

 

Books may be changed on Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday. 

 

Spelling - 

There will be no spelling test this week, as the children will sit their SATs spelling test on Monday. 

 

This week, there will be no set homework as the children have revised hard and are ready for their SATs next week! 

 

Golden Assembly 

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

Star of the Week  - Holly W

Super Learner -   Milana

Superstar Writer - Dominic

Bookworm -  Oscar and Eddie 

Marvellous Mathematician - Zach M and Oscar 

Special Mentions - All of Y6 for working so hard on their revision! 

Ebba, Eliza W and Libby - for great practising for being dance leaders for dance from the heart. 

 

Have a super weekend Year 6!

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Year 1 Blog - Friday 8th May 2026

Date: 7th May 2026 @ 12:58pm

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Home Practice - Sumdog

Maths challenge - Count from 20 to 50

Phonics challenge - Dependent on phonics groups

 

Counting – Can you count in twos from 20 to 50?

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

Please remember to bring book bags each day.

 

English

We read a beautiful new story called Dear Earth. We focused on identifying and using adjectives in our writing.

See our pictures here.

Maths

We counted to 100, ordered two numbers to 50 and ordered three numbers to 20.

R.E.

We read the Ascension story and we made cloud mobiles describing how the disciples felt.

We also identified the symbols of the Holy Spirit.

See our pictures here.

P.E.

We practised the running, obstacle and javelin races.

See our pictures here.

In tennis we practised hitting a ball to a partner.

Art

We made feathers out of different materials.

Computing

We solved more complicated code using 'up, down, left and right' instructions.

Road safety

We learnt how to safely cross the road.

 

Golden Assembly

Star of the Week: Oscar

Super Learner: Rory

Superstar Writer: Indie

                                                                                                       Bookworm: Hartley                                                                                                

Marvellous Mathematician: Reo

Special Mentions: Judah for his golden sitting and Noah B for being resilient in class.

Year 2 Blog Friday 8th May 2026

Date: 5th May 2026 @ 10:13am

Year 2 | Carnforth School

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 (15.05.26):

centre    cellar        celebrate         notice        peace      slice        force    once        certain     cease

Sumdog: Complete the shape and spelling challenges.

Counting: Count forwards and backwards in fives. See how far you can go! Notice the link with telling the time.

You could also work on your 2, 5, 10 or 3 times tables, telling the time and doubling and halving.

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

 

 

 

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English

We learnt through the book, "The Ugly Five". It's a rhyming story about animals in Africa.

We used it as inspration to write about our own ugly beast.

First, we drew our ugly beast then we carefully described it using interesting words from the book. 

 

 

 

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Maths

We continued to learn about time this week and worked on word problems.

For example, Ali put her cake in the oven at half past 5. It took an hour to cook, so what time did she take it out of the oven?

 

 

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R.E.

Our Bible story this week was The Conversion of Saul.

The children heard the story and sequenced pictures and sentences.

 

 

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History

This week we used picture evidence to help us find out more about Kings and Queens from the past and where they lived.

 

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P.E.

We have been preparing for Sports Day (18.05.26).

It's been great fun using the track and improving our athletics skills.

 

Forest School

This week is Hedgehog Awareness Week. We looked at a book which gave us some facts about hedgehogs and also some ideas about how we can look after them, making hedgehog holes and thinking carefully about using slug pellets.

We cut out a hedgehog shape from cardboard and attached elastic bands. We then used sticks threaded through the bands tomake the spikes.

Some of us made hedgehog homes and some of us did some bug hunting.

 

 

Golden Assembly

Star of the Week- Huxley

Super Learner- Amelia

Superstar Writer- Cerys

Bookworm- Faisal

Mathematician- Kamali

Special Mentions- Joshua Irving and Jesse Farrow for persevering with their stick face masks in art and

Ella and Gigi for being kind and thoughtful friends.

 

 

 

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Year 5 blog Friday 1st May 2026

Date: 1st May 2026 @ 3:37pm

 

Welcome to your Friday Blog

Home Practice

 

Reading

Please read out loud every day for 20 minutes and try to use expression. Use a dictionary to find the meaning of any words you don’t know or ask an adult.

Spelling

Here are Year 5 spellings for this week.  

doubt  island  lamb  solemn  thistle  knight  badge  butcher  ghost  answer  honest  crumb  cheerful  opposite  peculiar  helpful  height  weight

 

Counting

Count out loud in:

4’s up to 204 and back again                                                      0, 4, 8 …

90’s from 19000 to 20080 and back again                              19090, 19180…

70’s from 770 to 1120 and back again                                     770, 840, 910…

 

Times Tables

Please keep practising your times tables.  Everyone has their own targets, which the children should have noted on the top of their spelling sheet.

Sumdog

Maths practise – individual challenge.

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

 

Year 5 have enjoyed a sunny week with lots of learning and outdoor time too– well done Year 5!

In English Year 5 have been writing predictions about the novel, using ‘-ed’ starters, as well as practising retrieving and inferring from the novel– ‘The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane’ by Kate di Camillo.

 In Maths Year 5 have been trying so hard adding and subtracting mixed fractions and converting from improper fractions to mixed numbers.

In RE this week, Year 5 have been exploring the various references in the bible to the Holy Spirit. They have also been examining various artworks depicting these and critiquing them. Fantastic job Year 5!

In Forest Schoolwee worked really together when we were building our obstacle courses. There was great discussion and some imaginative ideas for throwing, jumping, balancing and lifting. We took care when moving the logs and branches around and the winners received medals which were made out of natural materials.

The class also took a trip down to the pond and had great fun finding and identifying insects and butterflies. Our finds included a Tasty Water Bug and a Red Admiral butterfly.

In Art, the class have been debating the pro’s and cons of large versus tiny houses, discussing the environmental and cost impacts of both. They have been sketching their own architectural ideas, using inspiration from various house designers.

 Finally, Year 5 have started their new topic on Maya civilisation, learning about where and when this era took place.

Well done Year 5 on another great week of learning!

 

Golden stars this week

 

Star of the Week – Josh M   

Super Learners –     Lily

Superstar Writer –      Sam

Bookworm -  Teddy

Marvellous Mathematician  -   Amelia

Special Mention - Sidney  

Year 3 Friday blog 1st May 2026

Date: 1st May 2026 @ 1:53pm

Home Practice

Well done to everyone who is continuing with their regular reading into the Summer term. 20 minutes every night with your school books will help improve comprehension and fluency.

We have set 2 maths challenges on Sumdog, one on addition and subtraction and one on the x4 and x8 tables. 

Practice counting regularly with your child as well. Regular reviews of the number system will help build understanding and number fluency. Sing our songs, play what comes next, count forwards and backwards in numbers and fractions.You can also use this arrow cards resource to help with your counting.

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Your spellings this week are all from Key Stage 1. Use the card that has gone home to practise these as well as accessing the spellings on Sumdog. 

would, hear, night, could, here, father, should, where, mother, because, were, beautiful, said, people, water, friend, knight, children

 

The Week in Year 3 

This week in RE, we explored the story of The Road to Emmaus and thought carefully about how it is mirrored in the Mass. The children made some thoughtful links and showed a good understanding of how this important story connects to our worship.

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In English, we have been writing newspaper reports about the pass raid in Journey to Jo’burg. The children worked hard to write in a formal style, thinking about headlines, key facts and how to report events clearly for the reader. Some fantastic pieces of writing were produced.

In Maths, we have been revisiting the formal written methods for addition and subtraction. The children showed great confidence using these methods and were able to explain their reasoning clearly when solving problems.

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In Geography, we kicked off our new topic on South America and Rio by exploring the continent and identifying its countries. The children enjoyed locating different places on the map and learning more about this part of the world.

How Many Countries Are In South America?

In PE, we have been practising our striking and fielding techniques. The children worked on their throwing, catching and teamwork skills, showing great improvement throughout the week. 

In Art, we started our new topic using natural materials. We went outside and used grass, petals, flowers and moss to create colour and patterns. The children loved being creative outdoors and produced some lovely pieces of artwork.

In Computing, we learned all about using loops when programming our algorithms. The children discovered how this makes coding more efficient and enjoyed applying this new skill in their work.

Star Wars

Check out our galleries to see some of the great learning we have captured this week.

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Star of the week - Henry Y

Super Learner - Rowan

Writer of the week - Henry P

Marvellous Mathematician - Harper and Grace

Bookworm - Noa B

Special Mentions - Elyse and Lydia for being kind and helpful to others on the playground

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Have a lovely weekend,
The Year 3 Team

Reception Blog - Friday 1st May

Date: 1st May 2026 @ 12:44pm

Welcome to Reception’s Blog

 

Our topic this half term is Julia Donaldson.

This week we are learning about space.

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Drawing Club 

We continued to read 'The Smeds and The Smoos' - this week we focused on designing our own space rocket and writing a descriptive sentence about it.

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Maths

We learnt about teen numbers.

We talked about 10 and then adding more to make a teen number.

 

Understanding the World

We started to learn all about astronauts and the important job they do. 

We talked about what they wear and also watched a video about an astronaut called Tim Peak when he was in space!

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In history, we continued our learning about the 'The Royal Family'

This week we focused on the Monarchy, specifically the King and Queen.

 

Art

This week we drew space pictures on top of our galaxy painting from last week.  

We used black felt tip pens and drew lots of brilliant space related pictures.

 

PE

We continued to develop our fundamental skills. 

We also started our practice for sports day races.

 

PSHE 

This week we started our Right Start Training.

We focused on learning about how we can stay safe when we walk on the pavements.

We also spoke about driveways and how we can walk past safely.

Forest School

In our log circle area we made obstacle courses. We took great care when moving the logs around. We had discussions about how to make our obstacle course and we tested it before eveyone had a go.

 

 

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Golden Assembly

Star of the week - Ivy

Super Learner -  Billy

Superstar Writer - Ella

Bookworm - Cameron

Maravellous Mathematician – Henry

Special Mentions – Hugh, Ivy, Elise and Jenson

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Year 6 Friday Blog - 1st May 2026

Date: 1st May 2026 @ 8:13am

Year 6 – Baileys Court Primary School

Welcome to the Year 6 weekly blog. 

 

This week in Year 6

English

The Phoenix Bird

 

In English we have been working hard to write our non-chronological reports, all about immortal objects. We have also completed lots of SATs practise and quizzes to help us consolidate our learning. 

 

Maths 

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This week, we have revised how to convert between measures and use these conversions to solve problems. We have also revised how to find fractions of amounts and convert between fractions, decimals and percentages.

 

RE

 

In RE, we have continued our new topic: 'To the ends of the earth'. We shared the story of doubting Thomas from John's gospel and created storyboards of the scripture. 

Topic 

In PSHE, we have been completing a My Happy Mind topic called 'Be Your Best!'. We have learned how to speak positively to ourselves and thought of some positive affirmations we could say to ourselves in SATs week. This topic is helping us to get ready for SATs! 

In PE, we continued our striking and fielding topic by playing a game of rounders and practicing striking and fielding with a cricket bat and ball.

As part of our Faith in Action award, we have been working hard to create our final pieces of work. We have created some amazing art work, posters and books to showcase all of our hard work!


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

Please complete the following tasks by Wednesday 6/05/26. 

 

Reading - Use your home reading to read every night for 30 minutes. You also have a reading diary that must be used for the title of the book and any challenges chosen. 

 

Books may be changed on Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday. 

 

Spelling - 

Spellings this week are taken from the 2017 SATs Spelling test. 

We will have our test on the 8/05/26

It is useful to write the words down on the spelling sheet, but you could also ask someone to call the words out and spell them out loud. Other ideas include, breaking the words up and writing them down in different colours (accommodate). You could look for words within words (accompany) or think of your own ways to remember the word, for example, spell it aloud using a mnemonic or tune.

likely

straight

sensation

nervous

crumb

probable

inspiring

substance

operation

toughest

bruise

sensibly

violence

disobeyed

through

monarch

sympathetic

originally

percussion

coarse

 

SATS Revision: 

The children have been given a login for SATs bootcamp. This is a fantastic website, which will really help with the children's SATs revision: https://www.yearsix.co.uk/sats-boot-camp/

 

Please complete the following topics for next Thursday

Maths - Topic 15 Money 

English - Topic 25 Let’s have some fun!

 

 

 

Golden Assembly 

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

Star of the Week  - Holly W

Super Learner -  Luiza

Superstar Writer - Dominic

Bookworm -  Bella

Marvellous Mathematician - Alfie G 

Special Mentions - Casper: for having great manners in our PE lesson! 

 

Have a great weekend everyone!

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Year 1 Blog - Friday 1st May 2026

Date: 30th Apr 2026 @ 8:25pm

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Home Practice - Sumdog

Maths challenge - Counting in coins

Phonics challenge - Dependent on phonics groups

 

Counting – Can you find some 2p coins and add the amount together?

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

Please remember to bring book bags each day.

 

English

We continued The Lumberjack's Beard. We spent the week pretending to be Lumberjack Jim, who was apologising to the animals. We wrote a sorry letter as a group, then independently, and role-played the story on Seesaw.

Maths

We made amounts using coins and added two amounts together.

R.E.

We continued to describe key events in Jesus' life.

Science

We identified the parts of a plant.

See our pictures here.

P.E.

We practised the sack race.

In tennis we started to hit the tennis ball over the net.

Art

We sketched feathers.

See our pictures here.

Computing

We started to code! We used the code.org website to follow simple coding instructions.

See our pictures here.

Geography

We recognised the features of a hot and cold place.

P.S.H.E.

We discussed goal setting and set ourselves a class goal - always to be kind to one another.

Forest School

There was a lot of great discussions about building our obstacle courses. We took care when moving the logs around.

 

Golden Assembly

Star of the Week: Elsie

Super Learner: Oscar

Superstar Writer: George

                                                                                                       Bookworm: Connall                                                                                                        

Marvellous Mathematician: Tommy

Special Mentions: Isaac for his excellent RE and tennis skills. Evie E and Ada C for playing nicely at lunchtime.

 

Year 4 Blog Friday 1st May 2026

Date: 30th Apr 2026 @ 4:21pm

 

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.

Find a couple of words you don’t know the meaning of and look them up in a dictionary.

Write them in your reading diary and use them in a sentence of your own.

 

Spellings

These are your spellings for next week:

scheme        chorus         chemist       echo            character

chef            chalet          machine       ache            brochure

anchor         chaos           monarch       chute           mechanic

school          parachute    champagne

 

Counting

This week, please practise counting in 3’s

For example, start at 0 and count to 36 and back again

0   3   6   9   etc                        36   33   30 etc

Now try counting in 4’s

0   4   8   12    etc                     48   44   40 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

You can practise a similar Multiplication Tables Check on timestables.co.uk

If you practise for 5 minutes every night, you will see a big improvement in your tables fluency.

 

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 – let’s see if EVERYONE can log on and play this week!

 

Sumdog challenges

A spelling challenge based on the words above

A comparing and ordering angles challenge

 

Our learning this week

In English, we discussed the features of instructional writing.

Following this, we used our imagination to plan and write a recipe for our very own firework inspired by Lila in our novel.

We were very proud of our creations and think Lila would be too!

 

In Maths, we learnt that an angle is a measure of a turn.

We then identified acute and obtuse angles, and also compared and ordered angles from smallest to the largest.

You can see some pictures of us making and finding angles outside in our gallery.

 

In RE, we listened again to the story of The Empty Tomb.

We then discussed what it means to be a Christian. In addition, we studied a picture called ‘The Body of Christ: We all Belong’ by Gary Thomas which shows the interconnectiveness of all things in Christ.

We took inspiration from this and created our own picture using a continuous line.

Take a look in our gallery.

 

In our ‘Safe Relationships’ PSHE topic, we learnt how to show privacy and set boundaries as well as what to do if someone pressures us to do something unsafe or makes us feel uncomfortable

– Say No, Walk Away and Tell a Trusted Adult.

 

In Science, we concluded our investigation to find out which drink causes the most tooth decay – have a look at the pictures in our gallery.

 

In DT, we practised running stitch and back stitch on a piece of material.

We then designed and planned what we were going to make out of felt.

Following this, we made our products and then evaluated them, thinking carefully about what went well and we were proud of, as well as what didn’t go so well and we would change if we were to do the project again.

Have a look at the pictures in our gallery.

 

In our gymnastics session, we continued to develop ways of travelling and balance.

We also created a sequence of balances and travel movements.

You can see some pictures in our gallery.  

 

Golden Assembly

Star of the week: William

Super Learner: Evelyn

Superstar writer: Daisy

Bookworm: Rory

Marvellous Mathematician: Bobby

Special Mentions: Hunter and Isla for a fantastic effort with their DT sewing project

Jessica for being a kind friend to everyone

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The Year 4 team

Year 2 Blog Friday 1st May 2026

Date: 30th Apr 2026 @ 12:01pm

Ladbrooke JMI School - Year 2

 

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 (08.05.26):

sledge     smudge     badge    ledge   lodge   huge   wage   large   barge  plunge

Sumdog: Complete the time and spelling challenges.

Counting: Count forwards and backwards in fives. See how far you can go! Notice the link with telling the time.

You could also work on your 2, 5, 10 or 3 times tables, telling the time and doubling and halving.

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

 

 

English

Lila and the Secret of Rain: 1 : Conway, David, Daly, Jude: Amazon.co.uk:  Books

We learnt about rainsticks and made our own out of a cardboard tubes.

We wrote instructions for how to make a rain maker and wrote fact sheets about Kenya.

 

 

 

ge or dge - Splendid Moms

SPaG

We learnt about the different rules for -ge and -dge endings.

 

 

 

How to read a clock to tell time | DoodleLearning

Maths

We have been learning to tell the time past the hour.

For example, five past, ten past, quarter past, twenty past, twenty-five past and half past.

 

 

 

Divine encounter: Explore the beauty of Pentecost through art

RE

We read the story of Pentecost and learnt that Jesus told Peter he was the rock on which the Church was built.

 

 

 

Diagram of MIDDLE AGES | Quizlet

 

History

Our new topic is Kings, Queens and Castles.

We learnt about stone castles this week and labelled their key features.

Then we completed a castles quiz.

Forest School

We worked really well together to build our obstacle courses. We were very careful when we were moving the logs around. We had great fun when we tried the courses out.

Science

We carefully observed 3 different plants. We discussed the similarities and differences between them. We made some drawings and made sure we were working as real scientists, drawing what we could actually see.

We also had a look at out seeds which we planted last week and we updated our plant diary...only one pot of seeds have started growing!

 

 

Golden Assembly

Star of the Week - Izzy

Super Learner - Arianna 

Superstar Writer - Jaxon

Bookworm - Buzz

Mathematician - Faisal

Special Mentions - Bobby for being such a good friend to everyone.

 

 

 

 

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Year 5 Friday blog 24th April 2026

Date: 24th Apr 2026 @ 3:33pm

 

Welcome to your Friday Blog

Home Practice

 

Reading

Please read out loud every day for 20 minutes and try to use expression. Use a dictionary to find the meaning of any words you don’t know or ask an adult.

Spelling

Here are Year 5 spellings for this week.  

ought, bought, thought, rough, tough, enough, cough, though, through, dough, although, disobey, misbehave, inactive, illegal, incorrect, autobiography, impossible

 

Counting

Count out loud in:

5’s up to 205 and back again                                                      0, 5, 10…

50’s from 19000 to 20050 and back again                              19000, 19050…

70’s from 770 to 1120 and back again                                     770, 840, 910…

 

Times Tables

Please keep practising your times tables.  Everyone will be doing mixed division next week in their weekly test.

Sumdog

Maths practise – individual challenge.

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

 

Year 5 have had a great first week back and come back eager to learn – well done Year 5!

In English Year 5 have been writing their own fairytale and they have also started their new class novel – ‘The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane’ by Kate DiCamillo.

 In Maths Year 5 have been practising measuring and drawing angles and have now moved on to a new topic about improper and mixed number fractions.

In RE this week, Year 5 have really enjoyed working in groups to re-tell the story of Pentecost in the form of a news broadcast. Fantastic job Year 5!

Early in the week Year 5 enjoyed an afternoon outside planting strawberries and splitting plants.

In Forest School we had a great session in the nature area. We were hunting for mini beasts and related this to learning we have been doing in class. Some of us built a stream with a dam, there was fabulous teamwork, problem solving and resilience shown. It did get quite muddy but there was brilliant learning going on.

Some of us did some stick wrapping and forest eyes. We showed creativity, imagination and it's really good for developing our fine motor skills.

In Computing, the class have started to practise their coding skills and enjoyed a lesson with Mr Campbell introducing this.

 Finally, Year 5 have really enjoyed lots of outdoor time this week, including playing cricket in PE.

Well done Year 5 on another great week of learning!

 

Golden stars this week

 

Star of the Week –  Emma   

Super Learner –     Bertie

Superstar Writer –      Alfie

Bookworm -  Trudy

Marvellous Mathematician  -   Josh W

Special Mention - Alana  

Reception Blog, Friday 24th April 2026

Date: 24th Apr 2026 @ 3:31pm

Welcome to Reception's Blog!

Welcome back to Summer Term 

Our topic this half term is Julia Donaldson. 

This week we are learning all about Space. 

Space Clip Art - Space Images

Drawing Club 

We had started to read 'The Smeds and The Smoos' - this week we focused on describing the characters - Janet and Bill. 

Then we invented a game for them to play together in the warbler woods.

 

Maths

We have been ordering numbers to 10.

Finding one more and one less than a given number and comparing amounts.

 

Understanding the World

We have started to learn to names of the planets this week. 

Mercury, Venus and Earth.

 

In history, we started our new topic of 'The Royal Family'

Beginning with looking at our own families and growth.

 

Art

This week we have watered down paints and use pipettes to create a galaxy effect. 

Please see the pictures below in our gallery.

 

PE

We have been developing our fundamental skills. 

We raced around the planets and the moon. 

 

 PSHE 

We have started our new topic of goal setting. We created a class goal and spoke about why goals are benefical. 

FOREST SCHOOL

We went for a walk to look at all the new plants growing. We looked at the blosson on the trees. We discussed how the tulips will die away and make food in their bulbs so they will start to grow again next year. We picked leaves from the rosemary and mint plants and discussed how they smelt.

We also did some great child-initiated learning in the nature area.

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Golden Assembly

Star of the week - Louie

Super Learner -  George

Superstar Writer - Harry

Bookworm - Erin

Maravellous Mathematician - Rosie

Special Mentions - Maisie

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Year 3 Friday blog 24th April 2026

Date: 24th Apr 2026 @ 1:30pm

Welcome to your Friday update

Welcome back to school. The sun is shining and everyone looks smart in their summer uniforms! The Summer Term is here!

Sun cartoon style | Free Vector

Home Practice 

Keep up with the great reading at home. We can see a lot of children showing interest in some fab series of books including, Dogman, Harry Potter and the Diary of a Wimpy Kid. Lots of super future reading habits being formed!

We have set some maths challenges on Sumdog. Please ensure these are completed as they will boost fluency in the key learning that will support your child in all their future maths learning.

Keep counting, a secure knowledge of the number system will also help secure new concepts and learning.

Practice counting in 2s, 4s, and 8s. Forwards and backwards. What patterns can you spot?

Here are your spellings. We are looking at the statutory words for Year 3 this week. To remember these spellings its useful to remember the tricky bits. 

fruit, grammar, group, guard, guide, heard, heart, height, history, imagine, increase, important, interest, island, knowledge,  learn, length, library

 

This week in Year 3

In RE, we read Luke’s Gospel and explored the story of the Road to Emmaus. The children engaged really thoughtfully with the message of the story and we spent time looking at a range of artwork that depicted this moment. Inspired by what they had seen, the children created their own paintings and responses. There are some fantastic pieces, please take a look at our gallery.

The Road to Emmaus | Bill Peddie's website

In English, we have continued reading Journey to Jo’burg. This week, Naledi and Tiro finally arrived in Jo’burg and visited their mum in Parktown. We focused on describing the differences between Parktown and Soweto, thinking carefully about what the children would have seen in each place. The class worked hard to compare the two settings and use clear, descriptive language in their writing.

In Maths, we have been learning all about time. The children practised reading digital clocks and began solving problems involving time. This is a key life skill and the class approached it with great focus and determination.

File:Alarm Clock GIF Animation High Res.gif - Wikimedia Commons

In PE, we started our new striking and fielding unit. We played a game of cricket and practised our throwing and catching skills. It was great to see the children working together and developing their coordination.

I Don't Like Cricket by Fraser Davidson for ESPN on Dribbble

In History, we investigated the Ancient Egyptian afterlife and the process of mummification. The children were fascinated to learn what happened to the body after death and how the organs were carefully removed and preserved.

In Music, we have been learning to play the ukulele. The children were introduced to the C chord and worked together to play London’s Burning as a class. It was a great session and lots of fun.

Have a go

We would also like to warmly welcome Miss Singleton, our student teacher, to Year 3. She has really enjoyed meeting the class and the children have given her a super St Oswald's welcome.

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Star of the week - Devyn

Super Learner - Charles

Writer of the week - Sam

Marvellous Mathematician - Jonah

Bookworm - Amelia C

Special Mentions - Charlie and Amelia F setting a fantastic example to others on the playground

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Well done, Year 3, another excellent week! Have a lovely weekend in the sun.

The Year 3 team

Year 2 Blog Friday 24th April 2026

Date: 24th Apr 2026 @ 12:21pm

Year 2 | Sherrier

It's great to have everyone back in class after the Easter holiday and you all look so smart in your summer uniforms!

 

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 (01.05.26):

judge     edge     hedge    fridge   bridge   page   rage   cage   stage  change

Sumdog: Complete the fractions and spelling challenges.

Counting: Count forwards and backwards in quarters like we did in class. For example, 1/4, 2/4, 3/4, 1, 1 and 1/4, 1 and 2/4, 1 and 3/4, 2. See how far you can go!

You could also work on your 2, 5, 10 or 3 times tables, telling the time and doubling and halving.

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

 

English

Lila and the Secret of Rain: 1 : Conway, David, Daly, Jude: Amazon.co.uk:  Books

We started our new learning through a book called "Lila and the Secret of Rain".

Lila lives in a Kenyan village where it hasn't rained for a long time. We wrote predictions from the front cover and we wrote in role as Lila.

We also made a rain maker and we will write instructions next week.

 

 

Progression in Bar Modelling Policy

Maths

Our new topic is fractions and the children have been learning to find halves and quarters of shapes and amounts.

They have also learned how to find 2/4, or 3/4 of simple amounts. For example, 3/4 of 20 is 15.

 

 

Motte-and-Bailey Castles: A Fascinating Story You Can't Miss

History

Our new topic is Kings, Queens and Castles.

We found out about the different parts of a castle and labelled our own.

Ascension Of Jesus Christ Vector Art, Icons, and Graphics for Free Download

R.E

We read Luke's Gospel story of the Ascension and thought about how the disciples felt. We retold the story in our own words on a storyboard.

 

 

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PE

We will be doing Yoga and Tennis this half term.

Hannah took small groups to work on their yoga poses. She was very impressed with Y2's focus and interest throughout the sessions.

Joe from South Ribble Tennis Centre taught the children great tennis skills and played mini games.

 

 

Science

We made a diary and set up an investigation to see which seeds grow best in different conditions.

 

Forest School

We worked in our nature area. We noticed all the new plants growing, tulips, bluebells and forget-me-knots.

 

 

 

Golden Assembly

Star of the Week - Kamali

Super Learner -  Nelly

Superstar Writer - Rhodes

Bookworm - Seb

Mathematician - Freya

Special Mentions - Honey and Lara for being kind friends and

Cara and Joshua W. for great skills in the tennis session

 

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