Year 4 Blog Friday 17th October 2025

Date: 17th Oct 2025 @ 1:02pm

Welcome to your Friday blog

Home practice

Reading

Please read for 20 minutes each evening to an adult at home.  Discuss what you have read with an adult. Can you predict what will happen next?

Spellings

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

information            preparation           adoration     sensation               floatation

admiration             exaggeration         hibernation  propagation           imagination

concentration        moderation            education     differentiation      taxation

hesitation              litigation               isolation       invitation

Counting

This week, please practise counting in 8’s  

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

0    8    16   etc                         96   88   80  etc

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

253    353    453    etc              1753    1653    1553  etc

Times tables and Number facts

Please practise your individual tables target for your test next week. 

You can practise your tables on TTRockstars, Hit the Button and timestables.co.uk

Please also practise your number facts. 

You can practise your number facts on Hit the Button

It is crucial that you learn all of your table facts and your number facts as this will help you with many aspects of maths.

TTRockstars challenge

A ‘studio’ session to help you build your rock star status

Sumdog challenges

A spelling challenge based on the words above

There is a competition on Sumdog – make sure you have completed the diagnostic test before the contest starts

Our Learning this Week

In English, we performed the poem ‘The Dinner Lady Dance’ in class – you can see some pictures of us practising this in our gallery.

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

In addition, we researched the meaning of words using both a physical and online dictionary, and then attempted to use them in a sentence of our own.

In Maths, we consolidated our learning about perimeter.

We used what we had learnt to calculate the perimeter of rectilinear shapes when some lengths were missing.

Additionally, we derived and used addition and subtraction facts for 1 and 10 with decimal numbers (for example 0.1 + 0.9 = 1   and 4.8 + 5.2 = 10).

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

We then sequenced the story with a partner and made a paperchain of the main events.

You can see some of these in our gallery.

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

In P.S.H.E, we started a new topic – places.

We learnt that mental health, just like physical health, is part of daily life, and it is important to take care of both.

We also learnt that everyday things affect our feelings and that it is important to express our feelings rather than keep them to ourselves.

In Science, we created a classification key using post-it notes and yes/no questions.  

In French, we learnt the names of pets and how to say how many pets we have.

In History, we learnt the names of the items worn by Roman Soldiers. 

We then labelled a Roman Soldier to evidence what we had learnt.

Golden Assembly

Star of the Week: Albert

Super Learner: Isla

Superstar Writer: Rowan

Bookworm: Alexander

Marvellous Mathematician: Bobby

Special Mentions: Bella and William - helping to make a beautiful paperchain retelling the story of Abraham and Isaac

Emilia – for being a good friend to everyone in Year 4

The Year 4 team

Reception Blog - Friday 17th October 2025

Date: 16th Oct 2025 @ 1:36pm

Welcome to Reception's Friday Blog!

 Phonics

 This week we have been revisiting all of the sounds that we have learnt so far: s, a, t, p, i, n, m, d and g.

Drawing Club

In Drawing Club, we have listened to different versions of the Jack and the Beanstalk.

We have then retold the story and drawn our own castles.

Maths

This week we have continued to build number land.

We have been looking at and discussing the number 3.

RE

This week we have been to church to visit Father Michael.

He did a Baptism on our class doll, to show us everything that happens.

See the photos here.

Understanding the World

This week we have been testing our sense of touch. We had items hidden in a bag.

We had to guess what they could be and describe what they felt like. See the photos here.

We have also been talking about growing up from a baby to an adult.

We revisited our baby photos and then ordered photos ourselves. See the photos here.

Expressive Art and Design

We have revisited the primary colours from last week and have mixed them together to see what secondary colours they make.

PE

We have done super throwing this week! See the photos here.

Golden Assembly

Star of the Week – Ava-Grace

Super Learner – Teddy

Superstar Writer – Henry B and Rosie

Bookworm – Jenson

Mathematician – Hugh

Special Mentions – Maeve and Phoebe for brilliant artwork.

Raeni for always keeping our classroom clean and tidy.

Year 6 Blog - Friday 17th October 2025

Date: 16th Oct 2025 @ 10:05am

Welcome to the Year 6 weekly blog.

This week in Year 6

English

In English, we have been learning all about Dame Sarah Storey, so that we can write a biography about her life. Did you know she is the most decorated female Paralympian in Britain? We have worked hard to research facts about her life and then worked hard to create our biographies. We were all really proud of our hard work! 

Maths 

This week, we have been learning how to divide using chunking. We have worked hard all week and have now been dividing four digit numbers by a two digit number. 

RE

In RE, we created a piece of artwork to help us think about how Jesus restored our relationship with God. We called our artwork 'Jesus the reconciler’ and really enjoyed being creative! We also thought about what our favourite scripture was from our Creation and Covenant topic. 

Topic 

In Art, we worked hard to scale up a 2D image so that it was enlarged. We then had to transform our 2D artwork into a 3D piece of Art. We were all really proud of our work! 

In Computing, we learnt all about the different ways we can communicate online. We had to think carefully about what methods of communication fit different contexts best. 

For Science this week we had to use our research skills to investigate how different types of microorganisms could be helpful or harmful to us. 

In our Music lessons, we start our sessions with a game to practise the names of the notes: https://www.richmanmusicschool.com/products/name-that-note Try and beat our high score!

Home practice

Please complete the following tasks by next Thursday: 

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

Books may be changed on Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday. 

Spelling -  

Please practise these spellings this week, which are from the Y5 and Y6 spelling list. 

All spellings are on Sumdog to practise for our test next Thursday.  

Maths Challenges: 

Sumdog 

Counting: 

This week I would like you to practise counting in decimal steps of 0.01 and 0.02, like we have practised in class. 

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

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

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

Maths Task: This week's learning is to practise questions about division which will help Year 6 to apply their learning from class this week. For further Maths work, please visit the 'Maths Training' section, where your child will be able to push their learning further with the skills that Sumdog has given them.

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

Star of the Week  - Ebba

Super Learner -  Dominic 

Superstar Writer - Sam

Bookworm - Edison and Milana 

Marvellous Mathematician - Alfie P

Special Mentions - All of Y6 for their amazing artwork! 

The Y6 guides from open morning for being so helpful. 

Have a great weekend Year 6! 

Year 5 Friday blog 10th October 2025

Date: 10th Oct 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. They are homophones so the children need to understand the meanings of each type of spelling.

accept, except, ball, bawl, berry, bury, grate, great, groan, grown, knot, not, mail, male, peace, piece, scene, seen

Counting

Count out loud in:

9’s up to 189 and back again                                                      0,9,18 …

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

100’s from 3200 backwards to 1600                                    3200, 3100, 3000…

Times Tables

Please keep practising your times tables.  Everyone has their own targets.

Sumdog

NEW - Year 5 have been entered into a School Sumdog competition so please encourage your child to take part and help boost the class points.

Maths practise – individual challenge.

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

Please also continue to use the fluency booster on Sumdog.

Year 5 have had another great week of learning and have tried very hard – well done!

In English the class have been learning about relative clauses and sub-ordinating conjunctions to upscale their writing. The children enjoyed writing an imaginative short story, using new joining words.

 In Maths Year 5 have continued to practise addition and subtraction on number lines, using partitioning and compensation strategies. Well done Year 5!

Year 5 attended parish mass this week and they behaved so respectfully and shared their knowledge of the readings with Father Michael. Well done to all!  They have also been talking about the rosary this week, as well as creating beautiful prayers based on virtues for our classroom. Year 5 also enjoyed learning about Saint Carlo Acutis, a young saint and they explored how he used his short life to spread the word of God.

 In computing, the class have been designing websites and considering why certain websites appear in the top of searches online.

Year 5 have been applying their typography and design skills in Art this week, as they have started to create their own 3D maps of Narnia.

Finally, in Geography this week, Year 5 used the atlases to identify and locate key physical features of the UK, such as key rivers and mountain ranges.

Golden stars this week

Star of the Week –  Franco

Super Learner –  Maisie

Superstar Writer –   Lily

Bookworm - Willow  

Marvellous Mathematician -  Josh W

Special Mention -  Emma and Edward

Year 3 Blog Friday 10th October 2025

Date: 10th Oct 2025 @ 3:35pm

Year 3 Weekly Blog – Friday Update

Home Practice 

Keep up with your regular reading. It's making a huge difference to everyone's progress and success in their reading.

Check out Sumdog for our new challenges. Make sure to have a go on these as they will help your chilld with learning they meet in class.

The Spellings this week are below. Do a little practise of these every day.

forget, forgetting, forgotten, begin, beginning, beginner, prefer, preferred, preferring, gardening, gardener, limiting, limiting, limitation, footballer, reading, reader, writing, writer

What a brilliant week of learning we’ve had in Year 3!

In English, we read Mammoth: Big Beast, Big City, Big Problem. The children wrote fantastic retells of the story in their own words, focusing on using when and if conjunctions and a range of sentence starters. Super effort, Year 3, your writing is really starting to shine!

In Maths, we’ve been learning the column addition method with 3-digit + 3-digit numbers. Everyone has shown fantastic focus when applying this new strategy. Next week we’ll be moving onto column subtraction, so keep practising those number facts at home; they really help build confidence and fluency!

In RE, we celebrated Saint Carlo Acutis and Saint Francis of Assisi. We explored The Canticle of Creation and sang Psalm 8, reflecting on how we can care for God’s world and follow in the footsteps of the saints.

In History, we continued our Stone Age to Iron Age topic and explored the invention of farming during the Neolithic period. There were some fantastic questions and discussions. Super history thinking, Year 3!

In Art, we took our charcoal drawings a step further and explored how early humans communicated through cave art. The children studied examples and then created their own expressive pieces using charcoal. Check out our gallery to see our artists in action!

In French, we finished our Greetings topic. Everyone had a brilliant go at pronunciation and worked confidently in pairs to practise their conversations. Très bien, Year 3!

Star of the week - Lydia

Super Learner - Charles

Writer of the week - Dylan

Marvellous Mathematician - Amelia F

Bookworm - Frankie

Special Mentions - Isaac and Henry P for brilliant playtimes.

Well done on another wonderful week. Have a restful weekend, you’ve earned it!

The Year 3 Team

Year 1 Blog - Friday 10th October 2025

Date: 10th Oct 2025 @ 3:30pm

Home Practice - Sumdog

Maths challange - Counting on

Phonics challenge - Reception revision 4

Counting - Use your fingers to practice your number bonds to ten. Count your fingers to work out the answer each time! Test yourself with a partner.

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

Please remember to bring book bags each day.

English

We read 'Maya's walk' which is about a little girl who spots different objects whilst on her walk. We focused on adjectives this week, which help to improve our writing. Maya used fabulous adjectives in the story.

We spotted adjectives, wrote our own adjectives and then wrote an adjective poem about flowers.

Phonics

Some of us have learnt phase 5 ue in statue (you sound), aw in paw and wh in when.

Some of us have been comparing phase 3 and phase 5 sounds.

Some of us have been recapping phase 2 sounds.

Maths

We have focused on recognising numbers between 20 and 30. We made sure to say that the numbers have two tens, rather than one ten.

We also completed our first arithmetic together!

R.E.

We spotted key words which describe God. We talked about Him being kind, powerful and invisible.

In Prayer and Liturgy we focused on being resilient and not giving up. We also talked about loving one another, as Jesus taught us.

See our pictures here.

P.S.H.E.

We learnt how to help our Team H-A-P when they aren't working properly and how happy breathing calms our brain.

Computing

We continued to learn how to use a keyboard. We typed our own name.

Art

We sketched shells as we found out that some shells have a spiral pattern!

See our pictures here.

Science

We identified which body parts are responsible for our senses.

We also went on a senses walk around school, identifying what we could see, smell, hear and feel.

P.E.

We put our throwing skills into action by playing games of dodgeball in the hall.

Golden Assembly

Star of the Week: Eilish and Isabelle

Super Learner: Felicity

Superstar Writer: Connall and Noah B

Bookworm: Harriet

Marvellous Mathematician: Ada Cobham

Special Mentions: Grace and Tommy for always looking after Darragh in class.

 

If you ever have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask one of the team! Have a lovely weekend.

Year 4 Blog Friday 10th October 2025

Date: 10th Oct 2025 @ 2:59pm

Welcome to your Friday blog

Home practice

Reading

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

Discuss what you have read with an adult. Write down the meaning of any words you don’t know.

Spellings

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

young           touch           double          trouble        country

courage        colour          couple          southern      encourage

cousins         enough         nourish        countries     rough

cousin          doubling       touched       youngster    troubling

Counting

This week, please practise counting in 4’s  

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

0    4     8      etc                       48    44    40  etc

Now try counting in 10’s from 146 to 326 and back again

146   156    166    etc                326    316    306  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

A maths challenge based on perimeter

There is also a Sumdog competition on line this week!

Our Learning this Week

In English, we read about Michael’s first encounter with Kensuke on the island.

We then planned and wrote a diary account from Kensuke’s point of view.

We tried to ensure we included lots of thoughts and feelings and made it entertaining for the reader.

In Maths, we learnt that perimeter is the measure of length or distance around the boundary of a shape.

We then applied our understanding to help us calculate the perimeter of rectilinear shapes.

In RE, we listened again to the story of the three visitors who came and told Abraham that he would have a son. 

We drew a picture and wrote a sentence to show our understanding of the story.

In addition, we described the covenant between God and Abraham which included what each promised.

In P.S.H.E, we learnt how to look after our brains and continued to develop our ‘happy breathing’ habit.

In Science, we explored and used classification keys to identify living things.

In addition, we created our own classification key using yes/no questions on post it notes.

In History, we became archaeologists as we looked at different artefact. 

We considered what they were, what they were made of, who might have used them and what it told us about the Romans.

Golden Assembly

Star of the Week: Georgie

Super Learner: Annie

Superstar Writer: Daisy and Eddie

Bookworm: Mia

Marvellous Mathematician: William

Special Mentions: Alexander for thoughtful responses in RE and George for being a good friend to everyone in Year 4

The Year 4 team

Year 2 Blog Friday 10th October 2025

Date: 10th Oct 2025 @ 11:36am

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.

WE HAVE NOTICED THAT SOME CHILDREN HAVE NOT CHANGED THEIR BOOKS RECENTLY.

A FEW MINUTES OF READING EVERY NIGHT REALLY MAKES A DIFFERENCE. THANKS.

Remember you will get a sticker on your book mark for every book you read!

Spelling: Please practise these spellings for your quiz on Friday (17.10.25): 

wild    climb      most     only       both      old     cold      gold        hold      told   

Sumdog: Complete the 'Add 3 or 4 one-digit numbers' challenge.

We have also included a spelling challenge to help your child learn the spellings above.

Counting: 

At home, count in 10's forwards and backwards but start on a 1-digit number.

For example, 2, 12, 22, 32, 42, 52 or 7, 17, 27, 37, 47, 57 or 8, 18, 28, 38, 48, 58, 68. 

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

You may also like to practise the 10x, 5x and 2x table on Hit The Button. Follow the link below:

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

English

This week we have become owl experts. We read pieces of non-fiction writing about owls and wrote down all the facts we could find.

We learnt about the features of a non-chronological report, wrote a plan and started to write our own report.

We read our reports to the children in Reception and Year 3.

Phonics

We have been revising ai as in snail, ay as in play, ey as in grey.

Maths

The children have been adding/subtracting 2 digit numbers, 26+32 or 49-33 using tens and ones apparatus, lines and dots and by mental partitioning methods. We have also continued our work on number bonds to 10, 20 and 100. This came in useful when we were adding three 1-digit numbers together. For example, 3+5+7=15. The children calculated 3+7=10 first, then added the five to make 15.

RE

This week, we have revisited the sacrament of Baptism.

The children thought about the signs and symbols of Baptism (white garment, water, Baptismal Candle, oils) and what happens in Church when a baby is Baptised.

Science

We carried out an investigation to find out which microhabitats woodlice prefer. We went outside and investigated four microhabitats. We found out that they preferred being under leaves and under logs. We discussed why they prefer these conditions.

Forest School

We worked in our log circle area this week. We designed obstacle courses which included balancing, jumping, running and even a pinata!

We tested them for safety and then invited everyone to have a go.

There was great teamwork, co-operation, resilience and imagination shown.

We also found minibeasts, noticed the apples growing on the tree and discovered more fungi.

Golden Assembly

Star of the Week - Gigi

Super Learner -Bobby 

Superstar Writer - Harry

Bookworm - Amelia

Mathematician - Dean

Special Mentions - Arthur and Honey for super observational drawing of a leaf in art.

Jessie H. -For being a kind friend.

Year 6 Blog - Friday 10th October 2025

Date: 9th Oct 2025 @ 4:34pm

Welcome to the Year 6 weekly blog.

Year 6 have had an exciting end to their week after their taster day at All Hallows today! 

This week in Year 6

English

In English, we have continued being inspired by the novel ‘Wonder’ by R J Palacio. We thought carefully about how different characters perceive August. We have also been inspired to create some poetry based on the themes from the novel - we were especially proud of our palindrome poetry, which is a special type of poem that reads two different messages when you read from top to bottom and bottom to top! 

Maths 

This week, we have learned how to use the grid method to multiply up to a four digit number by a two digit number. We also learned how to multiply mentally using a compensation strategy and applied all of our learning from our topic to our final lesson, where we chose which strategy we could apply to a question. 

RE

In RE, we have explored the Nicene Creed, and discussed how Catholics can make a common statement of their faith using this creed. We were then inspired to create some poetry about  ‘A world where everyone is equal’ by considering the ways in which all human beings have innate dignity and equality.

Topic 

In Computing, we learned all about what a data packet is, so that we could understand how computers transfer data and files between each other. We made our own messages and broke them down into packets - just like a computer would.

For History we investigated how WW2 began. We learned about the causes of the war and their consequences. 

As part of our prayer and liturgy we have been learning how to pray the rosary in class. Did you know that October is the month of the Holy Rosary?

Home practice

Please complete the following tasks by next Thursday: 

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

Books may be changed on Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday. 

Spelling -  

Please practise these spellings this week, which are from the Y5 and Y6 spelling list. 

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

Maths Challenges: 

Sumdog 

Counting: 

This week I would like you to practise counting in powers of 10 like we have done in class. 

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

Start with different numbers and count up 10 numbers then back again in 10s, 100s, 1000s, 10,000s, 100,000s or 1,000,000s. 

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

Maths Task: This week's learning is to practise questions about multiplication, which will help Year 6 to apply their learning from class this week. For further Maths work, please visit the 'Maths Training' section, where your child will be able to push their learning further with the skills that Sumdog has given them.

Have a happy weekend Year 6! 

Reception Blog - Friday 10th October 2025

Date: 9th Oct 2025 @ 11:37am

Welcome to Reception's Friday Blog!

 Phonics

 This week we have been learning the m, d and g sounds.

We have been talking about items that begin with those sounds, like mat, dog and garden.

Thank you to everyone that came to our Phonics Workshop - see the powerpoint here.

Drawing Club

In Drawing Club, we listened to different versions of the The Little Red Hen.

We then drew our own hens and thought of new ingredients to put in our own bread.

Maths

This week we continued to build number land.

We have been looking at and discussing the number 2.

See the photos here.

RE

This week we have been exploring what a Baptism is.

We looked Mrs Robinson's baptism items and talked about what they are. We then made our own Baptism candles.

See the photos here.

Understanding the World

This week we have been looking at pictures from when we were babies and talking about how we have changed.

We have also been exploring our sense of taste.

Expressive Art and Design

We have been making our own colour books for the primary colours.

PE

We have been practising our under arm throwing.

We were also very lucky to have Year 2 come and visit us and read some owl facts to us - see the photos here.

Golden Assembly

Star of the Week – Vinnie

Super Learner – Maisie

Superstar Writer – Billy

Bookworm – Chester

Special Mention –Amelie and Alice

Year 3 Friday 3rd October 2025

Date: 3rd Oct 2025 @ 4:58pm

Year 3 Friday Blog

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

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 statistics.

Spellings – This week’s spellings are revisiting our suffix rules. Practise reading and spelling them at home. We have set a Sumdog challenge for these too!

This week in Year 3

This week in English we have been learning how to write clear instructions, using How to Wash a Woolly Mammoth as our inspiration. We worked hard on our final pieces and even shared them with Year 2 – they were very impressed! Check out our gallery to see our work.

In Maths we have been learning all about statistics. We explored pictograms, block graphs and bar charts, and we’ve even set a Sumdog challenge so we can keep practising at home.

In Science we explored our muscles and their functions. Did you know we have over 600 muscles in our body? We also learned about involuntary muscles, like our heartbeat, that work without us even thinking about them.

In RE we researched the saints of creation and learned how their lives were dedicated to serving God and caring for creation. We studied St Martin, St Thérèse and St Francis of Assisi. Next week we’ll be celebrating St Francis and looking at his Canticle of the Creatures.

In PE we’ve been learning to use our fundamental skills in netball, working on movement, space and teamwork. Super effort, Year 3!

In Computing we explored different devices and how they are useful in our everyday lives. We created posters on Seesaw and had a brilliant discussion about what devices we use at home.

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Golden Assembly

Star of the Week – James

Super Learner – Harrison

Superstar Writer – Sam

Bookworm – Wilbur

Marvellous Mathematician – Adam

Special Mentions – George for being a good friend on the playground.

Well done on another fantastic week of learning, Year 3. Have a lovely weekend!

— The Year 3 Team

Year 5 Blog - Friday 3rd October 2025

Date: 3rd Oct 2025 @ 3:52pm

Welcome to your Friday Blog

Home Practice

Reading

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

Spelling

Here are your spellings this week.

information,  adoration,  sensation,  preparation,  admiration,  poisonous,  dangerous,  mountainous,  famous,  various,  tremendous,  enormous,  jealous,  humorous,  glamorous,  vigorous,  courageous,   serious

Counting

Count out loud in:

12’s up to 168 and back again                                                      0,12,24…

70’s from 210 to 840 and back again                                       210, 280, 350…

200’s from 4200 backwards to 2800                                     4200, 4000, 3800…

Times Tables

Please keep practising your times tables.  Everyone has their own targets.

Sumdog

Maths practise – individual challenge.

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

Please also continue to use the fluency booster on Sumdog.

Year 5 have had a fantastic week of learning and have put in 100% effort – well done!

In English the class have been practising blending action, dialogue and speech, writing as both Lucy and as a spy for the Queen of Narnia.

 In Maths Year 5 have started their new topic, practising adding and subtracting on a number line and using partitioning. Well done Year 5!

Year 5 have continued to explore the theological and cardinal virtues in RE this week and have been discussing how to apply them in practical habits every day. They all enjoyed creating role play scenarios about this and acting them out.   

In computing, the class have been practising searching, using a wide variety of search engines. They have been researching what type of results show in each and discussed how to look out for trusted information online.

Finally, in History this week, Year 5 explored what an Anglo Saxon settlement would look like and designed their own.

Golden stars this week

Star of the Week –  Archie P

Super Learner –  Sam

Superstar Writer –   Elena

Bookworm -   Jenson

Marvellous Mathematician -  Alana

Special Mention -  Ada-May

Reception Blog - Friday 3rd October 2025

Date: 3rd Oct 2025 @ 3:29pm

Welcome to Reception's Friday Blog!

 Phonics

 This week we have been learning the p, i and n sounds. We have been talking about words that begin with those sounds.

See the photos here.

Drawing Club

In Drawing Club, we listened to different versions of the Three Pigs.

We then drew our own bridges and thought of a different animals for the troll to eat.

Maths

This week we started to build number land.

We have been exploring and discussing the number 1.

See the photos here.

RE

We recapped the Creation Story and  talked about our favourite things that God has created.

Then we discussed how we could look after our world.

Understanding the World

This week we have been learning about our senses. We started with hearing and sight.

Expressive Art and Design

We decorated our own world pictures.

Forest School

We started our session with a game of 'Crocodile,crocodile,may we cross your magic river?'. We had to listen carefully so we knew when it was our turn to cross and we tried to not get caught by the crocodile.

In our nature area we made homes for woodland creatures. We made tripod structures with sticks and covered them with leaves. We had a lovely review at the end of the session.

Golden Assembly

Star of the Week – Henry W

Super Learner – Ivy

Superstar Writer – Jake

Bookworm – Alice

Mathematician – Caleb for being a superstar all week and Louie for being a great friend.

Year 2 Blog Friday 3rd October 2025

Date: 3rd Oct 2025 @ 1:50pm

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.

WE HAVE NOTICED THAT SOME CHILDREN HAVE NOT CHANGED THEIR BOOKS RECENTLY.

A FEW MINUTES OF READING EVERY NIGHT REALLY MAKES A DIFFERENCE. THANKS.

Remember you will get a sticker on your book mark for every book you read!

Spelling: Please practise these spellings for your quiz on Friday (10.10.25):

door       floor       poor        because       find      kind         mind       behind        child       children

Sumdog: Complete the 'Addition and Subtraction Facts' challenge.

Counting: At home, count in 2's, 5's and 10's forwards and backwards.

You may also like to practise the 10x, 5x and 2x table on Hit The Button. Follow the link below:

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

English

We listened to some more chapters from the book. We collected discussed why dark can be exciting.

We wrote a letter to Plop telling him not to be afraid of the dark and about all the exciting things he could do in the dark.

Phonics

We have been revising the long o sound, ui as in juice, ue as in glue, u-e as in cube, u-e as in rule, ew as in flew.

SPaG

We have been learning about conjunctions (joining words) and writing sentences including... and, but, because, so. The children are trying to use them as often as possible in their own writing.

Maths

The children have been adding/subtracting a multiple of 10 to/from a 2 digit number, 26+20 or 41-30. We have also worked on number bonds to 10 and 100.

RE

This week, we have read Psalm 139 together. The children learnt that a Psalm is a bit like a song or a prayer. They responded to the Psalm with their own art work in the style of Eva Crawford.

Geography

The children know the seven continents and five oceans so well now. During our lesson, we looked at the continent of Europe in more detail. 

Forest School 

We made shelters using logs, tarps and ropes. There was some tricky knot tying too.Great teamwork and resilience was shown.

Golden Assembly

Star of the Week - Huxley

Super Learner - Buzz

Superstar Writer - Lara

Bookworm - Genevieve

Mathematician - Kamali

Special Mentions - Lilly-Mae was given a special mention from Mrs Cliffe for the way she sorted her wellies out in Forest School.

Jesse F. got a special mention for his super den building in Forest School, he showed resilience and problem solving skills.

Thank you for all your generous Harvest gifts.

Year 4 Blog Friday 3rd October 2025

Date: 3rd Oct 2025 @ 8:53am

Welcome to your Friday blog

Home practice

Reading

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

Discuss what you have read with an adult.

Can you spot any coordinating conjunctions (for and nor but or yet so).

Spellings

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

crystal         gym             hymn            mystery       myth

pyramid       symbol         syrup           typical         Egypt

bicycle         cymbals        cylinder       gymnast       gymnastics

oxygen         crypt           lyrics

Counting

This week, please practise counting in 3’s  

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

0    3    6      etc                        36    33     30  etc

Now try counting in 10’s from 268 to 428 and back again

268     278    288    etc             428    418    408  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’ competition against Year 5 – please log on and have a go!

Sumdog challenges

A spelling challenge based on the words above

A maths challenge based on the 3, 4 and 8 times tables

Our learning this week

In English, we wrote an informal letter as if we were Michael from the novel writing a letter to his best friend Eddie.

In addition, we learnt the acronym FANBOYS to help us remember the 7 co-ordinating conjunctions.

The conjunctions are for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so. We then practised using them in sentences.

We hope to try and use more compound sentences in our writing.

In Maths, we used partitioning and number lines to help us add and subtract numbers when we needed to bridge 10 and 100.

This was quite tricky, but with a bit more practise we hope it will become a little easier.

In addition, we learnt how to measure and draw lengths as properties of 2D shapes, as well as how to measure in centimetres and millimetres.

In RE, we again consolidated our learning of the words - virtue, faith, hope and love.

We then read St John Henry Newman’s ‘Mission of my Life’, underlined our favourite line and explained why we liked it and how we could relate it to our everyday lives. 

In P.S.H.E, we learnt what neurons and neural pathways are,

We also learnt how to form good habits and that the more we practise these habits, the easier they become.

In Science, we grouped living things based on their features using classification keys.

In French, we learnt how to name some pet animals eg un chien = a dog and un chat = a cat.

In Art, we began to retell the story of ‘The Hungry Caterpillar’ through sketching.  

This week, we also attended the Harvest Mass in church on Friday afternoon.

Thank you for your harvest gifts – these will be donated to a local food bank.

Golden Assembly

Star of the week: Drew

Super Learner: Violet Ca

Superstar writer: Rudy

Bookworm: Rowan

Marvellous Mathematician: Heidi

Special Mentions: Lewis and Artie for thoughtful RE work

Alice, Violet Ca, William and Mia for keeping the classroom lovely and tidy

The Year 4 team

Year 6 Blog - Friday 3rd October 2025

Date: 3rd Oct 2025 @ 7:51am

Welcome to the Year 6 weekly blog!

Thank you for all the Harvest donations! Year 6 have worked hard to be a part of the Harvest service at church today. All of the children sang and read beautifully – well done Year 6 - you were all amazing!

This week in Year 6

English

In English, we have started our new topic all about the novel ‘Wonder’ by R J Palacio. We have worked hard to use our inference and retrieval skills while reading the story together. In class, we have also explored formal and informal letters by writing in role. We researched what Treacher Collins syndrome is, a condition that the main character, August, was born with in the story.

Maths 

This week, we have learned lots of strategies for multiplication. We have learned how to partition to multiply whole numbers and decimals and we have also used the grid method to multiply whole numbers and decimals.

RE

In RE, we have explored the signs and symbols linked to Baptism. We have also shared John1:1-5 16-18 and thought about what the words from the scripture meant. We were inspired by the scripture to reflect on the question: "How can I live as a light for others, sharing the grace of God that I received in Baptism?"

Topic 

In Science, we completed an investigation to determine if micro-organisms are alive. We were able to determine that yeast, and micro-organisms, are alive because we could observe them respiring. You can see our investigation on the class galleries!

In Computing, we learned all about IP addresses and how computers communicate with each other. 

Home practice

Please complete the following tasks by next Thursday: 

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

Books may be changed on Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday. 

Spelling -  

Please practise the following spellings this week, which are from the Y5 and Y6 spelling list. 

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

Maths Challenges: 

Sumdog 

Counting: Practise counting in your multiples! 

Choose a times table. How far can you count in multiples of that number? Can you count backwards as well as forwards?

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

Multiples: This week's learning is to practise questions multiples and factors, which will help Year 6 with their multiplication work in class. For further Maths work, please visit the 'Maths Training' section, where your child will be able to push their learning further with the skills that Sumdog has given them.

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

Star of the Week  - Willow

Super Learner -  Ronnie

Superstar Writer - Xabier

Bookworm - Agatha

Marvellous Mathematician - William

Special Mentions - Bella, Eliza M, Ebba and Willow - for knowing all the actions to the harvest songs!

Have an amazing weekend Year 6! 

Year 1 Blog - Friday 3rd October 2025

Date: 2nd Oct 2025 @ 3:55pm

Home Practice - Sumdog

Maths challange - Represent objects

Phonics challenge - Reception revision 3

Counting - Use your fingers to practice your number bonds to ten. Count your fingers to work out the answer each time! Test yourself with a partner.

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

Please remember to bring book bags each day.

English

We read a beautiful story called 'Chasing Rainbows' which is about finding the good in different situations. We had a colour hunt in the classroom and wrote sentences about which colours we could see, we wrote about what we do in the rain and in Autumn, then we made kindness rainbows which were decorated with kind words.

See our kindness rainbows here.

Phonics

Some of us have learnt phase 5 ir in girl and ue in blue.

Some of us have been comparing phase 3 and phase 5 sounds: ai and ay, then ee and ea.

Some of us have been recapping phase 2 sounds.

Maths

We have been identifying teen numbers and saying how many tens and ones are in each one. 

R.E.

We wrote a Creation poem about God's wonderful world.

In Prayer and Liturgy we focused on Autumn and our Harvest celebration.

P.S.H.E.

We talked about how happy breathing helps when we are struggling.

Computing

We learnt how to type on a keyboard!

See our pictures here.

Art

We used different medium to showcase our amazing spirals.

See our pictures here.

Science

We identified our different body parts.

See our pictures here.

P.E.

We practised kicking a ball.

Forest School

We started our session with a game of 'Duck,duck,goose'.

We then went into our nature area and had a go at making shelters. We had a go at two ways, leaning branches against trees or tying a rope between trees. There was a lot of determination, problem-solving and imagination on display. The shelters were ready just before Storm Amy hit!

Golden Assembly

Star of the Week: Indie

Super Learner: Noah H

Superstar Writer: Reo and George

Bookworm: Stan

Marvellous Mathematician: Connall

Special Mentions: Zara for coming to school with a smile on her face, even with her sore arm!

 

If you ever have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask one of the team! Have a lovely weekend.

Year 5 blog Friday 26th September 2025

Date: 26th Sep 2025 @ 4:03pm

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.

Spellings

Here are your spellings this week.

beginning  beginner  gardening  gardener  limiting  limited  limitation  finally comically  happily  angrily  gently  simply  humbly  dramatically  forgotten  forgetting  basically

Counting

Count out loud in:

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

60’s from 240 to 660 and back again                                       240, 300, 360…

300’s from 4200 backwards to 2800                                     4200, 3900, 3600…

Times Tables

Please keep practising your times tables.  Everyone has their own targets.

Sumdog

Maths practise – individual challenge.

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

Please also continue to use the fluency booster on Sumdog.

Year 5 have had a fantastic week of learning and have worked incredibly hard – well done!

In English, everyone has been drafting, editing and publishing a persuasive letter from the Queen of Narnia, using ambitious vocabulary. Everyone has also been working hard to present their work beautifully.

 In Maths, the class have been working out how to add mixed fractions as well as adding and subtracting tens, hundreds, thousands and tens of thousands to numbers. Well done Year 5!

In RE, the topic this week has been the theological and cardinal virtues and how to practise the habit of doing good things in life.

 Finally, the week ended with their UK topic in Geography. They were able to identify  various ordnance survey signs, as well as locate the UK’s major cities.

Golden stars this week

Star of the Week – Joni

Super Learner – Caleb

Superstar Writer –  Sienna

Bookworm -  Spencer

Marvellous Mathematician -  Jack

Special Mention -  Louie

Reception Blog - Friday 26th September 2025

Date: 26th Sep 2025 @ 3:31pm

Welcome to Reception's Friday Blog!

 Phonics

 This week we started our phonics. We started with the sounds s, a and t.

We have been recognising them, writing them and singing songs about them.

Drawing Club

In Drawing Club, we listened to different versions of the Three Little Pigs.

We then drew our own pigs and designed our own houses.

We have also been retelling the story using pig masks that we made ourselves.

Maths

We have been singing lots of songs and doing lots of counting to 5.

RE

We recapped our learning about the Bible.

Then we listened to the creation story and talked about our favourite things that God has created.

See the photos here.

Fine Motor Skills

 This half term we are focussing on our fine motor skills – with the pen and dough disco!

See the photos here.

Understanding the World and Expressive Art and Design

We continued to learn about Autumn.

We went outside with our autumn treasures and created pictures.

See the pictures here.

PE

This week, we did more balancing and some dancing.

Forest School

We played a game in our log circle area and then went in our nature area. We spotted quite a few different types of mushrooms. We learnt about not touching them.

We were brilliant at sharing, taking turns, being resilient and imaginative. There was leaf soup, apple ice cream and cups of tea being made. Some of us climbed trees and we also invented our own games.

We went to our first Golden Assembly with the whole school.

We did the best sitting and showed everyone how amazing we are.

Golden Assembly

Star of the Week – Lucie

Super Learner – Finlay

Superstar Writer – Cameron

Bookworm – Raeni

Mathematician – Harry

And finally, big thank you to everyone who came to our Reception Blessing in Church.

We hope you have a lovely, restful weekend.

Year 3 Friday Blog 26th September 2025

Date: 26th Sep 2025 @ 12:05pm

Welcome to Your Friday Blog!

Home Practice

Keep changing your books regularly and read for at least 15-20 minutes every night!

Well done to everyone who completed their Sumdog challenges and even had some time to practise on the Sumdog Training. Three new challenges have been added today. Remember, little and often every night will benefit your children with their learning in school.

Try and do a little counting at home as well. This will promote number fluency and understanding. There are lots of counting games here at ictgames.com that we use in school. You will also find lots of counting songs on YouTube.

We have given out your spellings to practice for next week's test.  In our spelling lessons this week we have been revisiting our spelling strategies. We have been breaking our words into syllables to help us spell more accurately and using what we already know to spell new words.

What a brilliant week we’ve had in Year 3!

In English, we finished our class novel, The Twits. We loved the story and write some brilliant book reviews this week. Next week we begin our Wooly Mammoth stories!

In Maths, we learned how to measure in cm and mm and even looked at perimeter. Super problem solving!

In RE, we have continued to explore our Creation and Covenant topic, thinking about human dignity and its links to the creation story. Everyone shared some really thoughtful ideas and wrote some beautiful responses to our scripture.

In Science, we designed and carried out an experiment to test whether longer arms mean longer throws! Using iPads, we measured our arm lengths, then went outside to test our throws. Check out our gallery.

In Art, we used charcoal to create depth through light and shade. We studied 3D shapes and practised using shadow to create the illusion of depth. You can see our artists hard at work in the galleries!

In Computing, we explored some fantastic coding programs on code.org. The children worked through challenges with determination and even had a go at fixing their own ‘bugs’. This linked brilliantly to our Wonderful World assembly, where we learned about Grace Hopper, a pioneer of computer coding who even coined the phrase “a bug”.

Golden Assembly

Star of the Week – Harper

Super Learner – Jonah

Superstar Writer – Charlie

Bookworm – Isaac

Marvellous Mathematician – Wilbur

Special Mentions – Orlaigh, Devyn and Rose for their brilliant teamwork in Netball this week.

Year 2 Blog Friday 26th September 2025

Date: 26th Sep 2025 @ 8:54am

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.

WE HAVE NOTICED THAT SOME CHILDREN HAVE NOT CHANGED THEIR BOOKS RECENTLY.

A FEW MINUTES OF READING EVERY NIGHT REALLY MAKES A DIFFERENCE. THANKS.

Remember you will get a sticker on your book mark for every book you read!

Spelling: Please practise these spellings for your quiz on Friday (03.10.25):

friend        house         school      full     pull        one       once         ask       our       push

Sumdog: Complete the 'Addition/Subtraction' challenge.

Counting: At home, count in 2's, 5's and 10's forwards and backwards.

You may also like to practise the 10x table on Hit The Button. Follow the link below:

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

English

We have started learning through the story of The Owl Who Was Afraid Of The Dark. The owl is called Plop. We wrote sentences to describe him, using adjectives and connectives.

In pairs, we discussed why he might be afraid of the dark and wrote some possible reasons for this. 

We wrote in character as Plop.

Phonics

We have been revising all the long e sounds,ee as in sheep, ea as in leaf, ie is in field, e-e as in Steve,  ey as monkey, y as in baby.

Maths

The children learned how to add a 1 digit number to a 2 digit number, 26+4 and we looked at subtraction in the same way.

We have been counting in 10's and learning the 10x table.

French

PE

The children have really improved their under arm throwing and catching. They have played various mini games and learnt about the importance of dodging to get away from a defender.

RE

The children have started to make their Noah's Ark puppets which they will use to act out the story.

We also read the story of God's Rainbow which explains God's promise, love and faithfulness.

Science

We learnt about the plants that live in a desert habitat. We discussed how the plants have adapted to survive in the desert.

Forest School

We talked about the Autumn Equinox which was on Monday. We talked about how this marks the start of Autumn and how day and night get equal time for a brief moment.

We went on a fungi hunt in our top field.  We noticed the different shapes, sizes and colours. We know not to touch them.

Thank you for sending in donations for Harvest. 

Golden Assembly

Star of the Week - Lilly-Mae

Super Learner - Seb

Superstar Writer - Freya

Bookworm - Jaxon

Mathematician - Cara

Special Mentions - Rudy for being a good friend and Bobby for using his lovely manners.

Year 4 Blog Friday 26th September 2025

Date: 25th Sep 2025 @ 4:52pm

Welcome to your Friday blog

Home practice

Reading

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

Discuss what you have read with an adult. Look up any words you are unsure of in a dictionary.

Spellings

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

kindly           slowly           loudly           comically      crossly

quietly         angrily         happily         sleepily        hesitantly

gently          simply          humbly         nobly            sarcastically

basically       quickly         dramatically           frantically             worryingly

Counting

This week, please practise counting in 5’s  

For example, start at 0 and count to 60 and back again

0     5     10      etc                    60     55     50  etc

Now try counting in 50’s from 50 to 600 and back again

50   100    150    etc                  600   550    500

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 ‘studio’ session – please log on and have a go! This will help you to build up your Rock Star status

Why not challenge someone else in Year 4 to a ‘Rock Slam’.

This is a competition and you can set a score for them to beat. You don’t need to be online at the same time.

Sumdog challenges

A spelling challenge based on the words above

A maths challenge based on adding and subtracting 1, 10, 100 and 1000

Our Learning this Week

In English, we analysed the features of an informal letter.

We then planned our own letter from Michael to his best friend Eddie, which outlined the countries we had visited and the adventures we had had during our sailing trip around the world.

In Maths, we added and subtracted multiples of 10 to 3 digit numbers (eg 342 + 250 and 528 – 340).

See the pictures in our gallery which demonstrate how we answered these using place value counters.

In addition, we used a number line to solve addition or subtraction calculations which required mental partitioning.

In RE, we talked about how Abraham is a model of prayer and how we can use prayer in our everyday lives.

We also discussed and found definitions of the words - virtue, faith, hope and love.   

In P.S.H.E, we learnt how to calm our amygdala and practised our ‘happy breathing’.

Following this, we thought of a time when we could use ‘happy breathing’ to help our amygdala stay calm when the danger isn’t real.

In Science, we recapped the 5 animal groups (amphibians, birds, fish, mammals and reptiles) and gave examples for each group explaining our reasons why.

We then looked at how we could group plants and sorted plants into flowering or non-flowering categories.  

Golden Assembly

Star of the Week: Violet Ca

Super Learner: Oscar

Superstar Writer: Hunter

Bookworm: Oliver

Mathematician: Daisy

Special Mentions: Lottie for beautiful manners

Evelyn and Eliza for thoughtful RE work

If you are able, please bring a harvest donation in for the Harvest Festival next Friday

The Year 4 team

Year 1 Blog - Friday 26th September 2025

Date: 25th Sep 2025 @ 4:23pm

Home Practice

Your child's Sumdog log in should now be in the front of their brown reading record book. Please try and log in this week.

Maths challange - Counting objects (larger numbers)

Phonics challenge - Reception revision 2

Counting - Please practise counting different objects around your house. Or even try to go for a walk and count how many leaves you can find!

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

Please remember to bring book bags each day.

English

We read the story 'Dogger' and we all felt really sorry for Dave who had lost his toy dog. We identified the characters, described Dogger using adjectives and sequenced the story.

Phonics

Some of us have started phase 5 and learnt the ay, ea, ie and oy sounds.

Some of us have been recapping phase 3 sounds, including ch and sh.

Some of us have been recapping phase 2 sounds.

Maths

We have been learning how to partition numbers into tens and ones using base ten, both visually and practically. We have been focusing on numbers to 20.

R.E.

We read the beginning of the Nicene Creed and talked about how God made things that are visible and invisible. 

In Prayer and Liturgy we spoke about the importance of the words in the Lord's Prayer. We also focused on being calm and compared this to Jesus calming the storm. 

Geography

Some of us went on a walk around our school grounds to spot different features. We will continue this next week.

Computing

We learnt how to log onto Sumdog using the QR code on our log in sheet. We all had a go at the Maths challenges and played the different games.

Art

We made pastel spirals on black paper so that the colour could stand out.

P.E.

We have learnt how to throw underarm with a beanbag and a ball.

Golden Assembly

Star of the Week: Isla-May

Super Learner: Elsie

Superstar Writer: Ada C

Bookworm: Evie B

Marvellous Mathematician: Thomas

Special Mentions: Imogen and Noah H for always showing kindness to each other and to the whole class!

 

If you ever have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask one of the team! Have a lovely weekend.

Year 6 Blog - Friday 26th September 2025

Date: 25th Sep 2025 @ 8:01am

Welcome to the Year 6 weekly blog!

Thank you for all the Harvest donations that have been brought in this week! We are still collecting donations for the food bank next week. 

If you have any spare, small plastic bottles at home, please could these be bought into class for a Science investigation next week?

This week in Year 6

English

In English, we have completed our work on the Nowhere Emporium. All of Year 6 have worked so hard on their amazing fantasy stories, including editing them into a final version. The children have also used their knowledge and skills from the topic to create their own independent stories about a new wonder - they definitely brought their imaginations to their work! 

Maths 

This week, we have learned about lots of strategies that we can use to solve addition and subtraction questions. We have worked hard on a range of number line strategies, such as compensation and bridging. Year 6 have also used a formal method to add and subtract whole numbers and decimals.

RE

In RE, we have shared Pope Francis’ Laudato Si’ and thought carefully about what message he taught us in this letter. We have recognised that we are stewards of creation and that we need to look after our beautiful word. The children wrote some beautiful prayers inspired by this letter.  Year 6 have also worked hard to create some amazing posters to show how we should look after creation, making links to Laudato Si’ and the second story of creation.

Topic 

In French we celebrated the European day of languages and learned all about why it is important to speak different languages. 

In PE we are practising our netball skills. We have been learning how to shoot and use a chest pass to get into position. We have also been looking at how to defend our opponent from side on and attacking forward into a position. 

In Music we have been recapping the notes E,,B,D and F. We have also been learning how to play the Autumn song on the glockenspiel. 

Home practice

Please complete the following tasks by next Thursday: 

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

Books may be changed on Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday. 

Spelling -  

Please practise the following spellings this week, which are from the Y5 and Y6 spelling list: 

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

Maths Challenges: 

Sumdog 

Counting: Which is quicker, counting up to 30 in ones or counting up to 300 in tens? Why?

Which is quicker, counting up to 40 in ones or counting up to 4,000 in hundreds?

Which is quicker, counting up to 10 in ones or counting up to 1,000,000 in hundred-thousands?

Which is quicker, counting up to 20 in ones or counting up to 140 in sevens?

Which is quicker, counting up to 25 in French or in English?

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

Maths Practise: This week's learning is to continue to practise questions on addition and subtraction. For further Maths work, please visit the 'Maths Training' section, where your child will be able to push their learning further with the skills that Sumdog has given them.

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

Star of the Week  - Ebba

Super Learner -  Holly W 

Superstar Writer - Casper 

Bookworm - Eliza W

Marvellous Mathematician - Henry 

Special Mentions - Bella - for being a good role model to others. 

Have a wonderful weekend Year 6! 

Year 5 blog - Friday 19th September 2025

Date: 19th Sep 2025 @ 4:00pm

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.

bruise  playing  finally  stopped   supported  bargain  dragged  attached  happily completely  achieve   available  average  speedily   stopping   played   ancient   category

Counting

Count out loud in:

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

40’s from 240 to 480  and back again                                       240, 280, 320…

200’s from 4200 backwards to 2800                                     4200, 4000, 3800…

Times Tables

Please keep practising your times tables.  Everyone has their own targets.

Sumdog

Maths practise – individual challenge.

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

Please also continue to use the fluency booster on Sumdog.

Year 5 have worked so hard this week. The children have really put a lot of effort in which is great to see!

Year 5 continued to practise reading out loud in class from the novel this week in English – ‘The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe’. They have also been practising handwriting as well as using similes and direct speech. 

 In Maths the class have been looking at number lines up to one million and working out whether numbers round up or round down. Well done Year 5!

In RE, the theme this week has been about love and what Jesus said about loving God and each other. In contrast, we also discussed the meaning of sin. Year 5 also attended a welcome mass this week in church with Father Michael.

In Music, everyone enjoyed playing the ukuleles and learning about rhythm and notation.

 Finally, the week ended with their Anglo Saxon topic in History. They were able to identify why the Anglo Saxons came to Britain and decided to invade and then settle.

Golden stars this week

Star of the Week – Amelia

Super Learner – Teddy

Superstar Writer – Trudy

Bookworm - Edward

Marvellous Mathematician - Sidney

Special Mention - Lily