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Year 6 Blog - Friday 31st January 2025
Date: 31st Jan 2025 @ 8:11am
Welcome to the Year 6 weekly blog.
This week in Year 6
English
In English we have continued reading and learning about Macbeth. We shared the scene together where Lady Macbeth begins to sleepwalk and wrote a dialogue of this scene. We had to work hard to choose appropriate vocabulary and punctuation!
Maths
This week, we have learned all about co-ordinates. We have learned how to find a missing co-ordinate to complete a shape and also how to find the co-ordinates of a shape where the axis are blank. Today, we have learned how to translate shapes across quadrants on a graph.
RE
In RE, we have continued learning about the miracles that Jesus performed. We have shared the story of how Jesus raised Lazarus from the dead and performed some drama of this miracle.
Topic
In PE, we continued with our dance unit, all about heroes and villains. We thought about heroic traits and showed these as a still frame.
In Science, we learned about what is in our blood. We made 'blood' to help us understand what the jobs of different parts of our blood are - you can see our work on the galleries!
For Art, we learned about moodboards and made our own on Seesaw, inspired by Rachel Parker.
Please complete the following tasks by Wednesday:
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 from the Y5/Y6 and the Y3/Y4 statutory spellings.
We will have our test on the 14/02/25, after Robin Wood.
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.
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develop |
equip |
eighth |
extreme |
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dictionary |
equipped |
enough |
famous |
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disastrous |
equipment |
exercise |
favourite |
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embarrass |
especially |
experience |
February |
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environment |
exaggerate |
experiment |
forward |
SATS Revision:
Today, 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 4 Subtraction
English - Topic 7 Adjectives
Have a great weekend Year 6!
Year 1 Blog - Friday 31st January 2025
Date: 30th Jan 2025 @ 12:41pm
Welcome to your Friday blog!
Home Practice
Sumdog challenges
Maths - Months of the year
Phonics - Sounds learnt this week.
Counting - Choose a number to start on. Count 10 more and 10 less in ones. For example: 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62. Then 52, 51, 50 etc.
Reading - Please try to read each night, it makes a big difference!
Please remember to bring book bags in each day.
English
We continued to learn about Edgar the dragon this week.
We wrote a feelings timeline for Edgar, a list of reasons for how Edgar could be helpful and we re-wrote the story in our own words.
Phonics
Some of us have finished learning the split digraphs and learnt the 'wh' and 'ph' sounds.
Some of us have finished learning the different ways to spell the 'ee' sound, focusing on e in medium and y in penny.
Maths
We have been learning how to measure time. We learnt that we measure time in lots of different ways: using seconds, minutes, hours, days, months and years. We had lots of fun using the timer on the iPads to measure how quick or slow we can do an action.
We have also continued our learning for the months of the year, focusing on the order and special events that happen within them.
R.E.
We learnt about Jesus preaching and teaching in the Temple. We described how we could help others, like He taught us, and painted how the light guides us.
Geography
We labelled the countries that make up the United Kingdom. Then we identified their capital cities, major cities and flags.
Science
We conducted an experiment to see whether objects were transparent or opaque. Some of us even identified translucent objects! We used torches to see if the light passed through and our eyes to see if we could see through them.
P.E.
We learnt how to travel in different ways, including bear and crab walk. We also practised egg, tuck and pencil rolls.
Art
We planned our medal, identifying which materials we wanted to use and how we wanted it to look. We will start making them next week!
Forest School
This week we were in our log circle area. We noticed some damage to the trees that last week's storm had caused. We looked for mini beasts, played our own games, made some concoctions in the mud and made dens.
Year 2 Blog- Friday 31st January 2025
Date: 30th Jan 2025 @ 11:31am
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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 (07.02.25):
January February March April May June July August September October
Sumdog: Complete the addition and subtraction challenge.
Counting: play the 100 square jigsaw game below and practice counting confidently to 100.
https://nrich.maths.org/problems/100-square-jigsaw
Follow the link below to play 'Hit The Button' and do a bit more practise on your 2, 5, 10 and 3 times tables.
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
Recently, the children explored some of the interactive games on top mark maths.
If they would like to play at home, follow the link below.
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/5-7-years/counting
English
We finished our learning through the story of 'The Barnabus Project'. We wrote a thought bubble as Baranbus as he imagined what the world outside the lab might be like. We wrote a postcard from Barnabus to Pip thanking him for helping with his escape. We also wrote about the different jobs that the Green Rubber Suits do in the lab.
Maths
This week we have been counting in 2s, 5s and 10s and recognising the patterns in the numbers.
We have been adding and sutracting numbers where we have to cross the tens barrier, for example, 25 - 17 or 32 + 11.
We have used Base 10 equipment and lines and dots to help us with this. Some children have been mentally partitioning the numbers to work out the answers. Great effort from everyone, we are so impressed with the hard work we have seen in class.
Science
We went outside to look at our bulbs which are growing.
We closely examined some bulbs and drew them carefully. We will plant them next week.
PSHE
We continued to learn about being safe. we discussed different scenarios and what we could do,
for instance - tell, say no, say yes or ask.
Geography
We discussed the seasons of the year and the signs to look out for.
For example, Autumn - the leaves turn brown/orange/red/yellow and fall from the trees.
We learnt which months of the year are in each season.
R.E.
The children watched a short video clip of Jesus' Baptism and through their own artwork retold the story.
They included, the River Jordan, John the Baptist, Jesus Christ, a dove which represented the Holy Spirit and light shining through the clouds which represented God. some children included what God said to Jesus.
Year 4 Blog Friday 31st January 2025
Date: 30th Jan 2025 @ 10:01am
Welcome to your Friday blog
Home practice
Reading
Please read for 20 minutes each evening to an adult at home. If you are unsure about the meaning of a word, look it up in a dictionary and write out the meaning in your reading diary.
Spellings
These are your spellings which will be tested next week – please practise them
their there they’re because does
doesn’t too to two its
it’s off of where were
when went with our are
Counting
This week, please practise counting in 7’s
For example, start at 12 and count to 144 and back again
0 7 14 etc 84 77 70 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 3D shapes
In English, we learnt more about adverbs and how they can be used in different places in a sentence. We now know that adverbs can go at the beginning of a sentence, but need a comma after them. For example – Quickly, the boy finished his dinner. We put into practise what we had learnt by retelling some of the class novel.
In Maths, we continued with our 3D shape topic by identifying and naming different pyramids according to their properties. In addition, we consolidated our ability to identify and describe the properties of lots of different 3D shapes (eg a cone, a sphere, a cylinder and a prism).
In RE, we familiarised ourselves with Matthew 11 1-15 (Jesus’ speech to John the Baptist) when John’s disciples asked Jesus if he was the Messiah. In addition, we listened to the story of Jesus walking on water and considered why Jesus might have worked miracles.
In Science, we recapped the properties of solids, liquids and gases. Following this, we discussed some common household materials, sorting them into solids and liquids according to their properties. Some we found quite tricky to classify.
In History, we learnt about some of the things that the Roman’s brought to Britain, for example, cats, cement and bricks, coins, and new ways of reading and counting. Following this, we started to make a PowerPoint which gave more information about some of the legacies the Romans left behind.
In our ‘Our Happy Mind’ lesson, we learnt how we can grow our strengths and how neuroplasticity can help us.
In Art, we continued with our topic ‘the art of display’. We continued making our ‘plinths’ and took pictures of ourselves in different poses.
The Year 4 team
Year 5 blog - 24th January 2025
Date: 24th Jan 2025 @ 4:09pm
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.
controversy convenience correspond criticise curiosity definite desperate determined develop dictionary disastrous embarrass environment equipment especially exaggerate equipped special
Counting
Count out loud in:
5s up to 125 and back again 0,5,10,15 …
70s from 0 to 490 and back again 0,70,140 …
9s from 99 to 142 and back again 99,108,117…
Times Tables
Please practise your times tables every day. All children have been encouraged to practise on this week’s ‘gig’ that has been set on ‘Times Tables Rock Stars’ app.
Sumdog
Maths practise based on multiplication – individual challenge.
Spelling Challenge – practise sheets have been sent home and there is a practise test on Sumdog
We have had another great learning week in Year 5.
In English, we wrote a letter as the character Jim, from our novel. We also practised where to put commas in sentences in order to clarify meaning.
In Maths, we explored various different ways of multiplying using different numbers, but still arriving at the same answer. Secure knowledge of all times tables is critical to this, so well done to everyone who has completed extra practise this week to help achieve this.
This week in RE, we retold the story of The Good Samaritan and discussed how the parable shows virtues of love, hope and charity.
In computing, we continued with our powerpoint presentations about The Vikings. We learnt new skills such as creating text boxes over images and altering the artistic effects of a picture.
We developed our charcoal art skills this week and produced two pieces of work for display in the classroom. Fantastic work Year 5!
In PE, we developed dance sequences - there were some extremely creative interpretations of various scenarios! We ended the session by practising our happy breathing.
This linked to our Happy Mind session, when we also self-reviewed our character traits and journalled about how we could strengthen some of them.
Finally, we ended our week by learning more about volcanoes and where the tectonic plate boundaries are in the world.
Reception Blog - Friday 24th January 2025
Date: 24th Jan 2025 @ 12:49pm
Welcome to Reception's Friday Blog!
Phonics
This week we have been learning the digraphs qu, ch and sh.
Drawing Club
This week in Drawing Club we have been read the story ‘You can’t call and elephant to an emergency’
We have been discussing our own animals to go to an emergency and designing a special place for them to go on holiday!
Maths
This week we have been partitioning numbers between 2.
RE
This week we have been listening to the scripture about Jesus blessing the children.
Expressive Art and Design
This week, we have been doing still life drawings of fruit.
Understanding the World
This week we have had a Fireman come to visit our class. He told us all about his job and all the amazing things they do aswell as fighting fires.
We have also continued to look at our topic of China. This week we have been looking at their buildings and how different they are.
We spotted that they are very colourful and have very different shapes to us.
PSHE
We have been learning about healthy eating and making our own fruit kebabs. They were delicious!
PE
This week we have been moving like a caterpillar and practising balancing on different body parts.
My Happy Mind
This week we have continued our topic of celebrate.
We have looked at a new character strength, bravery.
We have discussed times when we have been brave and haven’t given up, even when it has got tricky.
Year 1 Blog - Friday 24th January 2025
Date: 24th Jan 2025 @ 10:21am
Welcome to your Friday blog!
Home Practice
Sumdog challenges
Maths - Money and Time
Phonics - Sounds learnt this week.
Counting - Count in fives up to the biggest number that you can. See if you can use 5p coins to help you!
Reading - Please try to read each night, it makes a big difference!
Please remember to bring book bags in each day.
English
We watched the Edgar the dragon advert and read the story that comes with it. We learnt that Edgar was just a dragon who wanted to join in with everyone but he kept melting all of the snow!
We described Edgar, wrote a speech bubble for him, wrote a diary entry and a response.
Phonics
Some of us have been learning the different split digraph sounds: a_e, e_e, i_e, o_e and u_e.
Some of us have been recapping ways to make the 'ee' sound. We have focused on ea in team, e_e in Pete, ie in chief and ey in key.
Maths
This week we have been using the prepositions before and after. For example, I get dressed before I go to school. Then we started to learn the days of the week and the months of the year.
R.E.
We read Luke (2:41-52) which describes Jesus' time in the Temple when He was a 12 year old boy. We talked about the word 'obedience' and how Jesus promised to be obedient. We also recognised how Mary and Joseph might have felt when Jesus was lost.
Science
We described the properties of different materials using adjectives such as bendy, stiff, soft, hard, rough and smooth.
P.E.
We learnt how to travel around the room using the caterpillar walk, frog jump and bunny hop.
We also learnt how to do a star, pencil and tuck jump.
Art
We were able to be creative and make different sculptures in our Art lesson. We used the materials available to make houses, people, rockets and practise medals.
Year 6 Blog - Friday 24th January 2025
Date: 24th Jan 2025 @ 8:46am
Welcome to the Year 6 weekly blog.
If you have any large plastic bottles at home, that you would be recycling, please could the children bring them into class for Wednesday next week? This is to help with a Science investigation in class!
The slides from the SATs meeting can be found at the bottom of the blog.
This week in Year 6
English
In English we have continued reading and learning about Macbeth. We have explored the scene in the play where Macbeth returns to the witches and they tell him more prophecies. We wrote some amazing diary entries in role as Macbeth recounting this scene.
Maths
This week, we have learned all about negative numbers. We have practised how to add and subtract negative numbers and learned how to find the difference between negative and positive numbers.
RE
In RE, we have continued learning about the miracles that Jesus performed. We have shared the story of how Jesus walked on water and how he healed a blind man. We created some wonderful artwork of Jesus walking on water!
Topic
In French, we continued working on our physical description. We completed a listening exercise to figure out a character's physical description and used sentence stems to explain a character's physical description to a partner.
In Science, we learned all about how exercise can affect our heart rate. You can see our investigation on the galleries!
For History, we explored what crime and punishment was like in Roman times and learned about their rules, which were called the twelve tables.
Please complete the following tasks by Wednesday:
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 from the Y5/Y6 and the Y3/Y4 statutory spellings.
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.
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conscience |
criticise |
consider |
difficult |
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conscious |
curiosity |
continue |
disappear |
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controversy |
definite |
decide |
early |
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convenience |
desperate |
describe |
earth |
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correspond |
determined |
different |
eight |
SATS Revision:
Today, 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 3: Multiplication
English - Topic 6: Nouns and Pronouns
Have a great weekend Year 6!
Year 4 Blog Friday 24th January 2025
Date: 23rd Jan 2025 @ 3:45pm
Welcome to your Friday blog
Home practice
Reading
Please read for 20 minutes each evening to an adult at home. Remember to include lots of expression when you are reading.
Spellings
These are your spellings which will be tested next week – please practise them
measure enclosure picture capture departure
future treasure creature nature leisure
puncture cure pleasure furniture adventure
literature mixture sure
Counting
This week, please practise counting in 7’s
For example, start at 12 and count to 144 and back again
0 7 14 etc 84 77 70 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 perpendicular and parallel lines
In English, we wrote a postcard from an evacuee, called Barry, to his mother. We had to think carefully about every word we wrote and tried to include vocabulary from the novel. In addition, we investigated and used verbs and adverbs in sentences. We needed to ensure our adverb was appropriate for the verb we were using.
In Maths, we started our shape topic by investigating 2D shapes – their names and properties. In addition, we defined parallel and perpendicular lines. We then learnt how to identify and name different prisms according to their properties.
In RE, we continued we read through and discussed the Nicene Creed. Following this, we chose our favourite phrase and explained what it means to us.
In Science, we started our new topic – States of Matter. We began by creating a mind-map about what we already know. Following this, we discussed some key vocabulary and learnt the difference between each state (solid, liquids and gases). Finally, we shared some examples of each state and sorted them into each category.
In our ‘Our Happy Mind’ lesson, we recapped the 5 main character strengths, learnt why it is important to recognise and use our character strengths, and learnt how we can use our character strengths in lots of different ways.
In Art, we started our topic ‘the art of display’. We began by questioning the role of a ‘plinth’ in sculpture. We then discussed how to make a ‘pocket gallery’ and took some pictures of ourselves in various poses.
We continued our new topic ‘photo editing’ in Computing. We practised editing pictures and then learnt how to recolour pictures.
The Year 4 team
Year 3 Friday Blog 24th January 2025
Date: 23rd Jan 2025 @ 2:24pm
Welcome to your Friday Blog.
Home Practice
Continue with your daily reading. The children are really enjoying picking their own books and changing them lots. 10 minutes every night will make all the difference.
On Sumdog this week we have set a times table and bumper maths challenge to practise all our number learning so far. A little practice with these every day will help your children become fluent in their number facts.
Continue to practise your counting. This week, try counting forwards and backwards in 8s.
Your home spellings this week all end with -ly. We will test the children on these on Friday.
comically dramatically frantically loudly crossly quickly kindly sleepily happily angrily simply slowly quietly gently humbly
This week in Year 3
This week in our Galilee to Jerusalem branch we have been learning about the Epiphany and how Jesus revealed himself. We read the scripture from Matthew about the Baptism of Jesus and learned about other times Jesus revealed himself to us.
In English we have been retelling the story of Orion and the Dark, planning the story and using sentence openers to move the story forwards. The children have been working extra hard on their presentation this week, making their writing look beautiful on the page. Well done Year 3!
In Maths this week we have been revisiting the grid method for multiplication and solving word problems. It is important that we all know our times tables fluently. Practise these on Sumdog. We have changed the answering system from multiple choice to typed answers. Have a go.
In Geography this week we explored North America and its physical and Human features. We revisited the definitions of these and learned lots of new facts.
In History this week we were learning the differences between the Bronze Age and the Iron Age. We found out that bronze was an alloy made from tin and copper and was much stronger than Stone Age weaponry.
In Science we have been looking at reflections and how these differ from sources of light. We also found out that light travels in straight lines.
Have a lovely weekend
The Year 3 Team
Year 2 Blog- Friday 24th January 2025
Date: 23rd Jan 2025 @ 11:38am
Welcome to your Friday Blog!
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 (31.01.25):
braver bravest ruder rudest larger largest riper ripest cuter cutest
Sumdog: Complete the number/place value challenge.
Counting: Count in tens forwards and backwards.
Start from zero but also from a different one-digit number. For example, 3, 13, 23, 33 etc.
See how far you can get!
Follow the link below to play 'Hit The Button' and do a bit more practise on your 2, 5, 10 and 3 times tables.
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
English
We continued to learn through the story of 'The Barnabus Project'.
We used the text to find out more about Barnabus' character and why he is a failed project.
We wrote a description of the lab where Barbabus is trapped.
We also created our own word bank which helps us to spell our words correctly and reminds us what we are writing about.
We are all trying so hard to make our writing look beautiful on the page.
SPaG
We have been learning the rules for adding er and est to words ending in e,
for example brave ,braver ,bravest and large, larger and largest.
Maths
This week we have been completing asessments.
We started our new leaning about place value and counting on and back in 10s.
We have also been investigating and discussing the patterns in the 2,5 and 10 times tables.
Science
We discussed last week's investigation about the properties of materials.
As a class we drew conclusions and recognised why materials had different uses according to their properties.
PSHE
We discussed feeling safe by answering these key questions:
- When do you feel safe?
- Where do you feel safe?
- Who makes you feel safe?
- We discussed the special people whose job it is to help us feel safe.
RE
The children created a brilliant fact file about John the Baptist, his life and mission.
P.E
During gymnastics sessions, the children have been performing jumps, balances, rolls and travelling. They have made up their own sequences with a clear start/finish and smooth movements between.
Year 5 blog - Friday 17th January 2025
Date: 17th Jan 2025 @ 4:11pm
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.
infectious subheading conscience official conscious interact impatient irrelevant refresh
disappoint misbehave interrelated inactive illegible antisocial unable autograph vicious
Counting
Count out loud in:
4s up to 108 and back again 0,4,8,12 …
25s from 0 to 425 and back again 0,25,50 …
7s from 49 to 147 and back again 49,56,63…
Times Tables
Please practise your times tables every day. Please access Times Tables Rockstars to practise.
Sumdog
Maths practise based on fractions – individual challenge.
Spelling Challenge
We have had a super learning week in Year 5.
In English, Year 5 have been writing about the kind of lives children faced in Victorian times. We have also been practising using exciting and descriptive sentence openers.
In Maths we have been continuing to learn about fractions and how to simplify them and how to write thousandths as fractions. Well done to everyone who also completed extra maths revision sheets at home.
This week in RE, we have been spending time discussing how we could live out Jesus’s greatest commandment: to love God with all our hearts, our souls and our minds. Everyone wrote a personal letter to God to explain how they were going to live their lives for God and there were some fantastic ideas. Amazing!
In computing we have started to create powerpoint presentations about The Vikings, linking in with our current history topic.
We have also started to use charcoal in art, practising skills that could be scaled up for set design
Finally, we have been learning more about our solar system and how the earth orbits the sun. Great work Year 5!
Year 3 Friday 17th January 2025
Date: 17th Jan 2025 @ 3:47pm
Welcome to your Friday Blog
We have had a jam packed week of learning!
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 home 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.
Your Spellings this week are from the year 3/4 statutory spelling list.
fruit, grammar, guide, guard, heart, height, imagine, increase, interest, length, group, heard, history, important, knowledge, library
This week in year 3
In RE we are really enjoying learning about the three wise men and what happened to them on their journey to visit the baby Jesus. We made some puppets and recreated the story.
We have loved reading Orion and the Dark. This week we focused on non-fiction writing, looking at darkness and light and created some fantastic non-fiction reports on the dark. We explored our Whizz Pop Bang magazine to see how non-fiction reports are laid out and then shared our work with Year 2. Check out our gallery!
In Maths we have been learning how to use x10 to help us solve tricky problems. We have also revisited our partitioning model to multiply 2 digit numbers. Well done Year 3!
In Geography we conucted a map study of all the countries in North America and then recreated their some of their designs. We talked about the importance countries place on their flags and what the colours and pictures represent. Next week we will look at the human and physical geography of the continent. See our gallery!
In PE we started our Superheroes dance topic. We learned how to put emotion into our dances and showed fantastic teamwork to create our performamces. Super dancing!
Have a restful weekend
The Year 3 Team
Year 1 Blog - Friday 17th January 2025
Date: 17th Jan 2025 @ 12:58pm
Welcome to your Friday blog!
Home Practice
Sumdog challenges
Maths - Recognising coins
Phonics - Sounds learnt this week
Counting - Count in twos up to the biggest number that you can.
Reading - Please try to read each night, it makes a big difference!
Please remember to bring book bags in each day.
English
We continued to read 'Dragon Post'. We designed our own dragons and wrote letters explaining what they got up to!
Phonics
Some of us have been comparing the or and aw sounds and the ue and ew sounds.
Some of us have been learning that a 'y' can make the igh sound in cry and an ee sound teddy. Also, that 'ou' can make an u sound in touch and an oo sound in soup.
Maths
This week we have been using various coins to make amounts. We focused on using the 1p, 2p, 5p, 10p and 20p coins and how we can add them together to make amounts. For example to make 4p, we could use two 2ps.
The children enjoyed playing the 'Toy Shop Money Game' on Topmarks. If you would like to play it at home, here is the link: https://www.topmarks.co.uk/money/toy-shop-money
R.E.
We sang two songs this week: Shine Jesus Shine and This Little Light of Mine. We talked about how both of these songs are showing that Jesus is the light of the world.
We then designed our own candles in preparation for Candlemas.
Art
We explored different materials and identified their pros and cons. We decided that felt would be a perfect material to use when making our medal.
Geography
We started to learn about the four countries that make up the United Kingdom.
Forest School
Year 4 Blog Friday 17th January 2025
Date: 17th Jan 2025 @ 8:22am
Welcome to your Friday blog
Home practice
Reading
Please read for 20 minutes each evening to an adult at home. Can you summarise what has already happened and predict what you think will happen next?
Spellings
These are your spellings which will be tested next week – please practise them
quarter question recent though regular
reign remember thought sentence separate
special through straight strange strength
various suppose woman women therefore
Counting
This week, please practise counting in 12’s
For example, start at 12 and count to 144 and back again
0 12 24 etc 144 132 120 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’ tournament – Boys v Girls
Sumdog challenges
- A spelling challenge based on the words above
- A maths challenge based reading, writing and converting time
In English, we wrote a formal letter to Mr Tregenza (grandfather in the novel) to persuade him to leave his home in Slapton Sands. We tried our best to use vocabulary which was both formal and persuasive, and enjoyed using our ‘posh’ voice to rehearse our sentences as we were writing as Lord Somethingorother!
In Maths, we learnt how to read the time and write it to the nearest minute. We also learnt how to tell, write and match analogue and digital times. Please try and practise telling the time at home with an adult as this is an invaluable life skill.
In RE, we continued with our Galilee to Jerusalem topic and learnt about the Christian belief of incarnation. We discussed ‘God like’ and ‘human’ traits and then produced a piece of work to show our understanding that Jesus was fully God and fully Human.
In Science, we consolidated our electricity learning with a Kahoot quiz.
In our ‘Our Happy Mind’ lesson, we discussed character strengths and how we can recognise these in others, and in different situations.
In History, we learnt why the Roman Army was so powerful and successful, and produced a poster to try and drum up some new recruits! You can see some photos in our gallery.
The Year 4 team
Reception Blog - Friday 17th January 2025
Date: 16th Jan 2025 @ 3:54pm
Welcome to Reception's Friday Blog!
Phonics
This week we learnt the sounds x, y, z and zz.
Drawing Club
This week in Drawing Club we read Supertato, Run, Veggies, Run.
We drew our own robot vegetable and drawn our own sports day race.
Maths
This week we used the language fewer and more to describe different amounts.
RE
This week we discussed how we welcome and show love to everyone in our words and actions, just as Jesus does.
Expressive Art and Design
This week, we created our own Supertato using real potatoes, play doh and other materials.
Understanding the World
This week we learnt about hospitals, doctors and nurses.
An Occupational Therapist and a Surgeon came to talk to us about their jobs.
We started to learn about China. We found it on a map and learnt about the Dragon Festival.
My Happy Mind
We continued with our topic, celebrate.
We discussed how we can show love and kindness to one another.
Forest School
This week we worked in our log circle area. We played a game of 'Duck, Duck, Goose' to get us warmed up and paying attention.
We then explored the logs, we found many mini-beasts. We also had a go at making obstacle courses.
We spotted some snowdrops growing and had a discussion about them.
Year 2 Blog Friday 17th January 2025
Date: 16th Jan 2025 @ 12:50pm
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.
Spelling:
Please practise these spellings for your quiz on Friday (24.01.25):
having making using shining taking hoping loving moving living coming
Sumdog: Complete the measure challenge.
Counting: Count in twos forwards and backwards. See how far you can get!
Follow the link below to play 'Hit The Button' and do a bit more practise on your 2, 5, 10 and 3 times tables.
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
English
Maths
The children have been learning about capacity and volume this week and they know that the units we measure these in are called
millilitres (ml) and litres (l). They have also been reading different scales on measuring containers
and solving problems involving capacity/volume.
Science
We carried out an investigation to find out about properties of materials.
R.E
We read the story of John the Baptist (Luke 3:2-6, 10-17).
The children produced some beautifully illustrated storyboards retelling how John Baptised Jesus at the river Jordon.
Art
Our new topic is all about architecture and during our first lesson we explored how to draw/design buildings.
The children drew the Taj Mahal and were very proud of their finished products.
Forest School
We used the digging tools safely in our nature area. We were very careful to not step on the daffodils and crocuses which have started growing.
Geography
This term we will be learning about the weather, climate and seasons.
We discussed the seasons and recapped ordering the months of the year correctly.
Practise the months of the year at home and make sure your child knows the date of their birthday and any other significant dates.
Year 6 Blog - Friday 17th January 2025
Date: 16th Jan 2025 @ 10:45am
Welcome to the Year 6 weekly blog.
This week in Year 6
English
In English we have continued with our learning on Macbeth. We have written a letter in role as Lady Macbeth and as the ghost of King Duncan! The children all worked hard to use Shakespearian vocabulary and get into role as each character.
Maths
This week, we have learned all about statistics. We have worked hard to calculate the value of different segments on a pie chart and reason with our answers.
RE
In RE, we have continued learning about the miracles that Jesus performed. We appraised different artworks of the healing at the pool and created a miracle mind map all about the feeding of the 5000.
Topic
In Computing, we investigated what makes a good website in preparation for creating our own web pages.
In Science, we learned all about how our hearts work and found out what the different parts of the heart are called.
For Art, we started our new topic all about colour. We created some beautiful responses to our focus artist's work in our sketchbooks!
Please complete the following tasks by Wednesday:
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 from the Y5/Y6 and the Y3/Y4 statutory spellings.
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.
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average |
cemetery |
build |
centre |
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awkward |
committee |
busy |
century |
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bargain |
communicate |
business |
certain |
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bruise |
community |
calendar |
circle |
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category |
competition |
caught |
complete |
SATS Revision:
Today, 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 2: Subtraction
English - Topic 5: Other Punctuation
Have a great weekend Year 6!
Year 5 Blog Friday 10th January 2025
Date: 10th Jan 2025 @ 4:06pm
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.
official special artificial partial confidential essential martial crucial torrential racial
prudential beneficial presidential social glacial commercial initial partially
Counting
Count out loud in:
4s up to 108 and back again 0,4,8,12 …
40s from 800 to 1200 and back again 800,840,880 …
9s from 81 to 180 and back again 81,90,99…
Times Tables
Please practise your times tables every day.
Sumdog
Maths practise based on fractions – individual challenge.
Spelling Challenge
We have had a great first week back in Year 5.
In English, we wrote complex sentences using simile starters and subordinating clauses. We also started our new class novel called 'Street Child' and explored some of the characters within it.
In Maths, we started our new topic about fractions and although we found this tricky, we tried our best with this.
This week in RE, we discovered the meaning of The Beatitudes and explored how they link to the Ten Commandments. We discussed how both The Beatitudes and Commandments guide us on the right path through life.
We also thoroughly enjoyed watching the brass quartet that came in to perform for us this week. We then got an opportunity to try out a wide range of brass and woodwind instruments as well as learn how to create a drum loop on the music technology bus that visited us.
In art, we started learning about set design in theatres and we explored some of the terms and materials used in set building.
Finally, we started our new topics about earth and space in science, and volcanoes and earthquakes in geography. We will continue them in the weeks to come.
A fantastic start to Spring term Year 5 – well done!
Year 1 Blog - Friday 10th January 2025
Date: 10th Jan 2025 @ 4:04pm
Welcome to your Friday blog!
Home Practice
Sumdog challenges
Maths - Capacity and Place Value
Phonics - Tricky words
Phonics 2 - Sounds learnt this week
Counting - Count forwards and backwards to the biggest number you can!
Reading - Please try to read each night, it makes a big difference!
Please remember to bring book bags in each day.
English
We read the beginning of the story 'Dragon Post' which is all about a little boy who writes letters to his friends asking for their advice about his dragon.
We wrote a character description of the dragon and wrote about what we would do if we had our own dragon.
Phonics
Some of us have been comparing the oi and oy sounds and the oo and ue sounds.
Some of us have been learning that the 'a' can make both an o sound and an ai sound. Also, that the 'e' can make an ee sound.
Maths
This week in our learning we looked at capacity and volume. We focused on the labels of full, half full and empty.
Then, we started our money unit. We identified different coins and made each value using 1p coins.
R.E.
We read about the Presentation of Jesus in the Temple when He was a baby. We identified Simeon, Anna, Mary and Joseph in the story and then wrote a speech bubble recognising what Simeon and Anna said when they saw Jesus.
Science
We identified different materials and went on a material hunt around the classroom.
P.E.
We started our gymnastic unit. We focused on straight shapes and caterpillar travelling.
Reception Blog - Friday 10th January 2025
Date: 10th Jan 2025 @ 2:08pm
Welcome to Reception's Friday Blog!
Phonics
This week we have been learning the sounds j, v and w.
Drawing Club
This week in Drawing Club we have been reading Supertato. We have been describing the evil pea and drawing our own supermarket chaos.
Maths
This week we have been recapping numbers 6-10.
RE
This week we have continued with the Nativity story, looking more at the visit from the Kings. We learnt how far they travelled and how they followed the stars. We then made our own crowns and star artwork.
Expressive Art and Design
This week, we have been printing with vegetables.
Understanding the World
This week we have started our new topic, People who help us. We made list of all the different people who can help us, like the Police, Doctors etc…
We have also been talking about the season of Winter. We have been on a winter walk to spot signs of Winter (there have been many signs this week!) and we have done some winter art.
My Happy Mind
This week we have started our new topic, celebrate. We have been reading the story Charlie’s Rainbow Adventure and talked about helping people.
PSHE
We talked about never giving up when we find things tricky.
We listened to a story about this, then made our own obstacle course to have a go with.
Year 3 Friday Blog 10th January 2025
Date: 10th Jan 2025 @ 10:48am
We’ve had a fantastic start to the Spring Term in Year 3! Happy New Year, and welcome back. It’s been lovely hearing about all the exciting things you got up to over the holidays.
Home Practice
Please continue to read regularly with your children and remember to change reading books when needed. Regular reading is key to improving fluency, comprehension, and fostering a love of books.
In maths, we are practising counting in 8s. Fluency in these number facts will give the children the confidence to tackle more complex problems.
We have set three Sumdog challenges this week:
- The 8 times tables
- Addition and subtraction
- This week’s spellings
Remember, Accuracy + Speed = Fluency
Spellings for this week have been sent home and include words from Key Stage 1. Colours and Numbers!
Practising a little every night will make a big difference!
This Week in Year 3
English
We began our new book *Orion and the Dark* by Emma Yarlett. It’s a beautiful story about a little boy overcoming his fear of the dark. The children wrote wonderful letters to the Dark as Orion, expressing their fears and seeking comfort. Their writing was thoughtful and creative—well done, everyone!
Maths
In maths, we learnt a new method called the compensating strategy which can help with addition and subtraction. This strategy requires great focus, and the children showed brilliant effort and problem-solving skills. Keep up the hard work!
RE
Our new topic, “Galilee to Jerusalem,” began this week. We explored the story of the Magi in Matthew’s gospel. The children enjoyed discussing the journey of the wise men and the gifts they brought for baby Jesus.
Geography
We’ve started our new topic about North America! This week, we learnt about the countries on the continent and began exploring their unique features. The children showed great curiosity and asked lots of insightful questions.
Music
On Thursday, we had a special visit from Lancashire Music Service. The children had the opportunity to try out brass instruments—a fantastic experience! Check out our gallery to see some wonderful photos of the session.
We’ve had a brilliant start to the term, and it’s wonderful to see the children’s enthusiasm for learning. Have a lovely weekend!
The Year 3 Team.
Year 6 Blog - Friday 10th January 2025
Date: 9th Jan 2025 @ 9:32am
Welcome to the Year 6 weekly blog and Happy New Year!
It has been lovely to have all of the children back in school this week after the Christmas break. Year 6 have settled back in well and worked hard this week!
This week in Year 6
English
In English we started reading 'Macbeth' by William Shakespeare. We explored the key characters in the play and thought about whether we think Macbeth will be a good or an evil character. We worked hard to retell the scene where Macbeth meets the witches for the first time from the perspectives of different characters.
Maths
This week, we continued with our angles topic. We learnt that the interior angles of a triangle total 180° and used this fact to reason with. We also learnt that vertically opposite angles are equal and that alternate angles are also equal.
RE
In RE, we started our new topic 'From Galilee to Jerusalem'. We learnt about the first two miracles that Jesus performed: turning water into wine and healing an official's son.
Topic
In History, we started our new topic all about crime and punishment. We focused on chronology and learned that the type of crimes committed, and the punishments for them, have changed over time.
In Science, we started our new topic all about our bodies. We learnt about the circulatory system and created some fantastic comics to explain how this system works in our bodies.
We had a visit from the music bus this week! We really enjoyed learning about different instruments and we are looking forward to learning how to play brass instruments this half term.
Please complete the following tasks by Wednesday:
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 from the Y5/Y6 and the Y3/Y4 statutory spellings.
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.
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accommodate |
amateur |
accident |
arrive |
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accompany |
ancient |
actual |
believe |
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according |
appreciate |
answer |
bicycle |
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achieve |
attached |
appear |
breath |
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aggressive |
available |
address |
breathe |
SATS Revision:
Today, 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 1: Addition
English - Topic 1: Basic Punctuation
Have a fantastic weekend Year 6!
Year 2 Blog Friday 10th January 2025
Date: 9th Jan 2025 @ 9:08am
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 (17.01.25):
tries lies libraries cherries cries flies berries hobbies replies babies
Sumdog: Complete the time challenge.
Counting: Count in tens forwards and backwards, but start on a number between 2 and 9, not 0!
For example, 2, 12, 22, 32, 42 or 6, 16, 26, 36. See how far you can get!
Follow the link below to play 'Hit The Button' and do a bit more practise on your 2, 5, 10 and 3 times tables.
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
English
Maths
We have been learning to tell the time on an analogue clock this week. We now know the times for o'clock, half past, quarter past and quarter to and can solve time problems.
Ask your child to tell you the time, see how much they remember!
Science
We started our new learning about everyday materials and their uses.
R.E/Art
We celebrated Epiphany on Monday 6th January.
The children heard the Epiphany story and rewrote it beautifully in their own words. They also painted and decorated a scene of the Wise Men following the star.
PSHE
We learnt about how to be safe around medicines.
My Happy Mind
Our new topic is, Celebrate.
The children learned about different character strengths. They picked out their own strengths and some they had spotted their friends doing.
History
This term, we will be learning about changes in technology.
The children looked at various pictures of old technology and wrote what they thougt it might be used for and how it helped society.
Year 4 Blog Friday 10th January 2025
Date: 9th Jan 2025 @ 8:21am
Welcome to your Friday blog
We hope you all had a lovely Christmas and New Year
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 find out the meaning of any new words in a dictionary?
Spellings
These are your spellings which will be tested next week – please practise them
famous various jealous serious obvious
poisonous dangerous enormous glamorous vigorous
outrageous curious hideous humorous mountainous
courageous spontaneous tremendous
Counting
This week, please practise counting in 11’s
For example, start at 11 and count to 132 and back again
0 11 22 etc 132 121 etc
Then have a go at counting up in 11’s from a different number, for example 54 or 79
54 65 76 etc
79 90 101 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 doubling, halving and related facts (times tables)
In English, we started our new novel – The Amazing Story of Adolphus Tips. We began by thinking of the similarities between this novel and Kensuke’s Kingdom, also written by Michael Morpurgo. In addition, we were introduced to the main character (Lily) and we thought of lots of words to describe her personality.
In Maths, we consolidated our learning about chunking. Many of us found this tricky as we are not confident with our tables or number facts. Knowing these off by heart would be beneficial in lots of maths areas. We also learnt how to divide by 10, and described the effect of dividing a 2digit number by 10. Have a look at our gallery.
In RE, we started our new topic – Galilee to Jerusalem. We began the topic by listening to Matthew 16: 13-26 - Peter’s profession of faith. Following this, we retold the story using speech bubbles.
In Science, we continued learning about electricity by making our own switches. We had to make sure we used appropriate materials and made a complete circuit.
In our ‘Our Happy Mind’ lesson, we started the ‘Celebrate’ module. We discussed the 5 main character strength groups
- love and kindness
- bravery and honesty
- learning and exploring
- friendship and teamwork
- loving life and our world
In Music, we were introduced to brass instruments and were lucky enough to try out lots of different instruments. We were also visited by the ‘Music Bus’ (mobile music vehicle) in which we played the ‘drums’ on an ipad. Have a look in our gallery.
In Geography, we discussed the causes of flooding, the impact and how it can be prevented. This was quite topical given the recent weather and rainfall.
We started our new topic ‘photo editing’ in Computing. We learnt how to rotate and crop pictures using the BeFunky app.
The Year 4 team