Headteacher's Welcome

Welcome back to Summer Term 2! We hope you had a lovely break. 

This week our focus story has been 'Shark in the Dark.' We have been learning about sharks, pretending to play at the beach and we went on a 2D shape hunt in the garden. The children have also been recognising numbers to 10 and carefully counting one object at a time. 

The children have been learning the special friend sound 'ch' this week. 

Have a lovely weekend! 

Well done for a great first week back, Year 5- we are in our final half term!

This week, in Maths, we concluded our topic on Decimals. Our final lesson looked at multiplying and dividing decimals with missing values. We then moved onto our newtopic exploring Negative Numbers. To begin our topic, we looked at physical objects which use negative numbers, such as thermometers. To helped the children to understand what negative numbers are and use them in context.

In English, we began a new unit, preparing to write a Myth or Legend. We looked at WAGOLLs of book genres, and the children were able to spot key grammatical features within them. We also recapped using cohesive devices in our writing, to ensure that both our sentences and paragraphs link seamlessly.

For Geography, we also began our new unit 'Investigating our World'. Our first lesson consisted of us using OS maps, and exposing the children to the different features on there- many hadn't used one before! We looked at grid references, contour lines and many more features. We discussed how the children could use maps outside of school, and this helped to build on their fieldwork skills.

Have a lovely weekend, don't forget to read 5-7 times per week at home, as well as using TTRS. We are back to swimming on Tuesday 9th June.

Well done year 3 for a fantastic week at school!

In English this week, we have started our new topic of biography writing about Boudica. We have focused on our key skills of choosing the correct determiner (a or an) as well as simple past tense. 

In maths this week, we started our new topic of shape. We have been learning about turns and angles, specifically right angles and comparing other angles to these.

In science this week, we have started our new topic of 'curious critters' for science week and had a brilliant time making a fact file about either a butterfly, a ladybird or a fly. We gathered information about their habitat, diet and lifespan and presented this in our books.

In history this week, we have continued with our topic 'Emperors and Empires'. We focused this week on the causes of the roman invasions. 

We had a brilliant assembly today hosted by Fizz Pop which showed us lots of fun experiments and the science behind them! This assembly was funded by the donations made from Space Day!

As always please continue to read 5 times a week and play on TTRS for 5 minutes a time, 5 times a week.

Please also see attached the spellings for this week and the homework map and newsletter for our final half term of year 3!

Have a wonderful weekend!

Well done year 4 for completinfg your first week back!

We have had a very busy week!

In English, we have started our new topic 'narrative writing'. We have looked at a WAGOLL and identified the key features of a narrative. We have also learnt how to use and apply inverted commas and pronouns in our writing. Next week we will start planning our own narrative.

In Maths, we have started our new topic statistics. We have looked at interpreting charts, comparison, sum and difference on charts and interpreting line graphs. Next week we will learn how to draw line graphs as well as starting our new topic ' position and direction.

In shared reading, we used evidence from the text to support our answers and to write a prediction. We also ordered events from the text.

We also had a lovely science workshop today! 

Also, a massive well done to year 4 for completing their MTC test! 

As always ensure your child is reading and going on TTRS 5x a week.

Please find attached the newsletter and homework map for Summer 2.

Have a lovely weekend 

Welcome back! 

This week in Maths, we have started learning about doubling. The pupils have been exploring how adding two of the same numbers together creates a double. They have really enjoyed identifying and making doubles in a variety of ways and have shown great enthusiasm during our activities. Next week, we will be learning about repeating patterns and creating some of our own. 

In Topic, we have begun our exciting new topic, 'Marvellous Machines'. We started by identifying products that use electricity to help them work and discussed how different machines do different things. We explored how a microwave works and talked about some of the foods we can cook or heat up in one. The pupils particularly enjoyed watching popcorn being heated in the mircrowave and listening carefully as it popped! Next week, we will be looking at machines from the past. 

Today, we also had a very exciting assembly with a visit from Fizz Pop. The pupils watched a variety of fascinating bubble experiments and were amazed by what they saw. They enjoyed learning all about bubbles and were eager to learn more. 

We hope you have a lovely weekend and look forward to another week of learning and fun. 

Year 1 have had a fantastic week back! 

English

We have started our topic on 'acrostic poems', where children have been learning what this type of poem is, how to write one and also explored skills such as adjectives and verbs to make our poems sound engaging. Next week we will start our topic book 'Chapatti Moon'. 

Maths

This week we have been focusing on the concept of 'time', where children have been focusing on 'before and after', days of the week, months and seconds, minutes and hours. For example, how many days of the week do we go to school? Or what month comes after May?

Science Fizz Pop

We have had a special guest arrive to do a lovely fizz pop assembly. Children were super excited and enjoyed all the different bubbles and experiments that were shared!

Geography

In Geography, we have started looking at 'maps'. We have learnt the different types of maps and what they may include such as a compass for direction and a key. We have had the chance to create our own maps together in groups. 

Art

Children have started a new topic on 'street view' in art where we have began looking at 'landscape'. Children have had the opportunity to draw their own landscapes based off of what they have observed on their learning walk. 

Phonics and Spellings

Please make sure that children are practising their spellings and phonics at home as we approach important times. 

Thank you, have a great weekend!

Welcome back everyone. 

Straight back into our usual routine this week and the pupils all did brilliantly. 

Our core word of the week was the word 'some'. We used the word regularly throughout our lessons to support the pupil's comprehension. 

The sounds in phonics this week were; ou, oy, a-e and ea. This is still a popular part of the day and there is a lot of positive engagement from many of the pupils.

Our topic this half term is plants. We have incoporated this into our other lessons including sensory play. Playdough has been manipulated with different leaves and vegetables, we have created flower artwork using a fork and used leaves to complete some natural painting. 

During foodie Friday the pupils got to taste hash browns this week. They have all become very good at ordering their food through the use of the core boards and visuals.

We had an exciting visitor this week, funded by the generous space day donations back in the autumn term, Fizz Pop came and provided exciting activities for all year groups. In the Rainbow Room we experienced a bubbles extravaganza! The pupils all loved it and were incredibly excited and engaged.

Have a restful weekend everyone and we will see you on Monday.

English

This week in English, children read the story 'Jasper's Beanstalk'. They wrote some words of encouragement for Jasper, to help him with his determination to grow his magic beanstalk. They also wrote some fantastic sentences independently, to retell the story. The children thought about what might be at the top of the beanstalk if they were to climb it, and drew their own settings.

Maths

This week in maths we have been finishing of our unit about fractions, by learning to find a quarter of an amount. Some parents have asked how they can support their child with multiplication and division at home, so we have added some links below that show you exactly how we teach this.

If you want to support your child at home with their learning in maths, the best thing you can do to prepare them for Year 2 is to make sure they know all their number bonds to 10, doubles to 20 and can add and subtract within 20 using a number line.

Find Arrays      Add Equal Groups   Grouping      Sharing  

Make Arrays    Finding half of a quantity     Finding quarter of a quantity

Doubles Song     Number Bonds   Addition and Subtraction within 20

Thanks to all those parents who joined the Phonics Screening Check meeting on Wednesday afternoon. Please remember to watch the videos linked to this website, and practise reading the words in the packs that were created. Remind your child to look for their 'special friends' and underline, then 'Special friend...Fred talk... Read the word'. Remember until the 12th June, we will count this in the reading record as one of your childrens' reads. Just write the name of the sound they practised under 'book title'. Thank you for your continued support.

We hope you have a fantastic half term and see you back on Tuesday 2nd June! :)