Latest News
Keep up to date with all the latest news happening in school at the moment.
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Year 3 News
Fri 26 Sep 2025Four weeks in now and year three are flying. Making great progress in both English and Maths, looking at both Stone age life and place value. The children have made great progress in Spanish and are really getting to grips with the Spanish phonics. We are continuing with hockey and gymnastics in P.E and have completed some really interesting science experiments, looking at acid reaction on different rocks and whether they sink or not. It was great to have our first Merit assembly of the year, well done to those children. Spelling for next week below.
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Year 4 News
Fri 26 Sep 2025This week, Year 4 have been working on planning and writing their own set of instructions on how to make an ancient Egyptian-inspired cartouche. In Maths, the children have practised partitioning and the flexible partitioning of numbers to 10,000 and have been estimating and comparing numbers on a number line. In Science, we have done a couple of experiments and have also looked into the different digestive systems in different animals. In Topic, we have looked at the hierarchy in Ancient Egypt and the different roles they had.
The spellings for next week are:
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Year 5 News
Fri 26 Sep 2025How has another week gone already!
This week, we have been drafting our travel guides for a location in America and will be proof reading them on Monday ready to publish later in the week. Hopefully we will have photos of their fabulous work to share on our class news next week. In maths, we have focused on place value, ordering and comparing numbers and rounding numbers to the nearest 10, 100 or 1000. In geography, we have looked at natural and manmade landmarks and in science we have been learning about the different phases of the moon and why we have different seasons.
Next week, we will not have our usual line dancing session for our Friday PE as we have our fabulous visitor Joel Fearon coming to work with all the children in school. Don't forget to sponsor your child and sign up using the QR link or the following link: http://sportal.sportsforschools.org/events/landing
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Year 6 News
Fri 26 Sep 2025This week, Year 6 have been continuing their work on Greek myths and we researched some of the immortal and mythical creatures, which featured in these. In our independent writing, we wrote character descriptions of the Minotaur. The adventurous vocabulary really helped to show the appearance and personality of the creature.
In History, we discovered how the city states of Athens and Sparta were very different and in our Science lesson, we learnt how to draw circuit components, using the correct symbols.
Below, are next week's spellings.
Have a great weekend.
Miss Ottowell and Miss Carmichael
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Year 5 News
Fri 19 Sep 2025Another great week in Year 5. This week, we have been busy researching a location in North America so that we can write our own travel guides. It has been lovely to learn about the Grand Canyon, Yosemite National Park and New York. In maths, we have continued focusing on place value. During our science lessons, we have looked at the planets in the solar system and how views about the solar system have changed over time.
Next week, we will be focusing on the 9 times table in class and the spellings can be found below.
Today, your child should come home with a sponsorship for our Great Athletes event which will be on the 3rd October. Please sponsor your child and ask any friends or relatives too. The more money we raise, the more money we will get for school to spend on new sport equipment.
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Year 4 News
Fri 19 Sep 2025This week, Year 4 have started our new English unit on writing Instructions to create an ancient Egyptian-inspired cartouche after making their own in the first week. So far, we have looked at the features of instructions, using time conjunctions, imperative verbs, expanded noun phrases and precise adjectives and adverbs, which we will include when we start writing the instructions next week. In Maths, we have started our place value topic and have been representing, partitioning and using a number line with numbers to 1,000 and beyond. In Topic, we have been looking at how the ancient Egyptians wrote using hieroglyphs. We researched some facts about them and learnt about the Rosetta stone. We then made our own bookmark using papyrus paper and wrote on it using hieroglyphs. In Science, we looked at how the enzymes in our saliva break down food chemically with a cracker experiment! In PE, we have been continuing to work on the choreography for our dance and have been developing our skills in Tennis. Below are the spellings to practise for next Friday’s spelling test. Remember to read at least 3 times a week for your Starbooks and practise your times tables too! Have a great weekend.
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Year 6 News
Fri 19 Sep 2025Everyone has been working really hard in their Maths and English groups this week. We have read a range of Greek myths and we have identified the main features of these. In Maths, we have been working on place value, which has involved identifying the value of digits and rounding numbers.
We created timelines to show key events from the Ancient Greek era in History and in Science, we found out about Thomas Edison and his inventions.
Below, are next week's spellings.
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Year 3 News
Fri 19 Sep 2025We are now getting into the normal school routine in year 3. We have now started our first English lesson and our first Maths lesson, with the children making excellent starts in both. Our phonics and spellings groups are now in action each morning and I have included the spelling words we are learning below. The children have coped very well with being inside mid-week due to the torrential rain and luckily P.E lesson went ahead on the sunnier days. In music we examined Space Oddity by David Bowie in detail and revisited place value in maths and started writing expanded noun phrases in English. We had a special guest in on Friday and the children were excited about meeting an athlete and learning about the future lesson they will be doing.
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Year 4 News
Fri 12 Sep 2025This week has been test week and the children have focused in these really well. In the afternoons, we started a new PE unit on dance, and have learnt to count in beats and follow choreography in time. We have also started our new History topic on Ancient Egypt and have focused on looking into why the Egyptians chose to settle by the River Nile and how it was a vital source for them. In our reading sessions, we have been practising our vocabulary and retrieval skills in texts about the Geography of Egypt and Egyptian Mythology. In Science, as part of our unit on animals including humans, we have been learning about the organs in our digestive systems and their role in digestion. In computing, we have been looking into effective searching when using search engines to try and find specific information. Next week we will begin our English unit on Instructions and Maths lessons on number and place value. You will receive a set of spellings to practise for our weekly spelling test. We also test our times tables on a Friday so keep practising at home too. Have a great weekend.
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Year 6 News
Fri 12 Sep 2025We have had a busy week in Year 6, completing our assessments and producing some lovely independent writing based on the Theseus & The Minotaur theme! In Topic, we began learning about the Geography of Ancient Greece, locating the city-states on maps and learning about each area. We have begun our Electricity topic in science where we considered what our lives would be like if we did not have electricity! Next week we will start our writing unit in English where we will be writing our own Greek Myth and we will be beginning with Place Value in Maths.
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