Latest News
Keep up to date with all the latest news happening in school at the moment.
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Year 4 News
Fri 28 Mar 2025This week in Maths, we have been looking at fractions greater than a whole, and have been comparing and ordering them. In English, we have finished writing our own stories about a second adventure for our character Marcy and have edited and published them. Next week, we will start a new unit on writing an advert for Mayan Chocolate, which will fit in with our trip to Cadbury's World on Tuesday. In our Mayan's Topic, we have been learning what daily life was like for the Mayans and have been comparing it to life today and in Science, we have looked at classifying animals based on their characteristics and have created flow diagrams with key questions based on these.
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Year 3 News
Fri 28 Mar 2025One week to go! Year 3 have yet another fantastic week. We have finally finished our Roman Recount unit in English, we have spent the morning editing and we will be drafting a final copy next week! In maths, we have finished our first fractions unit of the year and we have moved on to measurement. As ever, we are super proud of all of the children in the progress that they are making. Next week, our spelling list will continue so there will be no new list. Have a lovely weekend everyone!
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Year 6 News
Fri 21 Mar 2025It has been lovely to have all of Year 6 back together after the trip to Hagg Farm. It sounds like they all had a brilliant time.
This week, we have completed assessments in SPAG, Maths and Reading. Everyone has worked really hard and they have tried their best to show what they know in each subject. The scores for these tests will be shared at parents' evening next week.
In PE, the children have continued to develop their dance routine, linking different moves and using the correct timing and rhythm. The moving vehicles are beginning to take shape in DT. The wood has been measured and cut and some have started to create the base.
Next week, PE is on Monday instead of Tuesday.
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Year 5 News
Fri 21 Mar 2025Test week this week and the children really took the opportunity to show off what they have learnt with some amazing test scores. On Monday they used their orienteering skills with Mr Riley, using teamwork to find points on a map of the school grounds. Pobble this week was a letter to Sir Keir Starmer explaining the effects of deforestation. The week ended with Spanish and learning different family members and their personalities, also there were some real standout players during our hockey lesson. Butterfly House trip on Monday, everyone in school uniform please, really looking forward to exploring the different tropical biomes.
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Year 4 News
Fri 21 Mar 2025This week we have been very busy with tests as part of our assessment week. We have had a rainbow grammar lesson on subordinate clauses as part of our work in English. In Spanish, we have been introduced to adjectives and how they follow the noun in terms of whether it is masculine/feminine, singular and plural. In Topic, we have had a lesson on Mayan gods, learning all about them and ways in which the Mayans would try to appease them. In Science we have been learning about the different classifications of vertebrates (mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians and fish) and we have been looking at the features of each. Next week, we will resume with our Maths lessons on fractions and our English narrative write up. On Monday there is swimming and on Tuesday there is no PE. Our spellings for next week are:
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Year 3 News
Fri 21 Mar 2025This week, year 3 have shown lots of resilience during our test week. The children have done fantastically well and showed a lot of maturity in a week that can be quite tricky! We have had normal afternoons though and the highlight was making our pizza dough ready for making pizzas in a couple of weeks down (they are safely stored in the freezer). Next week, it is back to our ordinary timetable with a full week of English and Maths. Spellings will also be sent home this weekend ready for spelling lessons commencing once more next week. Have a lovely weekend everyone!
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Year 4 News
Fri 14 Mar 2025This week in Year 4 we have started our fractions unit within Maths and have been looking at fractions and decimals in terms of fractions less than one whole and those greater. We have also looked at tenths and hundredths and have been converting between them. In English, we have planned another adventure for Marcy, ready for us to write up as our own narrative in our next English lesson. In reading, we have been reading extracts from The Chocolate Tree which links to our History Topic The Mayans and within our Topic lessons, we have been using maps to identify where the Maya Civilisation lived. We have also designed and have started to make our Mayan inspired masks.
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Year 3 News
Fri 14 Mar 2025This week, year 3 have had a fantastic week researching in many different areas of the curriculum. In DT, we have done some market research on what our preferred pizza toppings are ready to make our pizza dough next week. We have been researching the different diets of Vegans, Vegetarians, Omnivores and Pescatarians and we have also been recapping on some of the more important events during the time the Romans were in Britain in order to create our recount in English. As ever, it has been super busy and the children have behaved really well. Next week is test week. Our afternoons will be working as normal but our mornings will be a little different. Because of this, there will be no spelling list sent home or spelling test on Friday. The children are amazing and they will be absolutely fine, showing us what they are capable of! Enjoy your weekend and stay safe.
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Year 5 News
Fri 14 Mar 2025It has been very quiet in Upper School this week with Year 6 and Mr Harding at Hagg Farm but Year 5 have remained focused, working hard in lessons, getting on without any fuss. On Monday, we finished our non-chronological reports about the rainforest and the results were amazing. All the children worked incredibly hard and produced a beautiful and well written report. In maths, we have moved on to statistics and have been reading and interpreting line graphs. We have also used line graphs to present information and answer questions.
Things are getting quite exciting in our Let's Go Zero lessons as the children are now starting to plan their projects for reducing our school carbon emissions. They are working in groups to develop an action plan for their project and will soon be putting them into action around school.
Next week is test week but we will still have our usual spelling test on Friday. Please see the spellings for next week below.
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Year 6 News
Fri 07 Mar 2025It has been another busy week!
In Maths, we have learnt how to understand the data shown in pie charts. We have also been revising other areas such as fractions and percentages.
On Thursday, we celebrated World Book Day, where we talked about our favourite books and authors. We also created our own 'Who am I?' riddles, giving clues for people to solve. Some of them were tricky! To end the day, we had an ultimate character champion battle, to decide which character was the best out of the ones the children had chosen. Clear reasons were given during each mini battle, to prove their reasons why. Well done!
We have also taken part in Science day and lots of fun activities. Everyone spent the day in their houses, completing the different tasks. They learnt about topics such as microplastic pollution and 'Should we flush it?'
To those going to Hagg Farm next week, have an amazing time.
