Latest News

Keep up to date with all the latest news happening in school at the moment.

• Year 4 News

  Fri 09 May 2025 Mrs Marshall & Miss Stepheneson

  This week in English, we have continued to try to persuade the Viking King to stay in Scandinavia and not invade Northumberland. We have had to use the features of persuasive writing- rhetorical questions, flattery, exaggeration whilst also considering the features of a letter. Additionally, we have learned about Sutton Hoo and what was left in the burial site for an Anglo-Saxon King.

   

  VE Day was fun- we learned lots! Part of what we learned was how important the Spitfire was in winning WW2. This linked back to our Local History Day from last term when we found out Rolls Royce and the engines they created for many aeroplanes used in battles.

   

  Remember, swimming is on Monday, PE is on Tuesday and next week, we go to Perlethorpe on Thursday. A busy week!

   

  Please read at home, learn times tables and practice spellings (below). Topic homework also came home a couple of weeks ago.

  

• Year 3 News

  Fri 09 May 2025 Miss Brown & Mrs Cave

  What a week!!! We have created our own Pop Art in the style of Andy Warhol, started to write our descriptive pieces for our own room in the Chocolate Factory and spent a whole day understanding the importance of VE Day. We have also started to look at money and discover its value! 

  

• Year 5 News

  Fri 02 May 2025 Miss Hubert & Mr Harding

  This week has flown by in Year 5!  In English, we have continued looking at the book 'The Snow Leopard' and have been writing our own poems based on a particular event within the story.  In maths, we have been using protractors to measure and draw angles.  This is always a really tricky topic but everyone worked hard and was able to measure angles with increased accuracy.  During Science, we conducted an experiment to see which materials were soluble.  We made some very disgusting looking mixtures!  

   

  Next week, we will be visiting the library on Thursday 8^th May.  If you have a library card at home, please remember to bring it.  We also have our parent workshop 11-12 to celebrate VE day. 

   

  Please see below the spellings for next week. 

  

• Year 6 News

  Fri 02 May 2025 Miss Ottowell

  This week, we have continued to work hard on our SATs revision. It has been great to see children asking to work on specific things, to help them with their learning.

   

  In PE, we are preparing for sports day by practicing different events. In lesson 2 of DAaRT, we discussed how stress can affect us and we used the decision-making model to help us analyse a situation. This week in art, we used our hatching skills on a picture of a landscape, helping us to show tone and texture.

   

  Enjoy the long weekend!

• Year 4 News

  Fri 02 May 2025 Mrs Marshall & Miss Stepheneson

  This week has been busy as always. The children enjoyed being back at swimming and are making some good progress (Remember 2 more sessions- 12^th and 19^th May- for the 19^th children will need clothes for water safety). Additionally, the children enjoyed cricket on Tuesday afternoon- there is PE on Tuesdays until the end of term. 

  In English, we have been planning and drafting a letter from King Ethelred - an Anglo Saxon King- to the King of the Vikings to try to persuade the Norse warriors not to invade their lands. We will be starting our new Science unit of electricity and will be making lots of circuits in future weeks. Visiting the library

   

  Remember to read at home, learn times tables and practice spellings.

   

  

• Year 3 News

  Fri 02 May 2025 Miss Brown & Mrs Cave

  As part of our Plants topic, we have dissected flowers and talked about the individual parts and their functions. We have searched the globe for countries that export Fairtrade goods. In Reading, we are starting to follow the journey of Marco Polo along the Silk Road.  Look out for more information on our Parent Workshop this term!