Latest News
Keep up to date with all the latest news happening in school at the moment.
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Year 5 News
Fri 02 May 2025This 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 8th 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.
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Year 6 News
Fri 02 May 2025This 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!
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Year 4 News
Fri 02 May 2025This week has been busy as always. The children enjoyed being back at swimming and are making some good progress (Remember 2 more sessions- 12th and 19th May- for the 19th 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.
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Year 3 News
Fri 02 May 2025As 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!
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Year 6 News
Fri 25 Apr 2025It has been great to see everyone back in school after the Easter holidays.
The whole school enjoyed a visit to St Helen's Church for our Easter service, where we thought about the things we enjoy at Easter and why they are linked to the Easter story.
We have completed our moving vehicles and have now started a new Art project, looking at river scenes.
SATs is getting very close now. Keep up the hard work in school and with any revision you are doing at home.
Here are our spellings, which we will continue to focus on next week.
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Year 5 News
Fri 25 Apr 2025It has been so lovely to welcome all the children back into school after Easter. We cannot believe we are already in the final term for this academic year. This week, we have started a new narrative unit in English, focusing on the book 'The Snow Leopard'. It is a beautiful book and we are hoping the children will be able to write their own versions based on the text. In maths, we have moved on to shape, exploring different angles and identifying them within shapes. On Thursday, we headed off to St Helens Church for our Easter service. Thank you so much to all the parents and carers who walked with us, we could not do it without you.
A special mention to Olivia who won the sponsored read competition. As a reward, before Easter, she got to choose a book which arrived on Thursday. Well done Olivia!
Please see attached the spellings for next week.
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Year 4 News
Fri 25 Apr 2025Welcome back Year 4. We hope you had a lovely Easter and are ready to get stuck into another half term to go.
We have started our new topic of the Anglo Saxons and Vikings this week and have already learned that they came across the seas from Norway, Denmark and Sweden, invading peaceful Anglo Saxon settlements- such as the island of Lindesfarne, where monks lived. We will also be starting the Physics Science topic of electricity, linking to DT, where we will be making a torch, using our knowledge of circuits.
Remember there are two more swimming sessions- 28th April and 12th April. PE is now each Tuesday.
Our Perlethorpe trip is three weeks away... Thank you for payments made and for the parents who are kindly helping.
Well done to Amber T- she raised over a stupendous £200 for Albany Junior's Sponsored Read. Keep reading!
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Year 3 News
Fri 25 Apr 2025WOW! What a fabulous start to Summer term! We have started to look at Fairtrade and have asked the children to look out for the Fairtrade symbol. We are going to be writing a description for our own room in the Chocolate factory and some exciting investigations for our Plants science topic! PE will continue to be on Tuesdays and Fridays.
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Year 3 News
Fri 04 Apr 2025This week year 3 have been extremely busy finishing off work for the spring term. We have also enjoyed lots of extra activities such as Mothers day afternoon tea, Cadbury world, the Easter bonnet parade and of course making our scrumptious pizzas. The children never fail to amaze us with their impeccable behavior when we are out of school. This is what makes our Albany Adventures fun for all! Have a safe holiday. Mrs Cave and Miss Brown look forward to welcoming you back after the holidays.
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Year 4 News
Fri 04 Apr 2025This week in Year 4 we have started and finished a short English unit on advertising our Mayan-inspired chocolate bars. We have also spent the week learning about Easter as part of our RE unit where we have looked at the key evets and days in the Christian calendar and their importance, including the last supper on Maundy Thursday. On Tuesday, we had a fantastic time at Cadbury World! As well as learning lots about the company, we learnt about how the history of chocolate and how we have the Mayans to thank for that. We have also completed and evaluated our Mayan masks. Have a lovely Easter break.
