Latest News
Keep up to date with all the latest news happening in school at the moment.
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Year 6
Fri 19 Jan 2024This week year 6 have been getting stuck into their world war II topic. They have been learning more about concentration camps, reading their new class text (The Silver Sword) and they have also been finalising their writing unit on convincing young soldiers to go to war using a number of different persuasive features- something they have thoroughly enjoyed doing. In maths, the children have been working extensively with fractions and they are much more confident in multiplying and dividing fractions. As always, we are really proud of their effort and maturity in doing all they can to be the best they can be. Below you will see next weeks spelling list.
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Year 5 News
Fri 19 Jan 2024It has been a busy week in Year 5. In maths, we have been learning how to do long multiplication. Despite finding it a little tricky, all the children have shown great resilience and tried really hard. In Topic, we have continued learning about the Normans and have learnt about the male and female parts of a plant in science.
Please see the spellings for next week below and help your children learn them. They will be tested on them next Friday, along with their times tables. We hope you all have a lovely weekend.
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Year 4 News
Fri 19 Jan 2024This week, we have learned lots more about mountains- where mountain ranges are in the British Isles and in the world, how they were formed and the types of mountains. English has linked to our visit from Nigel Vardy last week and we have investigated the features of newspapers in order to be able to write a newspaper article about his misadventure in the coming weeks. In PE, Year 4s showed their co-ordination skills in starting to learn a new dance and are also enjoying the cold(!!!????) playing basket ball.
Please keep Clip n Climb and Mayan day slips and pennies coming in- and if there are any parent free on 8th Feb for the Clip n Climb trip- WE NEED YOU! I need 4 more adults in order for ratios to be ok. Leave school 11.30, back by 3 ish.
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Year 3 News
Fri 19 Jan 2024This week Year 3 have challenged themselves in all subjects as they have learnt some tricky concepts. In English, we have looked at adverbs, conjunctions and imperative verbs. In Maths, we have looked at multiplying and dividing 2-digit numbers by 1-digit numbers. In History, we have learnt how important the Emperors were to the Romans and how Women had no rights. In Science, we have learnt about the correct conditions for a plant to flourish. In DT, the children enjoyed practicing symmetry and how they would put designs onto their shields. Have a relaxing weekend and here are next weeks spellings.
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Year 6 News
Fri 12 Jan 2024We have had a really busy week settling in after the Christmas break and all the children seem refreshed and ready to go for another term. This week, we have started our new WWII topic. We have been learning about the different events that lead up to the start of the second world war ; in English, we have started our new writing genre using persuasive techniques to convince young soldiers to join the army.
As we move into this term, we just wanted to say that our PE days are Mondays and each week, children will be receiving a new spelling list. You can see this below.
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Year 5 News
Fri 12 Jan 2024It has been so lovely to have all the children back after the Christmas break and hearing about their lovely holidays. This week, we started a new unit in history - The Normans. On Tuesday, we looked at the events that led up to the Battle of Hastings and why it was significant. In English, we have started learning about playscripts and have identified the key features. In reading, we have started our new text for the term which is Robin Hood.
Each week the children are given spellings to learn at home and in school. They are tested on these at the end of the week. Below are the spellings for next week.
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Year 4 News
Fri 12 Jan 2024Happy New Year. This week has been a busy one, beginning with the visit of Nigel Vardy, where we heard about the adventures that he has had but also what can happen when things don't go to plan. Rather than being defeated by frost bite injuries, he has shown resilience and conquered many more challenges.
Our new unit is Mountains and Earthquakes- we will be reading King of the Cloud Forests by Michael Morpurgo. In Art, we have researched the artist Nicholas Roerich, who painted many paintings of mountains. Music with Miss Woolley has also begun again for this half term
As always, we ask that you read with your children- a Starbooks treat if the children read three times. Spellings come out weekly and the homework grids will be distributed.
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Year 3 News
Fri 12 Jan 2024Year 3 have settled back into routine beautifully. They have enjoyed the start of our new topic ‘The Roman Empire’. In English, we have started learning about how to make a Roman shield, to write our own instructions on this. Matching with our DT topic of making Roman shields. In Maths, we have continued to learn about multiplication and division and using our basic multiplication facts with bigger numbers. In Science, we have started our new topic of Plants and have been discussing what each part of the plant does. Here is next weeks spellings also. We hope you have a lovely weekend.
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Year 5 News
Fri 22 Dec 2023It has been a lovely week in Year 5 this week. We have completed our Christmas RE unit and completed our Indus Valley style jewellery. The children made either a bracelet or a necklace our of clay. They used clay for the beads and when they were dry, they painted them in similar colours and patterns to those they researched. Today we have had our Christmas party and celebrated the end of term. We hope you all have a fantastic Christmas and look forward to seeing you all in the new year!
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Year 6 News
Fri 15 Dec 2023This week, year 6 have been super busy. We have started our writing unit on explanation texts, exploring, in more detail, how rainbows are created, which works alongside our science unit of light. We have also been practicing relentlessly for our upper school church production which has been performed this morning. It was a fantastic performance from all of the children and they can be very proud of their achievements. It was definitely a lovely way to finish a brilliant week here at Albany
