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 05 Dec 2025This week we have been planning a South African diary- Mrs Marshall has loved retelling stories of her visit there a few!!! years ago whilst travelling. The egg shells were looked at in Science and the lesson is- do not drink vinegar!!!!
It was fun building pyramids and predicting how many cubes would be needed for a higher pyramid- we noticed a pattern and talked about squared numbers. These will be referred to again next year in Year 5.
Keep practicing times tables and READ!!!
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Year 3 News
Fri 05 Dec 2025The children have worked hard this week and shown some great appreciation. They have enjoyed the start of advent and are really thankful for everything they have. The children have started their new unit in Maths (multiplication and division) and have shown some great mathematical understanding through this. We have had some great English lessons too both writing and editing our diary entries. Next week we will be starting to look at finishing of our topics ready to review them the following week.
Reminder:
Albany adventure and parents evening next Tuesday!
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Year 6 News
Fri 28 Nov 2025This week's news:
Y6 started the week with a brilliant trip to Newstead Abbey, where we were transported back in time to the Victorian era. We were able to watch a magic lantern show, we made our own herb bags and we found out what life would have been like for the children. We were really proud of how well everyone behaved and got involved with the activities.
In Science, everyone had the chance to create their own rainbow, using torches, mirrors, water and prisms. This showed us that light is made up of 7 colours. We have started working on our dolls' houses this week, thinking about suitable features and decorations that could be included.
It has also been test week. Well done to everyone for trying their best in all tests. Tests scores will be shared at parents' evening.
Here are next week's spellings - keep practicing them.
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Year 5 News
Fri 28 Nov 2025This week has been test week in school. All the children have worked incredibly hard and it is so lovely to see how much progress they have made this term. In Science, we looked at simple mechanisms and learnt about levers, gears and pulleys. In history, we looked at different cities in the Indus valley, comparing their houses, jobs and their structure. In music, we learnt how to play the Egyptian song on the glockenspiel and the structure of a piece of music. Lessons will be back to normal next week and in English, we will begin looking at instructions and in maths we will continue learning about fractions.
Please see the spelling list for next week below.
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Year 4 News
Fri 28 Nov 2025This week, Year 4 have been working hard in our tests- well done. We set up an investigation to see which liquids damage our teeth and we will check in on them next week. We learned about Nelson Mandela and his importance to South Africa.
Remember it's the Countdown to Christmas next week.
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Year 3 News
Fri 28 Nov 2025Year 3 have worked so hard in their tests this week and we are incredibly proud of the progress they have made in just one term! They have enjoyed spending time doing their normal curriculum learning in afternoons. The children have had chance to use altlas' to locate countries with volcanoes in geography, have begun to plan their own investigation in science and have really refined their typing skills in computing.
Reminders:
- Parents evening 9th December
- Albany adventure 9th December
- Christmas jumper day 17th December
- Christmas lunch 17th December
- Maths parent workshop 4th December
- Christmas stalls outside the office 1st - 5th December
Spellings:
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Year 6 News
Fri 21 Nov 2025This week, everyone has been working hard in our fractions unit, where we have found equivalent fractions and converted mixed and improper fractions. We have realised how important times tables are for fractions! In English, focusing on the Highwayman, we have identified the figurative language that is used and we explored how the different characters felt. We have also planned a diary entry, based on the events in the poem. In Science, we found out how and why shadows change, using the torches to investigate.
We are all looking forward to our trip to Newstead Abbey on Monday. Have a lovely weekend.
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Year 5 News
Fri 21 Nov 2025Another week has flown by in Year 5.
This week in maths, we finished our unit of work on multiplication and division and have moved on to fractions. We have been looking at equivalent fractions to unit fractions and how to find an equivalent fraction. In English, we finished our newspaper reports about the moon landing and the wonderful work completed by the human computers during that time. In Science, we conducted a fantastic experiment all about what makes the best paper helicopter, exploring the relationship between surface area and air resistance.
Year 5 had a little treat this morning and got to watch Holes - the film versions of our focus treading text from last half term. They really enjoyed the film and it was so lovely to hear them celebrate it at the end.
Next week is test week so there will be no spellings to learn. They will be tested on the Year 3/4 words and the Year 5/6 words.
Have a lovely weekend!
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Year 4 News
Fri 21 Nov 2025In Year 4 this week, we have written our Egyptian narratives and so are now moving on to a South African Diary as this is our topic this half term. In our Geography sessions, we looked at climate graphs from different parts of Africa and identified what the climate was like and how they were different in terms of rainfall and temperature. In Art, South African dancers were the inspiration for our drawings- with a focus on showing movement. Multiplication and division is now the focus in Maths so keep learning those times tables.
As next week is test week, there are no spellings set.
Have a great weekend.
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Year 3 News
Fri 21 Nov 2025Year 3 have had a really exciting week this week! In the mornings, we have been working hard to understand as much as we can ready for test week next week, so we can show off just how amazing we can be. In the afternoons, we have then had the chance to collect and analyse our own soil samples in science, as well as spending time researching the damage that humans have done to soil. In geography, we have seen our own volcanic explosion and can now explain how volcanoes work. Ask us what we know so we can show this off!
Reminders:
- Parents evening 9th December
- Albany adventure 9th December
- Christmas jumper day 17th December
- Christmas lunch 17th December
- Maths parent workshop 4th December
- Christmas stalls outside the office 1st - 5th December
No spellings this week due to text week. If you would like to practice, please look in the back of the planner for the year 3 and 4 words.
