Latest News
Keep up to date with all the latest news happening in school at the moment.
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Year 4 Class News
Fri 17 Apr 2026This week Year 4 have started a new unit on writing a newspaper report about the Viking invasion at Lindisfarne, we have looked at using formal language, writing in the present perfect tense and using subordinate clauses when writing facts about the event in more detail. In Maths, we are learning about decimals and have been working on dividing one and two digit numbers by 10 to get decimal answers. We have also looked at expressing hundredths as fractions and as decimals. In Science, we have been finishing off our last unit on Animals including Humans and have looked at classification keys and the effects of human impact on an animals habitat. In Topic, we have learnt about what life was like for the Anglo-Saxons prior to the arrival of the Vikings. In ICT we have started our animation unit and we have started a new PE unit playing golf. On Friday, we visited Church for an Easter Service and were able to have lots of our questions answered. Please remember to practise your spellings for next week (see below) and to complete your times tables and handwriting sheets. Have a lovely weekend.
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YEAR 6 CLASS NEWS
Fri 17 Apr 2026It has been great to see everyone after the Easter break. All of the children are working so hard in their booster sessions - we're really impressed with the effort and resilience being shown. Another reason to be proud of our Year 6 children - the behaviour and maturity shown during our trip to the Holocaust Centre was excellent. It isn't any easy topic to learn about but our children were thoughtful and respectful throughout and there were some great questions. To end the week, we also visited St Helen's church for our whole school Easter service.
Have a great weekend,
Miss Ottowell and Miss Carmichael
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YEAR 5 CLASS NEWS
Fri 17 Apr 2026Welcome back!
We hope you all had a lovely Easter. The children have settled in to the new school term well. In English, we are studying Macbeth and everyone is really enjoying reading it. They are also enjoying learning about Scotland and have been researching the Loch Ness Monster which has led to some lively discussions about whether or not it is real. In Science, we have started a new topic - properties and changes of materials. This week, we looked at different materials and explored why certain materials are used for different objects. Today, we had our Easter service at St Helens Church. Thank you to all the helpers that came with us. Without your support it would not be possible.
Please see the spelling list below for next week.
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YEAR 3 CLASS NEWS
Fri 17 Apr 2026Spring is finally here!! First week back has been fantastic in year 3. We are continuing our recount of the Roman invasion of Britain in English and have moved on from fractions to capacity in maths. Spanish has started again with the children remembering their numbers and greetings really well. In Science we are looking at plants and their functions and in Topic we have moved onto looking our Fair Trade unit of work and what this means and who it involves. P.E we are doing athletics on Monday and cricket on Thursdays with Mr Spencer. Spelling for next week below.
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Year 5 Class News
Fri 27 Mar 2026What a way to finish the term! Yesterday, we had our Spring term Albany Adventure to the Think Tank museum in Birmingham. The children had fun interacting with the exhibits and learning more about the world. We were very proud of how our children behaved during the day, setting a great example to other schools. In school this week, we created a rainforest poem, using different features of poetry. For example, rhyming couplets, anaphora and epistrophe. The finished pieces were fantastic! After Easter, we will be focusing on Scotland in Geography and materials and their properties in Science. We hope you all have a lovely Easter!
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Year 6 Class News
Fri 27 Mar 2026It has been great to have all of the children back this week and to hear about all of the adventures from Hagg Farm. We enjoyed our trip to Think Tank, where we explored the different zones. One of our favourites was the area all about animals and fossils. We also enjoyed looking at the transport and machinery from the past.
Have a great Easter
Miss Ottowell and Miss Carmichael
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Year 4 Class News
Fri 27 Mar 2026What a week! We have painted our Mayan masks, written a Mayan folk story, learned about why the Mayan civilisation came to an end. There have been some great homeworks- headresses and masks 🙂
Our Albany Adventure was very informative and covered so many areas of Science,
I think we do now need a holiday! Be safe Keep practicing times tables, read read read....Mayan homework can still come in...The next topic is the Anglo Saxons and Vikings....
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Year 3 Class News
Fri 27 Mar 2026Year 3 have had a really busy week making sure we were ready for the Easter holidays. Lots of work has been completed and the children are beginning to look forward to their new topics in summer term. We will be looking at Fairtrade in Topic and plants in science.
Yesterday was an amazing day to finish Spring term! We are so proud of the children and their outstanding behaviour. We had some lovely comments from staff at the museum about how wonderful our children are.
Have a lovely, safe and restful holiday!
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Year 3 News
Fri 20 Mar 2026Year 3 have had a really exciting week this week! They have really enjoyed making their pizzas and exploring the way they can use the toppings to create different effects. The children have also worked hard to come to a deeper understanding of fractions and hoe they might be useful in everyday life. This week has also ended with some amazing descriptions of Boudicca- Queen of the Iceni tribe! See what your child can tell you about who she was...
Reminders:
- Easter raffle tickets on sale daily at the gates and online
- Parents evening Tuesday 24th March
- Albany adventure Thursday 26th March
- INSET Friday 27th March
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Year 4 News
Fri 20 Mar 2026This week, we have been working on using expanded noun phrases, adverbials and speech for our Mayan narrative inspired by The Chocolate Tree story. In Maths, we have finished our unit on fractions and have been looking at recognising tenths and hundredths and tenths as decimals. We have been doing lots of RE this week too, looking at the Easter Story, focusing on the key events such as The Last Supper, Maundy Thursday, Judas’ betrayal and have looked into different crosses and the symbolism they have for Christians. In Spanish, we have looked at how adjectives (colours) change depending on the gender of the noun. We are really looking forward to next week and our Albany Adventure on Thursday! Remember to keep practising your spellings and in your handwriting and times table homework which is due in every Friday – next week please bring in for Thursday due to our INSET day.
Below are our spellings for next week:
