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Dear parents and carers, 

It has been wonderful to see how enthusiastically children have engaged with their learning this week. Walking through classrooms and around the school, I have particularly noticed how many children are becoming more confident in explaining how they arrived at an answer, rather than simply giving one. 

Children from across our school have sought me out to share their work and talk to me about the things they have learnt. It is always a pleasure to see their enthusiasm and pride in what they have achieved, and I am (as I know you are) incredibly proud of them all. 

You may hear your child talking about teachers asking them to explain their answer or revisit something they learned last week. We deliberately build opportunities like these into lessons because we want children not simply to complete work, but to remember and understand what they have learned. 

I have also been impressed by the kindness children have shown towards one another. There have been numerous examples this week of children helping someone who was struggling, including them in a game, or simply checking that they were okay. These small moments are every bit as important as the things we celebrate academically, and I was proud to talk about some of them in our celebration assembly. 

We have been busy putting democracy into action through the elections for our School and Worship Councils. Candidates wrote their mini manifestos and presented them to their classmates before voting commenced. The successful candidates will be announced next Wednesday. 

Thank you, too, for continuing to support us with punctuality in the mornings. Being in school and ready to learn on time gives children the best possible start to their day. 

I pray you all have a wonderful weekend.

  

Mr. David Huntingford

Headteacher

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Parents, please do not send medication into school with your child. All medication must be handed in at the school office and a medication form must be completed by a parent.

Medication must be prescribed by a doctor or pharmacist and must be in its box with the label showing the prescription details.

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YEAR THREE

VANESSA

YEAR FOUR

OLUWASEUN

YEAR FIVE

HARLEIGH

YEAR SIX

MEDHI

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The Food Chains 

 

This is a very interesting book to read. I am enjoying reading this book because I am learning all about the different food chains of animals.  

I have learnt a fox eats a rabbit and a rabbit eats grass.  

 

By Fran 5W 

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Year Three

Year Four

It has been a good week in Year 3. 

What we have learnt about this week 

This week, the children have worked hard to complete a number of base line assessments. This has allowed the teachers in year 3 to know what the children already know and where their gaps are in their learning. Next week we will be starting to teach the year 3 curriculum.  

What we will learn about next week 

In English we will be starting to read our first year 3 text. The story is called ‘Marcy and the Riddle of the Sphinx.’ The children will also be writing a character description of Marcy. 

In maths, we will be starting unit one which is all around place value. The children will be recognising and representing numbers to 100, using based 10 and counters. 

In history we will be exploring ancient civilisations and comparing objects from the past.  

Science this half term is learning about animals, including humans. They will be identifying the bones in the human body and learning about their function. 

For RE this week, children will be looking at different natural objects and thinking about why God created it. 

It has been a great week in Year 4.  

What we have learnt about this week 

In Maths , the children have continued to work on their place value unit , looking at representing numbers to 10,000 and partitioning numbers to 10,000.  

The children have been continuing to read their focus text ‘Nell and the Cave Bear’. They have been able to retrieve and organise their own information based on the events in Chapter 1. 

In History, the children have began learning all about The Stone Age to the Iron Age. This week they acted as historians to sequence a range of transport inventions. They have understood the meaning of chronology and have placed events in the exact order.  

In Art, the children have continued to work on paisley patterns creating their own designs , focusing on a repeating pattern.  

In RE, the children studied the origins on Hinduism understanding when and where Hinduism began. 

In Science, the children have been able to recognise that living things can be grouped in a variety of ways. 

What we will learn about next week 

Next week , the children will continue working on their paisley pattern designs.  

In maths, the children will continue to work on their place value unit working on number lines to 10,000 and finding 1,10,100 and 1000 more or less of a number.  

In English , the children will be summarising the key information about how the Cave Clan captured a mammoth.  

In Art, the children will be designing and drawing a repeating Paisley pattern using ideas from previous lessons.  

In science ,  the children will be understanding how we can use classification keys to group and identify living things following on from their previous lesson. 

In Geography , the children will be recognising the difference between human and physical features of India. 

In RE, the children will be finding out more about Hindu beliefs. The will have the opportunity to learn about the deities.

Year Five

Year Six

We have had another exciting week of learning, with opportunities for the children to develop their skills across a range of subjects. 

What we have learnt about this week 

This week, the children have been writing up their diary entries. In History, they have been learning about the circumstances that allowed the Anglo-Saxons and Scots to settle in Britain. In Science, they have been exploring the Solar System and learning about its planets. In RE, they have been considering the nature of human beings and reflecting on what it means to be human. In PE, they have continued to develop their skills in hockey and gymnastics. In Maths, they have been learning about powers of 10, finding up to 100,000 more or less than a given number, partitioning numbers to 1,000,000, using number lines to 1,000,000, and comparing and ordering numbers up to 100,000. 

 

What we will learn about next week 

Next week, the children will be identifying the key features of a motivational speech, exploring a range of different speeches, and writing their own speeches based on the book Hidden Figures. They will also focus on using time adverbials in a recount. In Maths, they will compare and order numbers to 100,000 and 1,000,000, round numbers to the nearest 10, 100 and 1,000, and round numbers within 100,000 and 1,000,000. In RE, they will explore the First Temptation and consider the nature of human beings. In Computing, they will continue their learning about online safety and consider the advantages and disadvantages of online communication. In PE, they will continue developing their passing skills and apply these in mini games. In Science, they will continue learning about the Solar System and its planets. 

It has been another busy and productive week in Year 6, with the children continuing to settle into their learning and showing great effort and enthusiasm across the curriculum. 

 

What we have learnt about this week 

In English, the children finished their descriptive writing based on a Victorian street scene before becoming editors and improving their work. They carefully checked their vocabulary, sentence structure, spelling and punctuation, making thoughtful changes to make their writing even more effective. 

In maths, the children completed two SATs reasoning papers as part of their baseline assessments. These have provided us with a useful starting point for identifying areas of strength and areas that we can focus on throughout the year.  

In science, we began exploring inheritance and variation. The children learned about inherited characteristics and how features can be passed from parents to their offspring. They then investigated variation by comparing their hand spans. 

Our geography learning has focused on mountains around the world. The children have been using their new IPads to research key facts about some of the world's major mountain ranges and individual mountains. 

We were also fortunate to welcome two visitors from local secondary schools this week. They spoke to the children about the exciting transition to secondary school next September, sharing important information and answering questions about what life will be like in Year 7. 

What we will learn about next week 

Looking ahead to next week, the children will continue exploring Street Child in English, where they will create a wanted poster for Mr Spink. They will use descriptive vocabulary and their understanding of his character to write an engaging and detailed description. In Maths, the children will move on to further developing their understanding of addition and subtraction.  We will also be setting up our Maths groups and Shared Reading groups, which will begin next week, allowing the children to work in smaller groups and develop their skills and confidence.