Reception - The children returned this week excited to share all of their adventures from the Easter holidays. The children shared stories about what they have been up to and the different religious celebrations they partook in with their families. "I went to the Natural History Museum and I saw planet earth and the dinosaur bones." - Max.  Reception have been looking at the traditional tale of Golidlocks and the Three Bears. They have been reading and retelling the traditional tale through story maps and acting. They have been describing the characters in the story, "Goldilocks is bad because she ate all the porridge." - David. In Maths, the children have been using their skills of subitising and adding to learn double facts. "Double 4 is 8. I know it is a double because the parts are the same." - Toke. In Phonics, the children have been learning to read Phase 4 words. The children have been applying their phonics skills in their Literacy books to read and write. The children have enjoyed a Nature School session, where they were able to see the impact of their planting in the Spring term. "Look, it's a bee on the flower. It's collecting the pollen and nectar. We got the flowers in B&Q." - Isaac. 

Year 6 - This week, Year 6  had an exciting week ,in their maths  learning, as they developed their problem solving skills to calculate missing dimensions so they could calculate areas and perimeters of common 2D shapes. To keep those arithmetic skills developing, the children continue to improve  their  `Personal Bests` in their  early morning arithmetic challenges . Bolu commented , “ My scores are so much better than last September.”

In Science, Year 6 have been exploring and finding out more about internal body organs - lungs, heart, circulatory system-  so they can create a detailed `double page spread` in several weeks time.  Bella  said , “ I didn't know our lungs had so many different parts.” 

In English, the children have been  reading and exploring  `The Landlady ` - a fascinating story set in  Victorian Times which is full of intrigue and suspense.  The events - and use of rich language-  in the story have prompted excellent discussions in class.  Christian  commented ," I didn't know that Roald Dahl  wrote mysteries.`` 

The children have also been publishing their final pieces - formal letters- relating to their reading - last term- of `The Other Side of Truth.` Ellie  said of her final published piece , “ I feel ready and proud of my formal letter .”

In RE, the  children have been taking  part in  paired and group discussions - as they look forward to secondary school-  in a unit about their `Journey in Life.` 

Lastly,  the children  have continued to improve their  practical  skills and teamwork  in PE. Damon  said, “ My  throwing  and passing have really improved in basketball.”