Reception have been looking at the story of the Three Little Pigs. We have experimented with the different materials the pigs used and looked at why some of them aren’t good materials to build a house with. We have had a go at building our own strong houses to see if the big bad wolf (Miss Henney) could blow them down. In phonics, we have continued to learn the set 1 single letter sounds and our schools RWI coordinator was very impressed with the children’s learning when she visited on Monday. Miss Henney was very proud of the class for this feedback! 

This week in Maths, Year 1 have been learning about greater than, less than and equal to. The children have been working in pairs to build number towers using cubes and number cards. Once their towers were complete, they worked together to decide which sentence matched greater than, less than or equal to. The children enjoyed the practical activity and it really helped them to compare numbers in a fun and engaging way.

This week in Maths, our Year 2/3 have been exploring place value and learning how to partition numbers up to 100 and 1000. The children have enjoyed lots of hands-on activities, using base tens and other resources to help them understand numbers in a fun and practical way. 

In English, they explored fronted adverbials and relative clauses to make their writing more interesting, describing characters and settings that brought their stories to life. In Art, the classroom was full of colour and creativity! Using warm and cool colours, the children learned about complementary and tertiary colours, and had a go at mixing their own — an activity which they found both fun and fascinating. As always, we’re proud of their enthusiasm, curiosity, and hard work! 

Year 5 pupils let their imaginations run wild this week as they each painted a mysterious puzzle piece—without knowing what the final picture would be. Guided only by their creativity and a splash of colour, each child contributed to a vibrant, collaborative artwork. The big reveal? A colourful cat! This fun surprise perfectly hooked the children into our next creative writing unit, Zelda Claw and the Rain Cat. 

This week, Year 6 have been examining our model text, The Library, as part of their suspense writing unit. They explored how vocabulary choices and literary techniques can build tension and keep a reader hooked. The children enjoyed unpicking how the author created atmosphere and discussed how they could use these strategies in their own writing. Their readiness to analyse and experiment with language has set them up brilliantly for crafting their own spine-tingling suspense narratives in the weeks ahead. 

We embarked on our 'Adaptive Teaching' training. We explored how we use use routines and feedback to establish a culture of high expectations in the classroom. Much of the excellent work we did last week on memorable teaching linked nicely and there were lots of reflective conversations about high-quality teaching.