This week, Caterpillars and Butterflies really enjoyed seeing and exploring the snow. For many, this was the first time they saw the snow. They were very fascinated and captivated with the experience. The children used words and sentences, such as “wow”, “snow is falling from the sky”, “white”, “is freezing”, “very cold”, “raining”, “ice”, “snow is dropping from the sky” and “shower” and other words.

Year 1 Cheetahs had an exciting start to the week when they discovered that an alien spaceship had crashed in their playground! The children found yellow fur and mysterious footprints, which inspired a range of imaginative writing tasks. They began by writing questions about the incident, before discovering that the clues belonged to a missing alien called Beegu, who was later spotted in the Year 1 classroom. The children created missing posters to help find her, wrote advice using imperative verbs to tell others what to do if they found Beegu, and finally used adjectives to describe her feelings. 

Happy New Year and welcome back! This week, our class has settled in well and have shown themselves ready to learn. The children have shown a positive attitude and are working hard.

We have started rehearsals for our upcoming performance, and the class is very excited. They are looking forward to showing you how talented they are. Our performance will take place on Thursday 12th February in the morning with the precise time confirmed closer to the date.

If you are able to help your child practise their lines and actions at home, it will help them feel more confident and will make the performance even better.

Thank you for your continued support. We look forward to seeing you on Thursday the 12th.

Year 6 Tigers have returned to school with a fantastic attitude to learning and have truly hit the ground running. Over the past few days, they’ve shown that they are focused, motivated and ready for the challenges ahead.

They have been revising practising key skills in both Maths and Literacy. Using our new class text, ‘The Promise’ as inspiration, they have been exploring the word ‘promise’ and its synonyms, using their understanding of how verbs can be changed into nouns to think carefully about meaning and intention. 

They have been working collaboratively to create promises and pledges about how they will improve and care for the green spaces in our school garden. This work encouraged them to reflect, discuss and commit to positive actions, linking language learning with responsibility and care for our environment.

✍️Stay and Learn -  Monday  19th January 2026

🚌Year 6 Trip-  Tuesday 20th January 2026

🚌Year 5 Trip-  Monday 26th January 2026

💬Year 6 PGL Parents Meeting-  Thursday  29th January 2026

🚌Year 3 Trip-  Wednesday 11th February 2026

🎭Year 2 Class Performance-  Thursday 12th February 2026

✨Last day of term-  Friday 13th February 2026

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