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Year 5/6 Homework 2.5.25

Year 5/6 Homework 2.5.25

Year 5 Y5 Oaks – Maths- 4x Conquer Maths Tasks on Fractions (Please make sure you do Y5 homework only.) Y5 Oaks – English- p.64  – Punctuating Speech in Two Parts 1x arithmetic paper on https://mathsbot.com/primary/year5 Reading- 2 x reading plus texts plus at least...

Elms Homework 2.5.25

Elms Homework 2.5.25

Elms Homework this week is as follows: CGP books Maths - p84 and 85 English - p44 and 45 All 5 Reading Plus texts are to be completed by Thursday 8th May

Growing with Reception

Growing with Reception

This week the children in Ladybirds and Dragonflies brought their beanstalks back into school after looking after them at home all through April. After last seeing them as tiny seeds we were amazed to see some fantastically tall plants! Some of them were nearly as...

School Council Seek Gardening Legacy

School Council Seek Gardening Legacy

At the start of each academic year, each Key Stage 2 class nominates two school councillors to form the School Council. This year, the school has elected some wonderful councillors who work very hard to make a real difference to life at the school. The children on...

Year 1 Phonics Screening Check – Information for Parents

Year 1 Phonics Screening Check – Information for Parents

Please find attached a PDF of the information for parents about the phonics screening check.    Phonics Screening Check. Information for parents. Below are the previous years  Phonics Screening Check Booklets. Please download one per week and practice. Remember for...

Planting seeds

Planting seeds

This week our story was Jack and the Beanstalk. As part of this we looked at plants and how they grow. We talked about how to look after a plant and that plants start off as a seed. The children were all given a seed, soil and a plant pot and planted their own seeds...

Reception Outdoor Fun

Reception Outdoor Fun

This morning the children in Dragonflies and Ladybirds went on a scavenger hunt and explored our whole school grounds. We wrapped up for the cold winter weather and then looked around to see what plants we could see and whether we thought they were dead or alive. We...

Science Week in Reception

Science Week in Reception

This week has been Science Week and this years theme has been Change and Adapt. Reception have conducted an investigation around ice. We were trying to rescue our trapped toys and investigated white her hot or cold water would help melt an ice cube faster. Children...

The Last Supper in KS1

The Last Supper in KS1

The children in KS1 have been finding out why Christians have bread and wine at church. They did role play as the disciples, breaking bread and drinking red juice. They thought about how shocked and furious they would have been when Judas betrayed Jesus during the...

We like to boogie!

We like to boogie!

In PE this week, the Ladybirds and Dragonflies have been practicing dancing using out new pom poms! They danced to the rhythm of the music. Shaking the pom poms high, and low and while trying to keep the beat of the music. Great boogie moves  everyone! Article 28: You...

Windy Nook become Geographers!

Windy Nook become Geographers!

As part of our Geography topic looking at our local area, KS1 braved the elements today to see which human and physical features they could find in our local area. We soon realised that we would see more human features because we are an urban area but saw plenty of...