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Year 5/6 Homework 14.2.25

Year 5/6 Homework 14.2.25

Year 5 and 6 homework this week will be in CGP books. Year 5 Y5 Oaks – Maths- p.60 and 61  – Estimating Volume and Capacity 1x arithmetic paper on https://mathsbot.com/primary/year5 Reading- 2 x reading plus texts plus at least 10 minutes reading per night recorded in...

Safer Internet Day 2025

Safer Internet Day 2025

This year, we marked Safer Internet Day (which was on Tuesday 11th February) with special assemblies in our phases and a range of activities in all of our classes. This year's theme was ‘Too good to be true? Protecting yourself and others from scams online‘. Children...

Taco Bingo!

Taco Bingo!

This week, LKS2 have been playing bingo in Spanish! The children have been learning a range of phrases - linked to fruit - and have had to look out for them on their bingo card. This was a muy bien way to round off another super Spanish topic! Hasta La Huego! Article...

Windy Nook Prepares for World Book Day

Windy Nook Prepares for World Book Day

Plans are underway for a fantastic day of literary fun as the school prepares for World Book Day on Thursday 6 March 2025. Children should have come home from school with a letter, detailing all the important events. If you did not receive a letter, please let your...

Elms Homework 14.2.25

Elms Homework 14.2.25

This week’s homework pages for Elms are as below: English: CGP books Pages 8 & 9 Maths: Pages 16 & 17 Reading Plus: ensure this week’s 5 texts are completed by Thursday. Homework is due in on Thursday 20th February. Any children who have not handed homework in...

Learning About Grace Nichols in Elms

Learning About Grace Nichols in Elms

Over the past couple of weeks, Elms have been studying the poet Grace Nichols. We have read, performed and analysed some of her brilliant poems and learnt about the poet herself. We researched her life and worked together in groups to create the fantastic...

School closed today – Monday 10th February

School closed today – Monday 10th February

We regret to inform you that school will have to close today, due to no heating and hot water. We are working hard to resolve the issue as soon as possible but children will not be able to attend school today. We will of course keep you informed of the situation when...

Vicious Vikings!

Vicious Vikings!

This week, Lower Key Stage 2 have started a new English unit on the Vikings. We began the lesson by retrieving prior knowledge from our history topic where the children engaged in effective class discussion about what we already know about the Vikings. We then focused...

We’re going on a number hunt!

We’re going on a number hunt!

This week we have focussed on numbers. During our maths sessions we participated in small number hunts in our nursery environment both indoors and outdoors. We also talked about the numbers on the doors of our homes and car registration plates. We played number games...

Year 5/6 Homework 7.2.25

Year 5/6 Homework 7.2.25

Year 5 and 6 homework this week will be in CGP books. Year 5 Y5 Oaks – Maths- p.56 and 57  – Perimeter Y5 Oaks – English- p.86 and 87 – 'ei' and 'ie' words 1x arithmetic paper on https://mathsbot.com/primary/year5 Reading- 2 x reading plus texts plus at least 10...

Elms Homework 7.2.25

Elms Homework 7.2.25

This week’s homework pages for Elms are as below: English: CGP books Page  37 & 38 Maths: Page 27 & 28 Reading Plus: ensure this week’s 5 texts are completed by Thursday. Homework is due in on Thursday 13th February. Any children who have not handed homework...