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Nursery have had yet another busy week this week, with lots of exciting learning taking place! We have been practicing our name writing and our letter formation is starting to develop beautifully. As well as this, we have been able to continue our learning of our Winter topic by exploring a range…

In our Writing lessons, we have been practicing writing a first person retell as Auggie, using key skills such as adverbs and prepositions to add detail and meaning.

In Maths, we are moving into learning about percentages and their relationship with fractions and decimals.

In History, we…

English

This week in English, Year 6 Whales have been practicing writing a first person retell as Auggie from our text, Wonder. The children have used key Year 6 skills such as show not tell, a wide range of clause structures including adverbials in varied positions and prepositional phrases to…

Another week done in Narwhals and our first full week of Spring 1. The children have been getting back into the full swing of things and many are excited for the weeks to come, especially with starting swimming next week.

In English we have begun to prepare for our next independent write which…

We have flown into our second week of our first Spring term despite these dark mornings! Take a look below to see what we have been learning all about this week. 

Grammar

In Grammar this week we learnt all about informal and formal language. This links well into our Writing lessons in which…

Writing 

In Grammar this week we learnt all about informal and formal language to enable us to understand the style of writing used in a diary entry. We learned that formal language has a more serious tone compared to informal language which has a more relaxed, chatty tone. The children enjoyed…

What a fantastic week we have had in Jellyfish class. To start the week we had an assembly with Mrs Willis to introduce our value of the term. This term it is determination. We have really worked hard this week at showing determination, especially in our maths and spelling lessons! 

In English…

I can’t believe we are into our second week of our Spring term, it has been lovely getting to know the children better. Take a look at what we have been learning.

English 

In English this week we have continued to look at our text ‘Oliver Twist’. We have started to prepare for our first…

It's our first full week back after the Winter break and although the children are a little tired, they have settled well into the routines. This half term we are focusing on our School Value - Determination. The children have definitely come to school ready to demonstrate this value as we delve…

Happy New Year! I hope you all had a lovely winter break and a great Christmas if you celebrate :)

We have settled in well this week and made our New Year Resolutions, some of us had great ideas like learning how to ride a bike or focusing on our handwriting. 

In English this week we have…

Welcome back reception class, I hope you all had a wonderful half term and a Happy New Year. I am so proud of the children, they have come back to school with a great attitude to learning and settled back into our routines easily. This week we have loved discussing all of the exciting things we…

Happy New Year! It's now 2023 and we are back ready to learn! The children have settled quickly back into their routine and have enjoyed the first 3 days back.

In English, we have introduced the children to their new class text for the half term: The Invisible by Tom Percival. We have…