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Our first full week of 2023 was a fantastic! We have started the half term with our new value - Determination. We love the song that Mrs Willis used to introduce called 'Bring it all back' by S Club 7 and we enjoyed singing this throughout the week to remind ourselves to try our best and to never…

This week we introduced our new focus value of the half term, 'determination'. We discussed what determination means and how we can show determination at school. The children gave some fantastic definitions and examples. In class, they have most definitely been showing this in all aspects of their…

This week we introduced our new focus value of the half term, 'determination'. We discussed what determination means and how we can show determination at school. The children gave some fantastic definitions and examples. In class, they have most definitely been showing this in all aspects of their…

This week, we have continued our learning about the season of winter. We went on a winter walk around our outdoor environment and used our senses to describe what we could see, hear and feel. We noticed various signs of winter, including the cold weather, bare trees with no leaves and we…

This week we have continued our learning of Winter, we went on a winter walk to observe the environmental changes we have discussed in class. We could see some of the signs of winter, such as no leaves on the trees, we saw some evergreen trees and we felt how cold it was! We were wrapped up in…

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…