This week in Reception the children have been busy learning to transcribe our 5 sentence story of Baby Cat. We have seen the children use their phonics knowledge to write. In maths we have continued consolidating our learning from this half term and the children have shown a deep understanding of what they have learned. We have also been busy practicing our singing for our performance with Year 1 next week. 

This week, Year 1 explored how our environment changes across the four seasons. The children used their knowledge to create colourful seasonal tree calendars, showing how trees look in spring, summer, autumn and winter. They worked with great creativity and enjoyed sharing what they had learned.

In Year 2/3, we wrapped up the week on a real high with our incredible nativity performances! Every child shone on stage, they stepped into their roles with confidence and truly embodied our value of the week: courage. It was inspiring to watch them come together as a team, helping each other with lines, actions and songs. The energy, teamwork and festive spirit made it a performance to remember. We are incredibly proud of them all!

It has been a productive week in Year 4! The children have shown great independence in English, successfully planning and writing their own recounts. In Maths, our focus remains on mastering the 11 and 12 times tables and their related division facts. We also revisited our Science experiment, closely examining the eggs submerged in different liquids last week to observe any reactions or changes. Finally, we were delighted to take part in a knowledgeable HSBC workshop led by a parent, which provided the class with a fantastic introduction to financial skills.

This week, Year 5 was incredibly productive, with pupils in full swing writing their independent explanation texts on topics of their choosing, demonstrating strong research and writing skills in English. In Maths, the focus was on mastering the skill of adding and subtracting fractions, tackling both same and different denominators.  We also explored the concept of happiness and emotional expression in RE, concluding with a memorable moment of expressive dance that had us all crying with laughter. Our learning peaked in Science, when we investigated air resistance by making paper parachutes and conducting an experiment, timing the fall of a paperclip with and without the parachute to observe the effects of air resistance. 

Year 6 have been learning about Ancient Greece through art and design. Using clay, the children carefully shaped and decorated their own Greek-style vases, taking inspiration from traditional shapes and patterns, resulting in work that the children were proud to create.

With a lot of poorly teachers in school, we took a wellbeing week and cancelled our staff meeting. I spent the time putting together the spring term diary with the leadership team ensuring we have a robust CPD offer for the team in 2026.