This week in literacy, we have focused on the story 'Oh no, George'. The story ties in with last week's school value of empathy. The children did a great job at identifying the different characters' feelings based on the actions of others. They then had a go at creating an alternative version of the story called, 'Oh yes, George!', where George only made good choices. The children enjoyed coming up with helpful things that George could do to make Harris, his owner, happy.

This week, Year 1 were lucky to take part in a fantastic British Sign Language (BSL) lesson. We learned how to sign the alphabet, spell our names, and even talk about our favourite colours and animals. The children were enthusiastic and quick to pick up new signs — we’re already looking forward to our next session! 

This week, our Year 2 pupils began exploring the concept of time. They looked closely at clocks—learning how they’re structured, with different-length hands that help us tell time. The children also had a blast decorating and assembling their own clocks, reinforcing their learning through a hands-on activity. These creative, practical exercises are already helping our little learners connect the idea of “hours” and “minutes” to real-world experiences.

On Tuesday this week, Year 3 enjoyed an educational trip to the Cassiobury Park Education Hub, where they learnt how to identify a variety of trees and plants. Thank you to our wonderful parent volunteers for coming along and supporting year 3 on the trip.

In Maths, children have started learning about money, exploring how to work with pounds and pence using decimals.In English, we've been practising persuasive writing, using strong arguments and persuasive language to convince our readers.In DT, pupils learned about forces in simple machines and worked in groups to successfully build up to three mechanism models, following instructions carefully and supporting each other.  

This week the children enjoyed the start of a new talk for writing unit, this term's non fiction focus is on how to inform the reader and the theme of the model text is killer whales. To develop some background knowledge before we start the unit the children were invited to prepare a presentation about a specific topic relating to killer whales. The children worked in groups to produce either a Google Slides presentation, speech or poster and they presented them to their class in the conference. 

Year 6 have shown brilliant collaboration this week as rehearsals for Pirates of the Curry Bean ramp up! Pupils have been busy learning their lines and working together to design and build props for the big performance. 

As it was Thank A Teacher Day, the staff were given the time to use as they choose this week. In the leadership meeting, we prepared for our School Review Day, later this term, where the Directors of Primary will be in school reviewing our outcomes and progress.