A Place to Learn Together
We offer Nursery Provision to Year 6
WB: 20.10.25
Maths:
This week in Maths we will be beginning our Place Value topic. Lessons will focus on:
Fluency – Exchanging using practical resources
Add across a 10
Subtract across a 10
Writing:
Our model text will be based on the book 'The Day the Crayons Quit'. This week children will be planning and writing their Hot Tasks where they will be putting their persuasive skills to use.
We will then finish the term with sentence structure activities and a 5-finger story.
Topic:
Our topic this half term is 'Material World'. During this topic we will be focusing on scientific experiments on different materials, making Reading Ted bags and thinking about materials around us.
Donations
We are in need of some felt to use for our Reading Ted bags. Any donations would be much appreciated.
General information
Reading books will be distributed this week. Please ensure children are reading each day. This should be recorded in their reading records. Comprehension style question prompts are in their reading records to aid book talk.
Reminders
Please could you ensure all children have the correct uniform this includes black trainers for PE.
Our PE days this half term are Wednesday and Thursday.
WB: 13.10.25
Maths:
This week in Maths we will be beginning our Place Value topic. Lessons will focus on:
Add and Subtract 1s
Add by making 10 first
Add three 1-digit numbers
Add to the next 10
Writing:
Our model text will be based on the book 'The Day the Crayons Quit'. We will recap our persuasion toolkit this week and lessons will focused on innovating the model text by changing the colour of the crayon and key language.
Topic:
Our topic this half term is 'Material World'. During this topic we will be focusing on scientific experiments on different materials, making Reading Ted bags and thinking about materials around us.
General information
Reading books will be distributed this week. Please ensure children are reading each day. This should be recorded in their reading records. Comprehension style question prompts are in their reading records to aid book talk.
Reminders
Please could you ensure all children have the correct uniform this includes black trainers for PE.
Our PE days this half term are Wednesday and Thursday.
WB 6.10.25
Feeling Good Week 6th-10 October
As part of our ongoing work to promote positive mental health, we are taking part in Feeling Good Week. Goslings, Ducklings and children in Year R-6 are invited to wear their own clothes on Monday 6th October to celebrate the start of this ‘feel good’ week.
Please can all children come in school uniform (not school uniform) on Wednesday (8th October) this week as we have our individual photos.
Maths:
This week in Maths we will be beginning our Place Value topic. Lessons will focus on:
Writing:
Our model text will be based on the book 'The Day the Crayons Quit'. We will begin looking at our persuasion toolkit this week. Lessons will focus on;
Topic:
Our topic this half term is 'Material World'. During this topic we will be focusing on scientific experiments on different materials, making Reading Ted bags and thinking about materials around us.
Donations
We are in need of some felt to use for our Reading Ted bags. Any donations would be much appreciated.
General information
Reading books will be distributed this week. Please ensure children are reading each day. This should be recorded in their reading records. Comprehension style question prompts are in their reading records to aid book talk.
Reminders
Please could you ensure all children have the correct uniform this includes black trainers for PE.
Week Beginning 29.9.25
Maths: This week in Maths we will be beginning our Place Value topic. Lessons will focus on:
Writing: We will be finishing our first cycle on Monday where the children will be writing their a magical journey story based in their own setting. We will then begin our next cycle of writing - persuasive writing. Our model text will be based on the book 'The Day the Crayons Quit'. To start this with learning, the children will focus on the model text and on punctuating sentences correctly. We will then introduce the '!' and when to use this to help persuade.
Topic: Our topic this half term is 'Material World'. During this topic we will be focusing on scientific experiments on different materials, making Reading Ted bags and thinking about materials around us.
Donations
We are in need of some felt to use for our Reading Ted bags. Any donations would be much appreciated.
General information
Reminders
Week Beginning 22.9.25
Maths: This week in Maths we will be beginning our Place Value topic. Lessons will focus on:
Writing: Our first cycle will be looking at the text 'Magic Paintbrush'. We will be focusing on describing settings. This week our lessons will be focused on innovating the model text using London as our setting.
Topic: Our topic this half term is 'Material World'. During this topic we will be focusing on scientific experiments on different materials, making Reading Ted bags and thinking about materials around us.
Donations
We are in need of some felt to use for our Reading Ted bags. Any donations would be much appreciated.
General information
Reminders
Week Beginning 15.9.25
Maths: This week in Maths we will be beginning our Place Value topic. Lessons will focus on:
Writing: Our first cycle will be looking at the text 'Magic Paintbrush'. We will be focusing on describing settings. This week our lessons will be: using our adjectives, verbs and prepositions to write a paragraph and finding our skills in the model text. We will then be using what we have learnt to innovate our model text.
Topic: Our topic this half term is 'Material World'. During this topic we will be focusing on scientific experiments on different materials, making Reading Ted bags and thinking about materials around us.
General information
Reminders
Week Beginning 8.9.25
Maths: This week in Maths we will be beginning our Place Value topic. Lessons will focus on:
Writing: Our first cycle will be looking at the text 'Magic Paintbrush'. We will be focusing on describing settings. This week our lessons will be centred around using our senses, adjectives, similes and finishing the week by combining these in a short burst.
Topic: Our topic this half term is 'Material World'. During this topic we will be focusing on scientific experiments on different materials, making Reading Ted bags and thinking about materials around us.
General information
Reminders