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Nursery

This week, Nursery Pear Class explored Remembrance Day in a gentle and age-appropriate way. We talked together about the importance of peace, kindness, and remembering all the people who help us and keep us safe. To mark this special occasion, each child crafted their very own poppy to display. The children showed wonderful focus and enthusiasm, using their fine motor skills carefully as they collaged their poppies. During our one (1) minute silence together with the Reception classes, the children demonstrated impressive respect by remaining silent. We are so proud of how gently and meaningfully our youngest learners engaged with this quiet reflection.

Reception

This week, the children have been learning all about nocturnal animals and discovering which creatures are awake at night. We enjoyed sharing the story Owl Babies and talking about where owls live. The children had great fun creating their own owls and using natural materials to build cosy nests for them. This provided a lovely opportunity to explore the natural world and develop their creativity and imagination.

Year 1

Year 1 showed great respect this week as they had a day full of remembrance activities. The children shared vocabulary for acrostic poems and used their fingers to paint their own field of poppies.

Year 2 

In Year 2, our new topic is the Great Fire of London. We went back in time to 1666 and experienced what it would have been like as the fire broke out and made lots of decisions about what to do to help and keep ourselves safe. We think 2026 is definitely safer!

Year 3

This week, Year 3 had a visit from RE Inspired to explore the question, "What is it like for people to follow God?" Anne Underwood taught the children what Christians believe about making promises to God and how they treat others in difficult situations. The children were very engaged and asked lots of thoughtful questions.

Year 4

Year 4 have enthusiastically begun their new RE topic exploring Hinduism, ahead of a trip to a Hindu temple in January! The children examined the sacred Aum symbol and discussed its spiritual significance. They also discovered the Trimurti—learning how Brahman is represented as Brahma the creator, Vishnu the preserver, and Shiva the destroyer.

Connecting our learning to recent celebrations, the pupils reflected on the festival of Diwali from last week. To celebrate the victory of light over darkness, everyone designed and crafted beautiful, vibrant Diwali lanterns to display in the classroom. 

Year 5

Year 5 rounded off their maths unit on money in style by launching their very own pop-up enterprises! To put their learning into practice, the children designed and created their own products to sell, carefully pricing everything in pounds and pence.

Putting their mental maths to the test, 5S visited 5J’s shops before swapping roles so everyone had a turn on both sides of the till. Armed with a £20 budget as consumers and a £15.00 float as retailers, the children did a fantastic job budgeting their money and calculating the correct change. It was wonderful to see such enthusiasm, teamwork, and real-world maths in action—the children thoroughly enjoyed the session!

Year 6

Yesterday, Year 6 had the fantastic opportunity to celebrate Michael Rosen Day by taking part in a live, interactive poetry reading assembly with the brilliant Michael Rosen himself!

The children were captivated as Michael shared some of his best-loved poems and stories. Both classrooms were filled with laughter throughout the session—with Michael’s classic poem about a very strict teacher and trying not to breathe in class proving to be a firm favourite! It was a great celebration of reading for pleasure and performance poetry, leaving Year 6 inspired to create their own poems.