Class News

JLT

Democracy is a key part of British Values and during this week, our classes have cast their votes for who they would like to represent their class on the JLT. We were absolutely overwhelmed by the number of children that wrote speeches. These were well written, full of ideas and showed off their best qualities such as leadership, good listening skills and initiative.
The votes were counted and the new members have been announced!
Here are our new members:

5,6A – Stanley
5,6B – Joseph
5,6C – Grayson
3,4A – Marshall
3,4B – Penny
3,4C – Jessica
2C – Oliver
1,2B – Oscar
1A – Harlow

Well done to each of you. I’m looking forward to working with you this year and can’t wait to get started.

Leaf Man

This week, we’ve explored all things autumn!

Understanding the world; seasonal changes

We took an autumn walk  to spot signs of autumn and changes in the natural environment. We were inspired by our story this week. Thank you to everyone who brought in conkers, leaves and other natural objects to explore in class.

Leaf Man

We’ve been reading the book Leaf Man by Lois Ehlert.

“A Leaf Man’s got to go, where the wind blows”

The book takes us on Leaf Man’s journey, as he travels on the autumn wind across different autumnal landscapes.

Our ‘word of the week’ is season. We know that we have four seasons in the year; spring, summer, autumn and winter.

Inspired by the book, we made our own ‘Leaf Man’ pictures.

PE;  football skills

This week, we’ve been working on our kicking, balancing and passing skills.

We started by practising ‘small kicks’ around hall, keeping the balls close and under control. We then balanced on one foot whilst trying to move the ball around our standing leg. We finished with some partner work, passing the ball with good control and stopping it with our foot.

Did you know…

We’ve developed our PE curriculum across our Sphere Federation schools, alongside Foot-Tech Academy.  Foot-Tech are an innovative sports coaching company that provide sessions across the city for children to develop their skills and develop a life-long love of sport and physical activity. As teachers, we have received their training and guidance on how to teach effective PE lessons. Our PE sessions have a purposeful, game-based approach and include a range of activities involving multiskills.

On Wednesday afternoons, Reception are taught their PE lesson by Foot-Tech coaches.

Finally in our PE news, a big thank you to Foot-Tech for donating a new set of footballs to Reception. They are rainbow-tastic and so much fun!

Poetry Picnic

Each week we will be learning a new poem. We will recite this poem each day. By saying the poem out loud, we can focus on the sounds and rhythm of each word or line. We talk to the children about how this can help us become better readers. This week’s poem is called Five Little Pumpkins.

Phonics 

This week has been a revision and phonics assessment week.

There will be no new ‘Learn at home’ sheets until the first week of next half term. Please continue to revisit previous sheets with your child.

Help at home; blending

Oral segmenting/blending games are great, both if your child is still learning to blend and for those children who are confident ‘blenders’, to revisit their skills. Here’s just one idea to try at home: Dress the Baby (idea taken from earlyimpactlearning.com)

Any toy can be used for this game. Put a baby doll or another toy  down  with some clothes round it- for example a hat, boots, a nappy, a coat and gloves.

Say one of the pieces of clothing in sound-talk. For example a boot would be a ‘b-oo-t.’ If your child can blend it, then they can put a piece that piece of clothing on the baby/toy. To make it easier, you can say all the pieces of clothing like robots before you start.

Let us know if you try this game at home!

More pictures of our learning this week…

Swimming

We do not yet have a start date for our swimming lessons, due to swimming coach availability. We’ll let you know when the start date is confirmed. We also put swimming date posters in our windows or on the door, so you will have notice before the children start.

Dates for your diary and reminders

Parent teacher consultations: Week commencing 20.10.25- individual appointment times.

Nasal flu vaccinations: Thursday 23.10.25

School closed- training day: Friday 24.10.25

Democracy -3,4C

This week, our Living and Learning statement is ‘I take part in democratic decisions’.

In class, the children had time to discuss and consider what makes a good leader, why people should vote for them and what changes they would make. The children then had time to create their speech if they wished to be considered as the Junior Leadership Team representative for 3,4C.

Yesterday, the children enjoyed voting in the hall using the ballot box.

Well done to all the candidates that took part. We are really proud of you.

Living and learning: democracy

It’s been election week for year 5/6. We discussed what living in a democracy means and what the alternative might look like. We spoke about what makes a good leader. Children had the opportunity to write their own speech and share their ideas with the class. The speeches were very impressive with children showing off a range of orcay skills: pace, voice projection, emotive and persuasive language, and good body language.

Help at home: ask your child about writing their speech. What ideas did they have for improving the school?

Geography fieldwork in 2C

2C enjoyed carrying out their fieldwork this week. They counted trees and identified them using a leaf identification chart.

Help at home by counting the number of trees in your locality using a tally chart.

Fieldwork in 1,2B

We brought our geography topic to life this week by conducting some fieldwork outside. We wanted to find out how many and what types of trees are on our field. We used a tally chart to count and tree identification pictures to find out what types we have.

Help at home by identifying trees in your locality using ideas here.

1A Geography fieldwork

What a fantastic time we had on our Geography fieldwork this week! The children showed excellent awareness of how to stay safe while carrying out their investigations.

Before setting off, we reminded ourselves of our important safety rules:

• We stay with our class and our adults at all times.

• We listen carefully to our adult’s instructions.

Our fieldwork question was: “What trees are there on the school field?”
To find the answer, we took photographs and collected leaves from different trees and then later identified them in class.

Next week we will be presenting our findings and discussing what we found. The tree that was the most common was a beech tree. We enjoyed looking at the oak tree as there were lots of acorns on the floor.

Help at home by discussing your local environment and what you can see.

Maths – Bridging 100

In our recent maths sessions, we’ve been learning how to bridge 100 when subtracting.

This method will make calculations quicker and easier for us!

Eg:

Instead of counting back six times: 103, 102, 101 etc, we can use the following sentences to help us bridge 100.

Help at home: Give your child some questions to complete and chant the sentences above with them to help.

Year 2 football

Thank you so much to everyone that took part in the Y2 football tournament yesterday. Thank you to the adults that brought the children along and came to cheer them on from the side lines. They did so well, working as a team for the first time together.

See the results below!

The children looked fantastic in their Scholes kit, kindly provided by FOSP.

Our next games will be held Monday 24th assembly.

Fantastic fieldwork!

5,6 B went straight out into the very British drizzle this morning to complete some fieldwork. As part of topic, the children have been learning that trees store large amounts of carbon from the atmosphere. They are able to calculate how much carbon is stored in each tree by measuring the girth of the trunk – the distance around the tree trunk. The children measured a sample of trees using string and metre rulers and recorded their results. Back at school, the children will calculate the estimated carbon store once back at school.