Our Year 5 class had an exciting RAF Road to RIAT day, where the children explored the fascinating world of space and rockets. They took part in engaging activities that helped them learn about how rockets work, the challenges of space travel, and the science behind launching into orbit. The day was filled with curiosity, teamwork, and hands-on learning, inspiring the children to think like scientists and engineers while deepening their understanding of space exploration. As part of the experience, the children also took part in a live lesson where they designed, built, and tested their own rockets, putting their new knowledge into practice in a fun and memorable way.
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Date: 30th Sep 2025 @ 5:36pm
What are key stage 2 tests?
If you have a child in year 6, at the end of key stage 2 (KS2) they will take national curriculum assessments in:
- English grammar, punctuation and spelling
- English reading
- mathematics
Some people refer to these tests as SATs.
The tests help measure the attainment of pupils in relation to the standards set out in the national curriculum, and help teachers and parents identify where pupils may need additional support in a certain subject area. The test results are also used to report publicly on schools’ performance via the Department for Education’s (DfE) Compare School and College Performance service and to produce national and regional performance statistics.
Your child will sit the KS2 tests on scheduled dates set by the Standards and Testing Agency (STA). If your child is absent on a scheduled test day, they may be able to take any missed test up to 5 school days afterwards. Your child’s school must apply for a timetable variation and receive approval from STA to allow for this.
For the academic year 2025 to 2026, the KS2 tests are scheduled to take place from Monday 11 May to Thursday 14 May 2026:
| Date | Tests |
|---|---|
| Monday 11 May | English grammar, punctuation and spelling Paper 1: questions |
| Monday 11 May | English grammar, punctuation and spelling Paper 2: spelling |
| Tuesday 12 May | English reading |
| Wednesday 13 May | Mathematics Paper 1: arithmetic |
| Wednesday 13 May | Mathematics Paper 2: reasoning |
| Thursday 14 May | Mathematics Paper 3: reasoning |
Are there any other assessments?
There are no tests for English writing or science at the end of KS2, but performance in these subjects will be reported as a teacher assessment judgement. Your child’s teachers will make this judgement based on your child’s overall work and performance in the subject. As with the tests, this will help to indicate if your child needs more support in the subject.
Teacher assessment judgements in English writing may be externally moderated by the school’s local authority. This is a collaborative process between the school and local authority moderator, to ensure that judgements are consistent with national standards.
If your child is working below the standards of the national curriculum in one or more subjects, they may be assessed under an alternative teacher assessment – either the:
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pre-key stage 2 standards, if they are engaged in subject-specific study
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engagement model, if they are not engaged in subject-specific study
Your child’s school will inform you if this is the case.
When will my child receive their results?
Schools can view KS2 test results online from Tuesday 7 July 2026.
Your child’s school will decide how they issue test results and teacher assessment judgements to pupils and parents, but you should receive them by the end of the summer term.
Your child’s school will also discuss your child’s overall performance at the end of KS2 with you before the summer holidays and give you the opportunity to raise any questions or concerns you may have about your child’s results.
Schools will review test papers and submit marking review applications if they believe the marking scheme has not been applied correctly. In the rare cases where revisions to results are necessary, they are made once the review process is complete at the end of the summer holidays.
The secondary school your child is moving to will also be able to access your child’s results. This helps them plan how best to support new pupils on entry.
Date: 30th Sep 2025 @ 11:25am
For our democracy week we discussed what democracy meant and how it works in our country. We then discussed how democracy worked in school, with our School Council. The children wrote and presented manifestos as to why they would be a good school council member and what they would like to see improve. We voted for our class School Council member at our school polling station. Congratulations to Sid and Levi.
Date: 29th Sep 2025 @ 7:31pm
This week, we continued our learning about the body and our 5 senses by exploring our sense of smell. We smelt a range of items and thought about how we could describe the smell using key vocabulary including: smoky, rotten, fresh, spicy and others. We also thought about whether we recognised the smell and what we thought it might be. Some smelt really nice but others were strong.
Date: 29th Sep 2025 @ 5:56pm
Today we read our new story, 'Handas Surprise.' We discussed the characters, the setting and the key events, before sequencing the story ourselves. We also accessed different related tasks in our provision, including retelling the story in our storytelling area, ordering numbers 1-10 and creating a fruit basket for Handa.
Redwoods Cooking Chocolate Chip Cookies.
Date: 29th Sep 2025 @ 3:57pm
In this weeks cooking lesson we discussed more about kitchen safety before looking at the steps to making chocolate chip cookies. We measured out each of our ingrediants before creating our cookies dough and baking it. Our cookies were tasty and crunchy.
Redwoods : Addition and Subtraction
Date: 29th Sep 2025 @ 3:25pm
In Maths we have been looking at different strategies for addition and subtraction. We have looked at practical strategies with physical resources, counting forwards and backwards, before we started to look at efficient methods.
Date: 29th Sep 2025 @ 3:22pm
In Redwoods we have started to create the parts for our first playground project. We are creating a bowling alley with recylable resources. So far we have painted the tires for the barriers of our lane and some bottles which will become the skittles.
Date: 29th Sep 2025 @ 9:01am
In this lesson, pupils explored how to act with empathy and show respect in situations involving discrimination, teasing and bullying. Through role-play and guided discussion, they examined a range of realistic scenarios and considered the impact of words and actions on others.
The Year group worked collaboratively to identify respectful responses, such as standing up for someone being treated unfairly, offering support, and seeking adult help when necessary. This approach encouraged pupils to develop their understanding of kindness, fairness and inclusion, while giving them practical strategies for responding appropriately and respectfully in challenging social situations.
Date: 26th Sep 2025 @ 4:39pm
This week we have been reading the story Rosie's Walk. Although, unaware that a fox is after her, Rosie the hen takes a walk around the farmyard, leading him into one accident after another. An amusing story that helps children learn positional language.
We sequenced the story, collaged a fox, retold the story using small figures and puppets and then acted out the story in our outdoor area where we made an obstacle course to travel under, over, through and around just like Rosie did on her walk.
Take a look at our photos.
Date: 26th Sep 2025 @ 2:26pm
Acorns will be exploring and learning about people who help us for the next few weeks. We have enjoyed listening and interacting with our sensory story.
Acorns have enjoyed being introduced to people who help us through our puppets. We have also incorporated activities into our learning. We loved putting out fires outside like firemen.
Date: 26th Sep 2025 @ 11:25am
The children in Reception have been learning about the history of themselves. We started by reading the story 'When we were giants' and then discussed all the different stages of our life.
"First you are a baby and then you grow bigger' Lockie
"When your bigger you become an adult" Rohan.
We talked about the different theinkgs we learn at different stagea in our life and why these skills are important.
""We you go to school you learn to read" Ava
"Adults looks after children and make tea"
The children then sequenced the picutres correctly.
Date: 26th Sep 2025 @ 11:13am
The children in Reception have been busy learning our letter sounds. They have been taking part in their daily phonics lessons focusing of regonising graphemes, oral segmenting and blending CVC words hearning the initial sound. We have been practising forming our letters correctly and labeling pictures with the intial sound. Have a look at our learning!
Year 3 - School Council Elections
Date: 25th Sep 2025 @ 2:50pm
Today, our school witnessed an inspiring democratic exercise as children voted for their class school counsellor. Each candidate confidently read out their manifesto, sharing ideas to support classmates and improve the school environment. After hearing the speeches, students headed to the hall to cast their votes in the ballot box, embracing the importance of participation and responsibility. This event not only encouraged leadership skills but also taught the value of making informed choices. It’s wonderful to see young minds actively engaged in shaping their school community!
Nursery Bake some Bear Cookies
Date: 25th Sep 2025 @ 2:40pm
In Nursery, we felt very sad for the bear from "We're Going on a Bear Hunt". The children thought he looked really sad at the end of the story and maybe he just wanted some friends.To cheer him up, we made him some delicious cookies to share. As we made the biscuits, the children listened carefully to instructions, took turns with their friends and watched how the ingredients changed. The bear said our biscuits melted in his mouth and went down a treat with a nice cup of tea.
Date: 25th Sep 2025 @ 2:27pm
We have been Reading "We're Going on a Bear Hunt" by Michael Rosen. The children are great at joining in with the rythm of the story and are starting to retell the story in the correct order. We went on our own bear hunt around school and found bears in all sorts of unusual places! We used lots of prepostion words to describe where the bears where including on, in and behind! We counted all the bears and found out that we had found 16 bears!
Date: 25th Sep 2025 @ 11:09am
Our fitness unit continues as we look at increasing our heart rate through gentle exercise, increasing this so we use more energy. This week we also introduced the skill of evading in small group games involving attack and defence positions. We thought tactically about how we would move in order to slow down an attacker and how sometimes this involves larger movements of our bodies all the while the attacker had to think about how they moved, introducing 'false moves' to put off the defenders and break through the defense.
Year 5 - School Council Elections
Date: 25th Sep 2025 @ 10:51am
School Council Elections!
Yesterday was a very exciting day- it was Election Day for the School Councillors!
Candidates started the day by presenting their manifesto to their class and then every child completed a ballot paper to vote for their chosen representative. The voting booths had been set up in the hall and children placed their ballot paper in the ballot box. After the votes had been counted, an assembly was held to reveal the results.
The children learnt about the key British Value, democracy, what it means and if it is a good thing.
Year 4 - Non Chronological Report - Shared Write
Date: 25th Sep 2025 @ 10:14am
Today, we completed a shared write about Black History Month, which is next month. We had to use our knowledge of the features of non-chronological reports to set out the information we were given correctly.
Date: 25th Sep 2025 @ 10:07am
Earlier this week, children who wanted to run for School Council presented their manifestos to their class. They presented with clear and confident voices. Today, was voting day! We will find out who has been elected this afternoon. Good luck to all the candidates!
Date: 24th Sep 2025 @ 12:53pm
Today we were visited by local magistrates who told us all about their jobs and how they play integral roles in the court system. We then took part in a mock trial, which centred around a case of online bullying. Children were given roles to play and words to read out, these included prosecution, defence, judge, victim, court usher and witnesses. The children really got a feel for what goes on in a courtroom and some of us are even considering future careers!
Year 1- School Council Elections
Date: 24th Sep 2025 @ 7:45am
This week, the whole School have been preparing manifesto's as to why they should represent the class as a member of the school council. As part of our Reading into Writing, we carefully thought about why we would be a good councillor and presented them to the class to encourage them to vote for us. On Thursday, we went into the hall and confidentially placed our votes for who we believed would be the best person to represent us.
Well done to our newly elected councillors!
Beech- Kevin
Hazel- Myla-Gray
Date: 24th Sep 2025 @ 7:38am
This week in Year One, we have explored different ways of representing numbers as well as using multi-link cubes to show counting on from any given number within 10. This is helping us develop a more secure knowledge of numbers within 10. We noticed that when counting on, we needed one more cube each time and the towers got one bigger.
Year 6 - The Slave Trade and Harriet Tubman
Date: 23rd Sep 2025 @ 12:31pm
As part of our work for Black History Month, we learned about the Atlantic slave trade and the life story of Harriet Tubman. Over the next couple of weeks we will be writing an autoboigraphy based on Harriet Tubman.
Date: 22nd Sep 2025 @ 8:17pm
Today we completed experiements to prove that like all substances, gases have mass. We weighed an empty balloon and then weighed it after it was inflated. Although the balloon floated more slowly, it actually had more mass! We also discovered that mixing an acid with an alkaline substance created a gas called carbon dioxide - which we used to extinguish a flame.
