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Date: 13th Jan 2026 @ 3:56pm
Year 6 Start Their French Unit on Vikings!
This term, Year 6 are starting an exciting new topic in French – Les Vikings! They will learn words and phrases about Viking life, such as ships, warriors, and homes, all in French.
The children will also learn how to describe:
- Hair colour
- Hair length
- Eye colour
This is a great way to learn French while exploring history. By the end of the unit, Year 6 will be able to talk about Viking life – en français!
Date: 13th Jan 2026 @ 2:27pm
Year 5 have been enjoying yoga in PE, exploring a variety of positions and poses. They have been learning how to link these poses together to create smooth flows. The children have shown excellent balance and control, successfully holding some challenging positions and demonstrating determination and focus throughout their sessions.
Date: 13th Jan 2026 @ 2:18pm
Year 5 have been exploring the features of biased arguments in their writing. One key feature they focused on was rhetorical questions. The children learned how rhetorical questions are used to influence the reader and strengthen an argument. They confidently practised identifying rhetorical questions in texts and went on to successfully write their own, demonstrating a strong understanding of their purpose and impact.
Date: 13th Jan 2026 @ 11:24am
This week, we practised singing 'Bringing us together'. Then we looked at the three notes we would be using on the glockenspiels (G, A and C). We located them on the instrument and pracitsed playing. Some of us were brave enough to play solos or duos to the whole class.
Date: 9th Jan 2026 @ 3:38pm
Happy New Year to all our families. Acorns have had a great first week back and settled in well.
Our topic this term is colour and light. This week we have had fun exploring colours and colour mixing through a variety of multi sensory activities. Take a look!
Nursery Welcome some New Friends
Date: 9th Jan 2026 @ 12:53pm
It's been a busy week as we welcomed our new starters to Nursery. Our older children have been busy teaching them our routines and have been great at modelling how to play. We 're really looking forward to getting to know our new friends and for all the exciting learning we will be doinng this term.
Reception- Winter Repeating Patterns
Date: 9th Jan 2026 @ 11:14am
We have been learning how to create our own Wintery repeating pattern on a hat and scarf, using Wintery colours, such as blue, white and silver.
Take a look at our snazzy Winter creations!
"I have used blue, white, blue white, blue white - it's a repeating pattern" Reggie
"I love the pom poms on my repeating pattern" Faith B
"My hat is blue and silver" Oliver
Date: 9th Jan 2026 @ 11:08am
This week we have been focusing on the composition of the number 5. We have explored different ways of making five using a range of resources including the part part whole frame, 5 frames and multi link. The children represented the number in different ways and then orally recited the number bonds to 5. Some children even had a go a recorded the number bonds as a calculation with support.
Date: 9th Jan 2026 @ 11:01am
This week in Reception we have been reading the story 'Jack Frost'. As part of our learning we have been learning about the season of winter. describing what it is like as well as spots different signs of winer outside in out garden. We have been introduced to lots of new vocabulary to describe the changes we have observed outside.
"The ground is frozen" Ava
"It is frosty and cold" Eliza
"The temperature is cold- the water have changed to ice" Noah
The children had the opportunity to create their own Jack Frost inspired winter scenes and produced some lovely pieces of writing linked to the story.
Reception- What to wear in Winter
Date: 9th Jan 2026 @ 10:46am
This week we have been learning about Winter and what we should wear to keep ourselves warm.
In the home corner we dressed up in hats, scarves and gloves. This activity is to teach children the importance of wrapping up warm and how to do so through items they will likely already have in their wardrobe.
"Gloves keep my hands warm because it is cold outside in Winter" Noah
" I'm wearing a scarf because its frosty today" Zara
"My hat keeps my head warm when its freezing outside and snowy" Bonnie
"in winter it is icy and you need your coat and boots on to keep warm" Ava
Date: 8th Jan 2026 @ 3:50pm
Today, we thought about who is special in our lives. We discussed what makes them special to us and respected we all have different people who are special to us for our own personal reasons. Finally, we drew our special people and labelled them.
Year 1 Understanding 10, 11, 12 and 13
Date: 8th Jan 2026 @ 3:45pm
This half term, we have began to explore numbers to 20. Throughout the week, we have looked at teen numbers and the composition of them. Yesterday, we sorted numbers whether they showed 10 or not and today we looked at a range of representations and had to sort them whether they were representing the number 11, 12 or 13.
Date: 8th Jan 2026 @ 11:57am
Over the last week, Year 4 had the opportunity to work with Ribble Rivers Trust. Some of their team members came into school to talk to us about all the work they do. We all started our own conservation team to help RRT. We were given a model of a river and in our conservation teams, we had to label each part of the river Ribble. We had to use our oracy skills to discuss where we thought each part went. We found the tributaries, saw meanders in the river and found the source and mouth.
Helen (RRT) told us how the floodplains rich with wildlife because the river’s water creating the floodplains bring lots of nutrition for the wildlife. We looked at lots of different wildlife and decided which were freshwater and which were saltwater. We were surprised to learn that trouts all start in a river as a Brown Trout, but some migrate to the sea and become sea trouts.
Helen and Cody from RRT also told us about their jobs as engagement officers and how they work with school to help spread the word.
RRT are planting 35,000 trees this year to help provide shade for the river wildlife during hot months and they have also helped farmers pay for fences to stop their animals going near the rivers and causing pollution. Pollution such as sewage waste and litter can harm rivers and their wildlife.
In the afternoons, we were lucky enough to go out on a walk to Stanley Park. We saw lots of nature and Helen taught us about wildlife we saw there.
In a tree filled area of Stanley Park, we paused for two minutes to listen to the sounds we could hear. We heard birds tweeting, people talking walking passed and even the sealions at the zoo!
Afterwards, we picked leaves to do leaf printing back in school.
Along our walk there and back we couldn’t believe the amount of litter we saw. We spoke about how this affects wildlife and our environment.
Date: 8th Jan 2026 @ 10:38am
Date: 8th Jan 2026 @ 10:33am
This week, Year 5 began their journey into Hinduism! The children learned that Brahman is the supreme spirit and explored how Hindu stories are used to guide people in their daily lives. They were able to explain that Vishnu is one of the principal Hindu deities and clearly identify Krishna as an avatar of Vishnu. Through discussion and reflection, pupils shared thoughtful ideas about beliefs, values and personal meaning, showing a growing understanding of how religion helps people make sense of the world around them. A brilliant session full of learning, discussion and curiosity!
Date: 8th Jan 2026 @ 9:19am
Date: 7th Jan 2026 @ 8:38pm
Year 3 enjoyed their first science lesson on rocks, where we learned how geologists classify rocks into three types: sedimentary, metamorphic and igneous. We discussed how each type of rock is formed and what makes them different.
Each table investigated a rock using magnifying glasses, carefully observing its features. The children used 4–6 rock cards to help them identify which rock they had and explain their reasoning. We explored chalk, limestone, slate, marble and granite, discussing their characteristics and deciding how each should be classified. The children showed great curiosity and scientific thinking throughout the lesson! 🪨🔍
Date: 7th Jan 2026 @ 8:34pm
This week in PE, the children enjoyed a fitness lesson focused on the importance of staying active and healthy. We began with a fun warm-up using skipping ropes in groups of three, creating snakes and tunnels. The children jogged around, jumping over the snakes and ducking under the tunnels, while discussing why warming up is important for our bodies.
Next, the children stayed in their trios and took turns completing balance challenges, including balancing a bean bag on their head while standing on one foot, skipping and balancing, and lifting and placing a hoop. We talked about the importance of core strength and using our tummy muscles to help us balance. A great session full of effort and focus! 💪
Date: 7th Jan 2026 @ 8:28pm
During the Year 3 oracy lesson, pupils focused on how to structure clear and effective sentences while taking part in group discussions. Each group used discussion roles such as instigator, builder, prober, challenger, clarifier and summariser to help ideas develop and stay focused. The children discussed imaginative and engaging topics, including what they would do if they could stop time for a day, what job they would like to have when they are older, and whether they would rather hop or crawl everywhere. The lesson supported confident speaking, active listening and collaborative thinking.
Date: 7th Jan 2026 @ 4:12pm
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Date: 6th Jan 2026 @ 8:25pm
In mastering number we have been looking at how to make doubles, using the number facts we already know. We played a game with a idce, looking at doubling and halving numbers. We also looked at using the rekenrek, to find doubles. We used the sentence stems '5 and a bit' '-- is made up of 5 and --' and 'double 5 and -- is --'.
Year 2- Living or never alive?
Date: 6th Jan 2026 @ 8:21pm
This week in science, we explored and compared the differences between things that are living, dead, and things that have never been alive. Through partner discussions, we shared our ideas and talked about similarities and differences we have noticed in the world around us. We worked together to sort and arrange pictures, answering our focus question: Is it living, dead, or has it never been alive? We discussed our choices with our partner which allowed us to critical think and reason why we think it is either living, dead or never been alive.
Date: 6th Jan 2026 @ 8:20pm
This week in PE, we took part in a yoga session linked to the exciting theme “Jumping into the Ocean.” The lesson allowed us to copy and repeat a range of yoga movements inspired by life in the ocean. We carried out poses that linked to creatures such as dolphins, starfish, and sharks, helping us to use our imagination while developing our physical skills. Through yoga, we worked on improving our flexibility, strength, balance, and coordination. We practised holding poses, controlling the movements and focusing on our breathing. These activities support not only physical development but also our mind to feel calm, relaxed and focused.
Date: 6th Jan 2026 @ 8:19pm
This week in Maths, we have been learning about telling the time. We focused on reading o’clock and half past times. We explored how the hour hand and minute hand work on an analogue clock. To support our learning, we worked with our partner to practically use clocks to show a range of different times. This helped us talk to check our answers together and discuss any misconceptions.
