Date: 3rd Dec 2025 @ 1:01pm

As our 'Repeating Patterns' journey continues, the pupils in year 4 began to create a surface pattern tile. Next lesson, they will use this to digitally create a repeating pattern to produce some Christmas wrapping paper. We look forward to sharing our finished products with you soon.

Year 4 - Glockenspiels

Date: 3rd Dec 2025 @ 12:01pm

This week, we listen and appraised the Rocking Romans song 'Spin that coin'. Then we had a go at singing it. There were numerous instrumentals in the song, so we used two notes on our glockenspiels (G and A) to play along during the instrumental. We were really good!

Year 4 - December Kindness Challenge

Date: 2nd Dec 2025 @ 10:22am

Our December kindness challenge is up and running in Year 4!

1st - Make your teacher a Christmas card

2nd - Hold the door open for someone

We can't wait to see more kindness not just in school but outside of school throughout December!

Year 1 Church Visit

Date: 1st Dec 2025 @ 6:41pm

This week Reverend Peter from St Marks Church visited us to talk about the important message in the Christmas story. We told him everything that we have learnt about Christianity so far. Reverend Peter then read the nativity story to us and we all joined in with different parts. He taught us about the key messages in the story and the roles of different characters. We then had some time to ask questions about the Nativity story and the Christian faith.

Year 1 Map Symbols

Date: 1st Dec 2025 @ 6:37pm

Today we learnt to recognise the symbols used on an Ordnance Survey map. We learnt that these maps are used to help people find places of interest in an area. We then looked at different map symbols together and worked out what each meant. We learnt that symbols are used to save space on a map and clearly show where different things area located.

Year 1 Stickman

Date: 1st Dec 2025 @ 6:31pm

Over the next week, Year 1 will be reading the story 'Stickman' and completing lots of different activites relating to this story. Today we began with an oracy session, to learn more about the characters, setting and key vocabulary. We then ordered the story, focusing on the key events and retelling the story with our peers.

Acorns - We’re going on a journey

Date: 1st Dec 2025 @ 5:20pm

Acorns have enjoyed going on their very own journey this afternoon to see our local community. We liked going on the minibus and looking at our local sights including the beach, Blackpool tower, the fairground rides and the Christmas lights.

We also looked out for different modes of transport as part of our topic. Although it was a wet afternoon, we saw lots of cars, buses, lorries, a number of trams and even a Spitfire aeroplane on the roundabout.

What a lovely journey!

Year 4 - Surface patterns

Date: 1st Dec 2025 @ 9:25am

Today, we looked at artist Rachel Parker. She specialises in surface pattern designs. It was so interesting to see her art in her sketchbooks then be used on this such as curtains, phone cases and rugs.

Year 2 - Managing Distractions!

Date: 1st Dec 2025 @ 7:56am

We began by using our oracy skills to explore what managing distractions means, discussing the difference between internal distractions and external distractions. We also talked about how important it is to recognise anything that might take our attention away from learning. After watching a short video, we used the think, nest, respond strategy to reflect on what we had learned. This helped us understand the many types of distractions we may face and how these can vary depending on our environment. Working in groups, we looked at an image and identified potential distractions within it, explaining why each one might interrupt our focus. To finish the lesson, we shared practical strategies we can use to avoid or manage distractions in the future.

Year 6 - Measures

Date: 28th Nov 2025 @ 4:23pm

🧮 Hands-On Maths Fun!

Today our children enjoyed a practical maths session all about measures. They had the chance to explore and experiment with a variety of equipment, including:

📏 Tape measures to check the length of different objects
🫗 Measuring jugs to estimate and record capacity
⚖️ Weighing scales to find the mass of everyday items

Through these activities, pupils practised estimating and then measuring accurately. This hands-on experience really helped them make meaningful connections with their classroom maths work, showing how numbers and measurements are part of the world around us.

Year 6 - Online Safety Talk

Date: 28th Nov 2025 @ 2:01pm

👮‍♂️ Our Visit About Online Safety

Today the police came to talk to us about Online Safety. It was really interesting and made us think about how we use the internet every day.

🌐 What We Might See Online

Sometimes the internet shows us things that aren’t nice. This could be:

Cruelty or bullying
Abuse
Inappropriate content

If we ever see something that makes us feel upset, the best thing to do is tell a trusted adult.

😴 Why Late-Night Scrolling Isn’t Great

We also learned about using phones, tablets, or computers late at night. The police explained that:

Screens can stop us from sleeping properly
Being tired makes it harder to concentrate in class
Putting devices away before bed helps us feel more rested

🛡️ How We Can Stay Safe

Here are some easy tips we talked about:

Limit screen time before bed
Use privacy settings
Talk to parents or teachers if something online worries us

✨ What We Learned

The internet can be amazing, but it’s important to use it wisely. By making smart choices, we can stay safe, happy, and focused.

Reception- Handwriting

Date: 28th Nov 2025 @ 11:23am

In Reception, we work very hard everyday learning how to form our letters correctly.

We remind ourselves how to hold our pencil using the correct grip and then repeat the letter formation rhymes we have learnt in phonics.

Our hard work is then celebrated each week in a whole school assembly where someone has the chance to be the Handwriter of the Week.

Reception learn about autumn

Date: 28th Nov 2025 @ 10:59am

Over this half term the children in reception have been learning about the season of autumn. We had a fantastic trip to Salisbury Woods where we looked for signs of autumn and look for different autumnal animals living in the woods. When we returned to school many of our oracy sessions were themed around autumn; exploring new vocabulary and using stem sentences to and widgets to build our own sentences. We have also been learning to build on each others knowledge which has led to some fabulous discussions during carpet time. Within continuous provision we have been painting autumn trees, exploring our autumn sensory tough tray and taking part in many activities in writing and maths linked to the theme of autumn.

"In autumn the temperature gets colder" Ava

"The days are shorter and it goes dark early" Theo

"Some animals hiberate" Rohan

"The leaves fall down and change colour" Sydney

"That's because there isn't lots of sun so they start to die" Lockie

Have a look at our fabulous learning.

Reception-The Gruffalo- Being Imaginative

Date: 28th Nov 2025 @ 10:57am

We have had lots of fun over the last two weeks being imaginitive and acting out the story of The Gruffalo, both inside and outside of the classroom.

Take a look at our photos!

"I'm the Gruffalo...I'm big and scary with orange eyes, purple prickles down my back and a green nose" Lockie.

"I love reading the story.. look at his black tongue and knobbly knees" Joseph

"I'm eating owl ice- cream in the gruffalo house" Ruby- Louise

"Come into the Gruffalo house.. have some food... i won't eat you!" Faith B

"I'm making food for the Gruffalo... chop, chop the carrots...orange like his eyes" Daisy

"Mmmm yummy food for the mouse...snake...owl and fox- they like vegetables" Dolcie- Rae

"We're making Gruffalo food in the woods!" Tilly- Mae

Year 6 - Geography

Date: 28th Nov 2025 @ 10:55am

In geography, we’ve been practicing how to read maps and spot important places around the UK. It’s been exciting to see how cities, rivers, and mountains all connect!

🏙️ Cities

We found the capital cities of the UK:

London
Edinburgh
Cardiff
Belfast

🌊 Rivers

We located famous rivers such as:

Thames
Severn
Trent
Clyde

⛰️ Mountains

We explored mountain ranges including:

Scottish Highlands (with Ben Nevis, the tallest peak)
Pennines
Snowdonia
Grampian Mountains

🧭 What We Learned

Maps aren’t just lines and names—they show how people live alongside rivers and mountains

Reception get creative!

Date: 28th Nov 2025 @ 10:51am

Over the past few weeks Reception have been reading the story 'The Gruffalo'. As part of our learning we have been exploring using a range of different meduims and materials to create our own Gruffalos. We painted them first focusing on the use of colour ensuring we remembered his orange eyes and purple prickles. We then used a range of materials in the creative area to collage the Gruffalo adding specific details including tusks, a poisonous wart and purple prickles. During continuous provision the children also had the change to use the playdough to make their own models of the Gruffalo. Finally we explored how we could use recycled materials to make junk model Gruffalo. We explored how we could fix, join and attach the different materials and boxes using masking tape. The children worked really hard perserving even when it was tricky. When they finished their models they were encouraged to talk about what they liked best about it and how it could be further improved.

Reception comparing length

Date: 28th Nov 2025 @ 10:39am

This week during maths we have being comparing length using the correct mathematical vocabularly. The children then explored this during continuos provision making different length snakes out of playdough and ordering them from shortest to longest. Th children were encouraged to compare the length using the vocabulary forom our oracy session. The children also counted the correct links onto the snake heads and explained which was the longest and why.

"This snake is longer becuase 5 is more than two" Shiloh

"The green snake is longer than the red snake" Noah

Year 2 Get Busy Making Christingles! ✨

Date: 28th Nov 2025 @ 10:12am

It’s been a wonderfully festive week in Year 2 as the children got hands-on making their very own Christingles! As part of their learning about Jesus and the importance of this time of year for Christians, the class explored what each part of the Christingle represents — and of course, the highlight was adding the candle on top.

The children were fascinated to discover the symbolic meaning behind the candle: how its light reminds Christians of Jesus as the light of the world, shining hope and warmth even in the darkest season. There were lots of “oohs” and “aahs” as the candles were lit (safely!), and even more excitement as everyone proudly held up their finished Christingles.

To bring all their learning together, we held our own special Christingle service, giving the children a chance to pause, reflect, and think about the joy and hope that the coming weeks bring. It was a lovely moment of calm in the midst of the December buzz, and the children took part with such thoughtfulness.

A big well done to Year 2 for their creativity, enthusiasm, and beautiful reflections. It truly feels like the Christmas season has begun! 🎄🕯️

Year 6 - Drugs talk

Date: 28th Nov 2025 @ 8:52am

As part of our PSHE and Science curriculum, today we invited PCSO Debby Savage to talk to Year 6 about the effects and dangers of drugs and alcohol. The children were very sensible listening to what she had to say and asked some very good questions. We discussed smoking, vaping, alcohol and illegal/legal drugs and how they can affect our bodies.

Year 3 Cave Baby Role Play

Date: 27th Nov 2025 @ 9:56am

In this lesson, children explored oracy skills by immersing themselves in the story Cave Baby. After listening to the book, pupils became different characters from the story, such as Cave Baby, the mammoth, and the parents. They used key phrases from the text alongside their own imaginative ideas to bring the narrative to life through role play. This activity encouraged expressive language, turn-taking, and active listening, while promoting confidence in speaking. By adopting character perspectives, children practiced using tone, gesture, and vocabulary effectively, deepening their understanding of the story and enhancing their ability to communicate creatively.

Year 3 - Reading into Writing

Date: 27th Nov 2025 @ 9:49am

This week, our children have been developing their Oracy skills, focusing especially on tone and intonation as they read aloud the opening of their own traditional tales. Our new class story is set at Christmas, following a main character who adores the festive season—until a miserable goblin appears, determined to destroy Christmas and dampen their joyful spirit.

As the children shared their stories so far, they experimented with using warm, excited tones to capture the magic of Christmas, then shifted to grumbly, low voices to bring the goblin’s gloomy personality to life. It was wonderful to see them thinking carefully about how their voices can enhance meaning, atmosphere, and character.

The classroom was filled with expression, confidence, and creativity. We can’t wait to continue developing our tales and see how our young storytellers bring their festive adventures to life!

Redwoods - Mastering Multiplication

Date: 27th Nov 2025 @ 5:44am

Our Maths journey over the last two weeks has been to master multiplication and division. Working collabortively we have expllored these two mathematical terms using lots of physical resources. In groups and pairs we have investigated ways to group amounts, share equally and also how to record these clearly. towards the end of our journey we bgan to see the relationship bewteen division and multiplication, making links to our timestables.

Year 3 - Science

Date: 26th Nov 2025 @ 9:30pm

In this week's science lesson, we carried out a comparative test to explore friction. We wanted to find out which surface—carpet, foam, wood, sandpaper, bubble wrap or foil—would create the least friction so a toy car would travel the furthest.

We discussed fair testing, kept everything the same except the surface, and made our predictions. Using a ramp, we released the car and measured the distance it travelled before stopping.

We found that rough surfaces, like carpet and sandpaper, slowed the car down, while smoother ones, such as foil and wood, helped it travel further. A fun and simple way to see friction in action!

Year 3 - Together Time

Date: 26th Nov 2025 @ 9:27pm

This week, we were delighted to welcome our wonderful parents and carers into school for Together Time—a special opportunity for families to join their children in the classroom and experience learning side by side.

Our focus for the session was Design and Technology, and more specifically, 3D nets. This forms an important step in our DT journey as we work towards designing and creating our very own gift bags from nets.

Parents, carers, and children explored a range of hands-on activities together. They examined real-life packaging nets, experimented with magnetic tiles to build 3D shapes, and took part in a sorting activity to identify different types of nets. One of the highlights was investigating existing products—carefully deconstructing them to reveal the nets inside, then reassembling them to understand how each shape fits together.

It was wonderful to see families collaborating, problem-solving, and talking through ideas. The classroom buzzed with curiosity and creativity as everyone discovered just how much thought goes into turning a flat net into a 3D object.

A huge thank-you to all the parents and carers who joined us. Your involvement makes these learning experiences truly memorable for the children, and we can’t wait to share the next stage of our DT journey with you!

Nursery

Date: 26th Nov 2025 @ 9:08pm

Every Thursday the children have a PE session with our sports coach, Mr Ratcliff. The children learn a range of different skills from throwing and catching to controlling their speed as they move safely around spaces and across obstacle courses. They explore different PE equipment including bats, balls and bikes and also the importance of working as a team.

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