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If your child would like to see Santa at the Christmas Fayre. Please ensure you have purchased your tickets beforehand. Details of when tickets are going to be sold can be found on the poster below:

A reminder we break up for Christmas on Friday 19th December. School finishes at 1.15pm on this date and all children must be collected at this time unless they are in Years 5 & 6 and are a home walker. Monday 5th January is a PD day therefore, school is closed on this day. All pupils return on Tuesday 6th January 2026!

Pupils who are eligible for Free School Meals are entitled to HAF funding over the Christmas holidays. This week if your child is eligible for Free School Meals, please note this does not include Universal Infant Free School Meals, they will be coming home with a HAF leaflet which will include the code needed in order to book on the HAF holiday clubs. Further information is provided in the attachments below. If your child is eligible for Free School Meals and you do not recei

Happy Friday!   This week we have been looking at the story ‘The Scarecrow’s Wedding’.   We have been talking about celebrations and the children have enjoyed making cakes with playdough and in the sand, designing cakes and writing lists. The last couple of weeks we have been continuing our finger workouts and working on how we hold a pencil. Yesterday, we looked at how we formed ‘h’ and then the children had a go on whiteboards and in the sand.   In phonics, we have looked a

It’s been so cold we’ve made sure we’ve stayed warm and busy this week. In English we have started a new class text! We are reading Friend or Foe by Michael Morpurgo and are really excited to get stuck into it! In our writing we have been looking at character descriptions, and linking these to our prior knowledge of WW2. In Maths we have been learning our 2, 4 and 8 times tables in our Multiplication and Division topic. We have used BBC Supermovers to support our knowledge an

We have had a wonderfully busy and engaging week in Year 6. In Reading, the children have continued to enjoy our class text The Boy at the Back of the Class . We have been developing our comprehension skills by comparing characters, exploring their similarities, differences, and the ways their actions contribute to the story. The discussions have been thoughtful and full of insight. In Writing, we have begun our unit on diary writing. The class has explored key features of an

Good afternoon, I have been so impressed this week with some of the discussions and the work the children have produced. They have really got to grips with their new English writing unit on biographies. So far we have analysed one and had a go as a class writing one, before the children write one independently next week. In maths we are continuing to look at multiplication and division and have moved on to possibly the trickiest tables yet... the 7s. We will continue to look

The next Friends meeting will be held at school on Tuesday 25th November, 2pm. All are welcome to attend. If anyone can offer any support at the Christmas Fayre on 8th December but is unable to attend the meeting please contact the school or the Friends directly. We would appreciate any help!

A walk in flu clinic is being held this weekend at Coral house. For further details please see information below:

What a busy and exciting week it has been in Year 5! The children have shown fantastic curiosity, creativity and resilience across all of their subjects. 🍽️ Food Tasting – Seasonal Foods As part of our learning, Year 5 took part in a seasonal food tasting session . We talked about what it means to eat seasonally. The children had the opportunity to taste a range of simple, seasonal foods and discuss their opinions on the taste, texture and smell! 📚 History – WW2 This week,

A reminder that on Friday 28th November pupils are welcome to come into school in non uniform if they wish. We ask that if possible pupils also bring in a donation to the tombola for the Christmas Fayre. Thank you in advance for your support with this.

Our Christmas Dinner Day this year will be held on Tuesday 16th December. Please see details below. If your child would like a Christmas Dinner they will just need to order this in class as normal on the day.

On Friday 5th December Beech class will be performing their Christmas Nativity and we would love to welcome as many Parents/Carers to come and watch this fantastic performance! There are two performances on this date, please see below the timings: 9.30am 2.00pm We ask that all Parents/Carers wishing to attend the performance book a ticket online via the links below. Tickets are free. The Nativity will be performed at the school. Please see below ticket information: 9.30am per

We are holding our Christmas Carol service on Thursday 11th December, 1.30pm at the Baptist Church. All children apart from children in Beech class (Reception) will be taking part in this Carol Service. Beech class children have their Nativity on 5th December. More information can be found for this on the events page of the website. We ask that all parents/carers wishing to attend the Carol Service sign up via the link below and access a free ticket. Please see further inform

What a busy week we’ve had! In English we finished D-Day Dog. We really enjoyed the story and linking it to our writing. We also wrote a newspaper report based on D-Day using the amazing features we’ve been learning. In Maths we have continued with our Multiplication and Division topic. We enjoyed looking at each one in depth and using BBC Supermovers to support our learning. In Music we practiced finding the pulse in different musical pieces. We used our glockenspiels to p

Curriculum This week in Year 5, children have been busy developing their biography-writing skills and exploring the lives of inspiring individuals as well as writing a biography all about them! They’ve learned how to structure a biography, gather key facts and write engaging paragraphs that bring a person’s story to life. Alongside their English work, the class has also been tackling fractions in Maths—comparing, ordering, and finding equivalent fractions, as well as practisi

What a busy week! On Monday afternoon, we had a visit from our local Police Community Support Officer. The children really enjoyed seeing the uniform, hearing more about the work he does and getting to sit in the police car. We made poppies and paid our respects for Remembrance on Tuesday and have been talking about Children in Need today. It has also been anti-bullying week and in class we have been talking about what makes a good friend. This week we have been looking at th

In English, the children have been busy becoming reporters! We have been writing our own newspapers, focusing on reporting about the Diwali Inspire Afternoon that Year 6 held. Everyone worked hard to include important features of newspaper writing, such as relative clauses and the passive voice, to make their reports informative and professional. The final pieces were fantastic and really captured the excitement of the afternoon. In Maths, we have been tackling adding and sub

Good afternoon, We have had a very positive week this week in Sycamore Class. We completed our Star Reader Test and lots of children have gone up in their reading comprehension and along side this we are only 250,000 words off of our Christmas target. The children are very keen to reach this target so please keep encouraging them to read at home. In English we have finished our unit on character descriptions, most of the children have tried very hard to incorporate a range of