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What we have been learning this week...

Week beginning 1st December 2025

Robins Class

Reception 

Phonicsreview of all sounds and tricky words
Maths 4 and 5
PETeam work
Understanding the world

Research and poster making about castles.

  
REWho are Muslims and what do they believe?
 Lots of nativity practice and a full dress rehearsal!

 

 

Year 1

MathsSubtraction and Addition
Phonics 

Review of all sounds- growing the code.

REWho are Muslims and what do they believe?
PETeam work
History Research and poster making about castles.
 Lots of nativity practice and a full dress rehearsal!
  

 

 

Owls 

 

Maths 

Y2 - 2D and 3D shapes 

Y3 - 4 x table, Multiplying by 8, Dividing by 8, 8 x Table 

Literacy

Ice Palace - Character Description of Starjik 

Learning how to improve our descriptive writing using similes. 

SPAG

Challenge words

PSHE

Year 2 - Importance of exercise on our bodies and minds. 

Year 3 - Gender stereotypes 

Science

Changing of the seasons - Autumn

Evergreen and deciduous trees. Autumn Quiz 

PEGymnastics with Mr Harris. 
The final dance session with Miss Pickles. 
ChristmasWe have made invitations for the Crafternoon session, started reading The Christmasaurus and learning our Christmas song. 
GeographyTo be able to identify which climates zones different countries around the world belong to. 

 

 

Kestrels 

 

Maths

Year 4- Multiplication & division methods.

Year 5- converting improper fractions and mixed numbers.

EnglishWe are working on a non-chronological report about polar regions.
Geography Polar regions- we learnt about how climate change will affect polar regions, and wrote a letter to humans from a polar bear.
ScienceStates of matter- we learnt about the water cycle and completed our end of unit assessment.
DTWe cooked spaghetti bolognaise!
MusicWe performed “Vamos let’s go” on the glockenspiels. 

 

Kites 

Maths 

Fractions and SATS practice (Year 6).

Fractions and assessments (Year 5).

English 

Can we save the tiger? Discussion text - should we save the tiger?  

Assessments in reading and SPAG. 

SPAG Spelling shed year 5 ably/ibly suffix and year 6 common exception words.
DT/ArtMaking choices - looking at healthier choices. 
GeographyPolar regions - looking at the climate and people of Savlbard  
Science 

Evolution (Year 6)  - investigating Darwin's finches. 

Year 5 please see Kestrels page. 

 

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