Week beginning 13th April 2026
Robins Class
Reception
| Phonics | Chunking longer words, Tricky words- Said, have, so, like |
| Maths | numbers 10-20 |
| PE | Feet Skills and Cross country |
| Understanding the world | Playing games fairly, following the rules. |
| Listening to the outside world, bird song and being quiet. | |
| Making a stain glass window like York Minsters 'heart window'. | |
| DT | Wheels and axels- Using cutting skills to create wheels. |
| Literacy | The pirates next door- Predict what might happen in the story. |
| RE | What makes some places sacred? |
Year 1
| Maths | Revision of adding and place value/ Estimate numbers on a number line to 50, 1 more and 1 less. |
| Phonics | Revision of sounds, introduction of 'alien words'. |
| RE | What makes some places sacred? |
| PE | Feet skills |
| Cross Country | |
| Literacy | The pirates next door- prediction of what might happen next and why! |
| PSHE | Money- Coins, notes and how do we pay? |
| Geography | York City- Comparing York to Ripon and using a map. |
| DT | Wheels and axels- Using cutting skills to create wheels |
| Woodland | Listening to the outside world, bird song and being quiet. |
Owls
| Maths | Y2 - Odd/Even numbers, 10xtable, Dividing by 10 Y3 - Unit and non-unit fractions |
| Literacy | Vlad and the Great Fire of London - Marking Mrs Filippi's WAGOLL. Planning our own explanation text on The Great Fire of London |
| PE | Cricket - Throwing/Catching Swimming - Assessments. Tuesday morning - Whole school cross country |
| Science | Starting our new unit on Plants |
| RE | What is the 'good news' Christians say Jesus brings? |
| Art | Textiles - Sewing. Running stitch |
| PSHE | Y2 - Road Safety Y3 - Exploring UN Convention on the Rights of the Child |
| Geography | Weather and climate - What is the difference between weather and climate? |
Kestrels
| Maths | Year 4- Diving numbers by 10 and 100. Hundredths as fractions and decimals. Year 5- Angles: classifying and estimating. |
| English | We have started our new writing unit based on the book Holes by Louis Sacher. We wrote a description of Camp Green Lake and started to compile vocabulary about Yellow Spotted Lizards. |
| History | Anglo Saxons and Vikings: We looked at the Historical timeline back to when the Roman Empire ended, and when the Anglo Saxons & Vikings came to Britain. |
| Art | Sculptures and 3D: We looked at sculptured by ceramics artist Magdalene Odundo, and practiced drawing in 3D. |
| RE | Green religion: We discussed Greta Thunberg's meeting with Pope Francis about climate change. |
| PE | Monday: Orienteering- we practiced map work, replicating faces made up with different sports equipment and symbols. Wednesday: Circuits with Mr Irvin. |
Kites
| Maths | Year 6 - last bit on percentages, arithmetic, angles and shapes. Year 5- angles | ||
| English | Reading papers - lots of them! | ||
| SPAG | Spelling shed year 5 - homophones Year 6 - homophones | ||
| History | Angles, Saxons and Jutes - life in Britain after Romans. | ||
| PE | Athletics - pushing yourself Leadership - qualities of a good leader Tuesday - cross country | ||
| Science | Year 5: Finishing off our 'sound'
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| Business Challenge | Year 6 presented their final plans and evaluations |