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  • Homework Blog WB 31.03.25

    Published 30/03/25, by Claire Jones

    Hello,

    I can't believe that tomorrow is the last day of March and with that also, the last week of the spring term. Reflecting on this term, the children have been fantastic with all of their learning and we are looking forward to a great summer term. With the promise of better weather and lots of lovely activities to enjoy in the sunshine, we know the term ahead will ben fantastic with the Puffins. We wish you the best for a happy Easter and spring break, whatever you are doing. Let's hope we have a sunny few weeks.

    As we begin to make arrangements for the term ahead, you'll have seen the previous blog with information for our curriculum including spelling, knowledge organisers and homework.

    A few reminders for this week:

    *Homework packs back in please so we can mark them.

    *New homework will be given out at parents' evening appointments (you will have an appointment either Tuesday or Thursday)

    *Treat day on Friday this week which will include egg rolling (get ready to boil and decorate those eggs this week!) and non-uniform

    *We will send plenty of reading books to help keep you going over the break and please note the email with video links to support your child with their next steps in terms of phonics and word reading.

    *Phonics Screening Check meeting is Wednesday 23rd April so the first Wednesday back after the holiday.

    This week is our last week of spelling so it is week 6 words: /ue/ and /ew/ - blue, clue, true, rescue, drew, new, few, grew, flew, threw. Please use the homework in your packs and also Spelling Shed to help learn those words really well.

    Please return all your reading books that you have at home so that we can tidy and re-stock ahead of the holidays. Please continue to listen to your child read regularly over the holidays; this helps them to keep going with all their new skills and keeps them as confident readers.

    Thanks,

    Mrs Jones.

     

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  • Summer term Key Information

    Published 25/03/25, by Claire Jones
    Here is all of your key information for the term ahead. We will add the maths KIRFS  and history knowledge organiser after the holiday. *Spelling overview *Seaside holiday homework *History (Seasides) knowledge organiser (to be
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  • Homework WB 24.03.25

    Published 22/03/25, by Claire Jones

    Hello,

    Spring really has sprung and we have had the most wonderful week in school talking about the season. The children have written super instructions for how to look after a magical tree and we are excited to share their writing with you at parents evening in a few weeks time.

    Spellings - week 5 (please use the sheet in your homework folder plus Spelling Shed): the vowel digraph /oo/. Words to learn: food, pool, moon, soon, zoo, book, foot, took, wood, good.

    Special homework can be found in your homework folder for this week.

    Reading: Books will be swapped, as usual, on Monday and Thursday. Please send books you have read back in on those days as well (thanks!). We have now completed phonics assessments so we will be sure to send you some phonics videos soon for the Easter holidays. We can update you on your child's progress at parents evening.

    Doodle: assignments have been set. Keep trying hard to stay in the green zone and complete those tasks.

    Have a great weekend!

    Mrs Jones

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  • Homework WB 17.03.25

    Published 16/03/25, by Claire Jones

    We've had a lovely book week and then science week so it has been very busy already this half term! This week, we are excited to carry on with our instructions (learning 'how to make a crazy cake'). We've now turned to our seasons topic in science as we search for signs that spring is here. We have been finding out about the Easter story and the events that led up to Easter Sunday.

    Spellings - week 4 (please use the sheet in your homework folder plus Spelling Shed): the split vowel digraphs u-e. Words to learn: June, rule, rude, use, flute, tune, huge, cute, cube, tube.

    Special homework can be found in your homework folder for this week.

    Reading: Books will be swapped, as usual, on Monday and Thursday. Please send books you have read back in on those days as well (thanks!). 

    Doodle: assignments have been set. Keep trying hard to stay in the green zone and complete those tasks.

    Mrs Jones

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  • SCIENCE WEEK

    Published 14/03/25, by Jennie Morgan

    What a great week we have had for Science Week. We really enjoyed the launch from Fizz Pop Bang in our assembly last Friday which involved lots of exciting experiments.

    This week we have enjoyed making and testing paper aeroplanes as part of our whole school flying machine investigation.

    We have finished the week with a visit from Jenni, our local hedgehog expert. It was great to find out lots of interesting facts about hedgehogs. If you would like to track local hedgehogs at home she recommended the website Hedgehog Street.

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  • Homework WB 10.03.25

    Published 08/03/25, by Claire Jones
    After a very special book week last week, we now have science week to look forward to! This was launched on Friday with the Fizz Pop assembly, which left the children feeling very excited! Spellings - week 3 (please use the sheet in your home
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  • BOOK WEEK 2025

    Published 07/03/25, by Jennie Morgan

    Wow! What a fabulous week we have had as part of our book week. We have had lots of wonderful activities and have enjoyed them all. 

    Our week has been very busy...a visit from our favourite storyteller (Mexico Mike), a story from Mr Brierley and time to read with the children in Year 4. 

    The children all looked fantastic in their costumes yesterday and we really enjoyed our trip to the library. Thank you once again to our helpers, we couldn't have done it without you. I wanted to take the opportunity to let you know how fabulous the children were on our walk. They were wonderful listeners and very sensible crossing the roads.

    We are going to snuggle up with our teddies today and read to them.

    I have included some pictures below to give you a little summary of our week. 

    Have a lovely weekend,

    Mrs Morgan

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  • Homework Blog WB 03.03.25

    Published 02/03/25, by Claire Jones
    A few extra reminders for this week... We are really looking forward to book week and have lots of lovely activities planned.  Some key details for you: Monday - we have a storyteller in for assembly on Monday. Also, remember to s
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  • Homework WB 24.02.25

    Published 23/02/25, by Claire Jones
    Hello, I hope you've all had a really super half-term break and are ready for school routines again tomorrow. We look forward to hearing about the children's news when we do our writing in the morning. *You will see all of the detail fo
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  • SPRING 2 KEY INFORMATION

    Published 17/02/25, by Jennie Morgan

    Key dates for this half term:

    *Travelling Book Fair - 27/02/25

    *Book Week - w.b.03.03.25 - World Book Day dress up - 06.03.25

    *Library visit - Y1 - 06.03.25 @2pm (parent volunteers needed)

    *Parents' Evening - 01.04.25 and 03.04.25

    We already have two volunteers for the library trip but we would appreciate any more that are available. Please let us know if you are able to help out. The children need to bring their library cards if they would like to borrow a book.

    Please find information for the second half of the spring term below.

    *Homework information - sent home with the homework packs

    *Spelling overview for the half term

    *Curriculum map showing an overview of our next half term

    * Spring 2 Maths KIRFS 

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  • INTERNET SAFETY WEEK

    Published 17/02/25, by Jennie Morgan

    Last week we enjoyed finding out about ways we can keep safe online. We started the week by learning about scams online and then reflected on who we could talk to if we were worried about a scam or if anything else concerned us online.

    A scam...

    S - Seems too good to be true

    C - Contact you did not expect

    A - Asked for personal information

    M - Money or trade asked from you

    This half term we have really enjoyed using the website untitled.png - PaintZ during our computing lessons to explore digital art. After the holiday we will start working on programming.

     

     

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  • HOMEWORK 10/2/25

    Published 09/02/25, by Jennie Morgan

    Hello,

    I hope you've all enjoyed your weekend and are feeling ready for Monday.

    *Thank you to everyone who returned their homework packs this week. We will send home the new packs this week. Please aim to spread the homework out over the next half term.

    *Reading - books will be swapped on Mondays and Thursdays as usual. Please re-read those books a few times to help build fluency. We have noticed lots of the children need to really work on 'Fred in your head' instead of sounding out every word. If you notice this, just remind them to Fred in head! On Thursday we will send home lots of books to keep you going through the holiday.

    *Doodle – We have been overtaken by Penguin Class again so please try to log on daily. Well done to everyone working super hard on their doodle maths already.

    *Spelling this week is Spring 1, Week 6: days of the week/common exception words

    Monday

    Tuesday

    Wednesday

    Thursday

    Friday

    Saturday

    Sunday

    there

    here

    they

     Please login to Spelling Shed to play some games to help get to know these words really well.

    Have a great weekend and Mrs Jones will see you in the morning.

    Mrs Morgan

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