Here is this week’s spelling practice: https://drive.google.com/file/d/14Nb7RT0YlzLpH9ZohSyduZjiqCWUE5QM/view?usp=sharing
Y3 Spelling – w.c. 29/9/2025
Category : Class Blogs
Crew Jackson – Active spelling
In year 6, we continue to work on the spelling pattern of adding able, able, ably, ably to the end of words. Yesterday we kept ourselves active by playing a game of ‘Boom boom clap’. It was great fun but also it was fabulous to see the children recalling the correct spelling patterns.
Crew Rodgers: British Values – Democracy
Crew Rodgers exercised their right to be part of decisions which affect them TWICE this morning. First we discussed and suggested new items for Relish to offer on the salad bar at lunchtime – and the children came up with some delicious ideas, and then we were tasked with holding a vote on which platform we think our recent musical project “A Place Where We Belong” should be hosted. We linked the decision to our Character Traits and voted unanimously for the platform which offered us the opportunity to help other people with our song. I was so proud of the mature way the children debated the issue to make the decision.
Great job Crew!
Class 6 RE
Today in our RE lesson we looked at places of worship and compared them with our school. We found out that there are lots of similarities in the two and thought about some of the activities we do in school.
Great job superstars!
Reception: Phonics Family Learning
We are looking forward to seeing you for a Phonics Family Learning style session on 7th October 2-3pm. This session will explain what our phonics sessions look like, the vocabulary used and what you can do to support your child at home. we will share some information at the start of the session and then you will get some time for your child to join you in some phonics games before the session ends. Please arrive at the Ash tree road gate to sign in at the Hall from 2pm
If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to ask a member of the F2 team.
Year 2 Spelling Blog!
Nursery: Beautiful play!
We have had a beautiful day in Nursery with so much purposeful play. We’ve had some excellent examples of quality role play. The children have been developing their speech and language skills and built friendships when playing hairdressers, beauticians, waitresses and cafe owners, mummies and daddies and police officers.
The children have also been really engaged in playing with the trains and play dough today. Making bigger and smaller cakes linked to our maths work on size and singing happy birthday linked to our expedition learning.
What a wonderful happy day!
NURSERY: REMINDER
TOMORROW
On Wednesday 1st October Nursery will be opening the doors from 8.30 – 9.30am for our family book and a biscuit event. All family members are welcome to come and share a story with their nursery child.Â
We will also be hosting a used toy and book sale to raise money for nursery resources so please bring some money with you! We have some great toys on offer at very reasonable prices for your children to enjoy at home.
Class 8 fantastic collaboration
We introduced our new text today called Let the children March! The children were very mature about the issues in the book and we discussed segregation and civil rights in great detail. I was very impressed with them and how compassionate they were towards people who were treated differently to others. They then went into groups to answer questions about the text and discuss their thoughts on different parts. It was a great lesson!
Year 3 – Reading at Home
Last week, Year 3 children brought home a small blue ‘messages book’ with their school reading book, and we would just like to clarify the following:
Inside the little blue books, you will find:
- your child’s reading book level – children should only be bringing home books that match the level indicated in their blue book as this is the level they have been awarded following their ‘Star Reader Assessment’ in school. This assessment is updated at the end of each term to check progress so levels will be changed then unless your class teacher deems this necessary beforehand.
- a QR code to take you to the online Accelerated Reader programme – here, children can input the name or code of their completed book and take a quiz designed to help them develop their comprehension skills. AR quiz scores and minutes used are logged by the system, and will be periodically assessed by teachers to help us better understand how to support your child’s reading.
- your child’s Numbots and TTRS login – children are encouraged to access Numbots if they still find this a useful and engaging tool, but are also invited to use TTRS regularly to help develop their times tables fluency.
The little blue books are not a ‘reading diary’ but if you wish to log your child’s reading at home then please feel free to use this. Teachers will check in with these blue books from time to time so feel free to include non-important messages that you would like us to take note of. However, any time-sensitive messages or matters of importance should be raised directly with your child’s class teacher to avoid it being missed.
Any further log-in details or the like will be added to these little blue books as we go, and you will be advised accordingly.
The expectations for home reading in Y3 are as follows:
- Children should aim to read their level book at home with an adult, at least 3 x weekly.
- Children should aim to quiz on AR at least 1 x weekly (depending on book length).
- Children are responsible for changing their reading books via their classroom libraries and this can be done on any day of the week. Teachers will give pupils reminders to do this and support where necessary, but we encourage children to take the lead with this as they develop greater independence throughout KS2.
- Children should keep their level book and little blue book in their school bag / book bag as this ensures they are in school with them each day incase they are needed by the class teacher or as part of a lesson.
We thank you for your support with this and, if there are any further questions, please don’t hesitate to speak with your child’s class teacher.
Mrs Dutton & Miss Cooper x