Crew Knowles – Hook Week

Yesterday the children watched The Lorax too hook them into their learning on rainforests and deforestation. Today, they enjoyed drawing some colourful truffula trees as well as The Lorax himself! After break, we developed our knowledge of the rainforest further by building background knowledge on each of the layers.

Year 1 and 2 welcome meeting

We are delighted to invite all parents and carers of children in Year 1 and Year 2 to our welcome meeting on Monday 8th September from 5.00pm – 6.00pm in the school hall (please use the hall door entrance).

This meeting will be a wonderful opportunity to meet the Year 1/2 teaching team and to hear more about the exciting year of learning ahead. The meeting will cover many things for both year groups including phonics, visits and we can answer any questions that you may have.

Most importantly, this will be a chance to learn about routines and expectations in Year 1 and year 2, and to see how home and school can work together to make this a positive, successful and enjoyable year for every child. We look forward to welcoming you and sharing the exciting journey ahead!

Thank you in advance,

Y1 and Y2 Team

Year 5 and 6 welcome meeting

We are delighted to invite all parents and carers of children in Year 5 and Year 6 to our welcome meeting on Wednesday 10th September from 5.00pm – 6.00pm in the school hall (please use the hall door entrance).

This meeting will be a wonderful opportunity to meet the Year 5/6 teaching team and to hear more about the exciting year of learning ahead. The meeting will cover many things for both year groups including the residential, transition to secondary school and Year 6 SATs.

Most importantly, this will be a chance to learn about routines and expectations in Year 5 and Year 6, and to see how home and school can work together to make this a positive, successful and enjoyable year for every child. We look forward to welcoming you and sharing the exciting journey ahead!

Thank you in advance,

Y5 and Y6 Team

Class 6 Hook Week day 1

We were all very excited today to settle into our new year 1 routine and took part in phonics, expedition and maths lessons. During expedition we learned the title of our new expedition – Not all heroes wear capes, and discussed our guiding question – How will I be a hero in my community? We completed our Blast Off quiz to see what we already know and planned placards, which we will make this week, with slogans showing how we can improve our local area.

We also began to use our wonderful White Rose Maths booklets and worked in groups to sort objects in different ways.

Congratulations to Elizabeth and Isaac who won our postcards today.

See you tomorrow Superstars!

Y3 and Y4 Welcome Meeting

We are delighted to invite all parents and carers of children in Year 3 and Year 4 to our Welcome Meeting on Wednesday 17th from 5.00pm – 6.00pm in the school hall (please use the hall door entrance). This meeting will be a wonderful opportunity to meet the Year 3/4 teaching team and to hear more about the exciting year of learning ahead. We will be sharing details about how we will continue to develop reading fluency, comprehension and a love of books, as well as explaining how we are preparing Year 4 children for the Multiplication Tables Check (MTCs) later in the year. Parents of Year 4 pupils will also hear about upcoming swimming lessons and how these fit into the wider PE curriculum. Most importantly, this will be a chance to learn about routines and expectations in Year 3 and Year 4, and to see how home and school can work together to make this a positive, successful and enjoyable year for every child. We look forward to welcoming you and sharing the exciting journey ahead!

Thank you in advance,

Y3 and Y4 Team

Class 10 – A Great First Week Back – Who’s ready for another one??!

It was a brilliant first week back in Class 10 last week and it was an absolute pleasure getting to know everyone better! On top of all the fun and exciting special activities we took part in outside of the classroom, the children were also super busy inside the classroom … revisiting what crew means to us, sharing ideas and creating the norms that will help us to work hard, be kind and get smart all year long! We used stories to help us think about what being a good crew member means to us, Bogtrotter for example … where we designed our own bogtrotters and thought about what new adventures they might go on in Year 3 … just like us! AND … we even managed to squeeze in a little visit to our brand new school library which is simply beautiful and we can’t wait to use again. I wonder what our new week will bring …?!