🌟 Year 1 Weekly News 🌟

What an absolutely stunning first half term we have had in Year One! With September brings lots of change and big emotions but with October brings little glimpses of huge progress, enthusiasm for learning and pure joy. We have been thinking a lot about what it means to be…

This week we have been talking about how the world around us is changing as the seasons change to autumn.  We have used litter pickers to collect up leaves and created small world gardens to play with characters in. 
 

We investigated a pumpkin. We drew it, talked about what it looked at felt…

Well done Reception for a wonderful first half term at Strathmore! Wishing everyone a lovely, restful week off.

Phonics -

Recap of graphemes - g, u, k, f, m.

Recap of tricky words - I, is, the.

Maths -

We have focussed on comparing quantities this week, where the children…

Year 2 Blog – Week 5- Friday 16^th October 2026

Announcements

Forest School: Tuesday- Most children have wellies and waterproofs. Thank you! Spare socks are good to have as we do not have many in school. 

PE Day: Thursday- Children can come to school in their PE kit on this day.

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This week we have been singing the wheels on the bus. We made bus stops in the garden and pretended to drive around collecting our friends on the way. 
 

We also used the large construction objects to build a bus, we took turns to be the bus driver. 
 

In phonics we talked about words that…

Phonics -

Graphemes - h, b, f, l

Tricky word - the

'The' is made up of 'th' - a digraph we haven't learnt yet and 'e' - which makes an 'uh' sound.

Maths -

This week, the children have build on their subitising skills. We have continued to use ‘perceptual’ subitising – instant…

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This week, Strathmore has begun to celebrate Black History Month - a time for us to celebrate the different cultures, communities and stories that belong to so many. Each class learnt about a different significant figure and discussed what changes they helped to make for…

Year 2 Blog – Week 5- Friday 9th October 2026

Announcements

Forest School: Tuesday- Most children have wellies and waterproofs. Thank you! Spare socks are good to have as we do not have many in school. 

PE Day: Thursday- Children can come to school in their PE kit on this day.

Library…

This week we have been exploring water and boats. Our rhyme of the week was row, row, row your boat. We sang our rhyme in loud, quiet, fast and slow voices. We also drew long chalk rivers in the garden and used when playing with small world boats. 
 

In the water tray we looked at using…

As the weather begins getting colder, please ensure your child brings a coat and wellie boots are in school. We will continue having our garden open during free flow, so waterproof clothes are also recommended - these can stay on the children's pegs.

Phonics -

Graphemes - ck, e, u,…

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We are already more than halfway through the first half term, and what a fantastic start Year 1 have had! The…