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This week in English, we continued our learning about how to write letters! We thought carefully about the letters that were in the story Click Clack Moo, Cows That Type and how they were written in the form of a conversation. Farmer Brown sent letters to his animals and they sent…

Phonics -

We are busy reviewing all Phase 3 sounds, including reading words with double digraphs (bigger, carrot). On our whiteboards, we are recalling digraphs to independently write words such as feel, hard, sort, down, join, coat, moon. 

Maths -

This week’s activities have had a…

Weekly News, Summer A, Week 3

              1st May 2026

Announcements: Well, time really is flying by! We cannot believe that it is May already. The children in South America had a wonderful visit to Wilshere Dacre this week in the glorious sunshine too. The children walked…

We've had a lovely week at Nursery. We have enjoyed playing in the garden enjoying the sunshine. We have been looking after our plants and giving them water everyday. 

This week we have continued learning about the story of the little red hen. We have been retelling the story using actions…

English

We began the week by learning what a postcard is and how to write one. The children wrote postcards describing a day at school,…

Phonics -

Grapheme recap - ear, air, oi, er, ai.

Tricky word recap.

Whiteboard writing - hear, fair, coin, digger, rain.

Maths -

Our focus this week has been ordinality: considering where numbers to 10 are in relation to each other. Through practical activities and…

Weekly News, Summer A, Week 2

              24th April 2026

Announcements: What a wonderful week we have had in Year 2! The children have loved exploring new countries in Geography and patterns and tessellation in art this week which has been such fun. In Science, we have been…

English

This week, we introduced the children to our new text Paddington's Post, a story all about the adventures of Paddington Bear and the post he sends and receives to the important people in his life. The children absolutely loved exploring the interactive letters, postcards, cards and maps…

Weekly News, Summer A, Week 1

              17th April 2026

Announcements: Welcome back, Year 2! We have so loved seeing you all again this week and hearing about the wonderful adventures that you have had over Easter. We have been straight back to it, with lots of fabulous learning…

This week we started our new topic "How do things grow?" 

We talked about the flowers and insects that we can now see in the garden and drew pictures of them. We also planted a range of flowers and vegetables including peas, beans and pumpkins. We are going to look after them and give them…

Welcome back! We hope you all had a lovely Easter break! The children have settled back in beautifully, showing excellent learning behaviours as we head into our final term in Reception.

Phonics - 

Grapheme recap - oo (hook), ai, or, ur, ow.

Tricky words - recap of all tricky…

 Weekly News, Spring B, Week 5

                         27th March 2026

Announcements: Thank you so much for all of your kind donations of junk modelling materials this week. The children made some absolutely fantastic carriages this week and we had such fun creating our own 3D…