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Our first half term in Reception is complete! A huge well done to all the children, they have truly embraced life at Strathmore, we are incredibly proud of them. 

After half term, Reception will be joining the rest of the school on the main playground for lunch time twice a week - Monday and…

Weekly Newsletter 7

We are so proud of all the fantastic learning the children have completed this term. We have seen children grow in resilience and independence in their friendships and learning.

Announcements:

Geography local walk: Friday 14^th November 2025. A letter would have come…

What a fantastic half term we have had the children have settled in well, made lots of new friends and have been very busy! This week we have been learning about Diwali and looking at the seasonal changes around us. We used clay to create Diva lamps and used chalk to make Rangoli…

Autumn A Week 7 

Week Commencing: 13th October  

A lovely week of learning this week in Y2. 

Announcements 

If you have not yet sent your child in with a cardboard box for their habitat, please do so by Tuesday 21st October the latest. We will be making them on Thursday…

Weekly Newsletter 6

It’s been another fun and busy week in Year 1! The children have enjoyed a range of activities, including creating beautiful rangoli patterns to celebrate Diwali!

English

This week, we wrapped up our learning around Puffin Peter by writing alternative endings to the…

Another lovely week of learning, well done Reception!

Phonics -

Graphemes - h, b, f, l.

Tricky word - the.

English -

We have had our first go at writing CVC (consonant, vowel, consonant) words independently this week, writing the words sun, peg and tick. The children…

17/10/25 

This week we have been sharing the story of the Dot. We talked about how Vashti feels in the story and painted and drew our own dots. We talked about things that we are good at doing.  

In our pen disco this week we drew circles. We used our arms to draw big, medium and small…

Weekly News  

Autumn A Week 6 

Week Commencing: 6th October 

A fantastic week of learning in Year 2. 

Announcements 

In science we have been learning about Animals and their habitats. As part of this, the children are designing and creating their own habitat. Please send…

Another busy week in Reception, thank you to all the parents who have signed up to Tapestry. If you haven't yet make sure you sign up to receive updates.

Phonics - 

Graphemes - ck, e, u, r

Tricky words - I

Tricky words are also known as common exception words (CEW). These are words…

Blog 10/10/25 

This week we have been talking about our likes and dislikes. We talked about the food we like to eat and used the sentence starter I like... to encourage us to talk in sentences. We also talked about what we don’t like to eat and used the sentence starter I don’t…

Weekly Newsletter 5

It was wonderful to see so many parents and carers at both learning fairs this week! We loved sharing the children’s amazing work with you — they’ve achieved so much, and I’m sure you’re as proud of them as we are.

English

This week, we continued our learning around…

Another super week of learning in Reception. The children are becoming more and more familliar with school routines and really working hard in all areas of their learning. Tapestry has now been set up and one parent/carer per child will have received an activation email.

Phonics…