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Moons, Greek buildings and Living on a Prayer
Hi all, This week in Year 5 both classes made a final recording of living on a prayer. Click here to watch 5B Click here to watch 5K Science We enjoyed learning about the cycle of the moon. The children looked at a ball half black and half white from different angles to see why […]
Read newsYear 2 News 23.10.26
English We have enjoyed writing about our veggie superheroes and veggie villains this week. We prepared for our writing by doing some talk activities. We got into groups of 3 and practised being a describer, a questioner and a summariser. The summariser had a tricky job of listening to all of the information then summarising […]
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English This week we have enjoyed reading the book ‘Supertato’. We have worked on creating a simple book review and a character description. We have been concentrating on developing our sentence structure. We have used the strategy ‘Think, Say, Write, Check’ to help us write accurate sentences, which are correctly punctuated and make sense. We […]
Read newsThe Orchard news 15/10/26
It has been an incredibly busy, exciting, and hands-on term in the Orchard! The children have shown fantastic enthusiasm across all our subjects, and we are so proud of how much progress they have made. Here is a look at what we have been up to: In our English sessions, we started the term focusing […]
Read newsYear 2 News 9.10.26
English In English this week, we wrote our own alternative versions of the Little Red Hen story. The children followed their plans to write a story with a beginning, middle and end. Spelling We have looked at the ou/ow sound including homophone flower/flour and oi/oy. Maths We have started a new unit on addition and […]
Read newsGreek Day and Night and Day
The highlight of this week was obviously Greek Day! The children’s outfits looked fantastic and we had so much fun throughout the day! Some of the activities included, making grape juice, eating a variety of Greek food, playing a game of grandmothers footsteps to try and steal food, marching, performing a Greek play in Athens […]
Read newsNursery Blog – 02.10.26
Phonics This week, we focused on exploring sound. The children had the opportunity to play with a variety of musical instruments. We examined how each instrument works and listened to the different sounds they produce. We demonstrated how to use each instrument and then passed them around in a circle, allowing the children to try […]
Read newsYear 2 News 2.10.26
English In English we have read the story ‘Mr Wolf’s Pancakes’. We enjoyed listening to the story and then comparing it to the Little Red Hen. The children have practised some sentence writing using conjunctions to compare and have learned how to use the apostrophe for possession. We have planned our own versions of the […]
Read newsNursery Blog – 25.09.26
Phonics We have continued to focus on developing our early phonics listening skills. Phase 1 phonics helps build crucial listening abilities. This week, we created a farm setting and made various animal noises for the children to identify the corresponding animals. We also reread “Dear Zoo” and collectively made some impressive animal sounds as a […]
Read newsYear 2 News- 25.09.26
The Little Red Hen We have begun our English unit on traditional tales by exploring the story of The Little Red Hen. On Monday, we visited the school farm to observe the animals and collect some vocabulary. We looked to see if we had our own little red hen, then found some farmyard friends- the […]
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