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Year 2 News 19.12.25
English We have been writing sentences about the Arctic. Children described the northern lights, polar bears, icebergs and other features. We then read the story ‘Poles Apart’ by Jeanne Willis. The story tells of a family of penguins getting lost and meeting a polar bear in the North Pole! The children wrote sentences about Read More
Read newsPolishing the performance
Year 5 performance This week we have focused on the Christmas performance by ensuring that we are adding expression and volume to our voices. Everyone has learned their lines and the dress rehearsal on Friday went well. Understandably, there are nerves, which makes lines become rushed. We have encouraged the actors to take breaths Read More
Read newsNursery Blog – 12.12.25
Phonics This week, the children have been using their listening skills to decode words and listen to the environmental sounds around our school. I told a story about a boy named ‘B-e-n,’ and his friend, ‘S-a-m.’ Throughout the story, I segmented simple words for the children to blend and reveal. We also listened very Read More
Read newsWalks, rehearsals and rovers in Year 5
We have had an extremely busy week this week in Year 5. We went on a walk through time in Farsley, finishing off at Sunnybank Mills, to learn about listed buildings and how farsley has changed over time. Here’s a link to 5Bs photos Here are a few from 5K: We worked on our Read More
Read newsYear 2 News 5.12.25
English The children have shown great interest in learning about polar animals and this week we have been researching ready to write our own non-chronological reports. We have explored different sources of information including non-fiction texts and the internet. Spelling This week in spelling, we learned that c makes a s sound when followed Read More
Read newsNursery Blog – 28.11.25
Phonics This week in our phonics sessions, we passed sounds around in a circle while listening for any changes. We also created a sensory story to retell “We’re Going on a Bear Hunt.” The children participated by using actions and sounds to help tell the story. Word Aware This week, we have looked at Read More
Read newsHeadteacher blog 28th November 2025
Farsley Lights parade is one of my favourite events of the school year. It gets better and better, especially now we have a growing array of willow creations bringing the procession to life. Building on last year’s success, we had a Children’s Books theme this time and some of our children contributed parts of Read More
Read newsFun in year 5.
Good afternoon parents and carers, Here are a few photos form last week, making and testing parachutes in 5K. This week in science we investigated friction, dragging an item across different surfaces and measuring the force needed. In maths we have been learning how to order fractions using equivalents. Most children can now do Read More
Read newsNursery Blog – 21.11.25
Phonics This week, we focused on using expressions! The children helped retell the story ‘We’re Going on a Bear Hunt’ while expressing excitement and shock. We also read ‘Suddenly!’ Additionally, the children practised making different sounds to match some chosen items. Word Aware This week we have looked at ‘dark’ and ‘day’. Maths This Read More
Read newsYear 2 News 21.11.25
English We continued with our story Follow the Swallow, and created our own postcards from one of the characters to another. We then looked at some non-fiction writing about swallows and the children developed their sentence skills by using conjunctions. Next week we will be looking at some non-chronological reports. Spelling We have been Read More
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