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Good afternoon,

Another fantastic week of learning has taken place in early years and the children are amazing us daily with the fantastic progress they are making.

We had our first visits for children who will be joining us soon and these were enjoyed by everyone.

In phonics we have assessed the children and addressed any gaps with our teaching at the same time we have applied our knowledge in our writing and we are becoming more independent writers.

Nursery have been doing amazing listening and some children have been blending sounds spoken orally.

Our main story has been Prince Cinders by Babette Cole .We have described the characters ,remembered the story, identified rhyme and compared the story to the traditional story of Cinderella saying what features are the same and which are different.

In Maths we have reviewed and assessed our counting skills, reception children counting beyond 20 and understand the pattern of the counting system. We have worked on strategies to arrange objects to make it easier to count large amounts and how to count accurately when things cannot be moved.

We have explored who might have lived in a castle a long time ago and what their job roles might be.

In handwriting we have all practised forming the letters in their name correctly and Reception have been concentrating on getting an even letter size. We have also been practising our digraphs.

This week we have talked about friendship and how we can maintain friendships and be a good friend to each other.

Break the rules day has gone down really well and been enjoyed by all. They have had sweets and messy hair and have had a very enjoyable day.

Have a lovely half term and we will see you all back, refreshed and ready for the last half term in a week’s time.

Thanks

Mrs Mogford

 

 

14.5.26

This week has just flown by and the children have coped brilliantly with the few adjustments we made to ensure the year 6’s could do their SATS in peace.

Our phonics lessons have continued to be revision lessons , practising reading and writing our known phonemes in words and sentences. In assessments this week we can see how this has really paid off as the children are very secure in their reading now.

Nursery have continued their own phonics and we are seeing great improvements there as well.

Our book this week is called,” What the ladybird heard “ the children really enjoyed this story and the humour within it. They enjoyed acting it out and retelling it and Reception have produced some excellent writing. Nursery provided lots of animal noises.

Maths has been all about reviewing and assessing the children’s knowledge of comparison. We have used the language of greater than and fewer than ,one more or one fewer  than. We have continued to work on number lines and decide where each numbers place will fall on the number line in relation to each other.

We have also measured the length of objects using non standard units and the language long, longer and longest and realised that we need to line things up correctly in order to see clearly which is longest.

We have had a go at sorting insects into the categories of having legs, no legs or wings.

In handwriting we have been practising writing our level three tricky words and nursery are getting so much more control following zig zag patterns.

In RE we have talked about the Buddhist religion and read stories that explain their beliefs of being kind to people and animals The children responded by saying how they can look after animals and be kind to them.

The butterflies have emerged and flown away ..The children were very engaged with the life cycle of the butterfly and enjoyed watching the changes.

Nursery children have brought home a book this week .This is for you to read to them and they each follow a different aspect that we cover in phonics .Please return by Thursday and I can send another one.

PSHE continued to name and identify emotions in ourselves and others and we thought about ways to calm down so that we don’t get to the point of hurting others with our words or actions.

The last week next week before they all have a well deserved break.

Thanks

Mrs Mogford

 

8.5.26

Good afternoon.

Another week of fantastic learning has taken place and as we approach the final half term it is fantastic to see the children developing in their learning.

In phonics this week we have begun to revisit the vowel digraphs ai, ee ,igh, oa, oo, Reading them in words , applying them in spelling and playing games to match and read them. We continue to review our tricky words at level 3 as well.

Nursery have been playing listening games and practising their oral blending and segmenting.

Our book this week is Jasper’s Beanstalk. We have sequenced the story , ordering the days of the week and writing what happened each day. Our own bean plants have been successfully planted outside and are growing well. We have verbally spoken instructions and modelled this in  writing for the children to plant a sunflower seed and then all the children had a go at following the instructions to plant their own seed. Our potatoes are doing well too.

Our handwriting continues practising the capital and lower case letters y and z and practising their names with correct formation and letter size.

Nursery have continued their move to write learning and this week we concentrated on making a cross using our bodies and lots of different media.

Maths – Reception have been introduced this week to a rekenrek and have learnt how to use it correctly. This has strengthened their subitising skills and the skill of seeing numbers as five and a bit ,one more, one less and number bonds.

In RE we have looked at a day in the life of the leader within the Muslim religion – an Iman.

We discussed how we can care for other’s and our world.This linked to a celebration of the work of David Attenbrough

In PE we had a great time playing a variety of racing games.

PSHE – We were reminded through a story to use kind words and to treat our friends in a way that we would like to be treated.

Looking forward to seeing you on Monday for another exciting week.

Thanks

Mrs Mogford

 

 

 

1^st May 2026

Good afternoon

I hope you are enjoying the sunshine. The children have certainly enjoyed exploring outside and taking some of their learning outside. They have loved searching for insects in the mud and near the trees and identifying them.

In English our main text has been Oi Frog. There has been a great deal of identifying rhyme and then making up their own rhyming words.

The children had to listen carefully to sounds and then independently write down the sounds the animals make.

In phonics we have been revising and applying the sounds qu, sh, ch, th, th, ng. reading them in words and writing words containing them. We are also practising writing short sentences.

Nursery  have been listening to instrumental sounds and the initial sounds in words based around an animal theme.

Our handwriting continues practising the capital and lower case letters U, V, W, X.

In RE – We discussed the things a Vicar might do as part of her role and why she might be a special person to Christians.

PSHE – The children have been learning how to stay friends and how to resolve conflicts. We have also revisited our school rules of having kind hands and feet, respecting property, kind words and doing what you are asked the first time. This led to a discussion about how to deal with angry feelings and we all suggested safe ways to show you are angry and that everyone has a right to feel safe at school.

Maths – This week the children have been placing numbers in order, thinking about where they fit on a number line in relation to each other.  Through practical activities and games, the children will reason about numbers and think carefully about which is more or less. They will use linear number tracks to play games that encourage them to compare numbers that are far apart, near and next to each other. (For example, 10 is a lot more than 2 but 5 is only 1 more than 4.)

The children will make connections between their experiences with counting 1-to-1 and subitising dice patterns, and the actions of rolling dice and moving themselves and puppets/soft toys along linear number tracks. Playing games where each equal space on a track is labelled with a different, sequential number will reinforce the order of numbers, and will begin to develop the children’s understanding of the rank order of numerical magnitude (the idea that numbers are getting bigger as we move along the track) and of the linear increase in the numbers (the idea that each number on the track is 1 more than the previous number and 1 less than the following number). Playing track games will also provide the children with practice in recognising numerals. These activities will give the children experience of counting on from different numbers and support them in continuing to develop their own ‘mental number lines’, a key building block for later mathematical knowledge.

 

The caterpillars have started their chrysalis stage so we will be looking forward to the emerging butterflies in a few weeks. We have experimented with the string technique to make symmetrical butterflies and finished painting our own interpretations of the food the Hungry caterpillar ate.

 

 

 

Class blog 24.4.26

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In Maths this week the children have worked on composition of numbers 6- 9 seeing them as 5 and a bit and have explored other number bonds up to ten.

Some children have been adding two numbers together and they have explored pattern making their own arrangements.

We have talked about on line safety and what to do if something makes you feel uncomfortable both online and offline and how to say no.

Our English has been based on the hungry caterpillar and they have chosen healthy food for the caterpillar and begun to learn the days of the week. They have sequenced the story and ordered and written about the life cycle and our real life caterpillars are getting fatter.

We have painted some of the food that the caterpillar ate the children mixing their own colours and making their own representations.

In phonics we have revisited the sounds ow, oi, er, ure, ear, air practising blending them into words and segmenting to write words. Level 1 - This week our learning has been based around the seaside.

Our handwriting focus has been to practise the capital and lower case letters P, Q, R, S, T.

PSHE – Our new theme is relationships and we talked about how to make friends and to make sure no one was lonely.

We made our own cheese straws which went down very well.

RE – The theme is special people and this week we recognised that Jesus is a special person for Christians because he cares for us. We told the story of the feeding of the five thousand and how sharing is important.

Mrs Mogford