Cygnets class blog - 10.10.25

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Swans start of term blog

Traditional Tales in English

In English, our focus has been the Traditional Story of Goldilocks and The Three Bears. We learnt the story map and then became text detectives to find different words within the text. We had great fun with our magnifying glasses! This all led into the end product of our own stories which included hedgehogs, dogs and even squirrels!

Balancing the seasons

Our Science work has been focusing on Seasonal Changes. To help us with this, we all made a Season mobile which included matching the seasons to the months and to the typical weather.

Stable Structures

As part of our DT work, we have been learning about Stable Structures. We had great fun making basketball hoops out of straws, masking tape and pipe cleaners. It was amazing when we made them stable and they stood up on their own.

Making Memories

Our History focus has been on our personal History. The children have all made Memory Boxes which we are going to keep in school and add to throughout the year. They have done a great job.

Flamingo's Start of Term Blog

English - Back to the stone age with Stig of the Dump.

We have started our academic year by reading Stig of the Dump.  During our lessons, we have written some excellent diary entries from the point of view of Barney, one of the main characters.  After reading part of chapter 2, we drew what we thought the fireplace that Barney and Stig made would look like.  We then added some creative noun phrases to label parts of the fireplace.

Rocking and Rolling in Maths
Times Timetables Rock Star launch day brought a lot of fun to our class.  Mrs Perrett has set up some tournaments between Year 3 and Year 4 and some of us are getting very competitive already!  We have been exploring place value within numbers to 100, 1,000 and 10,000 and using our knowledge to order and compare numbers.
 
Wider curriculum - Understanding our bodies - inside and out
Our Science lessons have been full of practical activities.  We have made moving skeletons, a model of the hand and measured bones to find out which was the smallest bone in the human body.  History lessons have linked with our English work as we learn about the Stone Age.  We were all amazed to find out that there is more history before the birth of Jesus than after!
 
Next week, we are excited to visit the ploughing match on Wednesday!

The Kingfishers' Start of Term Blog

What a brilliant start to the new school year we've had in Year 5 and 6!

We’ve jumped straight into some exciting writing inspired by The Viewer by Gary Crew. The story has sparked lots of imagination and deep thinking — and a huge thank you to Mrs Vernon for bringing in a real View Master from the 1950s! It was amazing to see how the device works and helped us understand the story even more.

In our wider curriculum, things have been very hands-on. Science lessons have been full of practical experiments, including making mixtures (some of which were very smelly!) and learning how to separate materials. There’s been lots of curiosity and teamwork — and a few wrinkled noses!

In History, we’ve been diving into the dramatic life of Henry VIII and exploring the reasons behind his many marriages. The class has had some great discussions and asked some brilliant questions — we’re definitely becoming historians!

We’ve also taken part in a bit of real-life democracy by voting for our new School Councillors. Congratulations to Ted and Daniella — we know you’ll do a fantastic job representing The Kingfishers!

Looking ahead, we’re really excited about our upcoming trips to the Brailsford Ploughing Match and the Rosliston Science Festival. We can’t wait to get out and explore, learn new things, and have fun together.

Here’s to a fantastic term ahead!