Term Five Week 4

Wednesday 18th May
The Year 6 children have been having a truly wonderful time on their residential camp at Charterhouse this week and the Year 5s have really risen to the challenge of temporarily being the role models across school. Reading for pleasure remains a priority for us and, as readers, the Y5

Term Five Week 3

Thursday 12th May
Our third week of term completed and the Y6 children have worked incredibly hard this week for their SATs – we are SO proud of them all. The daily breakfasts were very much enjoyed every morning to give us energy and to get us in a positive frame of  mind

Term Five Week 2

Thursday 5th May
We hope you all enjoyed the long Bank Holiday weekend – we have certainly packed a lot of learning into this four-day week! Being historians and looking at our enquiry question of ‘How did the Egyptian civilisation evolve?’, Y5 and Y6 explored the chronology of the era and constructed a

Term Five Week 1

Friday 29th April
Welcome back to Term 5 and we have been super busy with our learning! Y5 children have thoroughly enjoyed investigating different types of angles and have learnt how to use a protractor (which can be really challenging!) in order to measure angles and draw them accurately.

Term Four Week 6

Thursday 7th April
How time flies and the last week of term has gone with a swing: thank you to all those children and parents who were able to join us for the Charterhouse information-giving session on Tuesday  and to those who came into school on Wednesday to share their child’s history learning

Term Four Week 5

Thursday 31st March
The penultimate week of term and it certainly has been packed with learning! As mathematicians, we have been learning about percentages and explaining what they are. We used this knowledge to then calculate the percentage discounts off different-priced toys.   Exploring the characters in our class book ‘Roman Quests’

Term Four Week 4

Thursday 24th March
It has been wonderful this week seeing so many Y5/Y6 children and families make an effort to be more active and environmentally friendly by swapping the car for walking, scooting and cycling to school. The weather has been a real help so let’s try to continue with this for the

Term Four Week 3

Tuesday 15th March
Week 3 began with us celebrating how to be successful mathematicians by taking part in maths activities outside of our daily maths lessons as part of the CLF Big Day of Maths as well as International Maths Day. In guided reading, we read about two female mathematicians (Ada Lovelace and

Term Four Week 2

Thursday 10th March
We have achieved so much during Week 2 of this term and it has been wonderful to see William Blackburn’s final edition of his children-friendly newsletter which he has been creating in his own time. Enjoy reading it by clinking on the link here! Eye on Uphill Also, click

Term Four Week 1

Thursday 3rd March
Welcome back to Term Four! It has been wonderful to see Y5/Y6 children return to school after the half term break and we have loved ‘Book Week’. As part of celebrating the importance and enjoyment of reading, we started the week by reading to each other in class and listening