Term Two Week 1

Thursday 2nd November
Welcome back to Term Two and what a wet and windy week it has been! It has been lovely to have Year 5 and Year 6 back in school again and we have settled into school routines well. A focus for us this week has been to develop our handwriting

Term One Week 7

Wednesday 18th October
The last week of term one and it certainly has been a busy three days! Children from Y5 and Y6 took part in a cross-country event on Tuesday at Sidcot School – they all showed grit and determination in taking part and ran with smiles on their faces. As

Term One Week 6

Thursday 12th October
The last full week of term and we can definitely tell that it is autumn with the darker mornings and evenings! As musicians this week, Y5 and Y6 children composed their own sea shanties based on The Wellerman Song which we have been studying. In groups, they composed their own

Term One Week 5

Thursday 5th October
Week Five already – how the term is flying by! This week, as mathematicians, Y5 children have been exploring decimal numbers: their values and how to add and subtract them. Developing oracy as a mathematician continues to be a focus for us and you can see in these pictures that

Term One Week 4

Thursday 28th September
We started off our week with our harvest assembly and the bringing in of food donations – thank you to everyone who supported this. As musicians this week, Y5 and Y6 children had the opportunity to play a range of percussion instruments in class while keeping the beat to a

Term One Week 3

Sunday 17th September
It has been an exciting week for our Y5 and Y6 learners as we have seen all the Y6 children receive their prefect badge meaning that they are all role models for the rest of the school and they have began their lunchtime duties with responsibility. As writers,

Term One Week 2

Thursday 14th September
Our first full week of the term, and indeed the year, and it has been packed full of learning!   As historians, we have embarked on our learning journey of investigating ‘How did settlements stem from The Stone Age?’ which saw us grappling with chronology as we learnt about the

Term One Week 1

Friday 8th September
Welcome to the start of the academic year 2023-2024 and what a fantastic first four days back we have had – if not a little on the hot side! It has been great to see the new Year 5s settle in so well to life in Upper Key Stage 2

Term Six Week 7

Friday 21st July
What a final week of 2023 it has been at UVA! The Year 6s have enjoyed a week of fun leavers activities while the Year 5s (and the rest of the school ) were treated to a string quintet sessions provided by North Somerset Music Service. They performed for us

Term Six Week 6

Thursday 13th July
What a fabulous week in school we’ve had with The Greatest Show topping the bill! Thank you for all your support with costumes, learning lines and clapping along while watching our Upper Key Stage Two production. The children really did put on a great show which included acting, singing and