What a wonderful start to our autumn term! This term, our learning has been inspired by Humanities, as we explore our village and the history of our school within the community. With our school celebrating its 40th anniversary, we’ve enjoyed looking at old photographs, sharing stories, and beginning to plan what we’d like to learn and discover next. It’s been exciting to see how much our school and community have grown and changed over the years!

In Maths, we have been developing our understanding of place value and numbers to 20, 50, and 100. Using a variety of equipment and hands-on resources — and even a Super Mario Bros-themed number game that we designed ourselves — has made our maths learning both fun and meaningful. We’ve also made the most of the last of the summer sunshine by taking our maths lessons outdoors and enjoying practical, active learning in the fresh air.

In Literacy, we’ve been building our reading, sentence-making, and writing skills. A highlight of the term was creating a written sequence of our apple juice making activity. From apples picked in our own school grounds to pressing and tasting the juice on site, it was truly a drink with zero air miles! We’ve also continued to develop our phonics skills through a multisensory approach, becoming enthusiastic word detectives along the way.

As we look ahead to Harvest, we’ve been learning a Pie Corbett passage about how the world was made, and practising a lively song celebrating God’s creation — pictures to follow soon!

It’s been a busy and exciting start to the year, full of creativity, curiosity, and community spirit — the perfect way to begin our 40th anniversary celebrations