Our history focus this term is ‘changes within living history’. We have been discovering how shops and shopping has changed over the decades. We travelled back in time to the 1950s and discovered that there were no supermarkets and people had to go to smaller shops which sold specific things in order to do their shopping. A lot of people did not have a fridge in their house so shopping was done more frequently too! We also discovered there was no internet shopping in the 50s and people paid in cash, with the shop keeper helping the customer to get all the things they needed.
Nursery w/b 24.11.25
Our story will be: The Jolly Christmas Postman
Our rhyme of the week will be: Our Christmas songs
Our maths work will focus on: Showing 1, 2 and 3
We will also be: Writing and posting letters to Father Christmas, practising cutting and sticking, learning about the job of a postman, and practising our Christmas performance.
Reception wb 25.11.25
Our story will be: Take a Walk Little Bear
Our rhyme of the week will be: Christmas Nativity songs
Our maths work will focus on: 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5
We will also be: retelling Take a Walk Little Bear, making playdoh hedgehogs and going on a number hunt!
Year 6 History – WW2 Gressenhall Trip
Year 6 had a brilliant trip to Gressenhall last week. They dressed up as WW2 evacuees and spent the day learning what life would have been like for children at that time. They enjoyed going inside an Anderson shelter, working on the farm, learning about the Women’s Land Army, finding out more about rationing and training with the Home Guard. It was a great day and they all learned a lot from it – as well as being able to share lots of facts from our History lessons. We will be using the day as inspiration for our writing in the next couple of weeks – keep a look out for some examples to be shared on here!
Nursery w/b 17.11.25
Our story will be: Astrogirl
Our rhyme of the week will be: From now until our performances we will be practising our Christmas songs
Our maths work will focus on: positional language and shapesWe will also be: learning a bit about space and the names of the planets, using metallic paints to create space pictures, carrying out a couple of space experiments and continuing with Fred Talk.
Reception wb 17.11.25
Our story will be: Take a Walk Little Bear
Our rhyme of the week will be: Three Blind Mice
Our maths work will focus on: 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5
We will also be: making bird feeders, building a den for a bear and starting to practise our nativity.
Reception wb 10.11.25
Our story will be: Take a Walk Little Bear
Our rhyme of the week will be: Old MacDonald
Our maths work will focus on: 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5
We will also be: making maps and talking about zones of regulation.
The Bog Baby
India class investigated an unexpected sound in the wildlife area. We discovered many unusual things, including shells, pink and blue leaves, and a book. After investigating further, we found a strange blue creature beside the pond and in the long grass. The creature had a tag attached that read ‘please look after me.’
We carefully brought the creature to our classroom, and we read the book.
By the end of the story, we decided that the creature we found was, in fact, a Bog Baby. We discussed what he might be and where he might have come from. Someone suggested he might have come to the pond’s surface as he was hungry. One child said that he was lost. Two children thought he had no family. Everyone agreed that we would look after the creature, but if it got sick, then we would take it back to the forest where it belongs.
Year 2 Textiles
In DT, we have been learning about textiles. We made a patchwork collage of different types of materials by making and using a template. We compared their properties. We were very excited to make felt houses. We made cardboard templates, drew round them on fabric using chalk, cut them out carefully and used running stitch to attach the roof and applique the door and windows. We showed amazing determination if it got tricky and enjoyed learning new skills.
Nursery w/b 10.11.25
Our story will be: Mr Wiggle and Mr Waggle
Our rhyme of the week will be: See saw, Marjorie Daw
Our maths work will focus on: repeating patterns
We will also be: learning about Remembrance Day, responding to the provocation of ‘poppies’ on the craft tables, continuing with Fred Talk and learning about ‘characters’ in stories.