Week Ending: 05.12.25

The children in Class Acutis have been extra amazing this week. You might imagine being a teacher with no voice would be impossible, however these little stars have made it easy! They have listened and watched really carefully
and have demonstrated their excellent reading skills by reading aloud to the class when necessary. After a week away from writing about Paddington, the children have been very excited to get back to writing instructions for washing a bear and the results have been excellent. I fear they might like to try their instructions out for real over the holidays! In Maths, Year 2 have made a superb start to learning about 2D shapes and have really enjoyed the practical activities using art straws and plasticine. Year 3 and Year 4 have been getting to grips with multiplication and I can see that time on TTRockstars is paying off! Nativity rehearsals are well under way and I would like to say a huge thank you to all the adults at home who are helping the children to learn their lines. Please don't hesitate to get in touch with any questions. As always thanks for your support.

Week Ending: 28.11.25

Class Acutis have been working their brains extra hard this week in Maths and English as they have been recalling information from the last few months and completing lots of quizzes. The children have also created some artwork to celebrate the feast day of Christ the King. We looked at a range of different representations before the children created their own with pastels. This week's prayer leaders led us in a lovely celebration of the word to begin our
preparation through Advent and they also made changes to the class worship area including changing the cloth to purple and adding an Advent wreath.
Other children helped to prepare the classroom by decorating a tree and setting up the Nativity, remembering to place the kings further away to show their journey to the stable and leaving Baby Jesus out of the Nativity for now.
The excitement is definitely building! 

Week Ending: 21.11.25

Another fantastic week in Class Acutis has come to an end. The children have demonstrated superb knowledge in RE of the prophets Elijah and Saint John the Baptist. They have also enjoyed a really catchy song on the subject. In English we have been busy writing instructions for "How to wash a bear," based on our class novel - Paddington. The children have been very creative about the reasons for keeping a bear clean and have made me laugh a lot. I am looking forward to reading their final sets of instructions. Miss Kantharia delivered an exciting Science lesson on the resistance of different surfaces - the children enjoyed testing the effect of the surfaces as they rolled their car
down a ramp. As we look forward to the start of Advent next week, our minds have turned to the Nativity Production. The children should now have their parts and work will start in earnest next week. As always thank you for your
support.

Week Ending: 14.11.25

Another wonderful week in Class Acutis! It was lovely to meet all the parents and carers at parent's evening and the children are attacking TTRS, Reading Plus and Accelerated Reader with renewed enthusiasm. On Monday we
engaged in a Live Lesson as part of Anti Bullying Week. During the lesson the children were set a number of missions to explore the themes and deepen their understanding. In English the children have spent a lot of time developing noun phrases to make their descriptive writing about Paddington Station the best it can be. I have been very impressed with the way the Year 2 children have been using base10 to add and subtract numbers across a ten. Equally in Year 3 and Year 4 it has been a pleasure to see how the children are making links between different areas of maths and developing in confidence. Thank you as all always for your support.

Week Ending: 07.11.25

We have started the new half term with a bang in Class Acutis. Quite literally as the children in Year 2 have created fantastic firework art in their computing lesson. We have spent time remembering those who have been or are involved in conflicts across the globe and have written prayers to form a school wreath. The children made many thoughtful contributions during the class discussion. Year 3 and Year 4 have had a little bit of training on our new reading scheme and are now feeling spurred on to get reading even more!