Week Ending: 27.02.26

I said to the children this week how much I look forward to seeing them each morning, it really is true, they are a credit to you all. This week in RE we have been looking closely at the Parable of the Prodigal Son. The children have enjoyed working out why I have put certain objects in the golden box. We have also started to study fables in English. Sometimes the morals can be tricky to work out, but the children are enjoying the simplicity of the genre. Year 2 have absolutely smashed their maths this week - they have done work on the ten times table and are very confident. Let them show you at home! I was amazed at how the children worked during DT this week. One adult with 31 children creating prototype automatons successfully requires a lot of teamwork and yet it worked! Thank you as always for your continued support.

Week Ending: 13.02.26

What a wonderful half term it has been in Class Acutis. We have had so many wonderful people contribute to the children's learning in the last six weeks, especially Miss Omer. Sadly, we will have to say goodbye to Miss Omer on Friday but are excited to welcome back Miss Kantharia after half term. The week started with a special celebration of the word about CAFOD from Mrs Fordyce. The children are always enthusiastic about raising money for those in need. We also had a special message from Mr Singleton on Wednesday for the feast day of Our Lady of Lourdes. In R.E. this week the children have learned about The Nicene Creed, what it means and why it is so important to us. In maths, Year 3 have been looking carefully at units of measurement for length and have had to be very careful when measuring with their rulers - a tricky skill! Year 2 have made a great start on their times table journey
and worked really well with Mrs Murray, who has brought back some fantastic ideas from a training afternoon. I have downloaded the heatmaps from TTRS for Year 4 and the results are looking good - keep the hard work up Year 4! In English we have come to the end of our unit on The Firework-Maker's Daughter and the children have planned and written some excellent continuations of the story. They have used noun phrases, direct speech, fronted adverbials and cursive handwriting. We will finish reading the original version after half term. The children also proved their understanding of their history topic by comparing different Ancient Civilisations in terms of farming, buildings, writing and trade. On Monday they impressed a visiting sports coach with their knowledge of Boccia. He noted how developed their skills were, proving a little bit of practise each week can have an impact! All this learning, plus a school disco - the children will be ready for a rest! Thank you as always for your continued support and enjoy the break.

Week Ending: 06.02.26

Another fantastic week in Class Acutis! The highlight has been a visit from Mr Singleton, who talked to the children all about the charity HCPT and his experiences making the pilgrimage to Lourdes. The children were fascinated
and especially loved the song at the end. They are excited about sending some work to Mr Singleton's school and sharing learning between schools. We also shared our weekly class Celebration of the Word with Mrs Bridge in the
chapel. The children enjoyed reflecting on how we could shine out light to the world and follow in Jesus ' footsteps. They marked out a pathway of light to different crosses in the chapel using tealights to focus on following God's path in all they do. In Maths this week Year 2 have been getting to grips with concept of multiplication and will be hot on the heels of Year 3 and 4 with rapid recall of times tables facts. In English we have come to a very exciting part of our class novel The Firework-Makers Daughter which has inspired some great ideas for direct speech in the children's writing. In PE we are focusing on Boccia and the children are having great fun learning about the rules of the sport and developing sportsmanship. Last Friday we had a hugely enjoyable lesson and I can 't wait to see what this week brings.

Week Ending: 30.01.26

There have been so many success stories in Class Acutis this week! Every morning begins with children asking me if they can quiz and change their reading book and Year 4 children often complete a lesson on Reading Plus too.
This is in addition to the children writing out their weekly spellings and all before 9am! In preparation for our class liturgy, the children have thought about the blessings they have in their lives making links with the Beatitudes.
They have learned a beautiful hymn which they were looking forward to sharing with parents. They have developed this by making links with our RE topic and learning more about the work of HCPT and are looking forward to
welcoming a special visitor next week to find out more about this charity. In Maths, Year 4 have started to do mock Times Tables Tests on the iPads and are showing excellent rapid retrieval skills! Year 2 loved learning how to use
number lines to solve problems involving subtraction. Year 3 have had to grapple with the tricky skill of multiplying a 2 digit number by a 1 digit number and are making huge strides with their understanding. In English we are getting
deeper into our class novel and the children wrote some excellent setting descriptions including noun phrase, similes and time adverbials. They are all working their socks off! Well done everyone.