Week Ending: 06.02.26

It has been another fun and busy week in Class Romero! We’ve enjoyed lots of hands‑on learning, from decorating our vehicles in DT to creating Sukkot tents in History. The children always throw themselves into these activities and work brilliantly together. In Maths, both Year 1 and Reception have been exploring doubles, using songs and rhymes to help us remember them. Year 1 have turned into real bookworms in English, focusing on a poem inspired by a Chinese dragon. Next week, they will begin writing their own poems, including some fantastic rhyming words. Reception have been writing and learning all about carnivals, inspired by their English book Carnival Queen. In Science, we have learnt about the next stage of a frog’s life cycle—froglets! Next week, we will be bringing all of our learning together to create a frog life‑cycle wheel. I am really looking forward to our final week before half‑term. We will be focusing on St Valentine and enjoying lots of Valentine’s‑themed provisionI

Week Ending: 30.01.26

It has been a wonderfully busy and exciting week in Class Romero. The children have been hard at work designing and building their own vehicles using junk modelling materials, complete with axles and chassis. Hands‑on learning truly brings out the best in them, and it was fantastic to see every pair fully absorbed in their creations and working together so enthusiastically. This afternoon, the children produced beautiful, detailed artwork inspired by
Ramadan and Eid. They were eager to learn about the celebration and showed great curiosity throughout the activity. In Jam Coding, Reception children have been developing their click‑and‑drag skills by completing tricky digital jigsaws. Year 1 have continued with their brilliant animations unit, learning how to add frames to make their characters move smoothly across the screen. In science, we carried on exploring the lifecycle of a frog, with a special focus on tadpoles. The children were amazed to discover how frogs hatch from their jelly-like eggs and gradually transform. In Maths, Year 1 have been practising addition and subtraction within 20 and have begun learning their doubles to 20. Reception have been exploring the numbers 6, 7, and 8 through a range of practical activities. It has been a week full of curiosity, creativity, and teamwork. We are very much looking forward to our final two weeks of this half term.

Week Ending: 23.01.26

It’s been a wonderfully busy week of learning in Class Romero. Year 1 have been hard at work creating their very own China fact files in English, and they’ve taken such pride in showcasing what they’ve discovered. Continuing
our China theme, our History lessons have focused on Chinese New Year, and the children were thrilled to try a prawn cracker as part of the celebration. In Science, we explored the next stage of a frog’s life cycle: frogspawn. The
children were fascinated—especially when they got to investigate some pretend frogspawn in class, which was delightfully gooey and messy! In DT, we’ve been designing our own moving vehicles, thinking carefully about how
they will work. Next week, we will begin building them, complete with an axle and chassis. All in all, it’s been a packed week full of curiosity, creativity, and hands‑on learning. The children have embraced every moment. 

Week Ending: 16.01.26

This week in Class Romero, we’ve been busy learning and exploring across all subjects! In Science, we started our new topic on the life cycle of a frog, and the children were fascinated to learn about frogs—next week we’ll be looking closely at frogspawn! In Design and Technology, we continued exploring chassis and axles, and the children are excited to begin designing their own vehicles. In History, we stepped back in time to discover how Christmas was celebrated in the Victorian era, comparing traditions from the past with those we know today. In English, Year 1 have been learning about non-fiction books and their key features, and next week they’ll start collecting information to create their own China fact files. Reception have impressed us with their fantastic sentence writing inspired by Mog’s Birthday and have loved getting creative in our birthday-themed provision. It’s been a wonderful week of learning in Class Romero, and we’re looking forward to all the exciting activities next week will bring!