Hello everyone,

This year is absolutely flying by! I can’t believe we only have one half term left before the children move up to Year 5! It will be a busy half term as well, with events such as our trip to Stanborough Lakes (12/6/26) and Sports Day.

The children all did a fantastic job participating in the mini marathon yesterday and showed excellent sportsmanship by cheering each other on!

Timetable Rockstars Competition

In preparation for our multiplication checks in June, I am going to be setting up a competition on TT Rockstars for the children to complete over the half-term break. There are prizes to be won for the children who make the most progress on the website, which will be announced on the first day back after half term (2/6/26).

Geography Project (Optional)

As mentioned in one of the earlier blogger posts, in Geography we have been learning about ‘Rivers’. In the last few weeks, the children have learned about the different courses of a river (upper, middle and lower) and the key features found along the way, such as the source, meanders and mouth.

This half term’s project will be linked to this learning. The children can either:

• create a model of a river, including its key features, or
• go on a walk along a river of their choice and document its features through photographs (this may be a great option while the weather is good).

We will be sharing our projects on 8/6/26. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to ask.

Mr Chanter's Spelling Group

calendar

grammar

regular

particular

peculiar

popular

consider

remember

quarter

integer

Mrs Anderson's Spelling Group

enough

young

touch

double

trouble

country

courage

rough

tough

cousin

Have a lovely half term and take care.

Good afternoon everyone,

I hope you have all had a lovely week. It’s not long now until our PGL residential and the children all seem really excited. Please note that an email was sent out with the PGL presentation slides and kit list attached, but if you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to email me.

In English this week, the children have moved on to Lewis Carroll’s Jabberwocky poem, where they have been identifying nonsensical words and using their comprehension skills to work out what the poem might be about.

In maths, we have been working with decimals, with a particular focus on tenths, and have been rounding these numbers to the nearest whole number. Next week, the children will be moving on to a very popular topic — money!

In our ‘Rivers’ geography topic, we have been naming and locating some of the world’s longest rivers, including the Nile, Amazon and Yangtze. We discussed the continents these rivers are found in and the children also enjoyed learning interesting facts about them.

In RE, we have continued to discuss and research the Bible. Last week, we discussed the meaning of the word ‘sacred’ and wrote down what we already know and would like to find out about the Bible. This week, we learnt about some of the authors of the Bible and read about their stories and experiences. We also discovered that the Bible is the world’s best-selling book, amongst other interesting facts - including John the Baptist eating locusts with honey in the desert!

In art, we worked on studies inspired by the rainforest. We used viewfinders to focus on sections of a particular animal or insect. We then split our pages into four sections to draw and colour enlarged studies based on what we could see through our viewfinders. We looked carefully at colour, texture and shape in our work.

Of course, it has also been Sir David Attenborough’s 100th birthday this week. To celebrate the occasion, we went outside to enjoy the outdoor areas he has worked so hard to protect and celebrate and the children wrote acrostic poems in his honour. They produced some fantastic work!

I hope you all have a lovely weekend and I may even see some of you when the teachers win at the PTA Quiz Night tomorrow.

Take care,

Mr Chanter

Good afternoon all,

I hope you have had a lovely week. The weather has been absolutely fantastic and I hope it continues over the bank holiday weekend.

It was great to see some of you at our PGL Parents’ Meeting this week. If you have any questions about the residential, please don’t hesitate to ask.

Just a reminder that our PTA Quiz Night is on Saturday 9th May. It would be lovely to see you there and although it won’t be possible to come first (as the teachers will have a table!), I’m sure coming second will still be enjoyable!

Enjoy the sunshine and I’ll see you next week.

Mr Chanter's Spelling Group

centuries

Egyptians

myths

mysterious

dynasty

symbol

hieroglyphics

mystical

opposite

pyramid

Mrs Andersen's Spelling Group

history

believe

reign

different

interest

learn

Egypt

pyramid

excited

ancient