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In Reception children have been focusing on building their gross motor skills. An exciting way to do this is through riding bikes. The children have learned about riding safely and know that they always need to wear a helmet to…

This week 3 year nursery have used their knowledge about colour and have learnt how to create a repeating pattern based on colour. Children have further developed their knowledge of repeating patterns and have used natural materials, actions and sounds…

This week 2-year nursery have been learning about the story ‘Dear Santa’ by Rod Campbell.  Children have engaged in a range of activities to build up their confidence with using and exploring different textures, applying different creative skills and using…

This week 2-year nursery have continued to focus on the Story ‘My Presents’ by Rod Campbell.  2 Year nursery have been extremely creative this week, learning how to print using paints and join media together using PVA glue. Next week…

This week 3 year have been creating their own story map of Brown Bear, Brown Bear what do you see? The children have really enjoyed learning how to sequence the animals on their own story map. Three-year nursery have also…

This week Reception children have had a big focus on practising key skills in the construction area. They have used various resources such as Duplo, Lego and wooden blocks to create different structures. The children have built houses, clock towers,…

Year 3 have been working hard to add and subtract three-digit numbers using the column method. Many have drawn place value charts alongside the column method to help develop their understanding of regrouping. In literacy, pupils have written a defeating…

This week Y2 children enjoyed an exciting science experiment where they observed the teacher burning different materials. They thought carefully about which materials would be the best or worst to build houses with. Pupils loved the practical maths lessons where they…

Year 4 are continuing to enjoy swimming lessons; a number of pupils have already met the National Curriculum expectations – wow! Year 4 are continuing to write their character flaw narratives, thinking about including speech when their main character meets…

Year 5 have really enjoyed sketching their monsters in art, learning different techniques for sketching different features. In maths we are learning about area and perimeter of 2d shapes, and using the information given to calculate missing sides. Year 5…

Year 6 have been writing amazing meeting tales using two characters who meet in the trenches during WW1. Teachers have used drama techniques to support pupils with their writing. Poplar class also enjoyed a day in the trenches in our…

This week 3 year  have been focusing on the colour green. They have been exploring different dry textures in their sensory tray. They have also been learning how to combine different medias such as paint, card, paper and stickers to…

This week in Reception children have been practising their writing skills by applying their phonics knowledge in different ways. Children have been taught the pure sounds for each letter of the alphabet, and they have learned how to practise forming…

What a busy three days Y1 have had! The highlight was certainly our time in the woodland firstly making the character Stickman and then playing with them and retelling the story we have been working on in class. In addition …

 Year 2 children were very excited to share their learning with their parents during GLEE. They were able to show their skills in Reading and the importance of love for reading. During Maths the children worked in partners to reinforce…

This week Year 3 pupils were excited to be accompanied by their parents in class.  Parents attended a reading GLEE and learned how accelerated reader can be used to improve reading ages, fluency and comprehension.  In topic this week pupils…

Year 4 are continuing to learn about people who created change, thinking about the Bristol bus boycott and those who stood up for what they believed in to bring about change. In art Year 4 are continuing to sketch facial…

Year 5 are writing overcoming a monster stories in English, inspired by Beowulf. They are sketching monsters in their art lessons to support their writing and will be practicing different features this week and next week. Year 5 have been…

Year 6 started the week with a special assembly announcing the winners of our poster competition. Our Year 6 leadership group have been assigned classes who they will support during some assemblies; they will be helping all pupils to have…

Commando Steffan helped motivate year 5 to apply to be “Junior Joes” and run Let’s Play sessions on the playground. Children learnt how to work as a team and communicate well to set and complete missions. Children now have the…

This week 2-year nursery children explored the colder weather. They were very happy to see the snow! They put on their wellies, hats and coats and had such fun making snowmen, footprints and snowballs. They then warmed up inside with…

It was lovely to welcome Parents in for 3 Year Nursery’s first GLEE session of the year. The focus of the session was communication and interaction.  We also welcomed ‘The incredible years team’ who attended to provide parents and carers…

This week in Reception children have been practising their fine motor skills in the playdough area. They have been rolling, pinching, flattening with their hands, indenting, piercing and pushing the playdough to create different things. This week they focused on…

Children in Year 1 loved playing in the snow with their friends this week and it linked brilliantly with our new story about Stickman. Stickman is used by different people for different jobs throughout the year he is lost.  One…

This week Year 2 pupils have enjoyed learning more facts about the Great Fire of London. They used tissue paper and overlapping to make flames for their book art. The students made Tudor houses and watched these burn in the…

Year 3 pupils have enjoyed learning how to write sections of their Iron Man stories using features from the characterisation toolkit.  In Maths, children have worked hard to add three-digit numbers together using place value counters and are beginning to…

Year 4 are learning about electricity in their science lessons. Pupils have been building working circuits with a switch and drawing accurate circuit diagrams. Larch class also enjoyed building their willow lanterns, next week Lime class will build their lanterns…

Year 5 have enjoyed another Tech We Can session this week, using iPads to learn more about technology and programming. Some Year 5 pupils enjoyed a workshop about healthy relationships with the Tender charity, thinking about how to resolve disagreements.…

Year 6 have been writing their newspaper articles about the assassination of Franz Ferdinand this week. They have thought carefully about a catchy headline, included key facts about the events and added quotes using direct and reported speech. In art…

This week 2-year nursery have continued to learn about celebrations. 2-year nursery are focusing on the Story ‘My Presents’ by Rod Campbell.  The children are focusing on naming different objects in the story and talking about celebrations they have taken…

This week 3-year nursery have been learning about the festival of Diwali. They have done this through songs, stories, and a special snack time.  The children have even made their own diva lamps.  They have explored clay and how to…

This week in Reception children have been learning about the settings that are in the story- We’re Going on a Bear Hunt. Children have been learning to retell the story through a story map. In provision they have been looking…

Year 1 pupils have had a busy and enjoyable week. They have enjoyed learning our new story in English based around ‘Stickman by Julia Donaldson’; they have started to think about the timeline of their life and used earphone headsets…

This week pupils demonstrated problem solving skills in Maths by solving double-digit word problems using partitioning and bar models. In English, they generated vocabulary to describe flames and fire to support their understanding of our fire monster story. They also…

This week Year 3 pupils have worked hard to use their number bond knowledge to add and subtract multiples of tens from a three-digit number.  They have worked together as a group, then class, to make an Iron Man sculpture…

Year 4 have continued to enjoy swimming this week, we are so proud of the progress they are making! In Art Year 4 are learning to sketch facial features and have focused on eyes this week. Year 4 have also…

Year 5 enjoyed an Anglo Saxons woodland day this week; they made talisman using a hot marker to create their name, they learnt archery skills and sketched beasts. They have begun to learn about the Anglo Saxons in class too,…

Year 6 are enjoying completing STEM projects in their Great Opportunities sessions. This week they have built planes and thought about the aerodynamics of each. Along with our whole school, Year 6 thought about Remembrance Day on Monday; as they…

This week 2 year nursery have been learning about the festival of Diwali. They have done this through songs, stories, and a special snack time.  The children have even made their own diva lamps.  They have explored clay and how…

This week 3 year have started their new topic on Colour, they are focusing on the story Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? By Bill Martin Jr and Eric Carle.  This week the children have been familiarising themselves…

This week Elm class have welcomed Ms Bapty as their class teacher. They have been focusing on lots of turn taking, following instructions, and listening skills. They have done this through rhyme time, baking, sorting, passing games and woodland time.…

This week Reception have been practising acting out familiar experiences in the classroom home corners. Children have been using their imagination and experiences of familiar events to recreate storylines. They have shown a great interest in familiar resources that they…

All Y1 pupils have demonstrated great re-commitment to our Heaton values and Heaton routines at the start of our new half term. This re-commitment has helped pupils focus on creating numbers to 20 by thinking of ‘ten and a bit…

Year 2 pupils have made a great start to this half term by showing strong re-commitment to our Heaton values and Heaton routines. They have enjoyed the start of the Great Fire of London topic by becoming bakers and baking…

Year 3 pupils have enjoyed the launch to the Iron Man topic. They have looked closely at the features of Iron Man, after starting their class novel – Iron Man and have created images using pastels and chalk.  They have…

Year 4 have had a really exciting week; Year 4 have begun their swimming lessons which they have all really enjoyed! We are so pleased with the attitude of all pupils, and their enthusiasm for learning something new. Year 4…

Year 5 have begun learning about the Anglo Saxons, they are very excited about a woodland day next week where they will practice archery and make talisman. Year 5 have begun to enjoy taekwondo and orienteering lessons as part of…

Year 6 have worked so hard this week; they have taken their first practice SATs papers and have shown super commitment and resilience. These papers will help teachers to know how we can support pupils in our teaching. Year 6…

Mrs Mawson and Miss Mir had the absolute pleasure of interviewing the children who have applied to be pupil leaders. Even opening their letter to invite them to the interview was a very important task! Every single one of them…

Congratulations to all these winners of the book token – well done for doing a great job with your reading! The visit to the Vending Machine was magical, each choosing a book to keep forever.

Year 3 pupils have worked hard this week to draw a woodland scene using all the art skills they have learnt this half term.  In Maths, pupils have learnt how to represent and interpret data in pictograms, tally charts and…

Your children in Year 1 have worked hard on their phonics, which many of you saw during your visits as part of the GLEE event, and are making progress.  Therefore many will be bringing a new colour reading book home…

This week 2 Year nursery have further explored the season of Autumn. They have been on a beautiful autumn walk looking at all the leaves on the ground. The children noticed the leaves were different colours- yellow, orange, and brown.…

This week 3 Year nursery have been looking at the changes in the environment now that Autumn has fully arrived. They have looked at the changes in the nursery garden and have enjoyed lots of outdoor learning activities this week.…

This week as it is our final week of Autumn 1 half term, Reception children wanted to end on a high note! They have worked hard this week to make some rockets using bottles and have been doing experiments and…

Year 2 pupils have finished this half term very strong. They worked tirelessly on their Phonics reading and fluency. The children were also very focused on their handwriting skills. They know it is crucial to understand what they are writing…

Year 4 welcomed an author and illustrator, the fantastic Emily Parkin, into school this week. They learnt about how the artist had chosen the medium to use to create such eye-catching images telling the story of Saltaire. Year 4, along…

Year 5 have finished reading The Firework Maker’s Daughter, they have completed a quiz and have really enjoyed the story. Year 5 have completed their final Hurricane art pieces and invented amazing warning tales to finish their natural disasters topic.…

Year 6 have finished reading Room 13 this week, they loved reading about how the main character Fliss defeated Dracula. They have also explored whether Dracula is real, researching about a historical and fictional character. Some Year 6 pupils enjoyed…

This week 2 Year nursery have further explored the season of Autumn. They have been on a beautiful autumn walk looking at all the leaves on the ground. The children noticed the leaves were different colours- yellow, orange, and brown.…

This week 2 Year nursery have been enjoying their outdoor area this week. They have been focusing on making large movements with their bodies such as, climbing, balancing, running, and jumping. Providing a range of activities to encourage children to…

This week 3 Year Nursery have been practicing their fine motor skills. They have done this various ways through dough disco lessons, using whole punches in the creative area, using tweezers to pick up small objects and using different mark…

This week Reception children have been talking about seasonal changes as it is now Autumn. They have visited our beautiful woodlands to see if they can notice what has happened to the leaves on the trees. The children have also…

Tuesday saw all Year 1 children visit our beautiful woodland again to identify different types of trees and consider if they were deciduous or ever green trees. Their mission was to help the Gruffalo to find the correct type of…

Year 2 pupils have been using their mental maths facts to solve addition and subtraction calculations.  This week, children investigated which materials were the best to use as a sail for a pirate ship. Pupils have started their Art lessons, inspired by portraits…

Year 3 have worked extremely hard this week. They have understood the concept of rounding and can now round 3 digit numbers to the nearest 10.  In Science, children have been exploring how seeds disperse in a variety of different…

Year 4 have been working extremely hard in their maths lessons, they have been using place value counters to support their addition and subtraction and have been practicing their times tables daily. Year 4 have continued to use substitution to…

Year 5 are continuing to enjoy their Natural Disasters topic. This week Year 5 have completed a quiz using their Family Fact Sheets – they remembered so many facts! Year 5 enjoyed an assembly along with our whole school recognizing…

Year 6 have been continuing to enjoy building their lighthouses. They built the frame using cardboard and then covered the structures in mod roc; pupils are really looking forward to decorating them in the coming weeks. They have been learning…

This week 2 Year nursery have started to explore the season of Autumn. They have a new Autumn display in their classroom which has sparked conversations around the different coloured leaves they can see. Over the next few weeks, the…

This week 3 Year Nursery have been learning how to balance during their PE lessons. They have been set challenges to see if they can balance on different apparatus and how to successfully navigate an obstacle course. Gross motor skills…

This week Reception children have been exploring writing and mark making in many different forms. Outdoors children have been using large brushes and rollers to make marks on a large scale. Indoors children have been drawing and writing. During literacy…

Your Year 1 child has plenty to talk about because they met some amazing birds of prey this week.  The largest bird to visit was a European Owl – who was about 60cm tall and the smallest bird to visit…

This week Y2 pupils have been working hard in Phonics to develop fluency and expression whilst reading. Did you know that reading promotes progress in all other subjects too? Year 2 pupils also had their first internet safety lesson and…

Pupils in Year 3 finally finished foraging for blackberries. This week they have also made their own crumbles by carefully peeling and cutting the fruit they selected from their crumble designs.  We are sure that all our families have enjoyed…

Year 4 have been sketching Victorian architecture in Art lessons, inspired by the artist Clare Caulfield; we can’t wait to see their final pieces!  Learn by Question on the iPads to practice their maths skills has been exciting; there are…

Year 5 enjoyed a trip to a Hindu temple this week, learning about a place of worship and the Hindu faith. They have also started their new maths unit looking at addition and subtraction; pupils have been using place value…

Year 6 enjoy guided reading every day, this week Year 6 have been reading ‘The Boy Who Met a Whale’ by Nizrana Farook, picking out suspense features. They have also continued to practice sketching features of Whitby and have used…

This week Elm have been introduced to a new quiet space where the children can access a dark tent and lots of books. The children have been extremely excited by the new space and have even named it ‘the cave’.…

This week in 2YN children have been independently looking at books, sharing stories in small groups and singing nursery rhymes. Sharing stories with young children promotes a love of reading, exposes children to new language helping to develop speaking and…

The children in 3 year nursery have been focusing on people who help us in school. This week the children have had a visit from Jess and Miss Chitty to talk about their job role around school. The children were…

This week in Reception children have focussing on developing their fine motor skills.  To build up the muscles in their fingers children have been encouraged to use scissors to develop their scissor control, play with playdough and manipulate it into…

A trip to the woodlands to ‘adopt a tree’ has further inspired our writing and broadened our knowledge this week. In addition, a ‘Now Press Play’ experience when a story was told through headsets in our 4D space has added…

This week Y2 have researched the last explorer on their timeline and found out how Matthew Henson became the first person to reach the North Pole.  They have enjoyed working together cooperatively in P.E to demonstrate invasion and attacking skills…

Pupils in Year 3 are learning to compare and order 3-digit numbers. They have been using base ten and arrow cards to help them understand how 3-digit numbers can be partitioned. Hansel and Gretel artwork by the artist Jacky Rough…

Year 4 have finished their sound poems based upon our steam train visit last week and have published their poetry using iPads – come and see them on display for our GLUE parent’s evenings! We are continuing to sketch Victorian…

Year 5 have continued to learn about natural disasters, they have learnt about how an earthquake is formed and where in the world they are most likely to happen and why. We enjoy Story Project each week, thinking about the…

Year 6 have been sketching using images from Whitby; they have used points of perspective to sketch a row of beach huts. The children are looking forward to creating their final pieces and painting these with water colour pencils. In…

Year 4 have enjoyed a magical trip to Saltaire this week. We took a ride on a steam train, then an electric train, we explored Roberts Park and took a historic tour of Saltaire Village. We visited Ada Street, where…

Year 5 began the week with a special workshop looking at technology, linked to our aspirations. Our visitor will return next half term with robots – we can’t wait! Year 5 have also begun their new art unit, looking at…

Inspired by our trip to Whitby, Year 6 have finished their persuasive writing this week, thinking about the features of persuasion. Year 6 have now started to look at suspense writing, inspired by a video called Alma about a girl…

This week in Year 3, pupils learned to write a tale of fear which included toolkit features of a great setting description.  A woodland visit looking for frightening characters has inspired their creative thinking, and we cannot wait for the…

A wonderful week in Year 2 involved pupils role playing as sailors on board the ship of Sir Francis Drake, after which they excitedly plotted their journey back home. This week they met the explorer Sarah Outen over Zoom. They…

Y1 classrooms have been a been a hive of hard work this week as pupils have been using ‘Fred Talk’ to write sentences based on the wonderful Gruffalo story. In Maths they have been combined (added) two sets of objects…

The children in Elm class are fully embracing their ‘woodland topic’ and have been exploring paint this week. The children have enjoyed getting creative and making different shades of brown. They have been taught how to add finer details to…

This week Reception have been focusing on ordering by size in Maths. The children have fully embraced their learning and have been independently embedding these skills in provision. We have seen some amazing ordering bears by size, building towers of…

This week children 3 Year Nursery have been learning the nursery rhyme ‘Miss Polly had a Dolly’. The children have been acting out the rhyme, role playing doctors and real-life experiences. 3 Year nursery have been learning about other people…

This week 2 Year nursery have launched their topic ‘Wild Animals’ through the story ‘Dear Zoo’. The children have been learning to name the different animals and have been getting creative using different materials to create their very own wild…