19/12/2025

On Monday we were thrilled to make a surprise appearance at the EYFS Nativity play – we were very happy to support our buddies by supplying backing vocals!  

In English this week the children have worked hard on creating and publishing their own graphic narrative based on The Adventures of Odysseus. Monday was spent planning a story board, Tuesday looking at the text and speech that they wanted to include and then the rest of the week the children were incredibly focused and committed to producing some high-quality work. In Maths we are still focusing on fractions. This week we looked at how we can use the Keep, Change, Flip method to help us divide fractions. This is still an area where the children are less confident so, please encourage them to use their CPG books to practice these skills at home. 

We have enjoyed making 2026 desktop calendars learning the art of making tent cards and we have learned a new skill of making 3D Christmas cards. 

On Thursday afternoon we sat with our buddies to watch our school panto.  A wonderful week all round, a perfect end to a very busy term! X  

Welcome to Determination Class!

Exciting News!

We have recently signed up to an amazing new online learning programme to help support year 6 children and to prepare them for their SATs. 

By the end of this week each year 6 child will be given their own individual log in to access this site.  Once on the site they can access a whole host of resources and practice questions to help to grow their confidence. 

Please encourage your children to visit the website and try out some of the activities.

The link to access the website is below.

Log in

If you have any questions, then please do not hesitate to contact me.

Mrs Payne 

This week in Booster sessions we have been looking at worded Maths problems and how we can extract the correct information from the question to complete the calculation. 

In English we have been focusing on writing a narrative of the story from the perspective of Odysseus. The children have had to explore the inner thoughts and feelings of Odysseus to enable them to produce an emotive piece of writing. 

In Maths we have looked at adding and subtracting fractions and how we can turn improper fractions into mixed number fractions. 

In History we compared, Sparta and Athens, looking at location, cultural beliefs and factual events that occurred in the past. 

In Design and Technology, the children have enjoyed using their chrome books to investigate how to take a simple spaghetti bolognaise recipe and make it as healthy as they can by adding vegetables and swapping full fat beef for 5% lean beef.  

Another great week.