Our curriculum
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Classes
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Penny Class - Reception
This week Penny class read Whatever Next! and were keen to find out a bit more about the moon 🌙. We have loved dressing up in the astronaut suits, making rockets with the large loose parts and making maps to help us find our way in space 🧑🚀 🚀 . We worked in our key groups to write a shopping list of ingredients for Mrs Starkey so that we could make a sandwich 🥪 for a picnic in space. We were most excited when the most popular requests were for bacon and sausage sandwiches … 😋 yummy! In phonics we have been looking at the first of our phase 3 sounds ai, ee, igh and oa and have been scanning our words and sentences to find the digraphs and trigraph. Talk to me about … trigraph Words to use … 3 letters making 1 sound Top tips … can you have a go at helping your grown ups write the shopping list at home? We have been reading … Whatever Next! By Jill Murphy
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Curriculum Vision Aut 1 Curriculum Vision Aut 2 Curriculum Vision Spr 2 EYFS curriculum goals EYFS Curriculum GPC chart Handwriting families Number facts for Year R Parent Plan for A1 Parent Plan for A2 Parent plan Spring 1 Parent plan Spring 2 Phonics progression Info Tricky words Phase 2 3 4 -
Sterling Class - Year 1
This week in English the children have been busy writing a letter as Pete the badger, the children have all been super at writing for purpose and have been really focused making sure their letter contains all the correct information. In Maths, we have started our new learning on place value to 50 and have been working on our problem solving skills, as a class we have been working on our independence when facing our daily power up question and it has been great to see the children choose their own concrete resource to support their mathematical thinking. In computing this week the children have been programming a robot to move across and round a square, making sure to not move out of the square's perimeter, the children showed brilliant team work and it was great to see all the children so determined to make it happen! On Thursday we had a visit from Ella who delivered a waste and recycling session, we learnt all about ways we can look after our planet, what materials can be recycled and ended the session making an easter bunny out of recycled materials! Talk to me about....sustainability! Words to use....recycling, plastic, waste, single use, glass and sustainable. Tips for the week... Can you find any wild or garden plants in your garden? We have been reading....The lonely lighthouse by Lisa Mcneil
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Autumn 2 parent plan Autumn1 curriculum vision Autumn2 curriculum vision Curriculum vision Spring1 GPC chart Handwriting Families Meet the Teacher Slides Number Facts Parent Plan for Autumn 1 Phonics Progression Info Spring1 parent plan Spring2 parent plan Tricky words Phase 2_5 -
Shilling Class - Year 2
Year 2 have been doing some excellent rehearsals for their Christmas play and are looking forward to showing you all soon! We have been working on our addition and subtraction in Maths, using tens frames and number lines. We have also been looking at the story of the Queen's Knickers and will be writing our own stories- 'The King's Boxers'! We have been learning about the Victorians, especially looking at similarities and differences between then and now.
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Curriculum Vision Aut 1 Curriculum Vision Aut 2 GPC Phonics chart Handwriting example Handwriting Families Meet the Teacher Slides Parent Plan Autumn 1 Parent Plan Autumn 2 Parent Plan Spring 2 Phonics Progression Info Spring 1 Parent Plan Spring1 Curriculum Vision Y1 Curriculum Y2 common exception words Y2 Curriculum Year 2 Maths facts -
Real Class - Year 3
Real Class are working hard on descriptive writing. We are studying magnets in Science and we are looking at differences and valuing those differences in PSHE.
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GPC Phonics Chart Handwriting at Newchurch Meet the Teacher Slides Parent plan spr 2 Phonics Progression Info Y3 Curriculum Year 3 and 4 spellings Year 3 maths facts -
Euro Class - Year 4
Euro class returned from lunch on Tuesday to find that their chairs had quit! Fed up of being swung on, dragged across the floor and left sticking out for people to trip over, the chairs had written a letter to the class explaining that they had gone on strike. The children set about writing letters to the chairs to persuade them to come back and luckily they were successful and the chairs returned by the end of the day. A few children quite liked sitting on the floor to do their work and wrote their letters to persuade the chairs not to come back! We finished our science unit on circuits by making electrical quiz games. The children came up with their own questions and answers and used copper tape and split pins to match them up so that when the correct answer was chosen the circuit was complete and a lamp would light up. We all enjoyed our Roman day on Thursday to finish off our history topic. We made mosaic biscuits, Roman shields, Roman games and even tasted some Roman foods! Have a lovely Easter break everyone! Mrs Illman 😊
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Curriculum Vision Map A1 Curriculum Vision Map A2 Curriculum Vision Map Sp1 GPC Phonics Chart Handwriting Example Meet the Teacher Slides Parent Plan Autumn 1 Parent Plan Autumn 2 Parent Plan Spring 1 Parent Plan Spring 2 Phonics Progression Info Y3 Y4 Spelling List Y4 Curriculum Y4 Maths Facts -
Krone Class - Year 5
Happy New Year from Krone Class! The class has come back ready and excited for the new term. We have continued to learn about comparing fractions this week, and are now ready for adding and subtracting fractions with the same and different denominators. We completed the writing challenge set by Mrs Parkin this week, writing a narrative with a picture for stimulus. The class was able to showcase all the work we have done in writing lessons last term and produce some really good writing. We finished off the week by looking at Humanism and the 'good life', what this means to us and the way we live our own lives. We looked at how the rules of Humanism relate to every religion and came up with some rules for our own lives. A great start back
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Curriculum Vision Aut 1 Curriculum Vision Aut 2 Curriculum Vision Spri 2 GPC Phonics Chart Handwriting Example Meet the Teacher Slides Parent Plan Spring 2 Y5 6 Common words Y5 Curriculum Year 5 Maths fact sheet -
Yen Class - Year 6
This week year 6 have started their new learning for this half term. We have been looking at what coasts are in Geography, talking about coasts we've visited and how different types of coastal landforms are formed. In maths, we have nearly finished out initial learning fractions. The class have been learning to multiply and divide fractions this week, putting their learning into real life contexts. The class are very much looking forward to our new art topic this half term too, where we will be creating vases from clay. This week, we started by identifying the features of a vase, as well as looking at and sketching vases from different historical time periods.
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Curriculum Vision A1 Curriculum Vision A2 Curriculum Vision Sp1 GPC Phonics Chart Handwriting Meet the Teacher Slides Parent Picture Sp1 Parent Plan - Spr1 Parent Plan for Autumn 1 Y6 A2 Parent picture Y6 Curriculum Year 5_6 spelling list Year 6 number facts -
Extra Curricular
We are proud to offer an extremely full and varied programme of clubs which provides opportunities for the pupils to attend in order to develop their interests, but also the chance to try new or different activities. This extended curriculum includes sport, drama, music and some unusual clubs, such as Petanque or Country Dancing, and also provides frequent opportunities for our Island Primary schools to engage in Area and Island events. Music and performance has a central role to play in the life of the School with each Key Stage participating in a Production every year, enabling our pupils to learn a wide range of instruments, participate in choirs, dance and musical productions. We also have committed to participation in the Dance Live challenge each year which encourages the children to dance on stage for example. Support is also provided for families who find it difficult to enable their children to participate, ensuring that no child is disadvantaged.
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