Friday 24th October 2025

 

Happy Friday and end of half term. We have had lots of fun and learning take place in these 8 weeks, but this is only the start of an action-packed, engaging year that we have planned ahead. We have particularly enjoyed reading Goodnight Mister Tom and writing World War II poems. 

YEAR 5/6 HOMEWORK TASKS

CGP BOOKS

MATHS

Year 5 Pg 18+19 - Multiples, Factors and Primes

Year 6 Pg 14 - BODMAS

ENGLISH

Year 5 Pg 16 - Basic Relative Clauses

Year 6 Pg 88-89 - Reading text

• Reading: Remember 15-20 minutes reading to an adult every day is the optimum and should be continuing into Year 5/6. Please also encourage your child to read by themselves and then discuss the text afterwards, sharing opinions, their favourite part or questioning what happened so as to ensure that your child is understanding the text as well as reading it. All children have a Reading Record to take home.

• TTRS/Sumdog - lots of practice on these amazing programmes that complement what we learn at school. Please see your reading diaries for login details or message your class teacher using Dojo.

We hope that the children who attended the disco had a fab time and you all manage to share some special time with your families this half term.

Please remember that Monday 3rd November is an inset day, so children will return on Tuesday 4th November.

See you soon!

Mrs. Hurley, Mr. Greenfield and Miss Harvey

Year 5/6 Blogpost 17.10.25

Dear Parents,

Happy Friday one and all. We hope you've had a great week and are looking forward to October half term next week. It's hard to believe that we have been learning for 7 weeks - we have crammed so much in this term!

WHOLE SCHOOL SUMDOG COMPETITION

Calling all of you amazing mathematicians! 

You have been entered into the Maths Week East of England Sumdog Competition.

It starts on 17th October at 3.30pm, and finishes at 3.30pm on 23rd October.

Why not have a go and get your class on the school leaderboard?

I will be monitoring how well each class is doing.

The winning class will get extra playtime!

Let's show our school what great mathematicians we are!

Good luck.

Mrs Hurley 

YEAR 5/6 HOMEWORK TASKS

CGP BOOKS

MATHS

Year 5 Pg 24

Year 6 Pg 12

ENGLISH

Year 5 Pg 67

Year 6 Pg 20-21

• Reading: Remember 15-20 minutes reading to an adult every day is the optimum and should be continuing into Years 5 and 6. Please also encourage your child to read by themselves and then discuss the text afterwards, sharing opinions, their favourite part or questioning what happened so as to ensure that your child is understanding the text as well as reading it.
• Spelling words - please practise these at home by revising them from your spelling and times table notebook and by writing them down. Don't forget to use Spelling Frame to support your learning. Next week we are looking at Spelling Rule 43 - Adding suffixes beginning with vowel letters to words ending in –fer
• Times table practise - next week we are looking at 9s. Please practise these at home by revising them from your spelling and times table notebook and by writing them down.

• TTRS/Sumdog - lots of practise on these amazing programmes that complement what we learn at school. Please see your reading diaries for log in details.

Have a fab weekend,

Mrs. Hurley, Miss Harvey & Mr. Greenfield

Dear Parents,

Happy Friday to you all! We hope that you've had a fabulous week!

With the weather on the decline, can we ask that the children come to school with a coat every day. We tend to go out at break and lunchtimes unless it is heavy rain.

The children have been very busy with all their learning. Do check out our weekly newsletter for photos and a general catch up on what is going on around the school.

DANBURY TRIP

We hope that the children had a great time on the Danbury Trip. All photos from the trip will be collected and placed in a folder that will be shared via Google Classroom next week. The children will be notified once this is complete.

YEAR 5/6 HOMEWORK TASKS

CGP BOOKS

MATHS

Year 5 Pg 15 (Rounding and checking)

Year 6 Pg 11 (Written Division)

ENGLISH

Year 5 Pg 9 (Adverbs)

Year 6 Pg 16 (Subject and Object)

• Reading: Remember 15-20 minutes reading to an adult every day is the optimum and should be continuing into Years 5 and 6. Please also encourage your child to read by themselves and then discuss the text afterwards, sharing opinions, their favourite part or questioning what happened so as to ensure that your child is understanding the text as well as reading it.
• Spelling words - please practise these at home by revising them from your spelling and times table notebook and by writing them down. Don't forget to use Spelling Frame to support your learning. Next week we are looking at Spelling Rule 42 - Words ending in –able, -ible, -ably, -ibly
• Times table practise - next week we are looking at 8s. Please practise these at home by revising them from your spelling and times table notebook and by writing them down.

• TTRS/Sumdog - lots of practise on these amazing programmes that complement what we learn at school. Please see your reading diaries for log in details.
• Extra Homework - Please research the name of a famous person that you would like to write a biography about in English next week. Bring your information into school create a Google document that can be added to in lesson on Monday.

Have a fab weekend,

Mrs. Hurley, Miss Harvey & Mr. Greenfield

 Dear Parents,

Happy Friday to you all! We hope that you've had a fabulous week!

With the weather on the decline, can we ask that the children come to school with a coat every day. We tend to go out at break and lunchtimes unless it is heavy rain.

The children have been very busy with all their learning. Do check out our weekly newsletter for photos and a general catch up on what is going on around the school.

   POETRY COMPETITION

This week, we celebrated National Poetry day by sharing the brilliant poem that Angela Marie James wrote about her school library, called The Room of Magic. 

I am inviting you to write your own poem about our lovely school library. 

This is open to everyone and can be done on paper or on Google and shared with me.

The closing date is MONDAY 20TH OCTOBER and winners will be announced in the celebration assembly that week. 

Everyone will receive 5 Dojos for entering and all work entered will be displayed in the library.

There will be 4 winners as follows: 

Winner from EYFS

Winner from Year 1/2

Winner from 3/4 

Winner from 5/6 

Miss Harvey

YEAR 5/6 HOMEWORK TASKS

CGP BOOKS

MATHS

Year 5 Pg 12 (Written addition and Subtractions)

Year 6 Pg 10

ENGLISH

Year 5 Pg 46 (Fronted Adverbials)

Year 6 Pg 19

• Reading: Remember 15-20 minutes reading to an adult every day is the optimum and should be continuing into Years 5 and 6. Please also encourage your child to read by themselves and then discuss the text afterwards, sharing opinions, their favourite part or questioning what happened so as to ensure that your child is understanding the text as well as reading it. Shortly, you will be able to take a Reading Record home for your time to time.
• Spelling words - please practise these at home by revising them from your spelling and times table notebook and by writing them down. Next week we are looking at Spelling Rule 41 - Words ending in –able, -ible, -ably, -ibly
• Times table practise - next week we are looking at 7s. Please practise these at home by revising them from your spelling and times table notebook and by writing them down.

• TTRS/Sumdog - lots of practise on these amazing programmes that complement what we learn at school. Please see your reading diaries for log in details.

Have a fab weekend,

Mrs. Hurley, Miss Harvey & Mr. Greenfield

 Dear Parents,

Happy Friday to you all! We hope that you've had a fabulous week!

With the weather on the decline, can we ask that the children come to school with a coat every day. We tend to go out at break and lunchtimes unless it is heavy rain.

The children have been very busy with all their learning. Do check out our weekly newsletter for photos and a general catch up on what is going on around the school.

This week we have included photos from our very special school trip to the Imperial War Museum.

DATES TO REMEMBER

Thursday 25th September - Houses of Parliament visit 

Wednesday 1st October - Football Tournament (Year 5/6 girls)

Wednesday 8th October - Football tournament (Year 5/6 boys)

Thursday 9th October - Friday 10th October - Danbury Outdoors (Year 5)

Friday 24th October - Last Day of Term - Wellbeing Day

Monday 27th October - Friday 31st October - Half Term Holiday

Monday 3rd November - INSET Day (school closed)

Tuesday 4th November - Return to School

YEAR 5/6 HOMEWORK TASKS

CGP BOOKS

MATHS

Year 5 Pg 14 (Mental adding and subtracting)

Year 6 Pg 15 (Factors, Multiples, Prime Numbers)

ENGLISH

Year 5 Pg 12 (Pronouns)

Year 6 Pg 17 (Active and Passive Voice)

• Reading: Remember 15-20 minutes reading to an adult every day is the optimum and should be continuing into Year 6. Please also encourage your child to read by themselves and then discuss the text afterwards, sharing opinions, their favourite part or questioning what happened so as to ensure that your child is understanding the text as well as reading it. Shortly, you will be able to take a Reading Record home for your time to time.
• Spelling words - please practise these at home by revising them from your spelling and times table notebook and by writing them down. Next week we are looking at Spelling Rule 40.
• Times table practise - next week we are looking at 6’s. Please practise these at home by revising them from your spelling and times table notebook and by writing them down.

TTRS/Sumdog - lots of practise on these amazing programmes that complement what we learn at school. Please see your reading diaries for log in details.

Have a fab weekend,

Mrs Hurley, Miss Harvey & Mr Greenfield

Year 5/6 Blogpost 26.09.25

Dear Parents,

Happy Friday to you all! We hope that you've had a fabulous week!

With the weather on the decline, can we ask that the children come to school with a coat every day. We tend to go out at break and lunchtimes unless it is heavy rain.

The children have been very busy with all their learning. Do check out our weekly newsletter for photos and a general catch up on what is going on around the school.

This week we have included photos from our very special school trip to the Imperial War Museum.

DATES TO REMEMBER

Thursday 25th September - Houses of Parliament visit 

Wednesday 1st October - Football Tournament (Year 5/6 girls)

Wednesday 8th October - Football tournament (Year 5/6 boys)

Thursday 9th October - Friday 10th October - Danbury Outdoors (Year 5)

Friday 24th October - Last Day of Term - Wellbeing Day

Monday 27th October - Friday 31st October - Half Term Holiday

Monday 3rd November - INSET Day (school closed)

Tuesday 4th November - Return to School

YEAR 5/6 HOMEWORK TASKS

CGP BOOKS

MATHS

Year 5 Pg 14 (Mental adding and subtracting)

Year 6 Pg 15 (Factors, Multiples, Prime Numbers)

ENGLISH

Year 5 Pg 12 (Pronouns)

Year 6 Pg 17 (Active and Passive Voice)

• Reading: Remember 15-20 minutes reading to an adult every day is the optimum and should be continuing into Year 6. Please also encourage your child to read by themselves and then discuss the text afterwards, sharing opinions, their favourite part or questioning what happened so as to ensure that your child is understanding the text as well as reading it. Shortly, you will be able to take a Reading Record home for your time to time.
• Spelling words - please practise these at home by revising them from your spelling and times table notebook and by writing them down. Next week we are looking at Spelling Rule 40.
• Times table practise - next week we are looking at 6’s. Please practise these at home by revising them from your spelling and times table notebook and by writing them down.

TTRS/Sumdog - lots of practise on these amazing programmes that complement what we learn at school. Please see your reading diaries for log in details.

Have a fab weekend,

Mrs Hurley, Miss Harvey & Mr Greenfield

Year 5/6 Blogpost 19.09.24

 Dear Parents,

Happy Friday. The children are now in full swing and have been working really hard this week. We had a brilliant time at the Imperial War Museum and the children learnt so much from the experience.

TABLE TENNIS

Well done to the children who took part in the Table Tennis tournament at Grove Wood this week.  Mr Harrington was very impressed with your behaviour and the way you performed on the day. A special well done to the girls for winning and progressing on to county finals.

Year 5/6 Homework Tasks.

CGP BOOKS

MATHS

Year 5 Pg 10 (Rounding)

Year 6 Pg 8 (Calculating with negative numbers)

ENGLISH

Year 5 Pg 6 (Modal Verbs)

Year 6 Pg 6 (Verbs)

• Reading: Remember 15-20 minutes reading to an adult every day is the optimum and should be continuing into Year 6. Please also encourage your child to read by themselves and then discuss the text afterwards, sharing opinions, their favourite part or questioning what happened so as to ensure that your child is understanding the text as well as reading it. All children have a Reading Record to take home.
• Spelling words - please practise these at home by revising them from your spelling and times table notebook and by writing them down.
• Times table practise - next week we are looking at 8’s. Please practise these at home by revising them from your spelling and times table notebook and by writing them down.

• TTRS/Sumdog - lots of practise on these amazing programmes that complement what we learn at school. Please see your reading diaries for login details or message your class teacher using Dojo.

House Captains.

Well done to all of the children that have already submitted their presentations and speeches. Please see our newsletter for the results.

We hope that you have a wonderful weekend.

Mrs Hurley, Mr Greenfield and Miss Harvey