What are we Learning?
Thursday 23rd October 2025
In English this week, we turned our attention to the poem, London Calls. Having investigated the rhyme pattern employed in the poem, the children worked hard to create their own poems that included rhyming couplets.
In Maths, we have focused on different strategies to support our addition calculations. The children used their knowledge of number bonds to 10 in order to add numbers within 20, e.g. the answer to the calculation, 8 + 4, can be solved by completing the calculation, 10 + 2.
To round off our topic, Cityscapes and Landscapes, we focused on an artist called Jean Metzinger. He is famous for using bright colours and squares in his artwork. The children were inspired by his work and created their own mosaics.
Friday 17th October 2025
In English, our learning has continued to focus on the non-fiction text, The Buildings That Made London. The children created leaflets in order to inform others about key London landmarks. They are looking forward to sharing their leaflets with their family members at next week’s parents’ evening.
In Maths, we have begun our topic focusing on addition and subtraction. The children investigated fact families (e.g. 4 + 5 = 9, 5 + 4 = 9, 9 – 4 = 5 and 9 – 5 = 4) as well as related facts (e.g. 2 + 6 = 8 so 20 + 60 = 80).
In Geography, we have continued to further our learning relating to London. The children used a map of the London Underground in order to plan a route for a tour around the city.
Friday 10th October 2025
In English, our learning centred around the non-fiction text, The Buildings That Made London. Based on their understanding of key landmarks, the children created persuasive posters to encourage others to visit London.
In Maths, we concluded our topic by focusing on place value. The children practised counting in steps of 2, 3, 5 and 10 during the course of the week.
In RE, the children have been learning about ways in which Jesus showed kindness. This week, they identified how Jesus’ teachings about kindness influence the day-to-day lives of Christians while learning about the work of the Salvation Army.
Friday 3rd October 2025
In English, we have continued to focus on the picture book, Paddington at the Palace. This week, the children created their own adaptations of the story. They used their knowledge of London landmarks in order to decide upon dilemmas for Paddington to encounter.
In Maths, the children used their knowledge of place value to compare objects and numbers. They used comparative language (e.g. greater than or less than) as well as symbols (<, > or =).
In Art, we have been learning about landscapes and cityscapes. This week, the children focused on the work of Van Gogh and created their own nighttime cityscapes. Next week, they will continue to add to their paintings by adding silhouettes of buildings.
Friday 26th September 2025
In English, we have turned our attention to the picture book, Paddington at the Palace. The children focused on using commas in lists when deciding upon the items in Paddington’s suitcase. They also wrote explanation texts in order to explain the order of events in the ceremony, the Changing of the Guard.
In Maths, we have continued our learning journey relating to place value. This week, the children placed multiples of 10 and multiples of 1 on a number line to 100.
We completed our guided tour of Stoke Mandeville during this week’s Geography lesson. During our journey around the village, the children identified key landmarks and described why these locations are important. The children are looking forward to completing their guided tours with their friends and family.
Friday 19th September 2025
In English, we have continued to focus on the picture book, Katie In London. The children retold the story in their own words while making use of time conjunctions, e.g. next, later and after.
In Maths, our learning about place value progressed. The children focused on different ways to partition 2-digit numbers, e.g. 28 = 2 tens and 8 ones or 20 + 8.
On Wednesday, we continued our PE topic, focusing on developing dodging techniques. The children played a number of games while developing their skills.
Friday 12th September 2025
In English, our learning has focused on the picture book, Katie In London. The children began the week by making predictions about the story based on the clues presented on the front cover of the text. As the week progressed, they used descriptive detail in order to describe a bustling London street as well as expanded noun phrases to describe the lion’s appearance.
In Maths, our learning has centred around place value. The children counted objects to 100 by making 10s. They then built upon this strategy by counting groups of 10 within a set of objects and then adding the remaining number of objects to this amount.
This week, we began our new Geography topic: What are the key differences between a village and a city? The children focused on Stoke Mandeville during the course of the lesson and identified, named and located important landmarks within our village.
