Sunday 15 November · Autumn Term 2026

Good evening

It's the weekend. School is back tomorrow.

Tomorrow at a glance

  • Tomorrow is a normal uniform day.
  • Clubs tomorrow: Christmas Craft Club (3.15pm to 4.15pm).
  • Lunch tomorrow is hunters BBQ chicken.Or tomato and mascarpone pasta, jacket potato or sandwiches (cheese, ham or tuna).

Coming up

  • Parents' Evening for ReceptionTuesday
  • Parents' Evening for Years 1 to 6Wednesday
  • School Christmas FairSunday 29 November
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Your term · Autumn Term 2026

Weekend

Back Monday 16 November

5 weeks to go

Term ends Friday 18 December

Rupert

Star of the week

2

days to go

Parents' Evening for Reception

+1 more next week

Your teaching team

  • Mr WentelClass Teacher
  • Mrs ReedTeaching Assistant

At home Kit, reading and practice

PE days

Fridays

Swimming 12.40, PE 2.00

Reading books

Fridays

Books changed Friday

Spellings test

Tested Friday

Set on Monday. Try three a night rather than all ten the evening before.

Maths practice

Not set

This week we are on 6x and 7x

Clubs Autumn Term 2026

Mon
Christmas Craft Club 3.15pm to 4.15pm All years Until 14 DEC
Tue
No clubs
Wed
No clubs
Thu
No clubs
Fri
No clubs

School dinners Next week: Week 1 of the three week menu

Letters From school in the last four weeks

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This week's work Week beginning Monday 26 October

Spellings

Tested Friday

Words where y changes to i before -ed and -er, plus two tricky word

  • smiling
  • taking
  • hoping
  • snoring
  • nicer
  • wider
  • simpler
  • writer
  • consider
  • different

Set on Monday. Try three a night rather than all ten the evening before.

Maths

This week we are on 6x and 7x

  • 6 x 4
  • 6 x 7
  • 6 x 9
  • 7 x 8

Learning Awesome Anglo-Saxons

Autumn term Learning map Awesome Anglo-Saxons Open the map
As Mathematicians we are...

Year 3 and Year 4 are both focusing on place value, addition and subtraction, and multiplication and division.

As Readers and Writers we are...

As readers and writers we will be starting with 'Ocean Meets Sky', a dream narrative where we can explore stories through dreams. After half term we will be reading 'Hortense and the Shadow', a ship's captain log.

As Investigators we are...

Science: Electricity. Identifying common electrical components, exploring how to create a complete circuit and investigating which materials conduct electricity.

As Enquirers we are...

Geography: Why do people live near volcanoes? History: Anglo-Saxon Britain, exploring who the Anglo-Saxons were, why they came to Britain and how Anglo-Saxon Britain changed over time. RE: Where and why do people of faith pray?

As Creators we are...

Art: Drawings, learning about painting and mixed media and how we can use light and dark tones to create a piece of artwork. Music: Indonesian music, adapting and transposing motifs from different eras. PE: swimming, and gymnastics focusing on balance and presentation.

As Communicators we are...

Computing: Online Safety, developing an understanding of how to stay safe and responsible when using the internet and digital devices. French: phonics and animals.

As Young People we are...

Learning about ourselves and our relationships with others. We will particularly look at working together and how we can solve friendship problems.

Reading This term's class books

  • Ocean Meets Sky
  • Hortense and the Shadow
  • The Diary of a Killer Cat
  • The Ice Palace

Class diary News from Saplings

12 SEP

Our Anglo-Saxon role play day

We turned the classroom into a settlement and spent a very long time arguing about who got the best hut.

8 SEP

First swim of the year

Every single child got in the pool. Some of us even got our faces wet.

2 SEP

Meeting Mrs Reed

Our new teaching assistant introduced her dog to the class on a video call. He was not impressed.

Key information Who to ask, policies and links

Who to ask about what

Reporting an absence The school office · Call before 9.00am
Your child's learning Your class teacher · Message on Class Dojo
A worry or a complaint The headteacher · Through the office in the first instance
Bookings and payments Arbor · Breakfast club, trips and dinner money Anything else The school office · We will point you the right way

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