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Date: 18th Sep 2026 @ 4:08pm
We took part in Active Maths for our lesson to consolidate our understanding of numbers up to 1,000,000. We had to find partitioned numbers that were hid around the playground. Once we had found then, we had to work together to work out what the six-digit number was and read it. The first team to find it and work it out got a point and the team to find the most numbers first got 5 dojos each! We then made up a little tune to help us to remember what place value means.
Y5 Celebration of the Word-Creation
Date: 18th Sep 2026 @ 3:50pm
Some Year 5 pupils planned a Celebration of the Word around the theme of Creation. They decided to use the song "All Things Bright and Beautiful".
Date: 18th Sep 2026 @ 3:45pm
This week we started our new Guided Read text 'The Troll' by Julia Donaldson.
We enjoyed reading out loud in expressive voices and predicting about the characters.
Rainbow Unit Yellow Class - Week 2
Date: 18th Sep 2026 @ 3:30pm
Yellow Class🟡
We have had a lovely week in Yellow class this week.
We have carried on with our letter ‘S’ in phonics and have enjoyed singing our nursery rhymes. All the children have enjoyed the tactile exploration of the salt dough experience. We have explored Gelli Baff and some children enjoyed the sensory experience more than others! We have experienced different sensory elements during our sensory story about the weather eg. Water spray for the rain and a fan for the wind. We have enjoyed taking part in our sensory PE session where all of the children enjoyed exploring the sensory equipment.
Miss Stockton and Ms Mort
Date: 18th Sep 2026 @ 2:47pm
Today, we experimented with colour in our art lesson. We used watercolours to try out different colours so that we can choose our favourite combinations for our final piece at the end of the half term.
Date: 18th Sep 2026 @ 2:45pm
In art, we sketched flowers. We concentrated on small details and pressed lightly with our pencils. We were all proud of our excellent drawings.
Rainbow Unit Orange Class- Week 2
Date: 18th Sep 2026 @ 1:14pm
What a busy week in the Orange Class ðŸŸ
The children have mainly enjoyed all our sensory experiences. For our creative activity, the children have made salt dough ornaments, the children enjoyed mixing the dough, rolling it out flat and pressing in a cutter.
For our sensory play, we have explored gelli baff. This was a big hit for some children and they really liked the feeling of it. For some children, just one little touch was enough!
In our sensory PE sessions, the children loved the sensory apparatus, we even did some colour sorting and throwing activities in the there. We’ve continued the colour sorting back in our classroom!
We complete Bucket Therapy sessions every day and we have moved up to Stage 2 which is the attention builder part of the process, this is amazing! Some children are staying past stage 1, till the end of stage 2 😊
We hope you all have a lovely weekend!
Miss Abbott, Mrs Coleman and Miss Caine
Date: 18th Sep 2026 @ 11:35am
This week the children have been partitioning four digit numbers. Today we used place value mats and counters to show different numbers.
Y1 Counting from a larger group
Date: 18th Sep 2026 @ 9:37am
The children in Year 1 enjoyed playing a game today where they took it in turns to count numbers of cubes from a larger group after rolling a dice. The winner was the person to pick up the last cube. The children had to think about which number they want to roll to be able to win.
Date: 18th Sep 2026 @ 9:35am
Today, the children in Year 1 learned how to log on to our computing program called Purple Mash. We discussed the importance of keeping passwords private. After we had logged on, the children were able to create their own avatar to represent them while online.
Date: 18th Sep 2026 @ 9:13am
We have been learning about the heliocentric and geocentric models of our solar system in science. We made representations of both models in groups and then explained them to the class.
Y6 Ordering and comparing numbers
Date: 18th Sep 2026 @ 9:09am
We have been working hard in our maths lessons to compare and order numbers.
EYFS - Our first week at St Basil's
Date: 17th Sep 2026 @ 3:26pm
Congratulations to all of our wonderful children on completing their first full week in school! We are incredibly proud of how well they have settled into school life. The children have been making new friends, building relationships with their classmates, and becoming more confident with the daily routines of the school day.
This week, we had our first PSED (Personal, Social and Emotional Development) lesson and spent time learning about our school rules: Be Safe, Be Proud, Be Respectful. The children have been discussing what these rules look like in practice and have been doing a fantastic job of following them and recieving dojos for doing so! We have also been practising important school routines, including what happens during lunchtime and throughout the day.
In English, we have begun reading our class text, Peace at Last, and the children have enjoyed listening to the story and talking about the characters and events.
The children also enjoyed colouring our school badge and were very excited to take part in their first PE lesson. It has been wonderful to see everyone joining in and trying their very best.
In Phonics, we learned our first sound, 's'. Over the weekend, please encourage your child to look around the house and see how many things they can find that begin with the letter S?
We hope you all have a lovely weekend. Please remember to read with your child and record this in their reading record. Reading books will be checked on Monday, we look forward to hearing about all the reading that has taken place at home.
Well done, EYFS!
Date: 16th Sep 2026 @ 12:16pm
Years 2 and 3 had a wonderful morning learning all about teeth. Visitors from the Catalyst Museum came in to give an educational talk and deliver various activities. The children also had the exciting opportunity to make their own toothpaste.
Date: 15th Sep 2026 @ 4:31pm
As part of our Mastering Number session today, we explored the rekenreks and discussed what we noticed about them. The children talked about the number of beads on each row and the number of different coloured beads on each row. They practised getting the rekenreks ready in the 'ready position'.
Date: 15th Sep 2026 @ 4:28pm
The children have worked hard today in the Blue Room. They have been focused on fine motor skills, letter formation, counting and making repeated patterns.
Date: 15th Sep 2026 @ 4:26pm
Children were given a variety of objects and were asked to sort them into as many different groups as they could think of. Some chose to sort them by colour, some chose to sort them by object type and some chose to sort them by size.
Date: 14th Sep 2026 @ 5:14pm
Today we worked in groups to create a heliocentric model of the solar system. We learned about how and when this model was discovered.
Y6 Celebration of the Word - Mary and the Annunciation
Date: 14th Sep 2026 @ 4:08pm
Some Year 6 pupils planned and led a celebration of the word around Mary and the Annunciation. They decided to base the celebration of the word around the theme of faith.
Date: 11th Sep 2026 @ 5:16pm
What a fun time we have had in EYFS for our first full day in school together!
We have enjoyed meeting new friends and taking part in lots of teddy bear themed activities together during the day.
At lunchtime we had a tasty picnic together and then later in the afternoon had some special teddy treats to eat too!
We gave all of our teddy bears a ride on the parachute and then bounced them as high as we could!
Rainbow Unit Yellow Class - Week 1
Date: 11th Sep 2026 @ 4:08pm
Yellow Class 🟡
The children in the Yellow Class have had a lovely first full week back in school!
They have taken part in Phonics, have enjoyed learning about the sound 's' for sun and painting their own sun.
They have also enjoyed taking part in messy maths for the song '5 currant buns.'
Finally, they have enjoyed taking part in sensory story and have particularly enjoyed the water spray!
We hope you have a lovely weekend! See you on Monday!
Miss Stockton and Ms Mort
Date: 11th Sep 2026 @ 4:06pm
Today Year 4 did an experiment all about how water is transported from the roots of a plant through to the stem. We used celery and food colouring to do this. We have left the celery in our classroom so that we can see the results next week.
Date: 11th Sep 2026 @ 3:47pm
To cement our learning of Tens and Ones in place value grids we relay raced in the hall to make numbers with a partner
Date: 11th Sep 2026 @ 3:46pm
As our first focus in our RE branch Creation and Covenant we have heard the story of Noah's Ark and God's promise to the world. We represented this with two different Art craft activities
Rainbow Unit Orange Class- Week 1
Date: 11th Sep 2026 @ 3:33pm
Orange Class ðŸŸ
The children in Orange Class have settled back into school, and settled into their new school extremely well!
They have explored all areas of the Rainbow Unit. They have explored all areas of the classroom, our outside area, main playground, school hall at dinner time and for sensory PE sessions.
They have enjoyed the different activities including cause and effect toys, sensory toys and jigsaws.
We hope you all have a lovely weekend! See you on Monday!
Miss Abbott, Mrs Coleman and Miss Caine
