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Date: 23rd Sep 2026 @ 10:36am
Year 3 have enjoyed doing a variety of different activities in music. They have focused on pitch and rhythm in some singing activities before having a go on their recorders for the firdt time!
Date: 22nd Sep 2026 @ 2:42pm
Year 3 have been using place value counters and grids to support them with their learning and to secure firm foundations in numbers up to 1000.
Date: 22nd Sep 2026 @ 2:39pm
Year 3 have worked hard to begin mastering some of the basic skills of table tennis. They have all worked very and been very patient when trying to keep the ball on the table!
Date: 22nd Sep 2026 @ 2:36pm
Year 3 have been enjoying learning French and they are now picking up on some different words and phrases.
Year 6 Salt Dough Ten Commandments
Date: 22nd Sep 2026 @ 2:27pm
We discussed The Ten Commandments and then made stone tablets using salt dough and wrote on the commandment which we thought was the most important one.
Date: 22nd Sep 2026 @ 12:07pm
This week in EYFS, the children have been exploring the signs of autumn as part of our Understanding the World learning. We have been discussing the changes we can see in the environment, including the different colours of the leaves, cooler weather and how nature changes during this special season.
The children enjoyed creating beautiful autumn wreaths using paint and printing techniques. They carefully selected autumn colours and experimented with different tools and materials to create their own designs.
In our music sessions, we have been learning and performing our autumn songs, Autumn Leaves and Big Red Combine Harvester. The children have loved joining in with the actions and singing together.
In phonics, we have learned the sounds 'a' and 't' and have been busy practising recognising, saying and forming these sounds. Thank you to all families for supporting your child's reading at home. We really appreciate the time you spend sharing books and practising phonics, as this makes a huge difference to children's progress and confidence.
In maths, we have been developing our counting skills and have been learning to count reliably to 3 through a range of practical activities, songs and games.
We are incredibly proud of how engaged and enthusiastic the children have been during their learning this week. They are continuing to settle well into school routines, make new friendships and demonstrate our school rules: Be Safe, Be Proud and Be Respectful.
Next week, we are looking forward to going on an autumn hunt around the school grounds to search for signs of the season. We will also be using the natural treasures we find to create our own autumn creatures. We can't wait to continue our autumn adventures!
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.
