What are we learning?
Friday 2nd October 2026
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. In our recent lessons, the children focused on emulating Monet’s style while creating their own landscape depicting a bridge over a pond of water lilies. They used finger painting as well as cotton buds to add dabs and strokes to their artwork.
Friday 25th September 2026
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 18th September 2026
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, which focused on developing cricket skills. The children played a number of games while developing their batting and fielding techniques.
Friday 11th September 2026
In English, our learning 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.
