Hawk Class – Anthology of Life Poems

Hawk class @FP has been exploring poetry as a way to reflect on real experiences, emotions, and moments that shape who we are. The result is Anthology of Life, a collection of original poems that capture students’ voices with honesty, creativity, and heart. From joyful memories to thoughtful reflections, each poem offers a glimpse into how our young writers see the world. We’re proud to share their work and celebrate the power of poetry as self-expression.

The children in the Nest @FP have been working exceptionally hard to follow their new timetables this term. They have shown great determination in developing and using strategies to support their emotional regulation, which has helped them to access their lessons more successfully.

Zoraiz has made fantastic progress in his writing, particularly in understanding the different uses of apostrophes and applying them more consistently. Nylah and Ethan have impressed us with their enthusiasm during a 2-D shape hunt around the classroom, finding an amazing number of objects and demonstrating excellent observational skills.

A special mention goes to Rafael and Kaiden, who are working incredibly hard on TTRockstars as they prepare for the multiplication test later in the year. Their dedication and effort have been wonderful to see.

This term in Music, Falcon class @FP will be learning to sing, play, improvise and compose their own Pop Ballard. All the learning is focused around one song called ‘Make You Feel My Love’ by Adele. We will also be listening to So Amazing (Luther Vandross), Hello (Lionel Richie), The Way You Look Tonight (Jerome Kern) and Love Me Tender (Elvis). What is your favourite Pop Ballard?

On Monday, Hummingbird class @FP enjoyed an interactive story telling workshop that left us with a huge smile on our faces and creativity at our fingertips. Mrs Tuppence from Perform led the session, spinning a story about a toy shop where the toys come alive, with characters, magic keys, and even a huge chocolate cake. The children loved it, and got stuck in joining together to make the story. Thanks, Mrs Tuppence, we are filled to the brim with creative energy now! 

Year 6 Eagle class @FP this half term in Science, pupils have been exploring the fascinating topic of Light, and their enthusiasm has been shining bright! Children have learned that light travels in straight lines, using this knowledge to explain how light reaches our eyes. Through hands-on experiments with torches, they discovered how shadows are formed when light is blocked and explored how the size of a shadow changes depending on the distance between the object and the light source. A real highlight was creating and comparing shadow puppet shows, which sparked lots of curiosity, scientific questions, and creativity. The children loved working scientifically by planning investigations, recording results, and testing their ideas using different obstacles. This week, learning continues as we explore how periscopes work! Ask your child what they’ve learned and how light helps us see around corners!

Parakeet Class @FP: We have been looking at fables this week. We looked at common features within them. We went on to plan our new characters, setting and plot and will be writing them next week. Have a look at our story plans.

In Maths we have been learning got multiply a three-digit number by a one-digit number. We spent a long time practicing and it took us a whole week but we have finally mastered it!

In Science we are learning about Electricity. We managed to make our own simple circuit in class. We then drew and labelled our work.

Our Art focus this term is Pop Art. We have been learning all about famous pop art artists. We then made our own versions of their work. What do you think?

This half term Dove class @FP have been learning about Toys – Old and New.

We have looked at old and new toys, discussed what we liked and disliked about them as well as the materials they were made of and how they have changed.

Please talk to your children about your favourite toys when you was a child to support this learning.

Last week we were luck enough to have a toy workshop where we had to become toys in a toy shop. The children thoroughly enjoyed themselves.

In maths we have been learning about numbers from 11-20 and how to use a number line.

In geography we have been learning about the UK. We have been singing a song about the different countries that make up the United Kingdom as well as learning abut the capitals cities.

As it is the Spring term and your children have settled in beautifully there may be some upcome trips, so please watch this space.

This week we’ve been enjoying the story Lost and Found, which inspired us to learn all about Arctic animals and where they live around the world 🌍❄️
We explored colour mixing using cold blue colours, created “lost” posters for the penguin, drew pictures of him, and described what he looks like while carefully looking at colours 🎨✏️

We also had lots of fun working together on our Arctic puzzle — it was a big favourite! 🧩💙

Such a lovely week of learning, creativity and teamwork ✨