In Read Write Inc, the children have worked incredibly hard to recall all Set 1 Speed Sounds. Children are now practising ‘Fred Talk’ to read words and using ‘Fred Fingers’ to write words. It is wonderful to now see the children independently reading and writing within areas of provision in the classroom!

Lastly, we would also like to say a huge thank you to all the adults who have volunteered for our Secret Reader initiative. The children are incredibly excited for their next visitor in class!

KS1:

Our Year 1 pupils have had another superb week. In maths, we have been learning all about time. We have been thinking about what we do in the morning, afternoon and evening, and then we even learned to tell the time to o’clock and half past. The children have done fantastically well with this and all Year 1 adults are very impressed.

Talk for Writing has been very exciting this week…because Santa has been! Santa came to our classrooms and left us our classroom post boxes with a present inside...a book and a postcard from the Jolly Christmas Postman. We have been busy learning the actions and have already begun writing a postcard back to him to thank him for all his hard work. Well done Year 1!

Our History theme “How are our lives different to our grandparents?” has been very exciting, but this week has topped it off! We have been learning what music our grandparents listened to and we enjoyed singing and rehearsing “Yellow Submarine” by the Beatles.

What a fun-packed week we have had yet again in Year 2! In maths, we have been learning to tell and write the time using quarter past, half past, quarter to, and o'clock. In English, we read 'The Crayons' Christmas' and then learnt a new text all about Duncan's Christmas preparations. We will be using this as inspiration to write our own recounts next week. In RE, we have completed some fabulous acrostic poems; considering what makes a good friend and what qualities they need to have. We completed a materials investigation in science; looking at the most suitable fabric to use to make children's dungarees. This week, we have done a very exciting job; learning our songs for our nativity. There are some really catchy songs that we're sure you will be hearing at home soon!

LKS2:

We have had another fantastic week in Year 3! We started our new class text ‘The Christmasaurus’; we are absolutely loving reading every page and can’t wait to find out what happens in the rest of the book! As scientists, we have been using magnets to find magnetic and non-magnetic materials, it was great to see everyone working collaboratively to sort the materials. There’s no excuse for any of the Year 3s to be late, as we have become experts this week on telling the time. Well done Year 3 for another great week!

This week, Year 4 have been newspaper reporters. They are preparing themselves to report on a spectacular event - an Ancient Roman Chariot Race! The children have become very knowledgeable about chariot racing, learning some interesting facts about what used to take place in the races. We can't wait to read their newspaper reports next week! In maths, the children have become experts in finding the area and perimeter of shapes. We have investigated the most efficient way to find area and looked at the relationship between both perimeter and area. Also, a special mention to our Year 4 football team who represented Whitkirk Primary School at a tournament this week. We are incredibly proud of your amazing attitudes throughout the games - you are Whitkirk role models! A super week Year 4, well done!

UKS2:

Our Year 5 pupils have blown us away this week with their brilliant writing in preparation for our character description on the vile Grendel from our class text. They have created some amazing sentences, so we can’t wait to see their descriptions next week. In maths, the children have worked really hard on area and perimeter, having a good go at some challenges too. In science, we have tested the properties of a range of metals, and in RE, we have been looking at forgiveness, which we had a great discussion on.

Year 6 are no longer Y6 pupils, but young journalists. We have become fully immersed in our new writing, researching the key events and impact of the blitz at the time (even with newspapers from WW2!). Digging a little deeper, we then looked at the style and features of these newspapers, gathering key sophisticated vocabulary ready to write our own reports!

As scientists, we have been investigating how our pulse rate changes after exercise. Using our maths skills to find the bpm and then the average bpm (using the mean), we analysed key trends!