01/05/2026
🌟 This Week at Stanway Primary School! 🌟
🔺Year 3 have been exploring 3D shapes through fun, hands‑on activities 🙌 Using marshmallows and spaghetti, the children built models to understand edges and vertices, showing great teamwork and resilience. They also explored nets of 3D shapes, predicting and testing which shapes they would make using accurate Maths vocabulary.
🏛️️In English, Year 4 have begun writing their own Greek myths ✍️ The children have created imaginative heroes, mythical creatures and exciting settings inspired by the legends they’ve read 🐉⚔️ Their creativity has been fantastic to see!
📚⚽Year 5 have had a busy week! In English, they have written wonderful myths and continued reading Beowulf in preparation for writing their own legends. In Maths, they’ve been ordering and comparing decimals 🔢 and revising arithmetic through fun activities.
In Science, the children compared life cycles of birds and mammals 🐦🐾, while in PSHE they discussed ways to protect the planet 🌍 They’ve also loved their Joy of Moving sports sessions with Colchester United, including cricket coaching 🏏
🌟Year 6 have worked incredibly hard during Practice SATs week, showing fantastic focus, resilience and positive attitudes 📘✅
In English, they planned and wrote first‑person narratives inspired by the music video Titanium 🎶✍️ In Maths, they strengthened skills in fractions and percentages, and in Science learned about plant classification 🌱
In Art, the children explored optical illusions inspired by Bridget Riley, producing some striking artwork 🎨🖍️
👏 Well done to all our KS2 pupils for another brilliant week of learning and achievements!
