Catcliffe Primary School

Its a hot one today! Mrs Payne will keep you cool with ice pops after school ☀️

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In writing, we have explored poetry. This week we have looked at limericks, how to write one and then had a go at writing our own. Some may have published theirs on Seesaw 🙂
In PBL, we have been continuing to learn about rivers. We have found out what they are; why they are important; names of all the parts; and habitats that form along and in rivers. We have also made interactive posters using all our learnt information.
These posters include lift the flaps and pull reveals! They have been really creative with these!
In maths, Y5 have continued to look at units of measure and Y6 have continued to look at angles within triangles.
On Wednesday, we had Live and Learn for PE and focused on tennis!
We also started our first Puberty lesson in Jigsaw. The children
were really mature during this session of important information.
On Thursday, we continued to explore South African sounds in Music and used our bodies for sound. In RE, we explored people who have lived lives through following the Ten Commandments, and looking at the special qualities these people have.
Thank you for joining us for our Summer Fair! We have all had a great time!

📚 Book Club
This week, Birches continued exploring our Picture Atlas and developed their geographical knowledge by locating places around the world. Learners also used atlases in PBL to find and identify Cape Town and discussed how maps and atlases
help us learn about different countries and continents.
✍🏼 Writing
In Spelling, Learners explored the suffix -ment and investigated how it can be added to bases and stems to create new nouns. They practised building and spelling new words and used them in sentences. In Writing, Learners began preparing
to write a non-chronological report about Cleethorpes. They took part in drama activities to help immerse themselves in the setting, becoming a tour guide for Cleethorpes. They then identified the key features of non-chronological reports and
practised important writing skills, including adding detail to sentences and using different sentence starters. By the end of the week, Learners had planned their reports and are ready to begin writing next week.
⚖️ Maths
This week in maths, Learners continued developing their skills in
interpreting data. They answered questions about different sets of information and explained their reasoning using mathematical vocabulary. Some Learners also started their end-of-year assessments and worked hard to demonstrate their learning. Please continue to encourage regular practice of key number facts at home, as this will help complete the assessments next week.
🌍 PBL: Has the Whole World Been Explored?
In Geography, Birches carried out research into rainforests, including the Amazon Rainforest. Working in five teams,
Learners gathered information, created posters and delivered presentations to teach their friends about their findings. They showed excellent teamwork, communication and presentation skills throughout the project.
🕉️ RE
In RE, Learners explored the Aum symbol, learning about its meaning, it’s importance within Hinduism and discussing places or items where they may see this symbol.

This week has been hot, hot HOT! Luckily, our classroom hasn't been too hot and we have been keeping cool in class by drinking lots of water. In phonics, we have learned new graphemes 'dge' and 'ge' making the /j/ sound and 'si' and 'su' making the /zh/ sound.
In Writing this week, we have looked at the features of a non-chronological report and have become experts at sorting the facts from fiction.
This week in Maths, we have revisited partitioning two-digit numbers, and we will continue with this next week looking at more complex problems to really embed this knowledge.

Term Dates 2026/2027⬇️

This week in the Seedlings Class, we have been learning about the continent Africa. We learnt about Nigeria and tasted some delicious jollof rice, we identified the flag and discussed some of the animals that lived there. We also learnt about South Africa and made comparisons between different countries. At the end of the week, we moved continents to Australia and compared the animals there to the animals in Africa.
In Phonics, we have been reading and writing words with 'ing' and 'ed' ending. We have worked hard to hold sentences in our head and sound out longer words in sentences such as 'I like toasted buns.' We even challenged ourselves to extend our
sentences to 'I like toasted buns with jam and butter.'
In Mathematics, we have been learning to sort objects using different criteria such as colour, shape or object. We have sorted ourselves into groups such as wearing shorts and not wearing shorts, like football and don't like football, wearing blue and not
wearing blue. The children were great at suggesting different ways to sort given objects.

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This week, the Acorns have had a change from routine because of the heat! We have been outside playing in the shade as soon as the school gate closed and then completed our carpet sessions later on in the day. We have also been down to the forest in the afternoons because it was nice and shady and breezy.
We have been learning 'Hickory Dickory Dock' this week, and have been joining in with the words and actions beautifully!
We have also been reading 'The Squirrels Who Squabbled' and had some wonderful conversations about what Cyril will do next year. Will he save food, or share everyone else's again?
Our adventures this week have taken us to Australia and Nigeria. We found out about lots of different animals that live in Australia and then we flew to Nigeria where two of our learners are from! We even had some Jollof rice to try (kindly brought in by one
of the parents) and it went down a treat. They all gave it a thumbs up and wanted to have seconds!

This week in The Woodlands, we have been learning all about whales and dolphins, discovering what makes them mammals and exploring some of the amazing ways they live and communicate. In literacy, we have been using conjunctions to join our ideas together and create longer, more detailed sentences. In maths, we have revisited subtraction and have been so impressed with how confident and independent the learners have become when solving subtraction problems. During Bucket Time, we explored a mystery box filled with different sea creatures, using our curiosity and communication skills to guess what was hiding inside.