Newsletter 17th October 2025

This week……
Class 1 have been learning about 2D shapes and lots of new sounds in phonics.

Class 2 have learning about Andy Warhol and making sea biscuits.

Class 3 have been learning about Viking gods and Runes, doing adding and subtracting in maths and writing fantastic stories based on the merman book.

Class 4 have been learning to use different sewing stitches and investigating the works of David Attenborough and Jane Goodall.

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