Bluebell, Buttercup and Daffodil Blog 22nd July 2026

Happy half term everybody!

The children have worked really hard this half term and deserve a well-earned break. Let's hope the beautiful weather continues!

After the holiday, we will be continuing with our 'seaside' project and looking forward to our visit to the beach. 

We would like all the children to have a relaxing week off, so we are not sending homework books home this week, but if you can keep up the reading little and often this will have a hugely positive effect on their progress. It would also be good if those children that cannot yet tie their own shoe laces, could learn to do so.

Have a lovely break and for those of you fortunate enough to be going away, have a wonderful holiday.

See you on Tuesday 2nd June

Best wishes

The Key Stage 1 Team xx

Buttercup, Bluebell and Daffodil Blog 16th May 2026

Hello Everybody!

We have all been very busy this week creating our shape poems and are now learning the story 'A Hole in the Bottom of the Sea'. Our apologies if the children drive you a little crazy this weekend singing the song. We have been learning it to help us to sequence the story, which is also an ocean food chain! We will be adding our own sea creatures to the story next week.

Homework this week is English comprehension.

Early Comprehension books - page 5

First Comprehension books - page 7

The children also have their new Animaphonics books in their bags along with their spelling sheets (Year 2 children) or Phonics check words (Year 1 children).

Swimming was cancelled this week for 1 group of children in Daffodil Class and all of Buttercup Class due to the impending stormy weather. All chidlren that missed their swim this week will swim NEXT THURSDAY instead.

Have a great weekend!

Love The Key Stage 1 Team x

Bluebell, Buttercup and Daffodil Blog 8th May 2026

Happy Friday everybody! 

This week the children have been planning their sea creature shape poems in preparation for writing them next week. They have also been multiplying, grouping and sharing in Maths.

The Maths homework this week reflects the learning that has taken place in class. 

Maths Year 1 - CGP book pages 32 and 33 Multiplying

Maths Year 2 - Multiplying in any order sheet. This will help to embed the childrens knowledge of multiplication number sentences and that the multiplication can be written in either order to get the same answer.

The children also have their spellings in their bags or their phonics check practise sheets, along with their Animaphonics reading books.

Don't forget that Key Stage 1 children will be swimming every Thursday up until half term!

If you have any questions or concerns at any time please come and speak to us at the end of the day. We will always do our best to help.

Have a fabulous weekend!

The Key Stage 1 Team x

Buttercup, Bluebell and Daffodil Blog 1st May 2026

Dear Parents,

Happy Friday! 

This week the homework is English Comprehension:

Early Comprehension book - page 4

First Comprehension book - pages 6-7  

The children also have their spellings in their bags or their phonics check practise sheets, along with their Animaphonics reading books.

Don't forget that Key Stage 1 children will be swimming every Thursday up until half term!

If you have any questions or concerns at any time please come and speak to us. at the end of the day. We will always do our best to help.

Have a fabulous weekend!

The Key Stage 1 Team x

Buttercup, Bluebell and Daffodil Blog 24th April 2026

Dear Parents,

Happy Friday! It is hard to believe that we are at the end of our second week of this term already. The children have settled so well and are working hard.

This week the homework is Maths:

YEAR 1 - Have a tens and ones worksheet to complete that matches the learning that has been taking place in school this week.

YEAR 2 - CGP book p50-51

The children also have their spellings in their bags or their phonics check practise sheets, along with their Animaphonics reading books.

Don't forget that Key Stage 1 children will be swimming every Thursday up until half term!

If you have any questions or concerns at any time please come and speak to us. We will always do our best to help.

Have a fabulous weekend!

The Key Stage 1 Team

Buttercup, Bluebell and Daffodil Blog 17th April 2026

Welcome back everybody!

We hope you all had an enjoyable Easter break and got to enjoy some of the lovely weather that we had.

This term our project is 'At the Seaside'. We will be learning all about life on, under and near the sea. The children have shared their knowledge of the project with us and have discussed what they would like to find out. This will be incorporated into our lesson plans to ensure that their questions are answered. We are hoping to end the term and the school year with a trip to the seaside in July!

We will be setting homework a little differently this term. We will be alternating between reading comprehension and Maths homework, so as not to overload the children. The reading comprehension will be in the form of a booklet where we will set a page to complete each week, the same as we often do with the Maths homework. Reading comprehension is an essential element of understanding and enjoying reading. It goes way beyond decoding words to read them and requires the children to read a piece of text and answer questions about it to check their understanding. 

This week the homework is reading comprehension:

EARLY Comprehension book page 3

FIRST comprehension book pages 4 & 5

The children also have their spellings in their bags or their phonics check practise sheets, along with their Animaphonics reading books.

Don't forget that Key Stage 1 children will be swimming every Thursday up until half term!

If you have any questions or concerns at any time please come and speak to us. We will always do our best to help.

Have a fabulous weekend!

The Key Stage 1 Team

Buttercup, Bluebell and Daffodil Blog 27th March 2026

Happy Easter Everybody!

We have had a great half term with your children. They have worked so hard and definitely deserve a break. With that said, there is NO HOMEWORK for this holiday! The children have a new colour band book and their Sumdog logins should they wish to do something at home but it is not expected.

We wish you all a restful break and hope that the copious amounts of chocolate that they consume over Easter is well out of their system by the time that they return to school!😊

See you all on Monday 13th April 2026!

Best wishes from 

The Key Stage 1 Team x