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

Buttercup, Bluebell and Daffodil Blog 13th March 2026

Happy Friday Everybody!

We have had a very busy week...

...Science Day was great! We completed lots of fun acitvities, including making our own boats and larva lamps. Then we prepared for Mother's Day and the afternoon tea, as well as completing our own Mother's Day cards. We hope you like them! Next Friday the children can wear red for Comic Relief and/or odd socks for World Down Syndrome Day.

**Please note there is a change of PE day for all chidren in Bluebell, Buttercup and Daffodil Classes**

PE will be on Tuedsay next week instead of Monday

Change of Forest School Day for BUTTERCUP CLASS ONLY! Their session will be on Monday afternoon NOT Tuesday. Apologies for the change. This is due to learning sessions happening in school that cannot be changed.

Bluebell Class can come into school on Tuesday in their Forest School clothing and if it is comfortable can remain in it for their PE session. 

Homework

The Year 2 children have their spellings in their bags and all of the children have a new Animpahonics book. 

Year 1 children can use the sheet sent home last week to practise for the Phonics Screening check. Please only complete a maximum of half a sheet each week.

Maths: Year 1 - CGP books pages 26 and 27 (Adding)

Year 2 - CGP books pages 14 and 15 (Partitioning)

Below is a link to a game should you wish to support the children further at home. It practises addition/subtraction/multiplication/division. The children love playing this game in school.

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button

We hope you have a lovely weekend!

Best wishes

The Key Stage 1 Team x

Buttercup, Bluebell and Daffodil Blog - Friday 6th March 2026

Happy Friday Everybody!

The children have been busy writing persuasive letters this week to the family who disturbed Bear from the book 'We're going on a Bear Hunt'. We have discovered that your childrn can be very persuasive!

World Book day was a great success. The children looked fabulous in their costmes adnd we had a lovely time reading with children from other year groups.

Next Thursday it is Science Day in school. You do not have to do anything for this. In school we will be comepleting lots of different Science based activities and investigations. It is set to be a very fun day!

Homework

The Year 2 children have their spellings in their bags and all of the children have a new Animpahonics book. 

Year 1 children can use the sheet sent home last week to practise for the Phonics Screening check. Please only complete a maximum of half a sheet each week.

Maths: Year 1 - CGP books pages 24 and 25 (using add, subtract and equals signs)

Year 2 - CGP books pages 32 and 33 (Multiplying)

We hope you have a lovely weekend!

Best wishes

The Key Stage 1 Team x

Buttercup, Bluebell and Daffodil blog 27/2/26

Welcome back everybody!

We are continuing our project 'The Quest' this half term and will also be learning about the countries that make up the United Kingdom. We be learning about the flags that represent each country, the cities within them and the castles that you can find there. 

On Thursday next week it is World Book Day. Please see the note below from Miss Harvey about this:

World Book Day   

Thursday 5th March

This year is The National Year of Reading so we will be celebrating World Book Day for the whole day. 

Please come in wearing a costume to show your favourite book character. If you do not want to dress up, you can bring your favourite book in or a prop to give us a clue. 

Here is a competition you can take part in: https://www.worldbookday.com/competitions/win-a-set-of-both-books-in-the-nora-nightsky-series/
Email publicity@scholastic.co.uk with the header WBD NORA NIGHTSKY explaining why you want to win.

Competition closes: 15 April.

World Book Day tokens will be coming home on Friday

Homework

The Year 2 children have their spellings in their bags. 

Year 1 children have sheets to practise in preparation for the phonics screening check. They only need to complete a maximum of one half of the sheet each week so one sheet is ta least two weeks homework. Could you please encourage them to:

1. Write the word
2. Add the sound buttons (scanning for digraphs, trigraphs or split digraphs - the chidlren know what these are!)
3. Blend the word
4. Say it

These will be coming home each week. There will be a combination or real and pseudo (alien) words. The children know that an 'alien' word isn't a real one!

Maths - Year 1: CGP book pages 22-23 Number bonds to 20

Year 2: CGP book pages 30-31 Using Times Tables Facts

The children have been learning about these elements of Maths in school tis week.

Thank you for all of your support!

The Key Stage 1 Team x

Buttercup, Bluebell and Daffodil Blog Friday 13th February 2026

Happy half term everybody! 

What A busy, fun half term it has been. Our trip to Colchester Castle has really made our project come alive for the children and has enthused them to learn more about knights and castles. 

Thank you all for responding so quickly to our request for boxes and tubes to make our castles. These are now completed and should be on their way home to you soon. The children have put a lot of effort into these and should be able to tell you the names of all the different parts.

We will be continuing our project next half term up to the Easter break, when it will change on our return to school to 'At the Seaside'.

Homework

Reading: The children's Animaphonics books have been changed and so have the colour band books. Please continue to read at home regularly. It can make a huge difference to the progress that the children make.

Maths: This week the focus has been on sequencing days/months and time.

Year 1 - CGP book pages 54 and 55 please.

Year 2 - CGP book pages 54 and 55 please.

Top Marks is a great website to access games in any subject. We use it in school to warm up for or consolidate our learning in Maths. There are some very useful games on there that you may wish to complete with your child at home.

This link takes you to 'ordering and sequencing' games.

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/5-7-years/ordering-and-sequencing

We hope you all have a fantastic half term break and look forward to seeing you on TUESDAY 24TH FEBRUARY. 

Best wishes

The Key Stage 1 Team x