Buttercup, Bluebell and Daffodil Blog 13th Match 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

Buttercup, Bluebell and Daffodil Blog Friday 23rd January 2026

Happy Friday Everybody! 

We have been very busy learning about castle defence systems this week and have begun to create our own castles. Thank you all for the box and tube donations!

Next week we will be looking at the life of a knight and how to joust. We will also be trying out jousting for ourselves during our Forest School sessions on Tuesday and Wednesday. This will be slightly adapted with us using imaginary horses and pool woggles as jousts! We apologise in advance if the children come home muddy on their Forest School day.

Homework

This week the children have Maths worksheets to complete that have been given to them to put in their bags. These link directly with the learning that has taken place in school this week.

The children's new spelling sheets are also in their bags, along with their new reading books.

If you have any queries or comments about these or any other issue, please do not hesitate to come and see us.

We hope you all have a lovely weekend!

Best wishes

The Key Stage 1 Team

Buttercup, Bluebell and Daffodil Blog Friday 16th January 2026

Happy Friday Everybody! 

We are really enjoying our new project 'The Quest'. We have been writing the story 'Jack and the Beanstalk' in our own words and learning about different types of castles. Our trip to Colchester Castle was brilliant! The children were so well-behaved and we all enjoyed our private story tour, where we dressed as pages and trained to be knights. We even got to walk along the rooftop to see the ramparts. The view was amazing!

Next week we will be looking at the photographs that were taken on the day and writing all about our visit. We will also be starting to create out own 3D castles.

Homework

This week the children have Maths worksheets to complete that have been given to them to put in their bags. These link directly with the learning that has taken place in school this week.

The children's new spelling sheets are also in their bags, along with their new reading books.

If you have any queries or comments about these or any other issue, please do not hesitate to come and see us.

We hope you all have a lovely weekend!

Best wishes

The Key Stage 1 Team

Buttercup, Bluebell and Daffodil Blog Friday 9th January 2026

Happy New Year!

We hope you all had a lovely Christmas and have had a positive start to the new year. Our new project this term is 'The Quest'. We are ready for a fun-packed term where we will be learning about different types of castles, life inside a castle and the weapons used to defend them. Our visit to Colchester Castle next week will be fun and very valuable to support our learning. We will have access to parts of the castle that are not open to the public, so we are really looking forward to our visit.

Homework

Spellings: The children have their spelling sheets in their bags. Their colour band books have been changed and they also have been given their new Animaphonics books, so you can choose which to read each evening. The Animaphonics books do not have to be read from cover to cover each night. There is quite a lot of text in them now, so only read 3 or 4 pages at a time and remember to discuss what the children have read. This really helps to develop their comprehension skills.

Maths: The Year 1 children have a penguins and polar bears, number bonds to ten sheet to complete.

The Year 2 children have a missing numbers sheet to complete. They have to look at the number line and work out which numbers are missing. 

The homework reflects the learning that has taken place in school this week, so the children should know what they are doing and be able to complete it in a short time.

Forest School

Forest School will start again for Year 1 next week. The day has not changed, so Buttercup and Bluebell Class will have their session every fortnight on a Tuesday (when Mrs O'Connor is not teaching in class). The children in Daffodil Class will have their sessions every other Wednesday BUT due to our school trip, they will not have a session next Wednesday. Please continue to wrap the children up warm (layers are best). They are thoroughly enjoying their time outside and we don't want them feeling cold and uncomfortable. 

Please don't forget that if you have any questions, comments or concerns, you can message us via Dojo or pop down and see us at the end of the day. 

Have a lovely weekend!

Love, The Key Stage 1 Team x