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