Bluebell, Buttercup and Daffodil Blog 19th June 2026

Happy Friday Everybody!

What a hot one it has been! We have had a great time today sewing our fish under the oak tree and then eating ice creams for our snack. This was all in the name of education of course. Both the Year 1 and Year 2 children have been working on collecting and presenting data this week. They have used tally charts, pictograms and bar charts to show the total number of children that wanted a particular flavour ice cream. It was only fair that they were rewarded for their efforts on such a hot day! We had sprinkles and mini marshamllows too.

Our fish are looking brilliant. 73 children sat and sewed their fish together today and are looking forward to adding detail to them over the next few weeks.

Homework

Both year groups have their spellings in their bags and a data sheet for their Maths homework. The Year 1 children used the top part of their sheet to practise tally charts on Monday, but it would be great if you could take the time for them to explain how a tally chart works. This helps to embed their learning. Thank you!

Have a lovely weekend. We hope you get a chance to enjoy the lovely weather. Please feel free to send in any photos of the children enjoying the sunshine!

Best wishes

The Key Stage 1 Team x

Bluebell, Buttercup and Daffodil Blog 12th June 2026

Happy Friday, everybody! 

We have been learning about holidays in the past this week and have created some excellent timelines and captions to demonstrate our learning! We will continue to learn about the seaside over the next few weeks. We've all had a great day so far celebrating our TTRS day. We had a special assembly and have learned to play the 'C'  chord on the ukulele! Photos will feature in our newsletter.

Please see note below from Miss Harvey about our book fair competitions!

Book Fair Competitions

To be in with a chance to win a £5 voucher for the Book Fair, we are holding some competitions for you to enter.

There are 5 vouchers up for grabs so 5 competitions are running.

They are:

Competition 1: Everyone - Design a new wand and include a description explaining what it is made from.

Competition 2: EYFS/ KS1 - Design a new front cover for your favourite book.

Competition 3: KS2 -  Design a new front cover for your favourite book.

Competition 4: EYFS/ KS1 - Design a bookmark.

Competition 5: KS2 - The most words read on Accelerated Reader the week before (these will be checked by Miss Harvey in school).

These can be done on paper and given to Miss Harvey or you can even use Google Drive to create your entry digitally. You  can enter more than one competition as long as it is for your phase.

All competition entries to be in by Friday 12th June and the winner will be announced in assembly on Monday 15th June

Winners will receive a £5 voucher for the book fair and everyone who enters will receive 5 Dojos.

The Book fair is running from Monday 15th to Friday 19th June and there is a 3 for 2 offer so please come along to support the school.

**There will be no book fair on Thursday 18th June due to the Father’s Day sale**

The book fair is arriving next week Monday to Thursday and will run straight after school until 3:45. We will have a card machine and no cash will be taken.

Miss Harvey

Homework

Early reading comprehension page 8

First reading comprhension pages 12-13

Both year groups have their spellings or reading practice sheets and new Animaphonics books in their bags. 

Don't forget to keep up all your fantastic efforts with your reading at home - it will make a huge impact on your child's reading development. Keep using the range of questions and guidance in the back of the books as well.

The children are nearly at the end of another school year, Please support us in encouraging their independence by allowing them to walk into school by themselves. They manage to walk to the classroom on their own after break and lunch each day, so we know that they can do it. Thank you!

If you have any issues or questions, please come and see us at the end of the day - we would love to see you then!

Have a fantastic weekend!

Best wishes

Mrs O'Connor, Miss Langley, Mrs Holmes, Miss Bridges and Miss Smith x

Buttercup. Bluebell and Daffodil Blog 5th June 2026

 Happy Friday, everybody! 

Welcome back to our last half term in Year 1 or Year 2!

And what an exciting first week it has been. The children have written some fabulous instructions about how to make a jam sandwich, after learning how important it is to add detail, time connectives and 'bossy verbs'. Then on Friday, we followed our instructions to make our sandwiches and enjoyed eating them.

Next week we will be looking at the history of our seaside and will be creating timelines to show how our visits to the seaside have changed over the years.

Next Friday 12th June is Times Tables Rockstars day. The children can come dressed as a rockstar for a day of fun-filled Maths activities!

Please see note below from Miss Harvey about our book fair competitions!

Book Fair Competitions

To be in with a chance to win a £5 voucher for the Book Fair, we are holding some competitions for you to enter.

There are 5 vouchers up for grabs so 5 competitions are running.

They are:

Competition 1: Everyone - Design a new wand and include a description explaining what it is made from.

Competition 2: EYFS/ KS1 - Design a new front cover for your favourite book.

Competition 3: KS2 -  Design a new front cover for your favourite book.

Competition 4: EYFS/ KS1 - Design a bookmark.

Competition 5: KS2 - The most words read on Accelerated Reader the week before (these will be checked by Miss Harvey in school).

These can be done on paper and given to Miss Harvey or you can even use Google Drive to create your entry digitally. You  can enter more than one competition as long as it is for your phase.

All competition entries to be in by Friday 12th June and the winner will be announced in assembly on Monday 15th June

Winners will receive a £5 voucher for the book fair and everyone who enters will receive 5 Dojos.

The Book fair is running from Monday 15th to Friday 19th June and there is a 3 for 2 offer so please come along to support the school.

**There will be no book fair on Thursday 18th June due to the Father’s Day sale**

Miss Harvey

Homework

Year 1 - Maths: Please complete pages 56 and 57 (Days of the week)

Year 2 - Maths: Please complete pages 64 and 65 (Shape symmetry)

Both year groups have their spellings or reading practice sheets and new Animaphonics books in their bags. 

Don't forget to keep up all your fantastic efforts with your reading at home - it will make a huge impact on your child's reading development. Keep using the range of questions and guidance in the back of the books as well.

The children are nearly at the end of another school year, Please support us in encouraging their independence by allowing them to walk into school by themselves. They manage to walk to the classroom on their own after break and lunch each day, so we know that they can do it. Thank you!

If you have any issues or questions, please come and see us at the end of the day - we would love to see you then!

Have a fantastic weekend!

Best wishes

Mrs O'Connor, Miss Langley, Mrs Holmes, Miss Bridges and Miss Smith x