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Elm class are looking forward to a warm, sunny half term. Fingers crossed! 

This week we have been working on comprehension, RWI spelling, SPAG and report writing in literacy, and comparing Eastern European climates for our topic work.

In maths we have been learning about translation and…

Our Holly Class fund raising afternoon was a great success.Thank you so much to you all for sponsoring your children to read and for all the generous donations we have recieved.It was lovely to see the parents who could attend sharing stories with their children and it was clear the children were…

We have had a lovely few weeks watching the butterflies finally coming out of their chrysalis. The children have enjoyed observing and watching the transformation from a caterpillar into a butterfly. We finally got to realise them into our wood and watched them fly off! We have learnt lots of…

British Values...Democracy.at Stakesby

As part of our positive behaviour policy at Stakesby, classes can work together to try and win the ‘Termly Treat’. Each child works hard in school to earn house points, or as we call them, ‘Stakesby Stars’, which they write their name and class on.

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Hi there- what a week!

This week, we have been told that we are producing a play with year 6, so we are very excited about that! We have been learning our songs and we will be having auditions this week. Some of us are very hopeful for main speaking parts.

In literacy, we have been…

As last half term we won the school's 'Termly Treat' for getting lots of Stakesby Stars, we are looking forward to next week as we will be having our treat! It has taken us a while to think of the different things we might like to do and vote for our favourite. Next week we will be having a games…

We hope you all enjoyed your bank holiday weekend.

This week we are learning all about the Hungry Caterpillar and Butterflies. We have all enjoyed listening to the story and acting it out using our puppets. We have also looked at symmetrical patterns and are trying to create our…

It feels like Summer is here as the sun is out and it is hot, hot, HOT! Important to remember to bring a hat to school and apply sun cream at home. Luckily for Maple Class, we were able to cool off at the pool in our swimming session. As it was our last session, we had a 'Splash Time'  where we…

We have continued to explore our History topic this week by creating timelines from the Stone Age to the Iron Age. To help us understand how a timeline works, Mrs Leather asked us to sort ourselves into a line with the oldest first and the youngest at the end. Eventually, we managed to sort…

This week we have been working hard on our gingerbread man stories.The children have recalled and recorded the traditional story as preparation to innovate the original version with their own ideas next week.Please look in your childs book bag for some talk homework, which will help your child to…

This week, we are learning all about houses and our homes.

The Wise Owls had a walk to look at houses near school to discover what different materials are used to build them. They have also looked at houses around the world and what the houses are made out of in different…

Elm's Superstar of the Week is Lexi, for a motivated approach to learning. Well done Lexi!

In literacy this week we have been report writing. We are designing and testing a trainer of our choice and after checking the features of a report, writing up the results. We are also working on our…