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Weekly Blog 10/10/25
Mr Dring (p.dring) on: Cedar Tree Class
Hi Everyone,
It’s been a busy week in Cedar!
In English, we’ve been brushing up on our knowledge of fronted adverbials, conjunctions, and prepositional phrases. Next week, we’ll be drafting and writing about our exciting trip to Murton Park.
In Maths, we’ve been practising rounding numbers and finished the week learning about Roman numerals.
We are continuing to enjoy reading Thorfinn the Nicest Viking. Please do encourage your child to read as much as possible at home — every bit of practice helps!
As part of our focus on healthy lifestyles, we’d like to remind everyone about our healthy snack policy. We’ll be learning more about diet next half term, but in the meantime, please take note of the message that went out recently:
Just a quick reminder for all pupils — the snack brought in for morning break must be a healthy one. Over the last couple of weeks, there has been an increase in children bringing sweets, crisps, chocolate bars, and biscuits. Pupils will be asked to put these back in their bags and take them home. Thank you for your support with this.
Have a lovely weekend!
Mrs Ward and Miss Maher
Weekly Blog 3/10/25
Mr Dring (p.dring) on: Cedar Tree Class
Hi everyone, hope you are well.
This week in maths we have been continuing with number.
The children have loved the art this week – we painted pottery that the children had started at Murton Park.
The English lesson has focused on more grammar work which the children will use in their write-up (a recount of their trip).
We have continued to read Thorfinn the Nicest Viking in the Guided Reading lessons.
Have a lovely weekend!
Miss Maher and Mrs Ward.
Weekly Update 26/09/25
Mr Dring (p.dring) on: Cedar Tree Class
Hi Everyone,
Firstly, a huge thank you to you all for ensuring your children were able to attend our trips this week – I really do appreciate the earlier start for everybody and the adjustments you made for the later pick-up. The children had a lot of fun and were a real credit to the school. Thank you, children!
I do hope you have enjoyed hearing about the children’s experiences when they got back home. We will be doing more work on this next week.
In English, we have been writing character descriptions of Beowulf using expanded noun phrases. In Maths, we have been working on number lines up to 10,000. In Reading, we have been developing our dictionary skills.
It has been a busy and exciting week of learning, and we are really proud of the effort the children have put in.
Have a lovely weekend!
Mrs Ward and Miss Maher
Weekly Update 19/09/25
Mr Dring (p.dring) on: Cedar Tree Class
Hi Everyone!
It has been a busy but enjoyable week.
In Art, we continued our topic on British art. The children learned about the British Afro-Caribbean artist Sonia Boyce, who is well known for painting figures of family and friends.
In Maths, we have been focusing on number. Over the past two days, the children have been working on finding 1 more/1 less, 100 more/100 less, and 1000 more/1000 less.
In English, we have started reading the story of Beowulf. The children wrote character descriptions of Beowulf this week, and we will continue exploring the story further next week.
Just a reminder that we will be going on our trip next week:
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Year 3 on Tuesday
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Year 4 on Wednesday
Please also encourage your child to read regularly at home, as this greatly supports their writing, particularly with generating ideas.
We hope you have a lovely weekend.
Best wishes,
Mrs Ward and Miss Maher
Week 2 Update 12/09/25
Mr Dring (p.dring) on: Cedar Tree Class
The children have continued to settle in really well this week. It was lovely to see so many of you on Wednesday afternoon – thank you for coming along.
In Art, we have started our topic on British Art. The children enjoyed a fun paint-by-numbers activity to help them practise their painting skills and build confidence with colour.
In Maths, we have been concentrating on number and partition, making sure we understand how numbers can be broken down and represented in different ways.
In English, our focus has been on grammar. The children have been working hard to develop their skills, which will support their writing as we move into our next unit of work.
The children are making a great start to the term, and we are really enjoying our time together as a new class.
We hope you have a lovely weekend, and we look forward to seeing the children next week.
Mrs Ward and Miss Maher