Friday, 22 May 2026

Year 3 Certificate Winners

Our Year 3 children have done it again! They have worked extremely hard and have received various awards in recognition of their efforts. Brilliant job!

Ash Class

Star Writer - Rayyan

E for Excellence - Farzaan
Happy Teacher - Emily

R - Tommy

Cedar Class

Star Writer - Ryan

E for Excellence - Alexandra
Resourcefulness - Dola

Cherry Class

Star Writer - Elliot

E for Excellence - Sadid
Happy Teacher - Nicole

Resilience - David

Year 3 Learning Journey - WlLD Passport

This half term, our Year 3 classes, Ash, Cedar, and Cherry, embarked on an adventurous learning journey through their WILD Passport days, transforming the school grounds into a hub of discovery and practical skill-building. The children demonstrated impressive focus and safety awareness as they mastered the art of fire-lighting, using flints and cotton wool to create their first sparks.

The exploration continued with a hands-on forestry session, where pupils honed their observational skills by categorising sticks based on their length, thickness, and potential utility for different outdoor tasks. To blend traditional bush craft with modern technology, the classes also navigated the school site during an energetic orienteering activity, using their iPads to track locations and solve challenges. It has been a fantastic half term of building resilience, teamwork, and a deeper connection with the natural world.

Well done Year 3!

Year 4 Certificates 22.5.26

Well Done to all of our certificate winners this week, you have all worked so hard this week, we are so proud of all of you.

Elm Class

E for Excellence: Gabia

Star Writer: Mohib

Teacher Happy: Bentley

Presentation: Roza

4 R's

Resilience: Lochlan

Reflectiveness: Layla-Mae

Resourcefulness: Alexandra

Maple Class

E for Excellence: Poppy

Star Writer: Mikail

Teacher Happy: Iustin

4 R's

Reflectivesness: Alice

Resourcefullness: Maya

Willow Class

E for Excellence: Munsha

Star Writer: Ilinca

Teacher Happy: Abdulhafiiz

4 R's

Reciprocity: Kosta

Resourcefulness: Isabelle

The Year 4 Team wish you all a restful and relaxing Half Term , we look forward to seeing the children back in school on Tuesday 2nd June.

Monday, 18 May 2026

Year 4 Get Wild!

Year 4 Wild Passport: Fire Explorers!

This week year 4 had their wild passport day! Today, our class went outdoors to learn all about an essential and exciting element: Fire. We learned how to be safe, how to build and light fires, and even had a chance to practise some cool survival skills!

Here is what we got up to during our adventurous day in the woodland:

Learning About the Fire Triangle

Before touching any wood, we sat down and talked about fire circle etiquette to make sure everyone stays safe. We learned about the "Fire Triangle", which shows that fire needs three things to burn:

Heat
Oxygen
Fuel

We also learned why it is so important to put a fire out completely when we are done, and we explored the difference between deadwood (which is great for fires) and green wood.

Our Wild Activities

We split into groups and worked through some super fun and hands-on activities:

Wood Detectives: We collected and sorted deadwood by size, and even learned how to grade different sticks.
Jigsaw Puzzles: We put together a puzzle of the fire triangle to remember how fires work.
Sparks Out of 10 Competition: We practised using a fire steel to produce bright sparks!
Mini Fire Lighting: We got to light cotton wool pads to create our very own mini fires safely.

Elm

"Miss I loved the, starting the fire I lit it first try!" - Roza, Elm

I liked the whole experience because we were able to be creative - Mavis, Willow

"I now know the fire triangle and why fire safety is so important" - Alfie, Maple

Spellings 18.5.26

Please find below Year 4's spellings for this week. Please encourage your child to practise their spellings every evening, so they are prepared for their spelling test on Friday.

	A	B	C
1	irresponsible	regular	regular
2	irrelevant	irregular	irregular
3	irrational	resistable	circle
4	irreparable	irresistible	decide
5	irretrievable	reversible	strange
6	irremovable	irreversible
7	irreproachable	replaceable
8	irresolute	irreplaceable
9	irrevocable	removable
10	irreconcilable	irremovable

Year 3 spellings

Here are the spellings for the week commencing 18/05/26. Please practise the spellings each day in preparation for the spelling test on Friday.

Please note that spellings may be repeated to ensure they are being used consistently and accurately within children’s writing. It is great that they can remember the spellings for the spelling test, but can they apply them in everyday writing across all subjects?

Children should be practising and be able to spell most Year 2 common exception words and some Year 3 common exception words.