Year 1; Certificates: Friday 19th June 2026

 

Well done to all the children that have received certificates this week!

Walnut

E for Excellence: Daman

Star Writer:Tazkiya

Resilience: Frankie

Beech

E for Excellence: Thomas

Star Writer: Raiyan

Apricot

E for Excellence: 

Star Writer:

Reciprocity:

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Resilience - These children have demonstrated perseverance, managed distractions, noticed patterns and been absorbed in their tasks.

 

Reciprocity - These children have shown interdependence, collaborated effectively, listened to others, displayed empathy and have imitated effective ideas and methods from others. 

Reflectiveness - These pupils have planned carefully, revised ideas, identified key features and can talk about their learning. 

Resourcefulness - These pupils have been curious about their learning, made links between ideas, shown imagination, reasoned methodically and capitalised on resources. 

Year 1: What We Are Learning!

 

Year 1: What We Are Learning 

Our Year 1 athletes brought endless energy and bright smiles to this year’s Sports Day! The field was buzzing with excitement as our little superstars tackled a fantastic lineup of events. We saw incredible focus during the walking with a quoit on the head challenge, plenty of laughs and steady hands in the classic egg and spoon race, and fantastic teamwork during the fast-paced relay races. The children also loved showing off their growing coordination, clearing the hurdles with giant leaps, launching foam javelins down the field, and aiming high to throw balls right into the net. It was a wonderful afternoon filled with cheers, determination, and, above only else, a brilliant display of sportsmanship from our youngest competitors! 

This week in PSHE, Year 1 have been learning about how to keep themselves healthy and why it is important to look after their bodies.

We discussed the importance of getting a good night's sleep, taking part in regular exercise, and eating a balanced diet, including 5 portions of fruit and vegetables each day. The children talked about how these healthy habits help us to grow, stay strong, and feel our best.

As part of our lesson, the children completed a sorting activity. They cut out different picture cards and sorted them into three categories: 'Things We Need to Keep Alive', 'Things We Need to Be Healthy', and 'Things We Can Have Occasionally'. This helped them to understand the difference between essential needs, healthy choices, and treats that should be enjoyed in moderation.

The children showed excellent understanding and enjoyed discussing ways they can make healthy choices every day.

This week in Geography, Year 1 explored different types of weather and discussed how weather can change from day to day. The children learned why it is important to wear suitable clothing for different weather conditions, such as coats for rainy weather, hats for sunny days, and warm clothes when it is cold. They enjoyed matching different items of clothing to various weather types and talked about how the right clothing helps us stay comfortable and safe. 

Well done Year 1 for an amazing week - keep up all your brilliant work! 

Year 2 - Awards

 

Well done to all the children that have received certificates this week!

Mulberry

 E for Excellence:Layla

Star Writer: Alice

Reflectiveness: Ellie

Resourcefulness:Madison 

Resilience: Hunter

Reciprocity: Ethan

Pine

E for Excellence:Ivy-Rose

Star Writer: Chalva

Reflectiveness: Nevaeh

Resourcefulness: Kotryna

Resilience: Sienna-Rae

Reciprocity: George

Rowan

E for Excellence: Romil

Star Writer: Abshara

Reflectiveness: Aadhvik

Resourcefulness: Zach

Reciprocity: Idris and Lama

Walnut Class Forest School 19/06/26

 

This week’s Forest School theme was wind.

We began by discussing where wind comes from. The children shared lots of thoughtful ideas, including that it comes from the sky, the Earth moving, and the trees. We explored how movement can create wind by spinning our arms and feeling the air moving around us. We then talked about how wind is created when warm and cold air move and meet. Warm air expands while cold air contracts, and this movement of air creates wind.

We read part of the non-fiction book Gusts and Gales – A Book About Wind to learn more about wind and discover why places such as the seaside are often windier than others.

The children had the opportunity to make flags using the Japanese printmaking technique Hapa Zome. They used leaves and flower petals to create colourful patterns on fabric before attaching their creations to sticks to wave in the breeze.

They also explored sycamore seeds, often called “helicopters,” enjoying dropping them from different heights and watching them spin gracefully through the air.

To finish our very hot session, we worked together as a team to shake a tarp with water pooled on top. Everyone got a little wet, which helped cool us down, and as the sunlight caught the spray, we were even lucky enough to create a beautiful rainbow! 🌈

Year 2 - Learning Blog

 

Year 2 - Maths 

This term, the children are learning about statistics in Maths. Year 2 made their own tally chats and tally tables, voting on their own interests to collect data. The children had a fantastic lesson and used a wide range of mathematical and topic‑related language to help them find and discuss their results. It was a great practical session that helped them understand how to collect data—an important skill they will be able to use in other subjects, not just Maths.

Mulberry Class 

“I made a table about children’s favourite vehicles.” Noah, Mulberry

Rowan Class 

 ' You can see that nobody wants to play tag' - Zach

Pine Class  

Forest School - Year 2/Rowan Class

Rowan class spent their morning thinking about things we love in nature. We started with a game of ‘go find it’ and then went on a hunt with our heart finders. The children said they loved the sky, the leaves, the trees and the grass.

Then everyone had the opportunity to make their own vase of wildflowers. There was time to explore and the children found some ladybirds and spent time being still by the pond in the hope of spotting some frogs. Some frogs and tadpoles were seen too.

Year 2 - Learning Blog

 

Year 2 - History

This week, Year 2 have been learning about significant figures in History. The children have been exploring the lives of Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King Jr., asking thoughtful questions and showing a deep interest in why these individuals are so important to history.

The children especially enjoyed re‑creating the story of Rosa Parks. Working in role, they acted out the moment when Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on the bus. They took their roles very seriously and produced some fantastic little performances.

Acting out the story helped the children understand the events more clearly and supported both their writing and their historical understanding. It was wonderful to see their confidence grow as they brought this important moment in history to life.

Rowan Class

Pine Class

Mulberry Class

Here is a short video for you and your child to enjoy about Rosa Parks!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8MnQEfvVq-k

Year 1; Certificates: Friday 12th June 2026

 

Well done to all the children that have received certificates this week!

Walnut

E for Excellence: Daniel

Star Writer:Layla

Resilience: Eden

Beech

E for Excellence: Remy

Star Writer: Lara

Apricot

E for Excellence: Emem

Star Writer:Ade

Resourcefulness:Charlotte

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Resilience - These children have demonstrated perseverance, managed distractions, noticed patterns and been absorbed in their tasks.

 

Reciprocity - These children have shown interdependence, collaborated effectively, listened to others, displayed empathy and have imitated effective ideas and methods from others. 

Reflectiveness - These pupils have planned carefully, revised ideas, identified key features and can talk about their learning. 

Resourcefulness - These pupils have been curious about their learning, made links between ideas, shown imagination, reasoned methodically and capitalised on resources. 

Year 1: What We Are Learning!

Year 1: What We Are Learning 

This week in Literacy, the children enthusiastically began exploring a new story about a very small but adventurous snail. They developed their comprehension skills by answering retrieval and inference questions, discussing where the snail lives, what she dreams of seeing, and how she feels as she gazes out at the vast sea. Using a "Role on the Wall" activity, the children explored the snail’s appearance and personality, describing her as not only tiny but also curious, brave, and adventurous. They then used these ideas to inspire their own descriptive writing, supported by phonics lessons focusing on the ‘ai’ sound in words such as snail and trail, and the ‘y’ suffix in words like silvery, tiny, and swirly. We were incredibly proud of all our writers, who challenged themselves to write simple descriptive sentences, listen carefully for sounds in words, and share their wonderful vocabulary and ideas with confidence.

 

This week in RE, the children have been learning about Muslim beliefs and Allah. We discussed how Muslims believe in Allah and explored the idea that not everything that exists can be seen.

To help us understand this, we used a balloon as an example. The children could not see the air inside the balloon, but they could see the effect it had by making the balloon expand. We talked about how, in a similar way, Muslims believe that although Allah cannot be seen, He is always present.

After learning that Allah is important to Muslims, the children enjoyed sharing the people who are important to them and the reasons why. 

In our science lesson, the children learned about day and night and how the length of daylight changes during the summer. They created a Day and Night Paper Plate Craft by drawing a daytime scene on one half of a paper plate and a nighttime scene on the other. The children added a rotating arrow to show whether it was day or night. To deepen their understanding, the children took part in a practical demonstration. One child held a torch to represent the Sun, while another child acted as the Earth and slowly turned around. They observed that when their face was towards the Sun it was daytime  and when their back was towards the Sun it was nighttime. This helped the children understand that the Earth rotates and that the Sun shines on different parts of the world at different times creating day and night.

Well done Year 1 for an amazing week - keep up all your brilliant work! 

Year 2 Certificates - 12.6.26

 

Well done to all the children that have received certificates this week!

Mulberry 

 E for Excellence: Ellie

Star Writer: Noah

Reflectiveness: Riya

Resourcefulness: Arya

Resilience: Gracie

Reciprocity: Devansh

Pine

E for Excellence: Mason M

Star Writer: Chalva

Reflectiveness: Karen

Resourcefulness: Chalva

Resilience: Almir

Reciprocity: Emir

Teacher Happy: Keon

Rowan

E for Excellence: Emir 

Star Writer: Oceann

Reflectiveness: Zenaya and Vedasri

Resilience: Yoyo

Reciprocity:Medhansh

Teacher Happy: Andrei 

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Resilience - These children have demonstrated perseverance, managed distractions, noticed patterns and been absorbed in their tasks.

 

Reciprocity - These children have shown interdependence, collaborated effectively, listened to others, displayed empathy and have imitated effective ideas and methods from others. 

Reflectiveness - These pupils have planned carefully, revised ideas, identified key features and can talk about their learning. 

Resourcefulness - These pupils have been curious about their learning, made links between ideas, shown imagination, reasoned methodically and capitalised on resources. 

Walnut Class Forest School 12/06/26

This week was art week. I began by reading a book called 'I Can See Nature's Rainbow', which explores the colours of the rainbow and where they can be found in nature. The children enjoyed sharing their own ideas, including purple lavender, the yellow sun, and brown mud.

The children then created their own nature-inspired artwork through natural mark-making with chalk and charcoal, sticky art using collected natural materials, and a collaborative ground-art mandala.

One finished, we displayed their creations in our Forest School Gallery around an oak tree, celebrating the wonderful creativity on show.

To end the session, the children enjoyed playing the requested chasing game, 'Foxes and Rabbits'.

🦊🐰🌿

Year 2 Sing Their Hearts Out

 Year 2 Sing Their Hearts Out 

On Friday, our Year 2 children had the exciting opportunity to take part in the Havering Music Festival at Hilldene Primary School.

We were joined by several other local schools for a wonderful celebration of music and singing. Each school performed its own individual song, and our children proudly sang Count on Me by Bruno Mars. They sang with enthusiasm, confidence and great reciprocity, making us all very proud.

As well as performing their own song, the children also joined together with the other schools to sing several songs as part of a mass choir. It was a fantastic experience for them to perform alongside so many other young singers and to be part of such a special event.

The children represented our school brilliantly throughout the day. Their behaviour, effort and enthusiasm were excellent and they demonstrated great resilience when performing.

We are incredibly proud of all the children who took part and would like to thank them for their hard work and commitment in preparing for the festival. 

It was a memorable day and a wonderful opportunity to celebrate the joy of music together.

Year 2 Tower of London Trip - Wednesday 8th July 2026

Year 2: Tower of London

Tuesday 9th June 2026

Dear Parents/ Carers, 

Tower of London: Wednesday 8th July 2026

On Wednesday 8th July, Year 2 pupils will be visiting the Tower of London. The pupils will have the chance to explore the grounds and take part in a workshop linked to the Great Fire of London. On the day of the trip, children need to arrive in the morning at normal school time (8.30am) and we will be leaving promptly at 8.45am and returning to school at approximately 3pm. If we are due to arrive back to school early or late, a message will be shared on the school's Facebook page.

Children should wear normal school uniform and comfortable shoes and will need to bring with them/ wear on the day the following: 

• A waterproof coat.  

• Packed lunch in a named, plastic (disposable) bag.  

• A hat and suncream (if we are fortunate enough to have hot weather). 

Please complete the following permission and lunch request form by Friday 19th June.

https://forms.gle/NxDDsWnPXZhfdJmA7 

Many thanks for your continued support.

Miss Wyatt                    
Year Group Lead