Tulip, Blossom & Sunflower Blog - Thursday 16th July 2026

 Happy Friday Thursday, everybody! It seems incredible that we are already at the end of the year - it has flown by! We have all absolutely loved working with all your children this year and it has been a joy to watch them grow and become more confident in their learning as the year has progressed. We are all sure that they will continue to be just as fabulous as they move on to being Year 4's and 5's!

We would also like to give a massive thank you and good luck to Mrs Witherall, Mrs Devlin and Mrs O'Connor who are leaving us. They have all been amazing members of our staff team here at Down Hall and will be greatly missed. Good luck out there!

Don't forget that we are celebrating the end of the term with a picnic on the field with parents and carers tomorrow. Much like the Sports Day arrangements, parents can collect their children from classes at 12:00pm to take them on to the field. At 1:00pm, the children will line up to return to class to collect their things and then will go home straight away. If there are any changes to who is picking up your child, please Dojo your class teacher.

HAVE A GREAT SUMMER HOLIDAY!!!

We will be available on ClassDojo up until lunchtime on Friday 17th July and then again from Tuesday 1st September.

Remember: children return to school on Wednesday 2nd September.

All that remains is to say a personal thank you and goodbye. I wrote my first blog back in March 2020 telling people what to do if the school were to close due to Covid. Fast forward some 200-odd blogs and here we are. Thank you for all the kind words and support - I wish you all an amazing summer and all the best for the future!

Much love

Mr Jude

Tulip, Blossom & Sunflower Blog - Friday 10th July 2026

 Happy Friday everybody! We hope you had an amazing week - 1 more week left!

Forest Schools Session

Forest schools will return in September - please look at the newsletter after the summer holidays where new days for your class' session will be announced.

End of Term

On Friday 17th July we will be having our end of term picnic. This will work much like Sport's Day. You can collect your child from class as normal at 12:00 to have a picnic on the field. The children must come back into school when the whistle goes at 1:00 to collect their belongings and be registered before they go home. If there are any changes to normal pick up, please Dojo your child's teacher.

Have a lovely weekend!

Mr Jude, Mrs Witherall & Miss Langley

Tulip, Blossom & Sunflower Blog - Friday 3rd July 2026

  Happy Friday everybody! We hope you had an amazing week - only 2 weeks to go!

Next Forest Schools Session

Please remember your change of clothes/footwear on these dates:

• Friday 10th July - Sunflower (Last session)

New Classes & Open School

On Tuesday 7th July, the children will be spending the afternoon in their new classes and meeting their new teacher. Because of this, Year 3/4 will not be doing PE as normal. Please come to school in normal school uniform on this day. A letter will go home at the end of the day detailing the new classes and teachers.

After school on the 7th July will be Open School. Open School is an opportunity to look at some of the exciting work we have been doing in class this year. Classes will be open for viewing from 3.30pm until 4.15pm. This is also an opportunity to meet your child's teacher from September - please pop in and say hello.

Homework

Thank you all so much for all your support in homework this year. We will be sending the homework books home but are not asking for anymore homework to be completed and handed in. Obviously, feel free to look at any pages not completed and use the book as a refresher for some of the things we have covered before September.

Have a lovely weekend!

Mr Jude, Mrs Witherall & Miss Langley

Tulip, Blossom & Sunflower Blog - Friday 26th June 2026

 Happy Friday everybody! Well, what a strange hot week that was! Thankfully, everything back to normal from Monday - only 3 weeks to go!

• Friday 3rd July - Sport's Day

Next Forest Schools Session

Please remember your change of clothes/footwear on these dates:

• Monday 29th June - Tulip (Last session)
• Wednesday 1st July - Blossom (Last session)
• Friday 10th July - Sunflower (Last session)

Jigsaw - Changing Me

As part of our PSHE curriculum, next week in Year 3/4 we will be covering a lesson on the theme of "Girls & Puberty." This has been carried over from last week.

Year 3 Homework

Please complete the following pages and return to school by next Wednesday.

GPS - Suffixes - "ly" (page 80-81)

Maths - Tables & Bar Charts (page 64-65) 

Year 4 Homework

Please complete the following pages and return to school by next Wednesday.

GPS - Prefixes - "re," "anti" and "auto" (page 72-73)

Maths - Bar Charts (page 73)

Spelling Homework 

We are consolidating words from the Year 3/4 spelling list over the last few weeks. Your child will come home with a sheet with this week's spelling on for them to practice. 

Have a lovely weekend!

Mr Jude, Mrs Witherall & Miss Langley

Tulip, Blossom & Sunflower Blog - Friday 19th June 2026

 Happy Friday everybody! Welcome to this week's blog. We hope you have all had a fantastic week!

• Friday 3rd July - Sport's Day

Next Forest Schools Session

Please remember your change of clothes/footwear on these dates:

• Friday 26th June - Sunflower
• Monday 29th June - Tulip (Last session)
• Wednesday 1st July - Blossom (Last session)
• Friday 10th July - Sunflower (Last session)

Jigsaw - Changing Me

As part of our PSHE curriculum, next week in Year 3/4 we will be covering a lesson on the theme of "Girls & Puberty."

Year 3 Homework

Please complete the following pages and return to school by next Wednesday.

GPS - Apostrophe Practice (page 56-57)

Maths - Progress Test (page 60-63) 

Year 4 Homework

Please complete the following pages and return to school by next Wednesday.

GPS - Prefixes - Sub-, Super- & Inter- (page 74-75)

Maths - Interpreting Charts & Graphs (page 76-78)

Spelling Homework - Spelling Frame Year 3/4 Rule 30: Common Words

Your child's new spelling list is inside their small spelling book. Use the website Spelling Frame to help practise these words ready for a test on Friday. Login details are stuck inside the front cover of your child's reading diary.

Have a lovely weekend!

Mr Jude, Mrs Witherall & Mrs Devlin

Tulip, Blossom & Sunflower Blog - Friday 12th June 2026

 Happy Friday everybody! Welcome to this week's blog. We hope you have all had a fantastic week!

• Monday 15th June - Book Fair in school this week after school (except Thursday)
• Thursday 18th June - Father's Day Tea - in hall after school
• Friday 19th June - Father's Day Sale
• Friday 3rd July - Sport's Day

Book Sale Next Week

Just a reminder that the Book Fair will be in school next week. It will be open in the hall after school each day (except Thursday) until 3:45pm. Payments can only be made by card.

Next Forest Schools Session

Due to there being no Forest Schools the week before half term, we are readjusting our schedule. Please remember your change of clothes/footwear on these dates:

• Monday 15th June - Tulip
• Wednesday 17th June - Blossom
• Friday 22nd June - Sunflower

 Year 3 Homework

Please complete the following pages and return to school by next Wednesday.

GPS - Suffixes -ation, -ous (page 78-79)

Maths - Angles & Lines (page 59) - should have been page 58 last week, sorry!

Year 4 Homework

Please complete the following pages and return to school by next Wednesday.

GPS - Word Endings - The "Shun" sound (page 84-85)

Maths - Comparing Angles (page 63)

Spelling Homework - Spelling Frame Year 3/4 Rule 29: Common Words

Your child's new spelling list is inside their small spelling book. Use the website Spelling Frame to help practise these words ready for a test on Friday. Login details are stuck inside the front cover of your child's reading diary.

Have a lovely weekend!

Mr Jude, Mrs Witherall & Mrs Devlin

Tulip, Blossom & Sunflower Blog - Friday 5th June 2026

 Happy Friday everybody! Welcome to this week's blog and the last half term of this year! 

• Friday 12th June - Times Tables Rock Star Day - dress up as a Rock Star!
• Monday 15th June - Book Fair in school this week after school (except Thursday)
• Thursday 18th June - Father's Day Tea - in hall after school
• Friday 19th June - Father's Day Sale
• Friday 3rd July - Sport's Day

Next Forest Schools Session

Please remember your change of clothes/footwear on these dates:

• Monday 8th June - Tulip
• Wednesday 10th June - Blossom
• Friday 19th June - Sunflower

Change of PE Day

Please note that next week, Year 3/4 are swapping PE day to Monday 8th June. This is a one off change and PE will revert back to Tuesdays next week. As Tulip Class are Forest Schools on this day, they will do PE in their Forest School clothes.

Year 4 TTRS Club

As the Year 4's will be completing their Multiplication Checks next week, this week's TTRS was the last session. Well done on all that you have achieved Year 4s!

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

 Year 3 Homework

Please complete the following pages and return to school by next Wednesday.

GPS - Suffixes -ment, -ness, -ful, -less (page 76-77)

Maths - Angles & Lines (page 53)

Year 4 Homework

Please complete the following pages and return to school by next Wednesday.

GPS - Word Endings -sure, -ture (page 82-83)

Maths - Comparing Angles (page 62)

Spelling Homework - Spelling Frame Year 3/4 Rule 28: Common Words

Your child's new spelling list is inside their small spelling book. Use the website Spelling Frame to help practise these words ready for a test on Friday. Login details are stuck inside the front cover of your child's reading diary.

Have a lovely weekend!

Mr Jude, Mrs Witherall & Mrs Devlin

Tulip, Blossom & Sunflower Blog - Friday 22nd May 2026

Happy Friday everybody! Welcome to this week's blog. We hope you have all had a fantastic week!

• Monday 1st June - Non-Pupil Day

Next Forest Schools Session

Please remember your change of clothes/footwear on these dates:

• Friday 5th June - Sunflower
• Monday 8th June - Tulip
• Wednesday 10th June - Blossom

The children have worked so hard and we want them all to have a relaxing half term break and recharge their batteries. To this end, we will not be sending home homework books this week and will be carrying over the spellings to be tested on the first Friday back. We would encourage you, however, to read with your child as regularly as you can.

Have an amazing half term and we will see you all back here on Tuesday 2nd June!

Lots of love

Mr Jude, Mrs Witherall & Mrs Devlin

Tulip, Blossom & Sunflower Blog - Friday 15th May 2026

 Happy Friday everybody! Welcome to this week's blog. We hope you have all had a fantastic week!

• Monday 1st June - Non-Pupil Day

Next Forest Schools Session

There will be no Forest Schools on the week beginning 18th May. Please remember your change of clothes/footwear on these dates:

• Friday 5th June - Sunflower
• Monday 8th June - Tulip
• Wednesday 10th June - Blossom

Year 3 Homework

Please complete the following pages and return to school by next Wednesday.

GPS - Prefixes: re-; anti- (page 70)

Maths - Time Problems (page 52)

Year 4 Homework

Please complete the following pages and return to school by next Wednesday.

GPS - Prefixes: dis-; mis- (page 68-69)

Maths - Decimal Numbers & Fractions (page 14)

Spelling Homework - Spelling Frame Year 3/4 Rule 27: Common Words

Your child's new spelling list is inside their small spelling book. Use the website Spelling Frame to help practise these words ready for a test on Friday. Login details are stuck inside the front cover of your child's reading diary.

Have a lovely weekend!

Mr Jude, Mrs Witherall & Mrs Devlin

Tulip, Blossom & Sunflower Blog - Friday 8th May 2026

 Happy Friday everybody! Welcome to this week's blog. We hope you have all had a fantastic week!

• Monday 1st June - Non-Pupil Day

Next Forest Schools Session

There will be no Forest Schools on the week beginning 18th May. Please remember your change of clothes/footwear on these dates:

• Monday 11th May - Tulip
• Wednesday 13th May - Blossom
• Friday 5th June - Sunflower

Year 3 Homework

Please complete the following pages and return to school by next Wednesday.

GPS - Direct & Reported Speech (page 62-63)

Maths - Clocks (page 51)

Year 4 Homework

Please complete the following pages and return to school by next Wednesday.

GPS - Comma Practice (page 48-49)

Maths - Comparing Decimals (page 43)

Spelling Homework - Spelling Frame Year 3/4 Rule 26: Common Words

Your child's new spelling list is inside their small spelling book. Use the website Spelling Frame to help practise these words ready for a test on Friday. Login details are stuck inside the front cover of your child's reading diary.

Have a lovely weekend!

Mr Jude, Mrs Witherall & Mrs Devlin

Tulip, Blossom & Sunflower Blog - Friday 1st May 2026

 Happy Friday everybody! Welcome to this week's blog. We hope you have all had a fantastic week!

• Monday 4th May - Bank Holiday 
• Monday 1st June - Non-Pupil Day

Next Forest Schools Session

Please remember your change of clothes/footwear on these dates:

• Friday 8th May - Sunflower
• Monday 11th May - Tulip
• Wednesday 13th May - Blossom

Year 3 Homework

Please complete the following pages and return to school by next Wednesday.

GPS - Conjunctions with a subordinate clause (page 22-23)

Maths - Money (page 50)

Year 4 Homework

Please complete the following pages and return to school by next Wednesday.

GPS - Commas to separate clauses (page 44-45)

Maths - Rounding decimals (page 42)

Spelling Homework - Spelling Frame Year 3/4 Rule 25: Common Words

Your child's new spelling list is inside their small spelling book. Use the website Spelling Frame to help practise these words ready for a test on Friday. Login details are stuck inside the front cover of your child's reading diary.

Have a lovely weekend!

Mr Jude, Mrs Witherall & Mrs Devlin

Tulip, Blossom & Sunflower Blog - Friday 24th April 2026

 Happy Friday everybody! Welcome to this week's blog. We hope you have all had a fantastic week!

• Monday 4th May - Bank Holiday 
• Monday 1st June - Non-Pupil Day

Next Forest Schools Session

Please remember your change of clothes/footwear on these dates:

• Monday 27th April - Tulip
• Wednesday 29th April - Blossom
• Friday 8th May - Sunflower

Year 3 Homework

Please complete the following pages and return to school by next Wednesday.

GPS - Writing Lists (page 46-47)

Maths - Fractions of Amounts (page 38-39)

Year 4 Homework

Please complete the following pages and return to school by next Wednesday.

GPS - Commas after Fronted Adverbials (page 46-47)

Maths - Decimals (page 38)

Spelling Homework - Spelling Frame Year 3/4 Rule 24: Homophones & Near Homophones

Your child's new spelling list is inside their small spelling book. Use the website Spelling Frame to help practise these words ready for a test on Friday. Login details are stuck inside the front cover of your child's reading diary.

Have a lovely weekend!

Mr Jude, Mrs Witherall & Mrs Devlin

Tulip, Blossom & Sunflower Blog - Friday 17th April 2026

 Happy Friday everybody! Welcome back to the first week of the Summer Term!

• Thursday 23rd April - St George's Day - **Non-school uniform; children can wear red/white clothes today!**
• Monday 1st June - Non-Pupil Day

Next Forest Schools Session

Please remember your change of clothes/footwear on these dates:

• Friday 24th April - Sunflower
• Monday 27th April - Tulip
• Wednesday 29th April - Blossom

Year 3 Homework

Please complete the following pages and return to school by next Wednesday.

GPS - Punctuating Speech (page 60-61)

Maths - Adding & Subtracting Fractions (page 36-37)

Year 4 Homework

Please complete the following pages and return to school by next Wednesday.

GPS - Punctuating Speech with ! or ? (page 62-63)

Maths - Writing Fractions as Decimals (page 39)

Spelling Homework - Spelling Frame Year 3/4 Rule 23: Homophones & Near Homophones

Your child's new spelling list is inside their small spelling book. Use the website Spelling Frame to help practise these words ready for a test on Friday. Login details are stuck inside the front cover of your child's reading diary.

Have a lovely weekend!

Mr Jude, Mrs Witherall & Mrs Devlin

Tulip, Blossom & Sunflower Blog - Friday 27th March 2026

Happy Friday everybody! Welcome to this week's blog - the final week of the Spring Term!!

• Monday 13th April - Children back for Summer Term
• Monday 1st June - Non-Pupil Day

Next Forest Schools Session

Please remember your change of clothes/footwear on these dates:

• Monday 13th April - Tulip *First day back after Easter*
• Wednesday 15th April - Blossom
• Friday 24th April - Sunflower

The children have worked so hard and we want them all to have a relaxing Easter and recharge their batteries. To this end, we will not be sending home homework books over Easter and will be carrying over the spellings to be tested on the first Friday back. We would encourage you, however, to read with your child as regularly as you can.

Have an amazing half term and we will see you all back here on Monday 13th April!

Lots of love

Mr Jude, Mrs Witherall & Mrs Devlin

Tulip, Blossom & Sunflower Blog - Friday 20th March 2026

 Happy Friday everybody! Welcome to this week's blog. We hope you have all had a fantastic week!

• Friday 27th March - Wellbeing Day
• Monday 13th April - Children back for Summer Term
• Monday 1st June - Non-Pupil Day

Next Forest Schools Session

Please remember your change of clothes/footwear on these dates:

• Friday 27th March - Sunflower
• Monday 13th April - Tulip *First day back after Easter*
• Wednesday 15th April - Blossom

Year 3 Homework

Please complete the following pages and return to school by next Wednesday.

GPS - Apostrophes for Single Possession (page 52-53)

Maths - Progress Test 2 (page 42-43)

Year 4 Homework

Please complete the following pages and return to school by next Wednesday.

GPS - Apostrophes for Single Possession (page 52-53)

Maths - Counting in Hundreths (page 32)

Spelling Homework - Spelling Frame Year 3/4 Rule 21: Homophones & Near Homophones

Your child's new spelling list is inside their small spelling book. Use the website Spelling Frame to help practise these words ready for a test on Friday. Login details are stuck inside the front cover of your child's reading diary.

Have a lovely weekend!

Mr Jude, Mrs Witherall & Mrs Devlin

Tulip, Blossom & Sunflower Blog - Friday 13th March 2026

 Happy Friday everybody! Welcome to this week's blog. We hope you have all had a fantastic week!

• Wednesday 18th March - Parent/Teacher Consultations
• Thursday 19th March - Parent/Teacher Consultations
• Monday 1st June - Non-Pupil Day

Next Forest Schools Session

Please remember your change of clothes/footwear on these dates:

• Monday 16th March - Tulip
• Wednesday 18th March - Blossom
• Friday 27th March - Sunflower

Change of PE Day

Please note that next week, Year 3/4 are swapping PE day to Monday 16th March. This is a one off change and PE will revert back to Tuesdays next week. As Tulip Class are Forest Schools on this day, they will do PE in their Forest School clothes.

Year 3 Homework

Please complete the following pages and return to school by next Wednesday.

GPS - Headings & Subheadings (page 67)

Maths - Length, Mass & Volume (page 46)

Year 4 Homework

Please complete the following pages and return to school by next Wednesday.

GPS - Headings & Subheadings (page 67)

Maths - Add and Subtract Fractions (page 34-35)

Spelling Homework - Spelling Frame Year 3/4 Rule 20: Possessive apostrophe with plurals

Your child's new spelling list is inside their small spelling book. Use the website Spelling Frame to help practise these words ready for a test on Friday. Login details are stuck inside the front cover of your child's reading diary.

Have a lovely weekend!

Mr Jude, Mrs Witherall & Mrs Devlin

Tulip, Blossom & Sunflower Blog - Friday 6th March 2026

  Happy Friday everybody! Welcome to this week's blog!

• Thursday 12th March - Mother's Day Tea - 3:15pm
• Friday 13th March - PTA Mother's Day Sale - please bring money and a bag
• Wednesday 18th March - Parent/Teacher Consultations
• Thursday 19th March - Parent/Teacher Consultations

Next Forest Schools Session

Please remember your change of clothes/footwear on these dates:

• Friday 13th March - Sunflower
• Monday 16th March - Tulip
• Wednesday 18th March - Blossom

Year 3 Homework

Please complete the following pages and return to school by next Wednesday.

GPS - Its & It's (page 54-55)

Maths - Ordering Fractions (page 34-35)

Year 4 Homework

Please complete the following pages and return to school by next Wednesday.

GPS - Confusing Words (page 32-33)

Maths - Equivalent Fractions (page 33)

Spelling Homework - Spelling Frame Year 3/4 Rule 19: /ay/ spelt in different ways

Your child's new spelling list is inside their small spelling book. Use the website Spelling Frame to help practise these words ready for a test on Friday. Login details are stuck inside the front cover of your child's reading diary.

Have a lovely weekend!

Mr Jude, Mrs Witherall & Mrs Devlin

Tulip, Blossom & Sunflower Blog - Friday 27th February 2026

 Happy Friday everybody! Welcome to this week's blog. We hope you have all had a fantastic half term break!

• Thursday 5th March - World Book Day
• Thursday 12th March - Mother's Day Tea - 3:15pm
• Friday 13th March - PTA Mother's Day Sale - please bring money and a bag
• Wednesday 18th March - Parent/Teacher Consultations
• Thursday 19th March - Parent/Teacher Consultations

Next Forest Schools Session

Please remember your change of clothes/footwear on these dates:

• Monday 2nd March - Tulip
• Wednesday 4th March - Blossom
• Friday 13th March - Sunflower

World Book Day - Thursday 5th March

This year is The National Year of Reading so we will all be celebrating World Book Day for the whole day. Please come wearing a costume to show your favourite book character. If you do not want to dress up, you can bring your favourite book in or a prop to give us a clue! Here is a competition you can take part in:

Competition

Email publicity@scholastic.co.uk with the header WBD NORA NIGHTSKY explaining why you want to win. Competition closes 15th April.

Year 3 Homework

Please complete the following pages and return to school by next Wednesday.

GPS - Prefixes un/dis/mis (page 68-69)

Maths - Perimeter (page 48-49)

Year 4 Homework

Please complete the following pages and return to school by next Wednesday.

GPS - Suffixes -ly (page 80-81)

Maths - Perimeter (page 52-53)

Spelling Homework - Spelling Frame Year 3/4 Rule 18: /s/ spelt sc

Your child's new spelling list is inside their small spelling book. Use the website Spelling Frame to help practise these words ready for a test on Friday. Login details are stuck inside the front cover of your child's reading diary.

Have a lovely weekend!

Mr Jude, Mrs Witherall & Mrs Devlin

Tulip, Blossom & Sunflower Blog - Friday 13th February 2026

 Happy Friday everybody! Welcome to this week's blog. It is amazing to think that we are half way through this academic year!

• Thursday 5th March - World Book Day
• Wednesday 18th March - Parent/Teacher Consultations
• Thursday 19th March - Parent/Teacher Consultations

Next Forest Schools Session

Please remember your change of clothes/footwear on these dates:

• Friday 27th February - Sunflower
• Monday 2nd March - Tulip
• Wednesday 4th March - Blossom

The children have worked so hard and we want them all to have a good rest over half term. To this end, we will not be sending home homework books over half term and will be carrying over the spellings to be tested on the first Friday back. We would encourage you, however, to read with your child as regularly as you can.

Have an amazing half term and we will see you all back here on Tuesday 24th February!

Lots of love

Mr Jude, Mrs Witherall & Mrs Devlin

Tulip, Blossom & Sunflower Blog - Friday 6th February 2026

 Happy Friday everybody! Welcome to this week's blog. We hope you have all had a fantastic week!

• Thursday 5th March - World Book Day
• Wednesday 18th March - Parent/Teacher Consultations
• Thursday 19th March - Parent/Teacher Consultations

Next Forest Schools Session

Please remember your change of clothes/footwear on these dates:

• Monday 9th February - Tulip
• Wednesday 11th February - Blossom
• Friday 27th February - Sunflower

Change of PE Day

Please note that next week, Year 3/4 are swapping PE day to Monday 9th February. This is a one off change and PE will revert back to Tuesdays after half term. As Tulip Class are Forest Schools on this day, they will do PE in their Forest School clothes.

Year 3 Homework

Please complete the following pages and return to school by next Wednesday.

GPS - Suffixes - er/est (page 74-75)

Maths - Numbers on scales (page 14-15)

Year 4 Homework

Please complete the following pages and return to school by next Wednesday.

GPS - Suffixes - ation/ous (page 78-79)

Maths - Dividing by 10 and 100 (page 40-41)

Spelling Homework - Spelling Frame Year 3/4 Rule 17: /g/ spelt gue; /k/ spelt que.

Your child's new spelling list is inside their small spelling book. Use the website Spelling Frame to help practise these words ready for a test on Friday. Login details are stuck inside the front cover of your child's reading diary.

Have a lovely weekend!

Mr Jude, Mrs Witherall & Mrs Devlin

Tulip, Blossom & Sunflower Blog - Friday 30th January 2026

 Happy Friday everybody! Welcome to this week's blog. We hope you have all had a fantastic week!

• Thursday 5th March - World Book Day
• Wednesday 18th March - Parent/Teacher Consultations
• Thursday 19th March - Parent/Teacher Consultations

Next Forest Schools Session/PE Cross Country

Please remember your change of clothes/footwear on these dates:

• Friday 6th February - Sunflower
• Monday 9th February - Tulip
• Wednesday 11th February - Blossom

Please also note that the children are doing cross country in PE so a change of footwear will be very helpful for Tuesday as well.

Year 3 Homework

Please complete the following pages and return to school by next Wednesday.

GPS - Staying in the Same Tense (page 34-35)

Maths - Length, Mass & Volume (page 46-47)

Year 4 Homework

Please complete the following pages and return to school by next Wednesday.

GPS - Commas for Writing a List (page 42-43)

Maths - Written Multiplication (page 29)

Spelling Homework - Spelling Frame Year 3/4 Rule 16: /sh/ sound spelt"ch."

Your child's new spelling list is inside their small spelling book. Use the website Spelling Frame to help practise these words ready for a test on Friday. Login details are stuck inside the front cover of your child's reading diary.

Have a lovely weekend!

Mr Jude, Mrs Witherall & Mrs Devlin

Tulip, Blossom & Sunflower Blog - Friday 23rd January 2026

  Happy Friday everybody! Welcome to this week's blog. We hope you have all had a fantastic week!

• Thursday 5th March - World Book Day
• Wednesday 18th March - Parent/Teacher Consultations
• Thursday 19th March - Parent/Teacher Consultations

Next Forest Schools Session/PE Cross Country

Please remember your change of clothes/footwear on these dates:

• Monday 26th January - Tulip
• Wednesday 28th January - Blossom
• Friday 6th February - Sunflower

Please also note that the children are doing cross country in PE so a change of footwear will be very helpful for Tuesday as well.

Year 3 Homework

Please complete the following pages and return to school by next Wednesday.

GPS - Suffixes -ing & -ed (page 72-73)

Maths - Solving Calcualtion Problems (page 30-31)

Year 4 Homework

Please complete the following pages and return to school by next Wednesday.

GPS - Staying in the Same Tense (page 29)

Maths - Mental Multiplying & Dividing (page 27)

Spelling Homework - Spelling Frame Year 3/4 Rule 15: /k/ sound spelt"ch."

Your child's new spelling list is inside their small spelling book. Use the website Spelling Frame to help practise these words ready for a test on Friday. Login details are stuck inside the front cover of your child's reading diary.

Have a lovely weekend!

Mr Jude, Mrs Witherall & Mrs Devlin

Tulip, Blossom & Sunflower Blog - Friday 16th January 2026

 Happy Friday everybody! We have been very busy this week and we have been learning about differnet aspects of our new project "The Shang Dynasty!"

• Thursday 5th March - World Book Day
• Wednesday 18th March - Parent/Teacher Consultations
• Thursday 19th March - Parent/Teacher Consultations

Next Forest Schools Session

Please remember your change of clothes/footwear on these dates:

• Friday 23rd January - Sunflower
• Monday 26th January - Tulip
• Wednesday 28th January - Blossom

Year 3 Homework

Please complete the following pages and return to school by next Wednesday.

GPS - Capital Letters for Names & I (page 36-37)

Maths - Counting in Multiples (page 8)

Year 4 Homework

Please complete the following pages and return to school by next Wednesday.

GPS - Articles & Determiners (page 12-13)

Maths - Dividing by 10 & 100 (page 40-41)

Spelling Homework - Spelling Frame Year 3/4 Rule 14: Suffix -sion/ -ssion/ -tion/ -cian. (Part 2)

Your child's new spelling list is inside their small spelling book. Use the website Spelling Frame to help practise these words ready for a test on Friday. Login details are stuck inside the front cover of your child's reading diary.

Have a lovely weekend!

Mr Jude, Mrs Witherall & Mrs Devlin

Tulip, Blossom & Sunflower Blog - Friday 9th January 2026

 Happy Friday everybody! And welcome back to the Spring Term 2026! All the children have settled back brilliantly and coped admirably with the very cold weather! Here are some notable dates for this term:

• Thursday 5th March - World Book Day
• Wednesday 18th March - Parent/Teacher Consultations
• Thursday 19th March - Parent/Teacher Consultations

Next Forest Schools Session

Please remember your change of clothes/footwear on these dates:

• Monday 12th January - Tulip
• Wednesday 14th January - Blossom
• Friday 23rd January - Sunflower

Year 3 Homework

Please complete the following pages and return to school by next Wednesday.

GPS - Clauses (page 12-13)

Maths - Progress Test 1 (page 18-21)

Year 4 Homework

Please complete the following pages and return to school by next Wednesday.

GPS - Clauses (page 14-15)

Maths - Factor Pairs (page 28)

Spelling Homework - Spelling Frame Year 3/4 Rule 13: Suffix -sion/ -ssion/ -tion/ -cian. (Part 1)

Your child's new spelling list is inside their small spelling book. Use the website Spelling Frame to help practise these words ready for a test on Friday. Login details are stuck inside the front cover of your child's reading diary.

Have a lovely weekend!

Mr Jude, Mrs Witherall & Mrs Devlin