What have we been learning this week?

Week Commencing Monday 15th June 2026 

This week's learning has been all about how litter, in particular plastic, affects our world. 'Somebody swallowed Stanley' and 'Somebody crunched Colin' showed us what happens to litter, how it moves around, how it can harm animals but most importantly, how we can reuse and recycle materials to make new items.

We have looked at different materials, naming glass, cardboard, plastic and metal and the shapes of these and sorted them according to what they are used for. Using images of polluted seas and oceans we have talked about how the photos make us feel and what we can do to help.

In Maths we have been using positional language to place teddy bears with a wooden block and gave a partner directional language to make them move. After this we used the Beebot robots and programmed them to move in different directions and used the arrows on a keyboard and the big screen to move around a map.

We ended the week with our fantastic school trip to the Gilbert White Centre. We spent the day being explorers and going on adventures just like Gilbert and explored his house and gardens as part of our workshops. The lovely grounds provided excellent exploring grounds to practise our orienteering skills; we learnt about the adventures Gilbert and his friends had in Africa, Central America and Antarctica and some of the animals they found; made art books using natural materials and even touched and observed different woodland animals from England including ducks, pheasants, dragonflies and beetles. No animals were harmed to provide this wonderful opportunity for us!!!

How you can help: 

We have some budding athletes in the year group and therefore we would like the children to practise some of the skills they will need for sports' morning next week. Can your child - Carry an egg (hard-boiled!) on a spoon? Dribble a football around cones? Throw a dart-shaped object over-arm? Throw a bean bag into targets from different distances? Have fun!

We will be popping up our last 'Helping Hands' of this year on Monday next week and would appreciate you taking a peek to see if you can help out with any of the items - thank you!

If anyone has unwanted, manual toothbrushes lying around, we would appreciate these for our learning next week - thank you.

Thank you for your support. 

Number Formation Guide 

Practise numerals at home with this printable number formation guide.  All numbers are formed by starting at the top.

Curriculum Presentations

Letter formation and handwriting

Please find images of how to support your child in achieving the correct letter formation.

• lower-case letters start at the top
• dots and horizontal cross lines are added after the main part of the letter has been formed
• capital letters start at the top and go down first, the pencil is then taken off the paper to add the horizontal lines

It is extremely important that your child uses a comfortable and efficient pencil grip, even though this may not be the same as your own. This should be the pincer grip.

Climbing the tree to a better me

Our special tree focuses on the Social, Moral, Spiritual and Social aspect of our learning. In Year R we are practising using our manners, being a good friend and being respectful and responsible.

We can earn three stars for each rung of the ladder and at the end of the year we can earn a special sticker at the top of the tree for our effort in trying to show these things.

When we have collected three stars of the same colour we can show our certificate in assembly and our name is moved up the ladder in class to show our progress.