Atwood Newsletter – 19th June 2026

With the sun once again beginning to shine, we have had another busy week of classroom learning, trips and in-school events. We eagerly await the return of our Year 6 children from the Isle of Wight – no doubt they will come back weary but full of tales-of-adventure. Today, our youngest children are busy participating in their EYFS Fun Day and Year 1 are off on an adventure to the Horniman Museum.

Nursery have been enjoying the sunny weather and thinking about life under the sea.

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Reception have had a busy week involving spiders, sports and firefighters!

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In English, Year 1 discovered many facts about what a lion looks like and presented these facts as a spider diagram.  They then used this information to help them write sentences about a lion’s appearance.  During maths, the children completed their learning about money by making using coins to make amounts.  They moved on to finding a half and a quarter of an object.  The children  understood that a half is 1 of two equal parts.  This week in science, the children discussed the seasonal changes that happen in the summer.  They also began their new topic about plants by sketching plants and trees they could observe in the school grounds.  On Friday, Year 1 had an amazing trip to the Horniman Museum where they discovered many new and exciting facts about Africa.  The children looked at the animals and had time to play in the new play-area.  They also sketched plants and trees which linked with their science topic.

This week, Year 2 have spent time learning all about 3D shapes in maths and creating their own legends in English. They have had a jam-packed week learning all about living things and their habitats as well as preparing to make puppets. They sequenced the events of a new book, ‘The Secret of Black Rock’ and learned all about the importance of making good spending decisions in PSHE.

In English, Year 4 have completed and published their formal explanation texts all about how bees make honey, linked to their class text ‘Until I Met Dudley’. The children worked hard to include technical vocabulary, clear explanations and accurate punctuation, with a particular focus on using commas after fronted adverbials. They should be very proud of their finished pieces, which showcase their growing confidence as writers.

In maths, the children have been developing their understanding of money. They have been calculating amounts and finding the difference between values using a range of methods, including number lines, to support their thinking. The children have also applied these skills to solve a variety of word problems, demonstrating increasing confidence and accuracy.

In thematic learning, the children have been exploring crime and punishment in Anglo-Saxon Britain. They learned about the unusual and often rather dramatic ‘trials by ordeal’ that were used to decide whether someone was guilty or innocent. From carrying hot iron to other challenging tests, the children were fascinated to discover how justice was delivered over a thousand years ago and enjoyed discussing which ordeals they would least like to face!

This week in English Year 5 have been learning about the passive voice and how it is often used in news reports (and by politicians when they tell us, ‘Mistakes have been made!’)  We will be including it ourselves in our report about the High Rise Mystery.  In Maths, the children have continued with their conversions of metric units and spelling lessons have been dominated by another week of homophones.  They are coming up with lots of their own: knows/nose, eye/I, shoot/chute… The special event for Year 5 this week was a trip to Fairfield Halls to listen to the award-winning author, Hannah Gold.  The children were very excited to hear her talking about her series of books, of which ‘The Last Bear’ from their Reading Spine is one.

All the best Mrs Quinitn-Sey

Finally, we would like to say ‘farewell for now’ to Mrs Quintin-Sey as she goes on maternity leave. We wish you and your family all the very best.