Rabbit class had a fantastic day in Llandudno last week. We enjoyed a walk along the pier and spotting the features of a seaside town. We had great fun on the beach (apart from some pesky seagulls who had their eyes on our sandwiches!). Lots of members of public commented on the children’s fantastic behaviour and their enthusiasm for their learning!
Here are this week’s awards…
Weekly Celebrations
School Value Ambassadors (earning House Points with one pupil chosen each week per year group, awarded by teachers for showing one of our school values):
Year 6 Devon for ‘Wisdom’ and ‘Perseverance’ – Devon has been working brilliantly in all her lessons and putting in a great effort!
Year 5 Althea for ‘Friendship’, ‘Wisdom’ and ‘Respect’ – Althea has set up a very successful lunchtime club for the younger children. Well done Althea!
Year 4 Charlie for ‘Love’ and ‘Wisdom’ – Charlie has produced some lovely writing in English this week! He is also working hard at getting quicker at completing his work. Well done Charlie!
Year 3 Freya for ‘Love’ and ‘Friendship’ – Freya has had an excellent first week! She has given 100% effort to everything she has done and has settled in fantastically to Dragonfly Class.
Year 2 Freddie for ‘Friendship’ and ‘Respect’ – Freddie is a fantastic friend and role model to others in Rabbit Class. He is working hard to be respectful and is showing sportsmanship in our PE lessons.
Year 1 Tommy for ‘Perseverance’ and ‘Wisdom – Tommy has come back after the holidays with a fantastic attitude towards his school work – keep it up Tommy!
Reception Kirra for ‘Perseverance’ – Kirra has been fantastic in her English lessons this week sharing some beautiful writing. Well done Kirra!
Bumblebees Nora for ‘Love’, ‘Hope’, ‘Trust’ and ‘Friendship‘ – Nora has had a great first week at St John’s. She has made lots of friends and is a lovely addition to Bumblebees Class.
Other Achievements…
Cordelia received her Level 7 & 8 proficiency awards for gymnastics – great work!
Hallie received her Rainbow Gold award – a fantastic achievement!
Mwaita received her Rainbow Silver award – well done!
Charley has received an award for playing in her netball team and a medal for taking part in a rugby tournament – amazing work Charley!
Millie also received a medal for her participation in the rugby tournament and has received a certificate for attending Stage Coach drama school for 8 years!
Hello Rabbits Class, I hope you’ve had a brilliant Easter holidays and that you are ready and raring to come back to school. I loved hearing all the things you got up to in the holidays today.
Our topic this term is ‘Beside the Seaside’. Click on the link below to find out about all the things we will be learning about this term.
Here is our timetable for the Summer term. We will have PE on Tuesdays (Y2 only) and Fridays so please come to school in PE kit on those days. On Fridays we will be going swimming, so you need to come to school with your swimming kit in a bag. Year 1s you will be going to Forest School on a Tuesday afternoon so will need to come to school in your Forest School clothes on Tuesdays.
If you have any queries, questions or worries please feel free to catch me on the gate or email me to arrange a chat.
Please find the knowledge organisers for subjects below and on our class information page. The knowledge organisers will tell you what the children will be learning and some key vocabulary they will encounter this term. I hope you find these helpful, please let me know if there is anything you would like to discuss.
Summer Knowledge Organisers 2025
Here are this week’s awards…
Weekly Celebrations
School Value Ambassadors (earning House Points with one pupil chosen each week per year group, awarded by teachers for showing one of our school values):
All of Year 6 for displaying ALL our school values in Arthog – All of the children showed a fantastic attitude during our stay at Arthog. They worked hard, they were organised, they were kind, caring and determined. They were amazing ambassadors for our school and were a pleasure to be with.
Year 5 Lucy for ‘Love’ and ‘Friendship’ – Lucy is such a kind, pleasant and funny member of Owl Class. She is a great friends to everyone and puts a smile on everyone’s faces while working incredibly hard. Well Done Lucy.
Year 4 Andre for ‘Love’ and ‘Wisdom’ – Andre works hard at everything he does! He’s always keen to put his hand up to answer questions and has developed a fantastic attitude to learning and personality since joining the school. Well done Andre.
Year 3 Florence for ‘Wisdom’ – Floss has worked hard this week with her handwriting and creating an information text. Keep up the hard work Floss!
Year 2 Mwaita for ‘Love’ and ‘Hope’ – Mwaita is a joy to teach! She has such fantastic ideas and has very thoughtful contributions in our class discussions. You’re a star!
Year 1 Lottie for ‘Perseverance’ and ‘Wisdom – Lottie is working so hard in and out of school! Her confidence and ability is improving everyday – keep it up Lottie.
Reception Evie for ‘Wisdom’ – Eva has shown fabulous effort and understanding in Maths along with excellent stem sentences
Raffle ticket winners (awarded by staff for lining-up or behaviour around school)
Other Achievements…
Nancy received her ‘Water Safety Level 1’ certificate and she got player of the match at her football training last week.
Rosie has received a certificate and medal for her confidence in her karate lessons.
Delilah received a player of the match medal at her football training last week.
Laurie received a player of the match trophy for his excellent passing during his football match.
Aofie, Lucy, India, Zander and Andre have all attended knitting and sewing club this term. Check out their fabulous creations…
Here are this week’s awards…
Weekly Celebrations
School Value Ambassadors (earning House Points with one pupil chosen each week per year group, awarded by teachers for showing one of our school values):
Year 6 Eva for ‘Hope’, ‘Trust’ and ‘Perseverance’ – Eva has come a long way in her writing this year. She shows good self-editing and correcting skills, writes neatly and with ambitious vocabulary. Keep going with this Eva, well done!
Year 5 Sam for ‘Love’ and ‘Respect’ – Sam has had a great week, especially in Maths and English lessons. He is taking a good interest in our Galapagos Island unit, with his writing reflecting that. Keep it up Sam!
Year 5 Caitlyn for ‘Perseverance’ and ‘Tolerance’ – Mr Arthur, Mrs Gregory and Mrs Grogan are all so proud of Caitlin for her willingness to keep going throughout every day this week to complete a full week’s worth of good work. Excellent and well done!
Year 4 Blake for ‘Love’ and ‘Wisdom’ – Blake is always going above and beyond with his homework. He is eager to learn and is a delight to have in class!
Year 3 Aoife for ‘Perseverance’ and ‘Wisdom’ – Aoife is a valuable member of Dragonflies. She is a fountain of knowledge and is always working hard to deepen her understanding. Well done Aoife!
Year 2 Mwaita for ‘Love’ and ‘Hope’ – Mwaita is a joy to teach! She has such fantastic ideas and has very thoughtful contributions in our class discussions. You’re a star!
Year 1 Lottie for ‘Perseverance’ and ‘Wisdom – Lottie is working so hard in and out of school! Her confidence and ability is improving everyday – keep it up Lottie.
Reception Olivia for ‘Perseverance’, ‘Friendship’ and ‘Respect’ – Olivia always shows our school values. She consistently tries her hardest, has a positive attitude, takes responsibility for her learning and is a kind friend to all.
Bumblebees Julian for ‘Perseverance‘ and ‘Wisdom‘ – Julian’s listening and attention has been amazing this week, he has given some wonderful answers during group time. Well done Julian!
Raffle ticket winners (awarded by staff for lining-up or behaviour around school)
Other Achievements…
India received a silver medal for coming 2nd place in a gala at her swimming club. Any of the swimmers who received a gold, silver or bronze medal will now go on to compete against other swimming clubs in the county – a fantastic achievement!
Eva received a player of the match award. Last week was a ‘silent supporters’ week at sporting events. Eva was commended on her ability to help and guide the other players in her team.
Year 1: /k/ as in school, /sh/ as in chef
Year 2: /j/ as in package, bridge
Last week we completed our poetry unit, based on the poem ‘At The Zoo’ by William Thackery. We created our own list poems and some of us even managed to include some lines that rhymed!
This week we have moved onto our new book ‘The Great Fire of London’ by Emma Adams. We are all very excited this is our book because we loved learning about The Great Fire of London in History at the beginning of the year. This book is non-fiction, so we have been looking at the difference between fiction and non-fiction books. We also identified features of non-fictions books in the text.
In Maths, the Year 1s have been looking at numbers from 0-50. We have been partitioning numbers into 10s and 1s and towards the end the week we have been looking at number lines and identifying one more and one less than a number.
The Year 2s have been continuing their work on multiplication and division. We have looked at multiplying and dividing by 5. Then we looked at the connection between the 5 and 10 times tables (e.g. if we know 5 x 10 = 50, then we know 10 x 5 = 20), the children found this really interesting – they thought it was quite tricky to begin with but once they got the hang of it they loved using what they already knew to answer trickier calculations.
In RE we have been learning about the Jewish celebration ‘Passover’. We have learned what ‘Passover’ is and how it is celebrated. We thought about special things we celebrate and how we do it.
In Geography, we have been continuing to learn about Tocuaro. This week we thought about why people might want to visit Tocuaro and what they could do while they were there. We created posters to tell people what they could do and see if they were to visit.
In PSHE, we are learning all about money. This week we thought about jobs and how we need a job to be able to get money and buy things. We thought about jobs we might like to have and what we’d like to spend our hard earned money on!
Here are this week’s awards…
Weekly Celebrations
School Value Ambassadors (earning House Points with one pupil chosen each week per year group, awarded by teachers for showing one of our school values):
Year 6 Tilly for ‘Tolerance’ and ‘Wisdom’ – Tilly is brilliant at remembering or taking notes of key facts in lessons. She always brings retrieved knowledge to the next lesson where we recap. This is a brilliant habit Tilly, keep it up!
Year 5 Thomas for ‘Wisdom’ – Thomas demonstrated brilliant knowledge in our forces lesson this week in Science. He showed a great understanding in our resistance experiment! Well done!
Year 4 Emelia for ‘Perseverance’ and ‘Wisdom’ – Emelia has been working incredibly hard recently! She is working independently in Maths and creating beautiful pieces of writing. Well done Emelia, keep up the hard work!
Year 3 Nancy for ‘Perseverance’ – Nancy has been showing great effort, determination and progress in improving her hand writing. Her dedication is paying off – keep up the hard work Nancy!
Year 2 Laurie for ‘Wisdom’ and ‘Friendship’ – Laurie is a fantastic role model to other in the class, he takes great pride in his working and encourages others to do the same.
Year 1 Jasmine for ‘Trust’ – Jasmine’s confidence is growing everyday! She puts her hand up more often to contribute and she is proud to show her work to others!
Reception Alfie for ‘Perseverance’ – Alfie has been working so hard in his phonics recently and his effort is really starting to show.
Bumblebees Ben for ‘Love’, ‘Hope’, ‘Trust’, ‘Perseverance‘ and ‘Tolerance‘ – Ben has worked so hard this week. He is working hard to master his name writing and has shown wonderful kindness to his friends.
Raffle ticket winners (awarded by staff for lining-up or behaviour around school)
Golden Book Certificates
Congratulations to Emelia, Layla, Harrison, Harriet, Percy, Charley, Tommy & Rosie
Other Achievements…
Harrison has completed his 25m swimming badge – great work!
Althea received her Bronze Level Swimming Challenge certificate.
Nancy received player of the match award from her football clubs
Beau, Nancy & James were very proud to tell us that their mum (Mrs Hurst) has received an award from Birmingham Children’s hospital for being one of their 100 heroes! This recognises their incredible top fundraisers. Collectively, over the last 12months, everyone who attended helped to raise a phenomenal £2.5million for their hospital, which is an outstanding and transformational amount. Mrs Hurst’s nephew sadly passed away last year and she wanted to raise money for the paediatric unit who cared for him. She raised a fantastic £6,300, an amazing achievement.
Year 1: /s/ as in house, fence
Year 2: /s/ as in celery, dress
Year 1: /j/ as in gymnast, germ, giraffe
Year 2: /air/ as in chair, square, bear
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