Autumn Term 2025

Week commencing 29th September 

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We have continued our writing around our story, The Building Boy, this week. We have written sentences using appropriate adjectives to describe the fish swimming around Tom and Grandma and precise verbs to describe their movements. The children then wrote sentences using superlatives to describe the city skyline with “the big, bigger, biggest skyscrapers.” The children are really enjoying this story and they have produced some beautiful writing.

In maths this week, both groups have moved onto addition and subtraction. The first group have been using manipulatives to support them to add and subtract 1s, then 10s and then 100s.  The second group have been working hard to identify parts and wholes. They have been partitioning objects into different groups and recognising the parts and the wholes before having a go at writing number sentences.

Week commencing 22nd September

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This week in English we have continued to write sentences around our story, The Building Boy. In our story, our main character Tom has worked through the seasons to build something incredible. His Grandma! This week the children have written sentences including commands - “Open your eyes!” and questions – “Did you miss me?”. We then enjoyed an experience day, investigating underwater creatures to gather adjectives and verbs for our writing next week!

In maths, both groups have continued their place value learning. The first group have been comparing and ordering numbers within 1,000 before counting in 50s. The second group have been comparing and ordering numbers within ten, and practising using number lines to support their understanding of number.

Week commencing 15th September

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This week in English we have continued to write sentences around our story, The Building Boy. The children have been writing sentences that include similes, precise verbs and exclamations with great success. We enjoyed an experience day, where we watched some classic “magical moments” on screen, and discussed how we knew that something amazing and mysterious was about to happen.

In maths, both groups have continued their place value learning. The first group have been recognising and representing hundreds, tens and ones in three digit numbers before partitioning these. The children had great success with flexible partitioning, which shows a huge leap in their understanding of number! The second group have been counting on from any number using number tracks and manipulatives to support their understanding. They have also practiced counting backwards within ten and finding one more and one less.

Week commencing 8^th September

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It has been lovely to welcome the children back to the Everest room this week! We have very quickly settled back into our routines and everybody has been working exceptionally hard.

In English we are writing sentences around the book “The Building Boy” by Ross Montgomery. This beautifully illustrated story explores the relationship between a young boy, “Tom”, and his Grandmother. This week the children have written sentences using fronted adverbials, repetition, superlatives, alliteration and speech. Impressive work! The children also enjoyed an experience day, during which they learned about being an architect and designed their own buildings.

In Maths, we continue to work in two groups. All of the children are currently learning about place value. The first group have been exploring numbers within 1,000. This week they have reviewed their understanding of place value within 100 and practiced partitioning and representing these numbers, before moving on to representing numbers within a thousand. The second group have been learning about place value within 10. They have spent time sorting and representing objects using a variety of manipulatives, before counting objects and writing numbers as words.