English

Week beginning 08/09/25 -  Our focus text this week is The Three Little Pigs. Today we explored the materials the pigs used to build their houses and used vocabulary to describe them. We thought the straw was spikey, bendy and weak. The sticks were bumpy, long and strong. The bricks were solid, rough and rectangular. 

We then continued to retell the story and draw our own story map before finally writing our own stories.

Week beginning 15/09/25 - Today, the Kindness class were predicting what our new text could be. We found clues hidden in a large red bag that were related to our new story. Our predictions were correct - our new text is The Little Red Hen. 

Week beginning 29/09/25 - This week has all been about Aliens Love Underpants! We have really enjoyed reading our new text. Today we explored character's feelings and developed our vocabulary to describe this. We made freeze frames to show how the characters were feeling. 

The Kindness class have since done some fantastic work with adjectives. They have described underpants (left in our classroom by the aliens) and also described the aliens themselves!

Maths

Week beginning 08/09/25- We have started our Maths learning with lots of counting and practising our number formation. We have even explored reasoning problems to challenge our thinking.

Week Beginning 15/09/25- This week we have been learning to recognise numbers written in words, matching the numeral to the name. Also, we have practiced counting forward from any given number and adding one more!

Week beginning 29/09/25 - 

This week we have been looking at finding one more and one less. The children have been using cubes and counters to support them in recognising finding one more and one less than a given number.   

We have been learning to count backwards! We challenged our partners to start from a given number and continue counting backwards. The numbers were getting one less each time. 

The Kindness Class have worked incredibly hard this week at recognising greater than, less then and equal to. We had our very own Teddy Bears' Picnic and gave each character some treats. The children were able to identify who had the most, least and same amount using key vocabulary. 

Science

How can I identify a variety of materials based on their properties? 

Which materials can be recycled?

The Children have started to look at a variety of different materials and their properties. The Kindness Class can now identify and compare the suitability of a variety of everyday materials, including wood, metal, plastic, glass, brick, rock, paper and cardboard for different uses.

As part of our lesson, we explored the grounds of St Thomas' and identified a range of everyday materials such as fabric, brick, rubber and glass. 

This week in Science, the children have been using their knowledge of materials to group objects regarding their material. They even went a step further to describe the properties of each material.

Art

What is form?

The Kindness class have been looking at the sculpture 'The Balloon Dog' by Jeff Koons. The children have used key vocabulary to describe the artwork and have sketched similar shapes in their art books

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PSHE

Are all families the same?

This week we have begun to look at the people who care for us and how they help us. We talked about who is in our family and then drew pictures of them.

Computing

Why do we need rules?

The Kindness Class have started to look at online safety and keeping ourselves safe. We identified safe and unsafe behaviours.

History

How have toys changed over time?

Today, the Kindness Class explored how toys have changed over time. We played and explored with toys from the past. We particularly enjoyed playing with the spinning top and the chess set. Some of the toys were similar to what we have now, but some looked very different. 

The Kindness Class have worked on  sequencing toys throughout the decades! The children have understood that the material of toys has changed over time. We have also discussed the concept of rich and poor where previously only rich children had quality toys to play with. However, is this fair?

Music

Does pitch and tempo matter?

RE

What do Christians believe God is?

This week the children have learnt what a parable is - a story told by Jesus to his followers. The Kindness Class looked at the parable of 'The Lost Son'. The children did a freeze frame activity of the story and acted out key parts. 

This week has been about the story of Noah's Ark and the concept of forgiveness! The Kindness Class listened to the story and ordered they key events. We discussed that although God was upset that Jonah had not listened to him or cared for others, God forgave Jonah.