Skylarks
Welcome to Skylarks’ class page!
You will find all of our news and homework organised by type on a handy one-stop page!
Reception to Year 1 Transition 2025-2026
Phonics Information Evening 2026
| Routines in Skylarks | Adults in Skylarks |
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| PE Outdoor — Monday | Miss Elliott (M/T/W & F) |
| PE Indoor — Wednesday | Mrs Wright (Th) |
| Spellings — Monday | Mrs Chavda (T - F) |
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Miss Cornes (M) |
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| Ms Crowther (M) Mrs Senyk-Bridge (T - F) |
Skylark Class governor: Lucy Roundhill
Book Bag Days are Monday, Wednesday and Friday. More information can be found in the front of the children’s reading diaries.
Homework
Your child will bring their homework home every Monday and should return it the following Monday. This will usually alternate between maths and English/grammar (SPAG). Homework may be used to support other areas of the curriculum too. We politely request that parents mark the work with their child so that any misconceptions can be addressed when returned to school. If they are struggling with any aspects please just write a note on the homework.
Spellings
Spellings will be tested each week on Monday and the new list will be given out following the weekly test. A spelling book will also be sent home with the spellings in.
Knowledge Organisers and Topic Homework Grid
KS1 Homework Grid - Local Geography Study - Summer 2ndKS1 Knowledge Organiser - Local Geography Study- Summer 2ndEnglish Knowledge Organiser Summer Year 1
English Knowledge Organiser Summer Year 2
Maths Knowledge Organiser Summer Year 1
Maths Knowledge Organiser Summer Year 2
Learn by Heart Facts-Maths Homework Y1 Summer
Learn by Heart Facts-Maths Homework Y2 Summer
KS1 Science Knowledge Organiser-Plants
Class News
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Friday 5 June 2026 Y1 Maths - One More and One Less Today, Year 1 practised finding one more and one less of a number to 100. Their knowledge of partitioning numbers into tens and ones helped them. Great work, Year 1!
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Thursday 4 June 2026 Exit Point - We Are What We Eat (Skylarks) As the exit point to our topic, the children enjoyed making their own pizzas. They utilised a range of skills including tearing, snipping, cutting (using the bridge and claw method), spreading and grating. The pizzas were delicious and we enjoyed eating them with our friends at the end of the day. Great work Skylarks!
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Tuesday 2 June 2026 Science - Plants - Y2 Unit To begin our new science unit - Plants Y2 - Skylarks completed a ‘unit-readiness' activity where they explored what they already knew and revisited key concepts from previous learning. The children had great discussions around each question and were able to confidently share their knowledge with each other. We talked through their answers on the carpet and addressed any misconceptions.
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Monday 1 June 2026 English - Moon: Night-Time Around the World Our new unit in English is poems, specifically focusing on the book - Moon: Night-Time Around the World. We enjoyed reading the book and practised chorally reading the poem together, whilst identifying the rhyming couplets. We then completed an activity where we had to sort the animals from the poem into groups based on when they are awake - day, night or dawn/dusk.
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Thursday 21 May 2026 Skylarks Make Clay Pots We used clay to create our own dipping bowls. We rolled and coiled the clay, then used our thumbs to bring up the sides. We used slip to smooth out the pot. We created patterns on the dipping bowls using differnt tools. When the bowl dried, we painted them a secondary colour and decorated them with primary colours. Look at our final products!
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Thursday 7 May 2026 Oracy - Children should not be allowed junk food. Do you agree or disagree? As part of our topic work, the children have been thinking about the Eatwell Plate. They can recognise the 5 main food groups and understand that we should eat sweet/greasy foods as treats.
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Thursday 7 May 2026 Where does food come from? In Skylarks class, we have been learning about where our food comes from. We have been learning that some foods come from plants, whilst others come from animals. There are even some foods that use ingredients from both plants and animals!
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Wednesday 6 May 2026 Muddy Puddles Day KS1 - Summer Term Today, the children enjoyed their summer term Muddy Puddles Day. Linked to our work in Science, the children enjoyed planting seeds and growing their own grass heads. They learnt about wind direction and looked at edible changes too (what happens to different foods when they are heated and cooled).
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Friday 1 May 2026 Solving Addition and Subtraction Word Problems Year 1 have been learning how to solve one-step and two-step addition and subtraction word problems. Super work, Year 1!
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Thursday 30 April 2026 Colour Mixing in Skylarks In Art this half term, the children are learning to recognise the primary colours and use these to make the secondary colours - orange, purple and green.
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Tuesday 21 April 2026 Y1 Maths - Subtract using Number Bonds
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Monday 20 April 2026 Problem-Solving in Maths - Finding all Possibilities In maths, our problem solving focus last half-term was ‘Finding all Possibilities'. The children were able to recognise that, often, there are multiple answers to a question and we can explore different possibilities. See out photos below, where we are practising the skill when answering different questions. Well done, Skylarks!
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Monday 20 April 2026 Odd and Even Numbers in Skylarks Today, the children explored odd and even numbers. They enjoyed building numbers, spotting patterns and sorting number and picture cards into odd and even groups.
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Thursday 2 April 2026 Exit Point - Making Towers (Skylarks) As our exit point, the children created towers in their groups using paper and masking tape. They utilised the skills that they have learnt throughout our topic to make a freestanding and stable tower. We were impressed with the children's knowledge of strengthening techniques and of how they utilised the vocabulary that we have been learning to develop their ideas as a group.
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Thursday 2 April 2026 Dt in Skylarks- Testing our design using spaghetti and playdough! Last week in DT, the children designed their own towers, utilising the strengthening techniques that we have been learning about. Today, the children tested their designs, using spaghetti and playdough.
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Monday 30 March 2026 Science in Skylarks - What do humans need to be healthy? In science lessons, Skylarks have been learning about the basic things that humans need to grow healthily (food, water, air, shelter, good hygiene and exercise.) We watched a video experiment to learn why soap is important, then completed our lesson by taking part in an exercise video and discussing the effects that it had on our body (heart rate, sweating, mood, etc.) Great discussion, Skylarks!
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Thursday 26 March 2026 Strengthening Structures During today's DT lesson, the children have been learning how to make their towers stronger using a range of strengthening techniques.
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Monday 23 March 2026 Beep Beep! Day in Skylarks Last Wednesday, Skylarks enjoyed celebrating Beep Beep Day, a day to learn more about the importance of road safety. We learnt the Green Cross Code song, then practised being drivers and pedestrians on the playground, always prioritising our safety. To finish off, we visited the zebra crossing in the school car park and practised singing our song before carefully crossing the road. We learnt so much, and also had so much fun!
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Monday 23 March 2026 Exploring Money in Maths In maths, Year 2 have been learning to recognise and understand the value of different coins. The children each picked a coin, discussed its value together and then practised writing the amount, helping to reinforce their understanding. It was great to see them growing in confidence as they recognised coins and used both the pound (£) and pence (p) symbols correctly.
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Thursday 19 March 2026 Structures in DT As part of our work on structures this half term, the children have been looking at a range of towers and structures from around the world. They worked in groups to discuss 'what makes these structures stable?'
