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A lovely first week back, we hope you all had a lovely half term!

Phonics -

This week, we have recapped longer words that have 2 syllables and double digraphs, as well as introducing words that end with -s, but sound like 'z', and words ending in -es, but sound like 'iz'. The children…

Weekly News, Summer B, Week 1

5th June 2026

Announcements: We have started to rehearse songs and lines for our upcoming play performance on the 7th and 8th July. 

In DT, we will be making our own wooden photo frame. If you have any small photo frames at home (they can be any material) we…

This week we have enjoyed starting our new topic ‘Where can we explore?’ 
We shared the story of ‘We’re going on a bear hunt.’ We talked about the different places that the family walk and made the noises to represent the different habitats. When it was raining we went out to the big playground…

English

The children have absolutely amazed us this week with their writing. We’re so proud of what they’ve achieved! We’ve been continuing our work on Little Red and the Very Hungry Lion by Alex Smith.

At the start of the week, we explored suffixes again. The children already knew about…

Weekly News, Summer A, Week 6

             22nd May 2026

Announcements: As Mrs Allan leaves for pastures new this week, she would like to say a huge thank you to all of the children and parents who have made Strathmore such a special place to be. It has been such a privilege to…

Phonics -

A very busy week in phonics! We have continued reading and writing words with 2 digraphs this week, including finger, cheep, and wooden. We have also recapped compound words (words that are made up of 2 root words such as rooftop, popcorn & farmyard). In addition to this, we have also…

English

This week we have continued our learning about Little Red and the Very Hungry Lion! We used our letter writing skills from our Paddington's Post unit to imagine we were Little Red herself, writing a letter to her Daddy! We thought carefully about using capital letters for proper nouns…

This week we completed our artwork inspired by Yayoi Kusama. We used dots, circles and printing to create a joint piece. We have displayed it in the Nursery cloakroom. 
 

The story we shared this week was the Hungry Caterpillar. We talked about the lifecycle of a caterpillar and used props to…

Weekly News, Summer A, Week 5

              15th May 2026

Announcements: Well, the weather has most certainly taken a bit of a turn this week! We've had hail, thunder, rain and sunshine all in the one day. Please could children come to school with jackets still, as we do aim to be…

Phonics -

This week's focus has been reading and writing words with 2 or more digraphs. Some independent writing includes - sharp, tooth, short, thinker, corner, shorter, shower.

Maths -

We have focused on our understanding of numbers to 10 this week. Starting with subitising, the…

English

We have begun our new narrative unit using Little Red and the Very Hungry Lion, a twist on the traditional Little Red Riding…

This week we have been celebrating feel good week. We took part in Sports Day on Wednesday, everyone did a fantastic job! The nursery team were so proud of how everyone took part in the activities including throwing, jumping, running and taking part in an obstacle course. 

On Friday we went to…