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Cedar Tree Class
Weekly Blog 24/10/25
Mr Dring (p.dring) on: Cedar Tree Class
Hi Everyone,
It’s been another busy and exciting week in Cedar! It was wonderful to see so many children at the disco in their Halloween costumes — they all looked fantastic!
In English, the children have finished their recounts of our trip to Murton Park. Mrs Ward and I are so proud of their work — it’s the best we’ve seen all term! The children have every reason to be proud of themselves too.
In Maths, we’ve continued working on addition and subtraction, practising different methods and applying them to solve a range of problems.
In Guided Reading, we’ve been exploring poetry linked to our Viking topic. The children have enjoyed discussing the language and rhythm in the poems.
Have a lovely holiday!
Mrs Ward and Miss Maher
Weekly Blog 17/10/25
Mr Dring (p.dring) on: Cedar Tree Class
Hi Everyone,
It’s been another busy and productive week in Cedar!
In English, we have been drafting and beginning to write our recounts about our fantastic trip to Murton Park. The children have worked really hard to include fronted adverbials, conjunctions, and prepositional phrases in their writing.
In Maths, we’ve been focusing on addition and subtraction, practising different strategies to solve problems accurately and efficiently.
In Guided Reading, we’ve been making predictions about what might happen next in Thorfinn the Nicest Viking — the children are really enjoying the story!
Thank you to everyone who came to Parents’ Evening. It was lovely to meet you all and talk about how well the children are doing.
Have a lovely weekend!
Mrs Ward and Miss Maher
Weekly Blog 10/10/25
Mr Dring (p.dring) on: Cedar Tree Class
Hi Everyone,
It’s been a busy week in Cedar!
In English, we’ve been brushing up on our knowledge of fronted adverbials, conjunctions, and prepositional phrases. Next week, we’ll be drafting and writing about our exciting trip to Murton Park.
In Maths, we’ve been practising rounding numbers and finished the week learning about Roman numerals.
We are continuing to enjoy reading Thorfinn the Nicest Viking. Please do encourage your child to read as much as possible at home — every bit of practice helps!
As part of our focus on healthy lifestyles, we’d like to remind everyone about our healthy snack policy. We’ll be learning more about diet next half term, but in the meantime, please take note of the message that went out recently:
Just a quick reminder for all pupils — the snack brought in for morning break must be a healthy one. Over the last couple of weeks, there has been an increase in children bringing sweets, crisps, chocolate bars, and biscuits. Pupils will be asked to put these back in their bags and take them home. Thank you for your support with this.
Have a lovely weekend!
Mrs Ward and Miss Maher
Weekly Blog 3/10/25
Mr Dring (p.dring) on: Cedar Tree Class
Hi everyone, hope you are well.
This week in maths we have been continuing with number.
The children have loved the art this week – we painted pottery that the children had started at Murton Park.
The English lesson has focused on more grammar work which the children will use in their write-up (a recount of their trip).
We have continued to read Thorfinn the Nicest Viking in the Guided Reading lessons.
Have a lovely weekend!
Miss Maher and Mrs Ward.
Weekly Update 26/09/25
Mr Dring (p.dring) on: Cedar Tree Class
Hi Everyone,
Firstly, a huge thank you to you all for ensuring your children were able to attend our trips this week – I really do appreciate the earlier start for everybody and the adjustments you made for the later pick-up. The children had a lot of fun and were a real credit to the school. Thank you, children!
I do hope you have enjoyed hearing about the children’s experiences when they got back home. We will be doing more work on this next week.
In English, we have been writing character descriptions of Beowulf using expanded noun phrases. In Maths, we have been working on number lines up to 10,000. In Reading, we have been developing our dictionary skills.
It has been a busy and exciting week of learning, and we are really proud of the effort the children have put in.
Have a lovely weekend!
Mrs Ward and Miss Maher