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• Year 4 - Fabulous Friday

  Fri 23 Jan 2026

  Friday's are always fabulous at Radipole. We get our Reading Badges, we get extra play if we have completed our homework and sometimes, in January, we get a sunny day too! Congratulations to those children who received their reading badges today! Well done!

  This Friday has been especially super because we have our TTRS day (Times Table Rock Stars)! We have dressed up as Maths Rock Stars, played some multiplication games and even sang We Will Rock You in our morning assembly.

  

• Year 1- Senses in the Nature Reserve

  Wed 21 Jan 2026

  Between the downpours, we enjoyed a selection of fun activities in the Nature Reserve using our senses. We stood quietly to listen to what we could hear, went on a treasure hunt for items that met the adjectives on our list and we took away our sight sense to see if it heightened our other senses. All the children immersed themselves in the activities and the muddy puddles. 

  

• Year 5 - Biomes in a Bag

  Wed 21 Jan 2026

  Year 5 have been exploring geography in a hands-on way by creating their very own ‘biomes in a bag’. Using a sealable plastic bag, a layer of gravel, soil and a sprinkle of cress seeds, the children made miniature environments that recycle their own water – just like the Earth’s natural water cycle. Once sealed, the bags act as self-contained biomes, allowing moisture to evaporate, condense and fall back to the soil. The class will observe how their cress grows over the next couple of weeks, helping them understand how different biomes sustain life.

  

• Year 6 - Art

  Mon 19 Jan 2026

  Year 6 have been busy creating beautiful collage pieces for Art this week. The children have been studying Chuck Close during this half term, and different techniques in Art. We think their collaged fruits look amazing!  Well done, Year 6. 

  

• Year Two - Fun With Puddles and Paper

  Fri 16 Jan 2026 Mrs Mutch

  This week in Year Two has been very creative and lots of fun!

   

  We began the week by exploring paper art. The children explored a variety of paper types, feeling the different textures and noticing how each one behaves when cut or torn. They experimented with tearing and cutting shapes—skills that will be incredibly useful when we begin our collage later this term. It was lovely to see the children so engaged, chatting excitedly about how each paper felt and what they could create with it.

   

  In Maths, we focused on developing our understanding of multiplication and division. The children enjoyed working practically, especially when grouping different objects to match multiplication number sentences. This helped them see how multiplication is like creating equal groups. 

   

  Our Nature Time session this week was a real highlight! After all the recent rain, the children had great fun exploring the puddles—seeing how deep they were and testing what floats or sinks. They then worked together to build small boats using only natural materials such as sticks, leaves, bark and grass. We loved watching their problem‑solving skills in action as they tested, adapted, and improved their floating creations.

   

  We also went on a material scavenger hunt, searching for natural items that were soft, hard, rough, and smooth. This activity encouraged the children to look carefully at the world around them and describe what they found using scientific vocabulary.

  

• Year 3- animal note-taking

  Thu 15 Jan 2026

  This week, in our English lessons, we began to prepare to write a non-chronological report on a mysterious Brazilian rainforest animal.  As part of our learning journey, we worked as a group to practise making notes on capybaras, using key words, abbreviations, sub-headings and bullet points. Next week , we will use these note-taking skills to plan a report on our own imaginary jungle creatures. 

  

• Year 5- Badminton

  Thu 15 Jan 2026

  This week year 5 have really enjoyed learning badminton in PE. They were fantastic collaborators, improving their precision and creating rallies with their peers.

   

  The children have also been learning how to move confidently around the court. They were quick on their feet and worked hard to apply new skills with enthusiasm and determination.

   

  Well done, Year 5! 👏🏸

  

• Year 4 Double Whammy

  Wed 14 Jan 2026

  A doubly exciting week in Year 4!

  Apart from our usual fabulous lessons this week, Year 4 also had the joy of cooking their own pasta sauce. After working hard in the 'kitchen', they were then able to enjoy a true Italian dish with their friends! We are delighted to hear reports of some super Italian cooking going on at home too! Bellissima!

  Following on from writing and using imperative verbs for instructions, 'The Bank of Dreams and Nightmares' visit was, as always, a fun experience of writing creatively. In 4P, they wrote instructions of How to get the Bank Manager out of a vault! In 4C, they wrote ...... The children then wrote their own individual - How to guides. We look forward to the published versions of these. 

  

• Year 1 - Looking into the Past

  Wed 14 Jan 2026 Mrs I

  This week, we began learning about two famous nurses from the past: Florence Nightingale and Mary Seacole. The children explored images to identify which ones were from the past and which were from the present day. They also wrote down some fantastic questions about what they’d like to find out. We hope as our learning continues we will be able to answer these questions together!

  As part of our Let’s Explore activities, the children had great fun learning practical skills. They discovered how to tie a bandage and even mastered a simple knot! There were lots of giggles as some of us ended up very well bandaged!

  

• A warm winter start!

  Fri 09 Jan 2026

  The playground is frosted over, but there is a warm welcome back for all the Year 4 students.

  Work started straight away with our new reading spine book -To Be A Cat by Matt Haig. In English, we are looking at imperative verbs in English in preparation of writing our own recipes for our DT project this half term, which is making a pasta sauce (with added ingredients!)

  In Maths, we have been looking at factor pairs. Did you know that some numbers only have one pairs of factors? Do you know what numbers these are? Ask a Year 4 student.

  PE has already been a hit with the outdoor PE being lacrosse, and our indoor PE being badminton. We had great fun aiming for accuracy in badminton and working as collabadons!