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Weekly Update 16th October 2026
Miss Alred (g.alred) on: Lime Tree Class Blog
This week in Lime Tree
We have had a busy and exciting week in Lime Tree!
In History, we have been comparing Nellie Spindler and Florence Nightingale, discussing the similarities and differences between these two inspiring women and their contributions to history.
In English, we have been planning and writing our own poems linked to What the Ladybird Heard. We have been focusing on using onomatopoeia and alliteration to make our writing more interesting and engaging.
In Art, we explored land art using natural materials. The children used sticks and leaves to create their own designs. Some children made beautiful pictures of flowers and butterflies, while one group worked together to create a tree.
In Computing, we have been discussing how to stay safe when using computers. We then worked in groups to create posters to remind everyone of the importance of staying safe online.
A reminder for next week: Next Thursday is school photograph day! Please ensure that the children come to school wearing their normal school uniform, rather than their PE kit. They should wear trainers on the day.
We hope you all have a lovely weekend, and we look forward to another wonderful week in Lime Tree!
Weekly Update 9th October 2026
Miss Alred (g.alred) on: Lime Tree Class Blog
Lime Tree Class – Weekly Blog
It has been another busy and exciting week in Lime Tree!
We had lots of children putting their names forward to become our school council representative. It was wonderful to see so many children eager to share their ideas and make a difference in our school. We held a class vote, which was very close, but a huge congratulations to Adeline, who was elected as our school council representative! We are looking forward to hearing all about the brilliant ideas she will share.
In History, we have been learning about the life of Nellie Spindler. We explored important events in her life and discussed how we can put these events in chronological order.
In Science, we have been learning how to classify animals into different groups. We explored the characteristics of mammals, reptiles and amphibians, thinking carefully about what makes each group unique. The children have been developing their skills in observing, comparing and sorting animals.
In English, we have been revisiting the wonderful story What the Ladybird Heard. The children have been working hard to rewrite part of the story, using their ideas and remembering the events from the original text. We have been focusing on developing our writing skills and bringing the story to life through our own writing.
Well done, Lime Tree, for another fantastic week of learning! We are so proud of all your hard work, enthusiasm and brilliant ideas.
Weekly update 2nd October 2026
Miss Alred (g.alred) on: Lime Tree Class Blog
This week has been another busy and exciting week of learning in our class.
In English, we have continued our work around the book What the Ladybird Heard. We have been developing our understanding of the different characters through hot seating, where we took on the roles of characters from the story and answered questions as them. We also wrote our own questions for the different characters and thought carefully about how they might have felt at different points in the story. We have been working hard to explain our ideas and use details from the story to support our thinking.
In History, we have been learning about Florence Nightingale and exploring why she was such an important person in history. We have been finding out about her work as a nurse and thinking about the changes she helped to make to hospitals and healthcare.
In Maths, we have been learning how to use the greater than, less than and equal to symbols to compare numbers. We have also been practising ordering numbers from smallest to largest and from largest to smallest. We have been developing our confidence when comparing numbers and explaining how we know which number is greater or smaller.
In Science, we have continued our work on mammals and have now started learning about reptiles. We have been looking at the features of reptiles and thinking about what makes them different from other groups of animals. We are enjoying finding out more about the different animals in the world around us.
Well done everyone for another fantastic week of learning!
Weekly Update 25th September 2026
Miss Alred (g.alred) on: Lime Tree Class Blog
A Wonderful Week in Lime Tree Class
What a busy and exciting week we have had in Lime Tree Class!
This week, we have started exploring our new class book, What the Ladybird Heard. We have been enjoying getting to know the characters and have begun thinking carefully about how we can describe them using interesting adjectives and descriptive language.
By the end of the week, we put our learning into practice by writing our very own descriptions of the ladybird. We thought carefully about what she looks like and used descriptive words to help bring our writing to life. We are very proud of the descriptions we have created!
In Science, we have been learning all about fish. We have been finding out about their features and thinking about what makes a fish a fish.
In History, we have continued our topic on famous nurses, learning more about Nellie Spindler and Florence Nightingale. This week, we have been developing our understanding of the time period in which they lived by finding out who was monarch during their lifetimes. We have enjoyed placing historical people and events on a timeline and thinking about what life was like during this period.
In Maths, we have begun learning how to compare numbers using the correct mathematical language. We have been learning to identify when a number is greater than, less than or equal to another number and using the correct symbols, <, > and =. We have also been using cubes to represent numbers, which has helped us to compare different quantities and explain our thinking.
Another fantastic week of learning in Lime Tree Class!
Weekly Update 18th September 2026
Miss Alred (g.alred) on: Lime Tree Class Blog
We have had another busy and enjoyable week in Lime Tree Class, with lots of exciting learning taking place.
This week in English, we have continued looking at the story Owl Babies. The children wrote descriptions of the forest, thinking carefully about what they could see, hear and feel. They used some lovely descriptive language in their writing.
In Art, we have been doing some observational drawing. The children looked carefully at things we found in nature, including leaves, pinecones and feathers. They focused on the shapes, patterns and details they could see.
In Science, we have continued learning about our topic this half term, mammals. This week, we focused on birds and learned about different species. The children also went on a walk to see how many different types of birds they could spot.
In History, we continued learning about Florence Nightingale and Nellie Spindler. We learned about the Crimean War and how Florence helped care for injured soldiers. We also learned about Nellie Spindler and her work as a nurse during the First World War. The children then wrote a sentence to describe each of these important nurses.
It has been a great week of learning in Lime Tree Class, and we are very proud of how hard the children have worked.
Weekly Update 11th September 2026
Miss Alred (g.alred) on: Lime Tree Class Blog
We have had such a lovely week in Lime Tree Class!
At the beginning of the week, we started our new English topic- Owl Babies. We explored the book together, collecting words to describe their appearance, and then at the end of the week we have used these words to write a description of an owl baby in our books.
In maths we have been continuing our topic of place value, both the year 1s and 2s have been using practical resources to help with their maths work. Year 1 have been looking at ordering number alongside writing the names of numbers and year 2 have begun looking at tens and ones.
This week we also had our first science lessons. where the children took part in a minibeast hunt around the school and then learned what a mammal is. To end the lesson the children created their own mammal wheel.
This week we also had our first PE lesson on our topic for this half term, Look, Run, Avoid.
We have also started our topic of Famous Nurses in history. The children did some fact finding about famous nurses before we had a discussion all about what a nurse is and which famous nurses we will be focusing on, Florence Nightingale, Mary Seacole and Nellie Spindler.
What a fantastic week we have had! Well done Lime Tree Class!
Weekly Update 4th September 2026
Miss Alred (g.alred) on: Lime Tree Class Blog
We have had a lovely first week in Lime Tree Class!
It has been wonderful to see everyone settling in, making friends, and getting back into a routine.
This week, we have created our own self-portraits, which are now proudly displayed in the cloakroom. We have also completed our ‘All About Me’ sheets, sharing our favourite things and learning more about each other.
During English this week we have discussed how we can make our classroom a nice place. The children shared their ideas and then wrote some sentences about how we can look after our classroom and each other.
During storytime after break, we enjoyed one of my favourite stories, Hairy Maclary from Donaldson’s Dairy by Lynley Dodd. The children loved joining in with the story and meeting Hairy Maclary and his friends.
What a fantastic first week we have had! Well done, Lime Tree Class!
A little reminder: Our PE days have now changed. PE will take place on Thursdays and Fridays each week.