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Published on: 6th November, 2026

Captain’s Catch Up 6/11/26

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Week 8 ‘Police Officer’ and Hallowee Skip to article
2KL Starbooks! Skip to article
There’s a Witch in my book Skip to article
Year 1 Autumn 2 Week 1 Learning through Play Skip to article
SOTW 6/11/26 Skip to article
T&W Music Assembly Skip to article
Children in Need Skip to article
International Week Menu Skip to article

Week 8 ‘Police Officer’ and Hallowee

This week the children have thoroughly enjoyed our Police Station role-play area, using their imaginations to take on different roles such as police officers, members of the public and dispatchers. Through their play, they developed their communication skills, confidence and ability to work together with their friends.

As part of our maths learning, the children practised their counting skills and one-to-one correspondence by matching numerals and counting out the correct number of pegs to place on the police cars. They showed great perseverance as they carefully counted and checked their amounts.

In our mark-making activities, the children created their own ‘Wanted’ and ‘Missing’ posters. They worked hard to develop their fine motor skills, using a developing pinch and swing pencil grip to draw, write and add details to their posters.

The police theme continued in our creative area, where the children designed and collaged their own police cars using a variety of materials. They enjoyed selecting colours and resources to create unique designs. Outdoors, the children worked collaboratively to build a large police car using the wooden blocks, demonstrating excellent teamwork, problem-solving skills and imagination.

The children also enjoyed their P.E. session this week, where they explored the large climbing equipment. They practised balancing, climbing and moving safely while developing their strength, coordination and confidence.

We finished the week with a fantastic Halloween celebration! The children dazzled us in their wonderful costumes and had great fun showing off their best spooky dance moves. It was lovely to see everyone joining in and celebrating together.

📸 We hope you enjoy looking through the photographs of all the exciting learning that has taken place this week! 🎃🚓👻✨

2KL Starbooks!

Our children and parents/carers loved choosing a book from our fantastic school library during our Starbooks session. The adults also enjoyed a delicious cup of coffee! A special thank you to the Year 6 Reading Ambassadors for coming along to help our Year 2 children read too.

There’s a Witch in my book

This week we started off our new topic of learning all about celebrations. Our first book was ‘There’s a witch in my book’ and we learned all about Halloween.

The children had a great time exploring our Halloween fancy dress shop, making pumpkin faces and creating spells using the cauldrons and the water tray.

We also made firework pictures to celebrate bonfire night using chalks and glitter.

Year 1 Autumn 2 Week 1 Learning through Play

This week, the children have been exploring 3D shapes in Maths, using a variety of shapes to build towers and create their own structures. They enjoyed investigating the different properties of the shapes while developing their construction skills.

To support their phonics learning, the children have been applying their knowledge of Set 2 sounds by playing an exciting game of Snakes and Ladders, helping them to practise reading and recognising sounds in a fun and engaging way.

In Computing, the children have been learning how to use a paint program to create their own digital pictures. They showed great creativity and confidence while exploring the different tools available.

Building on their Geography learning about aerial photographs, the children used their knowledge to construct their own maps of the school. They carefully thought about the layout of familiar places and included key features in their designs.

The children have also thoroughly enjoyed exploring our new role-play area. In particular, they loved taking on the role of baristas in our coffee shop, serving customers, taking orders and developing their communication and imaginative play skills.

It has been wonderful to see the children so engaged in their learning and play throughout the week. We are very proud of their enthusiasm and creativity!

SOTW 6/11/26

REC-Mrs McGee-Topsy

REC-Mrs Brannon-Hunter

Y1-Miss Robinson-Marvella

Y1-Mrs Smith/Mr Harris-Bonnie

Y2-Mrs Longmore-Noah

Y2-Miss Roberts-Archie

Y3-Ms Weston-Bruce

Y3-Mrs Cottrell-Erica

Y4-Miss Rowlands-Ella

Y4-Mrs Penfold-Evan

Y5-Mr Pilling-Alan

Y5-Mr White-

Y6-Mrs Doughty-Dahlia

Y6-Miss Saville-Maddie/Max

T&W Music Assembly

This Monday, Telford & Wrekin Music will be leading a special music assembly for the children.

Representatives from Telford & Wrekin Music will also be available after school if you would like to find out more about your child learning a musical instrument or receiving singing lessons.

Thank you.

Children in Need

Children in Need – Friday 13th November

The School Council has chosen Children in Need as one of the charities that our school will be supporting this year.

To help raise funds, children are invited to come to school wearing something yellow, spotty, or Children in Need-themed and make a £1 donation. The School Council has been busy creating some fantastic posters to help promote the event around school.

There will also be a “Guess the Number of Sweets in the Jar” competition, with more information to follow soon.

Thank you, as always, for your continued support. 💛