D'Arcy Primary Academy Class Blogs

  Dear Parents and Carers, We are excited to announce the launch of our Reading Raffle ! Each week, if your child reads at least four times at home and this is recorded in their reading diary , their name will be entered into our weekly raffle. The lucky winner will enjoy a special session of library time — with the added bonus of a biscuit or two! Please remember that any reading your child does at home counts . This may include their levelled school reading book, online Rhino Readers, any phonics,  tricky or high frequency words or any other reading material shared at home such as bedtime stories, comics, magazines or reading words in the environment. Thank you for your continued support in fostering a love of reading. We can’t wait to see who our raffle winners will be! Best wishes, Mrs Espinosa Pardo & Miss Kerwick 

Class 5 Homework Reading Class 5 students are now using reading journals at home as well as in school. The aim is to strengthen fluency, increase vocabulary, and build confidence through regular practice. Journals help track progress and encourage consistent reading habits. Your support at home is greatly appreciated. Spellings Each week Class 5 will have a new set of 10 spellings that will be posted on the blog. Please support your child with learning these over the week. Thank you! Here are some different ways you can practise the spellings -  Maths Each week there will be Maths homework assigned to the children on Maths.co.uk. The pupils have all received their log in details, but if there are any problems or your child has lost their log in details please speak to Mrs Campbell. These are short and focused quizzes to support the pupils across all areas in Maths.  Have a lovely week! Mrs Campbell 😊

To be tested on Friday 21st November 2025 Words with /shun/ endings spelt with ‘sion’ division invasion confusion decision collision television revision erosion inclusion explosion

          We have had a great week. We started off the week thinking about nouns and how to describe them. The children went around the classroom on a noun hunt to find all the nouns. We then came up with some adjectives to describe them. The children used these nouns and adjectives to write about their classrooms on a postcard. They were really proud of their work!  We have also been busy learning about remembrance. They made poppy craft items to show in a special remembrance assembly on Tuesday. It was so good to see you all at the parent consultations. Have a lovely weekend!

We have had a busy and reflective week in Class 4. The children contributed beautifully to the school’s Remembrance Service on Tuesday. They wrote moving poems about Remembrance and shared these during the service. The poems have come home today, and the children will no doubt be proud to share them with you. In English, the class has continued working on our explanation texts unit. The children have been using their own inventions to support their learning, writing clear explanation steps using technical language. They have also written well-structured paragraphs with fronted adverbials, explaining to their readers why their inventions are essential in everyday life. In PE, we have been creating shapes with our bodies and developing our hockey skills. In Geography, we have explored how mountains are formed and continued to build our understanding of how the Earth itself was formed. Homework for this half term has been sent home and is also posted on the blog. We look forward to se...

  Reception Class Weekly Blog   What a busy and exciting week we’ve had in Reception! The children have been working so hard across all areas of their learning — we are so proud of them! 🐸 Phonics This week, we began level  3 phonics and learned some brand-new sounds: j, v, w, x, y . The children enjoyed learning the actions that go with each sound and have been practising blending these sounds together to read CVC words such as jam, vet, win, and box . We have also continued to practise our tricky words : I, no, go, the, and to . The children are getting more confident at spotting these in their reading books and writing them independently. 🔢 Maths In maths, we have been practising subitising amounts to 4 — recognising how many without needing to count each object. The children revisited the concepts of ‘more than’ and ‘fewer than’ by comparing groups of up to 3 objects and matching them 1:1 . They have been fantastic at spotting when there is an equal ...

Here is Class 4's creative homework for this half term. These are suggestions from the children, and we hope they enjoy completing them.  Please try to complete at least 4 tasks by Monday 15th December 2025. Use your creativity and be proud of your home learning. Please bring in your pieces or send in your slides, we are so excited to see your hard work and ideas come to life. 1. Animal Mask Design Choose your favourite animal and create a detailed and accurate mask using any materials you like — paper, card, fabric, recycled items, etc. Take a picture of you wearing or holding your mask. Write a paragraph describing your animal’s habitat, diet, and one interesting fact. 2. Research & Report Pick a topic you’re interested in (e.g., volcanoes, space, a country, a famous person, an invention). Use books, the internet, or magazines to research facts. Create a one-page report with headings, bullet points, and pictures....