Welcome to Cherry Class 2025 - 2026

The class teachers in Cherry Class are Mrs Walker (Monday and Tuesday) and Miss Thorn (Wednesday, Thursday and Friday).

The children are supported by Miss Snowdon and Mrs Grice. 

Key Information

• Learning practise is set on a Monday and is due in the following Monday. Please see below for further details.
• Spellings will be set on a Tuesday and then tested the following Tuesday.
• P.E days are Tuesday. Children are expected to come into school wearing their school uniform. P.E will take place either inside or outside. 
• Swimming will commence on Mondays the week beginning 10th November 2025.

Learning Practise

• Children are provided with a learning practise folder. The learning practise sheet for each week will be added to this each Monday and will be completed and brought back to school by the following Monday.
• The answers are provided for children to mark their learning practise at home.
• Below is the expectation for Year 3:

Daily: ten minutes of reading school reading book every night. Record in reading journal for each book read.  Welcome to Renaissance Place (renlearn.co.uk)

Daily: Times Table Rockstars – games-based website supporting times table learning. Times Tables Rock Stars: Play (ttrockstars.com)

Weekly: 10 spellings for all children

Weekly: maths, English grammar or English comprehension practise (answers given)

Half termly: Topic menu (6 tasks and complete a minimum of 2)

Week 8 - visit to the Museum of Somerset.

Cherry class had a fantastic trip to the Museum of Somerset in Taunton this week. All 30 children and accompanying adults arrived by coach at 10am in the morning. We then got straight into a talk about life in the Stone Age where children were able to recall their knowledge of the 'Paleolithic, Mesolithic and Neolothic' eras. They made Stone Age necklaces, went on a tour of the museum and also created a beautiful cave painting which will soon be displayed in our classroom. In the afternoon the children were taught about the Bronze Age and Iron Age: we will be learning more about these ages after half term. The children had the opportunity to dress up, make their own Iron torcs as well as create their own coin (which they now know was not used as money but more of a form of art). Their behaviour, enthusiasm and questions were incredible and we are very proud of them all.

Week 6 - Journey of a Pebble.

Cherry Class continue to enjoy diving into a range of exciting learning opportunities across the curriculum. They have enjoyed hands-on scientific experiments as part of our Soil topic, investigating what soil is made of and discovering its different components. Their curiosity and enthusiasm have made this a particularly engaging unit.

In art, our fossil creations are reaching their final stage. The children have been carefully building up their fossil  sculptures using tin foil and tissue paper and will next develop their skills in painting to add detail and texture to bring them to life. It’s been wonderful to see their creativity and focus shine through.

Cherry Class have also been working hard on their times tables, and it’s been brilliant to see a number of children achieving their Times Tables Awards. Regular practice is really paying off—well done everyone!

We’re continuing to enjoy our class text Journey of a Pebble. The children have been learning and using ambitious vocabulary and are becoming more confident in responding to texts. Their thoughtful discussions and written work have been impressive.

We’d love parents to continue encouraging regular reading and quizzing at home. This helps children build their comprehension skills and work towards earning their Word Count Certificates. 

Week 4 - Cave paintings!

Over the last two weeks Cherry class have thoroughly immersed themselves into our 'Through the Ages' topic. We had one of our favourite lessons 'Let's Say...' where we travelled back in time to the Stone Age and 'foraged' for food, found sources of shelter and identified threats and assets including rivers, woolly mammoths and we even spotted another tribe! Our lesson this week was all about cave paintings. The children learnt that cave paintings were a form of communication during the Stone Age. The children listened to the sound of a fire whilst in their caves (under their desks!) and used charcoal to create their own cave drawings. The outcome was fantastic and they were incredibly proud of their achievements. 

In P.E the children have really grasped how to control the hockey stick and ball and are dribbling through cones with confidence and accuracy. We have started to look at how to take shots on target. Again, thinking about the accuracy of our shot and considering how much power we need to strike the ball for it to reach our intended target. 

I am really impressed with how the children are tackling their times tables. They are making good progress through the levels and I look forward to handing out lots of certificates in the next few weeks!

Great work Cherry class! 

Week 2 - welcome back!

Wow! What a fantastic start for the children in Cherry Class. They have been working incredibly hard on forming 3-digit numbers using dienes, digit cards and place value grids. The children have worked collaboratively to create 3 digit numbers for their working partner and have then used different manipulatives to represent these numbers. 

We started our history unit 'Through the Ages' by exploring artefacts from the Stone Age, Bronze Age and Iron Age. We discussed the meaning of 'prehistory' and the children made interactive timelines to show the progression from Palaeolithic, Mesolithic and Neolithic times. We look forward to updating you with our history learning over the next few weeks...it even involves cave painting! 

Curriculum

Here is a copy of our curriculum for Autumn 1 2025. These maps are updated for each half term.