Sandymere's Class Blog 16.10.26

Date: 16th Oct 2026 @ 3:36pm

What a busy and varied week Sandymere has had. The children have been building their confidence with new scientific vocabulary, learning important safety messages and celebrating how brightly they have been letting their light shine.

⭐ Sandymere’s Weekly Round-Up

🔥 Bonfire and Sparkler Safety

This week, we enjoyed a very important bonfire safety assembly with the fire brigade. Afterwards, the children designed their own posters to show how to use sparklers safely. They worked hard to remember the important messages they had heard and share them clearly through their pictures and writing.

🪙 Maths

In Maths, we have been learning about money and practising recognising coins up to 20p. It would be great to continue this learning at home by looking at different coins together and seeing which ones your child can name and recognise.

✝️ RE

In RE, we continued our learning about Christianity by finding out about adult baptism by total immersion. We learnt that some adult Christians choose to be baptised to show that they belong to God’s family and want a new start.

We also learnt how this follows the example of Jesus, who was baptised by John the Baptist in the River Jordan.

🧠 My Happy Mind: Team H-A-P

We have been finding out more about our amazing brains and Team H-A-P:

Hippocampus: helps to store our memories.
Amygdala: helps to keep us safe from danger.
Prefrontal cortex: helps us to make choices, concentrate and solve problems.

We also practised Happy Breathing and talked about how this can help our Team H-A-P work well together, helping us to feel calm, happy and safe.

🔬 Science

Our scientists have been busy exploring different materials and describing their properties. This can be tricky because there is lots of new scientific vocabulary to learn and use.

You could support us at home by choosing everyday objects and talking about the materials they are made from and their properties. Can your child describe something as hard, soft, smooth, rough, flexible, rigid, shiny or dull?

🌟 Let Your Light Shine!

We ended the week with a very well-earned reward afternoon because Sandymere has collected so many hearts in our Let Your Light Shine jar!

The children enjoyed choosing time, playing outside and even watching a short movie in the dark. Well done, Sandymere. We are very proud of all the wonderful choices that helped to fill our jar. 🌟

📌 Key Reminders

📚 Please aim to read 4 times each week at home.
💻 Please record your child’s reading on Learning with Parents.
📖 Books are changed on Monday so please send in your child's reading book and folder.
👕 PE kits are helpful to have in school all week.
🏃 Our PE lessons are on Tuesday and Wednesday.
🔬 Science at home: Have a look around your home for different materials and practise describing their properties using our new scientific vocabulary.

Thank you for your continued support at home. Have a lovely weekend, Sandymere! 💛